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In 2011 the only archangel that remained alive and active was Raphael, as Lucifer supposedly killed Gabriel, and both Lucifer and Michael were restricted to [[Lucifer's Cage]]. Heaven would fallen into major disarray as a civil war, with Castiel and a number of other angels tryied to prevent Raphael from becoming the paramount leader of Heaven and restarting the [[Apocalypse]]. Castiel managed to defeat Raphael by taking in souls from [[Purgatory]]. He slaughters Raphael and his followers, but Castiel cannot contain the power for long, and must return the souls. In his absence, the leadership of Heaven was unknown, though angels still appeared to have a hierarchy.<ref name="seven21">[[7.21 Reading Is Fundamental]]</ref>
Among the hierarchy is [[Naomi]] who holds an unknown rank, but works in intelligence and is clearly very high-ranking. Metatron reveals that she is a major player in fighting over for the right to rule Heaven. After Metatron expelled all angels from Heaven to Earth using a spell, he declared himself to be the sole ruler of Heaven. On Earth, many angel factions formed led by [[Bartholomew]], [[Malachi]], [[Tyrus]] and [[Rebecca]]. Both Bartholomew and Malachi wanted to unite all of the angels and retake Heaven under their leadership and Rebecca and her faction wanted to coexist with humans. Bartholomew killed Rebecca and wiped out her faction while Castiel killed Bartholomew in self-defense. Currently another faction is forming under Castiel's leadership that wants there to be no more unnecessary bloodshed between angels. Castiel's faction comes into conflict with one led by [[Metatron]] and [[Gadreel]] who kill anyone who refuses to join them including Malachi. Metatron eventually manages to unite all the angels under his command and attains God-like power with the help of the [[Tablets|angel tablet]], but with the help of Gadreel, Sam, Dean and Castiel destroy Metatron's power and overthrow him. Metatron is locked in Heaven's dungeon and all the angels look to Castiel for leadership. However, Castiel declines the leadership and a quorum of angels is formed to run Heaven by committee, of which included [[Hannah]] in a high ranking position.<ref name="nine14" /><ref name="nine21">[[9.21 King of the Damned]]</ref><ref name="nine23">[[9.23 Do You Believe in Miracles?]]</ref> According to Metatron, under Hannah's leadership, Heaven is run better than it has since God "cut the ribbon on the pearly gates."<ref name="ten18" >[[10.18 Book of the Damned]]</ref>
After Hannah's death, Heaven's leadership is indicated to have fallen apart.<ref name="eleven03">[[11.03 The Bad Seed]]</ref> A lower-ranking angel takes command to fight [[Amara]], but is killed in a failed attack on her.<ref name="eleven09" >[[11.09 O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]</ref> [[Lucifer]] subsequently takes control for a short time before being captured by Amara.<ref name="eleven18" >[[11.18 Hell's Angel]]</ref> [[Joshua]] is known to have taken up a leadership role during the [[Nephilim]] crisis and was stated to have the power to pardon Castiel,<ref name="twelve15" >[[12.15 Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell]]</ref> but he was killed by the [[Prince of Hell]] [[Dagon]].<ref name="twelve19" >[[12.19 The Future]]</ref> Following Joshua's death, the leadership of Heaven was unclear until Lucifer took power again for a short time.<ref name="thirteen13">[[13.13 Devil's Bargain]]</ref><ref name="thirteen18" /> Following Lucifer's departure, Naomi appears to have taken command of the remaining angels,<ref name="thirteen19" /> but is overthrown by [[Dumah]] who attempts to reshape Heaven for the worst following the invasion of the [[Cosmic Entity]]. However, her reign is short-lived as Dumah is killed by Castiel for threatening [[John]] and [[Mary Winchester]].<ref name="fourteen19" >[[14.19 Jack in the Box]]</ref>
It is later revealed that the existence of angels is what maintains Heaven, and due to the significant loss of angels through the Fall and various wars and battles only nine angels, led by [[Namoi]] remain in existence to watch over the souls in the Heaven, and that once they are all gone, Heaven will fall releasing billions of souls on to the earth.
