Gideon (Charmed)

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Gideon
Gildart Jackson as Gideon
First appearance The Legend of Sleepy Halliwell Last appearance It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World, Pt 2 Created by Brad Kern
Statistics Full Name Gideon Status Deceased Species Elder Affiliation The Charmed Ones, Magic School, Leo Wyatt, Barbas, the Demon of Fear Notable family unknown Notable powers As an Elder, Gideon possesses a number of powers, such as: Orbing (purple) Healing Sensing Telekinesis Invisibility Telekinetic Orbing Gideon also displayed a number of powers possibly unique to high ranking Elders: Molecular Dispersion Conjuration Telepathy Energy Balls Control over specific items, such as the Ronyx crystal Also, Gideon possessed a high intellect and considerable influence in the demonic world. Portrayed by  Gildart Jackson

Gideon is an Elder on the television show Charmed.

One of the most powerful Elders, Gideon was entrusted with the position as headmaster of the Magic School, an institution where young magical beings can learn about magic. He was Leo's mentor; Paige even complimentarily referred to Gideon as Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi.

While he originally pushed for the Elders to allow Piper Halliwell and Leo Wyatt to get married, once Wyatt Matthew Halliwell was born, Gideon's attitude toward the couple changed drastically. He feared that all of the power that Wyatt possessed would cause him to turn and become an unstoppable threat.

Gaining the sisters' confidence, Gideon used his position as a friend of the family to get close to Wyatt and hired a team of darklighters to get Leo out of the way.

He conspired with his evil counterpart in a parallel dimension to distract both the good and evil Charmed Ones so that he might kill Wyatt. The sisters discovered his plan in time and stopped him, but only temporarily. Conspiring with Barbas who used his powers to distract the sisters and Leo, Gideon managed to kidnap Wyatt, killing Chris in the process. Angered by his son's death, Leo tracked Gideon down in the Underworld and killed him. While this was happening, he cursed Leo saying that he didn't realize what he was doing and that Wyatt had to die to prevent him from turning. In return, Leo said that it was Wyatt being kidnapped that forced him to turn bad in the first place, having to protect himself from being killed every day and being away from his family.

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