| Biography
Prudence Halliwell was born on October 28, 1970; the firstborn child of Patty Halliwell, a witch, and Victor Bennett, a human. As a witch, Prue developed the magical power of telekinesis, which allowed her to move things with her mind. On March 24, 1975, she was visited by a future version of herself. Also on that day, Patty signed a pact with the warlock Nicholas to make him a ring that made him immune to her daughters' powers. Prue came into her power with a mixture of shock and anger at her sister Phoebe, whom she blamed for her introduction to the Craft. Out of the three sisters (and even later compared with Paige) Prue struggled with her powers and her destiny, especially when dealing with her mother's past and death. However, when Prue did embrace her destiny, she did so with all of her energy. Prue originally has the power to move objects with her mind or telekinesis. Her telekinesis was originally focused by squinting her eyes; later, she learned to channel the ability with her hands. As her powers developed, she later acquired the skill of astral projection, the ability to project her mind from her body in a tangible state on the physical plane. In this state, the original Prue becomes unconscious while her mind projects into a concrete body. This power is triggered when she wants to be at two different places at the same times. Prue's astral projection self is identical with herself except that she doesn't have the telekinesis power. It's also been seen that injuries sustained by Prue do not appear on her astral self. When a stalker rendered Prue nearly blind by thrusting her face in photographic developer, her astral self showed no signs of the injury or the impairment, which were obvious on Prue's actual form. The limits of Prue's telekinetic powers were unclear, but she appeared to be able to move up to 400 pounds (180 kg) with her mind, sufficient to lift and throw two normal sized adults. She very seldom used her powers in complex manipulations, and never when affecting adult human-sized objects, preferring to simply lift and throw. Like her sisters, her powers were linked to her emotions. In Prue's case, the trigger was anger. Once, while frustrated by a crowd obstructing her passage to the hospital to transport the mortally wounded Piper, she telekinetically hurled several people out of the way, up to two at a time, in rapid succession. This incident also marked the first and last time she employed her power on innocents. Prue's telekinetic powers depended on a direct line of sight, or at least an intimate knowledge of the object's location in order to be manipulated. She could not telekinetically move an object if she didn't at least have an idea of where it was. In any case, she had to be in the object's immediate vicinity. It should also be noted that Prue's telekinetic powers were not the strongest in the family line. An ancestor of hers, Brianna Warren, reportedly was able to telekinetically move a sword (belonging to one of the Lords of War, Gabriel) "hundreds of miles," a feat which Prue admitted she probably couldn't do. Penny "Grams" Halliwell, believing them to be warlocks, was able to move Prue, Piper and Phoebe in a complex path to expel them from the manor. Prue has never demonstrated such fine control over human-sized objects. In contrast to the limits on her telekinetic powers, she could astrally project herself several miles away and didn't need to know anything about the destination. She once projected herself to Cole's side without intimate knowledge of his location. While kidnapped by Bane Jessup, she could astrally project herself to the manor to alert her sisters, without knowing the direction and distance. Phoebe, when using a spell to simulate Prue's astral projection powers, once projected herself to the underworld to provoke demons. Prue had never tried such a feat. While Prue's astral projection generally produced a tangible form, she could apparently become intangible in this state if she wished, as when she projected herself into the "unstoppable" demon Vinceres. Prue, being the eldest sister, saw herself as the head of the household; she was conservative, cautious and disliked surprises, and it was often left to the middle sister Piper to arbitrate between Prue and Phoebe, whom Prue regarded as immature, irresponsible and unpredictable. Their destiny as Charmed Ones drew the two sisters closer together, as well as Phoebe's intimate knowledge of the Book of Shadows. Romantic life Once Prue came into her powers, she invariably became involved in criminal cases involving murdered, missing, or otherwise harmed innocents. This led her to reunite with her high school sweetheart, Andy Trudeau, who had become a detective with the SFPD. Their feelings apparently rekindled, they decided to begin dating-starting off hot-and-heavy and then trying to slow it down. The relationship was turbulent - Prue's secret witchcraft caused a lot of difficulties. She was regularly late or a no show for dates and appointments with Andy, much to his frustration, and even more frustrating for Andy was Prue's inexplicable involvement in his cases, causing him to start a file containing his own hypothesis which were startlingly accurate. In an episode of Season 3, she had her first battle with a demon without using her powers and performed highly skilled martial art feats due to her temporarily acquired empathic powers. Although Prue's martial arts skills were a talent introduced earlier on in the beginning of Season 3, their progression as the season went on garnered speculation on how her skills became superior even to the martial arts skills of Phoebe, who by then had more than two years of training, in such a short period of time. Another skill of Prue's that the series never revealed how she acquired or mastered was her gunslinger techniques. Prue also seemed to have magical troubles, even with non-magical beings. She was kidnapped by former gangster Bane Jessup, to help him fend off against the Ordo Malorum. On another occasion, Prue started having recurring dreams of a dangerous man named T.J. that hung out in a nearby bar, without knowing that her astral form was being used by her repressed emotions to get away from her responsibilities. After a murder outside the bar was blamed on Prue, the police started to look for her. At Piper and Leo's wedding, the police came after Prue, and T.J. crashed the wedding on a motorcycle to rescue her. Phoebe talked Prue into getting herself together and Darryl, Leo and Cole found the real killer. As if those other troubles weren't enough, Prue was affected by some of her sisters' own spells, which caused her to be transformed. Once, when Phoebe started to get hot flashes linked to visions of men being killed, the sisters learned that a Succubus was hunting in San Francisco. They cast a spell to attract the Succubus, which turned Prue into a man ("Manny"). Prue was then able to lure the Succubus to her doom. Also, when the sisters discovered a Banshee demon was killing people who were grieving, they cast a spell to track the Banshee, which ended up turning Prue into a dog. Even after her death, Prue continues to be the "Super witch" with whom Paige especially feels that she must compete against. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Death count During the run of the series and her life as a Charmed One, Prue died 3 times. Episode Episode Name Cause Of Death Revival 1x20 "The Power of Two" She kills herself to be able to destroy a ghost. Andy practices CPR on her. 2x22 "Be Careful What You Witch For" Killed by the dragon demon. Phoebe wished on a genie for her to be alive again. 3x22 "All Hell Breaks Loose" Killed by Shax. She could not be revived again. Prue's death Prue's plaque in the mausoleum. "Hell Hath No Fury" After Prue's death, she did not appear again to the sisters. According to Penny in the episode following Prue's death, Prue was still adjusting to being in the afterlife. Also, if Piper was able to see her like she intended, that would not let her move on and accept Prue's death, and that is why she has not been seen since. However, her spirit was called upon, along with the other witches of the Warren-Halliwell line, by the new Power of Three to vanquish the Source twice, both in his original incarnation and his successor Cole Turner, and again unsuccessfully against the demon Barbas. Even after her death, Prue's death still affected Piper and Phoebe. Piper would regularly use Prue as an example of what would happen if they let magic control their lives. Demons such as Barbas would also use her death to torment and tease them. In the season seven finale, the sisters cast a spell that allows them to utilize Prue's astral projection power. This is indicated by Piper saying "Thank you, Prue," after the spells effect is over. Also, continuing the tradition of Charmed finales, season seven closes the manor door with a chime sound associated with Prue's telekenesis. Prue closed the door with her power in the finale of seasons one and two. In the season five finale, Piper's son Chris closes the door, showing he has Prue's power of telekinesis. Likewise, in the series finale (season eight), Piper's granddaughter also uses it to close the door. |
| Prue Halliwell
First appearance Something Wicca This Way Comes Last appearance All Hell Breaks Loose Full Name Prudence Halliwell Status Deceased Species Witch; Charmed One Affiliation The Charmed Ones, 415 Magazine, Bucklands Auction House Notable family Piper Halliwell, Phoebe Halliwell (sisters), Paige Matthews (half sister), Victor Bennet (father), Patricia Halliwell (mother), Penelope Halliwell (grandmother), Zile (ex-husband), Leo Wyatt, Henry Mitchell, Coop (brothers-in-law), Paige's twin daughters, Melinda Halliwell, Phoebe's three daughters, (nieces), Wyatt Halliwell, Chris Halliwell, Henry Mitchell Jr (nephews) Notable powers Aside from the basic powers of a magical witch, such as spellcasting and scrying, Prue possesses the gifts of: Telekinesis Astral Projection, Enhanced power due to Charmed Status |
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