Banshee

From Charmed

Banshee

Name

Banshee

Birthplace

Underworld

Birth date

Unknown

Species

Demons, former Witches

Status

/

Family

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Notable powers

Banshee's have the powers of:

Sonic scream - (Turns an emotionally confused witch into a Banshee)
Super human strength
Agility
Hovering

Portrayed by

Dorenda Moore, Alyssa Milano

Phoebe as Banshee

A Banshee is a reasonably rare demon with distinctive white hair, and a high pitched scream that can burst glass and blood vessels, killing a mortal, or turn a witch pre-disposed to emotional pain into a Banshee. Witch powers are capable of vanquishing a Banshee, such as when Piper blew up a Banshee in Look Who's Barking. The only way to revert a Banshee back into their previous witch self is for the being who caused the witch emotional pain to express clearly how they feel about them and allow them to return back to normal, if a Banshee kills a person, than they will be Banshee permanentaly.

When a Banshee elevates her call into a Scream, it does not kill a Witch, it zeroes in on her pain and slowly turns her into a Banshee. The Book of Shadows has an entry on Banshees, and a "To Track a Banshee" spell, which will turn the volunteer into a dog, which can hear the high-pitch cries of Banshees, outside of the human hearing range.

In 2001, a Banshee attacked several heart-broken people in San Francisco, such as the grieving husband of Michelle. She was vanquished when Piper blew her up, but not before turning Phoebe into a Banshee as well. Phoebe was susceptible to the Banshee's power because at the time she was a soul in great pain, grieving over the loss of Cole.

[edit] Sword In The City

In 2003, when Piper temporarily gained control of Excalibur, a Banshee was on her round table of the strongest demons. The Banshee was killed however when Mordaunt double-crossed her, trying to capture Excalibur himself. ("Sword and the City")

[edit] Appendicies

Banshee entry in the Book of Shadows

(Book of Shadows text:)

[edit] A Banshee

is a Demon who

wonders the earth

feeding on souls in

great pain. Hunting

only at night, this

Demon uses her voice

as a high pitched C all

to locate a victim, by

hearing the inner cry.

She does this by

zeroing in on the waves

of pain that emanate

from the stricken

A Banshee then

elevates her Call

into a Scream, so

powerful it kills

those she targets.

[edit] To Track A Banshee

The piercing cry

That feeds on pain

And leaves more

Sorrow than it gains

Shall now be heard

By one who seeks

To stop the havoc

That it wreaks

[edit] Notes

Like a lot of the demonic beings on Charmed, the Banshee is an actual mythological being. The Banshee is rooted from Gaelic and Irish Folklore. These cultures believed that a Banshee's, or Bean Sí's, scream would foretell an upcoming death.
The back-up version of this page was sold this year (2009). In season 2/season 3, back-ups from the book's pages were made. Four other back-ups have been sold as well; Vinceres' second half, the Charm of Multiplicity page, the Deflection page, the Dark Priestesses page and the Ice Cream Man & The Nothing pages. The first version of the page on Barbas was also sold but this was not a back-up.

Phoebe as a Banshee	Notice the Banshee's teeth	Phoebe as a Banshee	Phoebe turned into a Banshee
Banshee Phoebe Screaming	A Banshee	A Banshee	Piper blows the Banshee up
Transformation 1	Transformation 2		Getting up
Looking at Leo and Piper	In the attic window	Banshee Phoebe lurking	Banshee Phoebe hunting
Phoebe in mausoleum	Phoebe screams at Cole	Phoebe looks at Cole	Banshee no more
Banshee up close 1	Banshee page up close 2	To Track a Banshee	Banshee Full in Book
A Banshee at the Round Table