Dungeons & Dragons Banshee Female Miniature

This is a highly detailed miniature of a Banshee Female.

This model was created by MZ4250 who makes amazingly accurate models of the Monster Manual creatures and provided by Commercial License.

In Dungeons & Dragons, a banshee is the spectral remnant of a once-beautiful female elf whose soul has been twisted by the torment of betrayal, grief, or obsessive vanity. Unlike typical ghosts, a banshee is specifically the undead form of an elven woman who failed to uphold the spiritual or moral ideals of her race, especially those involving grace, humility, and inner peace. In death, her spirit becomes a thing of hate and sorrow, cursed to roam the world in anguish, consumed by what she has lost.

A banshee's appearance is horrifying—gaunt and ghostlike with tattered robes that seem to float as if underwater, eyes glowing with malice, and hair drifting like smoke. Her face is both alluring and terrifying, echoing the beauty she once possessed, now hollowed by despair. Despite her insubstantial form, a banshee is driven by a dark emotional core: jealousy of the living, bitterness toward beauty and light, and a hatred of those who remind her of the life she can no longer have.

One of the banshee’s most feared abilities is her wail, a soul-chilling scream that can kill the living outright. This cry is not just a supernatural attack—it is the physical expression of her eternal sorrow, a piercing sound that echoes through forests and ruins where she is often found. Those who hear it may drop dead where they stand, their own spirits torn from their bodies by the banshee’s grief.

Banshees avoid sunlight and are usually encountered in dark, lonely places—often ruined elven settlements or mist-shrouded woods. While not always hostile at first, they are unpredictable and can be enraged by reminders of their past life. In some campaigns, banshees may serve as tragic figures rather than mere foes, and clever adventurers might find ways to calm or even redeem one, bringing her rest at last.