The Warren Line

Status:

Extant

Title(s):

The Warren Line of Witches

* Witches
* Cupid-Witches
* Witchlighters

Level:

Upper-Level

* Melinda Warren †
* Brianna †
* P. Russell †
* P. Baxter †
* P. Bowen †
* Penny Halliwell †
* Patty Halliwell †
* Prudence 'Prue' Halliwell (died in 2001 but became a Witchlighter a year later)
* Piper Halliwell
* Phoebe Halliwell
* Paige Matthews-Mitchell
* Wyatt Halliwell
* Chris Halliwell
* Melinda Halliwell
* Syrus Halliwell-Trudeau
* Tamora 'Tam' Halliwell-Mitchell
* Katherine 'Kat' Halliwell-Mitchell
* Prescott 'Scott' Halliwell-Trudeau
* PJ Halliwell
* Stiles Halliwell-Trudeau
* Parker Halliwell
* Peyton Halliwell
* The Source's Heir †

NOTABLE RELATIONS:

* Gordon Johnson †
* Allen Halliwell †
* Victor Bennett
* Leo Wyatt
* Henry Mitchell
* Coop Halliwell
* Andrew 'Andy' Trudeau (died in 1999 but became a full Whitelighter a year later)
* Henry Jr. (adopted)
* Zile (formerly) †
* Dex Lawson (formerly)
* Cole Turner (formerly) †

### Magical characteristics

Original Charmed Powers:

* Telekinesis
* Molecular Immobilization
* Premonition

Collective Power(s):

* The Power of Three
* The Power of Three Times Four
* The Power of Two
* The Power of Four

Loyalty:

The Greater Good

The **Warren Line** is the lineage of witches to which the Halliwell family belongs. The line started with Melinda Warren, daughter of Charlotte Warren, in the late 17th century. They are the most powerful line of witches in history.

One of the things that have made the Charmed Ones and all witches in the line so strong is their bond as a family. This is particularly noteworthy in the Charmed Ones, three sister witches, whose powers are directly linked to their bond as sisters. Many demons have discovered that the key to weakening them is by breaking their bonds as sisters.

The bond of family is important to all Halliwells, such as Penny Halliwell, the Charmed Ones' grandmother. She had fallen in love with the Necromancer, who offered her the opportunity to be brought back to life so they could live together at the cost of alienating her family and sacrificing generations of magical spirits. Though she appeared tempted, under a truth spell she told him that while she loved him, she loved her family more, then vanquished him.

Phoebe Halliwell found a way to draw power from the witches of the Warren line. In order to vanquish the Source of All Evil, she wrote a spell to invoke the power of the entire line by invoking the names of powerful ancestors. This spell was powerful enough to vanquish the Source twice, though not strong enough to vanquish Barbas once he possessed the powers of Cole Turner.

Starting with Patty Halliwell keeping her last name and giving it to her children, the family has had matrilineal tendencies. Piper Halliwell and Phoebe Halliwell also kept their last names on marriage and passed the name onto their children.

## **History:**

### **Melinda Warren:**

The Warren Line of Witches began with Charlotte Warren, a witch practitioner and the mortal Lawrence Cutler. Charlotte was lead by the first witch to Eva and her coven of witches in Colonial Virginia because she was pregnant with a very magical baby. Toward the end of her pregnancy, Charlotte was kidnapped by an evil witch named Ruth Cobb who sought to use the baby's powers for darkness instead of good. On October 31, 1670, Charlotte was rescued by the Charmed Ones, who were sent back in time in order to preserve the destiny of good magic, and delivered Melinda Warren in a protective circle with the help of Piper Halliwell.

Melinda Warren grew up to become a powerful witch and created the Book of Shadows. She possessed three magical powers; Telekinesis, Molecular Immobilization, and Premonition. Melinda married a mortal named William Jackson and had a daughter named Prudence.

### **Death and Prophecy:**

After the birth of her daughter, Melinda had an affair with the warlock Matthew Tate. After he mimicked her powers, he exposed Melinda as a witch during the Salem Witch Trials. Melinda in turn cursed him into a locket for his betrayal. Despite having the power to save herself, Melinda let herself be burned to ensure the safety of her daughter. While at the stake, she prophesied that each of her descendants would grow stronger and stronger, culminating in three sisters who would be the most powerful good witches ever to walk the earth, the Charmed Ones.

### **The Hidden Second Prophecy:**

After she prophesied the arrival of three sister witches, the Charmed Ones, she prophesied the second generation of Charmed Ones, The Power of Three Times Four! Knowing of all of the events before

Prudence Melinda 'Melinda' Halliwell's conception, **Melinda Warren** prophesied that the original eldest charmed one would become a Witchlighter one year after she died and that her true love would become a Whitelighter one year after he died. Then, three to four months after Prudence Melinda 'Melinda' Halliwell's conception, they would conceive a Witchlighter son, then three months after Tamora 'Tam' and Katherine 'Kat' Halliwell-Mitchells' conception, they would conceive another Witchlighter son, then finally, three months after Prudence Johanna 'PJ' Halliwell's conception, they would conceive their third and final Witchlighter son. All three sons only inherited their Whitelighter genes from the father, and all of their Witch genes from the mother. Then, **Melinda Warren** actually quoted this, "Then, Wyatt Matthew Halliwell, Christopher Perry Halliwell, Prudence Melinda Halliwell, Syrus Andrew Paul Halliwell-Trudeau, Tamora Paisley Halliwell-Mitchell and Katherine Pamela Halliwell-Mitchell, Prescott Arther Peter Halliwell-Trudeau, Prudence Johanna Elena Halliwell, Stiles Allen Phillip Halliwell-Trudeau, Henry Mitchell Jr., Parker Patrica Cleo Halliwell, and Peyton Penelope Grace Halliwell, would become the second generation of Charmed Ones, being more powerful than original Charmed Ones!" She prophesied this after having a second premonition after her first prophecy.

### **Continuation of the Line:**

**Prudence Warren** was Melinda's only child. After her mother's trial, Prudence carried the family legacy and continued the bloodline.

**Brianna** was a powerful witch of the Warren line who lived during the Crimean War. Her power was Advanced Telekinesis, which she used to separate the Lord of War Gabriel Statler from his enchanted Crystal Sword. This defeat disgraced the man and he was quickly defeated.

**Beatrice Warren** was a witch of the Warren Line. Beatrice only had one leg.

The next generation of Warren witches were cousins **P. Bowen**, who had the power of Cryokinesis, **P. Baxter**, who had the power of Molecular Deceleration, and **P. Russell**, who had the power of Pyrokinesis and Divination, and later, Fire Throwing. The three cousins turned the Halliwell Manor into a speakeasy during Prohibition in the 1920s.

P. Bowen worked as a photographer at the speakeasy while Baxter was the primary runner and caretaker, and Russell acted as a fortune teller and witch-for-hire for those who came to the Manor. (Which foreshadowed their future reincarnations. Prudence 'Prue' took a job at 415 Magazine to fulfill her passion for photography, Piper owned the popular club P3, and Phoebe once worked as a hotel lounge psychic to buy Prue a birthday present).

Unfortunately, P. Russell fell in love with a warlock named Anton and was turned evil through his influence. They plotted to kill Bowen and Baxter so that Anton would obtain their powers. To do this, Anton gave Russell a potion that tripled her powers and gave her the ability to throw fire. Anton then shape-shifted into P. Baxter's former lover, who was a past life of Leo Wyatt.

During their attack on the Manor, Russell's cousins strangled her. Baxter and Bowen feared that Anton would be too much for their descendants to handle should he ever reunite with any future life of Russell. With this in mind, they also cursed Russell's soul so she and all her future lives would die on the same day and age. In modern times, Phoebe switches souls with Russell, and during this time, Russell accidentally vanquishes Anton when Prudence 'Prue' deflects her fire toward the warlock. The curse created by Bowen and Baxter was broken by Prudence 'Prue' and Piper, when Phoebe and Russell returned to their bodies and Phoebe's sisters placed Russell's amulet around her neck to stop the curse from taking effect.

It is shown that P. Bowen was Prudence "Prue's" past-life, P. Baxter was Piper's past-life, and P. Russell was Phoebe's. They became sisters in their current lives, with Russell's Pyrokinesis taken from Phoebe as a punishment for her abuse of it as Russell, and Prudence 'Prue' and Piper given power advancements for their good deeds in their past lives. P. Baxter's husband, **Gordon Johnson** (1895-1965), was Dan Gordon's past-life and Penny Halliwell's father, and thus the Charmed Ones's great-grandfather. P. Baxter's unnamed former lover was a past life of Leo Wyatt, Piper's current husband.

### **The Halliwell Family:**

**Penny Halliwell** (1937-1998) was the daughter of P. Baxter and Gordon Johnson, wife of Allen Halliwell (1930-1967), and mother of Patty Halliwell. She was born in a hotel room in Boston. Penny was gifted with Telekinesis and had gained such precision with it that, when she believed her granddaughters were being taken by warlocks (who were actually the Charmed Ones from the future), she was able to open the front door while simultaneously sending the trio flying out of the door from the solarium. She was married four times, engaged six, and divorced three times. Penny was also the lover of the Necromancer and was the one who ultimately vanquished him. Penny bound her granddaughters' powers until her death in 1998. Afterwards, she continues to help her granddaughters from beyond, whether as turning pages in *The Book of Shadows* or physically appearing as a ghost to assist them.

**Patty Halliwell** (1950-1978) was the mother of **Prudence 'Prue'**, **Piper**, **Phoebe Halliwell** and **Paige Matthews**, ex-wife of **Victor Bennett** (1949), and former lover of **Sam Wilder** (1848), her Whitelighter. She was born in 1950. Patty had the power of Molecular Immobilization. In 1975, Patty made a pact with the warlock Nicholas and blessed his ring, granting him immunity to the Charmed Ones' powers. Soon after, she meets the future selves of three of her daughters and helps them to undo the pact that was made so that they would be able to vanquish Nicholas in their own time. (It appears that she and Penny created the Nicholas Must Die spell after sending them back to the future.) After getting divorced from Victor and getting into a relationship with Sam Wilder, Patty became pregnant with her fourth daughter, Paige, and gave her up to a local church soon after she was born, fearing repecussions of the Elders if they discovered she had a child with her Whitelighter. Soon after, Patty was drowned by a water demon. She occasionally assists her daughters from beyond.

**Prudence 'Prue' Halliwell** (*1970-2001; 2002 unknown to her sisters*), **Piper Halliwell** (*1973*), and **Phoebe Halliwell** (*1975*) were raised in the Halliwell manor by their grandmother **Penny Halliwell**(Grams) who died, leaving the house to the sisters. After the death of their eldest sister, Prudence 'Prue', the sisters were revealed to have another sister, **Paige Matthews** (*1977*). She was taken in by Piper and Phoebe to not only be loved but trained as a witch. As time went by, Piper, now the eldest sister, had two Witchlighter sons (**Wyatt Halliwell** (*2003*) and **Christopher 'Chris' Halliwell** (*2004*) with her husband, who was an Elder at the time, **Leo Wyatt** (*1924-1942;1942*). After he fell from grace and became mortal they had another child, **Prudence Melinda 'Melinda' Halliwell** (*January 2007*) who had some of her father's leftover Whitelighter DNA in her and the elders once again interfered and activated it. Phoebe, the living middle sister, found love in a Cupid named **Coop**, whom she soon married. The couple went on to have three Cupid-Witch hybrid daughters (**Prudence Johanna 'PJ'** (*Late 2008)*, **Parker** (*2010*) and **Peyton Halliwell** (*2012*)). Phoebe was also once pregnant with a **son**, while being married to **Cole Turner** (1885-2003). Paige, the youngest sister, married a mortal named **Henry Mitchell**. The two have identical twin daughters, **Tamora 'Tam'** and **Katherine 'Kat' Halliwell-Mitchell** (Late *2007*) and an adopted son, **Henry Mitchell Jr.** (*Late 2009*). A year after **Prudence 'Prue' Halliwell** died she became a Witchlighter. A year after her true love, **Andrew 'Andy' Trudeau** died (*1970-1999; 2000 unknown to the sisters*), he became a full Whitelighter. They eventually conceived and she gave birth to three Witchlighter sons (**Syrus** (*April 2007*), **Prescott 'Scott'** (*Early 2008*), and **Stiles Halliwell-Trudeau** (*Early 2009*)).

In the distant future there are numerous children who play in the Halliwell manor in the presence of one of their "Grandmama", Piper Halliwell. The various grandchildren are all the children of the children of the Charmed ones, but all remain to be unnamed except for the eldest grandson **Matthew Halliwell**; his parents are unknown. The youngest granddaughter, **Prudence Halliwell** is distinctly seen talking to an elderly Piper and being handed down the Book of Shadows by Piper. As her ample amount of siblings and/or cousins enter the house Prudence telekinetically closes the door.

## **Appendices:**

### **The Warren Witches:**

*The powerful line of witches descended from Melinda Warren, a seventeenth century witch that was burned at the stake. The Warren Witches grew stronger with each generation until Patricia Halliwell gave birth to The Charmed Ones, a trio of sisters prophesied to be the most powerful witches the world has ever known. The line continues with their offspring, beginning with Piper's sons, Wyatt and Chris Halliwell, who have journeyed from the future on occasion to help the current generation. They would later be joined by their younger sister, Melinda Halliwell!*

## **Traditions and Recurring Themes:**

### **The "P" Tradition:**

The first member of the Warren line to be given a "P" name was Prudence Warren. However, it did not became a tradition until the 1890s, where the three cousins P. Bowen, P. Baxter and P. Russell were born. Baxter continued the tradition by naming her daughter Penelope. She then named her daughter Patricia, who in turn named her daughters Prudence 'Prue', Piper and Phoebe.

Patty Halliwell even ensured the tradition would continue with her fourth daughter, Paige, whom she had to give up at birth. When leaving the newborn at a local church, she and Sam left her in a blanket embroidered with the letter P and requested that she would be given a "P" name. Out of the Charmed Ones, Phoebe Halliwell was the only one who continued the tradition, resulting in her daughters being named Prudence Johanna 'PJ', Parker and Peyton Halliwell. However, Prudence 'Prue' Halliwell kind of followed the tradition with her three sons, but with the letter S by naming them Syrus, Prescott 'Scott', and Stiles Halliwell-Trudeau.

### **Evil Attraction and Affairs:**

Across history, witches of the Warren line have often been attracted to or seduced by evil beings.

#### **Known Liaisons:**

* **Melinda Warren** with the warlock **Matthew Tate**

* **P. Russell** with the warlock **Anton**
* **Penny Halliwell** with the former demon **The Necromancer**
* **Prudence 'Prue' Halliwell** with the warlock **Brendan Rowe**
* **Piper Halliwell** with the warlock **Jeremy Burns**
* **Phoebe Halliwell** with the warlock **Rex Buckland** and the demon **Cole Turner**
* **Paige Matthews** with the vampire **Rowan**
* **Christopher 'Chris' Halliwell** with the Phoenix Witch **Bianca Phoenix**
* **Prudence Johanna 'PJ' Halliwell** with Manticore-Mortal hybrid **Stephen Shield**
* **Prescott 'Scott' Halliwell-Trudeau** with Darklighter-Mortal hybrid **Riley Hanson**
* **Katherine 'Kat' Halliwell-Mitchell** with Warlock-Witch hybrid **Jack Kingston**
* **Parker Halliwell** with original vampire **Nikkkaus 'Klaus' Mikaelson** and his original vampire brother **Elijah Mikaelson**

## **The Manor:**

The **Halliwell Manor** is a Victorian style manor located on 1329 Prescott Street, San Francisco. The original structure was built in 1898, and was rebuilt in 1906 after it was destroyed in the great San Francisco earthquake. The manor has been in the Warren Line for four generations, the first generation being Gordon Johnson and his wife P. Baxter. The Halliwell Manor was built on a Spiritual Nexus and has been the seat of power for the Charmed Ones since their awakening in 1998.

The manor contains many possessions and artifacts of ancestors and family members, the oldest presumably being the blessing cup of Melinda Warren. Other objects include P. Bowen's camera, P. Russell's couch and Penny Halliwell's sewing machine. Additionally, many portraits and photographs of family members are kept in the manor. These were displayed in the staircase, though by 2050, they had been replaced with photos of the Charmed Ones, their parents and children.

## **Notes:**

* The Warren line has a family tree, though the tree is known to contain many errors. Similarly, the Warren line has been expanded through the Charmed novels, which are considered non-canon.
	+ One of the most prominent errors is the inclusion of several male family members being born in the family, while the show clearly states that Wyatt Halliwell was the first.
* The Rowe line of warlocks could be considered an evil counterpart to the Warren Line of Witches. Both family lines were prophesied to give birth to powerful forces of good and evil respectively.
* Witches of the Warren Line are invoked in spells such as To Call Upon Our Ancestors and To Call the Halliwell Matriarchs. In both of these spells, the name Halliwell is used instead of Warren.
* Other powerful families of witches include the Marks Line of Witches, the Callaway Family and the Montana Family. The Marks family worked with the Warren line during the Salem Witch Trials.

## **See Also:**

* Warren Powers
* Warren Family Tree