List of magical beings in Charmed
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This article lists magical beings in the The WB television series Charmed.
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[edit] Avatars
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Avatars are an ancient group of magical beings who can bend the very fabric of time.
[edit] Darklighter
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Darklighters are the demonic counterparts to Whitelighters, guardian angels in the series.
[edit] Elders
| The Elders | |
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| First appearance | "Witches in Tights" |
| Last appearance | "The Jung and the Restless" |
| Created by | Constance M. Burge |
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| Name | The Elders, The Founders, Senior Whitelighters |
| Purpose | Preserving "the greater good", commanding Whitelighters and cupids, protecting witches and overseeing magic. |
| Powers | Regenerating, Energy balls, Orbing, Healing, Glamouring, Invisibility, Sensing charges, Memory manipulation, Mind control, Telepathy, Lightning Bolts, Clairvoyance, Overseeing the world, Heat generation, Thought Projection, Telekinetic Orbing, Hovering, Force fields |
| Membership | Current Known Elders: Odin, Sandra, Kevin, Roland, Kheel, Jonas, Aramis, Alastair Former Elders: |
The Elders are a fictional group of people who oversee good magic. Originally, they were referred to as "The Founders",[1] but all subsequent episodes use the term "Elders".
Elders mainly keep track of witches, watching from the Heavens. They communicate with those on Earth through their helpers and messengers, the Whitelighters. The Elders decide who may become a Whitelighter, and give and take their powers. A Whitelighter's ability to heal is channeled directly from the Elders.
It appears that most of the Elders were Whitelighters themselves at one time. Though some were probably witches because Kevin, a teenage witch, was promoted as an Elder. Leo Wyatt is promoted to the rank of Elder after saving the Charmed Ones and the remaining Elders from the wrath of the Titans.[2][3]
Though Whitelighters are not allowed to kill, the Elders have powerful fighting abilities. For the most part, the Elders' powers are only shown on screen when Leo is promoted to the rank of Elder. Leo is seen using a lightning-like power to kill Gideon.[4] In one episode, three Elders are shown to kill Phoebe and Paige with magical flames, although this occurs in a magic-induced hallucination and does not indicate their actual abilities.[5]
When witches need advice on demons they know nothing about, they can ask the Elders by sending their Whitelighter. The Elders are not all knowing, however; in some cases, they know no more than the sisters do. In one episode, Leo had to find out who the Four Horsemen were and what they were up to, because the Elders could not help.[6] The Elders do not allow witches or any other magical being besides themselves and Whitelighters to enter the Heavens.[7][8] Even the Charmed Ones do not have this privilege, as Piper and Leo have to ask for an audience when they seek permission to have a relationship (though this rule is trumped by Piper's god status), and Leo specifically tells Piper she is not allowed there when she comes to see him.[2] The Elders do, however, allow Leo to watch over his son Wyatt and to take him to be with the Elders when he may be in danger.
As the show progresses, Paige begins using her Whitelighter side, and is able to converse with the Elders as she pleases. Though she does not go to the Heavens like the other Elders or Whitelighters do, they meet at the Golden Gate Bridge and she speaks with Sandra, one of the few female Elders.
Very few Elders ever come to Earth. Leo and Gideon are rare examples who spend most of their time outside the Heavens. A few come to Earth to speak directly about important issues, like Gideon's intentions to kill Wyatt and the possible threat of the Avatars. The Elder Sandra comes to speak to Piper about Leo during the last season. Overall, as a group, the Elders prefer to take a background role and remain largely unseen in the day-to-day affairs of even the magical world.
Thousands of years before the present, the Titans once ruled the world, but were abusive of their powers. Seeking to entomb them, the Elders of that time created the Greek gods by infusing mortals with a mystical power beyond their own. Ironically, the self-declared Gods of Mount Olympus would later force the world to worship them too for many years.[2]
[edit] Hollow
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The Hollow first appears in the season four and is used again in the last two episodes of season eight. It is an extremely powerful vapor essence with limitless power absorbing potential, the chance to possibly end all things and make reality a complete void if unleashed for too long, and the ability to possess the corporeal form of any living being. The Source, two of his demonic grunts, Cole, Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Billie, and Christy have all ended up possessed by the Hollow once each at some point.
[edit] Warlocks
Warlocks are an evil race of magical beings. Unlike other sources, the term is not gender specific and refers to witches who have gone down the path of evil, rescinding their humanity after committing an irrevocable act of evil – their main goals are to kill witches and steal their powers. An evil witch differs from a warlock in that they have not killed another witch to steal their powers, but rather use magic for personal gain and are willing to kill innocents instead of protecting them. Evil witches only become warlocks when they've killed good witches to steal their powers. When warlocks have children, the children will automatically be warlocks unless one of the child's parents is mortal, as evidenced by the character Brendan Rowe from the episode "When Bad Warlocks Turn Good." Brendan Rowe is a half-warlock who is good due to the fact that his mother was human. It has also been stated in the episode "They're Everywhere" that warlocks don't bleed but this has been contradicted by warlocks bleeding in other episodes. This is a definite example of retcon. It is also established later in season 3 that the power to blink from place to place instantly is an exclusive warlock power, which also differentiates between evil witches and warlocks.
[edit] Whitelighter
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Whitelighters are "guardian angels". They watch over their charges and intervene when necessary to help them along their path and keep them safe; they can also be called by their charges. They can constantly hear the lives of their charges in their heads,[9] and if one of them calls their Whitelighter's name, they can usually show up at a moment's notice.
[edit] References
- ^ "Secrets and Guys". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 1999-02-17.
- ^ a b c "Oh My Goddess (Part 1)". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 2003-05-11.
- ^ "Witches in Tights". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 2002-10-13.
- ^ "It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World (Part 2)". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 2004-05-16.
- ^ "It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World (Part 1)". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 2004-05-16.
- ^ "Apocalypse Not". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 2000-05-11.
- ^ "Be Careful What You Witch For". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 2000-05-18.
- ^ "Blinded by the Whitelighter". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 2001-01-25.
- ^ "Siren's Song". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 2002-10-06.
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