The Sacred Flame/The Source of All Evil

**The Sacred Flame** (alternatively known as **the Flame of Magic**, **the Source of All Evil**, simply **the Source** or **the Infinite Power of Light and Dark**) is an ancient, primordial source of power created approximately ten thousand years ago when Ishta and Ishani, two of the first Charmed Ones, combined the magic stolen by the first Conqueror and hid it away so that it couldn't be found. As time progressed, witches began revering the power as actually the source of all of magic itself, while demons looked to the power as an ancient demonic source that would someday rise to spread death and darkness upon the world. Eventually, these beliefs somehow became convoluted with both sides believing each to be separate entities. It was also the greatest magic to had ever existed.

## Overview

Through unknown circumstances, the witch Fiona Callahan became tasked as keeper of the ancient power; a task that granted her immortality as well as her banishment to Tartarus by the Elders when she refused to abide by their rules. She spent decades in Tartarus before being freed by Jada Shields in late 2018. However, Fiona was ultimately killed in 2019 upon igniting the Sacred Flame, as her immortality had been stripped by Charmed One Macy Vaughn with a demonic voodoo immortality stripping ritual. Macy briefly took on the power of the Source herself, despite the demon Alastor's plans of making his son, Parker Caine, the host. Due to all of the built-up insecurities involving her sense of self, the inclusion of her sisters, as well as her mother, Marisol Vera, and Galvin Burdette's deaths, the immense power briefly got the better of Macy, but her sisters were eventually able to get through to her. She relinquished the power of the Source into her yin yang pendant with the assistance of her sisters, breaking the pendant into three separate pieces and hiding them in various places before having their memories wiped of the whereabouts. However, when the magical world was poisoned in 2021 by Vivienne Laurent touching the pool of pure black amber from the Black Amber Tree beneath the Command Center, the Vera-Vaughn Charmed Ones were forced to locate the three pieces and reassemble the pendant in order to save the magical world by merging the power of the Source with the tree.

## History

The Source was created during the time of either the 8th or 9th Millennium B.C., after the defeat of the first Conqueror, by Ishta and Ishani, two of the first Charmed Ones. Inara, the third Charmed One, had wanted to restore the stolen power of the Conqueror, to put magic everywhere. Ishta and Ishani disagreed, knowing it would continue to create temptation for another Conqueror to rise. So, they combined the power in one place and hid it so no one could find it, thus creating the Source. However, the argument still tore the Charmed Ones apart, with Inara growing power-hungry and wanting to take on the Source's power for herself, which resulted in Ishta and Ishani entombing her alive, at the cost of betraying their sisterhood and creating a vicious cycle of destruction.

Five thousand years prior to 2018, the Ancient Oracles foretold the Apocalypse and predicted three signs of its coming. It was the duty of the Charmed Ones to stop it.

1. When the weakest of men reach ill-gotten glory. (*refers to Donald Trump, the former president of the United States*)
2. The movement's great sages fall. (*refers to the deaths of the Elders)*
3. With the blossoming of death comes the awakening of the Source of All Evil and then we fall. (*refers to the Harbinger of Hell and its mission to awaken its master*)

An unknown time ago, a special dagger known as the Origin Dagger was created. This dagger could control the Sacred Flame and could be used to take on its power. The dagger was, at some point, hidden in a catacomb with its location buried in the mind of the Whitelighter, Harry Greenwood by Fiona Callahan.

In July 2018, out of fear that Macy Vaughn would succumb to evil due to the circumstances of her resurrection, the Elder Charity Callahan murdered Macy's mother, fellow Elder Marisol Vera, in an attempt to stop her from unbinding the powers of her daughters, the Charmed Ones. However, Marisol managed to finish the incantation and successfully unbound her daughters’ powers with her dying breath. Charity also killed other Elders who learned of her evil acts, bringing about the second sign of the Apocalypse.

After the constitution of the Vera-Vaughn Charmed Ones, the Harbinger of Hell found a vessel in *Let This Mother Out*, using this embodiment to kill several virgin innocents and grow in power in an attempt to raise its master. In *Exorcise Your Demons*, the Charmed Ones were able to exorcise the demon from its vessel and contain it inside a paint can. However, a powerful demon named Alastor having set forth a plan to allow his youngest son, Parker Caine, to become the host of the Source, managed to mesmerize Charity and steal the paint can with the Harbinger. Since Parker was a demon born of a human, he was a potential candidate to become the host for the Source. Therefore, Parker's father wanted to release the Source so that Parker could become the host, making their family the most powerful in The Underworld. However, Parker became conflicted when he began to grow feelings for Charmed One Maggie Vera since releasing the Source involved hurting the Charmed Ones.

With the help of Parker in *Keep Calm and Harry On*, the sisters retrieved the stolen can that the Harbinger was contained in and presented it to the demon Dante to be imprisoned in Tartarus.

In *Surrender*, after being released from Tartarus by Jada Shields, Fiona Callahan began her search for the Origin Dagger. Fiona tried to use a spell on Harry after he was turned into a mortal by the Elders. However, due to her not being at full power because of her time in Tartarus, the spell wouldn’t work. Later, Fiona managed to return Harry's Whitelighter powers using the Vortex Viribus, and once again tried this spell. While the spell showed her the information she wanted, Fiona was still unable to fully extract it from Harry’s mind, so she decided to just take him with her so she could continue to use him in her search.

It is revealed in *Source Material* that Fiona wanted to use the dagger to destroy magic, and though providing a tough fight for the Charmed Ones, they managed to fend her off while retrieving Harry from her control. However, the dagger later ended up being found by Alastor.

While Harry explained Fiona’s plan to destroy magic, the sisters noted a startling coincidence. Fiona sought to destroy magic but her search for the dagger had brought forth the "*blossoming of death*"... which was part of the prophecy connected to the Source of All Evil. Knowing this couldn’t just be the stellar timing, they realized that the Sacred Flame and the Source of All Evil are the same things, meaning that witches and demons get their powers from the same place.

After having Parker's mother killed by his older son, Hunter Caine, and making Parker believe that he killed her and that Maggie was frightened of him, Alastor had his youngest son right where he wanted him. Left without anywhere else to turn, Parker came to Alastor for help, believing he would never be good. Alastor welcomed him home and offered him a way out: take on the Source. Alastor then stabbed Parker with the Origin Dagger to trigger his transformation into a vessel for the Source, his body absorbing the dagger into him.

In *Ambush*, the Elders are, once more, being picked off one by one. With the most recent Elder assassination taking place at a federal courthouse in broad daylight, Elder Devorah Silver turned up at the Vera Manor asking for assistance. Revisiting the prophecy — this time, with illustrations through a projection canvas — Elder Silver revealed that before the Source of All Evil can bring the apocalypse, a series of events must occur, including the deaths of all Elders. While naturally, Alastor was their prime suspect, Maggie offered up Fiona as someone who might also be targeting Elders, especially if the Source and Sacred Flame were the same as the sisters suspected.

Later, the president of the Kappa Tau Kappa sorority and Maggie's friend, Lucy, arrived at the manor to ask Maggie for a margarita recipe to use at the Cinco de Mayo party and, under the mesmerization of Alastor, managed to *rather easily* rip a page from the Vera Book of Shadows.

Harry revealed to Macy that he knows a process to strip a person of their immortality. The only catch is that it has to be self-inflicted. On the hunt for Parker, Mel, and Maggie consulted with the Book of Shadows for a demon-tracking spell. Instead, the book revealed the page had been torn out and thanks to her distinctive cocoa butter, the sisters realized the thief was Lucy and she may know where to find Parker.

Macy later used a demonic voodoo ritual to perform the spell to render Fiona mortal, and afterward used her own demonic power to view the aftermath. Macy watched as Alastor enter the crypt the weakened Fiona was hiding in, bragging about finding the Origin Dagger. However, the tables turned when the witch revealed that she was the steward from the prophecies, who was meant to activate the Source of All Evil on his behalf.

Elder Silver later returned to report that after another string of Elder murders, only six remain. Macy suggested that they stop hiding and prepare for a fight. Giving Lucy false information, knowing that she would report to Alastor, they attempted to draw out Alastor and Fiona and transport them into the Council’s chambers, where the remaining Elders, Charmed Ones, and Harry are ready for a fight. As they prepared for battle, the final unaccounted-for Elder arrived, quickly revealing herself to truly be Hunter in disguise, killing one of the nearby Elders. The Elders cast a spell together to destroy him. However, his time in Tartarus had somehow strengthened his powers and the plan quickly fell apart. The demon killed most of the remaining Elders, wounding Elder Silver before Harry was able to orb them all to safety.

Later, Maggie received a video call from Hunter, using Lucy’s phone. The demon threatened to kill the Kappa president if the Charmed Ones did not make an appearance with the last remaining Elder in the next 20 minutes. Harry was not on board with Elder Silver being used to baiting Hunter, but she reminded him that the rest of the council was dead, leaving them with no other choice. With their new gifts and weapons provided by their mother in tow, the Charmed Ones arrived at The Haunt ready for a fight. This time, the sisters fared much better against the demon, but as he was vanquished, he was able to kill Elder Silver by throwing a blade into her chest.

Back at the Vera household, Harry brought out the tequila and they drink to the Elders. With all the sages dead, Maggie was worried that it meant Alastor was closer to putting the Source in Parker. While Mel defiantly tells Maggie they’ll find and save Parker before that happens, Harry reminded her that if it’s too late, they would have no choice but to kill him. At Alistair’s lair, a healed Fiona encountered her older sister Charity, who is surprisingly happy to see her younger sister. While Charity posed that they team up to take Alastor down, Fiona revealed her own master plan: she was going to kill Parker after he was filled with the power from the Source and destroy magic. Fiona ominously added that when Alastor set out to kill all the Elders he made a critical miscalculation, allowing Charity to put the pieces together. Realizing she’s the last remaining sage preventing the prophecy from taking place, Charity was able to escape before Fiona could kill her. At The Haunt, bartenders cleaning up from Lucy’s Cinco de Mayo party begin bleeding from their noses and eyes before passing out.

The Charmed Ones were in a race against the clock as the prophecy falls into place in *Red Rain*. Having seen all the Elders — save one particular not-so-good Elder — fall before them, the Charmed Ones and Harry were carefully plotting their next move, using the prophecy as their guide. When Maggie heard Parker reaching out for help, she wanted to drop everything and go after him. However, Harry cautioned that they can’t move without a plan because they were up against a prophecy... and a now an imminent apocalypse.

Macy received a call from her ex-boyfriend Galvin Burdette alerting them to the hospital, which was overrun with patients bleeding from their eyes, ears, noses, and mouths. Galvin was assisting with the efforts to diagnose this mysterious virus and while he was looking for a rational scientific explanation, he thought that it might be demonic. Macy raced off to test a blood sample for demonic activity. Galvin later joined Macy in the lab as she tested the blood sample, confirming it is, in fact, the Harbinger's airborne "*Touch of Death*" virus. With the diagnosis confirmed, Galvin wanted to quarantine the patients with the Harbinger virus but Macy told him that it would be no use as the virus would change tactics to get what it wants, which is to tip the scales to evil. Macy told her sisters and Harry that the Harbinger had spread and she thought it was their fault. It is revealed that Alastor's plans to see the rise of the Source of All Evil involved the deaths of both of his sons. The Harbinger was inside Hunter during his massacre of the Elders and when the sisters vanquished him, they unwittingly released it, infecting everyone at the Cinco de Mayo party.

Wielding her new staff, Maggie called out to Parker and was able to connect with him on the empathic plane. He told her that while his dad believed that he had gone over to his side, he was still working to defeat him. Parker then told her to find Charity and keep her safe, because she’s the last great sage and is therefore keeping the prophecy from coming to fruition. Maggie relayed Parker’s news about Charity to Harry and they took off in search of her at the Gardens of Latebra. Meanwhile, Galvin and Macy find Mel at the hospital. Adding that the infected patients were having to be restrained, Macy surmised that the Harbinger was infecting its victims’ brains. Galvin thought he might be able to save the already-infected people using the spell to remove the Ibi. It’s dangerous — and cost Galvin’s grandmother her finger — but he needed to save them. They headed up to the roof where the infected patients couldn't get to them to prepare, while Mel headed off to consult with the Book of Shadows on a backup plan

Maggie and Harry found Charity in the gardens, picking at a plant bud. She attempted to escape, but without her magical powers was easily stopped by Maggie, who despite her disdain for the Elder, revealed they were at the gardens to protect her from Alastor. Charity revealed the bud that she was holding was crucial to performing the Akkadian Smokescreen, a spell that would keep her permanently hidden, but she needed to speed up the plant’s growth cycle. Harry orbs away and returns with a very pissed Mel, who is livid Charity’s asking for help. However, with the prophecy in the balance, Mel relented, but as she was speeding up the plant’s growth cycle, a very demonic Parker arrived, revealing he tricked Maggie into helping him find Charity. While Harry orbed with Charity to safety, Maggie and Mel fought Parker. Maggie was able to trap Parker but instead of killing him, she appealed to his humanity, which briefly surfaced as he asked her to kill him. But she hesitated, and with his demonic side back in control, Parker disappeared. Alastor informed Fiona that Parker's weakness was all part of his master plan, reiterating that once Parker became the vessel for the Source, he would control the demons while she would control the witches. Unfortunately for the demon, he had no idea that Fiona was secretly scheming to double-cross him and destroy magic.

Harry took Charity to the Vortex Viribus, so he could continue to speed up the growth cycle on the plant. Each of them knew it was not an ideal hiding spot due to its connection to Fiona, but he had no choice. Unfortunately, Fiona portaled in and before Harry could stop her, she mortally wounded Charity. Unable to heal her, she dies in his arms. Maggie and Mel watched the stormy sky turned an ominous shade of red as Harry orbed in and revealed that Charity had died, putting the prophecy in action. He said that the plan now came down to Galvin and Macy successfully performing the ritual. While Mel and Harry go to grab the Book of Shadows to take with them to Macy and Galvin, Maggie called out to Parker’s human side one last time. Alastor, who seemed to be counting on Maggie’s continued faith in Parker, then kidnaps the youngest Vera sister.

As Galvin performed the ritual, he revealed that there must be a sacrifice. Realizing he planned to sacrifice himself, Macy tried to stop him but was prevented by a magical barrier. She desperately called out for Harry, but the magical barrier also prevented him from intervening and the two of them watched as Galvin successfully completed the ritual, healing all the infected patients, and died. Harry then took a despondent Macy back to Mel at the Vera Manor while they formulated a plan to rescue Maggie. Harry could see the storm hadn't quelled, meaning that while Galvin was able to heal the infected people, the scales couldn't be tipped back. Harry orbed Macy and Mel into the eye of the storm, where they saw Alastor and Fiona performing a spell and Maggie tied to a tree. While Fiona performed the powerful spell to light the Sacred Flame, it backfired because Macy had previously stripped her of her immortality. Dying, she revealed her master plan to kill Parker and destroy magic, to the surprise of Alastor. Fiona asked Harry to heal her but he refused, apologizing for failing her as a Whitelighter, and lets her die.

Despite Fiona’s death, the Sacred Flame ignited as Parker arrived. His human side bursting through, he vowed to save Maggie, but his dad presented him with two options: let the flames kill Maggie or step into the ring and take on the power, which Maggie begs him not to do. Sensing an alternative option, Macy channelled her demon side and telekinetically pulled the Origin Dagger out from inside Parker and absorbed it into herself. Telling her sisters and Harry that she could control the darkness, Macy stepped into the flame, taking on the power of Source and allowing Maggie to reunite with Harry and Mel.

Seeing his vision come true, Alastor bowed before Macy, who then mercilessly vanquished him. With her newfound powers as the Source, Macy teleported her sisters and Harry back home, telling them she had already wiped the minds of everyone in town related to the virus and made sure that Niko Hamada, who had been infected, was okay. While Harry, Mel, and Maggie wanted to talk about these newfound powers from the Source, Macy had no time for that as she had a final task to complete, saying there was "nothing to discuss" before she teleported away. Definitely not seeming as in control as she purported herself to be, Macy vows to "fix everything" and revives Galvin.

In *The Source Awakens*, Macy's use of the powers she was given started to make Mel, Maggie, and Harry weary of her. Macy sensed this, and her hurt and insecurities shattered the Power of Three. Attempting to rectify the problem, Macy rewrote history so that Marisol never died, but her first attempt led to Marisol dying upon seeing her. Macy knew her only option was to change the sacrifice needed for her resurrection, and so decided to alter reality to one where it was Mel who was given up.

However, destiny still asserted itself in the new timeline. Mel and Harry had a chance encounter that led to them and Maggie regaining their original memories, and attempted to take the Source out of Macy using the Prism of Souls. Macy, however, appeared before them before they could use the artefact, and destroyed the prism. When she then tried to attack Mel, Harry orbed himself, Mel, and Maggie out. Macy returned home, but momentarily lost control over her powers, and, in a burst of energy, knocked Marisol out of the attic window to her death. Harry and Maggie approached her to try and reason with her. Rather than accept that they care about her, Macy decided that she was "*the problem that needed to be fixed*", and so chose to once again rewrite history, to a timeline where she was never resurrected by Marisol.

In the desolate timeline, Mel and Maggie convinced their mother of how they weren't meant to be part of that world. Marisol helped them find a way to return to when the Power of Three broke, by using a spell to restore balance. The spell took Mel, Maggie, and Harry back to the day Macy took on the Source, just after she wiped the memories of every mortal in the town. Despite Mel's attempts to reason with Macy over relinquishing the power of the Source, Macy attacked her, but upon realizing this and getting called out by Harry, she tried to distance herself from them by relocating them to New York. She then headed to the attic, where she was resurrected, and where Marisol was killed. Her powers going out of control, she tried convincing herself it was because no one understood her.

Harry, Mel, and Maggie orbed into the attic, but Macy's fear of hurting them combined with her powers and conjured up a wind storm in the attic that nearly blew them out. While Harry said he would orb them out, Mel and Maggie refused, saying they weren’t going to leave Macy. Seeing her sisters genuinely cared for her, Macy was able to calm down, dissipating the storm.

Knowing that it was too much power for her to handle, Macy chose to give up the Source. Together, the Charmed Ones performed a spell to extract the power of the Sacred Flame from Macy, containing it in Macy's pendant, splitting it into three pieces. The sisters chose to hide them in three different corners of the world, and have Harry wipe their memories after, stating that no one should have that much power.

In *Triage*, Vivienne Laurent poisoned the magical world by touching the pool of the Black Amber Tree. When witches and other magical creatures started falling ill due to the poison linking them, the Guardian gave the Charmed Ones a clue: to restore the tree requires *"the greatest power and the greatest sacrifice"*. They accurately deduced *"the greatest power"* to be the Source, and desperate to save the magical kingdom, the sisters had Abigael Jameson-Caine perform a mind meld on each of them to find clues (sandals, Kappa and 2070 Evergreen) on where they might have hidden the pieces.

Maggie and Jordan Chase went to Kappa Tau Kappa to find one piece, but Maggie eventually realized she had hidden it in her music box after stargazing with Jordan. Mel Vera realized she had hidden her piece on her mother's grave in the year of 2070; she and Abigael then borrowed Celeste's Pocket Watch to travel to the year of 2070 and retrieve it; meanwhile, Mel found her own gravestone marked the date as the same as the day they saved magic, and subsequently drew the conclusion that her death was to be the greatest sacrifice. Finally, Macy Vaughn found the sandals under her bed; the shoes' bottom volcanic ash that can only be found in the Desolation Islands. They traveled to the island and retraced Macy's steps to a small sea cave.

After all three pieces were recovered, they used the Source Fusing Spell to reforge the pendant and the power within. Mel then took the pendant and put it inside the black amber tree's fountain. As its magic began to fuse with the tree's, Macy and Maggie joined in and fought to keep Mel alive. The process revived the magical world and saved the Charmed Ones, but also triggered the security system of the Tomb of Chaos and infected the sisters with an allergy to magical creatures.

## Appendices

### Known Owners

* The first Conqueror † (originally; formerly)
* Fiona Callahan † (Keeper of The Sacred Flame/Steward of the Source of All Evil; formerly)
* Macy Vaughn † (took on the power of the Source; relinquished)

### Powers and Abilities

*Basic Powers*
* **Spell Casting:** The power to change and control events through the use of incantations.
* **Potion Making:** The power to brew and concoct potions, remedies and elixirs that have supernatural properties.

*Active Powers*
* **Advanced Incineration:** The ability to cause a being to spontaneously combust into a ball of fire. After becoming the Source, Macy used this demonic power to vanquish Alastor.
* **Fading:** The ability to teleport through a flash or fade of light.
	+ **Remote Fading:** The ability to teleport other beings without having to physical touch them. Macy was able to teleport her sisters and Harry without having to touch them after becoming the Source. She was also able to teleport Mel's bracelet and Maggie's staff back to them.
* **Reality Warping:** The ability to warp reality on a cosmic scale. Macy warped reality to make sure Niko would be okay and erased mortals' memories about the events that led to her becoming the Source. Macy could also use her powers to rewrite history, creating several different timelines, with minimal effort.
* **Telekinesis:** The ability to move objects and individuals with the mind alone.
	+ **Advanced Telekinesis:** After taking on the power, Macy's telekinetic powers were highly sensitive and augmented.
	+ **Energy Blast Generation:** The ability to project blasts of telekinetic energy.
* **Resurrection:** The ability to bring the deceased back to life. Macy used this power to bring Galvin back to life after becoming the Source.
* **Sensing:** The ability to determine the location and status of other beings. After taking on the power of the Source, Macy was able to sense that Harry Greenwood was nearby before he even knocked on her door.
* **Telepathy:** The ability to read the thoughts of others.
* **Aerokinesis:** The ability to manipulate air. Macy used this power to create a whirlwind around herself and send her sisters flying around the attic.
* **Disintegration**: The ability to cause objects to disintegrate into nothing. Macy was powerful enough to destroy the Prism of Souls, an artifact that was thought to be impossible to destroy.
* **Power Augmentation:** The power of the Source is able to increase the magical power of a being. Macy's powers were augmented greatly when she took on the Source. Later, the reassembled Source was able to augment the power of the Black Amber Tree after it was poisoned, restoring life to the tree and the magical world.
	+ **Power Granting:** Being the source for all of magic itself, the Source is able to grant/restore some powers to a magical being. Fiona was granted the power of immortality, due to her role in protecting the power of the Source. The vessel for the power is granted a plethora of additional powers after they take on the Source. It was also able to heal the poisoned Black Amber Tree and restore its power.
* **Limited Shapeshifting:** Macy was shown to be able to make her eyes glow gold.
* **Healing:** The Source was able to heal poisoned Black Amber Tree.

*Passive Powers*
* **Immortality:** The power to live a potentially eternal life. Fiona possessed immortality due to her role as *the Keeper of The Sacred Flame/Steward of The Source of All Evil*. However, her immortality was stripped by Macy with a demonic Voodoo ritual. It is unknown if the host of the power would be granted the same form of immortality, as Fiona was willing to let Parker become a receptacle in order to kill the host and destroy magic. However, the host's immortality and all other power could be extracted with a spell.
	+ **Enhanced Durability:** The ability to withstand physical/magical harm that would otherwise be lethal. In Fiona's case, the immortality made her near-indestructible and no one was able to find an effective method to outright kill her. Fiona's immortality rendered her immune to the effect of Deathbolts, as witnessed when her own deathbolt was deflected back to her. It was later revealed that Fiona’s immortality would have saved her from dying when she ignited the Sacred Flame, had Macy not stripped it from her.
* **Life Link:** It has been shown that the lives of all magical creatures on the planet are connected with the existence of magic and particularly tied to the life of the Source. As the Source was connected to the life of its vessel, should the current host of the ancient, raw power suffer fatal damage under any circumstances, it would destroy the power of the Sacred Flame and all magic, bringing all magical life to an end.

## Weaknesses

* **The Power of Three:** The Power of Three was the only known power capable of matching someone with the power of the Source. The first Charmed Ones used the Power of Three against the first Conqueror after he had stolen the power that would eventually become the Source, and the trio were able to defeat him. The Vera-Vaughn Charmed Ones were also able to extract the power of the Source from its current host and transfer it into a recepticle, Macy's yin yang pendant.
	+ **The Sacred Flame Extraction Spell:** While otherwise seemingly impossible to remove from its host, the Flame can be forcibly extracted via this spell, as it calls upon the Power of Three.
* **Dependence on the Host's Life Force:** The Flame/Source's biggest weakness was its dependence on the life force of its vessel. If the current host of the Source is killed, it would destroy the Sacred Flame and all of magic along with it. Fiona was going to let Parker to become a receptacle in order to kill him and thus destroy the Source and all magic.
* **Destiny:** Despite the tremendous power the Source holds, even it is unable to rewrite destined events to the host's liking, as destiny would always find a way to reassert itself.
* **Balance:** Magic relies on a system of balance. If magic is used for personal gain, there can be unforeseen circumstances and undesirable after-effects.
* **Immortality Stripping Ritual:** Despite being otherwise seemingly impossible to kill, the Steward could be stripped of their immortality, rendering them defenseless and killable. Macy performed the demonic ritual from a distance and stripped Fiona Callahan of her immortality.
* **Nebron Root Bomb:** An ancient bomb created by the first Charmed Ones which was originally designed to destroy all magic and every magical creature in order to defeat the first Conqueror in what would be considered *the Mercy Days*.

## Trivia

* Sarah Jeffery revealed in an interview at Comic-Con 2018 that the Source would be the evil the Vera-Vaughn sisters go up against in Season 1 like he was an essence of pure evil in the original series. However, it is turned out to be not entirely true because the rebooted Source does not have its own mind and is neutral to good or evil.
* In *Jingle Hell*, it was revealed that the Source lacks a physical shell at the moment, or he is arriving in a magical hibernation, as Alastor stated: *"The Source will possess a demon..."*.
* In *Source Material*, it became clear that the Source and the Sacred Flame are the same thing. Both witches and demons get their power from the exact same place, and whether it's good or evil depends on who possesses it.
	+ Although, described as being the same thing, **the Source of All Evil** or **the Source** has been the most commonly used title for the power or the host of the power.
* According to Joey Falco, witches' and demons' deriving power from the same power source (and their powers being different manifestations) is similar to the Sith and Jedi concept of the Star Wars franchise.
* Despite being described in Season 1 as the source of all magic itself, it was later revealed in Season 4 that the Source was actually created from all of the magic stolen by the first Conqueror. Ishta and Inara, two of the very first Charmed Ones, had combined the power and hidden it so that it couldn't be found.
* It is very likely that the rebirth and existence of the Harbinger of Hell was also somehow connected to the Source, but it was never fully revealed.
* In the comics based on the original series, the source of magic was a form of mystical energy called The All. All magical beings possessed a piece of this energy, allowing them to develop active powers. The Nexus of the All was also the greatest concentration of magic in the world. Similar to the reboot, the comics had Prue take on the power of the All, becoming the Nexus herself, and giving her a vast array of powers, before becoming corrupted and requiring the All to be extracted from her. Unlike the reboot, Prue needed to be stabbed with an ancient athame, while Macy and her sisters used the Power of Three to let Macy relinquish the power.
* The Sacred Flame might be inspired by the Flame Imperishable (also known as the Secret Fire) from Tolkien's legendarium.
* It is currently unclear how Fiona Callahan became the Keeper of the Sacred Flame/Steward of the Source of All Evil since the power was hidden eons before she was ever born.
* According to Harry Greenwood in *The Source Awakens*, the power of the Source hadn't been unleashed since before written language.
* The Source was once referred to as "*the greatest power on Earth*", and the only magic known to be capable of restoring life to the magical world and the Black Amber Tree after it had been poisoned. However, the Power of Three was also referred to as the *Ultimate Power*, and the first Charmed Ones were somehow eventually able to defeat the first Conqueror after he had stolen the power that would eventually become the Source, though the exact circumstances of his defeat were unknown.
* Knansie once referred to Macy Vaughn as "*some kind of god*" after she had taken on the power of the Source.
* The Source was similar to the Darkness from once upon a time in that both required an ancient danger to control the raw power and both had their part in the origins of magic.

## Gallery

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## See Also

* Fiona Callahan
* Macy Vaughn
* The Apocalypse
* Origin Dagger
* The Sacred Flame Igniting Spell
* The Sacred Flame Extraction Spell
* Yin Yang Pendant
* Source Fusing Spell
* Black Amber Tree

## References

1. ↑ *Divine Secrets of the O.G. Sisterhood*
2. ↑ Joey Falco's Tweet
3. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `:2`