Warlock (Charmed)

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Warlock

Rex Buckland, a clever warlock and the first enemy to successfully steal the Charmed Ones' powers.

First appearance	Something Wicca This Way Comes
Last appearance	Cat House
Created by	Constance M. Burge

Statistics
Species Name	Warlock; Traitor to an Oath; Evil Witch
Subspecies	Collectors; Dragons; Familiars; Three-eyed etc.
Traits	Evil; manipulative; hateful; intelligent; human. They are either born from two warlock parents or are witches who have been turned into warlocks or have killed an innocent with their powers, and transformed into a warlock.
Notable powers	Like a witch, a warlock can cast spells, scry, create potions etc. A warlock's powers can vary from case to case, but most at some point develop the power of blinking.
Notable examples	Jeremy Burns Rex Buckland Anton Zile

Warlocks are fictional characters on The WB television series Charmed.

On Charmed, Warlocks are an evil race of magical beings. Note that, prior to this WB series, the term "warlock" was merely used to describe any male witch, e.g., Samantha's father Maurice and her Uncle Arthur on the ABC television series, Bewitched.

Contents

1 History
2 Goals
3 Powers
4 Warlock Sub-Species
5 Significant Warlock Moments
6 Known Warlocks

History

All witches must follow the important rule from the Wiccan Rede: An harm it none, do as ye will. When a witch crosses the line, and uses his or her magic to harm others, he or she will cross over to the dark side and become a warlock.

Like a human a Warlock is born and grows, naturally coming from two Warlock parents but unlike mortals Warlocks do not bleed (although this is contradicted in later epsidoes) and possess eyes that are extremely sensitive to flashes of light. Considered one of the lowest forms of evil and looked down upon by higher demonic beings, Warlocks are the dark equivalent of Witches.

Half-Warlocks with mortal parents are not inherently demonic, though they can be swayed to evil. There is a way to cleanse themselves of their Warlock side, but it requires an ultimate commitment to good, such as entering the priesthood. A half-Warlock has normal human frailties, but possesses Warlock powers.

In the episode The Day the Magic Died, the Warlock leader was shown to be a blonde Warlock named Kane.

Goals

Warlocks look and act human but have one very specific and dangerous goal: to kill good Witches and steal their powers. At the point of death a Warlock captures the magic flowing from a Witch’s body, obtaining their abilities. Their primary targets are Witches but they are also capable of stealing the abilities of other supernatural beings they vanquish, though they risk incurring demonic wrath by killing those that serve evil.

Powers

Like Witches, Warlocks possess a wide variety of individual powers as well as the ability to perform magical feats, such as spell casting. The Halliwells identify any being with the power of blinking as a Warlock, but not all Warlocks have demonstrated this ability. Due to their sensitivity to light, a dazzling burst will disorient them, temporarily leaving them unable to blink. Some Warlocks also possess abilities such as Shape-Shifting, telekinesis, pyrokinesis, freezing time, memory absorption, energy projection and astral projection. The main ability all Warlocks possess though is the power to absorb Witch powers from Witches they have killed.

Warlock Sub-Species

Collectors: Warlocks who are able to drain knowledge through needle like finger protrusions. They also happen to share the ability to blink and invulnerability. After draining their victims information from their head, the victims lose part of their memory and become catatonic. A collector also can put the information back in someone's head, which revives the person. A collector's greatest weakness is his thirst for knowledge.
Dragon Warlock: Known to be the most feared and powerful witch killer there is. He has the power to breathe fire, fly and he possesses superhuman strength. The Dragon Warlock was rumored to be a spawn of a dragon and a sorceress.
Familiar Warlock: When a witch's Familiar decides to become a Warlock, it mixes a series of potions together in order to give it human form. The Familiar's witch then is magically sacrificed once the transformation is made, causing whatever powers the witch possessed to be transferred in the process. Once this is done, the new Warlock must then destroy all 9 of its previous lives in order to gain a 10th life of immortality. This must be done before midnight of the next New Moon.
Three-Eyed Warlock: A Warlock from the future that has a third eye which emits a deadly beam to kill innocents.

Significant Warlock Moments

At one point there was an "Evil Power of Three" that consisted of three warlocks with a similar power to the Charmed Ones. Prue was able to help one of the members rid himself of his warlock side and destroy his brothers.

When The Source of All Evil was wounded in battle by the Charmed Ones, there has been a warlock faction that has tried to usurp the Underworld. The Warlocks of the faction held many powers, several of which were stolen from demons, guaranteeing their death at demon hands if they failed. The Charmed Ones killed several of the faction’s number when recovering the Ring Of Inspiration in the episode Muse to My Ears, but some Warlocks chose to flee rather than die at their hands.

According to the episode The Truth Is Out There...and It Hurts, in the near future scientists are going to discover a virus that specifically infects all Warlocks, thus destroying the entire race. In order to stop this from happening the Warlock Gavin traveled from the future to kill the science team responsible before the discovery could be made. Unfortunately for him the Charmed Ones vanquished him before he could kill all the scientists involved. If this possible future comes to fruition or not is unclear as future events foreseen have been changed dramatically in the past. If it does however, the Warlock race may be close to an end.

Known Warlocks

Kane, the Warlock leader

Charmed
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