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Death is one of the [[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]] along with [[Famine]], [[War]], and [[Pestilence]]. Referred to in the Book of Revelation as the Pale Horseman, the original Death appeared to be the most powerful and eldest of the four, older than [[Famine]], [[War]], and [[Pestilence]]. According believed himself to him, he is be the only being in existence that will persist through the end of time. According to Death neither he nor [[God]] could remember which of them was older. Since However, when [[the Darkness]] was released from her prison, [[Amara]], God's sister, claimed to [[Dean Winchester]] that she didn't know who Death was, and vice versa, it proves which firmly established that God is and the Darkness were older than the pale horsemanDeath.<ref name="eleven01">[[11.01 Out of the Darkness, Into the Fire]]</ref> Death also believed at the end of time, God himself Himself would die, and he will then reap God.<ref name="five21">[[5.21 Two Minutes to Midnight]]</ref>

At some point in the past Death became imprisoned. He , he was released by [[Lucifer]] during the [[Apocalypse]], and found himself forced to serve the fallen [[archangel]]'s wishes.<ref name="five10">[[5.10 Abandon All Hope...]]</ref><ref name="five21" /> Though he is was often unseen, Death's actions and presence have had far reaching effects. On Lucifer's orders, he resurrected the dead and caused biblical level storms and massive hurricanes.<ref name="five19">[[5.19 Hammer of the Gods]]</ref><ref name="five15">[[5.15 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid]]</ref> Death was even ordered by Lucifer to destroy Chicago with a massive storm , which would have kill three million people.<ref name="five21" /> When [[Dean]] encountered him in Chicago, Death revealed that he does not serve Lucifer by choice, and was willing to give up his ring to see Lucifer re-imprisoned, in doing so he agreed to not destroy Chicago, telling Dean he "likes their pizza."

After the defeat of Lucifer, Death returned his attention to maintaining the natural order.<ref name="six11">[[6.11 Appointment in Samarra]]</ref> In spite of his own reservations about resurrecting the dead, he retrieved [[SamWinchester]]'s soul from [[Lucifer's Cage]] and returned it to him so that the Winchesters could continue to investigate a greater threat against the balance of life and death.<ref name="six11" />

In 2017, it was revealed that the [[reaper]] [[Billie]] had taken Death's place due to a rule stating that the first reaper to die after an incarnation of Death is killed becomes Death themselves. Billie worked with the Winchesters from 2019 to 2020 to try and take down [[God]], but it was revealed exposed that her true plan was to take power for herself as the new God once Chuck and [[the Darkness]] are were gone. Mortally wounded by Dean, Billie attempted to kill him as her last act but is was absorbed into [[the Empty]] by the [[Cosmic Entity]], whom she had also double-crossed.

A third incarnation of Death was created soon after Billie was taken to the Empty. In order to read His [[Chuck's Death Book|death book]], Chuck had Lucifer create a new Death by killing a reaper named [[Betty]], whom he eventually kills killed again as soon as she opened the book, but before she could reveal its contents, leaving no current incarnation of Death.

The original Death appeared as a very slender, almost skeletal, older man. He would approach any situation in a dry, calm demeanor, never raising his voice or revealing any emotions beyond slight annoyance. Death is was initially seen as being catastrophic, but after the re-imprisonment of [[Lucifer]], he returned to his position as the leader of the [[reapers]] and a force for balance in the natural order. Death's knowledge and age are were immeasurable, and his power is was immense, exceeding that of almost any other entity encountered barring [[God]] and [[the Darkness]] / [[Amara]]. Death also had a fondness for junk food; including bacon dogs, pizza, soda, and fried pickle chips.

The original Death also appeared to have a relaxed approach to reaping, allowing Sam and Dean to constantly be resurrected despite the consequences to the natural order , as well as allowing various rogue reapers to operate. With the reaper [[Billie]] taking the mantle of Death, she instituted a policy for all reapers of no direct interference. However, she had been shown to make very rare exceptions; bringing [[DeanWinchester]] back when the notebooks in [[Death's Library]] stated that it was not his time to die, and teleporting [[SamWinhchester]], [[Castiel]], [[Jack]], and [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]] to the [[the Men of Letters Bunker]] to save their lives.

Chuck Shurley admits also admitted to Sam and Dean that He enjoyed the old Death better than Billie because, "he was all about fried pickles and tickle porn," claiming that she "involves herself too much."<ref>[[14.20 Moriah]]</ref> Billie later directly intervened in the war against God by protecting Jack in [[the Empty]] after his death and then by resurrecting him with a plan that would allow Jack to become strong enough to kill God Himself -- something that violates violated both of her biggest rules in massive ways.<ref name="fifteen11">[[15.11 The Gamblers]]</ref>

As the eldest and most powerful of the [[Four Horsemen]], and an ancient primordial being of similar age to [[God]], Death was unimaginably powerful and is one of the most powerful beings in existence. To explain his power level to [[DeanWinchester]], he told the Winchester to imagine a bacterium being snarky to him, stating the galaxy is "barely out of its diapers" compared to him. Nothing can kill who he wills to live, as stated by Dean, and he can keep someone dead if he wants to without anyone being able to resurrect them.

* Chronokinesis – As Death, Billie froze time around Dean's suicide and Sam's attempts to revive him so that she could speak with him. This appeared to be a localized effect as the time freeze did not affect the reaper [[Jessica (Reaper)|Jessica]] or the [[ghosts ]] trapped in the same house.

* [[Archangels]] – [[Lucifer]] was able to kill the third incarnation of Death, Betty, by snapping his fingers. Whether this was an ability possible by all archangels or a boost given to him Lucifer by Chuck is unknown.* [[Cosmic Entity]] – After having [[the Empty]] absorb Jack's explosion, Billie tried to protect herself by remaining on Earth, knowing that Chuck has protecting the planet from the Empty making unwanted incursions, unless summoned. Once summoned by [[Castiel]], Billie was absorbed into the Empty along with the angel.* [[Death's Scythe]] – Death can be killed by its own scythe. When [[Dean slashes Winchester]] slashed [[Billie]] in the shoulder with the scythe, even though he wasn't aiming to kill, Dean leaves Billie mortally wounded with a festering injury.

* [[Spells#Death_2|Spells]] – Death can be effectively bound. God kept the original Death imprisoned beneath the earth for thousands of years for unknown reasons. Lucifer was able to bind Death to his will, and later [[Dean]] and [[SamWinhcester]] were able to use a spell given to them by [[Crowley]] to bind him in an attempt to get him to kill [[Godstiel|Castiel]], who had dubbed himself the new "God."