Belthazor
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Belthazor was a fictional character in the TV series Charmed.
A soldier of fortune and human/demon hybrid sent by The Triad to kill the Halliwell sisters, Belthazor was the demon half of Cole Turner. When in demon form Belthazor was extremely large and muscular, with red skin covered in black tribal markings. Though able to change form at will, he had difficulty retaining his human form if injured.
Belthazor possessed great strength, the ability to cast deadly energy balls, adjusting, and the power to shimmer. He was able to detect the presence of a Whitelighter by touch, and had psychic senses capable of identifying human murderers and tracking shimmers through planes. For a time Belthazor was also gifted by The Triad with, pyrokinesis, telekinesis and the ability to remotely teleport objects, but these powers were removed when he betrayed them for the love of Phoebe Halliwell, killing them.
Belthazor’s demonic abilities were tied to his inherent evil nature and by turning to good and loving Phoebe he weakened them. His strength and shimmering (teleportation ability) were unaffected, as was his power to cast energy balls, but his adjusting ability suffered greatly, at times leaving him completely open to freezing by particle stasis.
Considered one of the deadliest demons, until turning to good, Belthazor murdered hundreds of innocents and Witches, without conscience or remorse, earning infamy enough to gain an entry in the Book Of Shadows and membership of the demonic Brotherhood of the Thorn for over a hundred years and being known through out the entire Underworld as one of The Source's top assassins. He bested extremely powerful adversaries, both demonic and virtuous, but his final fate came at the hands of a human woman whose fiancé he had murdered. She struck him with Phoebe Halliwell's power stripping potion, completely eradicating the demonic Belthazor and leaving only a wholly human Cole Turner.
Belthazor would make a return when Cole, then being imbued with Avatar powers, reversed time to try and prevent Phoebe and Piper from meeting and saving Paige and thus prevent the Power of Three from being reconstituted. Once Cole reversed time, he reverted from all-powerful demon/Avatar to Belthazor. Much to Cole's dismay, Paige had survived the time change having orbed out at the time of the change and reconstituted the Power of Three and Phoebe was able to vanquish Belthazor/Cole forever.
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