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")

Phoebe as a Banshee	Notice the Banshee's teeth	Phoebe as a Banshee	Phoebe turned into a Banshee
Banshee Phoebe Screaming	The original Banshee	Original Banshee 2	Piper blows up original Banshee
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 - HQ	Banshee Full in Book - HQ
A Banshee at the Round Table

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

[edit] Notes

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.

[edit] External links

Banshee at Wikipedia