Earl

**Earl** was the ex-husband of Patricia Malone and the ex-stepfather of Ruby Malone. He was a demon with the ability to duplicate. After leaving Earl, Patty and Ruby were forced into "witchness protection" when he found the two of them. Several years later, he was able to locate Ruby, due to her involvement with the Vera-Danso Charmed Ones, and began hunting her until he was finally vanquished by her.

## History

### Early Life

At some point in the past, Patricia Malone married Earl, making him the stepfather of Ruby Malone. Presumably after finding out that he was a demon, Patty and her daughter escaped, though the demon continuously tracked them down. Eventually, when he managed to track them down again, Patricia decided the best way to escape him forever was to give up their magic altogether. The two women were able to hold him back with a storm spell before Patty used a blade to stab into their book of magic, allowing the two of them to escape into "witchness protection"" through the portal created. After this, Earl had been unable to find either of them for years.

### Throughout the Series

In "*Unsafe Space*", Ruby mentioned her demonic stepfather to Mel Vera when they realize they are both witches. She told Mel about how she and her mother had entered the witchness protection program to avoid the past trauma.

In "*Unveiled*", Earl was made aware of Ruby's whereabouts after a troll broadcasted a hit list on the Vera-Danso Charmed Ones' close ones, which included Ruby. The demon went to find Ruby at SafeSpace, but she and Mel narrowly escaped him. After working out a plan, Roxie sent Duncan to give Earl a packet of Blue Camellia matches. Eventually, the demon arrived at the club with several clones to fight them and eventually killed Ruby, saying it was Mel's fault for getting her involved. Unbeknownst to him, Ruby was magically revived by a Blindaje Doll and stabbed an unsuspecting Earl from behind, causing him to rapidly desiccate and vanquishing him for good.

## Personality

Earl was known to be obsessive with the things that he cared about to the point of being ruthless and destructive.

## Physical Appearance

Earl had the appearance of a middle-aged Caucasian male with graying dark hair and dark eyes that flashed red.

## Powers and Abilities

*Active Powers*
* **Duplication:** The ability to create copies of oneself. According to Ruby, Earl was originally only able to create one duplicate at a time. However, his power was shown to have somehow strengthened as of "*Unveiled*", allowing him to create more clones at one time. The best way to differentiate the clones from the real Earl was through his eyes: only the real Earl's eyes would flash red.

*Passive Powers*
* **Limited Shapeshifthing:** Earl's eyes could flash a red color. To differentiate the clones from the real one, one simply needs to witness this trait.

## Relationships

* **Earl and Patricia Malone:** They were romantically involved, and later married, before Patricia found out he was a demon and ran away from him. He continued to pursue her and Ruby until they went into Witchness Protection.

## Trivia

* After Ruby vanquished Earl, she says "Goodbye Earl!" This could be a reference to the song, *Goodbye Earl*, by The Chicks.