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| − | When invading Crowley's base, Castiel gives his angel-killing sword to Sam, telling him it can kill demons too. While Dean distracts a demon, Sam stabs it from behind with the sword, killing it. He later kills another demon the same way after it attacks him. While fighting a third demon, Sam tries to kill it with the sword but fails and it is eventually killed by Dean with [[Ruby's Knife]]. After | + | When invading Crowley's base, Castiel gives his angel-killing sword to Sam, telling him it can kill demons too. While Dean distracts a demon, Sam stabs it from behind with the sword, killing it. He later kills another demon the same way after it attacks him. While fighting a third demon, Sam tries to kill it with the sword but fails and it is eventually killed by Dean with [[Ruby's Knife]]. After seeing how weakend Castiel is by the Enochian symbols in the building, Sam gives him back his sword to protect himself with. |
| − | Later, on [[Naomi]]'s orders, Castiel stabs and kills Samandiriel with his sword. | + | Later, on [[Naomi]]'s orders, Castiel stabs and kills Samandiriel with his sword for being a traitor for revealing the existance of the angel [[The Word of God|Word of God]] tablet. |
== Gallery Of Angels Killed with This Weapon== | == Gallery Of Angels Killed with This Weapon== | ||
Revision as of 05:14, 17 January 2013
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| Name | Angel Sword |
| Manufacturer | Unknown |
| Powers | Can Kill Angels and Archangels and Hellhounds and Demons. |
| Location/Owners | Most angels carry this weapon |
| Episodes | 4.16 On the Head of a Pin 5.01 Sympathy for the Devil 5.13 The Song Remains the Same 5.18 Point of No Return 5.19 Hammer of the Gods 6.03 The Third Man 6.10 Caged Heat 6.18 Frontierland 6.22 The Man Who Knew Too Much 7.21 Reading Is Fundamental 8.07 A Little Slice of Kevin |
The existence of the weapon is revealed when Uriel first attempts to kill Castiel.[1] In subsequent episodes many angels carry the blades, including Castiel himself.[2]
Contents
- 1 Weapon Properties
- 2 Appearances
- 2.1 4.16 On the Head of a Pin
- 2.2 5.01 Sympathy for the Devil
- 2.3 5.13 The Song Remains the Same
- 2.4 5.18 Point of No Return
- 2.5 5.19 Hammer of the Gods
- 2.6 6.03 The Third Man
- 2.7 6.10 Caged Heat
- 2.8 6.18 Frontierland
- 2.9 6.22 The Man Who Knew Too Much
- 2.10 7.21 Reading Is Fundamental
- 2.11 8.07 A Little Slice of Kevin
- 2.12 8.10 Torn and Frayed
- 3 Gallery Of Angels Killed with This Weapon
- 4 Trivia
- 5 See Also
- 6 References
Weapon Properties
The weapon could be described as a long dagger or a short sword. It can be used to kill Angels, hellhounds and archangels. It has not been revealed how an angel creates a blade. It also can drain an angel of their power, as shown with Castiel when Rachel's sword causes him to lose most of his angelic power.
Although Uriel stated that the only thing capable of killing an angel is another angel, it seems that the blades are still effective in the hands of a human or demon. Castiel gives his blade to the Winchesters to use on Anna,[3] and Dean Winchester kills Zachariah with an Angel Killing Blade.[4] During an angelic fight, Rachel manages to stab Castiel in the chest with her blade, but he survives, and he kills her. Meg is later able to use one to kill Hellhounds and Hester.
It may be that the higher the rank of an angel, the more powerful the sword he carries. Kali does refer to Gabriel's sword as "an Archangel's Blade". Gabriel's sword was capable of killing Archangels, including himself. When an Angel is killed by this weapon, they explode with an intense white light and their wings are burned like ash onto the ground where their body lies. The blades can be used to harm or kill some other supernatural creatures, e.g. Hellhounds.[5]
After 6.22 The Man Who Knew Too Much episode the angelic blade is ineffective against Castiel after he becomes the new God. Presumably it is now effective against him again now that he is an angel again.
In 8.07 A Little Slice of Kevin, Castiel pulls his sword on Crowley, indicating that these swords are effective against demons as well as angels. Crowley dismisses the threat, but Castiel later confirms it in 8.10 Torn and Frayed and it is seen when Sam kills two demons with one.
Appearances
4.16 On the Head of a Pin
Uriel, a supporter of Lucifer, is trying to recruit angels to his cause, which is to help free Lucifer from Hell. When they refuse, Uriel kills them with his angel killing sword. When Castiel realizes Uriel's betrayal, he draws his sword from his sleeve, but quickly loses it in the ensuing fight. Anna eventually picks it up and stabs Uriel through the throat with it, killing him.
5.01 Sympathy for the Devil
As Zachariah tries to coerce Dean into agreeing to be the Archangel Michael's vessel, Castiel arrives, and attacks the angels assisting Zachariah with a blade, killing them.
5.13 The Song Remains the Same
Castiel carries the blade with him when he meets with Anna. It is also one of the items that Castiel puts in the bag he gives to Sam before they travel through time. A young Mary Winchester uses this blade to defend herself against Anna, but it is knocked out of her hand.
5.18 Point of No Return
Castiel uses the blade to kill two fellow angels who are also carrying swords at Adam Milligan's grave. He later uses the blade to kill an angel who is guarding the Green Room before banishing himself and three other angels (all carrying their own angel-killing swords) with an Angel Banishing Sigil cut into his chest. In the Green Room, Sam fails to kill Zachariah with a sword, but Dean, after nearly assenting to Michael, tricks Zachariah into getting close and kills him with another sword by stabbing it through his head.
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Dean about to kill Zachariah.
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Dean kills Zachariah with an Angel Killing Sword.
5.19 Hammer of the Gods
Kali takes what she believes to be Gabriel's sword and kills him with it. However, this is merely a trick on Gabriel's part as he is still alive, having given her a fake. He does confirm that the blade of an Archangel can kill Lucifer. Gabriel confronts his brother with the sword but is himself killed (for real this time) when Lucifer turns it on him.
6.03 The Third Man
A number of swords are seen in this episode. Castiel and the soldier of Raphael use them in the fight in the Winchester's motel room, though the fight ends with a fall out a window, rather than in death. At Balthazar's house, Sam threatens another soldier, who has his own sword, with one of the weapons to distract him. Castiel throws his sword into the chest of a third armed soldier after pleading with him to lay down his weapon. Finally, Raphael intends to kill Castiel with a sword, but is stopped by Balthazar.
6.10 Caged Heat
Meg takes an Angel Killing Sword from Castiel and uses it to fight off and kill hellhounds.
6.18 Frontierland
Rachel confronts Castiel in a warehouse over his tactics. She attacks, and stabs him in the abdomen with a sword. He manages to pull it out and fight back, eventually killing her. His wound does not immediately heal, and light emanates from it. He seems severely weakened by the injury.
6.22 The Man Who Knew Too Much
Castiel uses a blade to kill Balthazar after he finds out that he has helped the Winchesters. Then Dean tries to throw a blade and kill Raphael, but he fails as Raphael easily catches it with his back turned. Later Sam stabs Castiel with the same blade, but Castiel pulls it out of his back and tells them that the blade won't kill him as he is not an angel anymore, but their new God.
7.21 Reading Is Fundamental
When Hester orders Inias to attack her, Meg reveals that she has aquired one of these swords and slashes Inias' palm with it. Before the situation can deteroriate too far, Dean banishes the angels and Meg reveals that she got the sword as "a lot of angels have died this year," but is cut off by Dean before she can explain further. After finding the group, Hester attacks Castiel and beats him badly while holding a sword in her grasp. As she prepares to kill him with her sword, Meg stabs Hester from behind with the sword she aquired, killing her.
8.07 A Little Slice of Kevin
Crowley has acquired one of these swords and uses it to torture the locations of the future Prophets out of Samandiriel. He eventually stops the torture when he learns the next generation of prophets hasn't been born yet, but doesn't kill Samadiriel as he may still be useful.
When confronting Crowley, Castiel draws his angel-killing sword to use on the demon and Crowley summons his own, believing that in Castiel's weakened state he doesn't stand a chance against him. Holding the sword, Castiel starts to use his powers on Crowley who believes he is bluffing but ultimatly flees instead of attacking, getting only half of The Word of God as Castiel breaks it and gets the other half.
8.10 Torn and Frayed
When invading Crowley's base, Castiel gives his angel-killing sword to Sam, telling him it can kill demons too. While Dean distracts a demon, Sam stabs it from behind with the sword, killing it. He later kills another demon the same way after it attacks him. While fighting a third demon, Sam tries to kill it with the sword but fails and it is eventually killed by Dean with Ruby's Knife. After seeing how weakend Castiel is by the Enochian symbols in the building, Sam gives him back his sword to protect himself with.
Later, on Naomi's orders, Castiel stabs and kills Samandiriel with his sword for being a traitor for revealing the existance of the angel Word of God tablet.
Gallery Of Angels Killed with This Weapon
The pictures below highlight the wing outline left behind when an angel is killed with a sword.
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Death of an Angel in 4.16 On the Head of a Pin.
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Death of Uriel in 4.16 On the Head of a Pin.
Death of Zachariah in 5.18 Point of No Return.
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Death of Archangel Gabriel in 5.19 Hammer of the Gods.
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Death of Rachel in 6.18 Frontierland.
Trivia
This angelic weapon is referred to as the Sword Of Lucifer in the official episode summary released by The CW, although it is never referred to as this in canon.
In the spin-off novel Supernatural: War of the Sons, Sam and Dean encounter a couple of Hunters who had attempted to forge angel-killing bullets by melting down one of these swords and reforging them as bullets, although it is unknown whether this method would have worked as the hunters never got the chance to test it. The canonicity of these events is unclear.
