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|image= [[File:Nick501Nick-S14.jpgpng|350px]]|name= Nick
|actor= [[Mark Pellegrino]]
|dates= ???? - 2010 – 2019 (killed by [[LuciferJack Kline]]) |location= Pike CreekLongton, DelawareKansas|occupation= [[Vessel]]<br>[[Serial Killer]]|episodes= [[5.01 Sympathy for the Devil]]<br>[[5.22 Swan Song]]<br>[[12.13 Family Feud]]<br>[[14.01 Stranger in a Strange Land]]<br>[[14.02 Gods and Monsters]]<br>[[14.07 Unhuman Nature]]<br>[[14.11 Damaged Goods]]<br>[[14.12 Prophet and Loss]]<br>[[14.17 Game Night]]
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{{Quotation
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|text= '''Nick:''' If I help youAll right... can you bring back my family?<br>'''Lucifer:''I' m not very good at this, but the priest said it would help, so I'm sorrygonna try. I cansay that I do the terrible things I do because I couldn'tfind who killed Sarah and Teddy. But And that once I can give you the next best thing. God did , I'd be free of this darkness and this rage but I lied. Truth is I like doing these things, and I don't want to you, Nickstop. And I can give 'm bonded to you and what you justiceare. Peace.<br>'''Nick:''I mean, it' How do I know s how you're telling the truth?<br>'''Lucifer:''' Because, contrary to popular belief, first found me. I don't lieknow who I am if I'm not you. No consequences. No pain. No sorrow. I want that back. I want it back. I don't need want to. What feel now what I need..didn't feel then. is Where are you. Nick, I need ? Where are you to say yes? Help me.<br>'''Nick:''' Then yesHelp me.|author= Nick consenting to [[Lucifer]]|source= [[514.01 Sympathy for the Devil07 Unhuman Nature]]
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==History==
Nick is a solemn widower living lived in Pike Creek, Delaware. He , and was married to a woman named [[Sarah]]. Together, and together they had a childson named Teddy. One night a criminal crept into their house and murdered , Sarah and the babywere murdered by the demon [[Abraxas]] as they slept while Nick was out, drinking at the Elk's Lodge. <ref name="fourteen07">[[14.07 Unhuman Nature]]</ref> After their deaths the home invasion, grief-stricken Nick still resides resided in the house, and has kept some objects that were connected to Sarah and his son.<ref name="five01">[[5.01 Sympathy for the baby. Devil]]</ref> [[Lucifer]] chooses to use Nick is used as a so-called "Plan B" [[vessel]] for when [[LuciferSam]]refused to consent to him. <ref name="five01" /><ref name="five03">[[5.03 Free to Be You and Me]]</ref> However, because he isn't the "true" vessel, over time Nick’s body slowly becomes became more and more degraded. The longer he continues continued to be occupied by Lucifer the more his body suffersburned out, due to the inability of Nickhis [[meatsuit]]'s body inability to handle contain Lucifer's essence. [[Castiel]] tells Sam that Nick would be drinking gallons of [[demon blood]] in order to be able continue to host Lucifer.<ref name="five21">[[5.21 Two Minutes to Midnight]]</ref> Nick is dispossessed when Lucifer gains consent from Sam, his body left behind in [[5.22 Swan Song]], at which point he dies from being burned out by the possessionan apartment in Detroit.<ref name="five22">[[5.22 Swan Song]]</ref> Despite no longer using Nick as a vessel, Nick appears appeared to be Lucifer's favored form to manifest visually in as seen in .<ref name="eleven09">[[11.09 O Brother, Where Art Thou?]], </ref><ref name="eleven10">[[11.10 The Devil in the Details]] and </ref><ref name="eleven18">[[11.18 Hell's Angel]]</ref> Additionally, when Lucifer was expelled from Castiel by [[the Darkness]], an image of Nick briefly overlaid Castiel.<ref name="eleven22">[[11. Years after Nick22 We Happy Few]]</ref> It's death, later revealed that his body was found by [[Crowley]]'s demons and it was after Lucifer dispossessed Nick. They repaired , improved, and improved so that warded Nick's body so it could be a suitable permanent vessel and prison for Lucifer. <ref name="twelve13">[[12.13 Family Feud]]</ref><ref name="fourteen01">[[14.01 Stranger in a Strange Land]]</ref> Following Lucifer's defeat in ,<ref name="twelve08">[[12.08 LOTUS]], </ref> he was returned to Nick's unconscious body by a when Crowley altered [[Rowena]]'s spell, causing Nick to once more become Lucifer's vessel.<ref name="twelve13"/> Nick remained Lucifer's permanent vessel for the next year and a half until Dean killed Lucifer with an [[archangel blade]] while powered and possessed by the [[Apocalypse World]] version of [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]].<ref name="thirteen23">[[13.23 Let the Good Times Roll]]</ref> When Nick survived Lucifer's death, Sam theorized it was because the archangel blade was designed to kill the possessing [[archangel]] while leaving the vessel unharmed. Nick takes up residence in a makeshift bedroom in [[the Bunker]]'s dungeon to recuperate from his ordeal.<ref name="fourteen01" /> His subsequent aggressiveness and Lucifer-like mannerisms when angered caused Castiel to believe that Lucifer did more damage to Nick's psyche than had been previously realized.<ref name="fourteen02">[[14.02 Gods and Monsters]]</ref> After learning that nothing had been done in the decade since his wife and son's murders, Nick becomes determined to find the truth about happened to his family, going as far as becoming a budding [[serial killer]]. He targets people with special knowledge of the murders such as his former neighbor [[Arty Nielson]], a local priest, and [[Frank Kellogg]]. Nick also gets the urge to kill innocent people, developing quite a taste for the act. He eventually discovers that the demon [[Abraxas]], whom Lucifer knew personally, possessed Kellogg that night and used his [[meatsuit]] to kill Nick's family with a hammer.<ref name="fourteen02" /><ref name="fourteen07" /> After getting his revenge upon Abraxas,<ref name="fourteen11">[[14.11 Damaged Goods]]</ref> Nick escaped police custody and began a search for Lucifer.<ref name="fourteen12">[[14.12Prophet and Loss]]</ref> Working with [[demons]], Nick contacted Lucifer in [[the Empty]] and learned of a way to [[resurrection|resurrect him]]. Using Jack's blood, Nick succeeded in bringing Lucifer back from the Empty, but was foiled by Jack, who imprisoned Lucifer and killed Nick to stop him from trying again.<ref name="fourteen17">[[14.17 Game Night]]</ref> Because of his rampage, Nick's soul likely went to [[Hell]]. When Lucifer is resurrected by God, he returns in the form of Nick, although it appears that God gave Lucifer his own body instead of restoring Nick as his vessel.13 Family FeudThis resurrection is short-lived for Lucifer as he is killed once again by Michael and turns to ashes, leaving behind nothing of him.<ref name="fifteen19">[[15.19 Inherit the Earth]]</ref>
==Episodes==
[[File:Nick-Lucifer.jpg|thumb|right|350px|[[Lucifer]] takes the form of Nick's deceased wife, to convince him into becoming his [[vessel]].]]
===[[5.01 Sympathy for the Devil]]===
:''"If I help you...can you bring back my family?"Nick's wife and child have been murdered during a home invasion. As he grieves, he starts hallucinating. [[Lucifer]] appears as his wife [[Sarah]] and tells him that he is a [[vessel]], and that [[Lucifer]] wants his consent to possess him. Lucifer says he is misunderstood, that he was punished for "loving [[God]] too much." He says that he will help Nick get justice for his family. Nick assents to possession. ===[[5.03 Free to Be You and Me]]===While talking to [[Sam]] about him being his true vessel, Lucifer told him that Nick was an improvisation or a "Plan B" and can barely hold him for long without spontaneously combusting. ===[[5.10 Abandon All Hope...]]===[[Castiel]] notices that Nick's body is beginning to deteriorate, with Lucifer telling him that his vessel is "wearing a bit thin" and cannot hold him forever, increasing his need to gain consent for possession by Sam. ===[[5.13 The Song Remains the Same]]===Nick is briefly mentioned by [[Anna]] who says that he's "burning away as we speak" while meeting with Castiel in the warehouse. ===[[5.21 Two Minutes to Midnight]]===Castiel tells Sam that he would have to drink an enormous amount of [[demon blood]] before he could let Lucifer inside him when they were discussing Sam's plan on imprisoning him along with himself. All the while, mentioning that Lucifer is drinking gallons as they speak so Nick's body can continue to contain him as it can strengthen the vessel.
===[[5.22 Swan Song]]===
[[Dean]] and [[Sam]] meet up with [[Lucifer]] at an abandoned apartment. in [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]] where Nick's body looks even appears to be more run-down and degraded than it did in their last encounter. <ref name="five19">[[5.19 Hammer of the Gods]]. </ref> When Sam agrees to be Lucifer's [[vessel]]. , Nick's body is seen motionless on the ground after the dispossession, dead.
[[File:ComatoseNick.jpg|thumb|right|350px|A comatose Nick about to be re-possessed by [[Lucifer]].]]
===[[12.13 Family Feud]]===
==Trivia==
* The name "Nick" is possibly a reference to "Old Nick" which is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_teaching_about_the_Devil nickname for the Devil.]
* Nick's status was unclear following Lucifer's return to his body in [[12.13 Family Feud]] -- whether he remained alive after his first possession by Lucifer, had been resurrected to act as a vessel again, or whether or he was like [[Jimmy Novak]]: a dead vessel restored to act as a permanent vessel for their possessing angel. [[14.01 Stranger in a Strange Land]] confirms Nick was either still alive or was resurrected by Crowley.
* Nick being alive at the time of [[12.13 Family Feud]] makes it unclear how Lucifer was able to repossess him as it has been previously established that when an angel leaves their vessel, they need permission once again to reenter. At the time Lucifer reentered Nick, he was unconscious in a chair and did not appear to have consented. However, he may have been in a vegetative state, much like how [[Donnie Finnerman]] was shown to be catatonic in [[5.03 Free to Be You and Me]]. Angels also do not require verbal consent, as [[Gadreel]] was able to possess Sam through his subconscious. Another possible explanation is that when Lucifer left Nick's body, he left the door open a crack in his mind so that he could return at will as [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]] did with Dean as seen in [[14.09 The Spear]].
* [[Mark Pellegrino]]'s name did not appear in the opening credits for [[14.01 Stranger in a Strange Land]], presumably to maintain the surprise of Nick's return. However, during the airing of the episode and before Nick appeared in person, a promo for the movie ''Halloween'' was aired featuring Sam asking Nick about [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]], thus ruining the surprise. Mark Pellegrino returned to the opening credits for [[14.02 Gods and Monsters]] for his role as Nick. The same thing happened with Mark's surprise appearance as Lucifer at the end of [[12.12 Stuck in the Middle (With You)]] with Mark then appearing in the opening credits for the very first time as a main cast member as Lucifer in the next episode [[12.13 Family Feud]].
* Nick is the second main character portrayed by [[Mark Pellegrino]], a role which he took on after [[Lucifer]]'s death.
* With Nick's arrest at the end of [[14.11 Damaged Goods]], the death toll during his pursuit for revenge comes to five people and at least three demons, with Nick mentioning to the demon at the beginning of the episode that he had killed at least one more off-screen that led him to her. If either of those two unnamed demons' meatsuits were still alive, he would've killed them as well. In addition to murder, Nick's crimes included kidnapping, torture, breaking and entering, grand theft auto, resisting arrest, assaulting a police officer, and possibly attempted murder for attacking Mary Winchester on Abraxas's orders before Sam and Dean intervened.
* During the scenes where he commits his murders, Nick takes no visible precautions to stop himself from leaving [[fingerprints]], even leaving the hammer which he has touched with his bare hand behind at [[Arty Nielson]]'s crime scene, which explains why his fingerprints could be used to identify him as the killer. The fact that they specifically identified Nick by name when Donna ran them suggests that Nick has some kind of criminal history that resulted in his fingerprints being on file, otherwise there would've been no reason for Donna to get a specific match on him.
* In [[14.12 Prophet and Loss]], its revealed that at least four different jurisdictions want to prosecute Nick for his crime spree. These presumably include Pike Creek, Delaware; Montauk, New York; and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Hibbing, Minnesota, may be another one, but Nick's crimes there only amounted to resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer. Another possibility is the location where Nick killed the demon that led him to Mary Winchester at the beginning of [[14.11 Damaged Goods]].
* In [[14.12 Prophet and Loss]], his full name can be seen on his hospital bracelet: Vaught, Nick. [[Nick Vaught]] is the name of a former PA and current writer's assistant and writer on ''Supernatural''. It has not been confirmed that this is Nick's real surname.
* In [[14.17 Game Night]], Nick states that he "carved up" and killed the cop from [[14.12 Prophet and Loss]]. However, he only brutally beat the man who was clearly still alive when Nick left him.
==External links==
'''Meta'''
*[https://orangemeta.tumblr.com/post/80413302068/bbybirdbarton-nick-the-vessel-forgotten-death 5.1: Nick; The Vessel Forgotten] by bbybirdbarton (November 2012); [http://archive.today/yjOs3 archive link]
*[https://defilerwyrm.tumblr.com/post/36090095608/crossroadprophet-nick-the-vessel-forgotten Nick has it worse than anyone] by defilerwyrm (November 2012); [https://web.archive.org/web/20190716020500/http://defilerwyrm.tumblr.com/post/36090095608/crossroadprophet-nick-the-vessel-forgotten archive link]
==References==