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{{RecurringCharacters|image=[[File:Azazel_demon.jpg|350px]]|name= Names Azazel|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>[[Lindsey McKeon]] ([[2.01]])<br>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531403/ Christopher B. MacCabe] ([[4.03]])<br>[[Mitch Pileggi]] ([[4.03]])<br>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005588/ Rob LaBelle] ([[4.22]])|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.|location= [[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>|episodes= [[1.01 Pilot]]<br>[[1.21 Salvation]]<br>[[1.22 Devil's Trap]] <br>[[2.01 In My Time of Dying]]<br>[[2.21 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part One]]<br>[[2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two]]<br>[[4.03 In the Beginning]]<br>[[4.06 Yellow Fever]] (hallucination)<br>[[4.22 Lucifer Rising]]<br>[[6.01 Exile on Main St.]] (hallucination)}}{{Quotation|title=|text= I need permission... I need to be invited, into their houses, I know, I know, 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.|author= Azazel|source= [[4.03 In the Beginning]]}}
Azazel became integral in [[Lucifer]]'s plans to escape from [[Lucifer's Cage|his prison]]. Azazel kept faith in [[Lucifer]] even after his fellow Princes of Hell gave up on his return, and continued to search for him for years, eventually discovering the site where 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 killing her parents and her fiance [[John Winchester]], he makes a 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 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.
* It is impervious to For the history of Azazel and the Winchesters see the [[Holy WaterTimeline (Mythological Arc)]].
===Powers and abilities===* [[Cattle Mutilations]] – Azazel's impending arrival causes cattle deaths in the days leading up to the murders he commits when he visits his [[Special Children]].* [[Deals and Pacts|Deal making]] – Azazel had the authority to make deals.<ref name="two01" /><ref name="four03" />* [[Dreamwalking]] – 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="two21">[[2.21 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part One]]</ref> * [[EMF|Electromagnetic interference]] – Azazel's presence would cause lights to flicker on and off.<ref name="one21" />* Invulnerability – Azazel showed he was impervious to [[holy water]] while possessing [[John Winchester]]. * [[Possession]] – 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" />* 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 ability to walk on consecrated grounds.<ref name="one22" /><ref name="four03" />* [[Telekinesis]] – Azazel could pin and move people with just a thought.<ref name="one22" /> ** 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="one22" />** [[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">[[1.01 Pilot]]</ref><ref name="one21">[[1.21 Salvation]]</ref>* [[Teleportation]] – Azazel was able to teleport anywhere he desired on Earth and Hell. He had also been shown to be able to teleport quick enough to dodge bullets from [[the Colt]].<ref name="one21" />* It has yellow eyes (iris [[Weather|Weather manipulation]] – Azazel had shown the ability to influence the wind, as well as causing lighting strikes in areas he was located and pupil)temperature fluctuations according to John's research.
===Weaknesses===* It possesses human hosts[[The Colt]] – Believed to be the only weapon capable of killing Azazel.<ref name="two22" />* [[Devil's trap (symbol)|Devil's Traps]] – Despite being a [[Prince of Hell]], but can exist Azazel was unable to enter Samuel Colt's devil's trap 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 a disembodied form alsoWyoming 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>* [[Vengeful 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" />
'''Canon:'''* It is vulnerable '''[[The Demon]]''' (The name all the Winchesters refer to him in [[:Category:Season 1|season 1]].)* '''[[The Yellow-Eyed Demon]]''' ([[Dean]] uses the Coltname in [[:Category:Season 2|season 2]].)<ref name="two08">[[2.08 Crossroad Blues]]</ref>* '''[[Yellow Eyes]]''' (One of the Winchesters' nicknames for Azazel which has been used long since his death.)<ref name="three04" />* '''Azazel''' ([[Casey]] revealed the true name of the "Yellow-Eyed Demon" in [[3.04 Sin City]].)<ref name="three04" />'''Fandom:'''* '''[[Celine Demon]]''' (A nickname coined by [[Television Without Pity]].)* '''Big Bad''' (A term used by Dean in a draft script for [[2.02 Everybody Loves a Clown]]. )
==Episodes==
===[[1.01 Pilot]]===
[[File:Azazel-Crib.png|thumb|right|350px|Azazel stands over [[Sam]]'s crib.]]
On November 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.
===[[1.21 Salvation]]===
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 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 and Jessica. The signs point to him next appearing in Salvation, Iowa, so the Winchesters head there to find and kill 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]].
=== Deva [[2.01 In My Time of Dying]]===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]] [[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.
===[[2.02 Everybody Loves a Clown]]===Samand Dean have John's pronunciation of research on Azazel, including the name ("Deeva") suggests a relationship to Hinduism wherein a "deva" omens that appear when he is active, which is what John had used to refer track the demon. They lend these notes to [[Ash]] to demi-deitiesuse 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.
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===[[2.09 Croatoan]]===
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 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:
===[[2.14 Born Under a Bad Sign]]===
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.
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.
=== Resheph [[2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two]]===As Jake Talley is the last surviving 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.[[File:AzazelShot.jpg|thumb|left|350px|Azazel is shot in the heart with [[the Colt]].]]
===[http://ancienthistory[3.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site02 The Kids Are Alright]]===http://home.comcast.net/%7Echris.s/myth.html Christopher Siren[[Ruby]] identifies Resheph as a reveals that all of [[MesopotamianMary Winchester]] God of pestilence ('s friends have been killed, presumably by Azazel or [[http://ancienthistorydemon]]s working for him for an unknown reason.about.com/library/weekly/aa102197.htm source])Sam checks this out and finds it to be true.
===[[4.03 In the Beginning]]===
After being sent back to 1973 by [[Castiel]], [[Dean]] learns that a [[demon]] is making [[deal]]s with people for various things in exchange for permission to enter their houses in ten years. He realizes that it is Azazel, as the demon is described as having yellow eyes. In response, Dean goes after [[the Colt]] to kill Azazel in that time period in order to save his family and everyone Azazel will kill.
===[[4.06 Yellow Fever]]===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. [[File:Azazel Contacting Lucifer.jpg|350px|left|thumb|Azazel making contact with [[Lucifer]].]]===[[4.22 Lucifer Rising]]===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 prison]] 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 appear there to break the final seal. ===[[5.20 The Devil You Know]]===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. ===[[5.22 Swan Song]]===While possessing Sam, Lucifer brings in the 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 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. [[File:AzazelHallucination.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Azazel as he appears to [[Dean]], after being poisoned by a [[djinn]].]]===[[6.01 Exile on Main St.]]===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. ===[[6.20 The Man Who Would Be King]]===[[Crowley]] mentions Azazel when listing off those who underestimated the threat the Winchesters pose and paid the price for it. ===[[7.21 Reading Is Fundamental]]===After being caught in a [[Devil's trap (symbol)|devil's trap]] after leaving to kill two demons, [[Meg]] explains that what she does is commit herself to causes and stick with them. She says that Azazel's (and then [[Lucifer]]'s) cause to bring about the [[Apocalypse]] was that cause. Now that Azazel is dead and Lucifer trapped, her cause has changed to killing [[Crowley]] for revenge for Lucifer. ===[[8.17 Goodbye Stranger]]===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]]. ===[[12.12 Stuck in the Middle (With You)]]===After an attack on [[Ramiel]], [[Crowley]] explains to the Winchesters that Ramiel is one of the four [[Princes of Hell]] of which Azazel was also one. Crowley tells them that Azazel and the other Princes were the first generation of [[demons]] created by [[Lucifer]] after he created [[Lilith]] and they are generals of demonic armies. In a flashback to after Lucifer's first defeat, Crowley approaches Ramiel to become the King of Hell since Lucifer is locked away again and Azazel and Lilith are dead. However, Ramiel tells Crowley that Azazel was a fanatic but the other Princes lost interest in Lucifer's plan a long time ago and just wish to be left alone. ==Physical Form==* [[1.22 Devil's Trap]]: possesses [[John Winchester]] played by [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]]* [[2.01 In My Time of Dying]]: possesses [[Tessa]] played by [[Lindsey McKeon]]* [[2.01 In My Time of Dying]], [[2.21 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part One]], [[2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two]] and [[6.01 Exile on Main St.]]: possesses a janitor played by [[Frederic Lehne]]* [[4.03 In the Beginning]]: possesses Dr. Brown played by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531403/ Christopher MacCabe] & [[Samuel Campbell]] played by [[Mitch Pileggi]]* [[4.22 Lucifer Rising]]: possesses [[Father Lehne]] played by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005588/ Rob LaBelle] {|align="center"|[[File:John Yellow Eyes.jpg|thumb|300px|Azazel possessing [[John Winchester]].]]|[[File:The Janitor Yellow Eyes.jpg|thumb|300px|Azazel possessing a hospital janitor.]]|[[File:Tessa Yellow Eyes.jpg|thumb|300px|Azazel possessing [[Tessa]].]]|}{|align="center"|[[File:Dr. Brown Yellow Eyes.jpg|300px|thumb|Azazel possessing Dr. Brown.]]|[[File:Samuel Yellow Eyes.jpg|thumb|300px|Azazel possessing [[Samuel Campbell]].]]|[[File:Father Lehne Yellow Eyes.jpg|thumb|300px|Azazel possessing [[Father Lehne]].]]|} ==[[Special Children]]==On the instructions of [[Lucifer]], Azazel chose a group of [[Special Children]] to take part in war against humanity and release Lucifer from his bonds:<ref name="one22" /> {{Quotation|title=|text= I have plans, Sammy, plans for you and all the children like you...|author= Azazel|source= [[1.22 Devil's Trap]]}} Special Children:* [[Andy Gallagher]]* [[Ansem Weems / Weber]]* [[Ava Wilson]]* [[Jake Talley]]* [[Lily]]* [[Max Miller]]* [[Rose]]* [[Sam Winchester]]* [[Scott Carey]] ==Relationship with Sam Winchester==While the Winchesters pursue Azazel to avenge [[Mary]] and [[Jess]], they discover how connected [[Sam]], his powers, and the other children are to the demon and his plans.* A link between 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.::'''Sam:''' I mean, either telekinesis or premonitions, we both had abilities, you know? Maybe it was after us for some reason.* In [[1.22 Devil's Trap]], Azazel reveals that he killed [[Mary]] and [[Jess]] because they got in the way of his "plans…"::'''Azazel:''' My plans for you, Sammy. You... and all the children like you.* [[John]] knows “the truth” about [[Sam]] and the other children like him.<ref name="two01" />* [[Sam]] meets two other people with powers, [[Andy]] and his evil twin Ansem. Ansem reveals that a man “with yellow eyes” has visited in his dreams and revealed he has big plans for the [[Special Children]]. In this episode, [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] also discover that not all [[Special Children]] had their mother die in a fire when they were six months old.<ref name="two05">[[2.05 Simon Said]]</ref>* In [[2.09 Croatoan]], [[Sam]] is infected with a [[demon]] virus. This is revealed to have been an experiment engineered by Azazel when [[Duane Tanner]] contacts him on a [[blood goblet]] to report:::'''Duane:''' I don't think any more tests will be necessary... The Winchester boy, definitely immune as expected.* Azazel appears to [[Sam]] in a dream, and states that his plan is for the children with special powers to fight amongst themselves until the strongest is left to lead the [[demon]] army. He tells [[Sam]] that he, with his leadership qualities and hunter training, is his favorite. In the same dream, Azazel admits to having Jessica killed so Sam would go back to hunting. He then shows Sam a vision of what happened the night Mary died. Sam sees that Azazel fed drops of his blood to baby Sam, and that [[Mary]] knew the demon. [[Sam]] does not tell [[Dean]] about this.<ref name="two21" />* Azazel asks [[Dean]], "How certain are you that what you brought back, is 100% pure [[Sam]]?" implying that might have been something done to alter Sam during his resurrection. At the end of this episode, Azazel is killed by [[Dean]].<ref name="two22" /> At this point, [[Sam]]'s visions and other powers go dormant. During season three, they seem to have disappeared entirely; Sam states that he has had no other visions. However, in subsequent seasons, still more details about the powers and Sam's fate come to light. * In [[4.01 Lazarus Rising]], [[Sam]] is shown exorcising [[demon]]s with his powers, and comments to [[Ruby]] that he no longer has headaches when using them.* In [[4.03 In the Beginning]], [[Castiel]] takes [[Dean]] back in time, where Dean encounters Azazel making [[deal]]s with the future parents of [[Special Children]]. Azazel makes a deal with [[Mary]] for entry into her house in ten years time. He reveals to [[Dean]] that he will bleed into the mouths of the children, and that his plans are bigger than building a [[demon]] army.* a flashback shows Lucifer ordering Azazel to find a "very special child" after Azazel asks how to open [[Lucifer's Cage|the cage]].<ref name="four22" />* Azazel ordered [[Jess]]' death, the order was carried out by a friend of [[Sam]]'s who had been possessed, [[Brady]]. Brady had been sent to keep tabs on Sam at [[Stanford]], and in fact introduced Sam to Jess with the goal of using her to force Sam back into hunting.<ref name="five20">[[5.20 The Devil You Know]]</ref>* [[Lucifer]] shows [[Sam]] that many of the people he encountered as he grew up were [[possessed]], and had been sent to observe him, like [[Brady]].<ref name="five22">[[5.22 Swan Song]]</ref> ==Azazel's Children==Two [[demon]]s have been referred to as Azazel's beloved "children": [[Meg]], who appears in seasons one, two, five, six, seven and eight; and [[Tom]], who appears only in season one. They assist him in keeping track of [[Sam]], and in trying to acquire [[the Colt]] from [[John Winchester]]. Though Meg acts against Azazel's plans by trying to get Dean to kill Sam out of spite for their having [[exorcise]]d her,<ref name="two14">[[2.14 Born Under a Bad Sign]]</ref> she returns to the cause and serves [[Lucifer]] sometime after her "father's" death.<ref name="five01">[[5.01 Sympathy for the Devil]]</ref> It is not explained how Azazel fathered Meg and Tom, as demons do not typically reproduce, instead being created from human [[souls]] permanently corrupted from torture in [[Hell]].<ref name="three09">[[3.09 Malleus Maleficarum]]</ref>* [[Meg]] refers to Azazel as "father" when communicating using the [[goblet of blood]].<ref name="one11">[[1.11 Scarecrow]]</ref>* Azazel affirms the connection, calling [[Meg]] his "daughter" and [[Tom]] his "boy."<ref name="one22" />* They are black-eyed.* They leave traces of [[sulfur]] behind.* They are impervious to hallowed ground ("That may work in the minor league, but not with me" - [[Meg]] in [[1.21 Salvation]]), but not to [[holy water]], and can be restricted by [[salt]] barriers.* They can be [[exorcise]]d. ==Azazel in Mythology==The name Azazel first appears in the Hebrew Bible (Leviticus 16:8) - it can mean "[[God]] strengthens", but also "impudent to God." In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Enoch Book of Enoch], Azazel was described as one of the leaders of the Grigori, fallen angels who married and had children with human women. He was also depicted to have been bound to a clear, deserted landscape by [[Raphael]]. This was referenced in [[4.22 Lucifer Rising]] when Azazel mentioned that he had been "wandering the desert for years, looking for my [his] father." He is said to be the principal standard-bearer of the infernal armies, and ranks quite high in the ranks of Hell's Hierarchy. He is mentioned as a fallen angel in John Milton's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost Paradise Lost]. In Modern Hebrew, '"lekh l'Azazel" (לך לעזאזל) is the equivalent of the English curse "go to Hell".'<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azazel Wikipedia]</ref> In lore, Azazel is known for creating acts of chaos and mischief. This information was retrieved from the Extended-Scenes on [[Season 4 DVD]] of Supernatural. ==Azazel in Other Media==As a [[fallen angel]], the entity Azazel is the villain of the 1998 thriller ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119099/ Fallen]''. Azazel is a ruler of [[Hell]] in Neil Gaiman's [http://www.comicvine.com/the-sandman/49-4207/ ''Sandman'' series]. In 2003, Marvel Comics employed Azazel as a demonic mutant formerly imprisoned in another dimension in the distant past, intentionally impregnating powerful mutants in the world to open up a permanent portal and release his supporters. This is not unlike Supernatural's depiction, and predates the show by a year or so.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azazel_(Marvel_Comics) Marvel Comics]</ref> ==Trivia==* Azazel is the first [[demon]], and indeed the first supernatural being, seen in the series.* In the last two episodes of Season 2, Azazel's eyes often had a greenish tint along with visible pupils.*In the season 1 finale [[1.22 Devil's Trap]], when John is being possessed by Azazel, he tells Sam to kill Azazel by shooting him in the heart. In the season 2 finale Dean kills Azazel by shooting him in the heart. ==See also==* [[Demonology]]* [[Sigil of Azazel]] ==External links== * [http://missyjack.livejournal.com/20169.html Character Analysis] LiveJournal* [http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/index.php?title=Meta_Essays Meta Entry] by Missyjack* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azazel Azazel on Wikipedia] ==References=={{reflist}} [[Category:CharactersCanon]] [[Category:DemonologyCharacters]] [[Category:VernacularDemons]]