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|image= [[File:Phoenix.jpg]][[File:PhoenixPower.jpg]]
|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:Phoenixman.jpg|300px]]
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|name= Elias Finch
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|actor= [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035826/ Matthew John Armstrong]
!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:{{{bgcolor}}}; color:{{{fgcolor}}};" | Phoenix
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|dates= ???? - 1861 (killed by [[Dean Winchester]])
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|location= Sunrise, Wyoming
|'''Powers and Abilities''' ||  Disintegration by touch, invulnerability, fire manipulation, and immortality
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|occupation= Phoenix
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|episodes= [[6.18 Frontierland]]<br>[[6.19 Mommy Dearest]] (mentioned)
|'''Vulnerabilities''' || [[The Colt]]  
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|'''Appearance''' || Human-like
 
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|'''Episode(s)''' || [[6.18 Frontierland]]
 
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Phoenixes are powerful, fire-imbued, immortal beings that often hide their true form, appearing in human form instead.  
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==Characteristics==
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Phoenixes are powerful beings who appear human. They possess the ability to incinerate things through touch and are immune to conventional methods of killing humans. They combust upon death and form a pile of ashes. Their ashes can be used to kill, [[Eve]], the Mother of All. 
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===Powers and Abilities===
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* Incineration by touch.
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* Long lived and impervious to things that would kill a human (gunshot, hanging).
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===Weaknesses===
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* [[Iron]]
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* Can be killed by [[the Colt]].
  
==[[6.18 Frontierland]]==
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==Episodes==
Sam and Dean travel back to 1861 to retrieve the ashes from a phoenix that will be shot by the famous hunter [[Samuel Colt]]. The phoenix is disguised as a man called [[Elias Finch]] who is hung by the local town's sheriff, condemned by the judge and accused by the deputy of murdering his human wife. Elias seemingly dies from the hanging but rises from his grave the following evening to seek revenge on those three responsible for his "death". The judge is the first to die; incinerated by Elias' touch. The sheriff dies soon after in the same fashion, despite shooting Elias several times with his gun. The next day, Elias finds the deputy cowering in a jail cell, protected by Dean.
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[[File:PhoenixLore.jpg|left|388px|thumb|The book [[Bobby]] found revealing phoenix ashes can wound the mother.]]
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===[[6.18 Frontierland]]===
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[[Sam]] and [[Dean]] travel back to 1861 to retrieve the ashes from a phoenix that will be shot by the famous hunter [[Samuel Colt]]. They arrive just as Elias Finch is hanged, and he "dies" swearing vengeance on the sheriff, judge and deputy. That night Elias rises from his grave. The judge is the first to die, incinerated by Elias' touch. The sheriff dies soon after in the same fashion, despite shooting Elias several times with his gun. The next day, Elias finds the deputy cowering in a jail cell, protected by Dean.
  
Elias explains to Dean that he was framed for the murder of his wife by the deputy but is unable to get to touch the iron bars surrounding him, so he grabs a gun and shoots the deputy instead. Dean flees and runs into Sam, who has retrieved the Colt from Samuel. Dean and Elias face off in classic cowboy style, resulting in Dean killing Elias. The brothers were brought back before they could retrieve the phoenix's ashes, however; Samuel Colt arranges for a package to be delivered to Sam in 2011, containing the ashes.
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Elias explains to Dean that he was framed for the murder of his wife. While the couple were visiting the town, the deputy tried to rape Elias' wife, and when he intervened the deputy shot her and Elias. She died in Elias' arms however, being a phoenix, the gunshot didn't harm him. The deputy then conspired with the judge and sheriff and accused Elias of killing his wife. He was unable to escape as he was bound with iron shackles.  
  
==Characteristics==
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He is unable to get to the deputy due to the [[iron]] bars surrounding him, so he grabs a gun and shoots the deputy instead. [[Dean]] flees and runs into [[Sam]], who has retrieved [[the Colt]] from [[Samuel Colt]]. Dean and Elias face off in classic cowboy style, resulting in Dean killing Elias. The shot from [[the Colt]] causes him to incinerate leaving a pile of ash. The brothers were brought back before they could retrieve the phoenix's ashes, however, Samuel Colt arranges for a package to be delivered to Sam in 2011, containing the ashes.
===Powers and Abilities===
 
*Incineration by touch
 
*Invincibility
 
*Moderate fire control
 
*Immortality
 
  
===Vulnerabilities===
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===[[6.19 Mommy Dearest]]===
They are vulnerable to only the Colt gun and they burn all over when killed; their ashes are said to be capable of harming [[Eve]] - the Mother of All.
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[[Dean]] packs the ashes of the phoenix into 5 shotgun cartridges. The contents of one he drinks with an ounce of whiskey, so that when [[Eve]] bites him, the blood she ingests is poisoned and kills her.
  
==Phoenixes in Lore==  
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==The Phoenix in Lore==  
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_%28mythology%29  The phoenix] is a beautiful, colorful fire-bird found in cultures including Greek, Persian and Chinese. It is very long-lived, and near the end of its life it builds a nest. The bird and the nest then combust, and from the ashes a new phoenix is born. In some few stories the bird can take human form.
  
 
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Revision as of 08:42, 14 January 2014


Phoenix.jpgPhoenixPower.jpg
Name Elias Finch
Actor Matthew John Armstrong
Dates  ???? - 1861 (killed by Dean Winchester)
Location Sunrise, Wyoming
Occupation Phoenix
Episode(s) 6.18 Frontierland
6.19 Mommy Dearest (mentioned)

Characteristics

Phoenixes are powerful beings who appear human. They possess the ability to incinerate things through touch and are immune to conventional methods of killing humans. They combust upon death and form a pile of ashes. Their ashes can be used to kill, Eve, the Mother of All.

Powers and Abilities

  • Incineration by touch.
  • Long lived and impervious to things that would kill a human (gunshot, hanging).

Weaknesses

Episodes

The book Bobby found revealing phoenix ashes can wound the mother.

6.18 Frontierland

Sam and Dean travel back to 1861 to retrieve the ashes from a phoenix that will be shot by the famous hunter Samuel Colt. They arrive just as Elias Finch is hanged, and he "dies" swearing vengeance on the sheriff, judge and deputy. That night Elias rises from his grave. The judge is the first to die, incinerated by Elias' touch. The sheriff dies soon after in the same fashion, despite shooting Elias several times with his gun. The next day, Elias finds the deputy cowering in a jail cell, protected by Dean.

Elias explains to Dean that he was framed for the murder of his wife. While the couple were visiting the town, the deputy tried to rape Elias' wife, and when he intervened the deputy shot her and Elias. She died in Elias' arms however, being a phoenix, the gunshot didn't harm him. The deputy then conspired with the judge and sheriff and accused Elias of killing his wife. He was unable to escape as he was bound with iron shackles.

He is unable to get to the deputy due to the iron bars surrounding him, so he grabs a gun and shoots the deputy instead. Dean flees and runs into Sam, who has retrieved the Colt from Samuel Colt. Dean and Elias face off in classic cowboy style, resulting in Dean killing Elias. The shot from the Colt causes him to incinerate leaving a pile of ash. The brothers were brought back before they could retrieve the phoenix's ashes, however, Samuel Colt arranges for a package to be delivered to Sam in 2011, containing the ashes.

6.19 Mommy Dearest

Dean packs the ashes of the phoenix into 5 shotgun cartridges. The contents of one he drinks with an ounce of whiskey, so that when Eve bites him, the blood she ingests is poisoned and kills her.

The Phoenix in Lore

The phoenix is a beautiful, colorful fire-bird found in cultures including Greek, Persian and Chinese. It is very long-lived, and near the end of its life it builds a nest. The bird and the nest then combust, and from the ashes a new phoenix is born. In some few stories the bird can take human form.