Briar Banshee

Description
Someone once called them a Banshee because of the strange wailing-like sound they make when they close for the attack and the name stuck ever since. These floating creatures look like a mass of kelp and vines held together by rage and spite. They swerve and dart through the hedge like a flock of predatory birds, their long, kelp-like tails trailing behind them. The largest or longest of these creatures was reported to have tendrils nearly twenty feet long. They use their long, leafy tendrils to ensnare their prey and drag them to their sharp-fanged mouths. A small group can immobilize a party of Changelings or other Hedgefolk quickly, wrapping themselves around their target like flying boa constrictors.

Attacks
Normally their first attack is to lash out with their tendril(s) to ensnare / grapple the target and draw it to their mouths for a bite.

Abilities

 * Veridian Embrace: For each success rolled, natural forces provide a +1 bonus to all rolls involving perception, movement or stealth the character makes during the next full scene. This clause also increases the character's Speed by +1 per success. Characters can benefit from this clause only if they are either outdoors or in the presence of a large number of plants. Vines and tree branches attempt to shield the character from observation, just as ivy on a wall provides convenient footholds and winds help direct the character's movements and carry sounds to her.


 * Bite of the Wooden Fang: - The kelp-like tendrils of the Banshee function as a whip that's covered in several sharp thorns.

Inspiration
These creatures are inspired by the floating sentinels from the Matrix movies. Their tendrils floating behind them as they hover about searching for prey.