Darklighters

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**Darklighters** are a breed of magical beings that can be considered the evil counterparts to Whitelighters. The primary goal of all Darklighters is to kill Whitelighters in order to make good witches more vulnerable to the attack of evil, as well as to kill mortals destined to become Whitelighters before they can "earn their wings". They are usually under the direction of Dark Elders. In addition, Darklighters often work as hired guns or mercenaries to upper-level demons and the leaders of the Underworld.

Darklighters possess the ability to teleport through black orbs. Their preferred weapon is a deadly crossbow that can fire arrows coated in a poison lethal to Whitelighters and the Elders. Additionally, they possess a Touch of Death, which they can use to instantly kill their victims with a touch.

## Types of Darklighters

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Besides the standard "assassin" type of Darklighter, who strive to kill Whitelighters to leave their charges vulnerable or to kill Future Whitelighters before they can earn their wings, there are four other known types of Darklighters.

* One type of Darklighter spreads evil through procreation, by seducing innocent mortal women and tricking them into bearing their progeny, similar to an incubus. It is against the rules to tell these women about who they truly are, so it is presumed that the women are abandoned once a child is produced.
* Spirit Killers are Darklighters that seek to drive paragons of good to suicide and prevent them from achieving their destiny. They curse their victims with bad luck and manipulate them into a depression before driving them to suicide. This type of Darklighter is particularly known for targeting Future Whitelighters to prevent them from fullfilling their calling, as suicide would deny them the chance.
* Trackers are a powerful breed of Darklighters who hunt Whitelighters that are about to "lose their wings". They are more powerful than regular Darklighters and are often rogues that only answer to themselves. Trackers can be recognized by tribal tattoos on their face.
* A fourth type of Darklighter was only seen in a parallel universe where moralities were reversed. Instead of being Whitelighters in this world, Sam Wilder and Leo Wyatt were Darklighters, leading to the birth of Darklighter-Witches Paige, Wyatt and Chris. Aside from their wiccan powers, they seemingly possessed the abilities of a standard Darklighter.
* A fifth type could be the darklighters meant to keep witches evil saving them from whitelighters instead.

## Appendices

### Book of Shadows

#### Darklighters

*Darklighters are on a mission to kill Whitelighters, which*
*leaves their charges vulnerable to attack by the forces of evil. They can orb*
*through a process known as black orbing, and some can inflict a touch of*
*death, in contrast to a Whitelighter's healing power. A Darklighter's crossbow*
*is armed with arrows covered in a poison lethal to Whitelighters.*

## Vanquishing

* Darklighters are not invulnerable and are thus open to many ways of being vanquished. Previous methods used were potions, athames, energy balls and deadly Wiccan powers such as Molecular Combustion.
* Darklighters also appear to be susceptible to their own Darklighter arrows. However, some Darklighters are shown to be able to survive one of their own arrows, although it depends on the strength of the Darklighter and also that it shouldn't hit the vital points.

## Known Darklighters

* **Alec:** The first Darklighter encountered by the Charmed Ones. Alec fell in love with a mortal woman named Daisy, who he was assigned to impregnate. He was killed by Prue who killed him with his own power.
* **Spirit Killer:** He tried to make Maggie Murphy kill herself by cursing her with bad luck and manipulating her. He then tried to drive Prue to kill herself after she intervened, but was orbed away by Leo.
* **Ronan:** A Tracker Darklighter blessed by Cole with additional powers. He was used by Cole in an attempt to get the Charmed Ones to vanquish him. He was later vanquished by Cole with an energy ball.
* **Damien:** Damien was a Darklighter who was sent by Gideon to kill Leo. He was vanquished by his leader with a poison arrow in order to stop him from revealing that Gideon sent him.
* **Salek:** An upper-level Darklighter shown to have trained new Darklighters, including Sid. He was blown up by Piper after mortally wounding Paige and killing her charge. However, Paige's charge became a Whitelighter and saved Paige with her new healing power.
* **Gwen Rowe:** A powerful and one of the first Darklighter-Warlocks. She is part of the coven, The Sisterhood of Darkness and

1. ↑ As seen in "Love Hurts"
2. ↑ As seen in "Murphy's Luck"
3. ↑ As seen in "Sam, I Am"
4. ↑ *The Sourcebook*