The Warren Line

**The Warren Line** is the lineage of witches to which the Halliwell family belongs. The line started with Melinda Warren, daughter of Charlotte Warren, in the late 17th century. They are the most powerful line of witches in history.

One of the things that have made the Charmed Ones and all witches in the line so strong is their bond as a family. This is particularly noteworthy in the Charmed Ones, three sister witches, whose powers are directly linked to their bond as sisters. Many demons have discovered that the key to weakening them is by breaking their bonds as siblings.

Phoebe Halliwell found a way to draw power from the witches of the Warren line. In order to vanquish the Source of All Evil, she wrote a spell to invoke the power of the entire line by invoking the names of powerful ancestors. This spell was powerful enough to vanquish the Source twice.

Starting with Patty Halliwell keeping her last name and giving it to her children, the family has had matrilineal tendencies. Piper Halliwell and Phoebe Halliwell also kept their last names on marriage and passed the name onto their children.

## Recccuring Themes

* **The 'P' Tradition**

The first member of the Warren line to be given a "P" name was Melinda Warren's daughter, Prudence Warren. However, it did not became a tradition until the 1890s, where the three cousins Phoebe Bowen, Priscilla Baxter and Pearl Russell were born. Baxter continued the tradition by naming her daughter Penelope. She then named her daughter Patricia, who in turn named her daughters Prudence, Piper and Phoebe.
Patty even ensured the tradition would continue with her fourth daughter, Paige, whom she had to give up at birth. When leaving the newborn at a local church, she and Sam left her in a blanket embroidered with the letter P and requested that she would be given a "P" name.
Out of the Charmed Ones, Phoebe and were the only one who continued the tradition. Piper named her only daugher Prudence Melinda. Phoebe named her daugheters Patricia Johnna, Parker and a Peyton.
* **Witches and Demons**

Across history, witches of the Warren line have often been attracted to or seduced by evil beings.
**Known Attractions**
* **Melinda Warren** with the *warlock* **Matthew Tate**
* **Prudence Warren** with the *warlock* **Hugh Montgomery**
* **Pearl Russell** with the *warlock* **Anton**
* **Penny Halliwell** with the *former demon* **The Necromancer**
* **Prue Halliwell** with the *Half-Warlock* **Brendan Rowe**
* **Piper Halliwell** with the *warlock* **Jeremy Burns**
* **Phoebe Halliwell** with the *warlock* **Rex Buckland** and the *demon* **Cole Turner**
* **Paige Matthews** with the *vampire* **Rowan**

## Notes

* The Rowe line of warlocks could be considered an evil counterpart to the Warren Line of Witches. Both family lines were prophesied to give birth to powerful forces of good and evil respectively.
* Witches of the Warren Line are invoked in spells such as To Call Upon Our Ancestors and To Call the Halliwell Matriarchs. In both of these spells, the name Halliwell is used instead of Warren.
* Other powerful families of witches include the Marks Line of Witches, the Callaway Family and the Montana Family. The Marks family worked with the Warren line during the Salem Witch Trials.