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Raphael is the third of the four [[archangels]] created by [[God]] and the youngest brother of [[Michael]] and [[Lucifer]], and the older brother of [[Gabriel]]. Raphael, his brothers, and God fought in a war against [[the Darkness]], eventually winning the war and leaving by having the Darkness imprisoned through the a [[Mark of Cain|Mark]] and preserving [[The the Cosmic Balance]]. He is the only archangel who never interacted with Lucifer while on Earth in a [[vessel]]; although, as brothers, interactions between them did take place in [[Heaven]].

When God created humans and asked all angels to bow down before them, Raphael was among those that did so. When Lucifer rebelled against God and Gabriel skipped out of Heaven and to be on to Earth, Raphael chose to side with God and Michael. However, at some point, Raphael lost faith in God and became weary of his father's duties. He also believed that God was dead and that they were living in a God-less universe.

Raphael was also the protector of the [[prophet]] [[Chuck Shurley]]. He supported the plan to bring on the [[Apocalypse]] so that [[Michael]] could defeat [[Lucifer]], and killed [[Castiel]] when the [[angel]] tried to stop the breaking of the last [[The 66 Seals|seal]]. After [[Lucifer]]'s release from the [[Lucifer's Cage|Cage]], Raphael descended to Earth and possessed his [[vessel]], [[Donnie Finnerman]], to end a conflict between [[angels]] and [[demons]] near a gas station in Maine. After he finished with the demons he abandoned his vessel and ascended back to [[Heaven]], leaving Donnie in a near catatonic state.

After [[Lucifer]]'s release from the [[Lucifer's Cage|Cage]], Raphael descended to Earth and possessed his [[vessel]], [[Donnie Finnerman]], to end a conflict between [[angels]] and [[demons]] near a gas station in Maine. After he finished with the demons he abandoned his vessel and ascended back to [[Heaven]], leaving Donnie in a near catatonic state. [[Castiel]] and [[Dean]] lure him back to Earth and his vessel with an [[Enochian]] ritual and manage to trap him in a circle of [[holy fire]]. They interrogate him without success for information on [[God]] and his location, then Castiel and Dean leave him in the circle of flames.  Raphael managed to escape from the circle, and following Following the imprisonment of [[Lucifer]] and [[Michael]] in the [[Lucifer's Cage|the Cage]], he Raphael became the leader of a group of traditionalist [[angel]]s intent on restarting the [[Apocalypse]]. They are , and were opposed by a group led by Castiel. Part of Raphael's strategy involves gathering the [[angelic weapons]] stolen from Heaven to strengthen his army. He encounters a setback when [[Donnie Finnerman]]'s body is destroyed by [[Balthazar]] using [[Lot's Salt]], necessitating the search for a new vessel. He next last appears in an unidentified female vessel. Raphael then sends racing to find Heaven's weapon's cache before Castiel, sending an angel named [[Virgil]] to kill after [[Balthazar and anyone else ]], who allied with Castiel and retrieve the angelic weapons, but Balthazar gets stole the weapons to Castiel, and Raphael retreats. After Castiel imbues himself with the souls of Purgatory, he snaps his fingers, killing Raphael; much like how Raphael killed Castiel in [[4.22 Lucifer Rising]] and how Lucifer killed Castiel in [[5.22 Swan Song]].