P. Russell

"How does it feel to be powerless against me?"

- Russell speaking with P. Bowen. P. Russell (1894 - February 17, 1924) was a witch descended from Melinda Warren. Born to Gordon and Agnes, she was a good witch of the Warren line who possessed the powers of Pyrokinesis and divination. However, Russell fell in love with Anton, a warlock who seduced her and turned her evil.

Early Life
Pearl Russell was born in 1894 to Gordon and Agnes as their first and only child. Through her mother, she was a descendant of Melinda Warren, but did not inherit one of the Warren powers of molecular immobilization, telekinesis, or premonition, and instead possessed pyrokinesis and divination. This may imply that her father was also a witch and that she inherited her magic from him.

Russell was a good witch, and after the death of her mother, moved into the Victorian manor that her aunt and uncle had built, where her cousin, P. Baxter, lived with Gordon Johnson, her husband. Russell's other cousin, the photographer P. Bowen, also moved in.

Working at the Speakeasy
Baxter and Gordon held a speakeasy at the house, during which Bowen would take portraits and Russell would tell the future, make potions, and even offered to curse people for a price. She used the family's Book of Shadows in her workings.

Russell was popular and respected among those who came to the speakeasy and befriended a socialite. Russell once offered to curse someone for her, to which her friend glanced at a man and answered with "maybe later" before they both laughed impishly.

At an unknown time, Russell met and fell in love with Anton, an immortal warlock. The two of them fell in love and Russell was soon turned evil. She concealed her lover's true identity from her cousins, and Anton told her that they had to kill them in order to take their powers and become unstoppable.

The short stories Old Friend and Old Family Recipe from the novel The Warren Witches (Novel) provide a little more background. Most noticably, Pearl had already started on the path to evil during the Holiday season of 1923, and she liked to play tricks on people through different hexes.

Confronting Her Cousins
On February 17, 1924, Anton gave Russell a power-tripling potion, which would transform her power of pyrokinesis into fire throwing, and told her to confront her cousins. She was, initially, resistant, but he managed to persuade her. He also gave her his Protection Amulet to protect her from their powers.

As part of the plan, Anton shapeshifted into Baxter's ex-boyfriend and lured her away so Russell could take Bowen upstairs and kill her. However, Baxter managed to escape Anton and Russell and Bowen fought downstairs instead, scaring away the customers. The amulet protected Russell from Bowen's cryokinesis, but Bowen wasn't done yet. She flashed her camera and did a jump kick, knocking Russell onto the floor anyway. Baxter then came in from the other room and began to strangle her with a curtain rope. However, Phoebe Halliwell, Russell's future-life (and P. Baxter's great granddaughter) switched their souls, and Russell was transported into Phoebe's body in the year 2000.

In the Future and Death
"Hello, cousins. Or is it sisters, now?"

- Russell confronting the sisters. Russell awoke in Phoebe's body and, upon awaking, saw Anton with her, placing the Protection Amulet around her neck. She was confused, and Anton told her that she was in her future body and that her cousins were now her sisters. To get revenge, the two went to the house (now known as Halliwell Manor).

In the house, a brief battle ensued. However, after Russell sent a stream of fire at the sisters, Prue Halliwell (Bowen's future-life) telekinetically deflected it at Anton, vanquishing him. Russell, distracted by her true love's death, was then knocked out cold by Piper Halliwell (Baxter's future life), and the amulet was removed from her, allowing Phoebe to switch their souls back.

In 1924, in her normal body, Russell was killed and cursed by her cousins. It is unknown what happened to her body.

Powers and Abilities

 * Basic Powers
 * Spell Casting: The ability to cast spells and perform rituals.
 * Potion Making: The ability to brew potions.
 * Scrying: The ability to locate a person or object by the use of a scrying crystal and a map.
 * Active Powers
 * Pyrokinesis: The ability to create and manipulate fire with the mind.
 * Fire Throwing: The ability to throw streams of fire from one's hand. After drinking the Power-Tripling potion, Russell became able to do this.
 * Divination: Russell, who owned a crystal ball, presumably had some sort of divination power. This developed into the power of premonition in her next life.
 * Other Powers
 * High Resistance: The ability to be highly resistant to physical and magical harm.
 * Immunity: The ability to be immune to the powers of witches. P. Russell gained this power through her Protection Amulet.

Appearances

 * Season 2
 * Pardon My Past


 * Season 8
 * Generation Hex