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|image= [[File:Zachariah417.jpg|350px]]|name= Zachariah<br>Mr. Adler (Alias)
|actor= [[Kurt Fuller]]
|dates= Before humanity - 2010 (killed by [[Dean Winchester]])
|location= [[Green Room]]
|occupation= [[Angel]]
|episodes= [[4.17 It's a Terrible Life]]<br>[[4.18 The Monster at the End of This Book]]<br>[[4.22 Lucifer Rising]]<br>[[5.01 Sympathy for the Devil]]<br>[[5.04 The End]]<br>[[5.16 Dark Side of the Moon]]<br>[[5.18 Point of No Return]]<br>[[14.13 Lebanon]]
}}
{{Quotation
|title=
|text= In Heaven I have six wings and four faces, one of which is a ''lion. You see this because you''re... limited.
|author= Zachariah
|source= [[5.16 Dark Side of the Moon]]
}}
==History==
Zachariah is an was a high-ranking [[angel]] who serves [[Michael]] and possibly [[Raphael]]. Zachariah is of high-ranking in the [[Host of Heaven]] who served under [[Michael]], and holds held authority over lower-class [[angel]]s like [[Castiel]] and [[Joshua]]. Zachariah places [[Dean]] and [[Sam Winchester]] into an alternate universe with no memory of their true identities. Instead of being brothers who hunt together, they are strangers who lead normal lives. Zachariah poses as [[Dean]]'s manager at work, but he eventually reveals that he is a direct superior of [[Castiel]] and that the ruse was designed preferred using mental manipulations to demonstrate to Dean that being a hunter is an essential part of who he is.<ref name="four17">[[4.17 It's a Terrible Life]]</ref> After the confrontation between [[Lilith]] and Sam and the intervention of an [[archangel]] on Chuck's behalfachieve his goals, Zachariah appears before [[Chuck Shurley]] and tells him to continue writing down his visions. He also warns him not to alert Sam and Dean going so far as to their destinies, and that the angels will stop him if he tries. When Chuck despairs, Zachariah tells him that they will revive him if he commits suicide.<ref name="four18">[[4.18 The Monster at the End of This Book]]</ref> As [[Sam]] is preparing to kill [[Lilith]], Zachariah holds place [[Dean]] in the [[Green Room]] and finally explains that the [[angel]]s actually want [[Lucifer]] freed so that [[Michael]] can kill him. After Dean pleads and begs for help, [[Castiel]] helps him by temporarily banishing Zachariah and teleporting Dean so that he can stop Sam from killing Lilith, as her death is the last seal. Sam ultimately kills Lilith and releases Lucifer, which triggers the [[ApocalypseWinchester]].<ref name="four22">into [[4Sandover Bridge & Iron Inc.22 Lucifer Rising]]</ref> Soon after the breaking with no memory of [[the 66 Seals]] and [[Lucifer]]'s release from the Cage, Zachariah and two [[angel]] assistants approach [[Dean]] and [[Sam]] at Chuck's house in Kripke's Hollow. Zachariah demands that Dean come with them, but Dean activates an [[angel banishing sigil]], which sends the angels away temporarily. Zachariah later uses Chuck and lures the Winchester brothers to their father's lock-up in up state New York where he reveals to Dean that he is [[Michael]]'s Sword wherein he is the true [[vessel]] but Dean must first consent to possession. After denying angelic-possession by Michael, Zachariah starts torturing Dean and Sam, but Castiel mysteriously returns from the dead and orders his superior away. He inscribes angelic runes into Sam and Dean's ribs which will hide them all angelsidentities, including Lucifer and himself.<ref name="five01">[[5.01 Sympathy for the Devil]]</ref> Zachariah finds [[Dean]] through fringe Christian groups and sends Dean five years into the future (2014). Zachariah appears and says that he wants Dean to see what will happen.<ref name="five04">[[5.04 The End]]</ref> After [[Dean]] and [[Sam]] die and go to [[Heaven]], Zachariah searches for them so show that he can resurrect them so they can serve as the [[vessel]]s of [[Michael]] and [[Lucifer]]. Zachariah tells them that he has four faces (one of which is a lion) and six wings in his true form in Heaven. He begins beating them up but is interrupted by [[Joshua]] who bears [[God]]'s permission and takes the boys to the Garden of Eden and revives them, sending them back to Earth.<ref name=five16>[[5.16 Dark Side of the Moon]]</ref> After the resurrections of [[Dean]] and [[Sam]], Zachariah gets removed from the Host but is given a final chance to secure Dean were not meant for [[Michael]]. He resurrects normal lives and manipulates [[Adam Milligan]] in an attempt to draw Dean into a trap to get him them to say yes agree to Michael. It seems consent to work, but Dean taunts him into getting close to him be vessels and then stabs Zachariah through the head go forward with an [[angel sword]], killing him. His body is last seen in the [[Green Room]] before it disappearsApocalypse.<ref name="five18four17">[[54.18 Point of No Return]]</ref> ==Characteristics=====Powers and Abilities===* Inflict grave harm on humans with his powers, including giving diseases, breaking bones and removing lungs.<ref name="five01" />* Manipulate a human17 It's memories, either by removing them completely or by adding false ones.<ref name="four17" />* Bend time.<ref name="five04" /> * Teleport himself and other people to any location on Earth. He can overpower humans without visible effort.<ref name="five16" /><ref name="five18" />* Move objects with his mind.<ref name="five01" />* Implant false prophecy into a prophet's mind.Terrible Life]]<ref name="five01" />* Revive the dead.<ref name="five18" />
==Episodes==
[[File:Zachariah417-2.jpg|400px350px|leftright|thumb|Zachariah as Mr. Adler in the [[alternate universe]] he created for [[Sam]] and [[Dean]].]]
===[[4.17 It's a Terrible Life]]===
Under the guise of "Mr. Adler", Zachariah places [[Sam]] and [[Dean Winchester]] into jobs with [[Sandover Bridge & Iron and EngineeringInc.]], Dean as a corporate Wall Street tycoon type and Sam in technical support. Without They are without their real memories, to show Dean that being a hunter is who he is and who he was always meant to be.
{{Quotation
|source= [[4.17 It's a Terrible Life]]
}}
===[[4.18 The Monster at the End of This Book]]===
===[[4.22 Lucifer Rising]]===
Zachariah and [[Castiel]] hold [[Dean]] hostage in preparation for the [[Apocalypse]]. When Dean confronts Zachariah, he finally admits that they don't want to stop [[Lilith]] from breaking the last seal, which will free Lucifer. The upper cast caste of angels wants the Apocalypse to begin in order to defeat Hell and bring about paradise on Earth. Zachariah also reveals that Dean's role will be to kill [[Lucifer]] after the [[Apocalypse]] happens. He states that Sam also has a part to play and nudges him in the intended direction by leaving Sam a fake and hurtful voice mail purportedly from Dean to manipulate him.
Later, Castiel tries to help Dean escape in an effort to stop Sam killing Lilith, and unknowingly breaking the final seal. Zachariah arrives to stop him, but Castiel uses a sigil drawn in his own blood to send Zachariah away.
===[[5.01 Sympathy for the Devil]]===
Zachariah arrives at Chuck's house with two other [[angel]]s in an attempt to force Dean to come with them. However, he and the other angels are sent away as Dean has drawn the [[angel banishing sigil]] in preparation for the angels' arrival. Zachariah and his associates then show up at [[John's lock-up]]. The angel attempts to force [[Dean]] into giving permission to the archangel Michael to use him as a [[vessel]] in the fight against [[Lucifer]]. [[Dean]] refuses, so Zachariah proceeds to torment him and Sam until Dean changes his mind. However, Castiel appears and dispatches the other angels with an [[angel swordblade]]. Zachariah heals [[Sam]] and [[Dean]], then flees.
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===[[5.04 The End]]===
With [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] hidden by the [[Enochian sigils]] engraved on their ribs by [[Castiel]], Zachariah employs fringe Christian groups to track down Dean. He sends him to 2014 to see the consequences of his refusal to become Michael's vessel. It is not clear whether this future is "true" or in some way altered by Zachariah in an effort to influence Dean's decision. Dean sees the devastation wrought by the [[Croatoan]] virus, the effect of the Apocalypse on himself, Castiel , and others, and most importantly finds out that Sam has consented to be Lucifer's vessel. Following a disastrous encounter between [[Future!Dean]] and Lucifer, Zachariah brings Dean back to 2009. When Dean still refuses to be a vessel, Zachariah prepares to take him captive, but Castiel teleports Dean away in time.
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===[[5.16 Dark Side of the Moon]]===
When [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] are killed, [[Castiel]] warns them that Zachariah is looking for them in [[Heaven]] so that he can send them back to Earth and they can be made to consent to [[Michael]] and [[Lucifer]]. After searching for the brothers in the memories they relive in Heaven, Zachariah finds and traps them in a forest, but they are saved by [[Ash]]. When Ash gives them a secret path to the Garden, they wind up in another memory of Dean's and Zachariah appears. Zachariah begins tormenting the brothers with an altered version of their mother to make them give in. Joshua then appears and tells Zachariah to release the brothers or risk [[God]]'s wrath. Zachariah then departs.
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[[Image:Zachdead.png|350px|left|thumb|Zachariah lies dead in the [[Green Room]].]]
===[[5.18 Point of No Return]]===
==Trivia==
* Zachariah's description of his true form to [[Dean]] and [[Sam Winchester]] fits the description of a [[Seraph]] or a Chayotcherubim.<ref name="five16" />* Based on his manipulation of the Winchester Brothers' memory, Zachariah may be a reference to the Angel angel Zachriel, an angel who rules over memory. (Source of Zachriel: [http://www.ascension-research.org/davidson.html "Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels"], ISBN-13: 978-0029070529)* Kurt Fuller, the actor who plays Zachariah, also appeared in the 1989 ''Ghostbusters II''. ''[[Supernatural]]'' has made several references to the ''Ghostbusters'' movies.* Over the course of the show, three different versions of Zachariah have been killed. Dean and Sam respectively killed the original Zachariah and an alternate timeline counterpart of him in [[5.18 Point of No Return]] and [[14.13 Lebanon]]. Zachariah's [[Apocalypse World]] [[Zachariah (Apocalypse World)|counterpart]] was killed by [[Jack Kline]] in [[13.14 Good Intentions]]. Additionally, this particular version of Zachariah met his ends in ''Supernatural's'' 100th and 300th episodes.
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