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|image= [[ImageFile:Nick-S14.jpg|300pxpng|350px]]|name= Nick
|actor= [[Mark Pellegrino]]
|dates= Possessed Mid 2009 - Dispossessed 2010 ???? – 2019 (killed by [[Jack Kline]])|location= Pike CreekLongton, DelawareKansas|occupation= ?[[Vessel]]<br>[[Serial Killer]]|episodes= [[5.01 Sympathy for the Devil]]<br>As The Vessel of [[Lucifer5.22 Swan Song]]:<br>[[512.03 Free to Be You and Me13 Family Feud]]<br>[[5.10 Abandon All Hope.14.01 Stranger in a Strange Land]]<br>[[14.02 Gods and Monsters]]<br>[[514.13 The Song Remains The Same07 Unhuman Nature]] (mentioned)<br>[[514.19 Hammer of the Gods11 Damaged Goods]]<br>[[514.21 Two Minutes to Midnight12 Prophet and Loss]] (mentioned)<br>[[514.17 Game Night]]}}{{Quotation|title=|text= All right... I'm not very good at this, but the priest said it would help, so I'm gonna try. I say that I do the terrible things I do because I couldn't find who killed Sarah and Teddy. And that once I 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 stop. I'm bonded to you and what you are. I mean, it's how you first found me. I don't know 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 want to feel now what I didn't feel then. Where are you? Where are you? Help me. Help me.|author= Nick|source= [[14.22 Swan Song07 Unhuman Nature]]
}}
== History ==Nick lived in Pike Creek, Delaware, and was married to a woman named [[Sarah]]. Together, they had a son named Teddy. One night, Sarah and the baby were 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 grief-stricken Nick still resided in the house, and kept some objects that were connected to Sarah and his son.<ref name="five01">[[5.01 Sympathy for the Devil]]</ref>
Despite no longer using Nick as a vessel, Nick appeared to be Lucifer's favored form to manifest visually in.<ref name="eleven09">[[11.09 O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]</ref><ref name="eleven10">[[11.10 The Devil in the Details]]</ref><ref name=Trivia"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">[[11.22 We Happy Few]]</ref> It's later revealed that his body was found by [[Crowley]]'s demons after Lucifer dispossessed Nick. They repaired, improved, and warded Nick's body so it could be a suitable permanent vessel and prison for Lucifer.<ref name=The "twelve13">[[12.13 Family Feud]]</ref><ref name ="fourteen01">[[14.01 Stranger in a Strange Land]]</ref> Following Lucifer's defeat,<ref name="twelve08">[[12.08 LOTUS]]</ref> he was returned to Nick'is possibly a reference s unconscious body when Crowley altered [[Rowena]]'s spell, causing Nick to once more become Lucifer'Old s vessel.<ref name="twelve13" /> Nickremained Lucifer' which is s permanent vessel for the next year and a half until Dean killed Lucifer with an [[archangel blade]] while powered and possessed by the [http:[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" /en> 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.wikipedia<ref name="fourteen02">[[14.org02 Gods and Monsters]]</wikiref> 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]]</Christian_teaching_about_the_Devil nickname ref> Nick escaped police custody and began a search for Lucifer.<ref name="fourteen12">[[14.12 Prophet and Loss]]</ref> Working with [[demons]], Nick contacted Lucifer in [[the DevilEmpty]] 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. This 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== Appearances & References=="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[[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]]===
===[[5.10 Abandon All Hope...]]===
After Abraxas takes [[possession]] of Jeff, Nick demands answers from the demon, who doesn't realize who Nick is until Nick tells him that he is from Pike Creek, Delaware. Abraxas proves to be amused by Nick's questioning, the fact that Nick is no longer possessed by Lucifer, and that Lucifer is dead. Abraxas, holding a grudge of his own for Mary's trapping him, offers Nick answers if he kills Mary slow and bloody. As Nick moves to do so, he is interrupted by the Winchesters, who'd tracked Nick through his stolen van with Donna's help. Desperate to get answers, Nick uses his angel blade to break the devil's trap, releasing Abraxas, who immediately slams everyone to the floor with [[telekinesis]]. Turning to a shocked Nick, Abraxas reveals that he murdered Nick's family on Lucifer's orders and explains that Nick was chosen, but he was not special claiming they "threw a dart at the phone book" to choose who to target. As Dean begins an [[exorcism]] that Abraxas stops, Nick takes advantage of the distraction, shoves Abraxas to his knees from behind, and stabs the demon in the chest with his angel blade, killing Abraxas and finally avenging his family's deaths. With Abraxas dead, the Winchesters surround Nick, who tries to strike at Mary with his angel blade. However, Donna shoots Nick in the leg, allowing Mary to knock him unconscious. In the aftermath, Nick is arrested for his murder spree by Donna. When confronted by Sam before Donna takes him away, Nick is unrepentant, believing that he did what he had to do to get revenge for his family and that Sam would've done the same thing. Nick tells Sam that Sam couldn't help him as he isn't broken, but Sam feels that Nick is wrong about that. Sam tells Nick that he doesn't feel sorry for Nick but for Nick's victims who will haunt Nick for the rest of his life and that Nick can burn. ===[[14.12 Prophet and Loss]]===:''"He chose me, okay?"''[[5File:14x12 Nick Detained.png|thumb|right|350px|Nick detained in a hospital.]]After being arrested, Nick is held in a hospital to heal from his gunshot wound to the leg. While there, he learns from the guarding police officer that he is wanted in four different jurisdictions. Nick claims that he was possessed by Satan, but is dismissed by the officer, who leaves to eat his meal. As Nick sits in his bed praying to Lucifer, he is interrupted by the officer.21 Two Minutes Nick asks to Midnightbe uncuffed to use the bathroom, asking for some dignity, which the officer reluctantly agrees to. Once uncuffed, Nick takes a bed pan and knocks the officer to the floor and proceeds to repeatedly stomp and kick his head until he is a bloody unconscious mess. Nick picks up the keys to his cuffs and unlocks them, grabs his bag of clothes, and limps out of the room. After breaking in to his home in Pike Creek, Nick starts to feel a chill and sees a mirror in the room frost over. Doors start to bang loudly and rapidly behind him. As the light starts to flicker, his wife [[Sarah]] appears before him. At first he believes this to be Lucifer before Sarah tells him she is his wife. Confused as to why she is a ghost, Sarah tells him she has unfinished business involving her family's deaths. Nick tearfully tells her he got revenge for her and Teddy's deaths and she can move on. He also explains how she and Teddy were killed by the demon Abraxas, who possessed Frank Kellogg. She tells him how she was there the night he chose to be with Lucifer, and her unfinished business also involves Nick needing to reject Lucifer. When Nick can't bring himself to do so, Sarah tells him he has doomed her to be stuck in their home forever and has doomed himself. As Nick is about to leave the room, Sarah asks where he is going. With tears in his eyes, he tells his wife "Wherever it’s darkest. Wherever he is." as he wanders around their old home. ===[[14.17 Game Night]]===Castiel :''"He loved you. You know that? He did. I felt it. He loved you so much and you broke his heart. Of course, I'm talking about the old you. The "you" with the soul. Yeah. Kermit the Prophet told me about your sitch. What's it like not having a soul? Must be relaxing."''Nick makes his way to [[Donatello Redfield]]'s house and ties him to a table, where he injects him with an unknown substance. He has Donatello leave a voicemail with a [[bible]] reference in Dean's cellphone and waits at the house for the Winchesters' arrival. He tells Dean and Mary that he injected Donatello with thallium and he only has roughly 24 hours before he dies. After Nick shows them the live stream footage, Dean takes him back to the Bunker. Sam is agitated to see Nick again, but he agrees to wait to kill him until after they save Donatello. After Dean beats him to a pulp, Nick says that he wants to talk with Jack. Upon entering the room, Nick taunts Jack about breaking Lucifer's heart and no longer having a soul. Jack angrily tells him that he has a soul, but Nick headbutts him, which brings Jack close to snapping. Out of fear, Nick agrees to show them where Donatello is. After arriving at the warehouse, Dean heads inside with the antidote for thallium, while Sam waits in the car with Nick. Meanwhile, Jack examines the syringe Nick used on Donatello and Bobby senses that it was recently filled with angelic [[grace]]. While Mary calls Sam to explain what Jack found, Nick takes out a lock pick hidden beneath his skin. After Sam drags Nick out of the car, he explains that he injected Donatello with grace in order to contact Lucifer would be drinking gallons in [[the Empty]] and learn how to bring him back. Nick also explains that he was able to keep himself hidden and acquire the grace because of a group of demons who want Lucifer back as well. Nick removes his handcuffs and attacks Sam while the demons attack Dean in the warehouse. After a drawn-out fight, Nick strikes Sam's head repeatedly with a rock. Sam manages to honk the horn to alert Dean, but he starts succumbing to the head wound while Nick escapes. [[File:CookedNick.png|thumb|right|350px|[[Demon BloodJack]] cooks Nick from the inside out.]]Nick steals a passing driver's truck and heads to a nearby abandoned cabin where he begins a ritual to bring Lucifer back using Jack's blood, which was smeared on his shirt when he headbutted him, mixed with his own blood. Nick burns the contents of the bowl in a salt ring and manages to summon Lucifer from the Empty. A fanatical Nick looks at the dead archangel in order awe as he grants him permission to possess him again. However, casting the spell alerts Jack of Nick's location. Jack teleports himself and Mary to the cabin where he banishes Lucifer back to maintain the integrity Empty and closes the portal before he could possess Nick again. Jack, having had enough of Nick's tricks, uses his powers to break the bones in his hand to torture him. Jack slowly burns Nick from the inside out despite Mary's protests, prolonging his agony before he finally falls to the ground dead. Jack then teleports to the warehouse to heal Sam and tell him, Dean, and Donatello that Nick is taken care of. Mary is visibly shaken by Jack's actions, but he says that Nick was a monster and that he deserved to die like that. ===[[vessel14.18 Absence]]===Looking for Jack, the Winchesters return to the cabin, where they find Nick's body and are horrified at what Jack did to him. Sam covers Nick's body with a blanket, but it is apparently otherwise left untouched at the cabin. ===[[15.<ref name13 Destiny's Child]]==="five21" />As [[Jack]]'s [[soul]] is restored, he remembers killing Nick amongst other things.
=== [[515.22 Swan Song19 Inherit the Earth]] ===When [[DeanLucifer]] and is resurrected by [[SamGod]] meet up with , he returns in the form of Nick, although it appears that God gave Lucifer at an abandoned apartment. his own body in Nick's body looks even more run-down and degraded than it did in shape. Lucifer is subsequently killed by [[Michael]] with an [[5.19 Hammer archangel blade]] and blasts into ashes instead of leaving behind any form of remains as he did the Gods]]. Sam agrees to be Lucifer's vessel. Nick's body is seen motionless first time including any blood on the ground after the dispossession, presumably deadblade.
==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.
== References 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]
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