Prudence Blackwood: Sister Dearest

Prudence Blackwood was an absolute Queen in the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, she was one of the main characters and had one of the most complex character arcs in the whole series.

She is one amazing character and had so much development within the series and today we will be exploring everything to do with Prudence Blackwood and diving into her complex life.

Who is Prudence Blackwood?

The amazing Prudence was Father Blackwood’s child outside of marriage, her mother was very upset that Faustus wouldn’t marry her and take her as his wife and this led to her demise. Prudence was then taken under Faustus' charge and was raised alongside other orphans at the Academy of Unseen Arts. Prudence as a child at the Academy found out she had a deep psychic connection with two other girls and together they became the ‘Weird Sisters’ due to their bond.

Prudence didn’t know she was Father Blackwood’s daughter for a long time, but Father Blackwood’s wife was always very weary of Prudence with her being the oldest and at a time only child of Faustus. She worried that her own children would not have the same claims as Prudence, if she was ever made an official Blackwood family member and even hatched a plan to get rid of Prudence once and for all when she was claimed by Father Blackwood as his legitimate daughter.

Thankfully the plan was foiled by Sabrina and the series continued and we got to see some amazing moments from Prudence.

Weird Sisters

The weird sisters were a very important group of witches to Prudence as she was the leader of them. The group consisted of three witches, Prudence the leader and Dorca and Agatha. All witches in the group were raised as orphans in the Academy of Unseen Arts and created a strong bond with one another which also became a psychic connection.

They can telepathically communicate with each other and often cast curses and spells together. Their magic is most strong whilst they are together

At the start of the series we see that the Weird Sisters are really out to get Sabrina and they do not accept her ‘half-blood’ status with only having one parent of witch heritage. They try to curse her, make her life difficult and even go as far as trying to unalive her during her ‘harrowing’ at the school.

The relationship the weird sisters have with Sabrina is very complicated to say the least, before Sabrina came to the Academy she had summoned the weird sisters to help her teach a lesson to the boys at her school after they bullied Susie, they agreed to help her on the condition that Sabrina would not attend the Academy but afterwards they knew she had been lying about agreeing to not attend the Academy to begin with but they still helped her and at times it seemed as though they enjoyed having Sabrina at the school and at the same time they were still trying to unalive her.

Prudence Blackwood’s best moments

There are so many amazing moments in Prudence Blackwood's time on the series, it is very difficult to mention just a few, but here are some that stood out above all.

- Feast of Feasts- This moment will always stand out because Prudence Blackwood knew exactly what it meant to be Queen of the Feast and still happily accepted what was to come to honour a long and albeit long tradition.
- Judas and Judith- When Lady Blackwood gave birth to twins, Zelda Spellman feared what may happen if Father Blackwood ever found out about the girl being born first due to his male supremacy ideals. With assistance from Prudence Blackwood, the two managed to conceal the girl for quite a while.
- Relationship with Ambrose- Prudence and Ambrose developed a romantic relationship with each other and one that lasted to the end of the series. It seems as though Ambrose was truly in love with Prudence and followed her all over the world to track down her father.
- Beheading the Statue- This was perhaps one of the best and most iconic moments from Prudence. At her anger from her father for him trying to destroy their coven and all round being a horrible person she in a fit of rage, beheaded the statue of her father at the Academy.

From Villain to Protector

Although Prudence did seem to start out as a Villain of the series, she really turned things around and after spending time with the Spellmans, Mambo Marie and Sabrina’s friends. She became a great ally to Sabrina and the Spellman family and to the coven as a whole when they converted over to the Order of Hecate.

After losing her sisters Agatha to betrayal and Dorcas to death she joined forces with Mambo Marie and newly found witch, Rosalind Walker’ to become Sentinel's and watch over the cosmos after the Eldritch Terrors.

Eventually Mambo Marie had to leave to go back to the underworld but Agatha came back seeking forgiveness and then she took Mambo Marie’s place as a Sentinel.

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