Barbas

From Charmed

“	I'll be back! Fear always comes back!	”
—Barbas, the Demon of Fear

Barbas is the demon of fear, making him a powerful upper level demon. He can see a persons greatest fear, and then turns it against them, either literally scaring his victims to death or manipulating them into doing what he wants. He is an ancient demon having lived thousands of years

He originally appeared on Earth every thirteen hundred years on Friday 13th for twenty four hours. If Barbas could kill thirteen unmarried witches before midnight, then he would be able to walk the earth for eternity. This later changed as he started appearing much more frequently, his first vanquish to purgatory having potentially broken the cycle.

To defeat Barbas, overcoming your greatest fear is essential. The Charmed Ones managed to vanquish him four times throughout the course of the series, all by overcoming their greatest fears and using spells/potions, though he later found a way to come back and escape from purgatory each of the first three times. The last time we see him being vanquished came with assistance from the Avatars' manipulations, as well as the sisters and Leo hunting him down for helping Gideon target Wyatt.

Contents 1 Notable fears 2 Appendicies 2.1 Notes 3 Parallel World 4 Victims 4.1 Trivia 5 Appearances

[edit] Notable fears

Season	Character	Fear
Season One	Phoebe	The death of a sister
Season One	Prue	Drowning
Season Two	Prue	Someone killing her sisters
Season Five	Paige	Not being able to live up to Prue
Season Five	Paige	Claustrophobia, fear of small spaces
Season Five	Piper	Arachnophobia, fear of spiders
Season Five	Piper	Being unable to experience happiness without tragedy following
Season Five	Phoebe	Becoming evil
Season Five	Phoebe	Killing a sister
Season Six	Gideon	Being discovered that he's the one who's after Wyatt
Season Six	Leo	Losing a son
Season Six	Leo	Wyatt turning evil.

[edit] Appendicies

(Book of Shadows text)

The Demon of Fear, also known as Barbas,

appears on earth once every 1300 years on a Friday

the 13th for twenty four hours. His appearance is

attributed to the universal convergence of negative

energies as derived from astrological charts. He

derives his life force by feeding off the fears of

witches. If he can kill 13 unmarried female

witches before the stroke of midnight on the 13th

he will be able to break free from his eternal

bonds and walk the earth for eternity.

A witch's only defense is to identify and then

release her greatest fears. Do not rely on your

wicca powers for defence, for in the face of your

greatest fear, those powers are paralyzed.

To let go of your fear, trust in the greatest

of all powers.

Thanks for letting them into your heart.

[edit] Notes

• The first version of this page was sold in 2009 but was not a back-up page. In season 2/season 3, back-ups from the book's pages were made. Three other back-ups have been sold as well; Vinceres' second half, the Charm of Multiplicity page, the Deflection page, the Banshee page, the Dark Priestesses page and the Ice Cream Man & The Nothing pages.

[edit] Parallel World

In the episode 'It's A Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World', in the opposite world, the girls went to see its version of Barbas, the demon of hope.

[edit] Victims

Season 1 - From Fear to Eternity

• Tanjella, burried alive in an earthquake
• Zoe, trapped in a circle of fire.

Season 2 - Ms. Hellfire

• D. Greaney
• S. Cockerell
• C. Herndon
• R. Montesano
• S. Petty
• R. Napoli
• I. Chee
• B. Reardon
• P. Chillet

[edit] Trivia

The names of Hellfire's list are all names from crew members; Deborah Greaney, Scott Cockerell, Roger Montesano, Rick Napoli, Betty Reardon and others.

[edit] Appearances

Barbas appeared in a total of 7 episodes throughout the course of the series.

Season 1

From Fear to Eternity

Season 2

Ms. Hellfire

Season 5

Sympathy For The Demon

Season 6

Crimes And Witch-Demeanors

It's A Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World Part 1

It's A Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World Part 2

Season 7

A Call To Arms