Phoebe Halliwell

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## Biographical information

### Born

November 2nd, 1975
Halliwell Manor

### Title(s)

* Charmed One
* Queen of the Underworld (formerly)

## Family information

### Children

* Unborn Son †
* Rose Growden
* Elodie Growden
* Aaron Growden

### Siblings

* Prue Halliwell †
* Piper Halliwell
* Paige Matthews

### Parents

* Patty Halliwell †
* Victor Bennett

### Grand-parents

* Penny Halliwell †
* Allen Halliwell †

### Otherrelatives

* Leo Wyatt (brother-in-law)
* Henry Mitchell (brother-in-law)
* Wyatt Halliwell (nephew)
* Chris Halliwell (nephew)
* Melinda Halliwell (niece)
* Tamora and Kat Mitchell (nieces)
* Henry Mitchell Jr. (adoptive nephew)

## Magical characteristics

### Activepowers

* Premonition
* Levitation
* Empathy
* Psychic Reflection

### Inactivepowers

* The Power of Three
* High Resistance

### Basicpowers

* Spell Casting
* Potion Brewing
* Scrying
* Mediumship

### Fears

* Being trapped in an elevator
* Losing a sister
* Losing a child
* Becoming evil
* Dating a demon

## Affiliation

### Occupation

* Author
* Advice Columnist

### Whitelighter

* Leo Wyatt (formerly)
* Chris Halliwell (formerly)

### Loyalty

* The Charmed Ones
* The Elders

## Character information

### Portrayed by

* Alyssa Milano
* Samantha Goldstein (young Phoebe)

> I have known you your entire life, there is not a mean bone in your body.
>
> Piper talking to Phoebe., Sympathy for the Demon

**Phoebe Halliwell** is the third Charmed One, the younger sister of Prue and Piper, and older maternal half-sister of Paige Matthews. She is the mother of \* Rose Growden, Elodie Growden, Aaron Growden.Phoebe is the third-born and last child of Patty Halliwell and Victor Bennett. She was also the wife of Duncan Growden.

She was once pregnant with and lost a son while she was married to her ex-husband Cole Turner.

Phoebe was often considered the weakest of the Charmed Ones by demons due to her primary powers being more inclined to be passive than active. However, she consistently proved them wrong with her formidable martial-arts skills and her remarkable spell-casting talent. Her Wiccan powers gradually evolved, coming to include dangerously offensive aspects that could match those of her sisters: Premonition, Levitation, Empathy, and Psychic Reflection. Besides these advanced powers, Phoebe possesses the basic powers of a wizard: the ability to cast spells (*which is her specialty*), brew potions, scry for lost objects and people, and divine for pieces of information. Last but not least, Phoebe could access the Power of Three, the collective power of the Charmed Ones.

Phoebe is a famous columnist, and occasionally a reporter at The Bay Mirror and is the author of the best-seller *"Finding Love"*.

### Prue's Death and Finding Paige

On May 17, 2001, Phoebe's oldest sister, Prue Halliwell, was killed in battle by the demon Shax. The tragic and unexpected loss of their sister was devastating for both Piper and Phoebe, though the former was more open than the latter regarding how badly she was shaken by it. However, Phoebe tried to remain strong and collected for Piper's sake and worked hard to make sure everything was taken care of so no one else would have to worry about it.

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At her sister's funeral, she met a woman named Paige Matthews, and when they shook hands, she had a premonition that Paige would be killed by Shax, the same demon who killed Prue. With Piper too overwhelmed with grief to help, she decided to team up with Cole so they could save Paige.

With Cole's investigation, they found out that she was a potential Charmed One who may be able to reconstitute the Power of Three. They then interrogated Grams and Patty and found out that Paige was their younger half-sister, who was given up at birth for protection. Paige then arrived at the house and shook hands with her older half-sisters, and the Power of Three was then recreated.

Phoebe also played a significant role not only in helping Paige to mature into their Charmed heritage, but also to ensure that Paige and Piper came to understand and love each other as sisters. Though she was just as grieved as Piper over Prue's death, and she once confessed that she was actually frightened and doubtful of whether they could continue to fight the good fight without her, she eventually learned to move on with life.

## Personality

In the beginning, Phoebe was first introduced as a free-spirited, rebellious, and open-minded young woman who helped her older sisters embrace their Charmed destiny. She was also unafraid to try new things and dared to be different from the vast majority of others, though it often put her at odds with her oldest sister, Prue, who once confessed that she had always admired Phoebe's confidence and courage, but also saw her as utterly irresponsible because of those traits.

One constant feature about Phoebe would be her creative mind as well as her excellent memory, which led her to become the best spell-caster out of the four sisters. She is also quick-witted and resourceful, knowing how to pick locks and pockets and change the tires of a car. Even Piper once commented that she would never have the kind of "*street-smarts*" that Phoebe possessed. Besides this, due to her powers and her degree in psychology, Phoebe is sensitive and compassionate towards others and is capable of giving sound advice to her sisters and, later, the readers of her column as well.

Another prominent trait of Phoebe is her dedication to the Craft: out of the four sisters, Phoebe was often the most passionate about magic and saw her unique heritage as something that truly distinguished herself and her sisters from others. In fact, her enthusiasm was a prominent contribution to Prue's and Piper's acceptance of their Charmed destiny, and whenever her older sisters were tempted to give up their magic, Phoebe was always the most vocal in objections, and never failed to remind them both of all the good the three were able to accomplish through their powers. However, her passion for magic also had a downside: she frequently found it hard to abide by the basic Wiccan rule that magic was not meant to be used for personal gain, which led to her being stripped of her active powers when she excessively exploited them.

Besides this, due to her being the only Charmed One to be born in the Halliwell Manor (above the Nexus), Phoebe was more susceptible to being influenced by evil than her sisters. This susceptibility, coupled with her impulsiveness, once led her into becoming the Queen of the Underworld, and though she ultimately returned to the Charmed fold, it still left her with emotional scars that prevented her from finding love. Hence, when a series of events caused her to re-encounter Cole years after his supposed permanent vanquish, she lashed out at him despite his having turned over a new leaf, for she had grown to hate him as much as she loved him due to their previous tumultuous romance.

Despite her flaws, it must still be noted that Phoebe was always fiercely loyal to her loved ones (a Warren trait). Even after she supposedly turned against her sisters by becoming the Queen of the Underworld, Phoebe still cared for them, and part of why she ended up choosing them over Cole was the realization that, despite her betrayal, her sisters still respected her choices, and did not try to use magic to change her mind (which Cole failed to do so). This shows that, though she was willing to make great sacrifices for love, there were still lines that Phoebe would not cross, and she had heartfelt respect for the basic concept of one's free will.

She was also able to turn the loss of her active powers into somewhat of a valuable life-lesson instead of a punishment - she established herself as still being a powerful force to be reckoned with through what magical skills she retained, such as her common sense, her formidable spell-casting talent, and even her potion-brewing abilities. After she regained all of her former powers, and they even advanced to enable her to access new abilities, Phoebe demonstrated a new sense of care and caution that she never had previously, showing that she had truly matured from her experiences, and had grown to be more mindful of the possible consequences stemming from using magic recklessly. Last but not least, Phoebe showed herself to be a woman who was willing to accept responsibility for her previous mistakes - despite her initial hostility towards Cole when she re-encountered him after she had heard his heartfelt apologies, she acknowledged that she was also to blame for how their romance ended in tragedy, and the two came to true reconciliation.

## Powers and Abilities

*Basic Powers*
* **Spell Casting:** The ability to cast spells and perform rituals. Phoebe is considered the best spell writer of all four sisters.
* **Potion Brewing:** The ability to brew potions.
* **Scrying:** The ability to locate a person or object by the use of a scrying crystal, a map, and sometimes other tools.
* **Mediumship:** The ability to see and commune with spirits of the dead.

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*Active Powers*
* **Premonition:** The ability to see and experience events from the past, present, and future. This power allows her to create psychic links and share/receive/trigger visions with and onto other psychics. This is Phoebe's primary Wiccan power.
	+ **Intuition:** The ability to sense when something is about to happen before it does. This allows her to sense and predict attacks.
	+ **Astral Premonition:** The ability to receive visions of the future while simultaneously astral projecting into said future.
* **Levitation:** The ability to propel oneself into the air and hover. She can also extend her levitation power to levitate other people and objects when in physical contact with them.

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* **Empathy:** The ability to feel, sense, and understand other people's feelings and emotions.
	+ **Psychic Reflection:** The ability to reflect emotions and/or memories back onto a person or onto another being.
	+ **Channeling:** The ability to draw upon the powers of other beings, thus allowing the channeller to harness or exploit the activated powers of those they are channeling.
		- **Deviation**: Phoebe can deviate attacks back at enemies by channeling their emotions.
		- **Power Replication:** The ability to channel and replicate the powers of other magical beings within close proximity.

*Other Powers*
* **The Power of Three:** The collective power of the Charmed Ones which enhances their powers.
	+ **High Resistance:** This ability is active when Phoebe is in unity with her sisters. It is also active while channeling the powers of another magical being.

*Natural Abilities*
* **Expert Hand-To-Hand Combatant:** To make up for initially only having a passive power, Phoebe took classes in self-defense and taekwondo. She also trained with Cole for a short period of time. She eventually became the most effective hand-to-hand fighter out of all the four sisters.
	+ **Enhanced Agility:** Defined as moving quickly and easily from one motion to another. She acquired this skill through intense combat training, which was later enhanced because of her levitation power.