Charmed
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Charmed is a US television series about three sisters who are witches; they use their powers to fight evil.
There have, in fact, been four sisters: initially the three Halliwell sisters were composed of Prue, Piper and Phoebe. However, when Shannen Doherty (who played Prue) left the series after the third season, her character was killed off and Rose McGowan was brought in--they harness the "power of three" to work their magic. (Only three sisters are active at any one time.) The series, which has been running since 1998, is shown on the WB television network in the United States and on CTV in Canada. In addition, the show has been licensed to other networks, such as the Turner Network Television channel, to show reruns.
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2 Synopsis 3 Characters
3.1 Mortals
4 External links3.2 Witches 3.3 Warlocks & Demons 3.4 Beings of Light 3.5 Magical Beings 3.6 Other Information |
Cast
- Prudence Halliwell: Shannen Doherty
- Piper Halliwell(-Wyatt): Holly Marie Combs
- Phoebe Halliwell: Alyssa Milano
- Paige Matthews: Rose McGowan
- Leo Wyatt: Brian Krause
- Darryl Morris: Dorian Gregory
- Cole Turner: Julian McMahon
- Chris Perry: Drew Fuller
Synopsis
The series begins when the three Halliwell sisters, Prue, Piper and Phoebe, come together again after their grandmother has died. They discover they are the descendants of a long line of witches and so they are forced to stay at the family manor in San Francisco. They each have different powers. Prudence Halliwell, the oldest sister, has the power of psychokinesis and astral projection. Piper, the second-oldest, has the power to change the speed of molecules in objects and people, creating the effect of freezing time (only for the frozen object) when she slows molecules, and the effect of explosion, when she speeds up the molecules. Phoebe, the third sister, has premonitions and the power to levitate; in addition, she is an empath. The sisters are referred to as the Charmed Ones because when they combine their powers, they can defeat almost all evil.
When Prue was killed, it was revealed that, in fact, there is a fourth sister, Paige. She has the power to "orb" in and out between planes, orb objects to herself or another place, and to heal. She has the same mother, Patricia "Patty" Halliwell, as the other three, but her father was a white-lighter (one of a group of supernatural beings who provide guidance to good witches) who had an affair with Patricia Halliwell.
The sisters become romantically involved at different points in their lives. However, their magical skills and the need to keep them secret from the rest of the world puts them in a difficult position with respect to their lovers. Prue falls in love with Andy, a police investigator looking into unsolved and occult murders. Piper falls in love with Leo Wyatt, a white-lighter, but their affair is frustrated by Leo's bosses, the Elders. It takes some heavy persuading before Leo and Piper can get married. They remain married until he becomes an elder. Phoebe is fatally attracted to Cole Turner, the human half of the demon Balthazor who conspires to kill the Charmed Ones. Their relationship is intense but ultimately doomed.
Characters
Mortals
Victor Bennett — The father of Prue, Piper, and Phoebe.
Andy Trudeau — The former inspector of SFPD. Andy worked as an inspector for the San Francisco Police Department and he coincidentally was assigned to almost every police case that involved the Halliwell sisters. He was in love with Prue, but because she wouldn't tell him her secret, they broke up. Eventually, Andy discovered the sisters' secret, and once he discovered that they were responsible for saving so many people's lives he risked his career and ultimately sacrificed his life to protect them.
Mark Chao — A human who was killed and became a ghost. He fell in love with Piper Halliwell.
Dream Sorcerer — A mortal who used dream technology to enter the dreams of the women who scorned him and kill them in their dreams.
Witches
Aviva — Aviva is a practical witch who was granted the power of heat and fire. By Kali's guidance, she had gained the trust of Phoebe Halliwell, the third of the Charmed Ones, and wanted to become a Charmed One. However, because of Prue's distrust in her, she tried to get rid of her but failed. Kali had possessed Aviva and turned her against the Charmed Ones. She was later freed and became a friend of the Charmed Ones.
Max — Max is a male witch with the power of psychokinesis. He can move things with his mind without having to see it. He was kidnapped by murderous thieves so they could use him to help them break into vaults in banks.
Melinda Warren — The beginning of Warren/Halliwell magic, Melinda Warren was born in Virginia, but later moved to Salem, Massachusetts. She possessed all three of the Charmed Ones powers: telekinesis, premonitions, and temporal stasis. She was tricked by a warlock named Matthew Tate who copied her powers and then turned her in to the witch-hunters. Melinda managed to curse Matthew into a locket, but she was burned at the stake in the Salem witch trials. She was summoned to the twentieth century by her descendants, the Charmed Ones, to help return Matthew Tate back into the locket. She succeeded and returned to the spirit world.
Wyatt Matthew Halliwell — Grams — After their mother's death, Penny—more fondly known as Grams—raised Piper, Prue and Phoebe after their mothers death. Like Prue, Grams had the power of telekinesis and was very skilled at her craft. She credits herself with writing all of the "good" spells in the Book of Shadows. Grams was responsible for binding the sisters' powers when they were children after their mother was tricked by a warlock who exchanged Patty's life for immunity against the sisters' powers. When she died of a heart condition, her death was what triggered the sisters' powers being unbound, leading them to discover their destiny.
Patty Halliwell — Mother of the Charmed Ones, Patty, like Piper, had the power to freeze. When her relationship with her husband, Victor, ended badly because of disagreements about magic, Patty had a forbidden affair with her Whitelighter, Sam, which resulted in Paige being born. Patty died an early death fighting a water demon.
Kevin — P. Russell — This Warren ancestor—Phoebe's soul in a past life—lived during the twenties, operating a small business selling love potions and telling futures at a speakeasy she owned with her two cousins, and her power was throwing fire. A powerful warlock named Anton seduced her and convinced her to help him kill her cousins so that he might obtain their powers. Her cousins learned of their plan and killed her, but not before cursing her so that she and Anton, who was immortal, would never join forces in any lifetime.
Warlocks & Demons
Warlocks — Warlocks are evil magical humans who have the ability of absorption. Their only drive is to kill a witch and gain the witch's power. Warlocks are those that break the Wiccan rede.
Jeremy Burns — A warlock who dated Piper and tried to get close to her to steal her powers. His known power is absorption.
Rex Buckland and Hannah Webster — These two demonic warlocks are humanly agents of the Source of All Evil. They assumed identities of two workers of Buckland's Auction House and managed to watch over the activities of the Charmed Ones. Assigned to steal their powers, these two sent other lower agents to attack and destroy the Charmed Ones. Rex has the ability of astral projection, mental suggestion, illusionist, and limited telepathy.
Matthew Tate — A 17th century warlock who has the ability to 'copy' the power of a good witch when it is used on him. After he has copied a power, it cannot be used against him. He betrayed the Halliwell's ancestor Melinda Warren to the Salem witchhunters, and because the warlock had stolen her love, she cursed him into the pewter heart (locket) where he would spend eternity knowing the sting of betrayal. The legend says that the warlock must never be freed, as he will destroy the Warren line.
Barbas — Barbas, the demon of fear, appears once every thirteen hundred years on Friday the thirteenth. He feeds on young witches for his survival. Entrapped in the Underworld, Barbas must kill thirteen unmarried witches before midnight so that he might be freed to wreak his havoc every day. He kills witches by making their worst fears come to pass and literally scaring them to death. Prue managed to defeat him by conquering her fear.
Woogy Man - A demonic fog that turns humans evil. FOr a witch, he gives them the power of materialization.
Nicholas- Tempus — Rodriguez — Abraxas- Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse — Triad — Belthazor — Source — Shax — Seer — Necron —
Beings of Light
Brendan Rowe - Brendan is a half warlock and half mortal being. REsisting the evil Rowe Coven, he attempts to become a good warlock or become a priest. He became an ally of the Charmed Ones.
Charmed Ones — The Charmed Ones are witches of the Warren/Halliwell line that are destined to be good white witches, that would save the innocent and vanquish the evil; as in demons and warlocks.
Elders — Elders are high whitelighters that govern all good magical beings.
Whitelighters — Whitelighters are angelic humans that guide white witches and future Whitelighters. A person may become a Whitelighter after death if they have done enough good during his or her life. Whitelighters have the power to heal, hover, and can travel by orbing. Whitelighters eat, sleep, and otherwise function like regular human beings, but they cannot be mortally wounded. Most wounds will magically heal themselves. The only way that a Whitelighter can die is from the poison of a darklighter's arrow.
Magical Beings
Gideon — The headmaster of Magic School.
Witches — Magical humans that learn and practice the craft of white magic as they use their abilities to vanquish evil beings.
Other Information
Athame — An athame is a ceremonial tool, a double-edged steel knife that witches use to direct energy.
Book of Shadows — Magic School — Tribunal- Wiccan Rede — Witches must follow a code called The Wiccan Rede: "An it harm none, do what ye will." If a witch breaks this rede and uses her magic to harm others, she will cross over to the dark side and become a warlock, whose only goal is to kill good witch and obtain their powers.
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