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===Weaknesses===
* [[Holy fire]] can bind Raphael to a fixed location.<ref name="five03" />
* An [[Angel SwordBlade|archangel swordblade]] can kill Raphael.
* [[Angelic Weapons|Weapons of Heaven]] can harm and possibly kill Raphael. One of the weapons [[Lot's Salt]], turned Raphael's [[vessel]] into a pile of salt, destroying it.<ref name="six03" />
* Other [[archangel]]s can harm and kill Raphael.
[[Sam]] and [[Dean]] investigate the deaths of three cops which mirror Egyptian plagues. Dean has summons Castiel, and they discover that a [[Aaron Birch|boy]] has been using part of the [[Staff of Moses]]. Castiel later tells Sam and Dean that [[Heaven]] has been thrown into chaos without [[Michael]], with [[angel]]s going rogue, celestial killings, and the theft of their weapons. He also warns them that Raphael is back and trying to gain all of Heaven's weapons so that he can win the civil war against Castiel, then release Lucifer and Michael, putting the apocalypse back on track. When asked why, Castiel simply calls Raphael a "traditionalist" who wants "to end the story the way it was written." A soldier of Raphael attacks Castiel, then returns to his leader.
Raphael and his soldiers track down [[Balthazar]], the [[angel]] who stole the weapons and sold part of the [[Staff of Moses]], looking for the other weapons. [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] banish one of Raphael's soldiers with the [[angel banishing sigil]] and [[Castiel]] kills one with an [[angel swordblade]]. Raphael then appears behind Castiel and attacks him mercilessly. Just as Raphael is about to kill Castiel, Balthazar appears and turns Raphael's vessel into a pillar of salt using [[Lot's Salt]], forcing Raphael to look for a new vessel.
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