Piper Halliwell

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Chris Halliwell

Melinda Halliwell|family=Allen Halliwell (Grandfather) †

Penny Halliwell (Grandmother) †

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Matthew Halliwell (Grandson; via Chris Halliwell)

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Phoebe Halliwell (Sister)

Paige Matthews (Half-Sister)|parents=Patty Halliwell (Mother) †

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Allen Trudeau (Nephew)

Penelope Trudeau (Niece)

Preston Turner (Nephew)

PJ Halliwell (Niece)

Parker Halliwell (Niece)

Peyton Halliwell (Niece)

Henry Mitchell Jr (Nephew)

Katrina Mitchell (Niece)

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Alistair Trudeau (Great Nephew; via Andrew Trudeau)

Alaric Trudeau (Great Nephew; via Allen Trudeau)

Paisley Trudeau (Great Niece; via Allen Trudeau)

Poppy Trudeau (Great Niece; via Penelope Trudeau)

Patricia Trudeau (Great Niece; via Andrew Trudeau)

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Piper Halliwell is the second oldest Charmed One, younger sister of Prue, older sister of Phoebe and older maternal half-sister of Paige Matthews. She is the mother of Wyatt, Chris, and Melinda Halliwell. Piper is the second-born of Patty Halliwell and Victor Bennett. She is also the wife of Leo Wyatt.

After the death of Prue, Piper is considered to be the most powerful of the three sisters. Her powers work through the manipulation of molecules: slowing them down to the point where things freeze, and speeding them up to either induce heat or cause explosions. Besides this, she possesses the basic powers of a witch: casting spells, brewing potions, scrying for lost objects or people, and divining for information. Furthermore, Piper can access The Power of Three, the collective power of the Charmed Ones.

Piper works as a chef in her own restaurant, which she named Halliwell's, a nod to her family. She opened the restaurant in 2008 after she closed down her nightclub, P3.

Biography
Piper was born August 7, 1973 by Patty Halliwell and Victor Bennett. Her mother died when Piper was a child. Her father Victor initially remained part of the life of his daughters, but he left his family permanently after a demonic attack on Piper's fifth birthday, so Piper and her sisters were raised by their grandmother, and as they quarreled a lot, Penny erased all their magic-related memories, and blocked their powers. Piper was not as popular as her sisters in high school, and after graduation, she studied at home; this and her kind and thoughtful nature made her very close to her grandmother. Eventually, she graduated and became a bank accountant even though she wanted to be a chef.

When Phoebe returned from New York she cast a spell that unlocked their powers. Initially Piper didn't believe she was a witch, but soon she had to surrender to the evidence, and she was confused and scared. Some time later she decided to open a nightclub seeing it as a safer investment than a restaurant, despite her dream of having one. In the end, thanks to the financial help of her sisters, she opened the P3 which for years would have been the source of income for the family.

Some time later the sisters were assigned Leo Wyatt as Whitelighter, and soon he and Piper fell in love. Their relationship was very tormented, because the Whitelighters are forbidden to have relations with their offices. This brought the two to various breaks, until the Elders gave them the consent to marry, seeing that their relationship did not prevent them from working together effectively.

During their third year as witches, Prue was killed by the demon Shax, and her loss had a devastating effect on Piper. Things got even worse when, immediately after the death of Prue, Piper and Phoebe discovered the existence of their half-sister Paige. Piper had difficulty accepting her in the family, and this combined with anger over Prue's death turned her into a Fury. In the end, however, she returned to normal thanks to Paige's help.

Piper suffered another shock when Phoebe became the Queen of the Underworld, to stand beside her husband Cole who had become the Source. Piper prepared to eliminate her preferring to see her dead rather than evil, but in the end Paige was able to convince her that Phoebe could still be saved. Realizing that killing Cole could bring Phoebe back, Piper, Paige and Leo went to their attic and faced Cole. Just as Cole was about to kill her sisters, Phoebe joined them and eliminated Cole despite loving him.

After many unsuccessful attempts, Piper became pregnant, but her was a very difficult pregnancy: in addition to the normal problems of a pregnant woman, Piper had to manage the growing powers of the baby. Initially Piper stopped fighting during pregnancy; she then used the child's powers that made her invincible, but an illness forced her to retire again. Eventually to the surprise of the whole family, Piper gave birth to a boy.

Shortly thereafter Piper and Leo had to separate again, when the second became an Elder. Despite this, Piper allowed him to continue seeing Wyatt, and while they were prisoners in limbo the two conceived their second son Chris, of whom an adult version had come from the future, pretending to be Piper's new Whitelighter, to prevent Wyatt from becoming evil.

The second birth was very difficult and the adult version of Chris was killed by Gideon. Leo killed the latter but taking advantage of his mood, the Avatars deceived him and made him one of them. Initially Piper was horrified, but she and her sisters eventually let themselves be cheated, and helped the Avatars to create Utopia, a world free from the battle between good and evil, in which, however, free will had disappeared. Thanks to the sacrifice of Leo Piper and her sisters, they came to life and forced the Avatars to return everything to normal and Leo came back to life, also returning to being an elder.

The other elders then decreed that Leo had to decide once and for all between them and his family, so they erased his memory and subjected him to a test, the outcome of which would determine his destiny. Piper meanwhile ended up in a coma because of a demon attack, and found herself stuck in the Cosmic Void, where she unexpectedly runs into Cole who helps her out. Waking up from a coma Piper called Leo, who regained his memory, and renounced being an elder to rejoin his wife and children.

Some time later the sisters had to face Zankou a powerful and extremely intelligent demon, who managed to weaken their bond, absorb the powers of Piper and Phoebe, and steal the Book of Shadows. To defeat him, the sisters were forced to make him absorb the Nexus, and to banish him with a spell by eliminating Zankou in the process. After these events, the sisters decided to give up the magic and live the normal life that Piper had always wanted, and they would use the magic to give themselves and Leo another aspect, pretending their death.

Some time later the sisters met a young witch named Billie Jenkins, and decided to have her transferred to their home and trained. Over time Billie got very close to the sisters who eventually decided to take back their old identities.

Some time later Billie managed to find her sister Christy who had been kidnapped by the Triad as a child, and held captive in the Underworld ever since. Billie, as well as Piper and her sisters did everything possible to try to re-educate her, but unfortunately, Christy had been led to believe that the Charmed Ones were evil and that it was her duty to eliminate them, and after the death of their parents, she also managed to persuade her sister of it.

Christy and Billie decided to summon The Hollow and absorb Wyatt's powers, but Nomed a demon who wanted to overthrow the Triad to make room for a new generation of demons informed, the Halliwells of their plan. Eventually, both sets of sisters summoned a part of The Hollow and the ensuing battle destroyed the manor and cost Christy, Phoebe and Paige lives.

Both Piper and Billie traveled back in time to prevent these events from happening but eventually Billie discovered Christy's true nature, and returned to the Halliwells side, and when Christy came to attack Billie the latter was forced to defend herself, killing Christy.

Physical Appearance
She has long brown hair and brown eyes and fair skin. She tends to wear more professional clothes unless she is working at her restaurant then she wears her chef's uniform.

Personality
Piper is described as the kindest, most caring, and maternal of the four sisters. Also, she can be very sarcastic and quick-witted. Over the years, Piper grew from the meek, shy, and very much arbiter middle sister, to a confident, charge-taking, quite comedic cynical woman. Piper was often described as the glue that holds the family together.

When it comes to magic, Piper hates the constant demonic attacks and her sacrifice of a normal life. However, Piper knew that being a witch was a part of who she was and came to cherish it in time. Realizing that she would not be able to save innocents without her powers, Piper accepted her destiny as a Charmed One.

Over the years Piper has been known to have a temper and it has been fairly evident on many occasions such as blowing up Leo. A very notable moment was when she blew up her bedroom door after a heated argument. Gideon has even mentioned that her temper is worse when she was pregnant.

She still freezes the people in her restaurant when she gets stressed and overwhemled.

Basic Powers

 * Spell Casting: The ability to cast spells and perform rituals.
 * Potion Making: The ability to brew magical potions.
 * Scrying: The ability to locate beings or objects with a crystal and a map.

Active Powers

 * Molecular Immobilization: The ability to slow down molecules to the point where the object or being in question stops moving, making it seem as if time is frozen. Piper had great control over her power and could 'freeze' with extreme precision, such as only freezing innocents or freezing certain body parts.
 * Molecular Combustion: The ability to speed up molecules to the point where they combust, thus causing the object or being in question to explode. With some experience, Piper mastered her power and could vanquish powerful demons, deviate attacks and use controlled explosions to create fire.

Passive Powers

 * High Resistance: The ability to be highly resistant to physical and magical harm.

Notes & Trivia

 * Piper's blood type is AB-