Omon

**Omon** was an ancient, magical being that predated known civilization. He was a narcissistic being who targeted unsuspecting individuals, hypnotizing them to attack and/or kill their loved ones in the name of "love" for him. At some point, he was imprisoned within the Tomb of Chaos by the Perfecti before escaping through a dimensional rift many thousands of years later. He was eventually vanquished by touching the reflection of himself in a potion laced with poisonous yew berries.

## History

### Early Life

Omon's origin is shrouded in mystery, so much so that it predates known civilization and his very existence was believed to be a myth. Some say its last iteration served as the basis of Narcissus in Greek mythology.

This creature disappeared for many thousands of years, after having been imprisoned within the Tomb of Chaos by the Perfecti, but managed to escape into Seattle in May, 2021 through a dimensional rift.

### Throughout the Series

In "*Yew Do You*", Omon's first victim is Julie Hoffman who he finds waiting for her boyfriend Jason at a gas station, Julie rolls down her car window and asks if she can assist him. He replies with "*Mepte Ama.*" As he repeats the phrase, a mystical orange wave of energy flows from his mouth and washes over her face, hypnotizing her. After she runs over her boyfriend, Omon moves on to his next victim. He gets noticed by the Vera-Vaughn Charmed Ones after viral videos of people killing/hurting their love ones pop up all over the internet. That evening while finding his next target, Omon senses when Julie is no longer catatonic and goes to SafeSpace, Seattle to kill her. There, he is confronted by the Charmed Ones on the rooftop, where he briefly places Macy Vaughn under his thrall and attempts to hypnotize her into forcing her sisters over the edge of the roof. Hearing her sisters' pleas, she is able to quickly break herself from his trance. Omon is vanquished by the Charmed Ones with a potion made with poisonous yew berries which presumably frees all of his other victims from his control.

## Physical Appearance

Omon was a handsome white man, appearing to be in his forties in age, with deep blue eyes and wavy black hair. He preferred to wear a mustache and a little goatee beard.

When Omon used his powers, his blue eyes would turn bright orange.

## Powers and Abilities

*Active Powers*
* **Hypnosis:** Omon had the ability to place mortals and witches into a hypnotic trance, forcing them to sacrifice their loved ones in the name of "love" for him. He accessed this power through the words "mepte ama".
* **Limited Shapeshifting:** Omon had the ability to make his eyes glow with an orange light as he used his powers.
* **Sensing:** Omon had the ability to sense when his victims were broken out of his trance, as shown when he was immediately able to sense that Julie had been freed from her trance. He was also able to use this ability to track his victims, such as when he tracked Julie down to SafeSpace, Seattle.
* **Smoking:** Omon had the ability to teleport in a puff of smoke.

## Trivia

* Omon is more ancient than human civilization. In the comics connected to the original series, the Charmed Ones faced off against the Old Ones, a powerful race of primordial demons predating written word.
* It can be presumed that Omon was the mysterious being that escaped through the dimensional rift at the end of "*You Can't Touch This*".
* While it's not clear what "mepte" means in his phrase "Mepte ama", it is possible that "mepte" is a Latin based word, since "ama" is also a Latin word. "Mepte" might be a combination of the pronoun "mē", which means "me", and the suffix -pte. The suffix -pte appears to be used to indicate emphasis or urgency, however, used very rarely and only in archaic and/or poetic cases. With the word "ama" being an imperative form of "love", the phrase possibly translates to the command "Love me" with an implied emphasis on "me".
	+ The validity of this etymology of the word "mepte" is questionable, as there aren't many sources to back it up and shouldn't be considered ultimate. It is also possible that "mepte" has a different meaning or language origin altogether. Additionally, the fact that it is found in archaic and poetic contexts and it is rare, adds to the uncertainty. It does, however, match the character of Omon, as he is both narcissistic to use emphasis on the pronoun "me", and he's ancient enough to possibly use this archaic form.
* It is possible that Omon was some ancient type of demon, as his displayed abilities were quite demonic-like.
* Contrary to what is stated on the reboot, the myth of Narcissus does not include the goddess Artemis, but Nemesis or Aphrodite, and the yew tree is not connected to the story. Narcissus, described as a handsome young man, due to his arrogance, would often not reciprocate the love and affection he received by others, with the most notable variation of the myth, where rejected the nymph Echo who approached him, and left her heartbroken. As an act of revenge, Nemesis or Aphrodite made him fall in love with his own reflection, in a pool of water, and Narcissus committed suicide, since he couldn't fulfill his desire. In other variations, he fell in love with his reflection on his own, without any godly interference, and either fell into the water and drowned or he obsessively stared at his reflection until he died of starvation. In all variations, his body disappeared, leaving narcissus flowers behind.

## Gallery

Mysterious being escapes from a dimensional riftOmon hypnotizes JulieOmon sensing that Julie is no longer under his thrallOmon smoking after Maggie and JulieMacy, hypnotized by Omon, attacking her sisters with telekinetic energy beamsOmon's vanquishOmon's symbol