Phoenix

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Phoenix
Powers and Abilities	Disintegration by touch, invulnerability, fire manipulation, and immortality
Vulnerabilities	The Colt
Appearance	Human-like
Episode(s)	6.18 Frontierland

Phoenixes are powerful, fire-imbued, immortal beings that often hide their true form, appearing in human form instead.

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. 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.

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.

Characteristics

Powers and Abilities

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

Weaknesses

• Can be Killed by The Colt
• Can be Burned by Iron