Orbing is a form of the power of teleportation, allowing the user to teleport by collapsing into/emerging from an orb of white light. This power seems to be exclusive to Whitelighters.
Overview[]
This ability seems to work by causing the user and any intended others to spiral into a sphere in the occupied space and dissipate into a bright white light before emerging at the destination in the same manner. Orbing is assumed to be a basic power of all Whitelighters. Whitelighters are able to teleport with other beings and objects through physical contact, though this is said to deplete their magical energy.[1]
Known Users[]
- Original Power
- Whitelighters
- Harry Greenwood (formerly)
- Tessa Flores-Cohen
- Unnamed Whitelighter[2]
- Through spell, artifact, power stealing, etc.
- Mel Vera (through the use of the Teleportation Potion)
Trivia[]
- This power is the first mode of teleportation seen onscreen in the reboot.
- The visual effects for Orbing in this series are very different than in the original series. When someone orbed in the original series, they turned into a swarm of blue and white orbs that usually rose upwards or sunk downwards (however, certain half-Whitelighters orb in a swirling manner without rising or descending like Simon Marks), depending on the direction the being is going. In the reboot, Whitelighters transport in a similar fashion as the wizards of Harry Potter do via Disapparition, however, it is still referred to as "Orbing."
- In You're Dead to Me, Mel uses the term "orbing" for the first time.
- In both Touched by a Demon and Switches & Stones, Harry refers to his teleportation as "orbing".
- In Switches & Stones, Mel calls Jada's teleportation "orb."
- In The Replacement, Tessa, the second Whitelighter to appear in the series, also calls her teleportation ability, "orbing," effectively giving this form of teleportation its name.
- In Kappa Spirit, Harry reveals that he can orb into midair and grab someone mid-teleportation, although he does think of it as "a bit unorthodox".
- In The Replacement, Tessa refers to orbing as "western magic". In the original series, the sisters referred to witchcraft several times as "western magic", which they described as separated from "eastern thinking", which is more ritualistic.
- In the first season, the sound effect of Orbing was akin to a rustling whoosh. The second season changed this to a more coarse grinding type of sound which remained throughout the rest of the series.
- Since this power belonged exclusively to Whitelighters and the last of them went "extinct" in season 4, it is assumed that Orbing went extinct with them. Theoretically, Jordan Chase being a part-Whitelighter could have this power in a dormant state, however, this has never been confirmed.
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References[]
- ↑ This is stated only once; however, in subsequent episodes, Harry has been shown to orb with other beings with relatively no depletion of energy.
- ↑ Search Party