Melinda Warren

**Melinda Warren** was a very powerful witch who lived during the late 17th century. She was the founder of the Warren line of Witches. Melinda was burned at the stake during the Salem Witch Trials by Witch Hunters, though before her death, she prophesied the arrival of the Charmed Ones, the most powerful witches of all time and her descendants.

## History

### Early Life

Melinda was born to the mortal Charlotte Warren, who was under protection of a coven of witch practitioners when an evil witch named Ruth Cobb wanted to steal Melinda and raise her as evil. The Charmed Ones traveled back in time and helped Charlotte give birth while protecting her from Witch Hunters. When Charlotte named her daughter Melinda, the sisters realized that she was in fact their ancestor. At some point in time, Melinda had a daughter named Prudence Warren with William Jackson, who continued the Warren line.

## Book of Shadows Entry

*Melinda Warren*

*A legendary witch born of two mortals*

*Blessed with the powers to will objects to move, to see what*

*is to come and stop her enemies as though in stone*

*Her legacy is the powerful and infamous Warren line*

of witches. Melinda’s birth was foretold by the
First witch, who tried to protect her mother Charlotte
*with the power of triquetra. And therefore on the All Hallows'*

*day, Charlotte was captured by malevolent forces who sought*

*to use the unborn child's powers for evil purposes.*

## Powers and Abilities

***Basic Powers***

* **Spell Casting:** The ability to cast spells and perform rituals.
* **Potion Making:** The ability to brew magical potions.
* **Scrying:** The ability to locate beings or objects with a crystal and a map.

***Active Powers***

* **Telekinesis:** The ability to move objects and beings with the power of the mind.
* **Molecular Immobilization:** The ability to slow down molecules to the point where the object or being in question stops moving, making it seem as if time is frozen.
* **Premonition:** The ability to perceive past, present and future events through premonitions.

***Passive Powers***

* **High Resistance:** The ability to highly resistant to physical and magical harm.

## Trivia

* In the original series, Melinda Warren was the only child of two mortals, Charlotte Warren and Lawrence Cutler. Born on October 31, 1670, she was an exceptionally powerful witch who possessed the powers of telekinesis, molecular immobilization, and premonition. She started the line of Warren witches which, as prophesied by Melinda herself, culminated in the arrival of the three (actually four) most powerful witches of all time; the Charmed Ones. In the reboot, it is unconfirmed but possible that she is an ancestor of the Vera-Vaughn Charmed Ones.
* Although she has never physically appeared in the series, Melinda is the only being known to exist in both the original and reboot dimensions. However, it was never revealed whether this was the same Melinda or a different one altogether.
	+ It was mentioned at San Diego Comic-Con in 2018 that the Melinda Warren page seen in the Vera Book of Shadows is an Easter Egg.
* In her Book of Shadows entry, Melinda is described as having had the ability to "stop her enemies as though in stone." However, as an unclear definition, this leaves her third and final power up for debate. She could have had either of five abilities:

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> 1. Molecular Inhibition - the ability to slow down or completely stop the movement of molecules, causing them to lose their energy and solidify, resulting in ice. This ability can be used to freeze an entire being in a sheet of ice.
> 2. Molecular Immobilization - the ability to stop the movement of molecules, causing objects and individuals to become motionless. This was her power in the original series. However, this power is yet to be confirmed as an actual power, as there is no evidence of its existence in the reboot, unlike the other four which have appeared in the series.
> 3. Telepathic Immobilization - the ability to telepathically stop the conscious functions of others, causing them to become motionless.
> 4. Temporal Stasis - the ability to stop the flow of time, causing objects and beings to instantly freeze in place and appear completely motionless in time.
> 5. Petrification - the ability to turn other beings into stone. Though, this is possibility is unlikely due to the fact that this power actually stops beings by turning them into stone - not "as though in stone".
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* In the original series, Melinda was burned at the stake, after being denounced as a witch by her warlock lover, Matthew Tate and before her death prophesied the arrival of the Halliwell-Matthews Charmed Ones. Since warlocks don't seem to exist in the reboot universe it's possible this version of Melinda died some other way. However, she could not have prophesied the arrival of the Charmed Ones, since they already existed long before Melinda was born in the 17th century.
* Similarly to Melinda, Kaela Danso is also a powerful witch born of two mortals. Although, Melinda Warren was born a witch while Kaela was mortal until 2016, until she received donor cells from Macy Vaughn.
* According to Joey Falco, if the reboot had gotten renewed for a fifth season, Melinda Warren would have played a part in the story.
	+ However, Joey later added that they did not talk to any of the original actors because they were waiting for approval for season 5. If they had been extended, then "there were going to be phone calls made about which cast members are available and who's willing to do it," and even if Melinda was supposed to be part of the plot, another actress could have played her if Tyler Layton refused.

## References

1. ↑ Joey Falco's Twitter
2. ↑ TVLine