Hilltowne is a small, residential town located in Michigan, a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States. It is the hometown of the Vera-Vaughn Charmed Ones.
History[]
The Charmed Ones[]
In the fall of 2018, three months after the passing of Marisol Vera, her three daughters - Macy Vaughn, Mel Vera, and Maggie Vera were united and became the Charmed Ones.[1]
Harbinger of Hell[]
Around the time of Halloween 2018, the Harbinger of Hell surfaced on Earth and possessed a comatose Angela Wu.[2] The Vera-Vaughn Charmed Ones were able to find it, trap it in a paint can, but Alastor stole it before it could be taken back the Elders' headquarters.[3]
The Blossoming of Death[]
During early spring of 2019, Fiona Callahan, a powerful witch recently rescued from Tartarus, massacred a coven to bring about the blossoming of death as part of the prophecy for raising the Source of All Evil. [4]
The Source's Arrival[]
With the massacre of the Elders and the Harbinger of Hell's airborne Touch of Death virus infecting the townsfolk, the rest of the prophecy comes to fruition.[5] The Charmed Ones failed to protect Charity Callahan, the last Elder, who was hunted by her own sister, Fiona. However, Galvin Burdette's sacrifice tipped the scales of balance, giving them a chance to fight back. Fiona died while igniting the Sacred Flame. Macy Vaughn absorbed the flame and became the host for the Source.[6] After realizing the danger she brought with such great power, Macy and her sisters trapped the Source inside her Yin Yang Pendant and hid the pieces in three different corners of the world.
The Veras' Faked Deaths[]
The day after Maggie Vera's birthday in 2019, the Charmed Ones were attacked by a Darklighter. Despite their best efforts, they weren't able to stop the enemy. The Darklighter destroyed their Book of Shadows, but it created a portal that sent them forth to the Command Center in Seattle, Washington. Vera Manor transported itself to a vacant lot in the city as well. Presumably due to the Darklighter's fire-based weapons, Hilltowne residents were led to believe that a fire had burnt down the house with the sisters inside, thereby believing the Vera-Vaughn sisters were dead.[7]
Saving the Magical Kingdom[]
After the magical world was poisoned in 2021 by Vivienne Laurent touching the pool of black amber from the tree beneath the Command Center in Seattle, the Charmed Ones must retrieve the hidden pieces of the Source in order to save it. Maggie and Jordan Chase traveled to Kappa sorority house, where a party was taking place. They were spotted by Heidi, one of the sorority members, but managed to slip away before they were caught by others. After realizing they were at the wrong Kappa, the duo returned to Seattle.
In the meantime, Mel Vera and Abigael Jameson-Caine time traveled to Hilltowne in 2070, arriving in Evergreen Cemetery. Mel found the piece atop her mother's headstone before she found her own grave that stated she was to die in the present day. They also learned that Hilltowne would continue to advance, with new buildings being built in the next 50 years. With no more time to lose, they returned to the present and saved the magical kingdom.[8]
Notable Locations[]
- Hilltowne University
- Hilltowne Police Department
- Hilltowne Fertility Clinic
- Hilltowne University's Department of Genetics
- The Haunt
- Silvio Trattoria
- Mystic Mayhem Tattoo Parlor
- Evergreen Cemetery
- AptitudeMatch Headquarters
- Alistair Caine Enterprises
- Vera Manor (formerly)
- Vortex Viribus (formerly)
Known Residents[]
- Vera Family (formerly)
- Marisol Vera †
- Ray Vera (formerly)
- Mel Vera (formerly)
- Maggie Vera (formerly)
- Macy Vaughn † (formerly)
- Caine Family
- Alistair Caine †
- Hunter Caine †
- Parker Caine (formerly)
- Julia Wagner †
- Harry Greenwood (formerly)
- Trip Bailey †
- Niko Hamada
- Lucy
- Brian
- Galvin Burdette †
- Angela Wu
- Summer
- Heidi
- Trishelle
- Mama Roz †
- Jenna Gordonson
- Jada Shields (formerly)
- Leon
- Sela
- Dante
Trivia[]
- Hilltowne is a fictional town created for the show, and not an actual town in the state of Michigan in reality. The filming locations were in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- According to Galvin Burdette, some of the younger locals call the town, "Helltowne".
- Hilltowne will greatly expand architecturally at some point in the future, as when Mel and Abigael time traveled to the year 2070 in "Triage", they see many more multifloor buildings in town than there are in the present day, where the tallest building is the Hilltowne bell tower.