Buffy
Summers (played by Sarah Michelle Gellar) is "the Slayer", one in a
long line of young women chosen by fate to battle evil forces. This
mystic calling endows her with dramatically increased physical
strength, as well as endurance, agility, accelerated healing,
intuition, and a limited degree of clairvoyance, usually in the form of
prophetic dreams.
Buffy receives guidance from her Watcher, Rupert
Giles (played by Anthony Head). Giles, rarely referred to by his first
name, is a member of the Watchers' Council, whose job is to train and
assist the Slayers. Giles researches the supernatural creatures that
Buffy must face, offering insights into their origins and advice on how
to kill them.
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