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|actor= [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]] ([[1.22]])<br>[[Frederic Lehne]] ([[2.01]], [[2.21]], [[2.22]] and [[6.01 Exile on Main St.|6.01]])<br>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0571636 [Lindsey McKeon]] ([[2.01]])<br>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531403/ Christopher B. MacCabe] ([[4.03]])<br>

|dates= Before the sinking of Atlantis - 2007 (killed by [[Dean Winchester]])<br>Makes contact with [[Lucifer]] in Maryland in 1972.<br>Makes a deal with [[Mary Campbell]] to save [[John Winchester]] in 1973.<br>Azazel enters [[Sam Winchester]]'s nursery in 1983.<br>Killed in 2007 by [[Dean Winchester]].|location= Killed in [[Fossil Butte Cemetery]], Wyoming|occupation= [[Demon]] ([[Prince of Hell]])<br>Demon General of Hell<ref name="essential">[[The Essential Supernatural: On the Road with Sam and Dean Winchester]]</ref>

|text= I need permission... I need to be invited, into their houses, I know, I know, the – the red tape'll drive you nuts, but in ten short years, it'll all be worth it. ‘Cause you know what I'm gonna do to your sibling? I'm gonna stand over their crib and I'm gonna bleed into their mouth. Demon blood is better than Ovaltine; vitamins, minerals – it makes you big and strong.

Azazel is was a [[Demonology|Yellowyellow-Eyed Demoneyed demon]], one of the a [[Prince of Hell|Generals of Hell]] commanding who commanded the [[Demondemon]] armies of s and kept order in [[Hell]],.<ref name="essential" /> and seemingly the only one still active by 2007. He was the first supernatural creature and the first Demon who appeared in the series. Azazel planned to bring his army of black-eyed demons forth from Hell to unleash upon the world in preparation for the [[Apocalypse]].<ref name="two22" /> The demon [[Casey]] described him as a "tyrant" who nevertheless held the demon army together; without him, the armydemon's disciplined nature dissolved into chaos and power struggles.<ref name="three04">[[3.04 Sin City]]</ref> He referred to two particular black-eyed demons as his "children" -- [[Meg]] and [[Tom]].<ref name="one22" />

Azazel became integral in [[Lucifer]]'s plans to escape from [[Lucifer's Cage|his prison]]. Azazel kept faith in [[Lucifer]] even after other demons his fellow Princes of Hell gave up on his return, and continued to search for him for years, eventually discovering the site where [[Lucifer's Cage]] his prison opened and how to contact him through it. On Lucifer's instructions, he created the [[Special Children]].<ref name="four22" /> It is during this mission that he encounters [[Mary Campbell]]. After ; after killing her parents and her fiance [[John Winchester]], he makes a [[Deal]] deal with her that if she'll allow him entry to her home in ten years time, undisturbed, he'll bring John back to life.<ref name="four03" /> On the night Azazel visited Sam's nursery, he killed [[Mary Winchester]] when she discovered him, and set fire to the Winchester home. These actions caused [[John Winchester]] to pursue Azazel for the rest of his life, and [[Sam]] and [[Dean]]'s lives were forever altered.

After years of searching, John had started to pick up of Azazel's trail in 2005. After Dean attempted to contact John, he didn't answer him so he went to get Sam, who was studying to be a lawyer in Stanford and trying to have a normal life. Sam reluctantly agreed to help Dean find John, but they were only able to recover his [[John's Journal|journal]] when they looked for him in Jericho, California which led them to hunt in his place while he tries to follow Azazel's trail. They discovered that he was While hunting a [[Woman in White]] named [[Constance Welch]] when he located Azazel , signs of Azezel's presence began to manifest, prompting him to abandon his hunt and he sent them focus on another hunt in Black Water Ridgetracking Azazel down. In order to push Sam back into the hunting life, Colorado to hunt a Azazel orders [[WendigoBrady]] when they finished the hunt in Jericho. Dean left Sam back at Stanford, only to discover that kill Sam's girlfriend fiance, [[Jessica Moore|Jessica]] was murdered , in the exact same way their mother was. In the aftermath of the fire, manner as [[Mary Winchester]] after Sam decided to stay returned from hunting with Dean to find their father, hunt down Azazel, and avenge the deaths of their mother and Jessica.

Azazel had would have [[Meg following ]] follow Sam and Dean while they were looking for their father , who was looking for a way to kill him, . Meg would frequently contacted Azazel through a [[Goblet of Blood|demon goblet]] all the whilegiving him updates on her progress. Meg wanted to retrieve the Colt to prevent Sam and Dean and John from using it against Azazel, so she made a deal with John to hand it over in exchange for sparing the lives of all of his friends and hunters associated with him. John arrives at the warehouse in Lincoln, Nebraska with a fake version of the Colt to distract Meg while Sam and Dean remained once again reemerges in Salvation, Iowa when he is thwarted by Sam Winchester while trying to try feed demon blood to [[Rose Holt]] and kill Azazel with it while he was about to target another familyher mother. After Sam took a shot, Azazel teleported away while the bullet struck the wall. After Sam and Dean were able to save the Holt family from a fire caused by Azazel, he can be seen through the window watching them through the flames before disappearing. Azazel would go on to possess John Winchester in order to get his hands on the Colt, however he is driven out of John's body when Sam shoots John in the leg, allowing John to take temporary control and urge Sam to shoot him while he had Azazel trapped inside him.

After Meg and Tom had abducted John, Azazel had possessed him while Meg 's demon army was sent to Sioux Falls, South Dakota to send unleashed upon the Winchesters to Sunrise Apartments in Jefferson City, Missouri. When Sam, Dean and [[Bobby]] were able to capture her and receive their father's locationworld, Sam had exorcised her. After Sam and Dean had escaped from the apartment building with "John," Tom had ambushed them and attacked Sam repeatedly before he was killed by Dean with the Colt. After hiding in a secluded cabin, Azazel had revealed himself and started been able to mock them about everything he took from them. He revealed that their mom and Jessica were killed because they got in the way of discover his true plans for Sam and all opening the children like him. He started to rip DeanDevil's chest apart with his mind saying that it was revenge for Dean killing Tom Gate and their part in exorcising Meg. Before he could kill Dean, John was they were able to take back control long enough for Sam to grab thwart the Colt. Sam, unable plans to kill his father, shot him in bring forth the leg, paralyzing [[Apocalypse]] with the demon for a short period help of time. John wanted Sam to shoot him to kill Azazel along with him, but Sam couldn't do it, which allowed Azazel to escape. In the aftermath, [[Trucker|a trucker demonCastiel]] and [[Crowley]] sent by Azazel, crashes into and all the Impala with a semi-truck when Sam and Dean were driving away with Johnother hunters working on their side.

All three Ten years after his death, Azazel is revealed to be one of them were taken to the hospital in Shiloh County in the aftermath via an emergency Helicopter. Sam and John were able to survive with a few broken bones, but Dean was in a comatose state on the brink of death. John was able to four [[Spells#Azazel|summon AzazelPrinces of Hell]] and make a deal to save Dean in exchange for the Colt and the final remaining bullet. Azazel saw inside Johnonly one still following Lucifer's head while he possessed him that plan as he knew the truth about Sam and the Special Children and the endgame Azazel is planning, all the while taunting him about knowing all about his plans and keeping it from described as a fanatic by his sons. Azazel agreed to save Dean, but he stated that John still needs to "sweeten the pot" claiming that there is one thing that he wants more than the Colt; brother [[Souls|John's SoulRamiel]]. After the reaper, <ref>[[Tessa12.12 Stuck in the Middle (With You)]], appears to Dean trying to convince him to come with her to the afterlife, Azazel possessed her and used her powers to save Dean. After having one last talk with his sons, John gave the Colt to Azazel and allowed him to kill him to fulfill their deal.</ref>

All throughout [[Season 2]] after John's [[Hunter's funeral pyre|Funeral Pyre]], Sam and Dean have been working with [[Ellen]], [[Jo]], and [[Ash]] in [[Harvelle's Roadhouse]] to locate all the Special Children and Azazel in the process. Azazel had been rounding up all the Special Children and taking them all to Cold Oak, South Dakota and forcing them all to battle each other to the death until one is left standing. When Sam was taken to Cold Oak, he encounters some of the Special Children. They attempt to survive and escape before they are all killed, but some of them had been killed until two were left; Sam and [[Jake Talley]]. Meanwhile, Azazel had gone to Harvelle's Roadhouse to burn it to the ground along with every hunter inside, including Ash when he found something important about Azazel's plans. After Bobby and Dean arrived at Cold Oak and found Sam through a vision sent to them by [[Andy Gallagher]], they saw Jake stab Sam in the back before running away while Bobby chased after him. Azazel met Jake in the woods threatening to kill his family if he doesn't obey his instructions. He sent him to a railroad in southern Wyoming to meet with him. Meanwhile, Dean had made a deal with the [[Crossroads Demon]] outside of Lloyd's Bar in Greenwood, Mississippi to bring Sam back, but they make the deal on the condition that his soul is claimed in one year rather than the standard ten years. They had started putting the pieces from Ash's discovery together with a little help from Ellen, who had gone to get pretzels when the Roadhouse burned to the ground. She recovered everything from a warded safe from the basement after Ash's last call to her led her there, including a map of southern Wyoming with five marks. They discovered that each of the marks represent five abandoned frontier churches built by Samuel Colt in the 1800's along with private railway lines connecting each church into the shape of a [[Pentagram]]; a 100 square mile [[Devil's Trap]] made with pure iron and an old cowboy cemetery at the epicenter. After arriving at the railway lines, Azazel gave Jake the Colt which is the key to opening a crypt in the cemetery. At first, Jake wanted to kill him, but Azazel convinced him to obey by promising that his family will be treated like royalty if he accomplishes this task and gives into his psychic powers. At [[Fossil Butte Cemetery]], Jake was delayed by Sam, Dean, Bobby, and Ellen. He was shocked when he saw Sam believing that he killed him after he severed his spine when he stabbed him in the back at Cold Oak and he was horrified to see him standing there. Jake was able to use his newfound psychic abilities to make Ellen turn her gun on her own head and threatening that he will make her fire if they don't drop their weapons. After they agreed, Jake used the Colt to open the mausoleum, but Sam shot Jake four times in the back. As Jake was begging Sam not to kill him, Sam shot him three more times before finally killing him, but as Dean retrieves the Colt from the lock which had shifted to the shape of a pentagram, the doors had opened unleashing hundreds of demons upon the world. It was revealed that the crypt in the cemetery was a [[Devil's Gate]]; a gateway to Hell. When the gates were opened, the Devil's trap surrounding the gate had been broken, allowing Azazel to enter the cemetery. As Bobby, Ellen, and Sam attempted to shut the gates, Dean realized that the last bullet is still in the chamber before he was attacked by Azazel. Sam came to stop Azazel from killing Dean, but he was psychically pushed onto a tree and pinned in place. Azazel started to insult Dean about him bringing Sam back from the dead and hinted that Sam came back from the dead different to mess with his head and stating that "what's dead should stay dead" as well as teasing him about the lengths he would go to for his family. Azazel was just about to use the Colt to kill Dean, but John's spirit had escaped from Hell via the Devil's Gate and wrestled against Azazel by ripping him out of his [[Meatsuit]]. John's distraction gave Dean enough time to take the Colt back and aim it at Azazel as he was returning to his vessel after throwing John off of him. Azazel stared at Dean in horror as he used the final bullet in the chamber to shoot Azazel in the heart. After one last fearful look at Dean, he started to light up orange as he was dying and his yellow eyes displayed a pair of skulls before finally fading away. After Ellen and Bobby were able to shut the gate before any more demons and spirits can exit the [[Portal]], they witnessed John's spirit who had been staring at Azazel's dead body. After having a final moment with his sons, his spirit had finally passed on to the afterlife as Azazel was finally killed, fulfilling their life long hunt for revenge for Mary's death. Despite his death, his demon army was released along with Lilith and Bobby, Ellen, Sam and Dean decided to put a stop to the over 200 demons that escaped. Over the course of [[Season 3]] through [[Season 5]] after Azazel's demon army was unleashed upon the world, Sam and Dean had been able to discover his true plans for opening the Devil's Gate and they were able to thwart the plans to bring forth the [[Apocalypse]] with the help of [[Castiel]] and [[Crowley]] and all the other hunters working on their side. Ten years after his death, Azazel is revealed to be one of the four [[Prince of Hell|Princes of Hell]] and the only one still following Lucifer's plan as he is described as a fanatic by his brother; [[Ramiel]].<ref name="twelve12" />* For the history of Azazel and the Winchesters see the [[Timeline (Mythological Arc Timeline)]].

Azazel has yellow irises and white sclerae, but usually does not have visible pupils (though he is clearly depicted as having black pupils when he is possessing [[John]]<ref name="one22">[[1.22 Devil's Trap]]</ref>). The irises are shown to include cloudy tints of yellow and gray, with lighting affecting how they appear in different instances. A week prior to an attack by Azazel, the geographical area has cattle deaths, electrical storms, and temperature fluctuations.<ref name="one21" /> His presence makes clocks stop and electrical devices go haywire.<ref name="one01" /><ref name="one21" /> <ref name="one22" />

===Powers and Abilitiesabilities===* Pyrokinesis<ref name="one01">[[1.01 PilotCattle Mutilations]]</ref><ref name="one21">– Azazel's impending arrival causes cattle deaths in the days leading up to the murders he commits when he visits his [[1.21 SalvationSpecial Children]]</ref>.* [[TelekinesisDeals and Pacts|Deal making]]– Azazel had the authority to make deals.<ref name="one22two01" />* Has the power to inflict lacerations upon humans with his mind that are severe enough to result in fatal internal bleeding for the afflicted human.<ref name="one22four03" />* [[TeleportationDreamwalking]] – Azazel could enter a humans dreams, he would visit his special children in their dreams and in the case of [[Scott Carey]]incite him to do violence. Azazel was also able to show Sam the night of Mary's death in his dream.<ref name="one21two21" />* Impervious to [[holy water2.21 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part One]].</ref name="one22" />* Can influence his surroundings [[EMF|Electromagnetic interference]] – Azazel's presence would cause lights to affect electrical lights flicker on and the wind at willoff.<ref name="one21" />* Can Invulnerability – Azazel showed he was impervious to [[holy water]] while possessing [[John Winchester]]. * [[Possession|possess]] – Azazel had the ability to possess humans as well as [[reapers]].<ref name="one22" /><ref name="four03">[[4.03 In the Beginning]]</ref><ref name="four22">[[4.22 Lucifer Rising]]</ref><ref name="two01">[[2.01 In My Time of Dying]]</ref><ref name="two22" />* Has Superhuman strength and durability – As a [[Prince of Hell]], Azazel's strength and durability exceeded that of even regular demons. Azazel was impervious to [[holy water]] and had the authority ability to make walk on consecrated grounds.<ref name="one22" /><ref name="four03" />* [[dealsTelekinesis]]– Azazel could pin and move people with just a thought.<ref name="two01one22" />** Biokinesis – Azazel could inflict lacerations upon humans with his mind that are severe enough to result in fatal internal bleeding for the afflicted human.<ref name="four03one22" />* * [[Pyrokinesis]] – Azazel had control over fire, usually employing it on mothers who had the misfortune of walking in on him feeding their children his [[demon blood]].<ref name="one01">[[Dreamwalking1.01 Pilot]]</ref><ref name="two21one21">[[21.21 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part OneSalvation]]</ref>* Superhuman strength [[Teleportation]] – Azazel was able to teleport anywhere he desired on Earth and durabilityHell. He had also been shown to be able to teleport quick enough to dodge bullets from [[the Colt]].<ref name="four03one21" />* [[Weather|Weather manipulation]] – Azazel had shown the ability to influence the wind, as well as causing lighting strikes in areas he was located and temperature fluctuations according to John's research.

* Cannot cross [[ironThe Colt]]– Believed to be the only weapon capable of killing Azazel.<ref name="two22">[[2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two]]</ref>* Vulnerable to [[Devil's trap (symbol)|Devil's Traps]] – Despite being a [[Prince of Hell]], Azazel was unable to enter Samuel Colt's devil's trapstrap protecting Fossil Butte Cemetery as it was built using iron railway lines.<ref name="two22" />* [[Iron]]– Azazel was incapable of crossing the iron lines surrounding the Devil's Gate in Wyoming until Jake Talley opened the gate and released an army of demons, destroying the railway lines as an indirect result.<ref name="two22" >[[2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two]]</ref>* [[The ColtVengeful Spirits]]– John Winchester's spirit, upon his escape from Hell, ripped Azazel out of his meatsuit. This appears to have had lasting damage to Azazel, who despite knocking John to the ground and returning to his meatsuit, was unable to teleport away before Dean shot him with the Colt.<ref name="two22" />

* '''[[The Demon]]''' (The name all the Winchesters refer to him in [[:Category:Season 1|season 1]].)* '''[[The Yellow-Eyed Demon]]''' ([[Dean]] uses the name in [[:Category:Season 2|season 2]].)<ref name="two08">[[2.08 Crossroad Blues]]</ref>* '''[[Yellow Eyes]]''' ([[Casey]] refers to one One of the Winchesters' nicknames for Azazelwhich has been used long since his death.)<ref name="three04" />* '''Azazel''' ([[Casey]] revealed the true name of the "Yellow-Eyed Demon" in [[:Category:Season 3|season 3.04 Sin City]].)<ref name="three04" />

* '''[[Celine Demon]]'''(A nickname coined by [[Television Without Pity]].)

On November2nd, 2nd 1983, Azazel appears by [[Sam]]'s crib. [[Mary Winchester]] sees him but assumes he is [[John Winchester|her husband]] and he lets her go, pretending to be so. However, Mary realizes John is asleep downstairs and returns to Sam's nursery, where Azazel pins her to the ceiling, slices open her stomach. and sets her on fire. John witnesses her death, but Azazel himself is gone by that time. [[John]], [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] escape the house as it goes up in flames and John begins a quest for vengeance on Azazel that draws him into the supernatural world.

Twenty-two years exactly after [[Mary]]'s death, [[Sam]]'s girlfriend , [[Jessica Moore]] , dies in the same way, apparently killed by the demon [[Brady]] on Azazel's orders, driving Sam back into hunting in order to get revenge for her death.

After [[Sam]] gets a vision of a woman being attacked in their old home, he and [[Dean]] return to Lawrence, believing that Azazel may be behind what is going on. Talking to [[psychic]] [[Missouri MoselyMoseley]], Sam and Dean learn that she's not sure what killed their mother, just that it was powerful and evil. She also learns that what's attacking the house now is not Azazel but a [[poltergeist]].

Contacting his sons, [[John Winchester]] lets them know that what killed their mother was a [[demon]] and that he is hunting it. John however refuses to let them join in the hunt for Azazel, telling them that it is too dangerous.

After encountering [[Sam]], the [[demon]] [[Meg]] contacts Azazel through the [[goblet of blood]]. The conversation is as follows:

:"It makes no sense. I could've stopped Sam. Hell, I could've taken them both. Why let them go? (She pauses, seemingly listening to someone the audience cannot hear.…) Yes. (She pauses again.…) Yes. (She pauses one more time.…) Yes, fatherFather."

While talking with [[Max Miller]], [[Sam]] learns that Azazel killed Max's mother the same way he killed [[Mary]], and realizes that they and their powers are somehow connected because of it.

After following [[Meg]] to a warehouse, [[Sam]] finds her having a conversation with someone through the [[goblet of blood]]:

[[Sam]] and [[Dean]] realize that all the people who have been killed by the [[daeva]]s have been people from [[Lawrence, Kansas]] and come to believe that it means that Azazel is behind it and is in town. They call their father to let him know, but when they go after [[Meg]], they learn that it was never Azazel and it was just a trick to lure them and their father in so she could kill him. [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] manage to escape and after reuniting with their father, learn that he is hunting Azazel and trying to find a way to kill him, not just send him back to [[Hell]]. The trap Azazel and Meg set up nearly works, but three ultimately escape.

[[John]] enlists [[Sam]] and [[Dean]]'s help in tracking down a gun known as [[the Colt]] and eventually reveals why: the gun is said to be able to kill anything and he believes it to be the key to finally killing Azazel.

Knowing the Winchesters have [[the Colt]] now, Azazel sends [[Meg]] to kill their friends in order to draw them out and force them to give up the gun. Meanwhile, [[Sam]], [[Dean]], and [[John Winchester|John]] begin hunting for Azazel together. John reveals that until about a year before, there had been no sign of Azazel since he killed the families 22 years before, but he has now resurfaced and started going after families with infants on the night of the kid's six month birthday like he did with Sam. John has discovered demonic omens that appear in a town for the week leading up to Azazel's appearance and that these omens also appeared leading up to the deaths of [[Mary Winchester|Mary]] and [[Jessica Moore|Jessica]]. The signs point to him next appearing in Salvation, Iowa, so the Winchesters head there to find and kill Azazel.

In Salvation, [[Sam]] locates Azazel's next victims, the Holts, through a vision he gets. In the vision, Azazel kills [[Rose Holt]]'s mother [[Monica Holt]]. While John goes off to trade a fake gun to [[Meg]] and [[Tom]], [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] lie in wait outside the Holt house waiting for Azazel to arrive. Finally, he does; just like in Sam's vision, he starts to pin Monica to the ceiling and kill her, when Sam bursts in and fires the Colt at him. Azazel seemingly vanishes and the bullet misses. The demon still sets the house on fire, but Sam, Dean, and the family get out safely. Afterward, they see Azazel watching them from the burning nursery window. Sam wants to go after him again, but Dean stops him, as the house is burning down and it's too dangerous, and Azazel soon disappears.

Azazel sends [[Meg]] to get [[the Colt]] from [[Sam]] and [[Dean]], but she is exorcised with the help of [[Bobby Singer]]. With two of his [[demon]]s demons holding [[John Winchester]] captive, Azazel possesses the [[hunter]] in case [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] manage to rescue him, so he can get access to the Colt. Sam and Dean do rescue "John"; Azazel is able to successfully pretend to be him, as he is immune to the [[holy water]] Sam tests him with. During the escape, the [[demon]] [[Tom]] attacks [[Sam]] and [[forcing Dean]] kills to kill him with [[the Colt]] in front of Azazel.

At the secluded cabin [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] take "[[John]]" to, Azazel keeps up the act, pretending that [[John]] is proud of what [[Dean]] did and then staging an attack on the cabin and asking for [[the Colt]] to defend them. However, Dean realizes that John would be pissed, not proud and that he is possessed. Azazel tries to get Sam to help him, but [[Sam]] sides with Dean and Azazel overpowers them both when Dean hesitates to shoot, pinning them both to the wall. Azazel taunts Sam to use his psychic powers to break free and grab the Colt, but he can't. Azazel reveals to Sam that "I have plans, Sammy, for you and all [[Special Children|the children]] like you" and that he plans to kill Dean for his own version of "justice," angry about Dean's having killed [[Tom]] and under the impression that Dean had also [[exorcise]]d [[Meg]], who were his "boy" and "daughter," respectively. As Azazel starts to tear Dean apart with his mind, John manages to regain control for a moment, freeing Sam, who confronts Azazel with The Colt. Azazel quickly reminds Sam that if he shoots him, he will kill John, too; Sam shoots him in the leg instead, wounding but not killing both Azazel and John. Weakened, Azazel again loses control to [[John]], who urges Sam to kill him and Azazel while he can still keep the demon inside. However, Sam hesitates too long and Azazel soon manages to escape both John's body and the Winchesters, last being seen sinking through the cabin floor as [[demon smoke]].

With [[Dean]] dying from the wounds Azazel gave him and injuries sustained in a car crash caused by a [[demon]]-possessed [[Trucker|trucker]], [[John Winchester|John]] [[Sigil of Azazel|summons]] Azazel, apparently to get revenge on him for what he did. Azazel, possessing a hospital janitor, tries to trick John into leaving, but he knows it's Azazel and points [[the Colt]] at him. Prepared for John to try to take revenge, Azazel has brought along two other demons possessing hospital staff, but John reveals that he wants to make a [[Deals and Pacts|deal]] instead. John offers Azazel the Colt and its last bullet in exchange for Azazel saving [[Dean]]'s life. Azazel is surprised that [[John]] is willing to make a [[deal]] with him. Although Azazel wants Dean dead for what he has done to his children, he doesn't believe that Dean or Sam are actually any threat to him, and so considers the deal, as he wants the Colt badly. He asks if John knows what he has planned for Sam and John confirms it; the demon guesses that Sam himself doesn't know, and John's reaction confirms it. Azazel decides to accept the deal, but tells John that first he has to "sweeten the pot" with something Azazel wants just as much, if not more than, the Colt. John agrees on the condition that he gets to see that Dean is all right with his own eyes, as he doesn't trust that Azazel would fulfill his part of the deal. As he is unable to save Dean's life on his own power, Azazel has to possess the hospital [[reaper]], [[Tessa]], and use her powers to heal [[Dean]]'s injuries and erase Dean's memories of his out-of-body experience. After seeing that Dean is all right, and passing on a warning to Dean in one last attempt to stop Azazel's plans, [[John]] hands [[the Colt]] over to Azazel. John's dead body is later found by [[Sam]].

[[Sam]] and [[Dean]] have [[John]]'s research on Azazel, including the omens that appear when he is active, which is what John had used to track the [[demon]]. They lend these notes to [[Ash]] to use in tracking Azazel; by the end of the episode, Ash has finished setting up a tracking system that will alert them if it detects signs of activity from Azazel anywhere in the country.

When confronting his recently discovered twin brother [[Ansem Weems / Weber|Weber]], [[Andy Gallagher]] learns that Weber found out about his existence from "the man with the yellow eyes" in his dreams and that Azazel had told him that he had big plans for them. After everything is over, [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] learn from [[Ash]] that Weber's mother didn't die in a house fire like Sam, Max and Andy's mothers, meaning that not all of Azazel's [[Special Children]] can be tracked due to this unexpected discrepancy.

[[Dean]] learns from a [[crossroads demon]] of his father's [[deal]] with Azazel. It is revealed that John had had to sell Azazel his life and [[soul]] in addition to [[the Colt]] and its last original bullet. As a result of the deal and his death, John's soul is now in [[Hell]] and suffering enormously at the hands of demons.

To test [[Sam]]'s immunity to the [[Croatoan|Croatoan virus]], Azazel has the town of River Grove, Oregon infected with the disease and [[Duane Tanner]] possessed by a [[demon]] in order to keep an eye on the progress of the outbreak. [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] come to town after Sam gets a vision of Dean killing Duane. Sam is eventually infected by [[Nurse Pamela]], but proves immune. The infected townspeople mysteriously disappear along with all traces of the virus, having been apparently cleaned up by [[demon]]s demons after Sam proved immune. In order to report on the progress, Duane slits [[Sarge]]'s throat and uses the [[goblet of blood]] to communicate with Azazel:

:"It's over, you'll be pleased. I don't think any more tests are necessary. (beat…) The Winchester boy, definitely immune, as expected. (pause…) Yes, of course. Nothing left behind."

[[Scott Carey]], a young man with psychic powers, has pictures of yellow eyes papering his closet. He reveals to a psychiatrist that Azazel has been haunting his dreams and saying that there is a war coming and that people like Scott will be soldiers in the coming war. [[Sam]] -- who has begun looking for answers after finding out that [[John]] told [[Dean]] he will have to save Sam from becoming evil or kill him in order to foil Azazel's plan -- and another [[psychic]] named [[Ava Wilson]] learn of Azazel's claims from a recording of the session, while hunter [[Gordon Walker]] learns from a [[demon]] he tortured and [[exorcise]]d. Gordon thus begins hunting psychic kids to prevent this, killing Scott and trying to kill [[Sam]] and Ava. After [[Gordon]] is defeated, Sam and Dean check on Ava, only to find her missing, her fiancé dead, and [[sulfur]] at the window, indicating that either Azazel or one of his minions has taken her.

After learning that a [[demon]] ([[Meg]]) is possessing [[Sam]], [[Dean]] believes she is doing so under Azazel's orders, but she reveals that she doesn't care about his plans anymore and only wants revenge for her [[exorcism]].

Azazel has been kidnapping all of the [[Special Children]] over a series of months and dumping them in Cold Oak, South Dakota to fight to the death. Eventually he kidnaps [[Sam]], [[Jake Talley]], [[Andrew (Andy) Gallagher|Andy Gallagher]] and [[Lily]] at the same time and leaves them to have their fight while [[Ava Wilson]], the only survivor of the previous groups of children, is there waiting.

While [[Sam]] is asleep, Azazel, back in the body of the janitor from the hospital, comes to him in his dreams to speak to him. Azazel reveals that there are other generations of [[Special Children]] and that he has set up the death match as he only needs one of the children to survive. He explains that he already has his army and just needs one of the children to be the leader; he is talking to [[Sam]] because he wants Sam, his "favorite," to be that leader, as he thinks that Sam has the traits that would make him a good leader (namely, intelligence, skills, and training). Sam swears to kill Azazel, who indulgently encourages him to keep trying once he wakes up and wins the contest. Azazel tells Sam that he killed [[Jessica Moore|Jessica]] to push Sam back into hunting to keep honing his "gifts" and that he killed [[Mary Winchester|Mary]] only because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Feeling "charitable," Azazel shows Sam what really happened the night that Mary died: Azazel dripped [[demon blood]] into baby Sam's mouth, and Mary had interrupted them, so he killed her. To Sam's surprise, Mary recognized Azazel in the nursery before he killed her, but the present version of Azazel doesn't explain why. He uses his powers to make Sam wake up from the dream they're in so that Sam doesn't have to see Mary die.

After everyone else is killed, Jake reveals that Azazel came to him in his sleep, too, and that the demon will only let one of them go or else kill them both. Jake kills Sam in order to escape himself so that he can find and kill Azazel to avenge all of the [[Special Children]].

As [[Jake Talley]] is the last surviving [[Special Children|special child]], Azazel comes to him in his dreams to get him to do what he wants, though he admits that Jake isn't the child he had expected or even wanted to win. Jake threatens to kill Azazel, but he tells Jake that that is not easy to do and that others have tried. Azazel tells Jake that he has a "laundry list" of things he wants Jake to do for him, and threatens Jake's family to make Jake comply. Needing Jake to open the [[Devil's Gate in Wyoming]] to release his [[demon]] army, Azazel meets him in person at the edge of the giant [[Devil's trap (symbol)|devil's trap]] as he can't cross it. He gives Jake directions to [[Fossil Butte Cemetery]] where the Gate is and the key to it: [[the Colt]]. When Azazel reveals that the Colt can kill him, Jake is about to shoot him with it, but Azazel only mockingly pretends to be afraid before convincing Jake to do what he wants with promises of luxury and power. Jake becomes corrupted by his powers and his eyes gleam yellow at one point, further demonstrating his connection to Azazel.

After the gate is opened, demons break the devil's trap surrounding the cemetery and Azazel is at last able to enter the cemetery himself. There, he confronts [[Dean]], who is armed with the Colt. Azazel easily disarms Dean and pins him to a headstone and the resurrected [[Sam]] to a tree. He taunts Dean about his [[Deals and Pacts|deal]], thanking him for bringing Sam back into play so that he can use him instead of Jake and mocking Dean's willingness to sacrifice himself for his family. Relishing the kind-hearted Sam's cold-blooded murder of Jake, Azazel cryptically hints that what came back wasn't "100% pure Sam." As the demon prepares to kill Dean with the Colt, the spirit of [[John Winchester]] escapes [[Hell]] through the Devil's Gate and pulls Azazel from the body he is possessing. Azazel fends off the attack from John's [[ghost]], but when he reenters his body and goes to attack John, he realizes that [[Dean]] has retrieved [[the Colt]] and is about to shoot him. Dean shoots Azazel in the heart with the Colt, killing him.

With Azazel's death, John's ghost finds his peace and crosses over after sharing a moment with his sons. Dean and Sam stand over the body Azazel had died in, both a little taken aback at having finally fulfilled the mission their father had raised them for. While Sam doesn't know what to say, Dean does, proclaiming, "That was for [[Mary Winchester|our mom]], you son of a bitch."

While trapped in a basement with Dean, the demon [[Casey]] tells him Azazel's name and that he had been a "tyrant" in charge of the demon army he had [[Jake Talley|Jake]] release. She explains that, with Azazel dead and Sam not taking up leadership of the army like Azazel had wanted, anarchy is breaking loose among the demons.

Possessing Dr. Brown, Azazel tells Liddy Walsh that her mother's cancer has metastasized, and starts to offer her a [[Deals and Pacts|deal]] when a trio of [[hunters]] arrive and attack him; first, [[Samuel Campbell]] bursts in and shoots him. Azazel telekinetically disarms and then pins Samuel down, but when he goes to kill Samuel, he is next distracted by [[Mary Winchester|Mary Campbell]], whose determination and ferocity get his appreciation. Finally, when [[Dean]] shows up with [[the Colt]], Azazel, stunned by the Colt's sudden appearance, initially tries to use Mary as a human shield; when she escapes and Dean is about to shoot him, Azazel is forced to flee Dr. Brown's body to escape with his life. After Dean and Mary leave, Azazel returns to the room to possess Samuel, then interrogates [[Dean]] to see what he knows under the illusion of curiosity, learning that Dean is from the future and is Samuel's grandson through Mary.

When Dean reveals his plan to kill Azazel with [[the Colt]], the demon reveals himself and incapacitates Dean before the latter can react. He explains that he is picking "ideal breeders" for his own "[[Special Children|master race]]" and that "red tape" forces him to get the future parents' permission to enter their homes and feed their children [[demon blood]] in ten years. Having been impressed by her in their fight, he reveals that he has chosen Mary as one of these parents, calling her his "favorite". He can tell that Dean is not one of his psychic kids, but figures out that he has a sibling who is, and concludes that "it all worked out." To Dean's surprise, Azazel's endgame is much bigger than wanting one of the children to lead his [[demon]] army, but Azazel refuses to tell Dean what it is because he has figured out that Dean must have been sent by [[angels]], and he doesn't want them to learn of his plan. Dean tells Azazel that he is the one who will kill him one day in the future. Enraged by the news, Azazel makes Samuel stab himself, fatally wounding him, just to spite Dean. He hears [[Deanna Campbell]] cry out at her husband's injury, and kills her by breaking her neck with his bare hands while she is trying to reach the Colt. He then leaves to go after Mary.

As [[John Winchester]] is about to propose to Mary, Azazel interrupts by bodily dragging Mary out of the car. When John tries to intervene to help Mary, Azazel breaks his neck to kill him as well, and then reveals to a shocked Mary that he, the demon from earlier, has killed her parents, too, and is now possessing her father's corpse. He offers Mary a [[deal]]: he'll resurrect [[John]] (but not her parents) if she gives him permission to enter her house in ten years, promising that if she doesn't interrupt him, no one will be harmed. Devastated and desperate to not be alone, Mary agrees. As Azazel seals the deal with a kiss, Dean arrives and tries to kill him with the Colt, but Azazel flees Samuel's body, leaving Samuel dead.

In the present, Castiel explains that Azazel covered his tracks well and that what [[Dean]] learned is all they know of his plans. The whole time travel experience was for Dean to learn what the [[angel]]s angels knew about Azazel's plans, not to stop them.

While [[Dean]] is succumbing to the [[ghost sickness]], he briefly hallucinates [[Sam]] telling him that he wants him back in [[Hell]] and starting to strangle him. Sam's eyes turn yellow like Azazel's. Dean assumes that Sam is possessed, but Sam says that this is entirely him - or rather, what he is turning into. After Dean is cured of ghost sickness, he is about to tell Sam about his hallucinations when he suddenly sees Sam's eyes flicker yellow, and ends up lying to him instead.

In 1972 at [[St. Mary's Convent]] in Ilchester, Maryland, Azazel possesses [[Father Lehne|a priest]]. Pretending to be the priest, Azazel starts to give mass and then reveals that he has been searching for [[Lucifer|his father]] for years and after nearly giving up hope, finally located the door to [[Lucifer's Cage|his Cageprison]] in the convent. He then slaughters all of the nuns in the convent and is able to speak to Lucifer through [[The Nun|the body of one]]. Azazel tells him that he never lost faith as opposed to his other siblings, calling them "dickless heathens. " Lucifer tells him that to free him, Azazel must free [[Lilith]] from [[Hell]] as she can break [[the 66 Seals]] and that he must find [[Special Children|a very special child]].

Researching the convent after hearing that [[Lilith]] is going there to break the last seal, Sam finds out that the priest was arrested for the murders of the nuns. The priest had told everyone that he had been possessed by a [[demon]], who was the one actually responsible for the murders, and that he remembered that the demon's name was Azazel. As it is too much to believe that it is coincidence, [[Sam]] and [[Ruby]] take Azazel's appearance at the convent in the past as a sign that Lilith will indeed appear there to break the final seal there.

While searching for [[Pestilence]], with [[Crowley]]'s help the Winchesters capture [[Brady]], an old college friend of [[Sam]]'s whom Azazel had [[possessed]] by a [[demon]] during Sam's sophomore year to keep an eye on him. Brady reveals that it was him and not Azazel who killed [[Jessica Moore]] in order to push [[Sam]] back into hunting, though he had done it on Azazel's orders.

While possessing [[Sam]], [[Lucifer]] brings in the [[demon]]s demons Azazel has had watch over him for his entire life, including Sam's prom date and a teacher and a friend. Lucifer refers to them as "Azazel's gang," the [[demon]]s demons he had been using to manipulate Sam his whole life. [[Lucifer]] proceeds to kill them to give Sam some revenge and to try to convince him over to his way of thinking.

While under the influence of [[djinn]] poison, [[Dean ]] hallucinates that Azazel is alive again, the one responsible for the odd things Dean has been picking up on. Azazel claims that he was "shaken loose" by the [[Apocalypse]] and resurrected, comparing it to how [[God]] brought [[Castiel]] back, and starts to strangle [[Dean]]. But before Dean dies, he is saved by [[Sam]], who injects him with an antidote to the poison and explains that it was all just a hallucination and that Azazel wasn't really there. Later, while once again under the influence of [[djinn]] poison, [[Dean]] hallucinates that Azazel kills [[Lisa Braeden]] in the same way that he did [[Mary Winchester|his mother]] and [[Jessica Moore|Jessica]], then infects her son [[Ben Braeden]] with [[demon blood]] like he did [[Sam]].

Having learned of the [[Tablets|angel tablet]], [[Crowley]] begins searching for it and discovers that it is in one of [[Lucifer's Crypts]]. Only [[demon]]s that were close confidants of [[Lucifer]], such as Azazel, know where they are. In the past, Azazel visited the crypts with [[Meg]], who thus also knew and was used by [[Crowley]] to search for the right crypt and the [[angel tablet]].

* [[2.01 In My Time of Dying]]: possesses [[Tessa]] played by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0571636 [Lindsey McKeon]]

* [[4.03 In the Beginning]]: possesses Dr. Brown played by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531403/?ref_=tt_cl_t9 Christopher MacCabe] & [[Samuel Campbell]] played by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0683379/ [Mitch Pileggi]]

* A link between [[Sam]]’s Sam’s powers and Azazel is first suspected by the boys in [[1.14 Nightmare]], when Sam discovers that [[Max Miller]]’s mother dies the same way [[Mary Winchester]] did.

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