Darklighter
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Darklighters are fictional characters in the WB television series Charmed.
Darklighters are the demonic counterparts to Whitelighters. They are lead by a head Darklighter who commands all but one faction of Darklighter beings.
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[edit] Powers
Darklighters can teleport from place to place by orbing, as Whitelighters can, but their orb effects are black in color. Their ability is called 'black orbing', once, in Bad Bad World part 1. They also come equipped with crossbows, which they can summon into their hands at any time. The Darklighter crossbow arrows are coated with a special type of poison that is especially lethal to Whitelighters. Darklighters can also throw energy balls like Whitelighters do. Evil Leo tried to escape a crystal cage using an energy ball in Bad Bad World part 1. Some Darklighters also possess the touch of death, a power triggered by hate and focused through their hands - in contrast to a Whitelighter's ability to heal others. Similar to Whitelighters, Darklighters also possess the ability to sense another magical being's presence through a magical form of telepathy. Hence they can locate a Whitelighter anywhere on the globe by merely concentrating.
[edit] Goals
The general goal of all Darklighters are to kill Whitelighters in order for witches to be more vulnerable to evil attack. Thus Darklighters generally pose little threat to any other magical creature. They generally work with Warlocks or demons to accomplish their goals.
[edit] Types of Darklighters
Besides the standard "assassin" type of Darklighter, who strives to kill current Whitelighters to leave their charges vulnerable or to kill future Whitelighters before they can earn their wings, there are three other known types of Darklighters:
- One type of Darklighter spreads evil through procreation, by seducing innocent mortal women and tricking them into bearing their progeny. It's against the rules to tell these women about who they truly are, and so it is presumed that the women are abandoned once a child is produced. See: Love Hurts and Incubus (demon)
- Another type of Darklighter, mentioned on the show are the ones that drive future Whitelighters to suicide, automatically disqualifying the person from becoming a Whitelighter. They curse these Whitelighters-to-be with bad luck, following the victim around, invisible to everyone, including the victim. As the bad luck escalates and drives all thoughts of happiness from the victim's mind, the Darklighter is there every step of the way, whispering hopeless thoughts into the victim's ears. Once the victim is thoroughly depressed beyond recovery, the Darklighter changes his whispered words to encourage them to commit suicide. See: Murphy's Luck
- A third type of Darklighter is called a Tracker. A Tracker is a Darklighter that goes after Whitelighters who are about to lose their wings. Their orbing is more of a spiral than the particle of other Darklighters, and they are considered to be much more powerful than a regular Darklighter. They are rogue Darklighters who often only answer to themselves. They distinguish themselves from other types of Darklighters by wearing tribal tattoos on their face. Thus far only one Tracker Darklighter, Ronan, has been shown in which the then god-like Cole imbued him with additional powers in order to destroy the Charmed One Paige. See: Sam I Am
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[edit] Spells
- To Summon a Darklighter: Chant the words: Ixo Mende Layto Sempar
[edit] Vanquish
Darklighters are not invulnerable and are thus open to many ways of being vanquished. Previous methods used were potions, athames, energy balls and witch powers such as molecular combustion. Darklighters also apear to be susceptible to their own darklighter arrows. However, some Darklighters are shown to be able to survive one of their own arrows.
[edit] Significant Darklighters
- Alec - The first Darklighter seen on the show. Alec fell in love with a mortal woman, who he was assigned to impregnate. He also possessed the touch of death in Love Hurts.
- Kane - The Darklighter leader, shown in The Day the Magic Died.
- Damien - Damien was a darklighter who was sent by Gideon to kill Leo Wyatt in The Courtship of Wyatt's Father.
- Ronan - A Tracker Darklighter blessed by Cole with additional powers in the episode Sam I Am.
- Salek - Upper level member shown to have trained new Darklighters in the episode The Jung and the Restless.
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