Dantalian

Dantalian was a powerful Dark Priestess and a reluctant servant to the Source of All Evil. Tired of her position and granting power to others, she manipulated the warlock Zile into doing her bidding. She succeeded in turning the Book of Shadows as well as the Charmed Ones temporarily evil.

History
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Early Life
For many years, Dantalian worked for other demons, specializing in wedding ceremonies that joined two evil beings in unholy matrimony.

Season 4
In What Lies Inside a Charmed One's Heart, the Dark Priestess Damonica was preparing a dark binding for Melinda Halliwell and Liam Thomas. While doing this, she mentioned Dantalian to Ruby and said that she had been a good mentor and it was a shame she had been vanquished. Ruby then said to Damonica that the binding was her chance for revenge.

Powers and Abilities
Basic Powers Active Powers Other Powers
 * Spell Casting: The ability to cast spells and perform rituals. Through this, Dantalian was able to perform the Dark Binding ritual and place both Zile and Prue under her hypnotic control.
 * Potion Making: The ability to brew magical potions.
 * Fading: An energy based form of teleportation. Dantalian teleported by fading like a shadow.
 * Apportation: The ability to transport objects from one location to another.
 * Sensing: The ability to sense the location of other magical beings.
 * Cloaking: The ability to shield one's presence from the forces of Good.
 * High Resistance: The ability to be highly resistant to physical and magical harm.
 * Immortality: The ability to possess an infinite lifespan and an arrested aging process.

Notes and Trivia
males tired of serving male demons, who tried manipulating others to gain power.
 * Dantalian was the first evil being to successfully get the Book of Shadows out of the house.
 * Dantalian is an alternate name to Dantalion, a Great Duke of Hell with thirty-six legions of demons under his command, as described in the Ars Goetia, the first section of The Lesser Key of Solomon. Other names taken from this are Andras, Barbas, Shax and Asmodeus.
 * Dantalian is one of the few evil beings that has been seen by all four sisters, even though Paige only saw her in a flashback. Other evil beings that four sisters have seen include Shax, Barbas, and Cole.
 * Dantalian shares some similarities to Zira. Both were Asian fe