Abraxas

Name	Abraxas
Actor	Nelson Leis
Dates	???? - 2019 (killed by Nick)
Location	Grand Rapids, Michigan
Occupation	Demon
Episode(s)	14.11 Damaged Goods

History

On Lucifer's orders, in 2009, Abraxas visited Nick's house while he was out drinking. Abraxas was spotted by Nick's wife Sarah, who called the police to report a prowler, causing beat cop Frank Kellogg to respond to the scene. After introducing himself, Abraxas possessed Frank and used his body to brutally beat Sarah and her infant son Teddy to death with a hammer. Abraxas then vacated Frank's body, leaving him covered in blood and with no memory of actually committing the murders. Nick subsequently became Lucifer's vessel while his family's murders remained unsolved for nine years.

At some point in time, Abraxas came across Mary Winchester as he and another demon were brutally slaughtering a Girl Scout troop. As the two were about to finish off the final girl, Tonya Baker, Mary arrived and drove one demon away and faced off with Abraxas. During their fight, Abraxas gained the upper hand, which forced Mary to trap him in an Enochian puzzle box, where he remained in Mary's Lock-Up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, until his release by Nick in 2019.

Episodes

14.07 Unhuman Nature

After tracking down Frank Kellogg, Nick learns about Frank's encounter with Abraxas. Recalling that Lucifer knew that name and based off of Frank's description of what happened, Nick realizes that Abraxas was a demon who possessed Frank to kill his family.

14.11 Damaged Goods

Nick hunts Abraxas, torturing various demons for information. He learns from one that Abraxas had brutally slaughtered a Girl Scout troop before being captured by Mary Winchester. Nick kidnaps Mary, who admits that she couldn't defeat Abraxas so she instead locked him in an Enochian Puzzle Box. Nick forces Mary to lead him to the storage unit where Abraxas is located and kidnaps a security guard named Jeff to act as Abraxas' meatsuit.

After Nick breaks the puzzle box with a drill, Abraxas is released and possesses Jeff, contained by a devil's trap. Abraxas is surprised to realize who Nick is and that he's no longer possessed by Lucifer. In exchange for Nick killing Mary, Abraxas promises to give him answers. Before Nick can harm Mary, the Winchesters interrupt him and a desperate Nick breaks the devil's trap and frees Abraxas. Abraxas reveals that he murdered Nick's family on Lucifer's orders and that Nick was chosen, though not for any particular reason and that he "threw a dart at the phone book." Dean begins an exorcism, but Abraxas flings him into a locker with telekinesis. While Abraxas is distracted, Nick shoves him to his knees from behind and stabs Abraxas in the chest with an angel blade, killing him.

Trivia

• Nelson Leis previous played Esper in 8.21 The Great Escapist.

Abraxas in Lore

Abraxas was considered a pagan god by the Catholic church before being branded as a demon in the Dictionnaire Infernal in 1818. Second-century heretics known as Basilidians believed Abraxas to be the supreme deity who created the angels, of which the God of Abraham was one.