Power Absorption

The Prism trying to absorb the Power of Three

**Power Absorption**, also referred to as **Power Transferal** or **Siphoning**, is the power to absorb the magical abilities of a target, leaving the original owner(s) without their powers.

## History

In "*Let This Mother Out*", an Imposter Demon posed as the spirit of Marisol Vera in order to persuade the Vera-Vaughn Charmed Ones to help it retrieve the Prism of Souls from the realm of mirrors. Its intention was to use it to steal their powers and take them for itself. However, Maggie Vera sensed through its pretense and convinced her sisters to do the opposite. The demon was vanquished with the prism being returned to the mirror realm.

Parker and Hunter Caine retrieved the Amulet of Archangels which had the power to absorb its wearer's powers in "*Jingle Hell*" from a сatholic church in Bucharest, Romania. After Julia Wagner dipped one drop of each Vera-Vaughn Charmed One's blood on the necklace, Parker gave it to Maggie. The necklace slowly stole the Charmed Ones' powers through her. Eventually, Parker had a change of heart and took the necklace from her then destroyed it.

In "*Needs to Know*", when Macy Vaughn went to Abigael Jameson-Caine for help in removing her demonic powers, Abigael agreed, and, with effort, managed to procure a dagger used in a demonic ritual to strip a demon of their powers. Under the guise of simply stripping Macy's demonic powers, Abigael used the ritual to actually absorb them into herself, merging Macy's demon powers with her own to give herself more power.

While infiltrating an event held by the Faction in search of Harry Greenwood in "*Search Party*", Macy accidentally activated the computer system which enacted the power transferal process that destroyed a Kadal Demon, a banshee, and nearly Harry. However, Macy managed to save Harry at the last second, interrupting the process before it could finish. After they escaped, Vivienne Laurent found the prism crystal that contained the residual powers. This prism was later worked into a glove-like device and utilized by Vivienne, who with it became the Conqueror, in "*Someone's Going to Die*". The wearer was capable of siphoning the powers of magical beings directly into the device and using the powers that were siphoned. According to Vivienne, she and her nephew, Julian Shea, had designed it as an acquisition and retainment device for magical powers, regardless of origin. She used the Prism to infiltrate the Command Center and make her way to the upside-down tree and black amber. After Vivienne supercharged herself using the power of the black amber pool, she went to confront the Vera-Vaughn Charmed Ones where she attempted to siphon the Power of Three. However, the immense power was too much for her to handle, and she was soon vanquished with an overload of the Power of Three, destroying the device along with her.

In "*Bruja-Ha*", after Mel used a containment spell to contain the Perfecti, Mo was able to reach through the containment field and telepathically probe Harry's mind as well as temporarily steal his powers. Mo was later able to return Harry's powers.

## Known Users

Original
* The Perfecti

Objects
* Prism of Souls
* Amulet of Archangels
* The Prism

Through spell, artifact, power stealing, etc.
* Abigael Jameson-Caine (via Demonic Power Stripping Ritual)
* Vivienne Laurent (through the usage of the Prism Glove)

## Trivia

* In the original series, power absorption was often, but not always, accomplished by killing the original owner which was the modus operandi of warlocks and some demons. Only a few artifacts (such as the Hollow and the power-sucking atheme) and some spells from the Book of Shadows could accomplish this power without killing the original owner.
* Power Stripping is similar to Power Absorption in that both powers are used to take away a being's magical powers, the difference being that Power Stripping permanently removes all magical abilities (basic, active and passive) rather than transferring them to another being.
* Trying to siphon the Power of Three is dangerous and fatal, as the power is too great for any one being to handle, resulting in the being overloading with power and their immediate death.

## Gallery

The amulet absorbs the powers of the Charmed Ones through MaggieA crystal that absorbed the powersThe Prism Glove
## See Also

* Power Stripping
* Power Negation
* Power Binding Spell
* The Conqueror