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"You're the heart of this family, Piper."

- Patty to Piper on how she sees her.

Piper Halliwell is the eldest sister of the Charmed Ones after the death of her older sister, Prue. She is the wife of Leo Wyatt and is the mother of their three children; Wyatt, Chris, and Melinda Halliwell. Piper is seen as the main character on Charmed and is considered to be the most powerful of the Charmed Ones.

Early Life
Piper was born on June 7th, 1973 to a Patty Halliwell and Victor Bennett. On march 24th, 1975 she was visited by her future self who together with the future selves of her older and younger sisters tried to unbind the bond that her mother had made with the warlock Nicholas. She promised him the powers of her daughters and had granted him immunity from those powers by blessing his ring.

In November 1975, Piper and her older sister Prue Halliwell welcomed their little sister Phoebe Halliwell onto the world. Not long after her birth, their grands, Penny bound their powers in order to keep them save from Nicholas. To reassure their safety and raise them as normal children, Penny made them forget about magic and erased all magic-related memories.

In her teen years, Piper didn't quite know where she fit in, according to Prue she was like the Jan Brady. An old classmate of hers also recalled that Piper liked to sit in the back of the class, drawing on her jeans.

Becoming a Charmed One
"I hate being a witch."

- Piper to her youngest sister, Phoebe.

On October 7th, 1998, Piper's youngest sister, Phoebe Halliwell returned from New York after spending six moths there. On that night, Phoebe had cast a spell that reawakened the powers of the three sisters that were bound by their grams when they were young.

Both Prue and Piper did not believe Phoebe when she told them that they were witches. However, soon after Piper discovered that she had the power to freeze time as she initially thought, freezing Chef Moore during her job interview and believed her youngest sister.

At first, Piper was confused and hated being a witch. Not sure from where her powers came or if she was truly a good being, she tried to keep the magic down. However, she couldn't fully control her power and often froze the scene when she began to panic.

Prue's Death and Accepting Paige


"Tell her, Piper. It's all right to hate her. You should hate her! When my parents died, I hated them for it. I was alone, and I hated them. It is okay to hate Prue."

- Paige to a raged Piper, to break her down to let out her true emotions.

On May 21st, 2001, Piper's elder sister, Prue Halliwell was killed in battle by the demon Shax. The sudden loss of their sister was devastating for Piper and Phoebe, but it had hit Piper harder. Her emotional rage caused her to act reckless towards demons and got herself turned into a fury.

After Prue's funeral, the two sisters find out that they have a half-sister named Paige. Piper has trouble accepting Paige as her sister. When she was turned into a fury, Paige caused Piper to breakdown and reveal how she felt about Prue's death. Finally revealing her true emotions, Piper turned normal could start to mourn Prue and accept Paige as her sister.

Piper had baked muffins for Paige and brought them to her at South Bay Social Services, where Paige worked. When Piper was a fury, she had scratched Paige in the neck and thus wanted to apologize.

The Birth of Wyatt Halliwell


After many failed attempts to get pregnant, Piper and Leo managed to get pregnant. The pregnancy was not easy. Aside from the problems of a mortal pregnancy, Piper's powers became uncontrollable and she often burped orbs. This was all caused by the growing powers of the baby she was carrying, who also swapped the powers of his parents when they had a fight, so that they could walk a mile in each others shoes.

Both the sisters, Leo and even Darryl decided it was best for Piper if she would stay out of demon fighting. That way the baby wouldn't be hurt. However, the baby proofed to be able to defend himself and his mother from the womb by using a protection shield and healing wounds. Piper became invincible.

Invincible as she temporary was, Piper was still vulnerable for diseases. During her third trimester, Piper was diagnosed with Toxemia. The doctor says the treatment involves a no-salt diet, no stress and lots of bed rest for the rest of her pregnancy.

The next day, Phoebe, Paige and Leo discover that magic has disappeared from the world. As it turns out, a prophecy made long ago is about to come true; the birth of the Twice-Blessed Child.

Piper gave birth to her son, Wyatt Halliwell, on the dining room table on the same night. Wyatt came in a swirl of orbs, much to the surprise of everyone. However, everyone was under the impression that Piper and Leo's child would be a girl, and thus it was an even bigger surprise to see Mr. Winkie between the legs, as Phoebe had put it.

Later Life
"Which is why we’ve truly been Charmed."

- Piper reading her entry to her granddaughter.

By the year 2050, Piper and Leo live a happy and healthy live in the manor. Piper still has possession of the Book of Shadows and reads from it to her nine grandchildren until she is tired and needs to rest. She still appears with long hair, though it has become completely grey.

Powers and Abilities

 * Basic Powers
 * Spellcasting: The ability to cast spells and perform rituals.
 * Potion making: The ability to brew potions. One of Piper's finest skills.
 * Scrying: The ability to scry for a person or object by the use of a scrying crystal and a map.


 * Active Powers
 * Molecular Immobilization: The ability to slow molecules down to the point that they freeze. This is Piper's primary power which she channels through her hands.
 * Molecular Combustion: The ability to speed up molecules to the point that they combust. Piper gained this power two years after the reawakening of the Charmed Ones. It is considered Piper's strongest and most used power.
 * Molecular Acceleration: The ability to reverberate molecules at a speed which causes them to become disordered, resulting in the liquefaction of solid objects and is often reffered to simply as melting. Piper gained this ability in 2008 when she wanted to blow up the Source of All Evil in the form of a Golem.


 * Other Powers
 * The Power of Three: The collective power of Piper and her sisters which enhances their powers.
 * High Resistance: This power is only active when Piper is in unity with her sisters. This power causes her to be resistant to powers such as Fire balls and other lethal powers.
 * Agility: The ability that provides the user with great skill in the material arts.
 * Temporary Powers: Powers that Piper temporarily gained when she was transformed into or swapped powers with other beings.

Leo Wyatt
Piper's longest and permanent relationship was with Leo Wyatt. She met Leo for the first time when he came to the sisters as a handyman. While he actually served as the Charmed Ones' Whitelighter, Leo was forbidden to have any romantic relationships with his charges. Leo eventually revealed himself as the sisters' Whitelighter when he was shot by a Darklighter. When Leo was healed, he broke up with Piper so that he would not be punished for their relationship by his bosses.

The year afterwards, Piper had a relationship with next door neighbor, Dan Gordon. However, Piper still had feelings for Leo, for which he kept fighting for. Finally being able to win Piper for him, Leo took Piper to the Heavens to present her to his bosses. A month later the couple returned back to earth, not noticing they had spent a month up there. It was revealed that they had to break up or else Leo would be reassigned to other witches. It was then that Leo proposed to Piper, saying that a marriage was the only way to be with each other as it could not be undone by the Elders.

After a long struggle, Piper was finally able to wed Leo through a Handfasting. Two years later, the couple was pregnant of their first child, Wyatt Matthew Halliwell. Not long after the birth of their first son, Leo became an Elder and was not allowed to stay on earth any longer. This caused Piper and Leo to break up and almost divorce. During their time apart, they spend a brief, intimate moment in which they conceived their second son, Chris Halliwell. Not long after the birth of Chris, Piper led Leo back into her live and became a couple again. A few months later, Leo fell from grace and became mortal.

Not a year later, Leo was taken by an Angel of Destiny. His death would give the sisters more strength to battle whomever they had to fight in the Ultimate Battle. During his absence, Piper began to film simple household chores and her sons playing with toys, so that she could watch with Leo after he returned.

Eventually, when the Ultimate Battle was over, Leo was brought back to Piper and his sons. A year later the couple welcomed their third child, and first daughter onto the world, Melinda Halliwell.

Many years later, in the year 2050, Piper and Leo are still together and living a happy, healthy life. They have nine grandchildren which they take care for when their parents are working or fighting evil.

Minor Relationships

 * Jeremy Burns: Piper first met Jeremy at a San Francisco hospital when grams was admitted for a heart attack. He had left her his number on a napkin, which he had given to her when she was crying in the cafeteria. A few weeks later, when grams died Phoebe left the manor for New York. Six months later she returns and reawakens the powers of her and her sisters. Not long after Jeremy revealed his true self, a warlock who wanted to steal her powers and those of her sisters. He tried to kill her, however Piper managed to escape. She ran back to the manor where she performed her first ritual with her sisters. The ritual resulted into Jeremy being impaled by the thorns of the roses he had given her before. He was ultimately vanquished by the sisters when using the Power of Three Spell. A year later, he was bought back to life by Abraxas, and attacked Piper's banker boyfriend Rob, causing her loan application for what would become P3 was denied.


 * Mark Chao: A young Chinese-American college student killed and incinerated in a gang robbery. Mark's ghost form appealed to the sisters to save his soul, by giving him a proper burial, from the soul collector Yama. They both shared a big passion for food and cooking and coincidentally both had jobs which had nothing to do with cooking since those earned more. Mark gave Piper the old chinese recipe's from his father before moving on. Piper attended Mark's funeral and saw him going into the afterlife with his father.


 * Jack Manford: Jack was a regular customer at Quake restaurant. Piper and Phoebe had cast a love spell which caused Jack to be attracted to Piper. Surprised, Piper tries to turn him off her by talking about her supposed tattoos and piercings, which only encourages him further. Piper realizes the love spell only conjures lust, and that love is something special between two people, something that cannot be conjured. After the love spell got out of hand, it was reversed and Jack had no recollection of the event.


 * Josh: After Leo departs (upon Phoebe's discovery about Leo's powers) she meets an arts graduate student named Josh and subsequently fight over a bottle of wine. Piper for her meal she was preparing for Prue's boss and her two guests, one of whom turned out to be Josh who, after succeeding in buying the bottle, bought it to the house as a gift. Despite not letting go of Leo, a cautious Piper begins to date him. After three dates, combined with Piper's love for Leo and Josh receiving a job offer in Beverly Hills. Piper encourages him to take the job, thus ending the relationship.


 * Rob: In a move unusual of her character, Piper tries to sleep with a banker Rob in order to obtain a loan so she could buy the property that would later become P3. Despite having reservations, he was about to approve the application when the resurrected ex-boyfriend Jeremy returns to try and kill Piper. Rob got attacked in the process and subsequently declines the application, leaving Prue and Phoebe to mortgage the house so Piper could live her intermediate dream.


 * Brett and Ryan: When Piper and Leo split up, she tried dating other men. Both Brett and Ryan were quite taken with Piper, but were immediately scared away by Wyatt using his powers behind Piper's back. This lead Piper to believe that her dates don't like children until he tries it on Richard Montana, a male witch who Wyatt believed Piper was dating.


 * Greg: Piper and Greg's relationship was the longest relationship after her marriage. The relationship ended after Chris fooled Greg into believing Piper and Leo were still together by showing them "sleeping" together (due to his wish being granted by Phoebe). In 2006, while Leo was still encased in ice, Piper and Greg literally collide with each other. Noticing Leo was absent, Greg tried to rebond with Piper. However, Piper turned him down as she was still holding onto hope of Leo returning after the Ultimate Battle.


 * David Right: After an epiphany caused Piper to swear off men. Paige and Phoebe decided to create the perfect man for her on her birthday - with a few of their personal preferences as well. An initially unhappy Piper comes round to adore him but after Chris manipulates David for his own gain (to try and convince the sisters to bind Wyatt's powers), all the sisters swoon over him, resulting in a food fight. Before vanishing at the stroke of midnight, David tells Piper not to give up on love.

Professional Life

 * Bank: Before working at Quake, Piper had a job as banker. Much to her grandmother's dismay, Piper did not want to work as a chef at a restaurant since a job as banker earned more, and the family could use all the money they could get.


 * Quake: After the death of her grandmother, Piper wanted to honor her dream and applied for a job as chef at Quake. However, she was hired as restaurant manager when the current chef, Chef Moore had left for a job in France. Constantly working double shifts, and having a lousy boss, Piper was unhappy with her job. A year later, Piper was reminded of her life long dream of owing her own restaurant by an old classmate, Joanne Hertz. Piper decided to quit and pursued her dream.


 * P3: After quitting at Quake, Piper intended to open her own restaurant. However, the risks were to high to take and thus Piper decided to open a nightclub. With the help of her sisters, Piper opened P3 which quickly became San Francisco's hottest nightclub after Dishwalla had put P3 on the map. Though the club struggled a few times, the club did well and was the biggest source of income for the sisters. P3 became the place where the sisters would spend a relaxing night after all the demon fighting and thus was one of the places Piper wanted to keep demon free, however, demons have been battles and vanquished there on occasion.


 * Restaurant: Nine years after opening P3, Piper decided to sell the nightclub and finally open the restaurant she had always dreamed of owning. Finding the right location proofed to be difficult, much to the annoyance of her realtor. Finally, after visiting more then five different locations, Piper found the right place and began to get everything for the restaurant in order.

Personality
Piper is described as the most kind, caring, and maternal of the four sisters. She can be very sarcastic and quick-witted, a trait likely acquired from years of looking up to Prue. Piper grew from the meek, shy and very much arbiter middle sister, to a confident, charge-taking, quite comedic cynical woman.

Appearance
Of all four sisters, Piper's appearance changes the least frequently and drastically. However, even these trivial changes reflect how her character changes.


 * Hair: For her entire childhood and going into her twenties, Piper sports dark brown hair of a moderate length and bangs. She lets her hair grow and gets a slightly lighter shade. Piper continues to grow her hair and gets light brown highlights during her first pregnancy. The highlights wear off and wears bangs again. She continues to grow her hair and has a loose curl on occasion. Piper lets her hair grow long and cuts it occasionally. In 2050, Piper still has long hair and lets it turn grey.
 * Aliases: As the alias Jenny Bennett, Piper has blonde hair which is generally shorter then the hair of her normal appearance. Her second alias, Jamie Bennett has long brown hair with loose curls.


 * Wardrobe: Her fashion sense is conservative during her early twenties. As she grows older she starts to wear more feminine clothes as well as hair gloves on occasion.

Etymology

 * Piper: A name that came from a surname given to those who played the flute pipe.


 * Halliwell: Derived from any of the several places named with the Old English pre 7th Century elements "halig" meaning "holy", plus "well(a)", a well or spring. These places include Halliwell in Lancashire, recorded as Haliwell circa 1200; Holwell in Dorset and Oxfordshire appearing respectively as Halegewelle and Haliwelle in the Domesday Book of 1086; Halwell and Halwill in Devonshire, recorded as Halgewilla in 1086, and Holywell in Northumberland, Kent, Cambridgeshire and Cornwall.

Trivia



 * In 2007, AOL named Piper the greatest witch in television history. In 2008, she fell to third place on that poll, but still remains the highest among the Charmed witches.
 * Holly Marie Combs originally auditioned for the role of Prue, whilst Shannen Doherty auditioned for Piper. She said that The WB wanted her to read for the role of Phoebe.
 * Holly Marie Combs has appeared as Piper in every single episode of Charmed including the unaired pilot. She is the only cast member to attain the Charmed perfect record.
 * Piper is the first sister we see in Something Wicca This Way Comes and the last sister we see in Forever Charmed.

Magical Transformations

 * Season 1
 * A Wendigo
 * A Mortal
 * A Whitelighter, after switching powers with Leo in Love Hurts


 * Season 2
 * A shrunken version of herself
 * A Ghost
 * A retro movie character


 * Season 3
 * A Warlock


 * Season 4
 * A Fury
 * A shrunken version of herself
 * A Ghost


 * Season 5
 * Little Red Riding Hood
 * A Whitelighter, after Wyatt (still in the womb) switched her powers with Leo in Siren Song
 * A Superhero
 * A non-pregnant woman
 * Gaia, the Greek Goddess of Earth


 * Season 6
 * A Valkyrie
 * A mortal
 * A Ghost
 * An unusual happy person


 * Season 7
 * A Hindu goddess
 * An Angel of Death
 * A wolf-like creature that came out during a blue moon.
 * A Ghost
 * A shrunken version of herself


 * Season 8
 * Under a magical disguise with the alias Jenny Bennett, and later Jamie Bennett.
 * Leo Wyatt
 * A Monster type creature infected by a deadly virus
 * A shrunken version of herself
 * '50s Housewives