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Paige Matthews
Biographical information
Born

August 2nd, 1977

Alias

Jo Bennett

Title(s)

Charmed One

Physical description
Species

Whitelighter-Witch

Gender

Female

Hair color

Dark brown

Eye color

Brown

Skin color

Pale

Family information
Children
Siblings
Parents
Magical characteristics
Basic powers
Active powers
Passive powers
Affiliation
Home
Occupation

Guiding good witches and future Whitelighters

Relationship
Character information
First appearance

Charmed Again, Part 1

Last appearance

Legacy 120: A Perfect Day

Portrayed by

Rose McGowan

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Paige Matthews is the daughter of Patty Halliwell and her Whitelighter Sam Wilder. She is the first known Whitelighter-Witch in existence. Paige is the younger half-sister of Prue, Piper and Phoebe Halliwell. She is also the wife of Henry Mitchell and the mother of their three children, Laura, Grace and Henry Jr.

Having been given up for adoption after birth, Paige learned of her family and magical heritage shortly after her eldest sister Prue died. She then reunited with her sisters to reform the Power of Three, becoming a Charmed One. Years later, she also embraced her Whitelighter side and started guiding young witches and future Whitelighters.

History[]

Early Life[]

Paige is the fruit of the illegitimate relationship of Patty Halliwell and her Whitelighter Sam Wilder; since the relationships between Whitelighters and their offices are forbidden, the two decided to give the child up for adoption, asking only that her name begin with "P". Therefore she was called Paige. Paige was adopted by the Matthews, and had a normal childhood, but as a teenager she went through a phase of rebellion and started drinking. When she was seventeen, her adoptive parents were killed in a terrible car accident. The tragedy made her lose her bad habits and she got into Berkeley with a powerful essay. As an adult, she became a social worker.

Charmed Life[]

Paige met Phoebe at Prue's funeral, where Phoebe had a premonition of Shax killing Paige. After she and her boyfriend rescued her, they took her at their home and explained to her about the relationship, then presented her to Piper. The three together defeated Shax, yet the traumatic way in which she discovered she was a witch, made Paige escape and the Source took advantage of it to try to take her to the evil side. However in the end Paige chose to be good.

At first Paige didn't want to move into the manor, because she felt that she wouldn't have had privacy and because she felt that Piper and Phoebe wanted her to live with them just because it would have been easier to fight evil, but after her sisters they made Paige feel like she was part of the family, she moved in taking Prue's old bedroom. Shortly thereafter, her brother-in-law and her sisters helped her overcome her guilt over the death of her adoptive parents. In turn, Paige helped Piper return to normal when she turned into a Fury.

In spite of this Paige never tied much with Cole, and although he had been turned into a mortal she suspected that he had become a demon again; technically she was right, since Cole had been possessed by the Source of All Evil and eventually Phoebe decided to join him as his queen. Piper prepared to eliminate her preferring to see her dead rather than evil, but eventually Paige was able to convince her that Phoebe could still be saved. Realizing that killing Cole could bring Phoebe back to their side, Piper, Paige and Leo went to their house and confronted Cole. Just as Cole was about to kill her sisters, Phoebe joined them and took out Cole despite loving him.

Eventually Paige decided to quit her job to focus solely on magic, and over time she developed an inferiority complex towards her late half-sister Prue, and it took her a long time to get rid of it.

Some time later the Elders arranged a meeting between Paige and his father Sam, who after losing one of his charges had become an alcoholic bum; Paige was injured by a Darklighter and Sam was the only one who could save her; this made him regain self-confidence, and so he returned to his duties.

After a while Paige regretted her decision to devote herself only to magic and joined a temporary employment agency, but all the jobs she found had something to do with magic; so it was that she met the witch Richard Montana and the two fell in love, but their relationship ended when Richard became addicted to the use of magic.

After Gideon, principal of the Magic School, died trying to kill Wyatt, the other Elders wanted to close the school because they could no longer guarantee safety but Paige opposed and was eventually appointed director.

Some time later Paige met and fell in love with Kyle Brody an FBI agent and helped him find out the truth about his parents' death. Some time later the Avatars deceived Paige and her sisters, convincing them to create Utopia a world free from the battle between good and evil, in which, however, free will had disappeared. Kyle then worked with the demon Zankou to stop them, even though he died in the attempt eventually the sisters forced the Avatars to return the world to normal. Kyle was reborn as a Whitelighter, but his relationship with Paige ended.

When Leo became mortal, Paige relinquished her role as principal as she got tired of it and became a full-time Whitelighter.

Some time later the sisters had to face Zankou, who managed to weaken their bond, absorb the powers of Piper and Phoebe and steal the Book of Shadows. To defeat him, the sisters were forced to make him absorb the Nexus, and to banish him with a spell by eliminating Zankou in the process. After these events, the sisters decided to give up magic and live a normal life using magic to give themselves and Leo another look, pretending their death.

This failed because of Paige who was unable to ignore her connection from Whitelighter with the witch Billie Jenkins; in the end she and her sisters decided to have her transferred to their home and trained. Over time Billie got very close to the sisters who eventually decided to take back their old identities.

During this time Paige met with the probation officer Henry Mitchell, since one of the people supervised by him was also an her charge being a future Whitelighter. The two felt attracted to each other and over time they started dating. Paige realized that she really loved Henry after he had suffered a gunshot wound and his love for him had awakened her power to heal. She revealed that she was soon a witch and he took her well enough; although he was confused about some aspects of Paige's life, he had never been afraid of his life.

Henry asked Paige to marry him on top of the Golden Gate Bridge shortly after the witch Simon Marks tried. Paige and Henry got married at Halliwell Manor with their close relatives and friends.

Billie had great joy when she found her sister Christy who had been kidnapped by the Triad as a child and held captive in the Underworld ever since. Billie, as well as Paige and her sisters did everything they could to try to re-educate her, but unfortunately Christy had been led to believe that the Charmed Ones were evil and that it was her duty to eliminate them, and after the death of their parents, she also managed to convince her sister.

Christy and Billie decided to summon The Hollow and absorb Wyatt's powers, but Nomed a demon who wanted to overthrow the Triad to make room for a new generation of demons informed the Halliwells of their plan. Eventually, both sets of sisters conjured up a part of The Hollow and the ensuing battle destroyed the manor and cost the lives of Christy, Phoebe and Paige.

Both Piper and Billie travelled back in time to prevent these events from happening, but Billie eventually discovered Christy's true nature and returned to the Halliwell's side, and when Christy arrived to attack Billie, Billie was forced to defend herself, killing Christy. .

The Closing Chapter[]

Six months after the Ultimate Battle, Paige had started focusing more on her Whitelighter duties. Like Piper, Paige was still hesitant about letting Billie back in her life, though she didn't hate her. However, after Billie appeared to warn them about Christy, Henry made Paige remember that she was still Billie's whitelighter. Paige then realized she could have paid more attention to her before everything happened, instead of being focused on her own issues.

Meanwhile, the Elders appeared asking the sisters to reclaim Magic School. Piper refused, though a young Elder named Noah stressed the importance of Magic School and convinced the sisters to help. During their conversation, Noah also hinted to Paige that some younger Elders were planning 'some changes' up there. After the sisters vanquished the demons at the school, they discovered that Christy had possessed her sister. However, Billie was eventually able to break her hold and used a power stripping potion to strip her powers and destroy Christy once again.

Paige later truly forgave Billie and started reaching out to her again. She later met Noah on the Golden Gate Bridge, who informed her Magic School was being reopened and told her she was doing the right thing.

Chosen[]

A year and a half after the Ultimate battle, Paige was visited by the Elder Sandra and the Whitelighter Mikelle. She then learned that Billie was destined to become part of a new force good known as the Chosen, who would take over now that the Charmed Ones were retired. Paige helped them to inform Billie of this new destiny and helped them track down the two other members of the Chosen, Duncan and Violet.

Once the Chosen were formed, Paige assisted them in vanquishing the Grimlock that was roaming the campus. She then learned that Mikelle was meant to be the Whitelighter of the Chosen, meaning that Paige would have to give up Billie as a charge. Although sad, both witches understood why is was needed.

The Firestarter[]

When Paige learned that the young Firestarter she and her sisters had helped years earlier, Tyler, was in danger, she tried to find him and keep him safe. She went to her old boss and learned that while she had found him a good adoptive home, Tyler had eventually wound up back in foster care. She eventually tracked him down, only to be badly hurt by the demon Arcon, who kidnapped Tyler.

While the Chosen set off to save Tyler, Paige realized that she wanted Tyler to come live with her and Henry as their foster kid. While Henry was at first reluctant, he eventually agreed and the two took Tyler in once he was returned safely by Billie and the others.

City of Darkness[]

Since she was in Brazil because of one of her charges, Paige was stuck out of San Francisco when The Brotherhood trapped the city in the dome. For the next nine days, she could not eat or sleep properly, due to the concern for her husband and sisters.

Kevin appeared beside her and told her that the Elders and the Tribunal were doing their best to avoid exposure, and convinced her to have faith in the Chosen. Paige then decided to join Leo and Coop at the Magic School . When the dome was destroyed, Paige sensed that Billie was dying, caught up with her and healed her. He also sensed the death of Mikelle. After trying to calm the Chosen and their allies, she brought Tyler home.

The Trial of Billie Jenkins[]

A manifestation of Paige appeared before Billie during her vision quest.

House Party[]

Tyler and Paige went to the party organized by the Chosen to inaugurate their new home. During the party, Paige was repeatedly hit on by Don Phillips, much to her annoyance. When they were assaulted by Valefar, Paige wanted to bring Tyler to safety, though the demon trapped everyone in the house. She was also imprisoned by Valefar, but after the Chosen vanquished Valefar, Paige and the others were freed.

We Have History[]

Tyler won a scholarship for the Berkeley and he and Paige went to the open day. There they met Billie who had gone to talk to Darcy. Tyler and Paige went to listen to the mayor's speech and when she did not show up, knowing her hatred for magic, went looking for Billie.

Having found the mayor after Paige orbed her guards away, she recognized Brandon as a witch doctor asked what he did there, and when he replied that Darcy had been possessed and that only his magic could save her, she reluctantly told Billie that Brandon was right, and he supported Tyler when he wanted to accompany her. Later he took care of those who she orbed and covered up the absence of the mayor.

The Virus[]

When the wizard Ambrosius released a virus lethal to all magical creatures except wizards, Paige and her sisters fled to Magic School. Paige was not happy, because she would have preferred to fight Ambrose, like Tyler, who along with Hope broke the force field the Elders protected the school with, to join the Chosen in the fight. Paige was angry at Tyler, but his decision and courage also made her proud.

Ambrose was on the verge of eliminating the Chosen and all of their allies, but Paige prevented him by appearing on the scene and stealing his weapon. Ambrose recovered his staff easily enough, but tired from the fight he decided to retreat to escape a telekinetic wave launched by Billie. Eventually a cure was found for the virus and Ambrose was vanquished.

However, the fight also cost the life of Nick Ross and after attending a meeting in which the Elders determined that for a while the magical creatures would withdraw from the mortal world. Paige, Henry and Tyler all went to Nick's memorial service and be there for Billie.

War in Heavens[]

Paige's ex-boyfriend, Kyle went to at least one of the rallies organized by Noah and Calliope against the council. Feeling that it was not right, he informed Paige instead of the Council itself, and Paige convinced the Whitelighter that there was no need to rebel against the council, since even if it was not perfect it was a force of good.

Years later, believing that Odin had sent Calliope into a trap, Noah went to the Heavens and recovered the Apple of Discord to trigger a revolution. Soon a battle broke out among the Whitelighters until the Elders revealed themselves. Noah argued with Odin and used the Apple on several Elders, including Kevin. When Noah and Odin attacked each other, Sandra jumped in the middle and was injured. However, Sandra had time to warn Leo and Paige; the latter took the apple from Noah, reversed its effects and put it back in the vault. Odin wanted to recycle Noah, but Paige did not think he had to pay with his life. Sandra proposed that it be degraded to Whitelighter; Odin agreed on the condition that Noah spent time in prison until they found an important task with which to test him. Noah did not object, because he felt he deserved worse for what he had done.

At an undetermined time, Paige and her sisters had an argument with Billie. This time they didn't fix things and stopped talking to each other.

The Once and Future Evil[]

In 2018, the future versions of Melinda and Prue appeared to warn the sisters Wyatt would turn evil.

Piper left and Paige and Phoebe discovered that Wyatt had disappeared. Shortly thereafter they were assaulted by the future version of Wyatt, which hurt them severely enough, before going to look for his alter ego from the past. Noah and Sandra joined them, healed them and told them that Wyatt had to be located quickly. In the end, Paige thought that Wyatt could go to his friend Trevor's party, and the group went to the house of the latter, but too late. From the signs of battle present, they deduced that Nomed was also interested in Wyatt. Melinda used a spell to make the damage disappear and Phoebe, Chris, and Paige the memory dust to make the mortals forget what they saw. After reaching the two Wyatt and Nomed in the underworld Phoebe tried to eliminate them using a spell and a potion, respectively, but failed in both cases.

Wyatt killed Prue shortly thereafter, and probably would have killed them all, if Piper had not arrived, using Excalibur to take away the powers of teenage Wyatt and kill adult Wyatt. Later the children of the sisters returned to the future and they decided to talk about the incident only to their husbands, because the current versions of their children were too young to understand.

Four Witches and a Funeral[]

Since she was on vacation with her family, Paige was not involved in the fight with Anders Blackwell, which ended with Piper's death. Paige then attended the sister's funeral.

Legacy[]

In 2029, Henry was offered the opportunity to lead the probation department in Los Angeles and decided to move there with his family. As much as she knew it was a great opportunity for her husband, Paige was reluctant to move because Henry Junior still had to finish high school, and she did not want to get away from the rest of the family. When the twins told their parents that they wanted to go to study in Paris, and Paige talked about the move to Los Angeles, a fight broke out. Their negative emotions were heightened by Darius, a spirit of Rage. This led to a struggle between Paige and her family. However, they later learned that they were manipulated and reconciled. Later, Paige discovered that everything that had happened had been set in motion by the resurrected Source of All Evil. Finally, Paige and Henry allowed the twins to go to Paris, and Junior to go and live in the manor.

After Phoebe discovered that the son she had had with Cole had survived, Paige was the only one to support her over Coop and took charge of informing the other family members.

Saving Grace[]

To celebrate their anniversary, Paige decided to surprise Henry by inviting their children to lunch. Since Henry Jr. had developed the power of Orbing she sent him to get the twins. Shortly after they were joined by Wyatt and Noah who wanted Paige's help to track down their new charge, Paige gave them the idea of reversing the spell to call a lost witch, so that it sent them to Aubrey and advised them to try to earn her trust. Then she helped her nephew and children to cast the spell.

Unfortunately, Grace had fallen in love with a warlock Luke, who began to tempt her to the side of evil. His manipulations led Grace to get angry with her family and attack them, hurting Henry. Shortly thereafter, Luke appeared and took Grace away with him. The Mitchells discussed the situation and deduced that Luke must have manipulated Grace for months and now he was using magic on her, pushing her to become a warlock, to make her his own for eternity.

Paige, Henry, and Laura managed to track down Grace and Luke in a clothing store, and tried in vain to reason with her. At one point, Aubrey Collins, a witch who wanted to take revenge on Luke for killing her sister and her Whitelighter, pushed everyone back with a wave of telekinetic energy, and tried to kill Luke, but Grace intervened and stabbed Aubrey with an athame, killing her and absorbing her powers becoming a warlock.

Paige then tried to kill Luke, but Grace used her new powers to protect him by pushing Paige away with her telekinesis, slamming her against a wall, and fainted. Fortunately, Noah healed her. After Laura vanquished Luke, Grace tried to kill her but was stopped by Wyatt. However, nobody had the strength to face Grace, so she left. Paige, along with her family were devastated, and held a distraught Henry in her arms after telling him what happened.

Confronting Grace Again[]

Gradually Paige began to recover and resumed her duties as a Whitelighter. When she and Henry returned to San Francisco for Melinda's wedding, Laura told her that she felt alone in Paris and that she had decided that after the summer she would move back to San Francisco and go to college in Berkeley. During their conversation, Paige felt that trouble was to occur at the wedding, though Laura denied it, not wanting to say that Grace had threatened her.

In the middle of the ceremony Grace broke into the church and Laura challenged her to a duel. As her daughters went off to fight Paige followed, pulling her husband along, who unbeknownst to everyone, had become Morrigan's slave and prevented Paige from intervening. Using Henry, Morrigan revealed to the Mitchells that it was thanks to a potion she brewed that led Grace to becoming a warlock. Laura, however, realized that Grace had decided on her own to spare Luke and continue dating him and that she was still responsible for her actions so she continued the fight. In the end, Grace overpowered Laura and it was only by Junior's intervention that prevented her from killing Laura. Junior could have killed Grace, but still believing that she could be saved, Paige and Laura convinced him to let her go.

Powers and Abilities[]

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Paige orbing herself and Piper

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Paige first using Telekinetic Orbing

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Paige using Remote Orbing

Basic Powers

  • Spell Casting: The ability to cast spells and perform rituals.
  • Potion Making: The ability to brew magical potions.
  • Scrying: The ability to locate beings or objects with a crystal and a map.

Active Powers

  • Orbing: The ability to teleport through the use of orbs. Paige possessed this power her entire life, though she was unaware of it until she became a witch. It took her several months to learn how to control it.
  • Telekinetic Orbing: The ability to transport objects and beings with the mind through use of orbs.
    • Remote Orbing: The ability to orb others to another location without orbing oneself.
  • Healing: The ability to heal the injuries of other beings. Initially, Paige only possessed this power partially, but gained full control when she realized her love of Henry and healed his bullet wound.
  • Sensing: The ability to determine the location and status of other beings by concentrating on them.
  • Cloaking: The ability to magically hide one's presence and activities from others. Paige can cloak her charges from evil.
  • Glamouring: The ability to assume the appearance of another person by creating a glamour around the body.
  • Hovering: The ability to rise off the ground and hover with or without the use of orbs.
  • Photokinesis: The ability to generate and control light and magical orbs.
  • Omnilingualism: The ability to understand and speak any language without prior knowledge. Paige can speak the language of her charges.

Passive Powers

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

Charges[]

Notes and Trivia[]

  • Paige and Violet Morgan were both given up for adoption and left with a nun at a church.
  • Paige shares some similarities with Mikelle, as both had a rebellious phase in their teens which included drinking.
  • Paige is the first hybrid to be born in the Warren line.
  • Paige shares similarities with Julian; they both didn't grow up with the Halliwell family and use a different surname, they both have three half-sisters with whom they share their mother, and both were the first of something in the Warren line (the first hybrid and the first male).
  • Paige is a skilled painter, though she stopped shorty after becoming a witch. As a mother, she picked it up again and passed her passion down to her daughter, Laura.
  • Paige was believed to be the first Whitelighter-Witch to ever exist. However, Simon Marks was born a year before her, so the first hybrid of that type may have been him.
  • Paige is the only Charmed One to have had no child inheriting one of Melinda Warren's powers.
  • Ironically her daughter Grace obtained one, stealing it from another witch.
  • Although Paige and Henry were Tyler Michaels' foster parents, the latter does not appear and is not mentioned in the Legacy series. It is possible that he has died or that he has severed relations with his foster family for some reason.
  • As a young, Paige wanted to be free from the constraints of being a witch and Vincent Wrong leveraged this to push her to turn her back on her family. Her daughter Grace had similar desires which Luke exploited for the same purposes as Vincent.
  • Although Christy was wrong in calling the Charmed Ones evil, some of the criticisms she leveled against them were not without foundation: in some cases, Paige and her sisters actually displayed selfish behavior and even abused magic, things that in some cases have led to the deaths of innocents.

Appearances[]

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