Portal Creation

**Portal Creation** (or **Portaling**) is the power to create openings in space between two locations known as "*portals*", allowing for instantaneous travel from one location to the other. It has been shown that these portals can connect two places on Earth or be used to access alternate dimensions. In some instances, there have been tears in space between different dimensions or realities that are unintentionally opened. However, these are commonly referred to as "*rifts*" rather than as portals.

## Overview

The first shown wielders of this ability were the Callahan sisters, Charity and Fiona Callahan. Charity's portals appeared as circular holes in space, outlined with neon violet light. Fiona's portals appeared as oval holes in space with a blue aura, outlined in green light and a more flame-like appearance than her sister’s. When connecting two points on Earth, each location could be seen from either side of the portal. However, when portaling to an alternate dimension, the portal would only show an expanse of violet or teal energy punctuated by bright lights and neither the destination nor point of origin could be seen. When Charity's portals closed, they dissipated into violet sparks before blinking out of existence, while Fiona's dissipated into teal flames that vanished. Fiona was also skilled enough to open and close a portal around herself without having to actually step through, while Charity and later Whitelighter Tessa Flores-Cohen displayed the ability to portal objects without entering the portal themselves.

Mo and Aladria, known together as "The Perfecti", have the ability of creating portals to imprison magical beings that they have deemed too chaotic within the Tomb of Chaos. The Perfecti's power is activated through the emission of varying frequencies of sound and by channelling a bright, blue glowing energy from their hands. The portals leading to the tomb appear as white, glowing upside-down triangular openings in space that are capable of sucking the dangerous beings into the prison dimension.

Several magical artifacts and substances have also shown the ability to open portals to various effects. The priest of a Romanian Catholic Church possessed a mystical staff allowing him to cast a spell which cracked open a portal in the ground to imprison beings within Tartarus. However, in 2018, the staff was stolen by the demonic brothers, Hunter and Parker Caine, and later broken when Parker and the last incarnation of the Charmed Ones used it to send Hunter and inadvertently Harry Greenwood to the hellish dimension. The staff fell into Tartarus, while its headpiece broke off and remained on Earth. In 2019, after an unfortunate conversation about her demonic side, Macy Vaughn found a vial of Escape Oil in her mother's supplies in the attic of the Vera Manor. She used the oil on herself and turned on her favorite television show, *Heaven's Vice*. Unfortunately, Macy had forgotten to close the vial and, during viewing, accidentally spilled it, causing an electrical surge to her Wi-Fi router. Somehow, this reaction created a portal/rift, which transported the characters of Macy's show into their attic. The original Vera Book of Shadows was enchanted with a specific function should the need ever rise to create a portal to the Command Center as a last resort for Marisol. In 2019, when Harry Greenwood's Darklighter Jimmy destroyed the book, it created a portal that let the Charmed Ones escape to the Command Center, followed by Vera Manor which was also portaled to an abandoned lot in Seattle.

The Command Center possesses a magical system that can allow magical beings, such as witches and Whitelighters, to create a portal from the Center to anywhere in the world by navigating a map of the world to select the desired destination. This system also generates a marble made of black amber that, when thrown, reopens the portal back to the Command Center. Portals generated by the Command Center appear as circular holes in space, similar to the Callahan sisters', but are outlined differently, depending on which side they are viewed from. In the Command Center, they have a blue outline, while outside, they are outlined yellow. Regardless of location, the portals will only show warped, blurry images of their destination. This system was used by the Elders in their efforts to watch over the magical community before their coven was massacred by Hunter Caine and Fiona Callahan on Cinco de Mayo of 2019. It came into regular use by the last incarnation of the Charmed Ones when they were forcibly moved to Seattle.

## Known Users

Original Power
* Charity Callahan
* Fiona Callahan
* Tessa Flores-Cohen
* The Perfecti (can create portals to imprison beings in the Tomb of Chaos)

Artifacts
* Scythe of Tartarus (can create portals to Tartarus with the accompanying spell)
* Romanian priest's staff (can create portals to Tartarus with the accompanying spell)
* Escape Oil (accidental effect with WiFi router)
* Original Book of Shadows (safety function)
* Marbles (created by the Command Center system)
* Tomb of Chaos Keys (created by the Perfecti)

## Gallery

Charity portals in...and assists against the Harbinger of Hell as the portal closes behind herThe priest uses his staff against the Caine brothersEscape Oil accidentally spills, creating a portal into the world of Heaven's ViceFiona portals into the attic of Vera ManorTessa portals a dead body into Vera ManorThe Command Center's black amber marble makerThe portal in the Command CenterThe precautions of unpermitted use of "witchness protection" marbles