A Watcher was a member of the Watchers Council, devoted to tracking and combating malevolent supernatural entities (and particularly vampires), primarily by locating individuals with the talents required to fight such beings and win. More specifically, Watchers were assigned to train and guide Slayers, girls that were part of a succession of mystically powered young women who were destined to face the forces of darkness. Upon a Slayer's demise, her powers were transferred unto a new girl, who was then assigned a new Watcher herself.

Contents 1 Training Methods 2 Notable Watchers 2.1 Watchers Council 2.2 Slayer Organization 2.3 Fray 3 References

Training MethodsEdit

Watchers taught Slayers martial arts fighting skills as well as using traditional slayer weapons such crossbows, axes, swords and quarterstaves. Rupert Giles often regularly trained Buffy Summers during and after school hours in the Sunnydale High School library and later built in a training room in the Magic Box filled with gym mats, punching bags and throwable weapons hung on the wall such shuriken and knives. He also would sometimes accompany her on patrol to monitor her slaying.^{[1] [2]}

Other than physical capability, Watchers also trained her Slayer's mentality and senses, Giles once required Buffy to hit him with a ball while blind-folded to test her awareness of an enemy^[3] and also conducted meditation with stones after Buffy requested he provide her with extra training so that she may become a better slayer.^[4]

The approach to training the slayer depended on the Watcher as Giles had a lighter way of treating Buffy, accepting her social life with few conditions. Sam Zabuto employed a stricter way of training his slayer Kendra, barring her from her family and any form of a social life while teaching her under a handbook which required her to study demon mythology. Buffy on the other hand was not given the handbook as Giles didn't fell she needed it after he met her.^[5]

After the activation of every potential slayer, slayers where free to join the Slayer Organization where they were trained alongside each-other. The appeal to gain slayers was done by a television advertisement by new watcher Andrew Wells, who, along with Violet pretended to be the husband of a stereotypical housewife (Violet) who became a slayer and was told about a 'support group' for slayers. Joining Slayers where then allocated to a specific area or country where they would receive their training under a sole watcher or experienced slayer.^[6]

Notable Watchers Edit

Watchers Council Edit

• Quentin Travers
• Roger Wyndam-Pryce
• Geoffrey Wyndam-Pryce
• Archibald Lassiter
• Edna Giles
• Bernard Crowley
• Sam Zabuto
• Rupert Giles' father
• Rupert Giles
• Willem Bryardale
• Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
• Merrick
• Robson
• Gwendolyn Post
• Rutherford Sirk
• Lydia
• Nigel
• Phillip
• Laura Kay Weathermill
• Unidentified Watcher (Righteous)
• Violet's Watcher
• Laurent
• Mr. Whiskers
• Frederich Lichtermann

Slayer Organization Edit

• Andrew Wells
• Rupert Giles
• Xander Harris (de facto)

Fray Edit

• Melaka Fray's Watcher
• Urkonn (de facto)

References Edit

1. ↑ "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date"
2. ↑ "Revelations"
3. ↑ "Band Candy"
4. ↑ "Real Me"
5. ↑ "What's My Line, Part Two"
6. ↑ "The Chain"