Potential Slayer
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Potential Slayers are girls born with the potential to become the Slayer. 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, since May 2003, a powerful spell cast by the witch Willow Rosenberg changed the rules for the Slayer line and all Potentials of a certain age became true Slayers. Potentials continue to be called when they come of age[1].
They have a greater co-ordination than normal human teenagers and also experience strange dreams.
These girls could sometimes be identified by the Watchers Council, and a Watcher was dispatched to guide and train them, should they be 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.
