Melinda Halliwell

Melinda Victoria Halliwell is a main character in The Halliwell Diaries series. Melinda is a Whitelighter-Witch, the youngest child of Piper Halliwell and Leo Wyatt, the younger sister of Wyatt and Chris Halliwell, older cousin of Tamora and Kat Mitchell, P.J. Halliwell, Parker Halliwell, Henry Mitchell Jr., Peyton Halliwell, and third oldest of the Children of the Charmed Ones. She belongs to the Halliwell branch of the Warren Line.

Being a Whitelighter-Witch like her brothers, Melinda has the basic powers of a Witch and few abilities of a Whitelighter. As a Witch she has the ability to cast spells, brew potions, and scry for lost objects and people. As a Whitelighter, she has the ability to Orb. Her powers include Telekinetic Orbing and Hovering.

Coming Into Her Powers
Melinda came into her powers about a year after her birth. Her mother was cooking in the kitchen whilst holding Melinda when the baby "conjured" a couple of potion bottles above her mother's soup, causing the soup to create vines that attacked her as well as her mother. Melinda enjoyed the spectacle, but Piper, after unsuccessfully trying to cut the vines, had to call in the help of her two sons Wyatt and Chris to help her.

Becoming Twice-Blessed
Being that Leo was mortal when Melinda was conceived, everyone was shocked to discover that she miraculously had the power of telekinetic orbing. Leo goes to The Heavens with Paige to question The Elders. There, they are approached by newly appointed Elder, Kyle Brody, who informs them that since Leo was a Whitelighter for so long, his magical abilities became ingrained within his DNA despite his being mortal, passing those genes onto Melinda.

Death of the Charmed Ones
Melinda was a young adult when her mother and aunts went up against the new Source of All Evil, and were killed in battle while vanquishing him. Together, with her brothers and cousins, they held a proper funeral and wake for the Charmed Ones and said a final goodbye when their spirits came to them, assuring them that they were at peace and everything was fine.

Moving
After the deaths of Piper, Phoebe, and Paige, and the knowledge from Phoebe's last premonition of Kennedy, Kenzie, and Kassandra becoming the New Charmed Ones, Melinda decided to put things in motion to open a new Halliwell's restaurant in Mystic Falls, Virginia to give a reason to move there.

Awakening the New Charmed Ones
After living in Mystic Falls for the summer and getting settled in, Melinda drops her nieces off for their first day of high school at Mystic Falls High. She then meets with inspectors for the finals inspections at her new Halliwell's before the grand opening. Later, she summons the spirit of her great-grandmother, Penelope "Penny" Halliwell, and discusses the ceremony for passing on the Charmed Powers to Kennedy, Kenzie, and Kassandra. {"Pilot"}

Basic Powers

 * Spell Casting: The ability to cast spells and perform rituals.
 * Potion Brewing: The ability to brew potions.
 * Scrying: The ability to locate a person or object by the use of a scrying crystal, a map, and sometimes other tools.
 * Mediumship: The ability to see and commune with spirits of the dead.

Active Powers

 * Telekinetic Orbing: The ability to transport objects with the use of orbs.
 * Remote Orbing: The ability to orb other people from one place to another.

Whitelighter Powers

 * Hovering: The ability to rise a few feet in the air, and float in one place on a swirl of orbs.
 * Orbing: The ability to teleport oneself from one place to another with the use of orbs.
 * Healing: The ability to heal the injuries and wounds of others.

Other Powers

 * High Resistance: This power causes her to be resistant to powers such as fireballs and other lethal powers.

Etymology

 * Melinda: The modern name Melinda is a combination of "Mel" with the suffix "-inda". "Mel" can be derived from names such as Melanie meaning "dark, black" in Greek or from Melissa meaning "honeysuckle" in Greek. It is also associated with the Greek word meli meaning "honey" and with Linda meaning "gentle, soft, tender" in Germanic.
 * Victoria: From Latin Victōria, meaning “victory”, also the feminine form of Victor.
 * Halliwell: Derived from any of the several places named with the Old English pre 7th Century elements "halig" meaning "holy", plus "well(a)", a well or spring.

Notes and Trivia

 * Out of all the Charmed Ones' daughters, Melinda is the oldest, the Tamora and Kat Mitchell are the middle ones, and P.J. Halliwell is the youngest.
 * Out of all nine Charmed-children, Melinda is the third oldest.
 * Her first name is after her powerful ancestor Melinda Warren who began the Charmed legacy. Her middle name "Victoria" is a feminine variant of "Victor", her maternal grandfather's name.
 * Melinda followed the same career path as her mother, Piper, becoming a Chef and opening a restaurant.