The Touch of Death is the power to kill living beings instantly by transferring a powerful demonic virus through physical contact.
Overview[]
The users of this ability can kill any living being that they make physical contact with. The touch will lead to the target becoming heavily burned. The ability, or at least the Harbinger of Hell's version, can evolve to become an airborne virus. Whilst airborne, the targets will begin to bleed from the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears and be driven to a state of insanity. Spell Blockers seem to protect the wearers from the airborne virus.
History[]
In "Exorcise Your Demons", while chained in the attic of Vera Manor, the Harbinger used this ability to kill a mouse and threw it at Mel and Maggie Vera in order to terrify them. After studying the effects of the power on the mouse, Macy Vaughn learned that the touch spread a virus that was similar in DNA structure to smallpox, and the virus could evolve to become airborne. Charity Callahan was able to contain this power with a spell but stated that the spell wouldn't hold the Harbinger's growing power and would only last till the next full moon, and later the Vera-Vaughn Charmed Ones used contamination-proof gloves as a precaution while performing an exorcism to expel the demon from his host.
In "Red Rain", it was found out that Hunter Caine had inhaled the Harbinger during their imprisonment in Tartarus. When he was vanquished during the Kappa Cinco de Mayo party at The Haunt in "Ambush", this allowed for the Harbinger's virus to become airborne, infecting many individuals at the party. While at the hospital, the Charmed Ones and Harry Greenwood found that those infected had begun bleeding from the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears and had been driven to a state of hostility. Galvin Burdette was able to save the many innocents by performing the ritual to remove the ibi, sacrificing his own life in the process.
In "The Truth about Kat and Dogs", while Harry and Abigael Jameson-Caine were searching through Castle Breithe, Abigael revealed that, when she was thirteen years old, she reached out to her father, Alastor, and he sent assassins (known as "Calibans") with the ability to kill anyone that they touch after her.
Known Users[]
Original Power
Trivia[]
- In the original series, this power was always used solely through the touch of a hand.