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|powers and abilities= Varies; can include <br>* [[Healing]]* [[telekinesisResurrection]], * [[teleportationSmiting]] and * [[possessionTelekinesis]].|vulnerabilities= <br> * [[Angel banishing sigil]]* [[Angel blade]]s, * [[The First BladeHoly oil]], * [[holy fireWarding Sigils|Warding]]|appearance= Varies; Can appear as a blinding white light or blue-ish white smoke when manifesting on earth outside of a vessel|episodes= Seasons 4-144–14

An angel is a divine being created by [[God]], able to [[manifest]] physically on earth by occupying a [[vessel]]. During God's long absence, angels became the caretakers and rulers of [[Heaven]]. The [[Nephilim]] [[Jack Kline]] has shown the ability to forge new angels from the souls of humans.

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" /><ref name="thirteen18" /> Following Lucifer's departure, Naomi appears to have taken command of the remaining angels,<ref name="thirteen19">[[13.19 Funeralia]]</ref> 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 [[NamoiNaomi]] 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.

The After imprisoning [[Cosmic EntityNaomi]] who is enraged when , Dumah takes over Heaven to reshape it to be a more merciless place and manipulates Jack to her own ends. She also co-opts Jack into turning devout humans into angels. After Dumah threatens to end Mary and John's peace to force Castiel's cooperation, Castiel kills Dumah with his [[Jackangel blade]] dies and goes to Heaven rather than .<ref name="fourteen19">[[14.19 Jack in the EmptyBox]], threatens to destroy Heaven until Castiel makes a deal to save Jack in exchange for his own life. </ref>

Fallen angels are angels that have been expelled from Heaven on the [[Host of Heaven]]'s command. When regular angels are cut off, they loose certain abilities including, [[healing]], [[resurrection]], and [[dmitingsmiting]].<ref name="five10">[[5.10 Abandon All Hope...]]</ref> However, [[archangels]] function independently from Heaven and do not loose any known abilities.

* Destructive white light - Similar to [[LilithClairsentience]]'s – Angels have the ability in depiction, however comes with to sense the blue tinge that represents angelic presenceenergies other angels radiate from their vessels, suggesting this is an extension of allowing them to recognize each other. This ability also extends to being able to see the angel's true formfaces of demons possessing humans. When Castiel used this power, he ordered the humans * Destructive white light – Similar to "Shut your eyes!" as [[AnnaLilith]] did when she regained her true form's ability in depiction, however comes with the blue tinge that represents angelic presence, destroying [[Alastair]]suggesting this is an extension of the angel's hosttrue form. The light is powerful enough When Castiel used this power, he ordered the humans to kill a diner full of "Shut your eyes!" as [[EveAnna Milton]]'s "perfect creations" the did when she regained her true form, destroying [[Jefferson StarshipsAlastair]] in [[6's host.19 Mommy Dearest]]. This may have been what the Sheriff witnessed Raphael using on The light is powerful enough to kill a diner full of [[demonEve]]'s at a gas station in "perfect creations" the [[5.03 Free to Be You and MeJefferson Starships]]. <ref name="six19" /> This may have been what [[Naomi]] later used this in [[8.19 Taxi DriverDeputy Framingham]] to try to smite witnessed Raphael using on [[Crowleydemon]] forcing him to flee before she coulds at a gas station. <ref name="five03" /> [[MetatronNaomi]] also displayed later used this in to try to smite [[8.21 The Great EscapistCrowley]] when he rescued forcing him to flee before she could.<ref name="eight19">[[8.19 Taxi Driver]]</ref> [[Metatron]] also displayed this when he rescued [[Kevin Tran]] from Crowley.* [<ref name="eight21">[[8.21 The Great Escapist]]</ref>* [[Dreamwalking]] - – Angels can enter human dreams in order to communicate with them. They do not need to know where the person is to use this ability.* [[Healing]] - Angels Enhanced senses – An angel's senses are heightened to a superhuman level. They have the ability to heal humans. When angels are disconnected identify people from Heavensimply smelling their bones or blood, they lose this power, as shown during Castielsee a person's defection molecular make-up, and hear people from Heaven and his inability vast distances. Their sense of taste allows them to cure [[Bobby]] taste each individual atom that makes up a piece of food. Castiel was also able to tell a victim suffered from a recent bladder infection by sniffing his paralysiscorpse.** [[Healing]] – Angels are able have the ability to maintain their vessels without foodheal humans. When angels are disconnected from Heaven, water, or sleepthey lose this power, as shown during Castiel's defection from Heaven and his inability to cure [[Bobby Singer]] of his paralysis.** Angels are able to maintain their vessels without food, water, or sleep, and to heal them after they are injured. Lucifer healed Nick's body after he was shot by [[the Colt]]. Castiel has healed his vessel, [[Jimmy Novak]] , from his countless fatal injuries. Their vessels also appear resistant to disease. However, when Castiel is on the verge of becoming mortal, [[Pestilence]] is able to infect him.<ref name="five21">[[5.21 Two Minutes to Midnight]]</ref> Possessed vessels will also not age as long as they are possessed by an angel. Also, weakened angels in vessels can become drunk, but it takes an extremely large amount of alcohol. An angel's ability to maintain and heal its vessel can be used to repair fatal damage that even their healing power can't fix.* Invisibility - – Angels, even while occupying vessels, can hide within [[the Veil]] rendering themselves unseen by the human eye. * Knowledge Invulnerability – An angel's durability far exceeds that of all [[prophet]]a human's - Castiel claims that . Prior to [[Leahthe Fall]], the an angel could take great amounts of physical damage, causing little to no harm to them. * Knowledge of all [[Whore of Babylonprophet]], is not s – Castiel claims that [[Leah]], the [[Whore of Babylon]], is not a prophet because he has every prophet's name "seared" into his brain, and it is likely that all angels do as well. [[Samandriel]] displays displayed this ability as well.* Matchmaking - – Certain types of angels in the [[cherub]] class, e.g. cupids, can bring couples together by marking their hearts with [[Enochian]] symbols.* Memory manipulation - – Angels have the ability to take away and restore a human's memories. Angels can also implant fake memories. Displayed by Zachariah, Michael, & Castiel.* Power removal - – [[Castiel|One angel]] has displayed the power to remove psychic abilities from humans, but it is extremely painful and mentally-damaging to the person losing the power.* [[Reality warpingPrayer]] - [[Gabriel]] has shown – Angels are capable hearing the ability prayers of humans. The prayer does not need to create living beingsbe formal, creaturesas angels can pick up on a sense of longing in a person, objects and imaginary realities out whether they are aware of nothingit or not. He also showed * [[Reality warping]] – [[Gabriel]] had shown the ability to create living beings, creatures, objects and imaginary realities out of nothing. He also showed the ability to reshape objects and human bodies, including his own vessel, and he was able to create an exact copy of himself as well.<ref name="two15">[[2.15 Tall Tales]]</ref><ref name="three11" >[[3.11 Mystery Spot]]</ref><ref name="five08">[[5.08 Changing Channels]]</ref><ref name="five19" />* [[Resurrection]] - – Some angels are sufficiently powerful to resurrect humans, even from [[Hell]].* Revelation - – Angels can implant visions into a [[prophet]]’s mind, as demonstrated when Zachariah uses [[Chuck]].<ref name="five01" />* [[Sedation]] - – As displayed by Castiel & Michael, angels have the ability to make humans unconscious by placing two fingers on their foreheads.* [[Smiting]] - – Angels have the ability kill [[demons]] by placing a hand on the forehead of a possessed individual. Extremely powerful demons are immune to the touch of lower-level angels, e.g. [[Alastair]].<ref name="four10" /> This ability also works on monsters and humans alike.<ref name="nine09" /> A special class of angels called the [[Rit Zien]], like [[Ephraim]], can use this to kill mortally-wounded angels and humans, but when they do, the being it is used on near-instantly explodes in a painless death.<ref name="nine09" /> The collective Host of Heaven can pool their powers together and perform mass-smitingswhich can poison the attacked area causing [[smiting sickness]].* Soul-reading - – By reaching into a human's chest, an angel can read marks left on the human's soul by another angel. This procedure is very painful for the human, but leaves little physical damage. Thus far, this ability has only been used by Castiel.* Soul-channeling - – Angels can use the energy from souls to empower themselves. Castiel siphons some energy from Bobby's soul to pull Sam and Dean forward in time.<ref name="six18">[[6.18 Frontierland]]</ref> He absorbs fifty thousand damned souls to declare war on Raphael.<ref name="six20" /> He manages to destroy [[Raphael]] by taking in the souls of [[Purgatory]].<ref name="six22">[[6.22 The Man Who Knew Too Much]]</ref>* Superhuman Super strength - – The physical strength of an angel in a vessel is unknown, it's possible that their strength is unlimited as it doesn't come from the vessels muscles but instead their angelic power. They also have an extreme control on their strength as they have been shown to punch through walls but also non-fatally punch humans. [[Castiel|One]]] has been shown to be able to lift a one-ton anvil with ease.* Supernatural perception - – Angels are able to see objects and beings that are invisible to humans, for e.g. ; [[reaper]]s, [[hellhounds]] and [[Enochian sigils]].* [[Telekinesis]] - – Angels have the ability to move and influence objects with their minds. Other forms of telekinesis include:** Biokinesis - – Zachariah gives Dean stomach cancer and removes Sam's lungs.<ref name="five01" /> He also injures Adam, causing him to cough up blood.<ref name="five18" />[[5.18 Point of No Return]]</ref> Castiel uses this ability, similar to demon exorcism and the pyrokinetic power used by Michael on Anna, on [[Lenore]] to kill her in .<ref name="six19">[[6.19 Mommy Dearest]]</ref>** Pyrokinesis - Michael has shown the ability to kill another angel Cryokinesis – Lucifer proved capable of freezing objects by setting her ablazebreathing on them; this occurred while he was manifesting in his vessel.<ref name="five13" /> Gabriel also demonstrated this when he lighted some candles.<ref name="five19five22">[[5.19 Hammer of the Gods22 Swan Song]]</ref> and incinerated the [[Prince of Hell]] [[Asmodeus]]** Electrokinesis – Raphael can manipulate and control electricity.<ref nameWhen Raphael first appeared before Dean and Castiel, electricity arcs away from him while he was manifesting in his vessel for the second time.<ref name="thirteen18five03">[[135.18 Bring 'em Back Alive03 Free to Be You and Me]]</ref> Castiel ignited and burnt [[Crowley]]'s bones** Pyrokinesis – Michael has shown the ability to kill another angel by setting her ablaze.<ref name="six10five13">[[6.10 Caged Heat]]</ref>** Electrokinesis - Raphael can manipulate and control electricityGabriel also demonstrated this when he lighted some candles. When Raphael first appeared before Dean and Castiel, electricity arcs away from him while he was manifesting in his vessel for the second time.<ref name="five03<ref name="five19">[[5.03 Free to Be You and Me19 Hammer of the Gods]]</ref>** Cryokinesis - Lucifer proved capable and incinerated the [[Prince of freezing objects by breathing on them; this occurred while he was manifesting in his vesselHell]] [[Asmodeus]].<ref name="five22thirteen18" />* Telepathy - Angels have the ability to communicate using their minds[[13.* [[Teleportation18 Bring 'em Back Alive]] - </ref> Castiel ignited and burnt what he claimed were [[Crowley]]'s bones.<ref name="six10">[[6.10 Caged Heat]]</ref>* Telepathy – Angels have the ability to communicate using their minds.* [[Teleportation]] – With their [[Angel Wings|wings]] angels have the ability to teleport anywhere in the world as long as the area is not protected by [[Enochian]] sigils. They can teleport themselves and other beings. Due to angels using their [[Angel Wings|wings]] to teleport, when [[the Fall]] occurred all non-archangels had their wings destroyed preventing then from teleporting. The process of teleportation can be uncomfortable for humans, according to Dean.<ref name="five03" /> Teleportation may involve:

* Time travel - – Angels have the ability to go backward and forward through time, though this is difficult without [[Heaven]]'s assistance. According to Castiel, "Time is fluid, and on occasion we can bend it."Angels can become aware if there is a significant change to the timeline, however they cannot discern how a change happened. After the Fall destroyed the wings of all angels, it was revealed that the ability to travel through time was also connected to their wings.* [[Vessel]] connection – Castiel revealed to Dean that angels and their vessels share a connection, likening it to an "open phone line." Through this connection, Castiel was able to send a message to [[Raphael]] through his catatonic vessel [[Donnie Finnerman]]. The Michael of [[Apocalypse World]] was able to use a similar connection to Dean Winchester to "leave the door open just a crack", leaving Dean ripe for repossession. * Voice mimicry - – Angels have the ability to sound like any human they choose.<ref name="four16" /><ref name="four22" /><ref name="five13" />* [[Weather ]] manipulation - – The presence to [[Raphael]], [[Michael]], and [[Lucifer]] all manipulated the weather at will.

* Ancient beings - – Certain beings that predate the angel's creation, such as [[Eve]], can inhibit an angel from using his or her thier powers. It is not known if this applies to higher tier tiered angels, such as the archangels. Eve existed before angels, and suggests that she has knowledge that angels lack. Leviathan's have been shown to be able to over power overpower and kill angels with little effort. * [[Angel banishing sigil]] drawn – Drawn in human blood. When , when a hand is placed on the sigil, angels are temporarily banished from the area. It can be used by humans and angels, and the angel who uses it does not disappear with the others. Castiel uses an extreme form of this when he carves the sigil into his vessel's chest; on this occasion, he vanished with the other angels, and returned near mortal.<ref name="five18" /> It is powerful enough to banish an [[archangel]] as strong as [[Lucifer]] as well as regular angels.<ref name="eleven14">[[11.14 The Vessel]]</ref>* [[Angel blade]] - – A short blade carried around by angels, can be wielded by humans.* [[Angel sword]] - – A sword that is carried by the [[Grigori]] class of angels. Has the same effect as the angel blade.* [[Angel trap]] – Much like how a devil's trap works for demons, painting a special sigil can trap an angel within it's confines.* [[Archangel]]s – Can easily overpower angels, often killing or banishing them by snapping their fingers.<ref name="five08" /><ref name="five13" /><ref name="five22" />* [[Archangel blade]] - – A short blade once carried by the [[archangel]]s that is capable of killing an archangel,<ref name="five19" /> but only when wielded by another archangel<ref name="thirteen13">[[13.13 Devil's Bargain]]</ref> or a [[vessel]] powered by an archangel.<ref name="thirteen23">[[13.23 Let the Good Times Roll]]</ref>The archangel blades were thought to be lost forever until one was unearthed by [[Asmodeus]].* [[Cambion]] - – [[JesseTurner]] has the power to transform Castiel into a toy. Castiel says that Jesse could "destroy the Host of Heaven with a word." * [[The Colt]] - – The gun's power against angels is uncertain. It was ineffective against Lucifer, but he stated that only five things could not be killed with this weapon, so it is possible that the Colt may work on angels, but not archangels.* [[Archangel]]s can easily overpower angels, often killing or banishing them by snapping their fingers.<ref name="five08" /><ref name="five13" /><ref name="five22" />* [[Death's scythe]] - – Crowley states that it will can kill an angel.<ref name="five21" />* [[Demons]] – In certain situations, if there are a significant number of demons, an angel can be overpowered by a horde. Even at full strength, angels travelling into Hell was deemed a dangerous endeavor.* [[Enochian ]] [[Warding Sigils|warding]] - – They can be used to disguise the location of those bearing the symbols. Castiel carved the symbols into Sam and Dean's and later Adam's ribs. Enochian sigils can also be used to keep angels from entering a building.<ref name="four16" /><ref name="five10">[[5.10 Abandon All Hope...]]</ref>* Exorcism chant - – There is an exorcism chant to expel angels from their human vessels. It seems that the chant is not well known as only one demon, Alastair, has ever used it.<ref name="four10" /><ref name="four16" />* [[The Fall]] - – After the angels fell from Heaven due to Metatron's spell, all angels have become more susceptible to physical damage as well as having lost the ability to teleportand time travel.* [[Holy oil]] - – This can be used to trap or kill an angel. Castiel uses used a Molotov cocktail of holy oil to temporarily banish Michael at [[Stull Cemetery]].<ref name="five22" />* [[Naomi]]'s [[Mind Hacking|torture spike]] - – Naomi's torture spike can be used to torture and possibly bend an angel to another angel's will. * Pieces of [[Heaven]] - – Any physical piece of Heaven itself can be used to kill an angel as shown when [[Gadreel]] uses a piece of rock from the wall of Heaven's dungeon to commit suicide.* [[Salt crystal]] - – A crystal from the [[smiting]] of Sodom and Gomorrah has the ability to render an angel's vessel into a pillar of salt, forcing the angel to seek a new one.<ref name="six03" />* [[Spells]] – Angels are susceptible to certain powerful spells and forms of blood magic, some of which can be lethal to them.* [[Staff of Moses]] - – The staff has control over the 10 Plagues of Egypt, and appears to be effective even against angels.<ref name="six03" />* Unsuitable [[vessel]]s - – If an angel takes a vessel that cannot hold the angel's power, it will begin to burn out unless they find a more suitable one. In extreme cases the vessel will explode upon possession.* [[Vessel]] expulsion - – If an vessel does not want the angel in them anymore any longer and they are aware of the possessionand have sufficient will power to exert control, they can expel the angel possessing them though it seems to cause no harm besides rendering the angel bodiless.

===[[Dumah]]===[[File:Dumah.png|350px|left|thumb|[[Dumah]]]]One of the few remaining angels in Heaven, Dumah is contacted by [[Castiel]] for help in [[13.07 War of the Worlds]] to find [[Jack Kline]]. Dumah reveals that Heaven doesn't have him and intends to enslave Jack when they find him to force Jack to help create new angels. With the help of two other angels, Dumah attacks Castiel, only to be driven off by the sudden appearance of [[Lucifer]]. She later meets with Lucifer and [[Anael]] in [[13.13 Devil's Bargain]] and reluctantly carries out his orders in [[13.18 Bring 'em Back Alive]]. When Castiel returns to Heaven for help in [[13.19 Funeralia]], Dumah brings in [[Naomi]] to explain the situation. In [[14.08 Byzantium]], Castiel returns to Heaven to find Jack's [[soul]] so that he can [[resurrection|resurrect him]], only to find that Heaven has been invaded by the [[Cosmic Entity]]. Castiel finds Dumah alive and she accompanies him on his search for Jack's soul, only for it to be revealed that she is possessed by the Entity. The Entity uses Dumah as its [[vessel]] in its confrontation with Castiel before leaving her body to return to [[the Empty]], leaving Dumah unharmed. She appears when Castiel calls for Naomi in [[14.18 Absence]] and tells him that [[Mary Winchester]] is at peace in a shared Heaven with [[John Winchester]]. In [[14.19 Jack in the Box]], Dumah is revealed to have taken over Heaven and is reshaping it to be a more merciless place and manipulates Jack to her own ends. She also co-opts Jack into turning devout humans into angels. After Dumah threatens to end Mary and John's peace to force Castiel's cooperation, Castiel kills Dumah with his [[angel blade]] in the hallway of Heaven. [[File:RaphaelHenchman.jpg|350px|leftright|thumb|A soldier of [[Raphael]] engages in battle with [[Castiel]].]]