Warning: This article contains spoilers for Agatha All Along Episode 5, “Darkest Hour, Awaken Your Power.”
Significant changes have been made to the Salem Seven in Marvel Television Agatha all alongWhich also makes huge changes to Agatha Harkness’ own story in the MCU. The Salem Seven are first mentioned in Agatha all along premiere, with Aubrey Plaza’s Rio Vidal promising to inform them of the whereabouts of Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha Harkness. The dark coven, each member of which has the ability to transform into a different animal, has since been seen stalking Agatha Harkness in Westview and on the Witches’ Road.
The Salem Seven are truly haunting during their introduction in Agatha all along Episode 2. The Salem Seven broke into her home and fought Joe Locke’s “teen,” but were unable to follow the coven onto the Witches’ Road. The door to the road was left open after Rio Vidal’s arrival Agatha all along Episode 4, however, so the Salem Seven returned, narrowing in on their goal. Many changes were made to the Salem Seven when adapting them for the MCUIncluding the creation of an entirely new origin story.
The Salem Seven are not Agatha Harkness’ grandchildren in the MCU
Lilia Calderu explains the origins of the Salem Seven in Agatha All Along Episode 5
In Marvel Comics, The Salem Seven are the children of Nicholas Scratch, making them Agatha Harkness’ own grandchildren.. After Agatha Harkness leaves the magical community of New Salem, Colorado, to become a nanny for the Fantastic Four, Nicholas Scratch sends the Salem Seven after her. When Scratch is thwarted, the Salem Seven take over New Salem and burn Agatha at the stake, though she is later resurrected, and the Salem Seven are killed by the Scarlet Witch and Vision on their visit to New Salem.
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The story of the beginning has changed dramatically for the MCU, because the Salem Seven are no longer the grandchildren of Agatha Harkness. Instead, Lilia Calderu explains that The Salem Seven are the children of the members of Agatha Harkness’s original alliancewhom Agatha witnesses killing in the opening moments of WandaVision Episode 8. Their vendetta against Agatha for killing their parents has remained intact through the centuries, and now, without the protection of the Darkhold, Agatha Harkness is more vulnerable than ever.
Agatha Harkness’ Salem Seven Changes All Along Changes Huge Parts of Agatha Harkness’s Marvel History
Agatha Harkness & Nicholas Scratch’s relationship changes because of the new origin of the Salem Seven
Although Agatha Harkness and her son, Nicholas Scratch, are staunch enemies in Marvel Comics, this may not be the case in the MCU. In fact, it appears that Scratch died as a young child, meaning he never had the opportunity to give birth to seven children who would become powerful villains themselves. Agatha all along Episode 5 also suggests that Agatha Harkness can’t control herself when she absorbs the powers of other witchesSo the Salem Seven could have been chasing her all these years for revenge over a simple accident.