Adopted as a baby,Paige Matthews has always felt drawn to the Halliwell's.She is magically called to Prue's funereal when Piper casts a spell to find a lost witch.Unknown to all but Grams, Patty Halliwell had a fourth daughter by Sam Wilder,Her Whitelighter.Although initially tempted by evil,Paige choose good ,and the power of three was reconstituted.Suddenly having the power to orb,and an instant family,Paige resists her identity and responsibilities at first.She feels pressured to be as good as Prue,a self inflicted measure of worth.Once she accepts the fundamental essence of being charmed the innocent comes first Paige's common sense and instinct proves invaluable.Still,she takes no pleasure in being right about Cole's renewed demonic powers.
Paige quits her job as a social worker in order to be a full time witch.She attacks learning the craft with passion and stops competing with Prue when she conjures a dove,a feat Prue never mastered.She hesitated to accept Grams,But forgives Sam for abandoning her.Because of his selfless act,she's had two wonderful families her parents and her sisters.She learns,like her sisters the difficulty in balancing a personal life with a magical one.But Paige will keep looking for Mr.Right no matter how many Mr.Rights nows it takes.Paige is nothing if not upbeat,and she strives to achieve the balance she knows a superwitch can attain love,family,friends and a satisfying career.
Paige abandons her single minded focus on magic to work as a temp and date,but every job leads to someone magically in trouble.Her innate inclination to help people and the charmed directive to fight evil are both satisfied. The failure of her romance with Richard Montana shakes her faith in her ability to carry out the charmed mission.However,forced to act alone at magic school,she regains her magical confidence and discovers a talent for teaching.As a result,a subconscious yearning to be independent of the power of three and the new possibilities that opens when she dies and becomes someone else.
Paige resents giving up magic for safety,and she soon realizes that she can't find true love as"Jo" or build a new magical or mortal life on a lie.However,being Paige only solves only part of her identity problem. Guiding Billie and saving innocents fulfills her as a witch.Henry Mitchell,a parole officer with a good heart who embraces her magical nature,satisfies her as a woman.However,the essence of Paige isn't complete until she embraces her inner Whitelighter.
