When you hear the Banshee's shrill cry
A person, high-born, will die
A murder, quite often
Is what fills the coffin
Then under the turf he will lie
Born of Sidhe and a witch, the O'Sullivan bloodline became watered down once more. Though, unexpectedly, rather than a mere human emergence, it was a Banshee that joined their ranks. A Banshee who also had the capability of using the natural witch powers that she inherited from her Mother.
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Harbingers of Death....
Murderers....
Piercing Screams....
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Banshees are another type of Sidhe in the Irish Lore, though they are typically associated with the Unseelie. Malevolent and evil fae with horrible monstrous appearances and fearsome abilities. The bane of the Seelie Fae, the yin to their yang, etc.
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However, there is a little known side as there is to everything frightening and vastly unknown. Not all Banshees are ill-nature. Not all bring deadly shrieks or death. There are the rare few who watch over their family members even from death. Who sing beautifully, but sorrowful songs that can only be heard by the one who they are intended for a few days before their death. They do not do this with malicious intent nor to warn, but simply to grieve and let their soon to be departed loved one hear their lovely and compassionate song.
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However, Rori is not a spirit, she has not died. She is, however, a magnet for the darkness and death. Not that it follows her, exactly, but it seems most anyone who seeks her out and interacts, end up dying. It doesn't happen to everyone, so it is unlikely that it is related to her... but Rori doesn't understand her abilities as a living Banshee as of yet.
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As a witch, however, she has inherited her Mother's magick. She is capable of healing by using herbal medicines and a bit of her Fae magick. An odd thing, a Banshee that can heal, but her healing capabilities are mostly successful on animals rather than humans. She is able to speak to animals, control plant life, and even use Fae glamour.
Banshee Powers
Predict death
Find the dead
Speak to the dead; only if they haven't moved into the afterlife
Banshee Wail - attack; depending on magnitude, can knock someone unconscious or kill them
Banshee Song - defense; can lull someone until a deep, unconscious sleep that they cannot be awakened from by conventional means
Witch/Sidhe Magick
Wild Charm - able to communicate with animals and manipulate plantlife, can use herbs to create healing or other types of magick influenced concoctions
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Glamour - able to create illusions, tricks to the eye, usually on self or fooling someone's mind