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This article is about the first on-screen incarnation of The Source. For other characters named "The Source", see: Cole Turner and The Seer.
The Source of All Evil is a
fictional character on the
WB television series Charmed, a demon who was the ruler of the underworld for the show's first 4 seasons. He was portrayed by
Michael Bailey Smith, Bennet Guillory and
Peter Woodward over the course of the series.
It appears that the Source itself was a very ancient demonic being, that moved into the body of each demon that held the position of the Source. It then gradually absorbed/integrated the powers and personality, of each demon that held the position of the Source, into itself. Therefore, each demon that defeated other demons to hold the position of the Source, including defeating a previous Source, would over a long period of time, literally become the same Source with even more powers. It doesn't appear that this was generally known to most demons.
The Source had a
tattooed face, that when finally revealed, was partially mutilated from battles with other demons when its last host seized power. It was said that the damage done to his face was the result of battles with Zankou. Among his many demonic powers: throwing fireballs,
teleportation (with flames), manipulating flame, shape-shifting, summoning
demons and
evil beings,
mind control, and
possession. He sent numerous demons after the Halliwell sisters. His greatest victory came when
Prue was killed by his
assassin Shax.
Season 1
The show’s first season saw two warlocks, under the aliases
Rex Buckland and
Hannah Webster, stalking and attempting to murder the three Charmed Ones. In the episode
The Witch Is Back, Buckland mentions having failed a mysterious “He”, after the 17th century warlock Matthew Tate, was unsuccessful in killing the sisters. The two agree that by outing the Halliwells as descendants of
Melinda Warren (and thus, as the Charmed Ones) that it wasn't a complete failure, a feat which would buy them time to vanquish the sisters themselves.
Following this, Buckland and Webster expose themselves as warlocks to the Charmed Ones, when they attempt to steal their powers, but fail in killing them. This leads to Webster being seen spontaneously combusting, screaming out in pain
“wait, it wasn’t my fault. I didn’t fail”, whilst being vanquished by an off-screen and unknown force. It is likely, that these two warlocks were hired by the Source to kill the Charmed Ones, the mysterious “He” who vanquished them when they failed in their mission. Even before their deaths, in the episode ‘’
The Wedding From Hell’’, one can note that the two warlocks were invited to the wedding of Hecate, the so-called “Queen of the Underworld”, thus illustrating the fact that they were remotely connected with the royal hierarchy of the Underworld.
Season 2
In
Give Me a Sign Litvack refers to the Source as his boss. After the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse failed to end the world, the Source vanquished them (though as in "Wicca Envy," he wasn't actually shown on screen). But we do know that it was him because it was mentioned through out the episode that only the Source could kill them and also at the end that it was the Source who was keeping the vortex opened and killing them.
Season 3
The Source is talked about all through the season mainly by demons who he sends to kill the Charmed Ones. The first time he's seen, is during the third season finale, after his assassin
Shax tried to kill a good doctor the Source wanted dead. In the end, he destroys one of the Charmed Ones when Shax kills Prue Halliwell, severing the sisters' power together. He made several attempts on the Charmed Ones' lives and their powers, including putting
Piper into a
coma in order to force her to give up her powers, and taking in
The Hollow, an ancient formless being which has the power to absorb all magic, and, if not contained, destroy the entire world. He was successful in stealing their powers, but
Cole Turner took in The Hollow, and stole the Source's power when he threw a fireball at him. Cole attained the full powers of the Source in a ceremony that involved the evil
Grimoire, the dark counterpart to the
Book of Shadows.
Season 8
Four years later, an unnamed possessor demon invaded the body of a woman named Mandi, in order to manipulate
Wyatt. She then used Wyatt's incredible powers to bring the previous half-faced Source back from the dead (which would be right out of the belly of the serpent-like beast of the demonic wasteland). This also again makes the point that Cole Turner wasn't the Source in and of himself, but was possessed by the Source (or Cole would have returned instead of the half-faced Source, when Wyatt's powers were used to bring back the Source). However,
Leo and
Billie, trapped in
Magic School with no way to get home, realized the school has been taken over by evil, and discovered the demon's plan. &
The Tall Man.
He is also responsible for banishing numerous beings from the underworld, such as: The vampires, wizards, Kurzon and even possibly, Hecate.
On Charmed, when Hecate appeared, it was said that she was the Queen of the Underworld - meaning that it's possible that she was with the Source during that time. After the Charmed Ones defeated her, she fled back to the Underworld, and never appeared later on in the series. Possibly, this was because The Source vanquished her or banished her, but there could be other reasons. It is also possible that she simply considered herself Queen of the Underworld, and was in some sort of power struggle with the Source. However, this is most likely simply one of the many errors of the writers -- the Source at the point was considerably more powerful and experienced than the Charmed Ones, and thus the Source would have no problem defeating her, and probably wouldn't respect someone as weak as her, not to mention the fact that there's virtually no mention of the Source or the Underworld until season two.
When he first appeared (In season 3), he was dressed in a red robe with a red hood covering his face.
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