The Elders

The Elders, also known as the Council of Elders or The Founders, were a council of powerful whitelighters who advised magical beings and also commanded the majority of whitelighters themselves.

History
Approximately 1000 BC, the Elders saw the Titans as a risk to the world and themselves. So they unleashed the powers of the Greek gods onto mortals, who were then able to use that power to imprison the Titans for millennia. ("Oh My Goddess! Part 1") Elders did forbid the marrige of Piper Halliwell And Leo White Which later on happend in seson 3.

Referred to as...
In the episode Secrets and Guys, Phoebe first learns about the Elders. Leo tells her about a "group of elder whitelighters" known as "the Founders." Prue and Piper learn about them in the episode Love Hurts when they also first found out about Leo being a whitelighter. They get called "Elders" more frequently starting with the episode Blinded by the Whitelighter. They are also called "The Powers That Be" in the episode Once Upon A Time.

Appendices

 * (Book of Shadows text:)

The Elders

 * Also known as the Founders, they are the highest
 * level of Whitelighter. The Elders control the
 * ranks of the guardian angels and keep track of
 * the good witches they protect. They are not all
 * knowing but they can aid with their vast wisdom.

Powers


Their powers are: Despite the fact that many Elders are former whitelighters (as a result of a form of promotion), many are witches or other magical beings who have become Elders due to their services for Good. An example of this is seen in Witches In Tights, where Kevin, a young witch, becomes an Elder after the death of Ramus who was killed earlier on and passed his powers on to the youth.
 * Invisibility
 * Lightning bolts
 * Telekinesis
 * Remote orbing
 * Orbing
 * Thought Projection (Kevin)
 * Memory Manipulation
 * Force fields
 * Healing
 * Glamouring
 * Hovering
 * Light Manipulation
 * Clairvoyance
 * Telepathy
 * Prescience
 * Force Field

Although believed that the Elders' powers are mental and not physical, many Elders possess powers like Lightning bolts. They can also mimic powers such as energyballs, but they don't have any effect as they don't actually posses it. Whitelighters can do this too like Nathalie did in Blinded by the Whitelighter while training with the Charmed Ones

Known Elders

 * Aramis
 * Jonas
 * Kevin
 * Odin
 * Roland
 * Sandra
 * Chris Halliwell (half Elder)

Former Elders

 * Leo Wyatt

Deceased Elders

 * Cecil
 * Gideon
 * Ramus
 * Zola