Cupid

From Charmed

Cupids are a race of angelic beings who are responsible for bringing people together who have a chance at love. They can be thought of as a cross between Empaths and Whitelighters. Like Whitelighters they have charges whom they have to help find love but unlike whitelighters they usually have around 40-50 a day.

[edit] Powers

Cupids have very few powers on their own such as Empathy and Immortality however each Cupid is equipped with a Cupid ring which bestows the wearer with the power to Manipulate Time in various ways such as actually travelling through time or stopping it. Cupids are shown to have the power to plant thoughts into others heads (Suggestion), much as Rex used to do after he mastered Astral Projection, though since the ring has never shone when this power is used it is probably an innate power of a cupid.

Cupids have also been shown to Fade but it has never been explicitly stated whether or not they can do this on their own or if they need the ring although the Cupid of Heartbreak City was shown to be unable to fade without it. However, when Coop fades he does not use the ring as each time it is used the ring generally glows so it is probable that Cupids learn this power over time and maybe even the other powers bestowed by the ring so that eventually there is no need for it.

The only known way to harm a Cupid is to destroy the love that one of their charges had for a potential companion and replace it with hate or other negative emotions. It is unknown if there are beings like the Cupid equivalent to Darklighters that harm them or even if Cupids are Self-Healing like Whitelighters are as one has never been shown to be physically harmed in any way.

[edit] Appearances

Cupids have appeared in a total of 8 episodes throughout the course of the series.

Season 2

Heartbreak City

Season 8

Engaged And Confused through Forever Charmed - (Coop)