Gideon (Charmed)

Infobox Charmed Character


Title=Gideon
First=The Legend of Sleepy Halliwell
Last=It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World (Part 2)
Creator=Brad Kern
Name=Gideon
Kind=Elder
Affiliation=The Charmed Ones, Magic School, Leo Wyatt, Barbas
Family=unknown
Powers= As an Elder, Gideon possesses a number of powers, such as:
* Orbing (purple)
* Healing
* Sensing
* Telekinesis
* Invisibility
* Telekinetic Orbing
* Molecular dispersion
* Conjuration
* Telepathy
* Energy balls
* Control over specific items, such as the Ronyx crystalAlso, Gideon possessed a high intellect and considerable influence in the demonic world.
Actor=Gildart Jackson

Gideon is a fictional character on the television show "Charmed".

Character's background

Gideon is one of the most powerful Elders and the headmaster of Magic School,cite episode|episodelink=The Legend of Sleepy Halliwell|title=The Legend of Sleepy Halliwell|series=Charmed|serieslink=Charmed|airdate=2004-02-08|network=The WB Television Network|season=6|number=14] , an institution where young magical beings learn magic. He is also Leo's mentor; Paige even complimentarily refers to Gideon as Obi-Wan Kenobi.

He originally pushes for the Elders to allow Piper Halliwell and Leo Wyatt to marry, but once Wyatt is born, Gideon's attitude toward the couple changes drastically. He fears that Wyatt's vast powers will turn him evil and become an unstoppable threat. His belief is only strengthened by Adult Chris' arrival from a future where Wyatt is the king of evil and ruthlessly rules over the entire world. With this new "evidence", Gideon vows to "correct" the mistake of allowing Wyatt to be born.

Gaining the sisters' confidence, Gideon uses his position as a friend of the family to get close to Wyatt as he plots to destroy "the threat". He even hires a team of darklighters to get Leo out of the way. [cite episode|episodelink=The Courtship of Wyatt's Father|title=The Courtship of Wyatt's Father|series=Charmed|serieslink=Charmed|airdate=2004-02-22|network=The WB Television Network|season=6|number=16] However, his efforts are slowed often by the very thing that seems to confirm his fears about Wyatt: Chris. The young half witch/whitelighter is determined to find and stop the person or persons responsible for his brother turning evil, causing Gideon to tread lightly around him.

When the Charmed Ones nearly catch onto his plans, he conspires with demons who run a gameshow where demons kill witches and steal their powers for their own gain. He has the hosts and their henchmen attack the sisters, Leo and Chris in hopes of leading them off his trail, which works temporarily. This "for the greater good" leads to the deaths of around twenty innocent witches. He also attempted to kill Elder Sandra when she nearly discovered his plot.

Through a magic mirror, Gideon communicates with his evil counterpart in a parallel dimension to distract both the good and evil Charmed Ones so that he might kill Wyatt.cite episode|episodelink=It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World (Part 2)|title=It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World (Part 2)|series=Charmed|serieslink=Charmed|airdate=2004-05-16|network=The WB Television Network|season=6|number=23] Realizing Gideon is the one after Wyatt, the sisters, Leo and Chris are able to stop him, but not for long. Conspiring with Barbas who uses his powers to distract the sisters and Leo, Gideon manages to kidnap Wyatt, killing Chris in the process.

Grief stricken by his son's death, Leo tracks Gideon down in the Underworld and kills him just as the Elder is about to kill Wyatt. As he dies, Gideon curses Leo, saying that he doesn't realize what he has done and that Wyatt must die "to save the future." Leo immediatly counters that it's because of Gideon kidnapping, keeping him away from his family and attempting to kill him constantly is what turns Wyatt evil in the first place.

According to Barbas his greatest fear was that someone discovered that it was him who was after Wyatt, probably because his affiliation with demons and darklighters would bring the end of Magic School, his career as an Elder and his life.

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