The Seer

The Seer, was an upper level Demon with the power to see the future and was the surrogate mother of the Unborn Source. She was thousands of years old and had served several Sources. She served as the primary advisor to the Source after the Oracle was vanquished by Cole, although the Book of Shadows states that she was the top advisor to every Source ever since her existence.

Besides her power of foresight, she could also send visions to others, presumably only to other people that were capable of seeing into the future, as she did with Phoebe Halliwell, and a form of teleportation that gave a brief outline of her features before vanishing. She was also immune to spells and charms, and could make herself intangible. She also has some form of fire based power.

History


The Seer was introduced warning the Source against unleashing The Hollow, prophesying that if he did so, everything would be destroyed and nothing would be left of the world ("Charmed and Dangerous"), and soon after coaxing Cole into taking the Hollow into himself in order to protect Phoebe. After helping to destroy the Source, the Seer sealed the Hollow back into its box with the aid of Phoebe.

Her Vision of The Source's Destruction
It is plausible that the Seer foresaw the events that would take place after the Source's demise caused by taking in the Hollow and attacking the Charmed Ones. The occurrences leading up to Phoebe's pregnancy with Cole's child presumably was foreseen as well as how with her assistance she could steal Phoebe's child and become the new Source. This vision could contribute to her reason behind assisting the Charmed Ones with the containment of the Hollow.

Making Cole the Source
What neither Cole nor the Charmed Ones know is that the Seer secretly intended for Cole to become the next Source. She knew that there was a void in Cole's soul where Belthazor had once been, and believed (correctly, as it turned out) the Source would enter that void and completely take him over. After Cole realizes that he has taken on the Source's powers, the Seer acts as his principal advisor. She initially opposed Cole's determination to make Phoebe his queen, though she helped him trick Phoebe into marrying him in a dark wedding so that his son would be evil. While Cole believed he could use Phoebe's love for him to turn her evil (or at least separate her from her sisters), the Seer thought Phoebe could sway Cole away from evil.

And Becoming his Queen
Unknown to Cole, the Seer engineered two attempts to kill Phoebe in hopes that he would make her his queen instead. She tricked Kurzon, a longtime rival of the Source, into going after Phoebe with promises that he would be crowned as the next Source. On the day of Cole and Phoebe's wedding, she unearthed a Lazarus Demon and secretly ordered him to kill Phoebe. When those failed, she tricked Cole into hiring a female upper-level demon, Julie, as his personal assistant. She hoped that Julie would seduce Cole away from Phoebe. It was only on the eve of Cole's coronation as the Source that the Seer finally decided to support Phoebe as the new Queen. Cole was on the verge of giving up his powers after Phoebe inadvertently found out that he was a demon again, but the Seer convinced Phoebe that Cole needed her by his side.

Soon after his coronation, Cole ordered the Seer to give Phoebe a tonic that would not only strengthen her baby son, but destroy Phoebe's good side as well. When Phoebe found out about this, as well as the fact Cole killed an innocent her sisters were protecting, she renounced her crown and joined her sisters in vanquishing Cole.

Stealing Child and Becoming The Source
In the episode "Womb Raider," the Seer steals Phoebe's unborn child - the true Source of All Evil, and places it in her body by use of a spell. She is vanquished soon after when she attempts to kill the Charmed Ones, as she could not handle all of the baby's power. All the while, the sisters chant the Power of Three spell, which creates a protective shield around the cage, saving the sisters from being killed. The Seer destroys not only herself, but also The Infernal Council and every demon in attendance at the coronation. Before her death, she reveals that the child was never Phoebe's nor Cole's, but the product of herself and The Source, exclaiming that her carrying the Source's spawn, was her true vision from the very beginning.

Alternate Reality
The Seer returns in Season 5 in the alternate reality created by Cole using Avatar powers, as the advisor to Cole, who is Belthazor again and directly working under the Source.

Appendices



 * (Book of Shadows text:)

The Seer

 * An upper level
 * demon who has
 * been around for
 * thousands of
 * years. Because she
 * has the power to
 * see the future, she
 * is a top advisor to
 * the Source of all
 * Evil. In fact, she has served multiple Sources, choosing to
 * remain close to the ultimate power. She is a magical craftsman and
 * master at spells and tonics, but only kills when she has to.

Appearances
The Seer appeared in a total of 8 episodes throughout the course of the series.

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Charmed Season 4

 * "Charmed and Dangerous"
 * "The Three Faces of Phoebe"
 * "Marry-Go-Round"
 * "The Fifth Halliwheel"
 * "We're Off to See the Wizard"
 * "Long Live the Queen"
 * "Womb Raider"

Charmed Season 5
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 * "Centennial Charmed"