Melinda Warren
Tyler Layton as Melinda Warren
First appearance "The Witch Is Back" Last appearance "All Halliwell's Eve" Created by Constance M. Burge
Statistics Full Name Melinda Warren Status Deceased Species Witch Affiliation The Charmed Ones (descendants) Notable family Mother: Charlotte, Daughter: Prudence Warren, Ancestor of the Halliwell Line Notable powers Aside from the basic powers of a magical witch, such as spellcasting and scrying, Melinda possesses the gifts of: Telekinesis Premonition Molecular immobilization Portrayed by  Tyler Layton, Bobby Pyle

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History

Melinda Warren is an ancestor of the Charmed Ones; in fact, she was the one who created the Charmed prophecy.^[1] She was born on October 31, 1670 outside of a rural village in the Colony and Dominion of Virginia; the daughter of a witch named Charlotte.^[2] is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1670 was a common year beginning on a Saturday in countries using the Julian calendar and a Wednesday in countries using the Gregorian calendar. ... A map of the Colony of Virginia. ...

She later moved to Salem, Massachusetts and bore a daughter; Prudence.^[3] Betrayed by her lover, the warlock Matthew Tate, she was burned at the stake in the Salem witch trials of 1692. Matthew's power was to copy any power used against him and having already tricked Melinda into letting him copy all of hers, he betrayed her.^[3] Nickname: Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Essex County Settled 1626 Incorporated 1626 Government  - Type Mayor-council city  - Mayor Kimberley Driscoll Area  - City  18. ... 1876 illustration of the courtroom; the central figure is usually identified as Mary Walcott The Salem witch trials, which began in 1692 (also known as the Salem witch hunt and the Salem witchcraft episode), resulted in a number of convictions and executions for witchcraft in both Salem Village and Salem... Events February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft. ...

Before her death, Melinda enacted her revenge on Matthew by cursing him to spend eternity trapped within a locket he had given to her as a gift, but not before somehow wiping out Matthew's copies of her powers. Only Melinda herself or a witch of blood kin could set Matthew free.^[3] On the day of her death, Melinda foretold the prophecy of the Charmed Ones.

You may kill me, but you cannot kill my kind. I vow that with each generation of Warren witches will grow stronger, culminating in the arrival of three sisters. These three sisters will be the most powerful witches the world has ever known. They will destroy all kinds of evil and shall be called the Charmed Ones

—Melinda, on the day of her death

Powers

Melinda herself possessed the three original powers that the Charmed Ones later develop separately; Telekinesis, Premonition, and Molecular immobilization.^[1] Psychokinesis (literally mind-movement) or PK is the more commonly used term today for what in the past was known as telekinesis (literally distant-movement). It refers to the psi ability to influence the behavior of matter by mental intention (or possibly some other aspect of mental activity) alone. ... Look up Premonition in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Piper freezes her birthday cake In the television series Charmed, molecular immobilization is the main power of the character Piper Halliwell. ...

Melinda's return

Over 300 years after her death, Melinda’s descendant, Prue Halliwell, stumbled upon the cursed locket while working as an appraiser at Buckland’s Auction House. Not knowing of the curse, Prue opened the locket and set Matthew free.^[3] With his ability to copy powers, he acquired a replica of Prue's telekinesis and after discovering she was a descendant of Melinda Warren herself, Matthew had a new modus operandi; copying the powers of the Charmed Ones and then killing them, effectively destroying the Warren line and enacting the ultimate revenge against Melinda Warren for entrapping him for almost 400 years. Prudence Prue Halliwell, is a fictional character who appeared in the first three seasons of the WB television series Charmed, and was played by actress Shannen Doherty. ... Modus operandi (often used in the abbreviated form MO) is a Latin phrase, approximately translated as mode of operation. ...

Fearful for their lives, the Halliwell sisters cast a spell to bring Melinda back and into their time to learn how she originally cursed Matthew into the locket. Melinda brought back into this new time and age has some trouble adjusting to the modern world and a woman’s new place in it, but her "daughters" are there to help her every step of the way.^[3]

Before they can finish the potion with which they can curse Matthew back inside of the locket, Matthew himself arrives at Piper's restaurant, Quake, and copies Phoebe’s power of premonition. Now all Matthew needs is a copy of Piper’s powers before he is powerful enough to kill the sisters and then Melinda as well.^[3] Phoebe Halliwell is a fictional character on the WB television series Charmed portrayed by Alyssa Milano. ... Piper Halliwell is a fictional character in the American television program Charmed, portrayed by actress Holly Marie Combs. ...

Fortunately, the collective workings of the sisters and Melinda are enough to foil Matthew. Prue delivers the last ingredient to the potion, the feather of a spotted owl, and Melinda uses the completed potion and its adjoining spell to once again trap Matthew within the locket for all of eternity.^[3]

After the battle Melinda, returns to the afterlife, but before the Halliwells release her spirit, Melinda receives a glimpse of a distant future with her power of premonition. She sees many more generations of "her daughters" through Phoebe... which proves that the Warren line will live on for years to come.^[3]

Melinda later returns as a newborn baby when the Charmed Ones are sent back in time to save a woman who belongs to a coven of witches. The woman they save from Cole and the evil Ruth is pregnant. As they flee, they are chased by a group of gun men on horseback. While Prue and Phoebe use magic to form a protective circle, Piper helps deliver the baby. Back at the coven, the sisters discover that the woman they have saved is Charlotte Warren, the mother of Melinda.^[2] Cole Turner is a fictional character on the WB television series Charmed, played by Julian McMahon for three seasons (3-5), and for a guest appearance in season 7. ...

Trivia

• Piper Halliwell planned to name her first daughter (Melinda Halliwell) after her ancestor after seeing a potential future in the episode Morality Bites; in that future Melinda was her only child.^[4] Later Piper would become pregnant and expect a girl, only to have a son instead.^[5] She then had a second son, and eventually had a daughter.^[6] Although her name was never mentioned, the shooting script had her named as Melinda Halliwell.
• The character is loosely named after Mary Warren who took part in the famous Salem witch trials.^{[citation needed]}
• The show's creator and writer, Constance M. Burge, named the character "Melinda" after her niece.^{[citation needed]}
• Melinda is most famous in her line for being the creator of the family Book of Shadows.^[1]
• Phoebe, who triggered Melinda's premonition of "many beautiful daughters", is the only sister to end up with three daughters.^[3][6]

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References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Something Wicca This Way Comes". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 1998-10-07.
2. ^ ^{a b} "All Halliwell's Eve". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 2000-10-26.
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} "The Witch Is Back". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 1998-12-16.
4. ^ "Morality Bites". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 1999-10-07.
5. ^ "The Day the Magic Died". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 2003-02-16.
6. ^ ^{a b} "Forever Charmed". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 2006-05-21.