List of W.I.T.C.H. characters

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The following is a list of characters in the W.I.T.C.H. comic books. The series follows five teenage girls who possess magical powers over the five elements of nature. [1] [2] [3] The main cast are at least the second generation of Guardians of Kandrakar. [4] [5]

Contents

Main characters

The main characters all serve as Guardians of Kandrakar. They live in the fictional town of Heatherfield. [6] [7]

Secondary characters

Boys

The Council of Kandrakar

A few members of the Council of Kandrakar are human, such as Yan Lin, but the others are aliens.[ citation needed ]

Minor Members

  • Bolgo – An elfin old man who plans strategy during the final battle against Phobos. He also discusses the Oracle's decision to simply wait and see "how events unfold" with other Council members, including Luba and Althor.
  • Althor – An old man who resembles an elf or a dwarf who first appears asking the Oracle who should be the new Guardians. He also participants in the battle against Phobos.
  • As-Sharwa – One of the oldest and wisest of Kandrakar and the elected Voice of the Congregation. He has an elongated forehead tattooed with mystical runes, long gray hair and wrinkles. Representing the Council, he informs the Oracle that the Congregation does not wish to use the destructive power of the Resonance to counteract Nerissa's attacks on Kandrakar. Below his chin is a device that might be a speech translator.

The Board of Northern Lords

Former Guardians of the Veil

The original five Guardians of the Veil many decades before W.I.T.C.H. Their first initials make up the word C.H.Y.K.N. (pronounced "Chicken"):

Villains

Part I Villains

Part II Villains

Part III Villains

Part IV Villains

Part V Villains

Part VI Villains

Part VII Villains

Part VIII Villains

Part IX Villains

Part X Villains

Other characters

Recurring characters

Other characters

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