Warning: This article contains spoilers for Agata’s All Together episode five, “Darkest Hour, Awaken Your Power.”
Significant changes were made to the Salem Seven in the Marvel Television series. Agatha all togetherwhich also makes huge changes to Agatha Harkness’s own story in the MCU. The Salem Seven were first mentioned in Agata All together premiere when Aubrey Plaza’s Rio Vidal promised to inform them of the whereabouts of Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha Harkness. A dark clan, each member of which has the ability to transform into a different animal, has since been seen stalking Agatha Harkness in Westview and the Witch Road.
“The Salem Seven” was truly mesmerizing during its appearance in Agatha all together episode 2. The Salem Seven broke into her home and fought “Teenager” Joe Locke, but were unable to follow the clan to the Witch Road. The door to the Road remained open after Rio Vidal arrived in Agatha all together However, in episode 4, the Salem Seven are back, getting closer to their goal. Salem Seven went through a lot of changes when adapting it to the MCU.including creating an entirely new origin story.
The Salem Seven are not Agatha Harkness’ grandchildren in the MCU
Lilia Caldera explains the origins of the Salem Seven in Agatha throughout episode 5
In Marvel comics The Salem Seven are the children of Nicholas Scratch, making them the grandchildren of Agatha Harkness.. 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. With Scratch thwarted, the Salem Seven take over New Salem and burn Agatha at the stake, although she is later resurrected and the Salem Seven are killed by Scarlet Witch and Vision during their visit to New Salem.
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This origin story has been changed dramatically for the MCU, as the Salem Seven are no longer the grandchildren of Agatha Harkness. Instead, Lilia Caldera explains that The Salem Seven are the children of members of Agatha Harkness’s original coven.whom Agatha killed in the first moments WandaVision episode 8. Their vendetta against Agatha for killing their parents has remained intact for centuries, and now, without the protection of the Darkhold, Agatha Harkness is more vulnerable than ever.
Changing Agatha’s Salem Seven All Together Changes Huge Parts of Agatha Harkness’s Marvel History
Agatha Harkness and Nicholas Scratch’s relationship changes due to the new origin of the Salem Seven
While Agatha Harkness and her son Nicholas Scratch are staunch enemies in the Marvel comics, that’s not the case in the MCU. In fact, it appears that Scratch died as a child, meaning that he never had the opportunity to father seven children who would become powerful villains in their own right. Agatha all together Episode 5 also suggests that Agatha Harkness can’t control herself when she absorbs the powers of other witchesso the Salem Seven may have been after her all these years to get revenge for a simple accident.