The Darkness
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| Name | The Darkness |
| Actor | |
| Dates | Before creation |
| Location | |
| Occupation | Destructive amoral force of evil |
| Episode(s) | 10.23 Brother's Keeper |
Before there was light, before there was God and the archangels there wasn't nothing, there was the Darkness. A horribly destructive amoral force that was beaten back by God and his archangels in a terrible war. God locked the Darkness away where it could do no harm, and he created a Mark that would serve as both lock and key, which he entrusted to his most valued lieutenant -- Lucifer. But the Mark began to assert its own will, revealed itself as a curse and began to corrupt. Lucifer became jealous of man, God banished Lucifer to Hell, Lucifer passed the Mark to Cain, who passed the Mark to you -- the proverbial finger in the dyke.
– Death, 10.23 Brother's Keeper
History
The Darkness is a destructive and amoral force that existed before God. Soon after God came into existence, He along with the archangels battled the Darkness a devastating war where the Darkness was eventually defeated, and trapped. To serve as the lock and key to this cage, God created a Mark, and gave it to his most trusted archangel -- Lucifer. The Mark eventually began assert a will of its own, and began to corrupt Lucifer, which led to his contempt for humanity and fall. Lucifer passed the Mark onto Cain who in turn passed it on to Dean Winchester. To remove the Mark of Cain, without having passed it on to another, would break the lock and unleash the Darkness back in the universe.
Episodes
10.23 Brother's Keeper
When Sam and Dean exit the bar after the Mark of Cain was removed, Sam comments that nothing bad has happened when suddenly there is a loud clap of thunder, as red lightning streaks across the clouds above them, and strikes the ground surrounding them. The earth begins to shake and from the flaming holes caused by the lightening strikes, black pillars of smoke stream down and converge in field. As the Darkness becomes bigger and bigger, Sam and Dean attempt to escape in the Impala, when they get stuck in a pot hole. As Dean attempts to get the Impala free, the Darkness barrels towards them, engulfing the Impala and the area surrounding it.
