Hunter Caine

Hunter Caine^[5] was the son of Alastor and the older paternal half-brother of Parker Caine and Abigael Jameson-Caine. He was a shapeshifting demonic assassin tasked with collecting DNA from powerful witches, such as the Elders and the Charmed Ones.

He was vanquished by the combined efforts of the Vera-Vaughn Charmed Ones on May 5, 2019,^[6] as a part of his own father's plan to unleash the Harbinger of Hell (who inhabited Hunter's body) in order to raise the Source of All Evil.

Hunter was a member of the Caine Family.

History[]

Early life[]

An unknown number of years ago, Hunter was born to a powerful demon Alastor (known in the human world as Alistair Caine) and an unnamed demonic woman. It is not currently clear where Hunter's mother has gone or whether she is alive at the present time. However, he had been in contact with his dad for a long time and had carried out his assignments.

When the Vera-Vaughn Charmed Ones were constituted, Hunter and his younger half-brother were assigned various roles to help in their father's mission to raise the Source of All Evil and take out the Vera-Vaughn sisters.

Throughout the Series[]

Personality[]

Hunter seemed to have a sadistic and somewhat violent personality, showing contempt for people and their emotions. He took pleasure in desecrating Trip's grave and was completely ruthless in his attempts to kill Niko Hamada.

These negative qualities were strangely combined with his high degree of devotion to his father even when he was dissatisfied with him and a certain affection and care for his half-brother Parker. Nevertheless, it seems that Hunter was quite vindictive and vengeful, since after the betrayal of his brother and the months spent in Tartarus, he returned without a drop of pity for him and with pleasure deceived Parker into believing that he was the murderer of his mother and one of the fears of his then-girlfriend, Maggie.

Despite the generally accepted coldness and selfishness of demons, Hunter had a commitment to duty and paternal ambitions. This trait was strong enough to the point that Hunter was ready to do anything without hesitation, and even on the verge of death, he managed to do his job and kill Devorah Silver, who was considered the last Elder.

Physical Appearance[]

Hunter's human appearance was a tall, handsome white man who seemed to be in his twenties. He had brown hair and matching eyes.

It is not known what Hunter looked like in his demonic form. However, he had bright eyes that sparkled with white light.^[7]

Powers and Abilities[]

Powers[]

Basic Powers

• Spell Casting: The power to cast spells and perform rituals.

Active Powers

• Shapeshifting: The ability to copy another being's appearance. Hunter required DNA contact with a person's body before he could assume their form. He was able to transform his clothing, as well as his body. While transforming, his eyes would sometimes glow.
  • Voice Manipulation: The ability to alter one's voice. Hunter was able to mimic the voice of any person that he shapeshifted into. However, this does not account for accents, as shown when he very poorly imitated Harry Greenwood's manner of speaking in "Jingle Hell".
• Smoke Form: Hunter had the ability to change into and travel as a cloud of smoke. This smoke-like substance was capable of moving underground without showing any disruption to the soil. Combined with his supernatural speed, it created a similar effect to a short-range teleportation.
  • Flight: In smoke form, Hunter was able to defy gravity and propel himself in any direction at will.
• Supernatural Strength: Hunter was able to hurl an adult across a room with one hand, and to effortlessly snap a person's neck.
• Supernatural Speed (limited; possibly): Hunter was able to move in extreme speeds, as witnessed in "Jingle Hell" when he rushed to the priest, at the risk of going to Tartarus. Combined with his smoke form, it created a similar effect to a short-range teleportation.
• Supernatural Agility: The ability to be more agile than what is naturally possible. Hunter was able to jump back on his feet after he was knocked down. 
• Deflection: The ability to deviate magical attacks. Hunter used it to blow Mel's power back at her. After he returned from Tartarus, he was able to rather easily overpower and deflect an assault from numerous Elders at once.
• Mind Melding: The telepathic ability to meld one's mind with another being's in order to access the other's subconscious.^[8]

Passive Powers

• Magic Sense: The ability to detect magical energies. Hunter was able to sense the 'temporal shift' of the Vera-Vaughn Charmed Ones' spell to rewrite time, though he was unable to determine exactly what was changed.
• Resistance: Hunter was able to resist and break out of the temporal stasis of a Charmed One.
• Enhanced Durability: Hunter was able to survive lethal injuries, as he was merely weakened by the poison which was going to kill the mortal Niko.

Powers Granted by the Harbinger of Hell[]

While in Tartarus or shortly after his return, Hunter inhaled the Harbinger of Hell. In addition to augmenting his extant powers to the point he could overpower numerous Elders at once, the Harbinger granted Hunter the following powers:

• Immunity: Empowered by the Harbinger of Hell, Hunter became immune to temporal stasis.
• Smoking: Hunter had the ability to teleport through black smoke. It can be assumed that he obtained this power through the Harbinger of Hell, as he only displayed this ability after his return from Tartarus. It was likely an augmentation of his smoke form.
• Enhanced Durability: After he returned from Tartarus, his durability was improved and powered by the Harbinger, allowing him to withstand with ease a magical attack of four Elders at once. Through his smoke form, Hunter seemed generally unharmed after Mel cut him several times with her Double Blades. However, he wasn't able to recover from magical harm inflicted by Maggie's Empathic Staff, as it was used by all three sisters to channel the Power of Three through it.

Abilities[]

• Playing guitar: According to Parker, Hunter "can shred" a guitar.^[1] This means that Hunter is extremely good at it.

Relationships[]

Family[]

• Hunter and Alastor: Despite small discontent with each other, Alastor and Hunter have enough good relations and similarity in views. When Alastor learns that Hunter in Tartarus, he shows shock and anger about it.
• Hunter and Parker Caine: Hunter seems to cared for his half-brother, but Parker banished his brother to Tartarus to get rid of him, which may have put an end to their good relationship irrevocably. Now Hunter most likely hate Parker for his betrayal.

Appearances[]

Trivia[]

• Hunter is the only Shapeshifter to appear in the reboot. In the original series, the first Shapeshifter was Marshall.
• Hunter is Alastor's only child whose mother is unknown.
• Since Shapeshifters are a particular type of demons, it is unclear how Hunter became one of these type when his father Alastor was not a Shapeshifter. It could be possible that Hunter had inherited his mother's type, as he was a full demon and thus had two demonic parents. Another possibility is that Alastor had Shapeshifter ancestors and, even though he wasn't one of them, he passed their genes on to his son. However, it is also possible that, like witches, demons might have individual powers that do not all stem from their bloodlines, and thus, like witches, Hunter may be categorized by his shapeshifting power, similarly to how "empaths" and "time witches" are called such because of their respective powers.
• Hunter's ability to turn into smoke is similar to how the demons in the TV show Supernatural appear outside of hell. However, unlike Hunter, they cannot take a human form on Earth, which forces them to possess people.
• While Fiona Callahan, Harry Greenwood and even Maggie Vera were left in a weakened state from their time imprisoned in Tartarus — with Fiona even requiring a Restoration Ritual, Hunter somehow returned from his imprisonment seemingly unfazed and even more powerful. This was left unexplained until "Red Rain" where it's learned that he had merged with the Harbinger of Hell.
• Hunter is the only demon in the Caine family who hasn't shown to have a demon form.
• It seems that he also had a thing for ball gags^[9] like his father.^[10]

Quotes[]

Gallery[]

• Gallery

First mention of him

First appearance

His smoke form

His shapeshifting

Hunter as nurse Cheryl

With his dad and his half-brother

Hunter as Macy Vaughn

Demonic eyes in Macy's form

Hunter as Harry Greenwood

Hunter as Maggie Vera

Crows attack

Hunter returns

Hunter as Julia Wagner

Hunter and his dad

Hunter deflecting the Elders' energy beams

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