Potential Slayer



Potential Slayers were girls born with the potential to become the Slayer, chosen by mystical forces.

Originally, there was only one Slayer at a time and her death would cause a new girl to be chosen by the mystical forces involved. However, Willow Rosenberg cast a powerful spell in May, 2003, which caused all "Potentials" around the world, of a certain age, became true Slayers. Potentials continued to be called when they come of age.

Potentials lacked the true power of the Slayer, but had a greater coordination than normal human teenagers and also experienced the strange dreams of the supernatural and of the battles of past Slayers.

In most cases, these girls would be identified by the Watchers Council, and a Watcher was dispatched to guide and train them so that they would be prepared if they were called to be the Slayer. Other times, the girl was completely oblivious to her calling, and remained that way unless she was activated as the new "chosen one." Buffy Summers was one such Potential, only becoming aware of her status when her predecessor was killed and her first Watcher, Merrick, found her.

In late 2002, the First Evil waged his war on the entire Slayer line, using Buffy's death and resurrection, which disrupted the mysterious mystical forces surrounding the Slayer, as a catalyst for it's vendetta. It dispatched an army of Bringers to kill as many potentials as possible, eventually leading up to murdering Faith and then Buffy, herself. Rupert Giles, one of the only Watchers left, began bringing as many potentials as he could track down to Buffy's home in Sunnydale. Those who didn't die, Buffy trained to become an army for her final battle with The First, the Bringers, and the Turok-Han.

Almost a year and a half after the spell was cast, nearly 1800 new Slayers were active around the world, though only a certain amount of them were working with the Slayer Organization.

List of Potential Slayers

 * Aiko (activated; killed)
 * Amanda (activated; killed)
 * Annabelle ( not activated; killed)
 * "Buffy Summers" [Rome decoy]
 * "Buffy Summers" [Underground decoy] (activated; killed)
 * Caridad
 * Chao-ahn
 * Chloe (not activated; killed)
 * Colleen
 * Cori
 * Courtney
 * Dana
 * Dianne (not activated; killed)
 * Dominique
 * Eve (not activated; killed)
 * Genevieve (activated; killed)
 * German Potential Slayer (not activated; killed)
 * Istanbul Potential Slayer (not activated; killed)
 * Kennedy
 * Kira
 * Malita
 * Molly (not activated; killed)
 * Nisha
 * Nora (not activated; killed)
 * Posey (activated; killed)
 * Renee (activated; killed)
 * Rona
 * Rowena
 * Satsu
 * Shannon
 * Simone
 * Soledad
 * Violet