• Quentin Travers

    The head of the Watcher’s Council, Quentin Travers was responsible for Buffy’s Cruciamentum in 1999, a bizarre and dangerous test that saw the powerless Slayer trapped in a house with a deranged vampire she was forced to kill. When Giles broke the rules regarding the test,…

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  • Mr. Trick

    Mr. Trick was a sophisticated, modernised, technology-driven vampire who served the aged Kakistos until his death at the hands of Faith in 1998. Mr. Trick thought that it would be a good game to hunt the Slayers down following his master’s death, and this brought him…

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  • Percy West

    A sports jock at Sunnydale High in 1999, Percy West began to fail in his subjects due to his sporting triumphs and Principal Snyder, determined to have a winning team, ‘employed’ Willow to tutor Percy in history. Willow ended up trying to do all of Percy’s…

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  • Mayor Richard Wilkins III

    Well over a century old, Richard Wilkins III was the man who established Sunnydale in 1909, although he had planning the town since 1899. Wilkins outlived everyone in his life and intended the town to be a feeding ground for his life-long ambition to ascend into…

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  • Wesley Wyndam-Pryce

    When Wesley Wyndam-Pryce first arrived in Sunnydale to be Watcher to Slayers Buffy Summer and Faith Lehane, he was completely unprepared for life on the Hellmouth. Within months he faced an unorthodox Slayer in the form of Buffy, constant resistance from Giles and Buffy’s other friends,…

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  • Kendra Young

    Given to her Watcher, Sam Zabuto, at a young age by her parents, Kendra Young was a Potential Slayer whose training was very strict and precise. In 1998, Zabuto sent Kendra to Sunnydale to stop the plans of the vampire known as Spike, who had summoned…

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  • Willy

    Willy ‘the Snitch’ ran a bar somewhere in Sunnydale which allowed both humans and vampires to socialise. Conveniently called ‘Willy’s Bar,’ Willy supplied whoever paid him with information on whatever subject they required it on. He came to the aid of Spike when he kidnapped Angel…

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  • Anne Steele

    The runaway girl originally known as Joan has lived a varied life, running away from everything life threw at her, falling in with the wrong crowds. When she first encountered Buffy, Joan was calling herself Chanterelle and following Billy Fordham, desperate to become a vampire and…

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  • Halloween

    Halloween

    “That’s nice, Willow. And you went mental when?”

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  • Reptile Boy

    Reptile Boy

    “Yes, and you were very nearly devoured by a giant demon snake. The words “let that be a lesson” are a tad redundant at this juncture.”

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Welcome to The Watcher’s Guide, a resource, quite fittingly, back from the dead!

The original website shut down in 2004, following the cancellation of Angel. Now with a new show set in the BuffyVerse eagerly anticipated by fans old and new and featuring the return of Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy, it’s time to spruce up The Watcher’s Guide for a new generation.

All the episodes have been added, along with notes, biographies and continuity references. But as always, one question remains… Where Do We Go From Here?