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The Word of God was inscribed on a series of tablets that were dictated by [[God]] during creation "for the defense of mankind." [[Metatron]] is the [[angel]] who recorded God's word on a series of tablets. [[Crowley]] described Metatron as "The scribe... and suck-up. Took down God's word, picked up His cleaning." Metatron's personal note on the [[demon]] tablet reveals that there is a compendium of tablets about a variety of subjects, presumably on all the creatures that God created.<ref>[[8.07 A Little Slice of Kevin]]</ref> Metatron disappeared after completing the tabletsand encasing them in stone.<ref>[[7.21 Reading Is Fundamental]]</ref>

The first tablet in the series was excavated by [[Dick Roman]] from a dig site in Iran and describes how to kill the [[Leviathan]]using the bone of a righteous mortal washed in the blood of a fallen angel, the King of Hell, and an Alpha. Kevin is able to translate the tablet for Sam and Dean, but the leviathan [[Edgar]] kidnaps him and his mother and steals the tablet, delivering all three to Roman at [[SucroCorp]]. After Kevin is forced to translate it for him, Roman hides the tablet and sends Edgar to stop the Winchesters from assembling the necessary components. Despite his security measures, [[Sam ]] and [[Dean ]] complete the weapon and use it to kill Dick Roman, but the ritual weapon they use resulting explosion transports Castiel and Dean to [[Purgatory]].

[[Angel]] protocol dictates that the prophet be taken to a desert to learn the Word. In Kevin's case, at first he isolates himself on a [[Fizzles' Folly|boathouseboat]] owned by [[Garth]] and later in the [[Men of Letters Bunker]].

When they open the case they find it contains a slab of rockred clay.

The demon tablet is the second tablet to be unearthed. According to Castiel, it was dictated sometime after [[Lucifer]] was imprisoned in [[the Cage]]. It contains sections on the demonic influence on the collective tapestry of the soul, and demonic transport to the regions of Hell. It also includes instructions on [[Hellhound Glasses|how to see hellhounds ]] and [[Demon Bomb|how to destroy demons]], as well as containing a number of spells, sigils, and protective circles that can be used against demons. The most notable spell spells on the demon tablet is the are instructions on how to close the Gates of Hell foreverand how to create an [[Portal|interdimensional rift]]. It is currently in the [[Men of Letters Bunker]].

After being it is stolen from the bus station where it was kept, Sam and Dean track the tablet to a pawn shop where it was sold to [[Beau]]. The tablet is then sold at an auction run by the god of greed, [[Plutus]]. Sam, Dean, Kevin, and [[Linda Tran]] team up to recover it while Crowley and the angel [[Samandriel]] also try to get it. When the bid doesn't get high enough, Plutus tries to sell Kevin as well. Eventually Mrs. Tran bids her soul and the tablet is sold to her, Sam, and Dean. However, Crowley possesses Mrs. Tran and teams up with Beau to betray and kill Plutus. In the fight that follows, Crowley, who learns of Sam and Dean's plan to close the [[Gates of Hell]] forever, gets his hands on the tablet and escapes with it.

Linda Tran comes up with a plan to strike back against Crowley by hiring a [[witch]] named [[Delta Mendota]] to gather the ingredients they need for the "[[demon bomb]]" spell Kevin used to escape Crowley's henchmen. These ingredients are scattered all over the world. Delta brings them enough for at least one demon bomb but betrays them to Crowley, who kidnaps Kevin and leaves a demon to kill Linda. However, Linda captures the demon and takes him to Sam and Dean along with the ingredients and Kevin's notebook containing the information on how to create the bomb.

At the casino where Metatron hides out, Kevin reveals Crowley's half of the tablet and tells Sam and Dean he has translated the third trial. Metatron reveals what it is and Kevin confirms it: they must [[Demon Cure|cure a demon]].

Donatello is seen attempting to translate the tablet to recover the spell to open an interdimensional rift into Apocalypse World, all the while hearing voices whispering in Enochian as he decodes the text. While he eventually shows his translation of the spell to the Winchesters, it is later discovered that Donatello gave them a fake spell. They realize that since the soul of a prophet acts as a filter for the darkness within the tablets to prevent them from being driven insane, but because Donatello's soul was consumed by Amara, the dark energies within the tablet had corrupted him. Donatello tells Sam and Dean that he translated the whole tablet and that he doesn't want to fight what the tablet was doing to him or give them any information on the spell. He casts a suffocation spell on Dean to show off his newfound abilities. Castiel strips the spell from Donatello's mind, leaving him brain-dead and only kept alive through life support. Castiel reveals that the spell requires four major ingredients -- the grace of an archangel, a fruit from the tree of life, the Seal of Solomon, and the blood of a 'most holy man.' ===[[13.17 The Thing]]===[[Asmodeus]] tells [[Mr. Ketch]] the ingredients the Winchesters will need for the spell to open up a [[portal]] to [[Apocalypse World]], remarking that they had gotten the spell from the demon tablet.

As they wait for [[Gabriel]]'s [[grace]] to recharge enough to reopen the [[portal]], Sam tells Dean that [[Rowena]] is "boning up" on the demon tablet, possibly familiarizing herself with the spells inscribed on the tablet to preparefor their journey to Apocalypse World. ===[[15.08 Our Father, Who Aren't in Heaven]]===Searching for a way to defeat [[God]], Dean brings Sam and [[Eileen Leahy]] the demon tablet. Dean suggests that the very existence of the tablets suggests that God is not infallible and there may be a way to defeat Him. [[Castiel]] brings a reluctant [[Donatello Redfield]] in to translate the tablet again and Donatello requests that they kill him if he goes insane again. Donatello finds [[Metatron]]'s annotated notes where the Scribe appears to be trying to give context to God's actions. One states that "the Almighty guards His secret fear but it is always there. Fear of what, I do not know. This He shares only with His favorite." The Winchesters and Castiel realize that this likely means [[Michael]] since the tablet was dictated when Lucifer was cast down, but God takes control of Donatello and threatens to destroy everything that they care about if they carry on. Refusing to stop, the Winchesters and Castiel, based on the information from the tablet, seek out Michael for help. After being convinced of the threat from his father, Michael provides them with the spell they need to trap God.

The angel tablet is the third tablet to be unearthed. It was created sometime before Lucifer was imprisoned in the Cage, and he concealed it in one of his crypts. The tablet contains multiple spells, sigils, and protective circles that can be used against angels. It appears to contains contain angelic [[trials]]to seal the gates of Heaven, though their purpose was they were not revealed. It also includes a second spell, personally placed by Metatron, that can banish all angels from Heaven and lock the gates. Metatron used the angel tablet to enhance his powers to make himself semi-equivalent to God. It was destroyed by Castiel to weaken Metatron and reclaim Heaven. Before his death, Kevin was able to translate the entire angel tablet into Proto-Elamite cuneiform. His translations remain in the Men of Letters Bunker.

[[Samandriel]], who due to the spikes in his head has gone back to "[[Mind Hacking|factory settings]]," is tortured for anything useful that he knows. He speaks about the tablets which is apparently hardwired into all angels, and before [[Dean]], [[Sam]], and [[Castiel]] finally break in, reveals the existence of the angel tablet which interests [[Crowley]] who flees as the three break in.

Metatron approaches Castiel to talk about the situation in [[Heaven]]. He's done some investigating and found many factions all at war trying to gain control and that Naomi leads just one of them. Castiel feels responsible after all the destruction he wrought in Heaven. Metatron invites Castiel to join him for some crepes at a restaurantin Ojai. He tells Castiel that he thinks they should close Heaven off from Earth to force the angels to sort out their issues, and also to prevent any of their conflict from causing damage on Earth. He says that the angel tablet contains [[trials]] which when completed will close Heaven. As the Scribe of God, Metatron knows them without the tablet. Metatron says he's just "a writerpencil pusher", but that Castiel is a warrior.

While threatening the life of [[Sheriff Jody Mills]], Crowley demands the demon tablet as part of his [[Deals and Pacts|deal]] to stop killing people Sam and Dean have saved. Dean only agrees if Crowley gives them the angel tablet in exchange. Crowley agrees and they meet in [[Singer Salvage Yard]] to make the trade and seal the deal. Crowley shows that he did in fact bring the tablet after Sam shows the demon tablet and demands that Sam sign a giant contract to seal the deal. Dean pretends to examine the contract and gets close to Crowley to slap him with handcuffs with a [[devil's trapbinding link]] painted engraved on them, capturing him. With that, Sam and Dean get take the angel tablet.

After learning that Castiel is attempting the trials to seal up [[Heaven]], Dean brings the angel tablet to Kevin Tran to translate for the third hell trial while he and Castiel go to complete the second heaven trial -- getting the bow of a [[Cherub|cupid]]. Kevin is reluctant, as he wants a normal life and it took him six months just to translate half of the demon tablet, but he agrees after Castiel gets rough with him. Dean and Castiel succeed when the Cupid is convinced to give her bow to them willingly, but Kevin calls and says that while he has found trials to close Heaven on the tablet, he doesn't see anything about killing a Nephilim or getting the bow of a Cupid. Naomi arrives and claims that she has learned from Metatron that he has been lying: he doesn't just want to seal Heaven, he also wants to expel all angels from it to Earth in revenge for being expelled himself. She earnestly tries to convince Castiel, but while Dean believes her, Castiel doesn't. Kevin, who heard the whole thing over the phone, is unable to confirm what Naomi said, but Metatron himself later does after killing impaling Naomi 's head with her drill and capturing Castiel. He explains that these were never trials, but a spell used by God to cast out Lucifer. Before sending him back to Earth, Metatron steals Castiel's [[grace]], as it is the last ingredient.

Although Kevin finds it nearly impossible to translate the angel tablet into English, he is able to find a way to an ancient codex in the Bunker that helps him translate it the entire tablet into Proto-Elamite cuneiform which is hard to translate itself, an extinct abstract language. However, Kevin found finds a reference to [[fallen angels]] in the footnotes and Dean theorizes that the footnotes might contain Metatron's [[spell]] and how to reverse it. Ultimately, Sam and Kevin make a [[Deals and Pacts|deal]] with [[Crowley]]: in exchange for translating the Elamite, Crowley will get to [[Goblet of Blood|call]] [[Abaddon]]. After the call, Crowley keeps up his end of the deal, but learns from the writings that the spell is irreversible.

Kevin is seen attempting to read the entire angel tablet, but there was one part section of the tablet that was almost indecipherable. He believed that when Metatron inscribed the angel tablet, he wanted to keep those specific words hidden, even from [[prophets]]. Using the tablet and an old Men of Letters book, Kevin and Dean discover a collection of sigils that can briefly hobble the possessing angel and return control to the vessel. Dean attempts to use these sigils on "[[Ezekiel]]" to tell Sam about the angel possessing him, but he catches on to their plan beforehand and alters the sigils in the storeroom to prevent the spell from incapacitating him. [[Gadreel]] takes the angel and demon tablets after killing Kevin Tranand telekinetically pinning Dean to a wall.

In the [[Men of Letters Bunker]], [[Metatron]] boasts about how he transcribed the angel tablet and knows all of the [[spells]] on it, suggesting that as a result, he can still help even in his powerless state. He later uses a sigil from the angel tablet against [[Amara]], but it is ineffective.

The [[Kevin Tran (Apocalypse World)|Kevin Tran]] from [[Apocalypse World]] enters the church where [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]] is holding Lucifer with the angel tablet in hand. He explains that he was able to collect the elements annotated in the angel tablet to perform a [[Spells#Rift_Opening_Spell|rift opening spell]] which uses archangel grace as the primary ingredient, prompting Michael to siphon a portion of [[Lucifer]]'s grace with his [[archangel angel blade]]. With Lucifer's grace, Kevin is able to perform the spell. In the ensuing shock wave, Lucifer is able to free himself and use the rift to escape and return to Earth, sealing the rift behind himas the spell is designed to admit one person at a time.