Halfrek
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Halfrek or Hallie was a recurring fictional character on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She appeared as a vengeance demon in seasons 6 and 7, and as (once thought to be) the human, Cecily, in season 5, who in turn happened to be Halfrek.
Halfrek
Halfrek was a long-time associate and sometime friend of Anya, who knew her from her days as a vengeance demon. The two had worked together in the past, notably during the Russian Revolution. However, Halfrek's raison d'etre differed from Anya's. Whereas Anya was an avenger of scorned women, Halfrek's "thing" (as Anya put it) was to perform vengeance for children who had been wronged by their parents or guardians. Even after Anya had ceased to be a vengeance demon, she continued her friendship with Halfrek (even calling her "Hallie" as a nickname).
In her first appearance in season 6, Halfrek posed as a guidance counselor and coaxed Dawn into making a wish. Feeling that no one wanted to spend time with her, Dawn wished that people would never leave; Halfrek therefore cast a spell that prevented anyone from leaving the Summers residence. The crisis ended when Halfrek was herself caught in the spell and had to break it. Halfrek also appeared as a bridesmaid at the failed wedding of Anya and Xander. Early in season 7, Halfrek attempted to coax Anya back into vengeance, but Anya had spent too long as a mortal; while she was initially successful in her return to demonhood, she subsequently regretted the deaths she had caused. Anya thus asked D'Hoffryn (the head of the Vengeance Demons) to restore the lives of a group of men slaughtered as a result of one of her wishes; D'Hoffryn agreed, but destroyed Halfrek's body and soul before Anya's eyes in order to accomplish what she had requested.
Cecily
Kali Rocha, the actress who played Halfrek, had also earlier played another character, during the season 5 episode "Fool For Love." In that episode, she played Cecily, the upper-class object of the then-human William's (Spike's) affections in Victorian England circa 1880. Cecily spurned Spike's advances, saying he was "beneath her", and upsetting him greatly. This set in motion the events that led William to accept comfort from Drusilla, and become a vampire. (Cecily's surname is the subject of some dispute in Buffy fandom - it was implied to be Underwood in the episode "Lies My Parents Told Me", but stated to be Addams in the tie-in novel These Our Actors and the script of Fool for Love). Arguably, neither name is real, and instead both are aliases.
Identity
Technically, the casting of the same actress in two roles was a mistake on the part of the producers, but they made a virtue out of it. In the season 6 episode "Older and Far Away", Halfrek recognizes Spike and calls him by his human name, William. Spike also recognizes Halfrek, but when asked to explain this they both sheepishly deny being acquainted. This would logically lead the viewer to believe that Halfrek had previously been Cecily. However, Halfrek once told Anya that she witnessed the Crimean War (circa 1853). The timing of this event would indicate that Halfrek existed as a demon at least three decades prior to the adoption of youthful human form in Cecily. Joss Whedon and Kali Rocha have both made statements that Halfrek and Cecily were indeed the same entity.Halfrek later appeared in , which established that she was 'on a job' at the time that William fell for Cecily. The night William became a vampire, she caused the deaths of the rude party-goers who had laughed at William's poetry.
Continuity-wise, the comic story takes place in Buffy Season 6, and assumes that an unsouled Spike briefly left Sunnydale and visited LA.
Buffyverse appearances
In order of Buffyverse chronology. Canon appears in bold.History
- Flashbacks in Fool for Love
- Flashbacks in Spark and Burn
- Flashbacks in These Our Actors
- Flashbacks in Selfless
Autumn 2001 until Summer 2002, Buffy Season 6
Autumn 2002 until Summer 2003, Buffy Season 7
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