The Charmed Ones

The Charmed Ones are the chosen sisterhood of three witches. They are known as the most powerful trio of witches in the world and are dedicated to protecting innocents and vanquishing evil. The magical bond between the sisters is known as the Power of Three, which is an extremely powerful form of magic, if not the most powerful. It is represented by the ancient symbol known as the triquetra. Every incarnation of the Charmed Ones has been destroyed by the Power of Three, unable to handle the consequences of carrying such a powerful form of magic.

The current incarnation of "The Charmed Ones" consists of Macy Vaughn, Melanie Vera and Margarita Vera. After their auras were stripped, this appears to have rendered them unable to access the Power of Three as well. Mel and Maggie have developed new active witchly powers, while Macy regained an advanced version her original witchly power. However, it took an encounter with an ancient Elder and a powerful enemy for the sisters to realise they need the Power of Three, finally allowing them to restore their full potential as the Charmed Ones.

History

Dawn of Time

The Charmed Ones have existed in trios of sisterhoods since the dawn of time when they were needed to protect the world from destruction. However, to possess such great power, it overwhelmed every generation of Charmed Ones until one set of sisters died as a consequence. One of the previous Charmed Ones became a guardian of Black Amber in hopes of meeting future Charmed Ones to help them break the cycle.^[1]

The Vera-Vaughn Charmed Ones

In the year 1990, Marisol Vera, a powerful witch and Elder, became pregnant by her mortal lover Dexter Vaughn. Over the course of pregnancy, Marisol began to feel that there was something wrong, one day even expressing these feelings to a friend. Marisol's worries were confirmed a couple of months later, when their baby, Macy Vaughn, was stillborn. Determined to get their daughter back, Marisol came up with a plan to reunite the pieces of the Scythe of Tartarus in order to free a Necromancer, knowing this was a violation of the Elders rules. After successfully reassembling the scythe, Marisol used it to summon a Necromancer named Knansie from Tartarus to resurrect Macy. Knansie's ritual worked but there was a cost; the three could spend only the following two years as a family but then Macy and Marisol would have to be separated and if Marisol violated the terms and saw her daughter then Macy would die. Desperate to not lose her daughter a second time but not having no other alternative, Marisol let Dexter take Macy when the time came, although they still remained in contact by sending letters for years. During their two years together, she bound Macy's powers. However, the experience of having to leave her child was still too traumatizing, leading her to ask fellow Elder, Charity Callahan to cast an anguish spell to help her feel better, which she did despite not knowing why. A couple of years later, Marisol met a man named Ray, who became the father of her second child, Mel Vera. Eventually, Marisol and Dexter met up again in secret and ended up conceiving Maggie Vera. On Maggie's fifth birthday, Ray abandoned the family for unknown reasons. As her daughters got older, she began having premonitions informing her that her daughters would become the Charmed Ones. This lead to Marisol trying to get the sisters to reunite, by secretly arranging for adult Macy to come back to Hilltowne. One night Marisol began the process of unbinding their powers but was interrupted by the arrival of her friend Charity. As Charity continued to question Marisol, she told her the truth of the revival of her oldest daughter. Charity, however, didn't believe it was safe, considering Macy was a Charmed One tainted by dark magic. This led her to try and stop Marisol, but when begging didn't work, Charity killed her. Luckily Marisol finished the spell with her dying breathe.

Three months after her ultimate demise at the hands of Elder Charity Callahan, Macy moved to town and discovered her family. When she went to meet her sisters, their powers unbound. Harry Greenwood, their Whitelighter, explained the situation and told them to decide whether to accept their destiny as witches within the next forty-eight hours. After some bonding and much consideration, the sisters unanimously agreed to accept their new fate, becoming the Charmed Ones and vanquished their first demon together.

They are currently under tutelage by Harry, while also battling demons who seek to unleash chaos on the world and summon the Source of All Evil. Macy briefly took on the power of the Source, but later relinquished the power with a spell into her pendant. The pendant was split into three pieces, which the Charmed Ones hid in different corners of the world in order to prevent it from being reassembled, having Harry wipe their memories for added protection. Soon after, they were approached by other magical beings who chose them to take over governing the magical community in the Elders' stead.

Some weeks later, they were attacked by an overwhelming enemy and had no choice but to escape through a portal that brought them to the Command Center which stripped their powers as a consequence. The sisters are able to recreate new powers through contact with Black Amber and Macy purging of her demonic side.

Powers and Abilities

As witches, the Charmed Ones have the two basic powers of casting spells and brewing potions. The Charmed Ones are capable of performing extraordinary feats of magic, overriding a demonic security system with simplicity and using a Vortex Viribus seemingly instinctively to strip another witch of her powers.^[2][3] Being witches, the Charmed Ones are also inherently immune to certain magical abilities (e.g. the Sirens' songs and to Pixie Dust). Being so powerful, the Charmed Ones are afforded a greater resistance to certain mental manipulation; for example, as Macy is a Charmed One, the effects of Charity's memory-wipe was not totally effective and the memories kept coming back.^[3]

Unique Powers

Aside from their basic abilities, each Charmed One possesses separate active powers which expand and evolve overtime. These powers are linked to each other, which is how their advancements are selected. As of "Safe Space", the Charmed Ones have been stripped of their auras, and as such can no longer access their original powers, but have since developed new powers in their stead. As of "Needs to Know", Macy has been stripped of her demonic powers as well, but as of "Breaking the Cycle", her power of telekinesis has been restored, but in an advanced version.

The Power of Three

Main article: Power of Three

Although each sister is a powerful witch in her own right, the Charmed One's true strength lies in the Power of Three — their collective power, which stems from their bond and connection as sisters. Evidently, there are certain spells that require the Power of Three and cannot be cast by even the most powerful witches, like Charity Callahan. According to Charity, only the Charmed Ones have the Power of Three. When upset at each other and not working together as sisters, the Power of Three is not accessible.^[4]

As a result of having their auras stripped, the Power of Three has since been rendered dormant.

Weaknesses

• Emotions: The Charmed Ones' powers are subject to the influence of their emotional state and may fluctuate according to them. Their collective power (i.e. the Power of Three) is also tied to their sisterly bond, and when not acting as sisters this collective power is unusable.^[4]
• Magic: The Charmed Ones are still susceptible to the powers of magic. This is inclusive of mystical objects such as the Prism of Souls and the Amulet of Archangels.
• Mortality: Despite their mystical attributes, the Charmed Ones are still human and share many of the same weaknesses as non-supernatural beings (e.g. age, blunt-trauma, decapitation, disease, heart-failure, suffocation, snapped neck, etc.). They can potentially get around these effects through powerful magic, considering Macy was resurrected by the Necromancer Knansie.
• The Power of Three: The potency of the Power of Three has always been too powerful that overtime one of the Charmed Ones would die and the cycle would restart with the next generation of Charmed Ones. There are three known ways for this end to be prevented, loss of their powers, one of the sisters becomes another creature altogether, or the sisters involved form an emotional bond powerful enough to bear the Power of Three permanently.

Known Charmed Ones

Current incarnation

• Macy Vaughn, Mel Vera & Maggie Vera

Previous incarnations

• Nancy Sanchez, Nir Sanchez & Nicole Sanchez
• Lucy Stone, Leva Stone & Lisa Stone
• Jenifer Turner, Julia Turner & Jamie Turner
• Flora Young, Fifi Young & Fiona Young
• Amy Gomez, Andrea Gomez & Alexandra Gomez
• Gina Andrews, Gigi Andrews & Gloria Andrews
• Anne Forbes, Alison Forbes & Ashley Forbes
• Kara Evans, Kathryn Evans & Kendall Evans
• Charlotte Parkes, Clara Parkes & Cynthia Parkes
• Josephine Ives, Juliana Ives & Jacques Ives
• Winona Adams, Wendy Adams & Whitney Adams
• Unnamed H Lord, Hailey Lord & Haget Lord
• Tabitha Montgomery, Taliana Montgomery & Tiffany Montgomery
• Ray-Ane North, Rhonda North & Rose North

Trivia

• In the original Charmed, the only Charmed Ones were Prue, Piper, and Phoebe Halliwell, and Paige Matthews. The last sister joined in after the eldest sister was killed by a demon.
  • In the reboot, Macy, Mel and Maggie find out that they haven't been the only Charmed Ones throughout history.^[1]
• Unlike the original series, the Veras were given a choice as to whether they become the Charmed Ones, but had 48 hours to decide. The Halliwell sisters didn't get that luxury.
• Despite having obtained all of their individual powers, the Charmed Ones are required to accept their destiny as witches together to unlock the Power of Three.
• Similar to Paige, Macy is a witch hybrid due to being resurrected with demon blood at infancy, but unlike Paige, who had angelic powers due to her Whitelighter side, Macy has demonic ones.
• In "Breaking the Cycle", The Guardian & her two sisters are stated to be three of the names revealed in the Book of Elders, though it is not specified which ones.

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