Countess Margaret Isobel Thoreaux

Countess Margaret Isobel Thoreaux is one of the main antagonists of Season 4 of Smallville. She was a French countess, a powerful witch and the ancestor of Lana Lang. 
She is portrayed by Kristin Kreuk, who also portrayed Lana and Louise McCallum. 
Simply going by Isobel, she was a ruthless woman who was hired by Duchess Gertrude to find the mystic stones of power developed by Kryptonians. She was from the village Castelnau-de-Montmiral and was shown to be highly accomplished in both witchcraft and martial arts. However Isobel betrayed Gertrude, wanting the stones for herself and ended up being branded a traitor and sentenced to death by being burnt at the stake.
==Powers and Abilities ==
*Witchcraft: Isobel was once of the most powerful witches in the series.
*Spellcasting: The ability to cast spells and/or curses.
*Telekinesis: Ability to move people or objects.
*Power Stripping: Isobel is so powerful she was able to strip Clark off his Kryptonian powers. However his powers were later restart when he touched one of the Stones of Power.
*Possession: After being reawoken in her slumber, she was able to possess her descendant Lana's body due to the Kryptonian symbol etched on to her skin. She possessed Lana for a final time in order to kill Genevieve.
*Pyrokinesis: Controlling/manipulating fire.
*Teleportation:
*Superhuman strength:
*Precognition:
*Flight: The ability to fly.
==Relationships==
=== Family ===
* Nell Potter - Descendant
* Dean Winters - Descendant-in-law
* Laura Lang † - Descendant
* Lewis Lang † - Descendant-in-Law
* Louise McCallum † - Descendant and Doppelgänger
* Lana Lang - Descendant and Doppelgänger 
* Dex McCallum - Descendant-in-Law
=== Allies ===
* Madelyn Hibbins † - Follower and Covenmate
* Brianna Withridge † - Follower and Covenmate
=== Enemies ===
* Clark Kent - Attempted Victim and Failed Seduction 
* Lex Luthor - Attempted Victim 
* Genevieve Teague † - Victim
* Jason Teague
* Commander Cheng 
* Duchess Gertrude †
* The Magistrate † - Killer 
==Quotes==
==Trivia==
*Isabel is similar to Selena: Both are witches whose magic, obsessed with powers and an enemy of the Superman family In this case Superman from Smallville and Supergirl from the 1984 film. They are also flirtatious with men.
*she is also similar to Whinifred Sanderson from Hocus Pocus: 
**Both are powerful and beautiful witches who are the leader of trio of dim-witted witches. 
**They also are executed for being witches (Isobel is killed by the French during Europe's witch hunt in Gertrude's retribution for Isobel's betrayal. Winifred was later executed during the Salem witch trials after murdering Emily Binks). 
**On the nights of their execution, Whinifred and Isobel swear to one day by each calling upon their books that telekinetically flips to a page containing a magic spell that will bring her back.
**They also are brought back to life through an artifact (the Book and the Black flame candle. 
*During the time the episode was aired, the episode Isobel, and her two followers played homage to the Charmed Ones from its sister series Charmed, 
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