The Bestiari Demon was a main antagonist in the Charmed novel As Puck Would Have It. Being a demon who sustained himself by feeding off the life forces of animals, the Bestiari joined the Fletcher Family Circus and worked there as a clown named "Tommy Brace". Since the circus traveled from place to place, he could use it as a way to travel from city to city and feed off the animals that inhabit the local zoos.
History[]
The Bestiari Demon was an upper-level demon in human form that drained life energy from animals. He collected this energy and used it to make himself stronger, as it granted him the animal's attributes, such as enhanced strength, speed and agility.
He needed to absorb the energy directly into his body, but to fully drain an animal's life, he needed to do it three times. The animals were weakened each time, but the process wasn't fatal until the transfer was completed.
As he collected more energy, he increasingly needed stronger animals to keep fulfilling his needs.
The demon started working at the Fletcher Family Circus as a clown to travel from town to town and feed off various animals at the local zoos. Because the circus had moved on by the time the news broke, no one made the connection. Once, the circus was trapped in a blizzard and the demon had no choice but to feed off a tiger in the circus to survive. Years later, Dr. Jordan Kahn realized this and contacted the trickster Puck for help.
Puck cast a protection spell around established areas where powerful animals are kept to cut off the demon's food source. But that made him resort to feeding off the animals at the circus to sustain himself. He killed a tiger named Zeus and a horse named Sabra. When the circus arrived in San Francisco, the Charmed Ones were sought out by Puck, who investigated the matter and finally found out it was the work of the Bestiari demon.
He tried to kill the elephant Tasha, but was discovered and escaped the Charmed Ones' pursuit, then impersonated a security guard to lure them into a trap.
The Bestiari was ultimately vanquished by Phoebe, Piper and Puck, who was impersonating Paige Matthews.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Active Powers
- Life Draining: The ability to drain life force.
- Super Strength: The ability to possess tremendous physical strength.
- Hyper Speed: The ability to move at an incredible speed.
- Enhanced Agility: The ability to possess enhanced agility and athletic reflexes.
- Limited Shapeshifting: The ability to change one's shape and form. The Bestiari Demon could make his eyes flash red.
- Other Powers
- High Resistance: The ability to withstand magical and physical harm.
- Immunity: The ability to become ineffective by certain or all magical powers. The Bestiari was immune Piper's power of Molecular Immobilization.
Spells[]
Vanquishing Spell[]
- Power of Three spell
- To save the creatures in this realm,
- From powers that can overwhelm.
- For all animals strong and hairy,
- Rid us of this Bestiari.
Notes and Trivia[]
- The spell used to vanquish the Bestiari was meant to be cast by the Power of Three. However, Puck was disguising as Paige at the time, therefore they only used the Power of Two, which nearly drained Piper and Phoebe's energies though they vanquished him in the end.
Appearances[]
The Bestiari Demon appeared in a total of 1 novel throughout the run of the franchise.
| Charmed Novels | |||||
| #01 | "The Power of Three" | #16 | "Shadow of the Sphinx" | #31 | "Picture Perfect" |
| #02 | "Kiss of Darkness" | #17 | "Something Wiccan This Way Comes" | #32 | "Demon Doppelgangers" |
| #03 | "The Crimson Spell" | #18 | "Mist and Stone" | #33 | "Hurricane Hex" |
| #04 | "Whispers from the Past" | #19 | "Mirror Image" | #34 | "As Puck Would Have It" |
| #05 | "Voodoo Moon" | #20 | "Between Worlds" | #35 | "Sweet Talkin' Demon" |
| #06 | "Haunted by Desire" | #21 | "Truth and Consequences" | #36 | "Light of the World" |
| #07 | "The Gypsy Enchantment" | #22 | "Luck Be a Lady" | #37 | "House of Shards" |
| #08 | "The Legacy of Merlin" | #23 | "Inherit the Witch" | #38 | "Phoebe Who?" |
| #09 | "Soul of the Bride" | #24 | "A Tale of Two Pipers" | #39 | "High Spirits" |
| #10 | "Beware What You Wish" | #25 | "The Brewing Storm" | #40 | "Leo Rising" |
| #11 | "Charmed Again" | #26 | "Survival of the Fittest" | #41 | "Trickery Treat" |
| #12 | "Spirit of the Wolf" | #27 | "Pied Piper" | ||
| #13 | "Garden of Evil" | #28 | "Mystic Knoll" | ||
| #14 | "Date with Death" | #29 | "Changeling Places" | ||
| #15 | "Dark Vengeance" | #30 | "The Queen's Curse" | ||