Warlock (Charmed)

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Warlock
Three warlock brothers, The Evil Charmed Ones
First appearance Something Wicca This Way Comes Last appearance Forever Charmed (Christy Jenkins) Created by Constance M. Burge
Statistics Species Name Warlock; Traitor to an Oath; Evil Witch Subspecies Collectors; Dragons; Familiars; Three-eyed etc. Traits Evil; manipulative; hateful; intelligent; human. They are either born from two warlock parents or are witches who have been turned into warlocks or have killed an innocent with their powers, and transformed into a warlock. Notable powers Like a witch, a warlock can cast spells, scry, create potions etc. A warlock's powers can vary from case to case, but most at some point develop the power of blinking. Notable examples Jeremy Burns[1] Anton[2] Zile[3] Eames[4]

Warlocks are fictional characters on The WB television series Charmed. On Charmed, warlocks are an evil race of magical beings. Unlike other television series such as Bewitched or Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, the term is not gender specific and refers to evil witches.

Contents 1 History 2 Goals 3 Powers 4 Warlock subspecies 5 Significant warlock moments 6 Known warlocks 7 References

[edit] History

All witches must follow the important rule from the Wiccan Rede: An harm it none, do as ye will. When a witch crosses the line, and uses his or her magic to harm others, he or she will cross over to the dark side and become a warlock.^[1]

Like a human, a warlock is born and grows, naturally coming from either warlock parents^[5] or from a witch heritage and betraying their oath - but unlike mortals warlocks do not bleed (although this is contradicted in later episodes) and possess eyes that are extremely sensitive to flashes of light. Considered one of the lowest forms of evil and looked down upon by higher demonic beings, warlocks are the dark equivalent of witches.

Half-warlocks with mortal parents are not inherently evil, though they can be swayed to the dark side.^[5] There is a way to cleanse themselves of their warlock nature, but it requires an "ultimate commitment to good", such as entering the priesthood. A half-warlock has normal human frailties, but possesses warlock powers.^[5]

[edit] Goals

Warlocks look and act human but have one very specific and dangerous goal: to kill good witches and steal their powers. At the point of death a warlock captures the magic flowing from a Witch’s body, obtaining their abilities. Their primary targets are witches but they are also capable of stealing the abilities of other supernatural beings they vanquish, though they risk incurring demonic wrath by killing those that serve evil.

[edit] Powers

Like witches, warlocks possess a wide variety of individual powers as well as the ability to perform magical feats, such as spell casting. The Halliwells identify any being with the power of blinking as a Warlock, but not all warlocks have demonstrated this ability. Due to their sensitivity to light, a dazzling burst will disorient them, temporarily leaving them unable to blink.^[2][6] Some warlocks also possess abilities such as shapeshifting,^[2] telekinesis, pyrokinesis, freezing time, memory absorption and astral projection.^[7] The main ability all warlocks possess though is the power to absorb witch powers from witches they have killed.

[edit] Warlock subspecies

• Collectors: Warlocks who are able to drain knowledge through needle like finger protrusions.^[8] They also happen to share the ability to blink and invulnerability. After draining their victims information from their head, the victims lose part of their memory and become catatonic. A Collector can also put the information back in someone's head, which revives the person. A Collector's greatest weakness is his thirst for knowledge.^[8]
• Dragon Warlock: Known to be the most feared and powerful witch killer there is. He has the power to breathe fire, fly and he possesses superhuman strength. The Dragon Warlock is rumored to be the spawn of a dragon and a sorceress, according to the Book of Shadows entry.^[6]
• Familiar Warlock: When a witch's Familiar decides to betray its charge, it becomes a Warlock, taking human form. The familiar's dead witch's powers are transferred to the new warlock in the process. Once this is done, the new Warlock must shed the last of its familiar nature before midnight of the next New Moon in order to become invincible. In the case of a feline familiar, the warlock must die 9 times in order to gain a 10th life of immortality.^[9]

• Three-Eyed Warlock: A Warlock from the future that has a third eye which emits a deadly beam to kill innocents.^[10]

[edit] Significant warlock moments

At one point there is an "Evil Power of Three" that consisted of three warlocks with a similar power to the Charmed Ones. Prue is able to help one of the members rid himself of his warlock side and destroy his brothers.^[5]

When The Source of All Evil is wounded in battle by the Charmed Ones, a warlock faction tries to usurp the Underworld. The warlocks of the faction hold many powers, several of which were stolen from demons, guaranteeing their death at demon hands if they failed. The Charmed Ones killed several of the faction’s numbers when recovering the Ring Of Inspiration,^[11] but some Warlocks chose to flee rather than die at their hands.

According to one episode, in the near future scientists are going to discover a virus ("the vaccine") that specifically infects all warlocks, thus destroying the entire race.^[10] In order to stop this from happening the Warlock Gavin travels from the future to kill the science team responsible before the discovery can be made. Unfortunately for him the Charmed Ones vanquish him before he can kill all the scientists involved. If this possible future comes to fruition or not is unclear as future events foreseen have been changed dramatically in the past. If it does however, the warlock race may be close to an end.

[edit] Known warlocks

• Rex Buckland
• Hannah Webster
• Nicholas
• Jeremy Burns
• Brendan, Greg and Paul Rowe
• Mable, Mitzy, and Margo Stillman
• Nigel & Robin
• Anton
• Zile
• Devlin
• Eames
• Shadow
• Bacarra
• The Collectors
• Malcolm & Jane
• Matthew Tate
• Three-Eyed Warlock(s)
• Tuatha (evil witch)
• The Evil Witch
• Dragon Warlock
• Christy Jenkins

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Something Wicca This Way Comes". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 1998-10-07.
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Pardon My Past". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 2000-02-17.
3. ^ "Bride and Gloom". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 2001-02-08.
4. ^ "Blinded by the Whitelighter". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 2001-01-25.
5. ^ ^{a b c d} "When Bad Warlocks Go Good". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 1999-04-28.
6. ^ ^{a b} "Be Careful What You Witch For". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 2000-05-18.
7. ^ "Wicca Envy". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 1999-01-13.
8. ^ ^{a b} "They're Everywhere". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 1999-11-18.
9. ^ "PreWitched". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 2001-03-22.
10. ^ ^{a b} "The Truth Is Out There...and It Hurts". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 1998-11-25.
11. ^ "Muse to My Ears". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 2001-12-13.

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