Major Villains in Charmed - Season 5

Season 5

Cole Turner (portrayed by Julian McMahon). As Cole is a demon with a soul, his vanquishment sends him to a demonic Wasteland, but alive (as opposed to being turned into a concentration of energy like other demons). He learns to capture the vanquished demons' powers and returns to the real world in Season 4 finale. He resurfaces when Phoebe is filing for divorce. While Phoebe still loves Cole, she wants him to stay as far away as possible. Then the Avatars, powerful beings beyond good and evil, find him. When Cole refused to join them, they give him immortality against his own will. Eventually his loneliness and Phoebe's continued rejections drive Cole insane. After some time spent self-pitying, Cole finally attacks the Halliwells, first by using the law and sending Paige to prison, so he can get their Manor and get to the Nexus, then by an Avatar and changing the reality to the one wherein Paige never came along. Paige manages to get to this reality, as well, and find Piper and Phoebe and together, and they vanquish Cole, who in this reality is no longer immortal as he possesses the powers of Belthazor. As such, he is vulnerable to the original vanquishing potion and the alternate Phoebe vanquishes him for good with it.

Cole later is seen in the season 7 episode, "The Seven Year Witch", trapped forever in Limbo as a punishment for his past deeds. However, he seems to have grown to regret his evil ways and secretly helps Phoebe regain trust in love and helps Piper reunite with Leo.

The Crone (portrayed by Grace Zabriskie). She is the ancient, demonic foreseer who is the first demon in the entire series to go after Piper and Leo's child, Wyatt. Unlike most demons in the series, The Crone never had any personal intentions towards the Charmed Ones. Her only intentions were to kidnap baby Wyatt, not to harm him, but in order to lay hands on him to gain a foresight in his future. She first appears in the episode Baby's First Demon where she is shown to be in control over a demonic market run by demons and warlocks. She sends numerous demons to go after Wyatt, but fails at these attempts. The Crone blames the unsuccessful attempts to kidnap the baby on one of the demons at the market and she vanquishes him after causing Phoebe and Piper to go after his alerts and cause destruction in the demonic market. The Crone makes her second appearance in the episode Sense and Sense Ability where she weakens the Charmed Ones' senses with the aid of a totem monkey of See No Evil, Hear No Evil, and Speak No Evil. She tricks Wyatt into believing she is one of the family, therefore, succeeds into gaining a premonition, only to be caught seconds later by Piper, Phoebe and Paige. The Crone, amazed by Wyatt's incredible and destructible abilities, is vanquished by the Charmed Ones, who gain their senses back.