Penny Halliwell (Charmed)

**Penelope "Penny" Halliwell** (née **Johnson**) is a witch from the *Charmed* series. More commonly referred to as "Grams", she was the daughter of P. Baxter and Gordon Johnson. She was married four times, the most significant of which being to Allen Halliwell, with whom she had her only daughter, Patty Halliwell. Through Patty, Penny was the maternal grandmother of the Charmed Ones.

As a descendant of Melinda Warren, Penny inherited the power of telekinesis and was one of the most powerful and craft-dedicated witches of the Warren line. She was also responsible for the creation of many spells and potions in the Halliwell Book of Shadows. She raised her granddaughters after their mother's death and became a guardian spirit of sorts to them after her own passing, providing good advice and even the occasional direct assistance when necessary.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

**Witchcraft:** As a witch, Penny possessed the basic powers attributed to witches, including being able to cast spells, perform rituals, and brew potions for magical effects. Penny was noted to be particularly skillful in the fundamental ability of casting spells and performing rituals. During her years of raising her daughter and granddaughters, she invented spells to discipline them when they got out of hand and was also responsible for creating many spells in the Book of Shadows. She was also a particularly gifted potioneer, perhaps the very best in the Warren line. She crafted a great many potion recipes in the Book of Shadows.

* **Clairvoyance:** As a witch, Penny had the ability to find a person or object through scrying, a magical form of location in which the individual utilizes a crystal and a map.
* **Mediumship:** As a witch, Penny had the power to see and commune with spirits of the dead.

**Telekinesis:** Penny possessed the ability to move objects and beings with the power of her mind alone. Her telekinetic power dramatically surpassed even that of Prue's during her early years as a Charmed One - in 1975, when the Charmed Ones visited the past, Penny mistook them for warlocks and repelled them through an intricate path out to the porch, and also used it to undo Piper's freeze on Andy. During Piper and Leo's wedding, she used it to play "Pachelbel's Canon" on wind chimes, and in later instances, she was shown using it to send her opponents flying great distances with dramatic impacts, all of which testify to her formidable strength and expert skill as a potent telekinetic witch.

**Enhanced Durability:** As an upper-level witch, Penny was highly resistant to lethal powers, such as fireballs.

**Ghost Physiology:** After her death, Penny returned as a spirit with the associated powers and abilities, including:

* **Teleportation:** As a ghost, Penny possesses the power to teleport through white lights. This power, much like other forms of teleportation, surrounds her in swirling white orbs until she vanishes and appears elsewhere.
* **Summoning:** She has the power to draw or transport another dead being from the afterlife.
* **Invisibility:** As a spirit, Penny is naturally invisible to the naked eye.
* **Phasing:** As a spirit, Penny is intangible and can pass through objects.
* **Vocal Projection:** Penny can project her voice to the living from the spiritual plane.
* **Thoughtography:** Penny was able to write a message to her granddaughters in the Book of Shadows from the afterlife.