- "Now, she disgraced Gabriel during the Crimean War. She used her power to take away his sword."
- —Phoebe, on Brianna's history with Gabriel Statler.[src]
Brianna was an extremely powerful Warren witch with the power of Advanced Telekinesis, which she channeled through her hands. She was famous for defeating a Lord of War by sending his Crystal Sword hundreds of miles away, which was thought to be an impossible feat.
History
Early Life
During the Crimean Wars, Brianna confronted Gabriel Statler, a Lord of War, in Sevestopol, Ukraine. Underestimating his foe, he ordered her immediate execution. However, the tremendously powerful Brianna sent his Crystal Sword into the sky and hundreds of miles away. Separated from his sword, the Lord of War lost the source of his power and was quickly defeated.
The Lord of War was reincarnated 140 years later and tried to get revenge and restore his powers by going after Prue Halliwell, the firstborn of the Charmed Ones and Brianna's descendant. However, Prue and her sisters managed to vanquish the Lord with his own sword.[1]
Powers and Abilities
- Basic Powers
- Spell Casting: The ability to cast spells and perform rituals.
- Potion Brewing: The ability to brew potions.
- Scrying: The ability to locate lost objects and beings through the use of a map and a crystal.
- Mediumship: The ability to see and commune with spirits of the dead.
- Active Powers
- Telekinesis: The ability to move objects and beings with the power of the mind.
- Advanced Telekinesis: The highly advanced form of telekinesis, allowing the movement of a greater number of objects and beings over vast distances.
- Other Powers
- High Resistance: The ability to be highly resistant to physical and magical harm.
Book of Shadows
The entry on Brianna in the Book of Shadows.
The second half of the entry.
A scan of the left page.
And thus the Lord of War, his
army invincible, swept through the
Crimea leaving nothing but ashes in his
wake. The cause would have been lost
had it not been for the appearance of an
unlikely savior in the form of a woman.
Her face lined with years of wisdom,
her hands the fountainhead of a power
beyond belief, the Warren witch.
Brianna appeared unarmed before the
conquering army. Underestimating his
foe, the Lord of War ordered her
summary execution, but his plan was
not to be.
Holding aloft her hands the channel
and source of her tremendous energy,
Her mind focused, and her will strong
Brianna did what no man, no army
could: she sent the Crystal Sword of
the Lord of War high into the sky, and
hundreds of miles away.
Separated from the weapon that was
the source of all his power, the Lord of
War was quickly defeated, his armies
crushed and his campaign ruined.
Moreover, the fall from grace of this
Lord of War was made even worse in
the eyes of those who stood in judgment
by the instrument of his destruction, a
simple witch.
Notes and Trivia
- In the novel, The Warren Witches, Brianna Warren worked as a maid in the national museum in Sevastopol, and had a distracting obsession with caring for the priceless paintings and works of art on display. She was also portrayed to be distant and uncaring even to her own family, having fought Gabriel solely to protect the paintings from him and his army. Piper then magically hid her paintings away from her to make her focus on destroying the demon Astarte.[2]
References
- ↑ Mentioned in the season 1 episode, Which Prue is It, Anyway?
- ↑ Short story Family History