Arthur Cobbs

Arthur Cobbs

Physical description
Species	Wizard
Gender	Male
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Brown
Skin color	White
Family information
Children	Liam Cobbs Margot Cobbs
Siblings	Bryant Hughes (half-brother) Harper (half-sister) Ramsey Tate (half-brother)
Parents	Ambrose (father)
Magical characteristics
Basic powers	Spell Casting Potion Making
Active powers	Spiralization Illusion Casting
Passive powers	High Resistance
Affiliation
Home	Atlantis
Occupation	History Professor at Magic School Advisor to King Emyr Owner of Brewman Investments
Relationship	Married to Violet Morgan
Loyalty	Good
Character information
First appearance	Chosen Chapter 3: Under the Full Moon
Last appearance	Legacy 120: A Perfect Day
Portrayed by	Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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"Well, I was always fascinated by history. After discovering my powers, I traveled the world a lot, which eventually led me to the school. So I applied and was hired, even though I did not even had an official degree."

—Arthur to Violet.

Arthur Cobbs is a Wizard born to a mortal mother and the wizard Ambrose. He was raised by his mother until her death during his teenage years. Arthur then discovered his powers and started learning about magic. Due to his passion for history, he applied for a position at Magic School and was hired by Leo Wyatt.

Arthur started dating Violet Morgan and helped the Chosen in their fight against his father. After Ambrose was defeated, Arthur and Violet moved to Atlantis to help rebuild the ancient city. They later got married and had two children, a son named Liam and a daughter named Margot.

History[]

Early Life[]

Arthur grew up with his mortal mother unaware of his magic or who his father was. His powers manifested while he was a teenager shortly after the death of his mother. He then started to travel around the world and pursue his passion for history. In late 2006, Arthur was hired as the new History Professor of Magic School. He was hired by Leo Wyatt shortly after the Charmed Ones had reclaimed the school from evil and it was reopened.

Chosen[]

After being infected by a Wendigo, Duncan went to Magic School to find answers. Arthur helped him find the book he was looking for. After Duncan left, Arthur revealed he had been spying on him and studied the book himself. When Billie and Violet later appeared to find out what was going on, Arthur helped them by showing them the book Duncan needed.

Shortly after the Titan Prometheus was freed, Arthur was sought out by the Chosen for some more information. Arthur informed them of the true history of Pandora's Box and its connection to the Titan.

Survivor Island[]

Along with the Chosen, Arthur was trapped on Survivor Island after trying to help them identify the demon they were hunting down. On the island, Arthur met up with Violet and they grew closer while trying to survive together. While studying some ancient ruins of the island, Arthur made a remarkable discovery, noticing that the ruins resembled both Atlantis and the city of Zanbar.

The Gemini Factor[]

After his stay on the Island, Arthur became obsessed with the ruins he found there and linked them to the Wizard race. He later went on a date with Violet and they got to know each other better. Violet suggested that his research into the ruins was personal as it was really about finding out more about his father.

Arthur later helped the Chosen in their fight against the twins and assisted Duncan with making power stripping potions. Arthur decided to stay behind at Magic School in case they needed more potions, and thus was not present when Bacarra engulfed the city in darkness.

Expedition[]

Due to his research in the ruins on Survivor Island, Arthur was asked to join an expedition to an ancient city by a renown anthropologist. After discussing it with Violet, who was now officially his girlfriend, Arthur accepted the offer. Violet later visited him and they spent one last night together before he left.

Shangri-La[]

The expedition managed to find the portal that led to the mythical valley, although immediately after crossing it was attacked by Garuda Demons. Arthur woke up with Professor Whitney in a small cage. Arthur emerged teleporting himself, and the professor and Arthur understood that the valley was not a city, but a vault and that the Garuda were its guardians. The old man gave his diary to Arthur and asked him to publish his research, since he had dedicated all his life to it. He then succumbed to his wounds.

Shortly thereafter, Arthur discovered that the Garuda transformed into alike those who entered the valley, and who were immune to illusions. While hiding from the Garuda, Arthur found himself in a room on whose walls the stories of the last days of the wizards were recorded.

There he was joined by Bryant, who after informing him that Violet had come to look for him, took possession of an ancient staff and teleported away. The fact that he had used the spiralization made Arthur realize that Bryant was also a wizard with his great shock. The valley after the stolen stick began to collapse, Artur managed to find Violet and Billie just in time. The three managed to escape but not to prevent Bryant from escaping with the staff. Upon returning to the magic school , he informed Leo and Duncan of what had happened.

Meeting his father[]

Violet invited Arthur to the inauguration party of her new home. As he went to get ready, he came across in the Elder Kevin, who revealed to him the destruction of the Tribunal. This made him suspect that Bryant and his mysterious boss could be involved, but kept his suspicions to himself. Shortly thereafter he teleported near Violet's house, but was joined by Bryant who told him that his boss could give him the answers he was looking for. Arthur accepted and went with him to to his boss's villa.

There he met a girl named Harper, and the wizard Ambrose one of the few survivors of the war between the wizards and the Source. Ambrose revealed to Arthur that he was his father, and that he wanted to restore the glory of the wizards. However, Arthur did not agree with his methods and tried to leave. Harper prevented him by hitting him with a thunderbolt, and Ambrose then suppressed his memories of their meeting.

Later Arthur was woken up in his office by an angry Violet for his non-attendance at the party, and the two argued.

From the Deep[]

Arthur did not talk to Violet for days and continued to feel like he was missing something. When Bryant and Harper began to abduct mermans and mermaids, the Chosen and the Ross twins went to ask Arthur for help. Before they could work together, Arthur and Violet had to clear up, but they could not and Violet tried to leave; when Arthur grabbed her hand to prevent it, the redhead had a premonition, which triggered the memories that Ambrose had suppressed. Once the truth was revealed the two made peace and Arthur realized that his father and his brothers wanted to steal the immortality of the kidnapped.

However Billie did not trust Arthur and thought that Ambrose could keep him under mental control. Duncan also found it a plausible hypothesis, so while the others went to look for the sea hag allied with the wizards, Violet remained at the magic school with Arthur to find out if the suspicions of her friends were founded.

In the end Violet communicated her suspicions to Arthur, and through a spell he revealed that a part of Ambrose was still in Arthur's mind, and she expelled it. Shortly after Ambrose had the city of Atlantis re-emerge and Arthur and the others went there to stop him. Ambrose showed them through an illusion, the last moments of Atlantis and Arthur tried in vain to reason his father, who chose to retreat instead of fighting his son, since he still hoped that Arthur would join him.

Time travel[]

Arthur devoted himself entirely to finding a way to free the wizards of Atlantis from petrifacation, but without success, so Violet decided to go back in time with him in order to ask the ancient wizards for information. Once the couple had arrived in the past, Violet fainted with fatigue but the two were rescued by Faiza a royal councilor, who thanks to her premonition power had decided to help them and who accompanied them to the city. Not even in the library of the academy of magic did the two manage to find a solution, so Violet decided to ask the prince. Before they could meet him, they came across a past version of Ambrose, which showed that he had always believed that their species was superior to the others and had the right to rule the world. Eventually Faiza arranged a meeting with the prince and revealed that Atlantis would soon be destroyed. After having had enough time to work out what she had known, Emyr agreed that fate had to take its course, even if it meant letting the city be destroyed. Emyr told Arthur how to break petrification and free his people in the future. Then Arthur and his girlfriend returned to the present.

Wizard War[]

Arthur began to study the ancient artifacts recovered from Atlantis, and later he and the elect made a plan to kidnap Bryant and force him to free the Atlanteans. On his way to check on the Neptune's Trident, Arthur surprised his friend and colleague Ben who was trying to steal it, on Ambrose's behalf having ended up under his control. Fortunately Arthur was able to stop his colleague, and Nathan using the trident freed him from mind control.

The plan to capture Bryant succeeded, but Violet was taken prisoner by Ambrose. Obviously the young Hughes didn't want to help them but in the end they managed to convince him. Just as the process for the liberation of the Atlanteans was beginning, Ambrose also arrived and attacked them. Before Ambrose could take the trident, Emyr was freed from its petrification and summoned the weapon. The two ancient wizards fought and Ambrose had to retreat as they were on the same level. Emyr then revealed to Arthur and Billie that the memory potion he took no longer worked, causing him to remember everything.

Shortly thereafter Ambrose released the virus, and Emyr let the infected take refuge in Atlantis. Arthur wanted him to free the other wizards so they could fight his father, but the prince refused because he believed that after all his subjects had been through, they should not be awakened to be enlisted as soldiers in a war, thousands of years in the future. Arthur was very worried about Violet, but Duncan convinced the wizard to get some rest.

Luckily Ramsey decided to go over to their side and brought Violet back home. As soon as Athur found out that the group had moved to Duncan's house (Bryant had destroyed the house of the chosen ones) he rushed to his girlfriend and after making sure she was okay, he ran to thank his half-brother. Ramsey had created a cure for the virus to be safe, and one of the ingredients to create it was Mallorn's flowers, and another the blood of a wizard so the two half-brothers and Violet went to get them in Atlantis and Shangri-La.

Once all the ingredients were obtained, the group rejoined the Cauldron, but Ambrose located them thanks to Agent Murphy who had come under his control. Arthur and his friends fought off as best they could, but Ambrose managed to defeat them, kill Edgar Miles and trap Hope and Tyler in a nightmare. Eventually the group was rescued by Paige and Ambrose withdrew to regroup. The team went to Atlantis to spread the cure, where they found Kevin who took care of spreading the cure along with Ramsey.

Shortly thereafter they were attacked by enemy wizards and their army of statues and had to split up to confront them. Billie joined Arthur and Violet to fight Harper, and the former wanted to try to reason with his half-sister, even though the girls were against it. Indeed, this attempt failed miserably, such as deceiving the red-haired sorceress with an illusion and eventually Harper killed his half-brother with lightning. After Violet went back in time and saw all the possible outcomes of the battle, she blocked time and sent Billie to fight the madwoman, keeping the army of statues blocked. Shortly thereafter Violet convinced Arthur that it was impossible to reason with Harper, so he reluctantly stabbed her with an athame and she died in his arms.

Finding herself in the same situation, Billie tried to comfort him, but shortly thereafter it was her turn to mourn when she learned that Bryant had killed Nick. After defeating Emyr, Ambrosius revealed that it was he who caused the accident that led to the destruction of Atlantis. At which point the Chosen ones used a spell against him, but only succeeded in destroying Magnus's Staff and injuring Ambrose. Violet went to the past, with the evil wizard, to kill him during the sinking of Atlantis, but Duncan and Billie brought her back with a spell.

Transfer to Atlantis[]

After the war Arthur tried to help as he could the reconstruction of Atlantis. Emyr was freeing his subjects from petrification, and discovered that Cressida had not survived the sinking of her kingdom, therefore Emyr became king and decided to keep his people divided from the rest of the magical community, since the world had changed too much from the their era. Being Arthur a teacher of the School of Magic and one who knew the modern world well, Emyr proposed that he move to Atlantis and become its advisor and ambassador. If she had wanted to, Violet could have come to live in Atlantis too, and the two could have left the city whenever they wanted, but Emyr wouldn't admit other strangers. The king also commissioned Arthur and Ramsey to find Ambrosius's other sons and try to take them to Atlantis.

Shortly thereafter, to his great delight, Arthur was joined by Violet who had returned from her parents' and told her about Emyr's offer. Later he joined Ramsey who did not feel like going alone to Brewman Investments and there the two discovered with astonishment that their father had named Arthur his heir to his latest lover Felicia. Having learned from Faiza that the redhead was pregnant Arthur appointed her as head of operations and Ramsey as president of the company. Eventually Violet decided to go and live with him in Atlantis. Years later, Arthur and Violet had a son Liam, followed by a daughter named Margot.

Legacy[]

The demonic sorceress Morrigan in 2029 came back to life and began to clash with the Halliwell family. Chris Halliwell discovered that Morrigan could be killed using Excalibur, but the sword was destroyed in 2018, and only wizards could fix it. At Leo's request, Arthur tried to get the king to help, but Emyr couldn't make up his mind.

Because of this Chris Halliwell and Henry Mitchell Jr. went to the island secretly where they ran into Liam who took them home. Eventually Arthur was persuaded to accompany the two cousins to Dagna's forge, the royal family's blacksmith, and Liam secretly followed them, although he was later discovered. At Dagna's Forge, Liam offered to help repair Excalibur, Arthur thought it was too dangerous, although he changed his mind after Henry defended Liam.

It took all night to mend the sword and in the morning, Arthur and Chris discussed Liam's future and Arthur noted that it was time to send him to the Magic School , as he needed to be among his peers and learn to properly control his powers.

Powers and Abilities[]

Basic Powers

Spell Casting: The ability to cast spells and perform rituals.
Potion Making: The ability to brew magical potions.

Active Powers

Spiralization: The ability to teleport through swirling blue spirals.
Illusion Casting: The ability to cast illusions, affecting all senses but touch. Additionally, he can glamour into other people or make himself invisible. Arthur is skilled at using illusions, even using them in his history classes to illustrate his lessons.

Passive Powers

High Resistance: The ability to be highly resistant to physical and magical harm.

Notes and Trivia[]

Arthur Cobbs' name is based on the main characters of Inception, which also stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Ambrose and his children all have the letters A and R in their names.
Arthur is the only known child of Ambrose not to work for him.
Arthur is also the only known child of Ambrose who cannot control an element; Bryant can control the earth, Harper can control lightning and Ramsey can control water.
Arthur is the first main character in the Chosen series to appear in the Legacy series.