Siobhan Smythe

"*What am I?"
"You my dear, are the next Herald of Death.*"
—Siobhan and Lillian Luthor.[src]
**Siobhan Smythe** (born 1990)is the ex-girlfriend of Jimmy Olsen, the former personal assistant of Cat Grant at her company CatCo Worldwide Media and later the former assistant of Lillian Luthor at LexCorp. Her ancestor, Siobhan McDougal, created a prophesy before her death, making it Siobhan's destiny to become the **Herald of Death**. After fully transforming, she took her ancestors name, **Silver Banshee**.

## Biography

### Early Life

Siobhan Smythe was born to Garrett Smythe and an unknown mother in Dublin, Ireland in 1990. She was born into her family's dark-magic based cult, the Cult of the Banshee, lead by her father who exclaimed about being the descendant of a real banshee, Siobhan McDougal. When Siobhan was only two years old, the cult was discovered and many members were incarcerated apart from Siobhan's father and brother. The three of them then illegally migrated to the United States and continued the work of the cult there.

By the time Siobhan was sixteen years old, she realised how insane her family truly was and stealthily ran away, only possessing a few dollars and clothes. She lived pay check to pay check in odd jobs for several years until she discovered her passion in media and decided to pursue a career which was harder for her as she had no degree or college experience.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Dark Magic-Altered Physiology:** Centuries ago, Siobhan's family was cursed by her ancestor, Siobhan McDougal, who had become the first Silver Banshee after being dragged to Hell. Ever since, dark magic has run in their bloodlines which can only be activated with the practice of ancient rituals. Siobhan was forced to enact said ritual by Lillian Luthor, which activated the dark magic in her blood and gave her access to her abilities.
	+ **Superhuman Sonic Scream:** The dark magic embedded in Siobhan's system grants her the ability of producing an ear-piercing sonic scream that can disorient and start to slowly kill her victims. If exposed to it for more than five seconds, the victim's mind begins to be torn apart and they are plagued with horrifying visions of death and destruction. As well as this, the scream also starts to tear their physical tissue apart, being so powerful that it can even tear through Kryptonian skin. On top of the mystical side of the scream, it is also powerful enough to tumble concrete walls and even topple several story buildings with ease as well as being able to launch grown adults back up to several miles.
	+ **Superhuman Strength:** The dark magic also fully strengthens Siobhan's body and grants her superhuman strength. She is shown to be as strong, if not stronger, as Superman, being able to simply throw him several miles away from her. She was also able to tear her way through a concrete building with her own bare hands and also lift a grown woman off of the ground with one hand.
	+ **Superhuman Durability:**
	+ **Flight:**
	+ **Death stare:**
	+ **Teleportation:**

## Appearances

### *Superman*

Season 1
* "Pilot"
* "Brothers In Arms"
* "Two's Company"
* "When Hero Meets Hell"
* "Tell The Truth"
* "No One Left Behind" (mentioned)
* "The Truth Leaves a Sour Taste"
* "Taking This One to the Grave"
* "The Wrong Lane"
* "Never Cross a Luthor"
* "Luck of the Irish"
* "Skin of the Cat"
* "Lois" (mentioned)
* "Superman's Best Friend"
* "Where There's a Luthor, There's a Super"

Season 2
* "The Adventures of Superman" (mentioned)

## Behind the Scenes

* In DC Comics, **Siobhan Smythe** is the anti-hero known as **Silver Banshee** and a close friend and ally of Supergirl. She was formerly known as Siobhan McDougal and was one of Superman's most prominent enemies.