Fairies are magical beings that reside in a realm parallel to the mortal realm, known as the Magical Realms or the Enchanted Kingdom. The realms are separated by a thin veil, that can be crossed through portals in the 'in between places' or 'Tween places', such as doorways and shadows. The Fairies have a royal family and rule over the kingdom. Their natural enemies are trolls, who seek to take the kingdom for themselves.
Fairies are good beings in nature, as they are kind-hearted to children, whom they often befriend. However, they are also quite mischievous and like to tease adults by stealing and hiding their belongings. All children can see fairies until a certain age, when they lose their innocence.
Fairies create a magical dust known as fairy dust, through which they, and others in control of the dust, can achieve various magical things. Fairy wings are used as ingredients for certain potions, and were stockpiled by the Montana family during their feud with the Callaways.
History[]
Thistle, the Fairy Princess[]
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A drawing of Lily.
When a group of trolls tried to take over the Magical Realm, they kidnapped the fairy princess Thistle to force the fairy King into surrendering his Kingdom. However, Thistle was found and saved by a young girl named Kate, who kept her safe and became her friend. Kate was found by Phoebe, who took her to the manor. While the sisters were first hesitant to believe Kate, they eventually found out, through old drawings, that they could see fairies when they were younger and befriended a fairy named Lily.
In order to see Thistle, Prue and Phoebe were hit with fairy dust, which reverted them to a childlike state. However, the Trolls eventually kidnapped Thistle and Kate and tried to burn them. The Charmed Ones then cast a spell that would allow them to see the fairies again, since the dust had worked out, and saved Kate and the princess. Thistle was then returned to her Kingdom.
Other Fairies[]
The Book of Shadows contains information on a subspecies of fairies known as Mariners.[1]
A Fairy Queen was captured by Skreek and then killed by the Necromancer, who took her life force to sustain himself.[2] Another one appeared alongside the rest of the magical community to seek protection when the Titans broke free from imprisonment. She used fairy dust to help free Paige, who had been turned to stone.[3]
A fairy was among the magical beings seeking to pull Excalibur from its stone.[4] Another fairy was cursed into an old woman by the Wicked Witch and asked Paige for help. She later helped the sisters find the lair of the Spider Demon.[5]
Fairies were one of the many beings to help the Charmed Ones fight Zankou after he invaded the manor.[6]
When Paige was preparing to tell Henry that she was a witch, she summoned a fairy to ask her to return Henry's lost keys.[7] Some time later, a fairy asked Piper for help when demons attacked, but she was under the effects of Grams's Ring and brushed him off. When the fairy was vanquished, Piper came to her senses.[8]
When the Source of All Evil returned again, Paige went on to collect magic from every supernatural being in order to make the strongest potion ever in hopes of combining it with a Power of Three spell to vanquish him once and for all; a fairy gave her a bit of her magic. A year later, when magical creatures lost their powers and mortals gained them, a fairy sought refuge at Knox Academy.[9]
Powers and Abilities[]
- Active Powers
- Flight: The ability to fly in midair. Fairies fly with their wings.
- Fairy Dust: Fairies create and sprinkle the magical to do enchanting deeds.
- Other Powers
- Invisibility: The ability to become unseen by the naked eye. Fairies are naturally invisible to humans, and only supernatural beings and children who retain their innocence can see them.
Appendices[]
Book of Shadows[]
The Fairies entry in the Book of Shadows.
Fairies[]
The mystical fey that inhabit the enchanted
worlds of the magical realms. These flighty pranksters
can only be seen by combining the spells,
To See What Can't Be Seen,
To Cultivate Innocence,
and
The Power of Three Spell.
Spells[]
To See the Unseen[]
- In this tween time, this darkest hour,
- We call upon the sacred power.
- Three together stand alone,
- Command the unseen to be shown.
- In innocence we search the skies.
- Enchanted are our newfound eyes.
Gallery[]
Notes and Trivia[]
- Originally even magical adults like witches were not able to see faries and had to use a spell. However, the Charmed Ones later became able to see Fairies without the need of a spell.
- Only two actors portrayed the fairies in the series. Scout Taylor-Compton portrayed the fairy princess Thistle in "Once Upon a Time", a Fairy Queen in "Necromancing the Stone", and several other unnamed fairies in subsequent episodes. Jake Dinwiddie portrayed a male fairy in various episodes. After the episode "Sword and the City", every fairy that appeared in the series was identical to Thistle and the fairy who guided the Charmed Ones to the trolls. This indicates that the actors hadn't reappeared, but the crew simply reused their early images.[10][11][12][13]
- In "Once Upon a Time", it is mentioned that fairies are not mentioned in the Book of Shadows, meaning that one of the Charmed Ones must have written it in the book, presumably Prue as she created the spell. However, considering Paige's artistic skill, it is possible that she created the drawing.
- Mariners are also described as Fairies in the Book of Shadows.
- Fairies are featured in Phoebe Who?. Two visited Halliwell Manor to hold a counseling session with Phoebe. However, she had gone MIA, and Piper and Leo took over the session before it was disrupted by Flecter Demons and Aura Chen's coven. The fairies helped in the fight, then learned the Charmed Ones had more important matters to attend to than the personal issues of the Magical Community and returned home.
Appearances[]
Fairies appeared in a total of 8 episodes and 2 comic issues throughout the course of the series.
| Charmed, Season 3 | |||||
| #01 | "The Honeymoon's Over" | #09 | "Coyote Piper" | #17 | "Pre-Witched" |
| #02 | "Magic Hour" | #10 | "We All Scream for Ice Cream" | #18 | "Sin Francisco" |
| #03 | "Once Upon a Time" | #11 | "Blinded by the Whitelighter" | #19 | "The Demon Who Came in From the Cold" |
| #04 | "All Halliwell's Eve" | #12 | "Wrestling with Demons" | #20 | "Exit Strategy" |
| #05 | "Sight Unseen" | #13 | "Bride and Gloom" | #21 | "Look Who's Barking" |
| #06 | "Primrose Empath" | #14 | "The Good, the Bad and the Cursed" | #22 | "All Hell Breaks Loose" |
| #07 | "Power Outage" | #15 | "Just Harried" | ||
| #08 | "Sleuthing with the Enemy" | #16 | "Death Takes a Halliwell" | ||
| Charmed, Season 5 | |||||
| #01 | "A Witch's Tail, Part 1" | #09 | "Sam, I Am" | #17 | "Lucky Charmed" |
| #02 | "A Witch's Tail, Part 2" | #10 | "Y Tu Mummy Tambien" | #18 | "Cat House" |
| #03 | "Happily Ever After" | #11 | "The Importance of Being Phoebe" | #19 | "Nymphs Just Wanna Have Fun" |
| #04 | "Siren Song" | #12 | "Centennial Charmed" | #20 | "Sense and Sense Ability" |
| #05 | "Witches in Tights" | #13 | "House Call" | #21 | "Necromancing the Stone" |
| #06 | "The Eyes Have It" | #14 | "Sand Francisco Dreamin'" | #22 | "Oh My Goddess! Part 1" |
| #07 | "Sympathy for the Demon" | #15 | "The Day the Magic Died" | #23 | "Oh My Goddess! Part 2" |
| #08 | "A Witch in Time" | #16 | "Baby's First Demon" | ||
| Charmed, Season 6 | |||||
| #01 | "Valhalley of the Dolls, Part 1" | #09 | "Little Monsters" | #17 | "Hyde School Reunion" |
| #02 | "Valhalley of the Dolls, Part 2" | #10 | "Chris-Crossed" | #18 | "Spin City" |
| #03 | "Forget Me...Not" | #11 | "Witchstock" | #19 | "Crimes and Witch-Demeanors" |
| #04 | "The Power of Three Blondes" | #12 | "Prince Charmed" | #20 | "A Wrong Day's Journey Into Right" |
| #05 | "Love's a Witch" | #13 | "Used Karma" | #21 | "Witch Wars" |
| #06 | "My Three Witches" | #14 | "The Legend of Sleepy Halliwell" | #22 | "It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World, Part 1" |
| #07 | "Soul Survivor" | #15 | "I Dream of Phoebe" | #23 | "It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World, Part 2" |
| #08 | "Sword and the City" | #16 | "The Courtship of Wyatt's Father" | ||
| Charmed, Season 7 | |||||
| #01 | "A Call to Arms" | #09 | "There's Something About Leo" | #17 | "Scry Hard" |
| #02 | "The Bare Witch Project" | #10 | "Witchness Protection" | #18 | "Little Box of Horrors" |
| #03 | "Cheaper by the Coven" | #11 | "Ordinary Witches" | #19 | "Freaky Phoebe" |
| #04 | "Charrrmed!" | #12 | "Extreme Makeover: World Edition" | #20 | "Imaginary Fiends" |
| #05 | "Styx Feet Under" | #13 | "Charmageddon" | #21 | "Death Becomes Them" |
| #06 | "Once in a Blue Moon" | #14 | "Carpe Demon" | #22 | "Something Wicca This Way Goes...?" |
| #07 | "Someone to Witch Over Me" | #15 | "Show Ghouls" | ||
| #08 | "Charmed Noir" | #16 | "The Seven Year Witch" | ||
| Charmed, Season 8 | |||||
| #01 | "Still Charmed & Kicking" | #09 | "Hulkus Pocus" | #17 | "Generation Hex" |
| #02 | "Malice in Wonderland" | #10 | "Vaya Con Leos" | #18 | "The Torn Identity" |
| #03 | "Run, Piper, Run" | #11 | "Mr. & Mrs. Witch" | #19 | "The Jung and the Restless" |
| #04 | "Desperate Housewitches" | #12 | "Payback's a Witch" | #20 | "Gone with the Witches |
| #05 | "Rewitched" | #13 | "Repo Manor" | #21 | "Kill Billie: Vol. 2" |
| #06 | "Kill Billie: Vol. 1" | #14 | "12 Angry Zen" | #22 | "Forever Charmed" |
| #07 | "The Lost Picture Show" | #15 | "The Last Temptation of Christy" | ||
| #08 | "Battle of the Hexes" | #16 | "Engaged and Confused" | ||
| Charmed, Season 9 | |||||
| #01 | "Charmed Lives" | #09 | "The All or Nothing" | #17 | "Family Shatters" |
| #02 | "No Rest for the Wicca" | #10 | "Three Little Wiccans" | #18 | "Four's Company" |
| #03 | "Innocents Lost" | #11 | "Last Witch Effort" | #19 | "Crossed, Triple-Crossed" |
| #04 | "Mortal Enemies" | #12 | "The Charmed Offensive" | #20 | "The Old Witcheroo" |
| #05 | "Unnatural Resources" | #13 | "Piper's Place" | #21 | "Reversal of Misfortune" |
| #06 | "Morality Bites Back" | #14 | "Cupid's Harrow" | #22 | "Prue Ya Gonna Call?" |
| #07 | "The Heir Up There" | #15 | "Where There's Smoke There's a Firestarter" | #23 | "The Darklight Zone" |
| #08 | "Oh, Henry" | #16 | "The Heavens Can Wait" | #24 | "The Power of 300" |
| #00 | "To the Warren Born" | ||||
References[]
- ↑ Season 2, "Give Me a Sign"
- ↑ Season 5, "Necromancing the Stone"
- ↑ Season 5, "Oh My Goddess! Part 1"
- ↑ Season 6, "Sword and the City"
- ↑ Season 6, "Spin City"
- ↑ Season 7, "Something Wicca This Way Goes...?"
- ↑ "Repo Manor"
- ↑ Season 8, "Gone with the Witches"
- ↑ Season 9, "Reversal of Misfortune"
- ↑ As seen in "Spin City"
- ↑ As seen in "Something Wicca This Way Goes...?"
- ↑ As seen in "Repo Manor"
- ↑ As seen in "Gone with the Witches"