Abiku Demons

This page is about the species. For the Abiku Demon who possessed Galvin Burdette, see Unnamed Abiku Demon.

## Species Information

### Powers

* Claw Extension
* Possession
* Invisibility
* Supernatural Strength
* Force Field Generation
* Fading

### Distinction

Black claws

**Abiku Demons** (or simply "**Abiku**") are a type of parasitic demons that move from host to host. These demons prefer to prey on the souls of dead children.

## History

In "*The Replacement*", an Abiku possessed Galvin Burdette while he was venturing in Haiti to retrieve the cure for the *Ibi*, or darkness, inside of Macy Vaughn. Upon returning from Haiti, the Abiku killed a customs agent, leading the Vera-Vaughn Charmed Ones and Tessa Flores-Cohen to believe that perhaps a vampire was at play. However, when the Abiku killed Mama Roz, a psychic looking over the many artifacts that Galvin brought back along with him, the sisters learned of Galvin's possession and that the Abiku was using him in order to get to Macy.

After revealing himself to Macy, the Abiku chased after her into the woods, where Macy hid inside an abandoned car. The Abiku pierced through the door and nearly got to Macy before her sisters and Tessa intervened. Macy was able to get the Abiku out of Galvin by stopping Galvin's heart. However, in its primordial form, the Abiku was able to escape with Macy back to the attic of Vera Manor. Finding themselves blocked from entering the manor by a force field, Mel and Maggie Vera, Tessa, and Galvin were able to pierce it with Mama Roz's dagger and enter. In the attic, the sisters were able to vanquish the Abiku by stabbing it with the same dagger.

In "*Someone's Going to Die*", Harry Greenwood broke into a secret facility in the Fort Easton Power Site and found out via a computer that an Abiku, along with a massive number of magical creatures, were captured by the Faction, drained of their magic and killed in the process.

## Powers

*Active Powers*
* **Possession:** The ability to inhabit a person or being's body.
* **Claw Extension:** The ability to make sharp claws come from one's hands and/or fingers at will. This seems to be main method of killing for Abiku Demons.
* **Fading:** The ability to teleport through a fading energy.
* **Supernatural Strength:** The ability to be stronger than what is naturally possible. An Abiku Demon was capable of piercing a car door with his claws and yanking it off.
* **Force Field Generation:** The ability to create a force field capable of keeping something from coming into contact with a certain thing. An Abiku Demon was capable of creating a force field around the Vera Manor to keep out Tessa, Galvin, Mel and Maggie.

*Inactive Powers*
* **Invisibility:** The ability to render oneself unseen to the naked eye. The primordial form of Abiku Demons are naturally invisible, sometimes only being seen through shadow.

## Weakness

* **Mama Roz's Dagger:** The dagger was powerful enough to kill the demon.

## Trivia

* Abiku is a Yoruba word that can be translated as "predestined to death". According to Yoruba belief, Abiku refers to the spirits of children who die before reaching puberty; a child who dies before twelve years of age being called an Abiku, and the spirit, or spirits, who caused the death being also called Abiku. Not only is an abiku a spirit of a child who dies young, the belief is that the spirit returns to the same mother multiple times to be reborn multiple times.