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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:
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.

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[edit] Look Who's Barking

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.

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[edit] Appearances

2 Banshee's have appeared in a total of 2 episodes throughout the course of the series.

Season 3
Look Who's Barking
Season 6
Sword and the City