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Banshee

From Charmed

A Banshee
The Banshee turned Phoebe into one
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 molecularly combusted the original Banshee. 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 for permanent.

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. ("Look Who's Barking")

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. 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.

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")


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[edit] Powers and Abilities

Banshees main powers are:



Note: 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. Gaelics believed that a Banshee's, or Bean Sí's, scream would foretell an upcoming death.

[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

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