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|occupation= [[Witch]]<br>Queen of Hell|episodes= [[10.03 Soul Survivor]]<br>[[10.07 Girls, Girls, Girls]]<br>[[10.09 The Things We Left Behind]]<br>[[10.10 The Hunter Games]]<br>[[10.14 The Executioner's Song]]<br>[[10.16 Paint It Black]]<br>[[10.17 Inside Man]]<br>[[10.18 Book of the Damned]]<br>[[10.19 The Werther Project]]<br>[[10.21 Dark Dynasty]]<br>[[10.22 The Prisoner]]<br>[[10.23 Brother's Keeper]]<br>[[11.03 The Bad Seed]]<br>[[11.09 O Brother Where Art Thou?]]<br>[[11.10 The Devil in the Details]]<br>[[11.18 Hell's Angel]]<br>[[11.22 We Happy Few]]<br>[[11.23 Alpha and Omega]]<br>[[12.02 Mamma Mia]]<br>[[12.03 The Foundry]]<br>[[12.08 LOTUS]]<br>[[12.11 Regarding Dean]]<br>[[12.13 Family Feud]]<br>[[12.23 All Along the Watchtower]]<br>[[13.12 Various & Sundry Villains]]<br>[[13.19 Funeralia]]<br>[[13.21 Beat the Devil]]<br>[[13.22 Exodus]]<br>[[14.07 Unhuman Nature]]<br>[[14.14 Ouroboros]]<br>[[14.18 Absence]]<br>[[15.02 Raising Hell]]<br>[[15.03 The Rupture]]<br>[[15.08 Our Father, Who Aren't in Heaven]]

|text= I don't care about anything enough to take my own life. Not youhave many regrets, your brother -- not even but the worldfew I do still haunt me. But I believe in prophecyMaking Napoleon so short was just bitchy. Telling Mick Jagger he had no future when I believe in magicdumped him. And I'm here , well, everything with dear Fergus. Then one day, you die and go to Hell, they make you Queen and youcan're here and everything we need to end this t make it right is in our hands. I know this in my bones -- So, fix it has to be this way. Do it! Kill me, Samuel! I know we've gotten quite fond of each other, haven't we? But will you let the world die, let your brother die, just so I can live?

|source= [[15.03 The Rupture08 Our Father, Who Aren't in Heaven]]

Rowena is an extremely powerful natural-born [[witch]], originally from Scotland in the 17th century (or possibly earlier). Before Rowena became a witch she was a peasant and the daughter of a tannerin Canisbay, who had an affair with a man above her social class. Once her son Fergus was born in 1661, the man abandoned the two and went back to his rich wife and her grand house. Her son Fergus Roderick MacLeod, would father [[Gavin MacLeod]] and go onto on to become known as the demon [[Crowley]].

Rowena would flee her village and abandon an eight year old Fergus after she was charged with practicing witchcraft. Rowena then studied under the great Milanese witch Leticia D’Albioni and joined the [[Grand Coven]]. The Grand Coven were critical of Rowena having a child with a "non-magic", but they were willing to overlook this because of the great talent she possessed.

Rowena was expelled from the Grand Coven because her magic was considered too extreme; one [[spell]] she created was the ''Defigere Et Depurgare'', which was used to vanquish [[demons]]. Rowena's "unpleasantness" with the Grand Coven would ultimately lead to her being hexed by the coven with a binding spell that restrained her magic and she was , as well as being banned from performing magic, taking on students, or forming her own coven.

In 2014, 300 years later, Rowena resurfaces resurfaced to reclaim her lost power base. After being captured by Crowley, she makes made several attempts to use him for her own ends. Crowley is was aware of Rowena's manipulations , yet captures captured the head of the Grand Coven, [[Olivette]], for her. Under torture by Rowena, Olivette reveals revealed the Grand Coven is now was much-diminished in its power because of a concerted campaign against witches by the [[Men of Letters]].

Rowena is was initially antagonistic towards the Winchesters as she sees saw Crowley's relationship with them as diminishing his power. The Winchesters often call called on her help with magic, and Rowena assists assisted when she see saw a benefit for herself. Over time, she becomes became an ally in their battles, albeit motivated by the benefit she sees saw for herself in helping them. Rowena has had a particular bond with Sam -- they were both tortured by [[Lucifer]], they saw his true face, and share the struggle of living with that experience.

In 2018, she starts Rowena began killing people and their [[reapers ]] to get [[Death]]'s attention. She blames , as she blamed herself for Crowley's death and the path that her abandonment led him down in life. During this, the reaper [[Jessica]] reveals that in the book [[Death]] keeps on her, it is written that she will die by the hands of Sam Winchester's hand. While death refuses [[Billie]] refused to bring Crowley back, the experience ends ended with Rowena deciding that working for the greater good will be serve as her [[redemption]] for her past actions. She subsequently aided the Winchesters in their efforts to return to [[Apocalypse World]] and on occasions when they needed her expertise on a situation or case.

Rowena is killed twice by Lucifer - first in In 2019, after the release of the [[11.10 The Devil in the DetailsHell Ghosts]] and later in [[12.23 All Along upon the Watchtower]] - but each time resurrects world, Rowena chose to sacrifice herself to save the world by use using her own body to imprison all of a [[Resurrection Charm]]the souls and demons and cast them back into Hell. At Rowena's request, and with great reluctance, Sam was indeed the one who fatally stabbed Rowena. Everyone around her watched as she imprisoned the damned souls into her body and fell through the fissure into Hell as it closed.

When the Winchesters and Castiel return to Hell in search of [[Michael]], they discover that Rowena's [[soul]] took up the empty position of Queen of Hell. Retaining her old personality and her humanity, Rowena aids the Winchesters once again in the fight against [[God]] and even urges Dean and Castiel to mend their broken relationship. ===Magic===Rowena was a very powerful witch, maybe the most powerful of all time.<ref>[[15.06 Golden Time]]</ref> The [[Grand Coven]] used a binding spell to limit her magic until she found a spell in the ''[[Black Grimoire]]'' that could break the binding.<ref>[[13.12 Various & Sundry Villains]]</ref> [[Spells]] created by Rowena included:* [[Resurrection Charm]] – A subdermal sachet of powerful magic that is sewn into a person's body. Once the spell senses the life-force of the individual ebbing, the magic kicks in as a purple glow and works its way through the body, repairing the damage and resurrecting the individual. Rowena uses it twice herself, and has to remove one from her shoulder so that Sam can kill her and commence the spell to imprison the demons and hell ghosts. When she was captured by the [[British Men of Letters]] at some point, she also gave one to [[Ketch]] in exchange for her escape, who used it after [[Mary]] shot his head. * ''Defigere Et Depurgare'' – Known in its English translation as "To bind and purge," this is a spell created by Rowena in the 18th century that causes demons to liquefy and get coughed up out of their meatsuit. It appears that the spell binds the demon to its meatsuit to keep it from escaping as it begins to liquefy the smoke into a sludge-like substance and be purged from the host body. The spell was only practiced by Rowena, and before she used it to kill Raul, it hadn't been seen since the 18th century. Sam attempted to use a strengthened version of the spell to kill Crowley and satisfy his deal with Rowena, but while the spell manages to temporarily incapacitate him, Crowley eventually overcomes the spell's effects and sets the hex bag on fire.* ''Impetus Bestiarum'' – A spell Rowena referred to as an "attack dog spell," wherein the witch places a hex bag in the hands of someone and recites "impetus bestiarum," turning the object of the spell into an animalistic killer who can be directed to kill a particular individual. The spell will eventually kill the person it is cast on unless the spell is reversed by the witch who inflicted it by reciting "desiste ad levo onus tuum."* ''Sanetur Acre Vulnus'' – A potent healing spell Rowena devised, which she used to seal [[Portal|the rupture]] that Chuck opened when he instigated the [[Apocalypse|Ghostpocalypse]]. The ingredients include myrrh, lavender, and the skull of an owl. Casting it requires two witches and someone to carry the spell once it's prepared. Sam helps Rowena cast the spell while Dean tosses the hex bag into the rupture, eventually sealing it.* Resurrection Spell – A spell devised by Rowena and completed by Sam Winchester which causes a spirit to become human. Unfortunately, the spell could only be used once as [[Billie]] closes any loophole that cheats death. ===Deaths===Rowena is killed twice by [[Lucifer]] -- first in [[11.10 The Devil in the Details]] and later in [[12.23 All Along the Watchtower]] -- but each time resurrected herself by use of a [[resurrection charm]].  In 2019, Rowena sacrifices sacrificed herself to banish the [[Hell Ghostsghosts]] back where they came from, having [[Sam ]] fulfill [[Death]]'s prophecy that he will kill her in order to save the world. She subsequently became the Queen of Hell. ===Legacy===Following Rowena's death, Sam inherited [[Rowena's Spellbooks|her magical stash]], which she intended since Sam was described by Dean as "Rowena's protégé." She even said that Sam was as close to a seasoned witch as anyone else in the team. [[Team Free Will]] uses her collection of spells and magical items in the fight against God.

Sam decides to end the work to remove the Mark and kill Rowena, but changes his mind once he receives an email from Charlie with how to crack her code breaker for the codexBook of the Damned and Nadya's Codex. Rowena confirms she can now remove the Mark, but demands that Sam kill Crowley first as she doesn't trust him to keep up his end of the deal otherwise. After Sam fails, he calls Rowena to tell her and give her Crowley's warning. While Rowena is left worried, she insists Sam keep trying.

Following his failure to kill Crowley, Sam tries to threaten Rowena into helping with bullets filled with [[Witch-Killing Bullets|witch-killing brew]]. Rowena is not intimidated as Sam needs her to crack the ''Book of the Damned'' and to cast the spell. She offers a new deal: her freedom and the codex in exchange for removing the Mark. Sam agrees and Rowena determines the ingredients needed for the spell which includes her sacrificing the person she loves most. Castiel is able to determine this is a young man named [[Oskar]] whose family had helped her hundreds of years before and whom she had grown so fond of that she cured him of a terminal disease and made him immortal. Castiel summons Crowley, who brings them the ingredients and Oskar. Rowena is happy to see Oskar despite her protests of loving no one and is horrified that she will have to kill him. However, she is forced to go through with it and casts the spell to remove the Mark. She succeeds in removing the Mark but unwittingly releases [[the Darkness]] at the same time. After using the book's power to remove the Mark of Cain, her powers are super charged by the book's influence. Rowena takes the opportunity to escape with the ''Book of the Damned'', Nadya's Codex, and [[Charlie's Code Breaker]]. She casts an [[Spells#Attack_Dog_Spell|attack dog spell]] on Castiel so he will kill Crowley while he is immobilized.

While Rowena studies the ''[[Book of the Damned]]'' in [[Rowena's Apartment|her flat]], she is surprised by a sudden visit from Jack. He admits that he accidentally killed Mary and needs Rowena's help to undo it. She tells Jack there is a spell, ''Magice Necromantiorum,'' that they may be able to use. But when Sam and Dean arrive to the flat, Jack realizes that Rowena had been stalling and teleports Rowena and himself to the Bunker to collect the ingredients.

With the device constructed, Rowena enters the neighborhood to meet with Sam and Dean. She encounters the ghost of [[Francis Tumblety]] , with whom she had a brief liaison centuries ago in England. He wants her to deliver a message to the Winchesters -- the ghosts have Kevin and want to talk to them. Ketch appears and shots him with his gun. Rowena runs away but Ketch is knocked out by Tumblety from behind. When Rowena arrives, she tells them about Ketch and that she's not sure if her crystal works.

Outside of the warding and at its weakest spot, Sam, Dean, Belphegor, Castiel, Rowena, and Kevin watch the ghosts attempting to escape. The demon says that there are about a hundred spirits already and that more are coming as Ketch joins them. Rowena proceeds with her crystal, catching a large number of souls, but she gets knocked out by Ketch, who is possessed by Tumblety. He wants to use the crystal with all the souls to destroy the warding, but is shot by Dean. Rowena takes the crystal again and catches the remaining ghosts, including Tumblety. However , more souls are escaping from Hell, and the containment spell won't hold for much longer.

Rowena has the Winchesters, Castiel , and Belphegor take her back to the crypt so she can cast the ''Rafforza l'incantesimo '' spell from the ''Book of the Damned '' to strengthen the barrier. Though Rowena expresses confidence that the spell will work, it fails and she becomes convinced that they are all going to die, explaining that the barrier is now too weak and the ghosts too strong for it to work. Rowena warns that together the ghosts are too strong and the barrier will fall and there's no magic on Earth that can stop it. If they are lucky, they have only hours. Dean asks Rowena to create some more Soul Catchers, but she informs him that it wouldn't matter and insists that its it's over. Rowena suggests that if she had gotten there sooner, she could've tried any number of spells to close the rupture before it got to this point, but it is now too late. As Dean prepares to fight to the end against the ghosts, Rowena looks through the Book of the Damned and Sam questions if there is anything useful in it, but she tells him there's "not a thing."[[File:Rowena-HellGhosts.png|thumb|right|350px|Rowena absorbs the [[Hell ghosts]] into her body.]]

When Belphegor suggests a plan to call all of Hell's souls back with Lilith's Crook, Rowena states that she can close the rupture using the ''Sanetur Acre Vulnus'', a healing spell of her own creation. As the rupture is a wound rather than a gateway, she can use the spell to heal the wound, causing the hole to close itself up. Rowena warns that they must time it perfectly and wonders how they will know when to start if Belphegor is in Hell when everything goes down. Belphegor assures Rowena that she will know when the time comes and Rowena states that they will need a few ingredients, nothing too exotic: lavender, myrrh, the skull of an owl, quiet to perform the spell , and an assistant. Rowena She requests Sam's help, stating that he is the closest thing they have to a seasoned witch amongst the group , aside from herself. However, they also need someone close to the edge to serve as a carrier for the spell, someone who will carry it and toss it into the rupture when the time is right. However, whoever performs this duty will be unprotected from the ghosts and can't use salt circles. Dean volunteers for that job, but . Belphegor states that he needs protection for his trip to Hell and Dean volunteers Castiel for help.

Shortly afterwards, Stevie brings Rowena the ingredients for the spell and is annoyed by the witch's lack of a thank you. Stevie warns that most of the ghosts are at the edge of town trying to break down the barrier and asks if they are planning "another magical long shot Hail Mary" which Dean confirms, stating that it hopefully works this time with a pointed look at Rowena. As Sam is distracted wanting to help Dean, Rowena reminds him to keep focused on his role in the plan. After hearing the blowing of the horn and the shaking of the ground caused by the souls returning to Hell, Rowena and Sam perform the spell together. Though the rupture begins to close, Castiel is forced to kill Belphegor before all of the souls are sucked back into Hell , which Rowena immediately senses. As Sam and Dean try to figure out what happened, Rowena grabs a knife and cuts her last resurrection sachet out of her left shoulder, to Sam's shock. Rowena explains that Lilith's Crook and Belphegor sucking the souls into Hell was the Winchesters' only shot, but it wasn't Rowena's only shot: magic can do anything and contain anything, including the vast multitudes of Hell. Rowena can soak the souls up for a time if she pays the price of ''Death is an Infinite Vessel'': a spell from the Book of the Damned that's so simple that it draws its power from its caster and only requires two ingredients. Sam questions why she didn't tell them before and Rowena explains that the ingredients are her own still-coursing blood and her final breath. Rowena can absorb the ghosts and demons and return them to Hell, where her body will break down over time and release them back where they belong. Sam realizes that Rowena means she will have to sacrifice herself, which she confirms, along with the fact that Sam must be the one to kill her.

As Tearfully smiling at Sam , Rowena acknowledges that they have grown quite fond of each other and Dean try asks if Sam is willing to let his brother and the world die to figure out what happenedsave her. Crying, Sam pulls Rowena grabs into a hug while stabbing her in the abdomen with the knife and cuts her last Resurrection Seal out of her left shoulder to Sam's shock. Rowena explains tells Sam "that Lilith's Crook my boy," before pulling out the knife and Belphegor sucking casting the souls into Hell was spell. Walking towards the Winchesters' only shotrupture, but it wasn't Rowena's only shot: magic can do anything and contain anything, including the vast multitudes of Hell. mortally wounded Rowena can soak draws all the souls up for a time if she pays the price: a spell so simple and demons that it draws its power escaped from its caster and only requires two ingredientsHell into herself. Sam questions why she didn't tell them before and Rowena explains that Stopping at the ingredients are her own still-coursing blood and her final breath. edge, Rowena can absorb the ghosts looks back at Sam, Dean, and demons and return them to Hell where her body will break down in Castiel one last time and release tells them back where they belong. Sam realizes that Rowena means she will have to sacrifice "goodbye, boys" before throwing herself which she confirms along with into the fact that Sam must be the one to kill herrupture. Rowena reminds Sam that her real permanent demise is at his hands according to Death's books, but Sam continues to refuse. Rowena tells Sam that devastated friends watch as she can't do it herself and it has to be him. Though she wishes there was another wayfalls into Hell, she doesn't care about anything enough to take her own life, not Sam, not Dean and not even the world. However, Rowena believes in prophecy and magic and they are both there with everything they need to end this. Rowena insists that she knows it in her bones that it has to be this way and demands that Sam kill rupture sealing itself behind her.

Tearfully smiling at Sam===[[15.06 Golden Time]]===After Rowena's death, a family of witches seeks to find Rowena's magical stash for themselves, but [[Jacinda]] is killed by a powerful [[curse]] Rowena acknowledges that they have grown quite fond put on her apartment to protect it. Following the return of each other [[Eileen Leahy]] as a [[ghost]], Dean suggests creating another Soul Catcher and asks if sends Sam is willing to let his brother and the world die [[Rowena's Apartment]] to save find herstash, suggesting that Sam can make one as he was Rowena's protégé. CryingWith the help of Eileen, Sam pulls finds Rowena into 's magical stash, including journals of her spellwork throughout her life, and he becomes emotional at the reminder of his dead friend. Among Rowena's journals, Sam finds a hug while stabbing [[resurrection]] spell Rowena had been creating to bring [[Mary Winchester]] back, one that Sam realizes can be used to bring back Eileen. Sam is subsequently captured by the remaining two witches, who suggest that Rowena specifically excluded Sam from being harmed by the curse because she wanted him to inherit her in magical stash once she was gone. Sam is later able to kill the abdomen [[Witch Mother]] with the knifea spell Rowena taught him and use Rowena's resurrection spell to bring back Eileen.[[File:Hell'sThrone2. png|thumb|right|350px|Rowena tells Sam sits on [[Hell]]'s throne.]] ===[[15.08 Our Father, Who Aren't in Heaven]]===:''"Samuel, please. You killing me was one of the best things thatever happened. Yes, there are things I miss about being alive, flesh-on-flesh sex, Amazon doesn's my boyt deliver here 'yet', but lads, I'm Queen. My subjects revere me,well 'fear me' which is better. I should have died a long time ago." before pulling out the knife ''The Winchesters and casting the [[Castiel]] use a spellfrom one of [[Rowena's Spellbooks]] to enter [[Hell]] in search of [[Michael]]. Walking towards As the rupturethree fight with [[demons]], they are shocked when Rowena interrupts them. Rowena explains that following her death, she was able to seize control of Hell for herself and has now become the mortally wounded new Queen of Hell as a damned soul rather than an actual demon. Though she knows Michael may not be in Hell anymore, Rowena draws all directs her demons to search for the souls [[archangel]] and talks to the trio in her throne room. She talks about how the demons fear her and despite the things she misses in being alive, she absolves Sam for killing her, assuring him that dying was one of the best things that escaped happened to her. Noticing tension between Dean and Castiel, Rowena, noting her own long list of regrets from life, urges the two to make amends. Later, a demon brings word that Michael is no longer in Hell into herself until she has them alland the Winchesters take their leave. ===[[15. Stopping at 13 Destiny's Child]]===Sam and Dean journey to Hell in search of [[the edgeOccultum]]. Upon arriving they are met by a demon, and ask to see Rowena looks back at , whom the demon reveals is giving orientation to all the newly damned [[souls]], a fact the demon does not seem so enthused about, before telling Samand Dean he'll take them to her. However it turns out to be a ruse set up by [[Sister Jo]] in exchange for releasing them from Hell. As a result, Sam and Dean kill the demons and leave Hell. ===[[15.15 Gimme Shelter]]===The [[crossroads demon]] [[Zack]] told Castiel one last time and tells them "goodbyeJack that Rowena ended the practice of making demonic [[deals and pacts]], believing that souls on Earth will end up where they belong, boys" before throwing herself into the ruptureessentially putting crossroads demons out of a job. RowenaShe also closed Hell's devastated friends watch as she falls doors, preventing demons from ascending into Hellthe world unless they're summoned. When Sam and Dean discover this, Dean shows pleasure at Rowena putting the rupture sealing itself behind herdemons in their place.

* After breaking the binding spell that was limiting her powers, Rowena's eyes glow purple. This has previously also been seen with [[Tasha Banes]] and her son [[Max Banes|Max]]. Many fans reported that Rowena's eyes appeared blue on their broadcast of the episode. Head of ''Supernatural '' VFX [[Mark Meloche]] [https://twitter.com/rotomonkee/status/959271456201846785 confirmed] that the effect had been created to be purple.

 '''Meta'''<div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2;">*[https://larinah.tumblr.com/post/103997067282/rowena-magnus-and-the-island-of-dr-moreau Magnus, Rowena, and The Island of Doctor Moreau…on identity, isolation, and people who think they should be able to do whatever they want no matter who gets hurt] by larinah (November 2014); [https://web.archive.org/web/20180903160102/http://larinah.tumblr.com/post/103997067282/rowena-magnus-and-the-island-of-dr-moreau archive link]* [https://wwwdrsilverfish.tumblr.com/post/114748863374/rowenas-good-day-10x16 Rowena’s Good Day 10x16] by drsilverfish (March 2015); [https://web.archive.org/web/20190602220121/https://drsilverfish.tumblr.com/post/114748863374/rowenas-good-day-10x16 archive link]*[https://waywardsam.tumblr.com/post/173843642293 Lucifer vs. Rowena: A Study in Character Development] by waywardsam (May 2018); [http://archive.today/yipdN archive link]*[https://elizabethrobertajones.tumblr.com/post/177953354077/royalrowena-im-writing-this-for-rowena All in all, Funeralia is my favorite Rowena episode] by royalrowena (September 2018); [https://web.archive.org/web/20181227084147/https://elizabethrobertajones.tumblr.com/post/177953354077/royalrowena-im-writing-this-for-rowena archive link]*[https://mad-as-a-box-of-frogs.tumblr.com/post/187689636352/bollocks-rowena-in-beat-the-devil-13x21-best Rowena in Beat the Devil] by mad-as-a-box-of-frogs (September 2019); [https://web.archive.org/web/20200327014838/https://mad-as-a-box-of-frogs.tumblr.com/taggedpost/187689636352/bollocks-rowena-cosplay in-beat-the-devil-13x21-best archive link]*The Witch and the Winchesters by mittensmorgul (December 2019); [https://archiveofourown.org/works/21641770 AO3 link]* [https://www.thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/article-archives/the-family/21000-nate-s-character-chat-supernatural-s-rowena Nate's Character Chat: Supernatural's Rowena Cosplay on Tumblr]-Character Study Video by Nate Winchester for The Winchester Family Business (Feb 23, 2018).</div> ==References=={{reflist}}