Bean Sidhe

Les **Bean Sidhe** (**Banshee**) sont une race aux traits fantomatiques, qui lévitent plus qu'elles ne foulent le sol, et souvent avec leur tête flottante près de leur corps. Ce sont des créatures gémissantes, Nées de terribles tragédies au pays des Tuatha Dé Danann. Il est dit que leurs chants de lamentation appellent les âmes en peine de ce monde, leur maîtrise du son est sans égal.

Remarquables et mystérieuses, Les Bean Sidhe tentent d'apporter la justice dans un monde injuste, et de faire saigner le cœur des enemies de désespoir. Leurs pouvoirs sont difficiles à manier, mais un défi majeur à relever. Même une âme n'est pas un prix trop cher à payer pour venger l'injustice.

## Histoire

Les Bean Sidhe émanent des êtres qui ont subi des tortures innommables pour une cause injuste. Elles ont une tradition ancrée dans la musique et la dance, Et c'est à la fois bon et mauvais pour eux. Ils sont vengeurs, mais aussi entièrement capables d'empathie pour leurs alliés.

### Age of Becoming

**Main Article:** Bean Sidhe Becoming
The Bean Sidhe originate with a graceful dancer called Badhbh, who fell in love with a singer that didn't deserve it, called Donn. After they were married, Donn grew jealous and insane. Badhbh finally gave up trying to reason with him and tried to leave, but was physically confronted by her husband. She struck him and ran to a neighbor's house, where Donn eventually found her.

Assuming that his erroneous suspicious were confirmed by her presence there, he overcame both her and the neighbor, and brought them out into the woods to torture. The neighbor died, but Donn kept Badhbh alive, despite cutting off her feet and gouging out her tongue. He then left the town.

Badhbh survived, but only barely, her desire for vengeance growing. Eventually, the town was hit by a Malevolence that reacted with her despair and hatred and transformed her into the first **Bean Sidhe**. She then journeyed to find Donn and wreaked horrifying vengeance upon him. Afterward, she took to wandering the Tuatha Dé Danann Realm, seeking for others and beginning the race of the **Bean Sidhe**.

## Apparence

Les **Bean Sidhe** se manifestent souvent sous l'aspect d'apparitions flottantes nuancé de noir, de gris et de blanc. Dans certains cas, de sombres vrilles s'échappent aux emplacements habituels de leurs jambes et leurs têtes; les seules touches de couleurs proviennent des marques lumineuses du haut du torse et du creux de leurs mains.

Quelques fois leurs têtes flottent autour de leur corps, leur yeux et bouches diffusant un halo de lumière - un indice d'un pouvoir dévastateur qui pourrait être libéré si on a le malheur de la croiser.

### Banes and Boons

Mark Jacobs sur la page Kickstarter Update #67 mentionna les idées suivantes pour les traits raciales boons, banes et compétences des **Bean Sidhe**:

"**Possible Racial Boons/Abilities**:

* **Heads up!** – Les Bean Sidhe peuvent utiliser leur tête comme des projectiles et également surveiller les alentours. Lorsqu'ils scrutent, ils sont immobilisés et ne peuvent ni se défendre ni attaquer. La portée et la durée de la compétence augmentent avec l'entraînement. Lorsque la tête est en vol, elle peut prendre des dégâts et être détruite, le corps sera détruit également.

* **Scream of fear** – Un cri surnaturel émane de la tête et jette un Débuff de peur en AOE. Les effets du débuffs augmentent avec l'entraînement.

* **Ouch, that hurts!** – La Bean Sidhe émet un cri qui produit des dégâts physiques avec une possibilité de repoussement. La force de l'attaque augmentent avec l'entraînement.

* **Shatter!** – The Bean Sidhe emits a high-pitched scream that can shatter glass and other materials instantly. Strength of scream increases with skill.

* **What the hell is that thing?** – Anyone who is with XX range of Bean Sidhe’s flying head has to make a saving throw or have a startle debuff placed on them. Resistance versus the flying head increases with skill.

* **Wait till they get a look at me** – Bean Sidhe can choose to shift their form and become incorporeal. Any attacking entity will have to make a saving throw versus a startle effect. Resistance to debuff increases with skill. Duration of shifting increases with skill. Bean Sidhe must remain in this form for a certain amount of time and cannot shift back until a timer is reached. Forced duration in this form decreases with skill. Please read the section on being incorporeal for a full breakdown of what happens during this type of form shift.

**Possible Racial Banes:**

* **Memories are painful** – All Bean Sidhe’s must take at least one bane of this type that acts as a permanent attack debuff when a member of that race attacks the Bean Sidhe. This is due to a bit of twisted racial memory, which associates that race with the one whose actions led them to becoming Bean Sidhe.

* **Fire is death** – Any attack made with fire against a Bean Sidhe has a +X% chance of striking and when it does so, has a chance to place a limited, non-stackable, fear debuff on the Bean Sidhe. Resistance to the fear debuff increases with skill [Note: this Bane is also used for other races].

* **Being incorporeal has its drawbacks** – While incorporeal, certain magic spells will do +X% damage to the Bean Sidhe. Additional if the Bean Sidhe is incorporeal when a Veilstorm strikes, the Bean Sidhe has a +X% chance of being forced out of the form and will have a stun debuff placed on them from the forced change.

* **Sometimes I even scare myself** – Going incorporeal too often can lead to the Bean Sidhe losing track of their own identity and sanity. When this happens the Bean Sidhe’s shifts will become increasingly difficult and the duration of those shifts will increase. At some point, the Bean Sidhe will not be able to go incorporeal for X days.

* **You think you get sore throats** – Overuse and/or overcharging of the Bean Sidhe’s racial attacks can lead to a temporary debuff placed on the character that will weaken their strength. The debuff can’t be removed by other players and only goes away after a certain period of non-use of these attacks."

Additionally, below is the list of Tuatha Dé Danann Realm Banes and Boons:

Modèle:Bane Tuatha Dé Danann
Modèle:Boon Tuatha Dé Danann

## Anecdotes

* Mark Jacobs indiqua que l'histoire du Becoming des Bean Sidhe provenaient des questions du forum.

## Historique des modifications

* May 30th, 2013 - Bean Sidhe concept art released the day prior to the official opening of the forums.
* October 9th, 2013 - Bean Sidhe animation test.
* October 15th, 2013 - Becoming story is revealed with sample boons and banes.
* October 29th, 2014 - More concept art was revealed showing more human elements.

## Galleries

* The Haunted Woods
* Hand marks
* Concept art
* Concept art
* Concept art

## Réferences

1. Bean Sidhe Becoming
2. Bean Sidhe Race Page
3. CU Kickstarter Evening Update 5-30-2013
4. CU Kickstarter Afternoon Update 10-9-2013
5. CU Kickstarter Afternoon Update 10-15-2013
6. CU Evening Update 10-29-2014
7. Piercing the Veil #1