Taranee Cook

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==Summary==
Taranee Cook is a protagonist of the W.I.T.C.H. comic and animated series of the same name. She is one of five teenage girls chosen to become the Guardians of the Veil, and becomes the Guardian of Fire.
==Powers and Stats==
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Key: Arc 1 - 3 | Arc 4 - 6 | Arc 7 - 11 | Magical Sovereign
Name: Taranee Cook 
Origin: W.I.T.C.H.
Gender: Female
Age: 13 in Arc 1 (Stated to be W.I.T.C.H. The Graphic Novel, Part I. The Twelve Portals; Vol. 2; Chapter 8.), 14 in Arc 2 (It has been a year since the girls became GuardiansW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #20), 15 in Arc 9 (Is the same age as Hay Lin, who is stated to be the same age as her mother when she received a gift at 15)
Classification: Guardian of Kandrakar, Gaurdian of Fire
Powers and Abilities:
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|-|Arc 1 to 3=Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Magic (The Oracle described the Guardians as magical creaturesW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #1), Telekinesis (Stopped and changed the trajectory of a rocket firework), Fire Manipulation (Manipulated a wall of fire, and can create fire.W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #2 Can create fire that even works underwater,W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #16 and make giant fire balls.W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #21 Her mere gaze can cause fire to expand quicklyW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #27), Heat Manipulation (Can manipulate the heat of her fire to the point were it doesn't burn on contact, can also fire beams of heat from her handsW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #3), Transformation and Age Manipulation (The Guardians can transform into their Guardian forms without the need of the Heart of Kandrakar, increasing their age), Light Generation (Can use her fire to light up dark areas), Energy Projection (The Guardians can project magical beams of energy), Spatial Manipulation (The Guardians magical energy beams are capable of closing portals that lead to different dimensions), Limited Telepathy (Was the only one capable of hearing the seal of phobos speak, and could telepathically communicate with Will, and even established a telepathic link with the other Guardians, although it only works with themW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #6), Duplication (The Guardians can create duplicates of themselvesW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #4 and others known as Astral Drops through by using their magic. When the duplicate returns to the original, so do all it's memories), Size Manipulation (Despite being shrunken down in size, the Guardians magic restored them to their original height in a short time), Rage Power (When enraged, her power allowed her to melt a bubble that was sucking away her power), Invisibility (Just like with Will using the Heart of Kandrakar,W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #8 the Guardians can use their magic to create a barrier around themselves, that render them invisible to anyone outside of itW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #11), Smoke Manipulation (Manipulated the smoke from her flamesW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #12), Purification (Type 1 - Combat Inapplicable; When channeling their combined powers into an object, the Guardians can destroy cursed spells within it), Teleportation (As shown with Caleb, who has a copy of the five Guardians powers. The Guardians are capable of transporting themselves and others across varying distances as beams of lightW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #17), Dream Manipulation (If any of the Guardians fall asleep next to each other they dreams become connected, and just like Nerissa, the Guardians can effect the real world with their dreamsW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #19), Regeneration (Low; Do to the Gift of the Nymph Xin Jing, the Guardians are granted the gift of regeneration which allows them to transform into their Guardian forms without getting exhausted do to the gift ensuring balance between the body and mind. Even removing any imperfections such as Taranee's nearsightedness, allowing her to read without her glasses from a distance and giving her 20/20 vision,W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #27 When cut on her shoulder, Irma's wound healed leaving no scareW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #33), Statistics Amplification (It is stated that everytime the power of the Heart touches the Guardians, they grown stronger), Longevity (Do to the Gift of the Nymph Xin Jing, it is stated that the Guardians can stand up more against the ravages of time, which is how Yan Lin served as a Guardian longer than any mortal could have), Glass Manipulation (Fixed her broken glasses lenses and changed them into plain glass instead of reading lenses), Non-Physical Interaction (The Guardians could use their magic to attack the Banshee's mind that had taken possession of Orube's bodyW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #30), Fate Manipulation (It is stated by the Oracle that time has infinite variations depending on the choices everyone makes, however no matter how many alternate pasts they view the Guardians past would always have the same outcome due to them being the chosen ones and their past is determined by a special extraordinary force that can even defy destiny itself, and the elements themselves ensuring the Guardians have a single destinyW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #50), Summoning (W.I.T.C.H. Special: Elyon Ritorno da regina). Resistance to Hot Temperatures (Caleb, who has a copy of the five Guardians powers could remain encased in rock within the lava of a volcano with no real issue.W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #18 Survived a blast from Will that left no visible marks despite those same beams being capable of leaving burn marks)
|-|Arc 4 to 6=All previous powers and abilities minus Regeneration and Longevity (The Guardians gave away the Gift of the Nymph Xin Jing in order to save a child's life which granted them their regeneration and longevity), and Self-Duplication (She and the other Guardians released their Astral Drops from their bonds, making them their own entities and thus unable to create them againW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #36), Enhanced Telepathy (Her telepathy can now hear the thoughts of everyone around her which previously only work with just the other members of W.I.T.C.HW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #49), Creation (The Guardians can use their magic to create cloths for themselvesW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #57), Aura (Can cover herself in an aura of fire that burns even under water),
Absorption (Could absorb the fire and lava from the Element Protector.W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #59 When the Guardians were struck by their own element energy, the energy instinctively returned to them and were absorbedW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #62), Elemental Intangibility and Inorganic Physiology (Type 1; When absorbing enough fire and lava, she turned into a being made made of it. When the Guardians absorbed their element and regained their full power, they became their element), Existence Erasure (The pure magic of the Guardians spread across the entire Singyu planet and erased the evil magic from all the flowers foreverW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #65), Clairvoyance (Combat Inapplicable; Used her power combined with that of the other Guardians and Erin Peyton to see the later's could memories from a different perspectiveW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #67), Enhanced Fire Manipulation (Can cause objects to spontaneously combustW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #69), Reality Warping (The Guardians possess the same magical energy as Tecla Ibsen and her Ragorlang, the same energy that Tecla absorbed into herselfW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #72 is the same energy that allowed the people of Heatherfield to wish for whatever they want, including bringing someone to another location, creating objects, returning others who previously disappeared from the world, turning others into animals and back, wishing to be the strongest in the world, and more. And only those who made the wish can undo it), Statistics Amplification (There powers get amplified if they are used against themW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #73), Light Generation (Can create powerful beam of light). Resistance to Mind Manipulation (Resisted the Element Protector's mind control which was previously effecting her mind and telling her what to do)
|-|Arc 7 to 11=All previous powers and abilities, Flight (After gaining their new powers, all the Guardians gained the natural ability to fly due to their new wingsW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #76), Energy Absorption (Upon gaining their new powers, the Guardians energy spread across the city, accidentally causing a blackout and knocking everyone unconscious due to their power absorbing all available energy), Cloth Manipulation, Instinctive Action and Elasticity (The cloth on their new outfits called Lamia acts independently and instinctively, acting as extra arms and stretch to deflect incoming attacksW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #96), Extrasensory Perception (Was able to accurately set fire to the bottom of another person's skies while looking in the opposite direction and being a distance awayW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #77), and could sense which books contain knowledge of creatures that use fireW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #124), Enhanced Heat Manipulation (Her mere gaze generated enough heat to melt a large amount of snow in an instant), Explosion Generation (When discovering the root of her power, she caused an explosion of fireW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #78), Forcefield Creation (Planned on making a barrier around Heatherfield to protect it with the help of the other GuardiansW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #81), Martial Arts and Acrobatics (She along with the other Guardians studied the most important movements of Capoeira, which is a dance that has roots in a mix between battle rituals and dances that was used for training and described as a powerful acrobatic dance, and used it to preform various acrobatic movementsW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #84), Stealth Mastery (The Guardians mastered stealthW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #85), Light Manipulation (The Guardians can release sparkles of lightW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #87W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #88), Fire Manipulation (Her magical volleyball can set itself and whatever else it touches on fire while also moving in impossible waysW.I.T.C.H.;Issue #89), Duplication (Her magical volleyball can duplicate itself when hit), Sound Manipulation (The Guardians can use the sounds of their elements to emit different vibration frequencies, and can do this with their own voices), Vibration Manipulation (The Guardians can use the sounds of their elements to emit different vibration frequencies, and can do this with their own voices), Non-Physical Interaction (The Guardians can use the sounds of their elements to emit different vibration frequencies, which allowed them to effect the people from the Fast World, who were vibrating at a frequency at which they could not be touched, and can do this with their own voices), Enhanced Senses (Could clearly look at bright light without issue, while Will described it as looking at fire and hurt her eyesW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #101), Heat Absorption (Used her power to absorb the heat from the sun over a mountain area and caused it to freeze over in momentsW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #109), Clairvoyance (When concentrating, she can communicate with the traces of fire that burned many years ago and know what was burned and what wasn'tW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #114), Skilled Swordsman (Despite being a beginner, she showed some skill in fencing and was complimented on it), Telekinesis (Shown capable of levitating booksW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #124), Resistance to Fire and Heat Attacks (It is stated by the Dark Mother that the Guardians cannot really be harmed by their own element and stated to be capable of withstanding attacks from her own element as they naturally absorb them, although dark versions of their element bypasses this to a certain extent.W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #104 Nihila stated that her magic is the same as the Guardians elemental magic and thus neither of them could harm the otherW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #107), Fate Manipulation (The Guardians magic allows them to resist Nihila's Loom, which allows her to control the fate of anyone born under the zodiac signsW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #106#)
|-|Magical Sovereign=All previous powers and abilities, Empathic Manipulation (The Guardians gain mastery over the magic of emotionsW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #131), Spatial Manipulation and Time Manipulation (The Guardians gained mastery over space and timeW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #133), Fusionism (After becoming magical sovereigns, the Guardians can fuse into a single entity known as SixtarW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #139), Enhanced Senses (Even while separated, the Guardians retain the enhanced sense they represented as Sixtra, with Taranee being enhanced smell which allows her to smell danger from universes away)
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Attack Potency: Varies (The Guardians powers are not at their top levels unless they are transformed. The Guardians need the Heart of Kandrakar to use the their power at it's fullest,W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #13 and if they misuse their powers or their bond as friends weakens, their powers will be reduced and eventually vanish completely as it depends on their unity.W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #15 Will also states that without the Heart of Kandrakar their power is cut in half.W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #21 Her power also depends on the unity between the mind and spirit with the other GuardiansW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #29), usually City Block level (Comparable to Cornelia, who's combination attack with Elyon caused an earthquake that shook the city Heatherfield]],W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #7 which would be around a magnitude 4.5 in power), up to High Universe level (Nerissa even admitted she wanted to weaken the Guardians before acting despite possessing a copy of their powers, indicating they are at least comparable to her.W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #19 Her full power comes from the Heart of Kandrakar which is stated to have infinite power,W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #16 Nerissa stated that she would burn the Fortress of Kandrakar to the ground which contains the Crypts of Memories of each member of the congregation that are made to contain the endless memories from their endless life spand, and the fortress is said to have endless stairwaysW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #22 and infinite corridors,W.I.T.C.H. Issue #86 the Heart's power is also superior to all magic include that of the Banshee, who could give Ari the power to destroy KandrakarW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #28 which is infinite in size), likely Multiverse level+ at her peak (With the Heart of Kandrakar, Nerissa stated she was going to bury the Oracle and the council of Elders, said Oracle and council contributed to creating the VeilW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #9 which split the original universe into infinite universes that each have their own time and space, and who stopped the collapse of a million universes) | Varies (Same as before), usually City Block level+ (Same as before), up to High Universe level, likely Multiverse level+ at her peak (Same as before) | Varies (After having their original power taken, the Guardians received their new elemental powers at their purest and strongest,W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #75 transforming them into their new more powerful forms and no longer require the Heart of Kandrakar to reach their full power as Will herself is the power that strengthens the other Guardians. However, the Dark Mother described their powers like a chain and if you destroy one it will effect the core of their energy,W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #79 and their power is also effected by their arrogance as their overconfidence can confuse their energies, and they are only at their strongest when unitedW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #85), usually Multi-City Block level+ (Became much stronger after gaining her new uncontrolled power in their purest state and became even more powerful after discovering the root of her power which allows her to us them at their fullest, and is comparable to Hay Lin, who could counter two hurricanes that merged into one and doubled the strength of the tornado, which would make it twice as strong as a normal hurricane, and superior to previous tornado that hit Heatherfield that destroyed entire sections of the town and took years to rebuild), up to High Universe level, likely Multiverse level+ at her peak (At full power, she and the other Guardians created a construct that was their embodiment of friendship along with their body and mind, which could fight and overpower the Dark Mother. It is also stated that they are just as powerful as the construct) | At least High Universe level, likely Multiverse level+ (Far more powerful than she was before due to being united with the other Guardians on a far greater level than ever before)
Speed: Varies, usually Subsonic (Comparable to Will, who moved fast enough to leave behind an afterimage. At her full power, she should be superior to the Altermere which is a entity created from a small portion of four of the five Guardians' power and could run at inhuman speedW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #14), Speed of Light travel speed with Teletransportation (The Guardians are capable of transporting themselves and others across varying distances as beams of light using the spell known as Teletransportation which creates beams of light that move you to the direction you wish,W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #60 and appears as a flash of lightW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #90) | Varies, usually Subsonic (Same as before), Speed of Light travel speed with Teletransportation (Same as before) | Varies, usually Relativistic (The Guardians could react to their own fate threads that could travel from the Black Star to Earth quickly, and they themselves could travel from the Black Star to Earth in a short time), up to Immeasurable at her peak (Empowered by one of the elements which flew from the fortress of Kandrakar to Earth in a short time which both reside in different universes that are infinite in size, she and the other Guardians could travel through different universes and time epochs when traveling to Kandrakar which is stated to outside of time and in a different space,W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #91 and are shown flying to Kandrakar themselves.W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #109 She and the other Guardians are more powerful than when they were empowered by the Heart of Kandrakar which is superior to all magic in every aspect which would include Santa's sleigh which travels beyond space and time and made it as if they traveled back in time as if there adventure to the north pole never happenedW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #105) | Immeasurable (Far more powerful than she was before due to being united with the other Guardians on a far greater level than ever before)
Lifting Strength: Varies, Unknown (Hasn't displayed any noticable feats at her usual levels of power), up to Infinite at her peak (Empowered by the Heart of Kandrakar which is superior to all magic including the Oracle, who has has the power to hold up the entire Fortress of Kandrakar which contains the Crypts of Memories of each member of the congregation that are made to contain the endless memories from their endless life spand, and the fortress is said to have endless stairways and infinite corridors) | Varies, Unknown (Hasn't displayed any noticable feats at her usual levels of power), up to Infinite at her peak (Same as before) | Varies, usually Class 50 (Comparable to Will and Cornelia, who held up and stabilized one side of a plane with their magic energy, she casually threw a shark a far distanceW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #113), up to Infinite at her peak (Much stronger than before) | Infinite (Far more powerful than she was before due to being united with the other Guardians on a far greater level than ever before)
Striking Strength: Varies, usually City Block level (Can physically effect people who can withstand her level of power along with the other five Guardians being channeled through them without a scratch), up to High Universe level, likely Multiverse level+ at her peak (Comparable to her overall attack power) | Varies, usually City Block level (Comparable to her overall attack power), up to High Universe level, likely Multiversal level+ (Comparable to her overall attack power) | Varies, usually Multi-City Block level+ (Comparable to her overall attack power), up to High Universel, likely Multiversal+ at her peak (At full power, she and the other Guardians created a construct that was their embodiment of friendship along with their body and mind, which could fight and overpower the Dark Mother. It is also stated that they are just as powerful as the construct) | At least High Universe level, likely Multiverse level+ (Far more powerful than she was before due to being united with the other Guardians on a far greater level than ever before)
Durability: Varies, usually City Block level (Comparable to the other Guardians, who can survive an attack from Phobos, who was is more powerful then her, and take hits from Cedric, who at the time was more powerful than the Guardians. The Guardian's durability is comparable to that of their power as shown when Cornelia absorb the pure power of the other Guardians, it was stated her body her body was not physically capable of holding it properly for long, indicating each Guardian's body can physically hold all of their power), up to High Universe level, likely Multiverse level+ at her peak (Comparable to her overall attack power) | Varies, usually City Block level (Comparable to her overall attack power), up to High Universe level, likely Multiverse level+ at her peak (Comparable to her overall attack power) | Varies, usually Multi-City Block level+ (Comparable to her overall attack power), up to High Universe level, likely Multiverse level+ at her peak (Comparable to Will, who took a direct attack from the Dark Mother without harmW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #82) | At least High Universe level, likely Multiverse level+ (Far more powerful than she was before due to being united with the other Guardians on a far greater level than ever before)
Stamina: Superhuman (Could survive without food or water for one to two weeks in a cage that was absorbing her power. Due to the Gift of the Nymph Xin Jing, the Guardians are granted the gift of regeneration which allows them to transform into their Guardian forms without getting exhausted do to the gift ensuring balance between the body and mind) | Superhuman (Same as before, although after giving up the Gift of the Nymph Xin Jing, the Guardians become exhausted each time they transform,W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #37 although this eventually becomes a non-issue. It is stated by the Oracle that the reason the people of Heatherfield became tired and feel asleep after using magic was because despite everyone being capable of using magic, only special creatures like the Guardians can control it and not get exhausted) | Superhuman (Yan Lin stated that no one has ever had as much energy as the Guardians before, which includes the Dark Mother, who is stated by Yan Lin, to have more energy within her than that within a thousand suns), Infinite at her peak (Yan Lin stated that no one has ever had as much energy as the Guardians before, which includes Elyon, who has an of magical energyW.I.T.C.H. The Graphic Novel, Part I. The Twelve Portals; Vol. 3; Chapter 12) | Infinite (Superior to her previous state)
Range: Tens of Meters with magic (Stopped and altered the trajectory of a nearby rocket firework, and could stop a large wall of fire. Can create giant fireballs that cause large explosions), Planetary with Teletransportation (The Guardians are capable of transporting themselves and others across varying distances as beams of light, and even other locations around the world such Fadden Hills,W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #26 and Redstone which is stated to be a few thousand miles from Heatherfield on the other side of the world) | Hundreds of Meters with magic (Created a giant blast of fire that lit up a large cave,W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #59 and could cause spontaneous fireworks high in the skyW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #69), Planetary with Telepathy (The telepathic link she made with the Guardians is shown allowing them to communicate from Heatherfield to Open Hill which are miles apart,W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #64 and her telepathic link allowed her and the Guardians to keep in contact with Hay Lin, who was in ChinaW.I.T.C.H.; Issue #93), Planetary with Teletransportation (Same as before) | Kilometers (Planned on making a barrier around Heatherfield to protect it with the help of the other Guardians, and used her power to absorb the heat from the sun over a mountain area and caused it to freeze over in moments), Planetary with Telepathy and Teletransportation (Same as before) | Kilometers (Same as before), Planetary with Telepathy and Teletransportation (Same as before) Low-Multiversal with Enhanced Senses (Can her sense of smell allows her to smell danger from universes away)/)
Standard Equipment: None | None | Magical Volleyball (A magical volleyball can set itself and whatever else it touches on fire while also moving in impossible ways, and duplicate itself) | Magical Volleyball
Intelligence: Above Average (She is portrayed as one of the smarter members of her team and consistently gets high grades in school)
Weaknesses: The Guardians' powers depend on multiple factors such as their bond as friends and their unity in mind and spirit. Their powers will weaken if they misuse their powers, and they are not at their highest level unless transformed by the power of the Heart of Kandrakar. Her wings are incapable of flight.W.I.T.C.H.; Issue #31 Afraid of insects | Same as before | While their power still depends on similar factors as before, the Guardians' powers are now amplified by Will herself and not the Heart of Kandrakar. | None Notable
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Magic: Taranee is described as a "magical being" by the Oracle, and is shown capable of using magic abilities. They allow her to project beams of energy, turn herself invisible, duplicate herself and others, and more. 
Telepathy: Taranee has the ability to telepathically communicate with the other Guardians, although her range is limited early on. Later in the series, her telepathic abilities increase and allow her to hear the thoughts of others outside of the other Guardians.
Fire Manipulation: As the Guardian of Fire, Taranee has the ability to create and manipulate fire and heat. She can even control the heat of her flames to the point were they don't burn others on contact, and could generate heat from her hands. Later in the series, after gaining her new powers, she gains a new form that consists of her body covered completely in fire.
==Gallery==
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==Notable Matchups==
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==References==
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