<div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Whitelighters</span></span><br/><br/><strong>Information taken from the Charmed Wikia (http://charmed.wikia.com/wiki/Whitelighter).  Se the Wikia page for more information on powers/etc.</strong></div><br/>A Whitelighter is a special type of guardian angel who protects and guides good witches or future Whitelighters to protect and nurture them for their intended destiny. The Whitelighters are hired to guide charges by the Elders, although, sometimes it happens unintentionally.<br/><br/>They watch over their charges, given by the Elders and intervene when necessary to help them along their path and keep them safe; they can also be called by their charges. They can constantly hear the lives of their charges in their heads, and if one of them calls their Whitelighter's name, they can usually show up at a moment's notice. They also serve as messengers between witches and the Elders.<br/><br/>Leo has stated that a Whitelighter is connected to their charge naturally, and the Elders don't always assign them.<br/><br/>Whitelighters are people who were previously somehow connected to the magical world or who were generally good people that have died. They are given the choice to become Whitelighters or either move on to the afterlife.<br/><br/>If they do choose to become one, then, they are given the powers of a Whitelighter. Their bodies are replicas of their former human bodies, but are composed of orbs which are described as white lights that have a healing sense to them. If struck by a power that would usually kill a mortal like an energy ball or molecular combustion, their bodies will explode into orbs then reform relatively unharmed; they can, however, be knocked unconscious. After becoming a Whitelighter, the person's DNA will have a triple helix like that of witches and demons, not just two like mortals.<br/><br/>Though the two species are capable of interbreeding, Whitelighters are not normally allowed to have romantic relationships with witches, as it is deemed to be too complicated and dangerous by the Elders. There are several half-Whitelighters due to this rule being broken or lifted in special circumstances by the Elders. The eight known half-Whitelighters are Simon Marks, Paige Matthews, Wyatt Halliwell, Chris Halliwell, Melinda Halliwell, Tamora Mitchell, Kat Mitchell and Matthew Halliwell. The first four of them, display most of the abilities of a Whitelighter. Wyatt is able to heal, and when Paige was new to her powers, she could channel Leo's power of healing through her. When Paige got more experienced with her powers, by the 8th season, she gains the ability to heal by herself after experiencing a strong sense of love which is the trigger to healing someone.<br/><br/>Because they are pacifists, Whitelighters traditionally avoid fighting, except when desperately needed to protect their charges, but are absolutely not allowed to kill. Leo tries to force Chris into a hearing with the Elders after he suspects that Chris killed two warriors in Valhalla, and Leo, himself, brings balance back into the world of magic by doing a "Great Evil" in killing Gideon. Despite this rule, Leo has killed a few times as the Charmed Ones Whitelighter: while they were trapped in the past, he vanquished the Grimlocks, however, the Elders may have let that one go as he was all that was there at the time and had no choice and he vanquished the Siren. That one he personally did with Piper's molecular combustion power, but, at the time, he had no choice as Piper had his powers and they didn't have another method. He also aided the sisters in several vanquishes, not vanquishing demons himself, but usually aiding in some manner. In one instance, Leo teamed up with Cole and due to his lacking his own offensive powers and Cole unconscious, Leo was directly responsible for a demon vanquish by tricking another one into vanquishing his partner.<br/><br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Darklighters</span></span><br/><br/><strong>Information taken from the Charmed Wikia (http://charmed.wikia.com/wiki/Darklighters).  Se the Wikia page for more information on powers/types/etc.</strong></div><br/>Darklighters are the evil counterparts to Whitelighters. The primary goal of all Darklighters is to kill Whitelighters with their poisoned arrows in order to make witches more vulnerable to evil attack as well as to kill mortals destined to become whitelighters. In addition, Darklighters often work as hired guns or mercenaries to Upper-Level Demons and Powers. Darklighters can teleport from place to place by orbing, as Whitelighters can, but their orb effects are black in color. Their ability was once called Black Orbing. They also come equipped with crossbows, which they can summon into their hands at any time. Their powers are triggered by hate.<br/>Leo as a Darklighter<br/><br/>The Darklighter crossbow arrows are coated with a special type of poison that is especially lethal to Whitelighters. Some Darklighters also possess the touch of death, a power triggered by hate and focused through their hands - in contrast to a Whitelighter's ability to heal others. Similar to Whitelighters, Darklighters also possess the ability to sense another magical being's presence through a magical form of telepathy. Hence they can locate a Whitelighter anywhere on the globe by merely concentrating.<br/><br/>Besides the standard "assassin" type of Darklighter, who strive to kill current Whitelighters to leave their charges vulnerable or to kill future Whitelighters before they can earn their wings, there are four other known types of Darklighters.<br/><br/><br/><br/>