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Lucifer is eventually freed, and Michael needs his vessel,[[Dean Winchester]] to confront him. [[Zachariah]] is instructed to get Dean's permission to possess him. Dean refuses adamantly, and Michael is left to act through his agents. He decides to speak with Dean in person when the Winchester brothers are sent to the year 1978, and uses their father [[John]] as a temporary vessel. Over time, Dean's resolve weakens, and just as he is preparing to assent, the angels resurrect his half-brother [[Adam Milligan]] to act as a vessel. It is a ploy to make Dean give in, but instead Dean kills Zachariah, and Michael takes over Adam. Michael meets Lucifer, inhabiting Sam, on the [[Stull Cemetery|chosen field]] using Adam. Sam is able to regain control over his body from Lucifer and throws himself into the Cage, pulling Lucifer, Adam and Michael in with him. | Lucifer is eventually freed, and Michael needs his vessel,[[Dean Winchester]] to confront him. [[Zachariah]] is instructed to get Dean's permission to possess him. Dean refuses adamantly, and Michael is left to act through his agents. He decides to speak with Dean in person when the Winchester brothers are sent to the year 1978, and uses their father [[John]] as a temporary vessel. Over time, Dean's resolve weakens, and just as he is preparing to assent, the angels resurrect his half-brother [[Adam Milligan]] to act as a vessel. It is a ploy to make Dean give in, but instead Dean kills Zachariah, and Michael takes over Adam. Michael meets Lucifer, inhabiting Sam, on the [[Stull Cemetery|chosen field]] using Adam. Sam is able to regain control over his body from Lucifer and throws himself into the Cage, pulling Lucifer, Adam and Michael in with him. | ||
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Michael sees himself as a good and loyal son to his father, and that matters most to him. He professes love for Lucifer, his younger brother, but insists that he is only serving his father by destroying his brother. He seems to think himself magnanimous when he promises to leave Dean whole, not catatonic, after serving as a vessel. | Michael sees himself as a good and loyal son to his father, and that matters most to him. He professes love for Lucifer, his younger brother, but insists that he is only serving his father by destroying his brother. He seems to think himself magnanimous when he promises to leave Dean whole, not catatonic, after serving as a vessel. | ||
His insistence that his actions only serve God is not entirely true, because blames Lucifer for the loss of their father, and is angry with him. He also becomes furious with anyone who interferes with his destiny, including his Dean at Stull Cemetery, and again with Lucifer, when he suggests that they refuse to fight. It is this stubborn insistence on fulfilling his story as written that leads him into imprisonment in the Cage. | His insistence that his actions only serve God is not entirely true, because blames Lucifer for the loss of their father, and is angry with him. He also becomes furious with anyone who interferes with his destiny, including his Dean at Stull Cemetery, and again with Lucifer, when he suggests that they refuse to fight. It is this stubborn insistence on fulfilling his story as written that leads him into imprisonment in the Cage. | ||
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===Powers and Abilities=== | ===Powers and Abilities=== | ||
Michael can: | Michael can: | ||
Revision as of 00:43, 15 April 2011
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| Name | Michael |
| Actor | Matthew Cohen Jake Abel |
| Dates | Before Humanity - |
| Location | Trapped inside Lucifer's Cage |
| Occupation | Archangel |
| Episode(s) | 2.13 Houses of the Holy (Not Seen) 4.22 Lucifer Rising (Not Seen) 5.01 Sympathy For The Devil 5.13 The Song Remains The Same 5.18 Point of No Return (Not Seen) 5.21 Two Minutes To Midnight (Not Seen) 5.22 Swan Song |
Michael is one of four Archangels created by God.
Contents
History
God created Michael, the first archangel, the eldest of his three brothers, Lucifer, Raphael, and Gabriel.
After the creation of Heaven and its angels and Earth and its people, God commanded all of the celestial beings to bow before mankind, to love them more than himself. Lucifer questions this order, insisting that they are "flawed, murderous beings"[1] Lucifer then seeks out his older brother, Michael, for support, but Michael refuses to listen. Lucifer is exiled, and after Lucifer creates the first demon, Michael is commanded to imprison him in a Cage with 600 Seals. At some point, God leaves Heaven. Michael assumes command of the angels, and runs Heaven and Earth for millenia.
When demons begin making plans to free Lucifer, Michael decides to allow the seals binding Lucifer to be broken. He and a group of other angels, including Raphael and Zachariah, want the Apocalypse to occur so that Michael and Lucifer can battle. Michael expects to be victorious, and to bring about paradise. Lesser angels are not privy to the plan, and are deployed to make it look as though Heaven is fighting the devil's release.
Lucifer is eventually freed, and Michael needs his vessel,Dean Winchester to confront him. Zachariah is instructed to get Dean's permission to possess him. Dean refuses adamantly, and Michael is left to act through his agents. He decides to speak with Dean in person when the Winchester brothers are sent to the year 1978, and uses their father John as a temporary vessel. Over time, Dean's resolve weakens, and just as he is preparing to assent, the angels resurrect his half-brother Adam Milligan to act as a vessel. It is a ploy to make Dean give in, but instead Dean kills Zachariah, and Michael takes over Adam. Michael meets Lucifer, inhabiting Sam, on the chosen field using Adam. Sam is able to regain control over his body from Lucifer and throws himself into the Cage, pulling Lucifer, Adam and Michael in with him.
Characteristics
Personality
Michael sees himself as a good and loyal son to his father, and that matters most to him. He professes love for Lucifer, his younger brother, but insists that he is only serving his father by destroying his brother. He seems to think himself magnanimous when he promises to leave Dean whole, not catatonic, after serving as a vessel.
His insistence that his actions only serve God is not entirely true, because blames Lucifer for the loss of their father, and is angry with him. He also becomes furious with anyone who interferes with his destiny, including his Dean at Stull Cemetery, and again with Lucifer, when he suggests that they refuse to fight. It is this stubborn insistence on fulfilling his story as written that leads him into imprisonment in the Cage.
Powers and Abilities
Michael can:
- Incinerate a lesser angel by touching them, as he did with Anna.[2]
- Revive the deceased and heal wounds.[2]
- Cause blindness, deafness, and death with his true form.[3]
- Banish angels with a snap of his fingers.[2]
- Teleport himself and groups of people.[3]
- Time travel, and transport others, such as Sam and Dean, through time.[2]
- Erase specific memories from a person's mind, as he does with John and Mary.[2]
Weaknesses
- Holy Fire can temporarily banish Michael.[4]
- An Archangel Killing Blade can kill Michael.
- Other Archangels may be able to harm Michael.
Appearances and References
2.13 Houses of the Holy
Sam notices a painting of Michael by killing Lucifer by the renaissance painter Raphael in the Church they visit.
Father Reynolds: That's right. The archangel Michael, with the flaming sword. The fighter of demons, holy force against evil.
Sam: So they're not really the Hallmark card version that everybody thinks? They're fierce, right? Vigilant?
Father Reynolds: Well, I like to think of them as more loving than wrathful; but yes, a lot of Scripture paints angels as God's warriors. "An angel of the Lord appeared to them, the glory of the Lord shone down upon them, and they were terrified." Luke. Two nine.
4.22 Lucifer Rising
Michael's name is never mentioned, but while Zachariah is informing Dean of his true purpose he is looking at an illustration of Michael in a painting in the Green Room.
5.01 Sympathy For The Devil
Mentioned only. Upon Lucifer's rising from the Cage, Zachariah reveals to Dean that the angels' plan is for Michael to use Dean Winchester as his vessel and kill Lucifer once and for all. However, Dean needs to give his consent to be the vessel.
5.13 The Song Remains The Same
Michael first manifests when Sam, Dean and Castiel have traveled back to 1978 to stop Anna from killing John and Mary in order to prevent Sam’s birth, and thus his use as Lucifer’s Vessel. Michael comes to John while Anna is attacking, and John consents when Michael says he can stop Anna from killing Mary. Michael incinerates Anna with a touch, and banishes Uriel back to Heaven, and sends Mary to sleep. Alone with Dean, Michael explains that while Dean is his true vessel, he can use others from Dean's bloodline. Michael also tells Dean his view of the Apocalypse, and the need to have a final battle.
Michael: Lucifer defied our father, and he betrayed me. But still...I don't want this any more than you would want to kill Sam. You know, my brother, I practically raised him. I took care of him in a way most people could never understand, and I still love him. But I am going to kill him because it is right and I have to.
Dean: Oh, because God says so?
Michael: Yes. From the beginning, he knew this was how it was going to end.
Dean: And you're just gonna do whatever God says.
Michael: Yes, because I am a good son.
Michael insists that everything is pre-ordained, including the need for Dean to serve as a vessel. He says that Dean has no choice, the "Free Will is an illusion", and that is why he will eventually consent. He then heals Sam, and returns the brothers to the present. He removes all memories of the events of the day from Mary and John.
5.18 Point of No Return
Zachariah has been dismissed from his position and is drinking in a bar, awaiting his destruction, when Michael makes contact. The brilliance and sound of the unshielded archangel kills the bar patrons and Michael offers Zachariah a last chance to secure Dean as a vessel.
Meanwhile, seeing no other way to defeat Lucifer and save the planet, Dean is prepared to consent to becoming Michael's vessel when it is discovered that his half brother Adam Milligan has been resurrected. The angels hold Adam as bait, and Sam and Dean attempt to rescue him. Zachariah tortures Sam and Adam in front of Dean, and Dean tells Zachariah he will consent. Zachariah utters an incantation that summons Michael to their location, only for Dean to kill a distracted Zachariah with an Angel Knife. Sam and Dean manage to escape before Michael descends, but Adam is trapped inside the room and vanishes with Michael. Adam is technically a vessel, if only a temporary one, for Michael, being of the Winchester bloodline.
5.21 Two Minutes To Midnight
Mentioned only. Castiel tells Sam and Bobby that Michael is currently using Adam as his vessel.
5.22 Swan Song
After Lucifer joins with his true vessel, Sam, Michael appears in Stull Cemetery outside of Lawrence, Kansas, to confront Lucifer for the final battle. Lucifer tries to convince Michael that they need not fight, but Michael is adamant that he be a "good son" to their Father, and is determined to kill his brother. Before they can begin, however, Dean arrives and demands to speak to Sam. Michael protests his presence, telling him he has no place on the field. But before he can do anything about it, Castiel hurls a Holy Oil molotov at the Archangel, forcing him to vanish for several minutes. When he returns, Sam has managed to regain control of his body and has opened the gate to Lucifer's Cage. Michael demands a fight but Sam throws himself into the portal. Michael grabs hold of Sam to stop him from falling but is dragged down into the pit along with him, the portal closing behind them.
Season 6
Mentioned only. Castiel speculates that Michael and Lucifer are currently tormenting and torturing Sam's soul to such a degree that Castiel thinks the the restoration of Sam's soul would more than likely devastate Sam mentally and physical.[5] Balthazar makes a similar assumption.[6]
Michael in Art and Lore
- Michael is an archangel in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition. He is most well known as a leader of the armies of God against Lucifer.
- When Zachariah tells Dean his destiny is to kill Lucifer he stands in front of a painting of the Archangel Michael killing Lucifer. The painting is Saint Michel terrassant le Dragon by 15th century Flemish painter Josse Lieferinxe.
In Fandom
- SPN Michael community on LJ
- the-goodson - Michael RP Tumblr Blog
