Taranee Cook

Taranee Cook is one of the five main characters from the TV series, W.I.T.C.H. She was voiced by Kali Troy.

Profile
Taranee has black hair, brown eyes, and wears black glasses. Her birthday is March 23, making her an Aries. She is also 13.

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. Her hobbies include basketball, listening to classical music, photography, and her favorite subject, math. Taranee is very close to her family, which consists of her parents 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 playing with her feelings and could become extremely dangerous when that happens.

Taranee has power over fire. Her theme color varies from red to orange and her symbol is a triangle. Taranee's Guardian uniform is the one that allows the most mobility out of the five, as most of her limbs are exposed for easy fighting. It consists of a turtleneck shirt which is similar to a tank top or a cropped top of some sort. She has tight teal shorts and matching wristbands, her hair is styled into feathery braids around her head, and she wears high heel boots. In the New Power Arc, her top changes into a tight T-shirt with her emblem across the chest and she gains fingerless biker gloves. In addition, the bottom section of her hair grows out into long, elaborate dreadlocks.

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 &apos;New Power&apos; arc, she gains the ability to become a being of living fire, which boosts her powers significantly. She also becomes a &apos;human torch&apos; when she becomes one with the fire dragon in.

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&apos; heat. She accomplished the feat of defeating Nerissa&apos;s soldier, Ember, by absorbing the heat that emanated from her body made of magma. When she get&apos;s 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 Ludmoore, was able to read the thoughts of other people as well.

Taranee has shown she is able to:
 * Pyrokinesis: Control/manipulate over flame
 * Thermokinesis: Generate over heat
 * Telepathic powers
 * Create balls of fire
 * Ignite large wildfires
 * Start and extinguish fires
 * Breathe fire
 * Cause huge, fiery explosions
 * Use pure thermal energy as a defensive barrier that vaporizes nearly all projectiles
 * Shoot pinpoint flames with her finger
 * Sense sources of heat
 * Use fire to cut through objects
 * Manipulate temperature by thought
 * Contact the other Guardians through telepathy
 * Read, project, and perceive thoughts of others
 * Read other peoples&apos; thoughts, feelings, and memories
 * Understand the concept of dreams instantly
 * Use her telepathic powers to stun or kill opponents
 * Communicate with animals, such as dogs, dolphins, cats and ravens
 * Superhuman awareness
 * Melt any object or food like chocolate, ice, glass etc.
 * Sense the heat presence of others
 * Throw blasts of heat energy (heat waves)
 * Throw whirling discs of fire and heat
 * Absorb the heat of opponents
 * Melt objects by multiplying their heat
 * Create rings of fire
 * Control dangerous infernos
 * Create force fields of fire
 * Mend objects that are broken
 * Shoot beams of orange-ish or red-ish energy
 * Take the form of fire on any object
 * Form and control fireworks
 * Cause metal to become soft and melt
 * Use fire as a shield to bounce back attacks
 * Use fire to fly
 * Near-immortality
 * Taranee&apos;s power as her status as a guardian:
 * Flight
 * Teleportation
 * Glamouring

Season 1 Episodes

 * "It Resumes"
 * "It Begins"
 * "The Key"
 * "Happy Birthday, Will"
 * "A Service to the Community"
 * "The Labyrinth"
 * "Divide and Conquer"
 * "Ambush at Torus Filney"
 * "Return of the Tracker"
 * "Framed"
 * "The Stone of Threbe"
 * "The Princess Revealed"
 * "Stop the Presses"
 * "Parent's Night"
 * "The Mudslugs"
 * "Ghosts of Elyon"
 * "The Mogriffs"
 * "Walk This Way"
 * "The Underwater Mines"
 * "The Seal of Phobos"
 * "Escape from Cavigor"
 * "Caleb's Challenge"
 * "The Battle of Meridian Plains"
 * "The Rebel Rescue"
 * "The Stolen Heart"
 * "The Final Battle"

Season 2 Episodes

 * "A Is for Anonymous"
 * "B Is for Betrayal"
 * "C Is for Changes"
 * "D Is for Dangerous"
 * "E Is for Enemy"
 * "F Is for Facades"
 * "G Is for Garbage"
 * "H Is for Hunted"
 * "I Is for Illusion"
 * "J Is for Jewel"
 * "K Is for Knowledge"
 * "L Is for Loser"
 * "M Is for Mercy"
 * "N Is for Narcissist"
 * "O Is for Obedience"
 * "P Is for Protectors"
 * "Q Is for Quarry"
 * "R Is for Relentless"
 * "S Is for Self"
 * "T Is for Trauma"
 * "U Is for Undivided"
 * "V Is for Victory"
 * "W Is for Witch"
 * "X Is for Xanadu"
 * "Y Is for Yield"
 * "Z Is for Zenith"

Love Life
Like the other girls from the comic book series, Taranee has a love life. Nigel was once part of a group of bullies and got into trouble when they broke into a museum and Taranee's mother judged them. Because of this Nigel's friends hold a grudge against Taranee. Nigel, however, defends Taranee against his 'friends'. Later on a special friendship blooms and Nigel and Taranee started dating. Nigel's friendship with his former friends ends, and Nigel starts a new way of life by doing good and making new friends such as Martin, Matt, Eric, and Peter.

Nigel's older brother, Daniel, who was judged and punished by Taranee's mother, shortly returns to Heatherfield and reunites with his younger brother. This causes a riff between Nigel and Taranee, ending with him breaking up with her unexpectedly. Despite of this their relationship does not stop there. Taranee tries to find out the reason but Nigel ignores her and even starts harassing her with his brother, such as writing the word 'unbearable coward' on her parents' car, which is directed at Taranee. But soon, Nigel is overwhelmed with guilt feeling sorry for what he did. He apologizes to Taranee and to Taranee's parents, and Nigel and Taranee become girlfriend and boyfriend again.

Their relationship starts off good but soon begins to have problems again. Taranee starts having dancing lessons which results in taking up a lot of her time and getting new friends. Taranee starts neglecting her four other friends, and even Nigel, who has started to get annoyed at Taranee spending most of her time practicing dancing moves. Taranee befriends a new boy named Luke, who is also part of the dancing group. A friendship starts between them, and Luke becomes interested in Taranee (finding her pretty and kind). Soon, Taranee develops feelings for Luke as well, and admits to her brother that she thinks she is no longer in love with Nigel.

Later on in issue 77, Taranee develops feelings for a boy named Hamza, whom she meets on a vacation at a summer camp. Hamza and Taranee weren't able to communicate well as they both come from different countries and don't understand each other's languages. Despite this, they get together. Taranee started having fantasies of being with him at Heatherfield and introducing him to her friends, but she realizes they weren't meant for each other, considering the distance and the fact that they just met. They soon parted ways and Hamza was never mentioned again. Add categories here, e.g.

Trivia

 * Taranee has lived in two houses that have been destroyed by fire.
 * She is in the same class as Hay Lin and Irma.
 * Her favorite colour is Red.
 * Her hobbies are photography and dance. She does photography for fun, but does dance seriously. She sometimes plays street basketball with her big brother Peter.
 * She likes a good dance class, a relaxing afternoon, and a stunning photo.
 * She hates a bad dance class where everything goes wrong, fights with her mother, social (especially guy) mix ups, and insects.
 * She absolutely hates her mom&apos;s stubbornness, and Cornelia &apos;s and Irma &apos;s constant fights.
 * She likes classical music.