Ronald Galvez was a spirit who haunted a local college in San Francisco. He appears only in the novel Haunted by Desire.
History[]
Earlier life[]
Ronald was a reputed bad boy in the 1950's. He was in a relationship with Betty Warren, but because the girl came from a wealthy family, their love was forbidden. Betty and Ronald planned to elope on Halloween together. Betty's best friend, Charlotte Logan, found out about their elopement and, overcome with jealousy, set out to stop them. She attacked Betty, then struggled for the knife with Ronald and then stabbed herself to frame him. Ronald ran away in fear, but the police found him and shot him dead that same night. Because of this, he was framed for the murder. Ronald and Charlotte's spirits remained on the campus for the next forty years.
Unbeknownst to them, Betty survived, moved away and renamed herself "Marjorie Yarnell". She had suffered amnesia and thus unable to recall what happened that night.
Encountering the Charmed Ones[]
In 2000, Phoebe Halliwell, a young witch, started seeing Charlotte's spirit and assumed her to be an innocent ghost, and tried to free her. Charlotte told her the story about how there was a murderer who had framed Ronald for the act and convinced her to help. Fearing for her life, Ronald tried to stop them from repeating history, going as far as to feign attacking her with a knife to scare her off. But he was thwarted at every turn. However, the Charmed Ones' combined efforts and Betty's return finally stopped Charlotte's evil plot, and cleared Ronald's name. Ronald and Betty had a brief reunion before he moved on to the afterlife.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Active Powers
- Corporealization: The ability to make one's incorporeal body tangible and able to interact with the world. Ronald was only able to touch objects.
- Other Powers
- Floating: The ability to float in midair.
- Invisibility: The ability to make onself unable to be seen by the naked eye.
- Intangibility: The ability make oneself unable to touch physical matter.
Appearances[]
Ronald Galvez appeared in a total of 1 non-canonical novel throughout the franchise.
| Charmed Novels | |||||
| #01 | "The Power of Three" | #16 | "Shadow of the Sphinx" | #31 | "Picture Perfect" |
| #02 | "Kiss of Darkness" | #17 | "Something Wiccan This Way Comes" | #32 | "Demon Doppelgangers" |
| #03 | "The Crimson Spell" | #18 | "Mist and Stone" | #33 | "Hurricane Hex" |
| #04 | "Whispers from the Past" | #19 | "Mirror Image" | #34 | "As Puck Would Have It" |
| #05 | "Voodoo Moon" | #20 | "Between Worlds" | #35 | "Sweet Talkin' Demon" |
| #06 | "Haunted by Desire" | #21 | "Truth and Consequences" | #36 | "Light of the World" |
| #07 | "The Gypsy Enchantment" | #22 | "Luck Be a Lady" | #37 | "House of Shards" |
| #08 | "The Legacy of Merlin" | #23 | "Inherit the Witch" | #38 | "Phoebe Who?" |
| #09 | "Soul of the Bride" | #24 | "A Tale of Two Pipers" | #39 | "High Spirits" |
| #10 | "Beware What You Wish" | #25 | "The Brewing Storm" | #40 | "Leo Rising" |
| #11 | "Charmed Again" | #26 | "Survival of the Fittest" | #41 | "Trickery Treat" |
| #12 | "Spirit of the Wolf" | #27 | "Pied Piper" | ||
| #13 | "Garden of Evil" | #28 | "Mystic Knoll" | ||
| #14 | "Date with Death" | #29 | "Changeling Places" | ||
| #15 | "Dark Vengeance" | #30 | "The Queen's Curse" | ||