Shax

From Charmed

Shax is a dangerously powerful upper level demon, as well as the personal assassin of the The Source of All Evil, identifiable by his light blue exterior. He has power over the elements of wind and air, and his method of his attack is a telekinetic blast of energy that can be lethal to even the very strongest magical beings.

Contents 1 Powers & Abilities 2 Appendices 2.1 Shax, The Source's Assasin 3 Shax Attack 3.1 Season 3 3.2 Season 4 3.3 Season 6 4 Shax Attacks the Charmed Ones 4.1 Season 3 4.2 Season 4 4.3 Season 6 5 In Mythology 6 Notes 7 Appearances 8 References

[edit] Powers & Abilities

As an Upper-Level demon, Shax naturally had very strong powers. He was one of the most powerful and feared demons in the Underworld. In the two episodes in which he appeared, he demonstrated two noticeable Aerokinetic powers. The first ability he displayed was to travel as a chilly gust of wind, or a tornado, or simply appear out of wind and air. The second was a aerokinetic blast of wind that could be lethal to anyone it comes into contact with. It is possible that Shax used a Sensing ability to find Paige and her boyfriend, Shane on top of a building; He was able to survive Cole's energy balls.

Prue is hit by Shax's aerokinesis...

..and is blasted through the wall, killing her.

[edit] Appendices

(Book of Shadows text:)

[edit] Shax, The Source's Assasin

Demonic hitman called

out for only the top

assignments by

the Source.

Corporealizes out of

wind and air. Method

of attack is a ferocious

blast of wind that can

be lethal to it's victim.

To vanquish Shax chant:

Is a demon of

Evil winds that blows

that which forms below

no longer

may you dwell

death takes you

with this spell.

[edit] Shax Attack

Although Shax only appeared for 3 epsiodes through out the series run of Charmed he was the main antagonist during the first two episodes and had a dramatic effect on the rest of the show and the sisters lives.

[edit] Season 3

His first appearance was in "All Hell Breaks Loose" and had been assigned to kill a doctor who was under the Charmed Ones' protection. He first attacked the Charmed Ones, Prue & Piper Halliwell whilst Phoebe was searching for a vanquishing spell for him in the Book of Shadows. He managed to fatally wound the both sisters, but didn't manage to kill either of them due to Phoebe's timely appearance with the spell. Unfortunately, Phoebe said the spell alone and so only managed to wound him without the Power of Three. After being healed by Leo afterwards, Prue and Piper follow him outside and got attacked again, but Piper managed to blow him up. Unfortunately, the pseudo-vanquish was accidentally captured on film by a local news reporter who streamed the footage live onto television screens across San Francisco.

He appeared for a third time when the sisters went to collect the doctor again from the hospital. Once again they were forced to vanquish him outside, this time with the aid of the spell but whilst Piper and Prue were present Phoebe was in the Underworld with Cole and so the spell still only wounded him.

As a result of exposing the existence of the supernatural, the Source (using the upper-level demon Tempus) was forced to rewind time to before Shax was wounded for the first time. Unaware of the change in the timeline, Shax returned and successfully carried out his hit when he fatally wounded both Prue and Piper after blasting her through a wall in their family home. Since Phoebe was stuck in the Underworld, where the timeline had not changed she didn't know when to go back to the overworld and so must've reappeared late, allowing Leo to only heal one sister, his wife Piper. ^[1] Because of this Prue died and Shax became the only demon to ever permanently kill a Charmed One, thus shattering the sisters' Power of Three bond.^[2][3]

[edit] Season 4

In Charmed Again Part 1, Phoebe met Paige at Prue's funeral after the girl had been drawn there accidentally by Piper's casting of the "To Call A Lost Witch" spell, little did they know however that she was their younger half sister. Phoebe had a premontion of Shax returning to finish Paige off on a rooftop in the same fashion he had with Prue. Luckily however Phoebe and Cole managed to rescue her and wound Shax again after Phoebe had uttered the spell again.

His final appearance was almost immediately after the Charmed Ones had been reconstituted. He attempted to kill the girls in the attic but luckily they'd already led Paige to the Shax section in the Book of Shadows and instructed her to chant the incantation on it in sync with them. Hence, with the new Power of three, Shax was vanquished once and for all, Prue's death had been avenged and Paige^[4] had experienced her first Spellcast/Vanquish/Demonic encounter.

Shax also appears in the Charmed novel, "Charmed Again" by Elizabeth Lenhard, which retells the events of Prue's murder, her subsequent burial and Shax's final vanquish by the three youngest Charmed Ones.^[5]

[edit] Season 6

In the season 6 episode, Chris-Crossed, Shax briefly appeared in a scene from the future were a clip of his attack in Charmed Again, Part 1 is shown to the visitors of the Manor-Museum. It scares them every time.

[edit] Shax Attacks the Charmed Ones

[edit] Season 3

Shax as Wind	Shax vanquished by Prue and Piper on the Live News	Corporealizing outside hospital	Shax outside hospital while being vanquished by Prue and Piper
Shax being vanquished at hospital	Shax corporealizes in Manor just before attacking Prue and Piper	Shax before attacking Prue and Piper	Prue just before getting hit with Shax's Blast of Wind
Shax's Blast hits Piper	Shax completes his assignment	Shax looks at Prue and Piper after completing his assignment	Shax refers to himself as "The End"
Shax attacks Dr. Griffiths	Dr. Griffiths is death	Shax just before leaving manor	Shax blows out, leaves manor and doors slam shut breaking glass

[edit] Season 4

Shax entering the Halliwell Manor...

...Shax in the process of being Vanquished...

...Shax is finally vanquished by the newly reconstituted Power of Three.

[edit] Season 6

Shax's attack showed to scare the visitors of the Manor-Museum

Shax's attack scares the visitors of the Manor-Museum

[edit] In Mythology

Shax, also Chax or Shass, was a Great Marquis of Hell with the power to steal a victim's sight, hearing and understanding. Only to speak the truth while in a magical Triangle

[edit] Notes

• Shax came fourth in a poll of the "Top 10 Villains" in Charmed, conducted by Charmed Magazine and Living (the UK broadcaster of the series).^[6] Drawing on his high ranking in demonic hierarchy, his ability to kill one of the Charmed Ones, and his frightening appearance, the poll concluded "he is one very dangerous demon". Although he seldom spoke, his "memorable quote" is also his only line on the show, "the end", uttered after fatally wounding Piper and Prue.
• Shax is one of many demons and warlocks who has a page dedicated to him in the Charmed Ones' "Book of Shadows" (a magical tome detailing the many magical beings present in the show's fictional universe). The page, however, is only ever revealed on-screen (despite being referenced to on the show) in a special features documentary on the eighth season's DVD. It was one of the pages from the little Charmed Magazine BoS and was included in the Charmed Stickers collection.
• In "All Hell Breaks Loose", Michael Bailey Smith played both Shax and The Source.

[edit] Appearances

Shax appeared in a total of 3 episodes throughout the course of the series.

Season 3

All Hell Breaks Loose

Season 4

Charmed Again, Part 1

Season 6

Chris Crossed

[edit] References

1. ↑ Charmed, “All Hell Breaks Loose” Summary. TV.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
2. ↑ Charmed Series 4: Exit Prue, Enter Paige. Ciao (2006-01-20). Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
3. ↑ Charmed "All Hell Breaks Loose", Prue: To Dr. Griffiths You're a healer, you do good. Now, either you have saved too many lives or you're about to save a life that [the Demons] don't want you to save.
4. ↑ Charmed, “Charmed Again, Part I” Summary. TV.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
5. ↑ “Charmed Again”. Amazon. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
6. ↑ Top 10 Villains. Living TV. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.