Season 4
The Source of All Evil (portrayed by Ben Guillory, then by Peter Woodward and once by Alastair Duncan) and The Oracle (portrayed by Krista Allen). The Source is the master of the Underworld. His face is mostly hidden, so only a few have seen it. After having Prue killed by his assassin, Shax, in the last season's finale, he tries to make Paige turn evil, but fails. He later tries to make Piper give up the Charmed Ones' powers by making her believe the real world is just a delusion. When Cole and Leo try to save her, the Oracle takes Cole's fireball, destined for the Source, and dies. Cole also injures the Source, which has to pull back to recover. The Source eventually attacks, at full strength, using an ancient artifact known as The Hollow, but a demon, named the Seer, helps the Charmed Ones take him out. The Source's true face is revealed in the process, he is half-faced. As the Seer is leaving, she advises that the Source's powers went to "the void".
The half-faced demon later appears in the season 8 episode, "Desperate Housewitches", summoned by a demon, and is sent back to the Wasteland after the summoner dies.
Cole Turner/The Source of All Evil (portrayed by Julian McMahon), The Seer (portrayed by Debbi Morgan) and The Source's unborn heir . The aforementioned void is in Cole, after Phoebe finally gets Belthazor out of him. Cole has to associate himself with the Seer as the Source's growing powers take control over him. While Cole still wants to marry Phoebe, the Source inside of him turns the union in a new direction; Phoebe unknowingly marries Cole in a dark ceremony after he sabotages the traditional one, at a church. After another dark ritual, Cole impregnates Phoebe with an evil child. Paige is the first sister to realize Cole is evil, and Phoebe and Piper learn it when Phoebe joins Cole to become his queen. Cole is eventually officially crowned as the Source and Phoebe is named his queen, but as she plays double agent and had to choose a side, she finally chooses good and the Halliwells vanquish Cole. After Cole's vanquishment, the Seer takes Phoebe's unborn child into her womb, proclaiming herself the bearer of the Source's heir. During the coronation, the unborn child's powers become uncontrollable, and everyone present at the coronation, save the Halliwells, is vanquished, including the Seer.
The Seer later reappears in the season 5 episode, "Centennial Charmed", in an alternate reality.
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