Paige Matthews

## Life

Current age: 29Date of birth: august 2nd, 1977

## Description

Species: Whitelighter-witchSex: Female
Hair colour: Brown
Eye colour: Brown

## Powers and abilities

OrbingTelekinetic orbing
Remote orbing
Orb Shield
Healing
Hovering
Cloaking
Glamouring
Photokinesis

## Family

Melinda Warren **†** (Ancestor)Allen Halliwell **†** (Grandfather)
Penny Halliwell **†** (Grandmother)
Sam Wilder (Biological Father)
Mr. Matthews **†** (Adoptive father)
Patty Halliwell **†** (Biological Mother)
Mrs. Matthews **†** (Adoptive mother)
Prue Halliwell (Older half sister )
Leo Wyatt (Brother in law)
Piper Halliwell (Older half sister)
Coop Halliwell (Brother in Law)
Phoebe Halliwell (Older half sister)
Wyatt Halliwell (Nephew)
Chris Halliwell (Nephew)
Henry Mitchell (Husband)

## Portrayed by

Rose Mcgowan

***“Because it’s your damn fairytale and it’s alive and frozen in our kitchen.” - Piper***

Paige Matthews, an exceptionally powerful witch, is the first known Whitelighter-Witch hybrid to exist. Paige was born into the Warren line of witches and is one of the original Charmed Ones. Paige is the only child of Whitelighter (Samuel Wilder) and the youngest of the late Witch Patty Halliwell’s four children. She was given up at birth and adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Matthew. In her biological family, Paige is the younger half sister of Prudence, Piper, and Phoebe Halliwell. Paige is married to a Mortal man named Henry Mitchell, and they are currently pregnant with twins. She is also a loving aunt to Piper’s sons: Wyatt and Christopher Halliwell. Paige has dark hair and deep brown eyes, and she works for social services in the department of child protective services.

Paige is very similar to her deceased oldest sister, Prue Halliwell, in terms of personality. She is stubborn, strong-willed, and has issues with her biological father. One of Paige's main personality traits and something that she struggled with after becoming Charmed was her independence. With Whitelighter's blood inside of her, Paige has an inherent need and ability to help others, which led her to want to become a social worker. Although she initially struggled with being a Whitelighter until she helped a woman, which helped her in return. Despite being half-pacifistic, Paige can be judgmental, as mentioned by Phoebe. The quirkiest of the four sisters, Paige is shown to have a goofy, sometimes awkward disposition, much to her own chagrin. She has a tendency to ramble whenever she gets overly excited, and even though she may not be the most physically affectionate, she shows her love through her immense loyalty towards her family and friends. Her willingness to sacrifice herself time and time again to help those in need often leads her towards trouble, but that never stops Paige from doing what she truly feels is right.

## **Magic**

### The Ultimate Battle

When Christy not only turned Billie but the whole magical community against the sisters, making them believe they didn't care for anything else but themselves anymore, Paige and her sisters decided to take refuge in the only place where they could "be safe", the Underworld. Thanks to Paige's powers, they were able to return to their world, deciding to take refuge in Phoebe's condo and prepare themselves to do what must be done and fight against the Jenkins sisters.

After the sisters' first encounter with Billie and Christy, Paige orbed her sisters back to the condo where two demons, Nomed and Zohar, awaited them. The two demons had a proposition: the sisters should summon the Hollow and let it infect them after which they would collect the powers of the Triad and then kill Billie and Christy. Piper suggests that the Charmed Ones to get the Hollow before Billie and Christy do. Paige is skeptical, remembering what it did to The Source and Cole, but Piper is convinced that the Jenkin's are trying to steal the Charmed Ones' powers.

The sisters summon the Hollow, and kill The Triad, then proceed to orb into the manor. The Battle then starts to begin, Billie and Christy throw fire, whilst The Charmed Ones counter with lightning. The fight causes a huge explosion that destroys the manor and kills Paige as well as Phoebe and Christy.

Coop is devastated when he learns of Phoebe's death and gives a bereaved Piper his ring so that she can travel back in time to save Phoebe and Paige. Piper, along with Leo, is taken to the past and recruits Patty and Grams. Then the four travel back to 2006 when the battle took place and are able to banish the Hollow before the manor is destroyed, and Phoebe and Paige are saved.

### The return of Demons

In August of 2006, a unspecified demon broke into the manor to attack Wyatt who was playing in the living room with his younger brother. A loud crash caught Leo and Piper’s attention and Piper sent Leo to investigate thinking it was Wyatt having a mishap with his powers. Wyatt activated his shield to protecting himself and Chris, and Leo was hurled across the room by the demo in front of the boys. This caught Piper’s attention, and she intentionally threw a frying pan and spatula at the demon, confusing him, but then used her powers to blow him up. Shaken up, Piper gathered her family for an emergency meeting stating they had become to comfortable with their demon-free lives. Paige helped keep everyone safe by reactivating the demon alarm. Piper remained on edge, becoming more protective of the boys, but the magical community remained quiet for a while.

## **Family**

***"Everything happens for a reason, I believe that. I also know when one door closes another opens." - Patty***

### Reuniting her birth family

**“Hmm. Another P. Imagine that.” - Phoebe**

One year before the death of Prue Halliwell, Paige started to go to P3 as she felt a connection to the Halliwells. Then Paige met Phoebe at the funeral of Prue where Phoebe had a vision of Shax killing Paige. Phoebe and her boyfriend Cole Turner went to check on Paige, trying to save her from Shax. When he attacked, Phoebe and Cole saw Paige orbing. After they rescued her they told Piper who summoned their grams and mother immediately. They explained Paige was their half-sister. Paige then arrived and met with her half-sisters at their home. Upon shaking hands with Piper (with Phoebe clutching to Paige's arm), the chandelier above them began to glow and shine a blue light just like it did before when Phoebe reawakened the powers of herself and her sisters.

### Meeting Prue

**"It's nice to finally meet you, Paige."**

Paige was reunited with her sisters: Piper and Phoebe, after Prue’s death. In fact, Paige initially met them at Prue’s funeral. Therefore, Paige didn’t think she would ever have the chance to meet Prue. However, in July of 2006, Leo asked her to beg Grams to allow Prue to visit, as he was concerned about Piper. Paige summoned Grams, and Grams agreed to allow Prue to visit for an hour. Paige was the first of the sisters to be reunited with Prue, stumbling over her words. Prue offered her a hug and told her she was proud of her and was always watching over her. Paige later introduced her to Henry.

### Marriage

**“I mean, I faced demons and fireballs, magical suitors, orbing... I mean, I think I passed the test, right?” - Henry**

Henry met Paige in 2006 when he was looking after a teenage parolee identified as Speed, who also happened to be Paige's future-Whitelighter charge. Initially, they butted heads on what to do with Speed but had found themselves attracted to each other and as time went on, they began dating. Henry later dueled against the witch Simon Marks for Paige's affections, telling him that he truly cared for Paige, whereas Simon just wanted a trophy wife. he managed to punch Simon out, proudly carrying the wounds of battle instead of accepting Paige's healing. Henry proposed to Paige at the top of the Golden Gate Bridge soon after. Paige and Henry wed the same year in Halliwell Manor with their close family and friends present.

### Motherhood

#### Pregnancy

***“I wasn’t going to say anything until I knew for sure, but I think I’m pregnant.” - Paige to Phoebe***

Paige initially thought she wouldn’t want kids until later in life and knew she only wanted one child. This was because Paige is fiercely independent and career-focused. She repeatedly said that while she wanted a child someday, she wasn’t in a rush. However, around her 29th birthday, Paige started having second thoughts. She started to imagine herself as a mother. Taking Henry’s advice, Paige talked to Sheila and Piper about how to know for sure if she was ready to have children. While Sheila and Piper both agreed that one could never be ready, Piper told her it was about trusting her instincts and having conversations with Henry. It was mentioned that after several conversations, the pair decided they were ready to welcome a child into their family.

In early September 2006, Paige was experiencing morning sickness and had scheduled a doctor’s appointment to take a pregnancy test. She didn’t want to say anything to her sisters before she knew for sure; however, she ended up having morning sickness while helping them get the boys ready for daycare and came clean. They were excited for her and were overjoyed when she later told them she was pregnant. She later told Sheila that she and Henry had agreed that this would be their only child.

However, Paige learned she was actually expecting twins when she was around nine weeks along. She was shocked by the news and didn't know how to feel because she only wanted one child. She asked Piper, who had gone to the doctor with her, to keep it a secret because she needed time to adjust to the idea.

##### Paige's stalker

Paige started getting stalked by “the woman with the creepy grin,” while waiting to be called into the doctor’s office on the day she learned she was pregnant. She was immediately unsettled by the woman, but Henry claimed not to have noticed her. Paige had another encounter with the woman at the park sometime the following month. This time, it was Henry who noticed the woman who was staring at Paige. When he pointed the woman out, Paige was immediately creeped out and told Henry it was the woman from the clinic. They decided to leave, and despite Henry saying it wasn’t a good idea, Paige brought her nephews to McDonald's for lunch straight after. While Henry was playing with the boys, Paige was sitting alone at the table, and the woman approached her. This was the first time the woman spoke to Paige. However, when Paige asked who she was, the woman simply said she would figure it out eventually and left.

At first, Paige didn’t believe her stalker was a demon because the woman never threatened or attacked her. Even when Paige was completely alone, the woman was never threatening. However, she started to question if this woman was supernatural because she didn’t know why this woman would be stalking her otherwise.