The Banshee | |
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The Banshee in Halliwell Manor | |
Species Information | |
Status | Vanquished |
Alignment | Evil |
Eye Color | Blue |
Hair Color | White-Grey |
Skin Color | White |
Related to | Witches |
Distinction(s) | Feeds on the pain |
Magical Characteristics | |
Active Powers | |
Appearances | |
Look Who's Barking | |
Portrayed By | |
Dorenda Moore |
Reasonably rare female demons with an insatiable appetite for pain, the Banshee have distinctive white-grey hair, porcelain white skin, blue eyes and a scream so high-pitched that it can burst a victim's blood vessels and break glass. First the Banshee uses her voice as a high-pitched call to locate a victim by hearing their inner cry, the call is so high-pitched that only canines can hear it, then she elevates the call into a scream that she uses to kill a victim.
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The Banshee Attacks a Grieving Husband[edit | edit source]
Whilst alone in his home looking over pictures of his deceased wife, the grieving husband's pet pug Rusty was looking out the window then suddenly Rusty ran over to the man and sat beside him. As the man held back tears while looking through the photo album,

Rusty began to bark and glass objects around the two began to shake. Suddenly the noise became louder and louder and the entire room began to shake, the light bulbs blew up and all the glass objects burst.

The window smashed and the Banshee came bursting through and she let out her high pitched screech as the man reached his hands to his ears to cover them; the Banshee moved closer to the man, screaming right in his face. The man covered his face as blood began to drip from his eyes and ears.
Premonition of the Banshee Attacking a Teenage Girl[edit | edit source]
Phoebe Halliwell had a premonition of the Banshee attacking a young teenage
Premonition of the girl being attacked

Prue flips the page to the Banshee
Tracking the Banshee[edit | edit source]
After locating the Banshee entry in the Book of Shadows,

Prue under the bed


Shrieking at Phoebe
Phoebe is Attacked and Transformed[edit | edit source]

Banshee Phoebe

Bursting through window

Shrieking at Phoebe
Piper and Leo looked to Phoebe as she transformed into a Banshee, Phoebe got up from the floor, looked at Piper and Leo and then pushed them before leaping to the window and shrieking. After which she lept to the ground and ran off.
Phoebe's Transformation[edit | edit source]
Phoebe as the Banshee[edit | edit source]

Phoebe shrieks
After Phoebe left the Manor, she began to hunt victims she believed to be in pain. Phoebe lurked beside a few parked cars when she noticed a woman walking, she tried to sense if she was in pain but just then the woman's boyfriend showed up and the two hugged; Phoebe ran behind a wall and let out a loud scream.
Cole Undoes the Transformation[edit | edit source]
After Leo informed Piper that if Phoebe killed just one person as the Banshee, she would remain a Banshee forever. After which Piper retrieved the Book of Shadows and a vial of the Belthazor Vanquish Potion; she decided that the only way to locate and transform Phoebe back to
Piper explains the situation to Cole

Phoebe shrieks at Cole as he turns into Belthazor
Piper then cast the spell to summon Cole and he appeared in front of her and Leo. Piper explained that Phoebe has been transformed into a Banshee, to which he responded, "A Banshee, well that's different". Piper told him she thought he was the key to turning Phoebe back but Cole stated he no longer loved Phoebe and that's it was over. Piper then threw the potion at Cole but it didn't work, he was immune to the potion. Just then Prue ran in and began to bark. All of the windows smashed and Phoebe burst in, leaping onto Cole, knocking him on the floor. She screamed at him and he transformed into Belthazor then shimmered out with her.

Phoebe as she hits Belthazor

Phoebe re-emerges
As canine Prue was running towards the Mausoleum looking for Phoebe, she transformed back into her human self as well.
Piper Halliwell's Round Table[edit | edit source]

In 2003 when Piper wielded the Sword of Excalibur, Mordaunt tricked her into recruiting powerful demons to be a part of her round table; a Banshee was one of those demons. The Banshee was later killed when Mordaunt double crossed Piper and used the demons to acquire power for himself.
Book of Shadows[edit | edit source]
The Halliwell's Book of Shadows contains a two page spread on this breed of demon, which includes a spell to Track a Banshee; the spell to track the demon will actually turn the caster into a dog; dogs have the ability to track a Banshee and hear her call.

Banshee Entry in the Book of Shadows
- A Banshee
- is a Demon who
- wanders the earth
- feeding on souls in
- great pain. Hunting
- only at night, this
- Demon uses her voice
- as a high pitched Call
- 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.
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