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Banshee

Bogyn's Nastiness Rating: 62 (Horrifically Nasty)

Creature Families: Undead

A type of elven ghost born when an elven woman of noble blood dies while listening to poor music, Banshees are unearthly floating spectral women with bat-wings for ears. Hearing the scream of a Banshee will nearly always cause the listener to die within three days.

Oddly enough, all Banshee are actually male, despite looking female and being spirits born from dead women. This causes some confusion. For instance, Yar the Sorcerial married a Banshee without realizing their peculiar conidition, only to later have the marriage annuled by letting everyone who had witnessed the wedding hear his wedding to hear the wailing of his ghost husband, then flinging the Banshee 10,000 years into the future.