Taranee Cook

General

She is Will's first friend who is also a part of the group. The Guardian of Fire, Taranee has pyrokinesis, which is often triggered by rage, and her powers are known to be fierce and hard to control. She has black-blue hair and brown eyes. She is timid and bashful and has been known to be very intelligent and willing to help out in school and when W.I.T.C.H. goes into action. Taranee learned that she was adopted in issue 78. Her favourite theme color is Red. Taranee Cook is a fictional character in the W.I.T.C.H. comics and TV series of the same name. She is a member of W.I.T.C.H., the Guardians who guard the Veil and Kandrakar, the center of the universe, from evil. Taranee is the Guardian of Fire. Although she is timid and bashful, she has been known to be very intelligent and willing to help out in school and when W.I.T.C.H. goes into action. She was born on March 23, and her zodiac sign is Aries. Her voice is provided by Miss Kittie in the TV series.

Personality

Like Irma, and was raised in Sesamo, but later moved to Heatherfield. Her best friend is Will Vandom, the leader of W.I.T.C.H. Taranee is a timid and reserved teenager, even so, she has a boyfriend, God of Hypnos. She can be a bit of a "goody-goody" at times and always tries to do what's right. Taranee is the most intelligent member of the group, and her favorite subject is mathematics. She loves photography, basketball, dancing, and classical music, but hates bugs except for butterflies, grasshoppers and crickets. Taranee preppy Although she is shy and laid-back, Taranee is very determined when she sets her mind on a goal, and is usually the one who reminds her friends of important tasks to be done. Taranee is very close to her family, which consists of her parents, Theresa Cook and Lionel Cook, and Peter Cook, her older brother, who is very nice to her and her friends. Though she is very sensitive, Taranee gets annoyed when people hurt or play with her feelings and could become extremely dangerous when that happens. Like her predecessor Halinor, Taranee is an insecure and even cowardly girl; she was also, ironically, afraid of fire, which was one of her biggest fears, but then got used to her pyrokinesis. When people toy or play with Taranee's feelings, she gets extremely angry and her powers increase drastically. Even Cedric once stated that her elemental power is the most indomitable of all five elements when at its peak

Plot part 1

Before W.I.T.C.H. In the comics, Taranee was adopted when she was very young. Neither she nor her brother Peter (who was too young at the time to know) were made aware of this until they were both in their teens. Before living in Heatherfield, Taranee lived in Sesamo (also translated as Sesame in English). Because of the move to a different town, Taranee was emotionally and mentally affected but understood that she had no choice but to move to Heatherfield because of her parents' new job placement. In the comics, it is stated that a year before moving to Heatherfield, the Cook family went house hunting on their own accord. Taranee, upset by this, wandered off by herself and found a house of her own. Looking through the window, she saw a hypnotic fire dancing inside. When Taranee asked the real-estate agent about the house, he told her that it was abandoned and that nobody had lived there for years. When Taranee and her parents enter the house, the fire Taranee saw disappeared and the house appeared to be empty. The Cook family made the decision to move into this particular house. In the comics, Taranee moved to Heatherfield just a few days before Will, but in the TV series she moved one year prior to Will.

Plot part 2

Forming W.I.T.C.H. Comics In the comics, Taranee bumped into the new girl Will Vandom, just a few days after moving to Heatherfield herself. The two girls became fast friends, and soon became friends with Cornelia Hale, Irma Lair and Hay Lin. Cornelia, Irma, Hay Lin and Elyon urged Taranee and Will to come with them to Sheffield Institute's Halloween party. Uriah, the school bully, and his gang played a prank involving firecrackers that puts the girls, and everyone at the party, in harm's way. But after a bit of Taranee's quick thinking and unidentified powers, the girls survived the ordeal without a scratch. The next day Will, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia and Hay Lin met at Hay Lin's house to discuss the strange dream that three of the five had. It was then that Yan Lin, Hay Lin's grandmother, informed the girls about their elemental powers, about Kandrakar and about the Veil. TV series In the TV series, Taranee had been friends with Irma, Cornelia and Hay Lin since living in Heatherfield. After Uriah's gang picked on the new girl Will at the science fair, Taranee encouraged the girls to be nice to her and calls Will over to talk to them. Taranee tells Will that she knows what it's like to be the new girl. While the other girls talk about how they hate Uriah, they somehow exude a bit of their powers. Hay Lin arrives and invites the girls for tea and cookies at her house, as that's what her grandmother had influenced Hay Lin to do. At Hay Lin's, Yan Lin explains about the Guardians and entrusts the Heart of Kandrakar to Will. This is when Taranee and the girls learn about their powers.

Guardian Powers

Taranee, as the Guardian of Fire, can spontaneously generate and manipulate flame and heat. She can create blasts or continuous streams of flame, though prefers to generate concentrated fireballs when attacking. Taranee has been shown creating whirling discs of fire, pinpoint beams of flame from her finger for precision strikes, and can breathe fire. As of the New Power arc, she gains the ability to become a being of living fire, which boosts her powers significantly. She also becomes a human torch when she becomes one with the fire dragon in Z Is For Zenith. Using the more thermal aspect of her Guardian powers, Taranee can sense nearby sources of heat and release concussive bursts of heat. Later, she uses her powers in creating pure thermal energy as a defensive barrier that vaporizes nearly all projectiles. She can manipulate the temperature of an object by thought, melting it by adding to its heat, or make it brittle by taking away the objects' heat. She accomplished the feat of defeating Nerissa's soldier, Ember, by absorbing the heat that emanated from her body made of magma. When she gets angry, her powers increase constantly. Taranee is a telepath, able to read, project, and perceive thoughts. She can project her thoughts outwards similar to talking and is the center of the special psychic link between all the Guardians, who all learn telepathy through her. When she uses her telepathic powers, flames flash in her eyes and, in most cases, the flames are reflected in her glasses. She is able to sense the presence of others, and can understand the meaning of dreams almost instantly. Initially, she could only use her telepathy on the other members of W.I.T.C.H., but as of Arc 5: The Book of Elements, was able to read the thoughts of other people as well.

Abilities part 1

Fire Powers Pyrokinesis: This is the ability to control and manipulate any fire or flame, even ones she did not create, and utilize them in any way imaginable. She possesses complete and precise control over their shape, size, intensity, density, temperature, and even color. She could alter its size and intensity from a mere candlestick flame, to an immeasurable inferno. She could telekinetically manipulate any fire or flame to do whatever she desires. She can breathe fire, cause huge, fiery explosions, and use fire to cut through objects. She can even form and control fireworks and dangerous infernos. Fire Shield: She can create force fields of fire. Pyromancy: She can see vivid visions or scene through fire. Pyrokinetic Constructs: She can create objects out of fire. Users can turn the fire into tools, objects, weapons and other items, create semi-living constructs and/or create structures/buildings of varying permanence. Users who have mastered this ability can use it for almost any situation, creating anything they need. Fire Ball Projection: Create concentrated balls of fire. Light Production: Often produces light as a natural side effect of her flames. Ring Creation: Create rings of fire. Disc Generation: Throw whirling discs of fire and heat. Shield Generation: Use fire as a shield to bounce back attacks.

Abilities part 2

Thermokinesis: She has the ability to manipulate temperature by thought. She can use pure thermal energy as a defensive barrier that vaporizes nearly all projectiles. She can melt any object or food like chocolate, ice, glass etc. She can absorb the heat of opponents. Microwaves Emission: She can throw blasts of heat energy (heat waves). Heat Senses: Sense the heat presence of others. Heat Rays: She can fire heat rays from her fingertips to weld metal. Heat Absorption: Absorb the heat of opponents. Telepathy: Contact the other Guardians through telepathy' read, project, and perceive thoughts of others as well as peoples' feelings, and memories, use her telepathic powers to stun or kill opponents. Understand the concept of dreams instantly. Animal Communication: She can communicate with animals, such as dogs, dolphins, cats and ravens. Superhuman Awareness. Uses fire to fly. Taranee's power as her status as a Guardian: Flight (only in the TV series). Teleportation. Glamouring. Weaknesses The Star of Threbe: Taranee as well as the rest of the Guardians was rendered powerless due to the power of the Star of Threbe, used to find Elyon. The star renders powerless anyone who might prevent her from returning home. Ironically, the star was created with the Heart of Kandrakar.

Guardian Powers (Animated Series)

Full Guardian Powers The most intelligent out of all the Guardians is Taranee she can figure out situations she's in quickly and she takes advantage of enemies weakness calculating plans to defeat them most of the time in peaceful ways, but Taranee is also very powerful especially in her Full Guardian Form and with her Full Guardian Powers unhindered Taranee can create fire and energy balls the size of whole stars or as small as atoms but powerful enough to blow an entire planet away or create a star in space like each Guardian they control their elemental power keeping more of their destructive powers in check even against the most deadliest of enemies fortunately for the Guardians Taranee's plans are mostly foolproof rarely does an enemy appear to challenge her both power and intelligence.