Estimated age: 360+. Appears: late 60s. Looks great for her age.
| Full Name | Tabitha Lilith Lenox |
| Born | Nov. 21, 1666. Europe. Precise location not on record. |
| Address | Next door to the Bennetts, Harmony |
| Occupation | Witch. Author. Dark Force operative (retired). |
| Played by | Juliet Mills, 1999 to 2008 |
| Allegiance | The Dark Forces (nominal) |
| Weakness | Martimmies. Sentimentality about Timmy. |
Resident Witch · Est. Harmony 1666
Tabitha Lenox
A 300-year-old witch who loves to boast about spreading evil, but what she is usually spreading is laughter. When you have a character like Tabitha, you really CAN'T lose.
Active ResidentPresent Situation
Currently entertaining Hecuba at her home following the witch's liberation from Reese's containment device, an act engineered largely by Kay Bennett. Whether Tabitha regards this as a professional courtesy or an imposition remains, as with most things at the Lenox residence, unclear. The Gazette notes that Hecuba and Tabitha may be more than passing acquaintances.
Her book Hidden Passions continues to move units on the eBay secondary market. The book tour was eventful. The strawberry shampoo did not survive.
Background
Tabitha Lenox has resided in Harmony for over three centuries, making her the town's longest-serving and most reliably problematic resident. Born in 1666 to a mortal father named Darrin Lenox and a witch mother named Samantha, a parentage she rarely discusses without rolling her eyes, Tabitha spent her formative years at Magic Academy, where she was teased for having green skin on account of a Frog Prince somewhere in the maternal line. She compensated by becoming an exceptionally dedicated student of dark magic.
Her centuries in Harmony have not been idle. She has, by her own account, witnessed and participated in a considerable number of historical events, though she declines to specify which ones. This paper respects that. She is virtually immortal, and when one body expires she is reborn in another identical one. That is a significant ability and the Gazette wants to make sure readers appreciate it.
Role in Harmony's Supernatural Affairs
Tabitha's official mandate from the Dark Forces was the destruction of Charity Standish, whose union with Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald was prophesied to trigger the girl's full powers of goodness and thereby eradicate all evil from the universe. That would include Tabitha herself, which is a significant professional concern. The Gazette recognises this as a legitimate motive. She pursued this assignment with dedication, though her methods frequently went sideways. She recruited Hecuba, opened closet portals to hell, and deployed a zombie version of Charity as a tactical substitute, none of which produced the desired outcome.
She has also, over the years, catalysed earthquakes, hosted demons, entertained the Dark Forces in her basement, and published a New York Times bestselling memoir presented as her personal diary. The memoir reached number four on the list. She claims the ranking was disappointing. Number four is not nothing, but it is also not number one, and Tabitha is a number-one kind of person.
The Bennett Adjacency
Tabitha lives next door to the Bennett family, a proximity she has leveraged extensively across multiple centuries and this paper considers that impressive. Kay Bennett, whose obsession with Miguel led her to open the hell portal in her own closet, has become something of a protégée, though Tabitha would dispute the warmth implied by that word. She is also observed to have a complicated relationship with Grace Bennett's supernatural soup, which she reportedly regards as a personal affront. The Gazette has filed this detail and it is the kind of detail that makes Passions such a tremendous show.