Charmcaster

Charmcaster, also known as Hope, is a powerful human sorceress and a recurring villain in the Ben 10 franchise as the niece and former apprentice of Hex.

Charmcaster was born on Zoraster,a location in Legerdomain, her true name being Hope. Her father, Spellbinder, was at war with Addwaitya at the time, and helped her and his brother Hex escape safely to Earth, but failed in battle and was murdered by Addwaitya.

Growing up, Charmcaster had always dreamed of becoming a great sorceress.

Charmcaster is a complex person who had a difficult time growing up without the guidance of her father and being the target of bullies. Her only role model was her uncle Hex, which had caused her to develop a delinquent attitude and a lust for power.

To compensate for her insecurities, Charmcaster acts very arrogantly and ego-driven, striving to prove her superiority over others, Gwen above all, whose magical talents and power she is highly jealous of. She also holds resentment towards Gwen for stealing her spellbook.

Despite her faults, Charmcaster can be friendly and sociable when she feels like it. This was especially seen when she teamed up with Ben's team in Legerdomain and Anur Transyl. She also showed that she has some morals when she saved a person from being hit by a truck while in disguised as Caroline. In the latter instance, she had also relaxed and had more of a sense of humor than before, only dropping it when under the influence of the Alpha Rune's power. She can also be petty when she feels like it

She has been shown to miss her father dearly, going so far as to sacrifice 600,000 souls in Legerdomain (including those of Ben, Gwen, and Kevin) to bring him back to life. And although she succeeded, her father was horrified at the lengths she had gone to in order to bring him back. After telling his daughter that he loved her, he faded away, making the ritual null and void and returning all souls back to where they belonged. Charmcaster broke down crying, not knowing what to do with her life now.

Like her uncle, Hex, Charmcaster depends on magic to fight. Charmcaster is highly skilled in various magical and mystical spells.

Similar to Gwen, Charmcaster can control the manna around her but she does so using spells and incantations. She uses her power to conjure and control a small army of Rock Monsters. She can also levitate, perform telekinesis, teleport, animate objects like she did with the Mr. Smoothy mascot open portals either for viewing or transport, manipulate the elements, and transform herself into a dragon. Charmcaster can alter her appearance, such as when she assumed the form of Caroline. When Charmcaster kissed Kevin, she induced him into some sort of hypnotic trance where she apparently had full control and was able to influence his subconscious mind. This indicates that she is capable of mind control.

Charmcaster's manna has a lightning-like effect and is colored white. An interesting fact is that when creating magical attacks, the large sphere that forms on her hand is atom shaped as two thin rings can be seen.

Charmcaster has a magic bag from which she can draw all manner of magical mystical items, such as magical explosives in shades of glowing purple, throwing purple glowing blades, or even a variety of clay animals which she can magically enlarge and animate to do her bidding. Charmcaster has developed the ability to merge with her Rock Monsters to create a secondary armored form, that retains the stone texture and color of her creatures

Although small, the bag seems to have something of a pocket dimension inside-basically a magic satchel-allowing Charmcaster to store a wide variety things within it that logically should not fit. At one point, it produces the Staff of Ages, an item that is at least four feet tall. The bag also appears to have some degree of sentience, as it found its way back to Charmcaster under its own power.

Charmcaster possessed a miniature dark purple and gold-striped spellbook hidden in her coat until Gwen took it as a keepsake.

When Charmcaster took over and ruled Legerdomain. She possessed the Alpha Rune, the most powerful magical artifact ever. With it she was strong enough to defeat Addwaitya, Gwen, Kevin and Ben easily, and While she still had godlike power over the realm, she had stopped visibly wearing the Alpha Rune. the Alpha Rune also serves as a kind of stabilizer for the realm of Legerdomain, as removing it from the realm or removing part of its power can cause the terrain to become unstable and crumble. Since the Alpha Rune also possesses the true name of magic, the one who wields it has power over magic itself and control over the realm of magic itself.

She once dated Michael Morningstar, or “Darkstar” as some refer to him as, but that relationship was cut short lived when Hope discovered he was only just using her for her manna and only wanted Gwen, which resulted in her taking back her manna from him and forcefully evicting him out of Ledgerdomain.

Appearance:

• Silver-white hair, combed over, covering right eye.

• dark purple eyes

• Black choker around neck.

• Silver necklace worn.

• Black top with purple coat.

• Magenta skirt.

• Grey leggings.

• Black boots.