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|image= [[File:10Gabriel-a-trickster-in-the-rainS13.jpgpng|300px350px]] |name= Gabriel

|dates= Before Humanity Pre- 2010 creation – 2018 (Deceased; killed by [[LuciferMichael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]])|location= Unknown[[Apocalypse World]]|occupation= [[Archangel]]([[Fallen Angels|Fallen]])<br>"[[:Category:Deities|Trickster]]" |episodes= Disguised as As The [[Trickster]]:<br>[[2.15 Tall Tales]]<br>[[3.11 Mystery Spot]]<br>As Gabriel:<br>[[5.08 Changing Channels]]<br>[[5.19 Hammer Of of the Gods]]<br>[[9.18 Meta Fiction]] (Illusion)<br>[[13.13 Devil's Bargain]]<br>[[13.17 The GodsThing]]<br>[[13.18 Bring 'em Back Alive]]<br>[[13.20 Unfinished Business]]<br>[[13.21 Beat the Devil]]<br>[[13.22 Exodus]]}}{{Quotation|title= |text= Shut your cake hole. You don't know anything about my family. I love my Father, my brothers. Love them. But watching them turn on each other? Tear at each other's throats? I couldn't bear it! Okay? So I left. And now it's happening all over again.|author= Gabriel|source= [[5.08 Changing Channels]]

The youngest of the four [[Image:Gabearchangel]]s, Gabriel fought alongside [[God]], [[Michael]], [[Raphael]], and [[Lucifer]] to imprison [[the Darkness]] rather than killing her and causing a disruption in [[the Cosmic Balance]].jpg|300px|left|thumb|Archangel Gabriellived in [[Heaven]]until Michael and Lucifer's constant fighting over the creation of humanity caused him to skip out of Heaven and seek refuge on Earth.

After being created by [[God]]Thousands of years ago while hiking across the fjords, Gabriel dwells in Heaven with came across the Norse trickster god, [[MichaelLoki]], [[Lucifer]] bound in a cave where a snake was dripping venom into his eye. Gabriel released him and [[Raphael]]Loki was left indebted to the archangel. But due to Once Michael and Lucifer's began their fighting over the creation of humanity, Gabriel sought to escape their constant bickeringquarreling and turned to Loki, he sacrifices who repaid Gabriel by giving the archangel his own private witness protection. Loki would give Gabriel his position face and teach him to become the [[Trickster]], on the Host as God's greatest messenger, and retreats one condition that Gabriel agreed to Earthforever abandon the more "volatile affairs" of his family. Gabriel accepted his terms.

Dean and Sam Winchester first encounter him in [[2.15 Tall Tales]], and they think that heWith the "real" Loki going into hiding to avoid his own family's a type drama, Gabriel embraced the lifestyle of immortal entity known as a Demidemi-God, more specifically a [[Trickster]]god and meting out "just desserts to the high and mighty. While posing " During his time on Earth as the Trickster on Earth, Gabriel frequently went around giving people what he judged to be their 'just desserts' which ironically matched their original crime. After reading in lore that the only way kill one is to stab them became acquainted with many other pagan [[gods]], even forming a wooden stake dipped in romantic relationship with the blood of one of their victimsHindu goddess [[Kali]], Dean and Sam eventually stab who left him with such a weapon but he survives for the Norse god [[Baldur]].

A year later After faking his death at the hands of Lucifer in the [[3.11 Mystery SpotElysian Fields Hotel]], Gabriel would meet with the Trickster traps them both in [[shaman]] [[Sergei]], and barter a time loop where Dean dies every Tuesday in different ways, that proves unavoidable by any means. Around the hundredth time portion of Dean dying, Sam realizes who is responsible for everything and confronts the Trickster. He demands his [[grace]] for a cloaking spell to keep him to reverse what hidden while he's done. He reluctantly obliges. While partied in Monte Carlo with porn stars and the real worldsons of [[Loki]]. The party was short-lived, Dean dies againas Loki, this time in an act of revenge for good. Sam spends six months tracking the Trickster. The Trickster assumes the form death of Bobby Singer [[Odin]] at Lucifer's hands, had his three sons bind Gabriel and lures Sam sell him off to him. Upon realizing that its the Trickster[[Prince of Hell]] [[Asmodeus]], he demands that he resurrects Dean where Gabriel would endure seven years of torture and his grace being routinely extracted to feed and he eventually agreesempower the power hungry prince.

Upon investigating a case ==Characteristics==Gabriel is the only [[archangel]] that appears in one [[5vessel]].08 Changing Channels[[Michael]] possessed [[John Winchester]] where a women claims that her husband was killed by the Incredible Hulk, they become trapped in an alternate reality of TV Shows. The Trickster appears to tell them they need to"learn to play their roles", referring to the desire of Heaven to see them act as 1978 and [[Adam Milligan]]; [[Raphael]] possessed [[VesselDonnie Finnerman]]s for Michael and an unknown female vessel; [[Lucifer. ]] has possessed [[Nick]], [[Sam Winchester]], [[Castiel]], [[Vince Vincente]], and Dean start to suspect that the Trickster is more than he appears to be, [[President Jefferson Rooney]] (among many others); and when they trap him in a ring of burning [[Holy OilApocalypse World]] [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]]possessed an unknown male vessel, he reveals himself to be the Archangel Gabriel. He claims that he "skipped out of Heavenan unknown female vessel, had a face transplant"[[Dean Winchester]], possibly referencing his vesseland [[Rowena MacLeod]].

In [[5===Personality===As the Trickster, Gabriel behaved in a mischievous manner and enjoyed toying with the unwitting human objects of his game-playing.19 Hammer Of The Gods]]He embraced a hedonistic lifestyle, he helps including the "sweet tooth" for which the [[Gods]] demigod was notorious. Even after revealing himself to be an archangel, Gabriel still used misdirection to achieve his goals and the Winchester brothersto protect himself. He finally admits that God was right in say that humans are better than often sarcastic, making Gabriel's manner the most similar to a human of any of the angels. He confronts Lucifer , perhaps because of his long sojourn on earth, and meets his fate when his older brother stabs him with his own [[Angel Sword|Archangel Killing Sword]]appreciation of what he acknowledged humans could achieve.

In Nothing is known of his [[6vessel]], although the pagan gods' familiarity with the vessel infers Gabriel had possessed it for thousands of years.06 You CanIt was revealed his vessel is modeled after Loki't Handle The Truths likeness. Gabriel even stated, at some point in his history as Loki, he had a face transplant [[5.08 Changing Channels]]. ===Powers and abilities===* [[Healing]] – Loki could instantaneously heal all injuries, including his own.<ref name="thirteen18" />* Illusions – Gabriel was capable of creating elaborate illusions, including copies of himself.<ref name="two15">[[2.15 Tall Tales]]</ref><ref name="five19">[[5.19 Hammer of the Gods]]</ref> This ability also extended to transforming objects into something else, and transform the appearance of his [[vessel]].<ref name="three11">[[3.11 Mystery Spot]]</ref><ref name="five08">[[Dean5.08 Changing Channels]] thinks that a weapon known as </ref><ref name="five19" />* [[Reality warping]] – Gabriel's Horn was capable of altering reality to create time loops/pocket universes; he also could choose who was aware of Truthwhat was happening.<ref name="three11">[[3.11 Mystery Spot]]</ref><ref name="five18">[[5.08 Changing Channels]] may </ref>* [[Resurrection]] – Like all angels, Gabriel was able bring the dead back to life.<ref name="three11" />* [[Shapeshifting]] – Gabriel was the only archangel to be causing shown to have the people ability change his form while in his vessel.* Super strength – As an archangel, Gabriel's strength made him stronger than humans, regular [[angels]], and [[demons]].* [[Telekinesis]] – Gabriel was able to overpower angels and humans with a town gesture.** Biokinesis – Gabriel could stop humans from talking if he commanded it.<ref name="five19" />** [[Pyrokinesis]] – Gabriel had been shown to speak terrible truths be able to one anotherincinerate [[demons]] as powerful as the [[Prince of Hell]] [[Asmodeus]].<ref name="thirteen18">[[13.18 Bring 'em Back Alive]]</ref>* [[Teleportation]] – Gabriel could teleport himself and others to any location, as well as banish or imprison lesser [[angel]]s. After being summoned  ===Weaknesses===* [[Archangel blade]] – When wielded by Deananother archangel, the blade was capable of killing Gabriel.* [[CastielGrace Extractor|Grace extraction]] searches the entire town for the weapon, and assures Dean that it– Extracting an archangel's not related [[grace]] can weaken them, potentially even rendering them human.<ref name="thirteen17">[[13.17 The Thing]]</ref>* [[Holy fire]] – Can bind Gabriel to a fixed location.* [[Spells]] – It is possible to bind Gabriel with magical spells, as the problemgoddess [[Kali]] did by using blood magic.<ref name="five19">[[5.19 Hammer of the Gods]]</ref>

==AppearancesEpisodes==[[File:TheTrickster.jpg|350px|left|thumb|Gabriel as The Trickster]]

[[File:Gabriel ''"Come on! Those people got what was coming to them. Hoisted on their own petards. But you and Sam – I like you. I do. So treat yourself... Long as The Tricksteryou want. Just long enough for me to move on to the next town.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Gabriel as The Trickster"''[[Sam]] Sam and [[Dean go to ]] investigate a series of strange deaths based on urban legends(i.e. a campus ghost story, alien abduction, alligator in a sewer), but have no success figuring out who is responsible. They unknowingly encounter Gabriel in disguise as the schoolcollege's night janitor during the course of the investigation. It isn't until [[Bobby]] suggests that they are dealing with a [[Trickster]] , based on the number of tricks that have been played on the brothers, that they track him down. However, the '"Trickster' " is waiting for themin the auditorium, and he offers them a peaceful resolution so long as they let him leave to terrorize another town. Naturally, the Winchesters refuse and attack him, with . With the help of [[Bobby]], they assemble wooden stakes soaked in blood to battle him. However, the Trickster easily rebuffs them by conjuring beings (scantily clad women, and a chainsaw wielding psychopathspsychopath) to fight for him, while he sits back , eats chocolates, and enjoys the show that is put on before him. Nonetheless, [[Dean ]] manages to stab him (with a bloodied stake will kill a [[Trickster]]) while he is distracted, causing his creations minions to disappear and the fight to end. Although the hunters believe they bested him, the Trickster survives the ordeal, having created a copy of himself for Dean to killsurvive the ordeal.

:''"This obsession to save Dean? The way you two keep sacrificing yourselves for each other? Nothing good comes out of it. Just blood and pain. Dean's your weakness. And the bad guys know it, too. It's gonna be the death of you, Sam. Sometimes you just gotta let people go."''[[Sam ]] and [[Dean ]] get caught in an infinite time loop, where Dean dies each day in increasingly strange ways, and only Sam remembers when the day restarts. Sam continually fails to save Dean despite his memory of the previous days. It is only after a hundred or so repetitions of the day that Sam realizes that it is the [[Trickster]] at work and manages to locate the culprit. He threatens their tormentor with a blood -covered stake, causing the Trickster to reveal himself and agree to break the loop. However, immediately after the loop is broken, Dean once again dies, and remains dead.

Throughout the next several months, Sam becomes a far colder and more calculated person as he attempts to track down the Trickster, killing whatever threat he can along the way. Eventually, it is the Trickster who calls the younger Winchester to him, where he tries to drive in a point: that the two brothers continually sacrificing themselves for one another would bring no good, and when people die, you just have to learn that their enemies will use this to accept it and live with itmanipulate them. Nonetheless, Sam pleads with him to turn back time to that Wednesday so that he can save Dean. Reluctantly, the Trickster agrees, lamenting that the whole situation had become boring months ago for him anyway.[[File:Gabriel trapped.Jpg|350px|right|thumb|The so-called Trickster revealed to be Gabriel the [[archangel]].]]

:''"You sorry sons of bitches. Why do you think you two are the vessels? Think about it. Michael, the big brother, loyal to an absent father, and Lucifer, the little brother, rebellious of Daddy's plan. You were born to this, boys. It's your destiny! It was always you! As it is in heaven, so it must be on earth. One brother has to kill the other."''The [[Trickster]] traps [[Sam ]] and [[Dean ]] in a series of TV shows in an attempt to drive home the lesson that they must play their roles' as [[Michael]] and [[Lucifer]]'s vessels[[vessel]]s. When [[Castiel]] tries to rescue them, the Trickster easily imprisons him. Sam and Dean finally work out that he is an [[angel ]] and trap him in a ring of [[Holy Fireholy fire]]. He confirms that he is indeed the [[Archangelarchangel]] known as Gabriel. A long time ago, he left [[Heaven ]] to live on Earth, as he could no longer bear the sight of his brothers fighting each other. He then tells the Winchesters that they are destined to be the vessels of his brothers, as they mirror the relationship between [[Michael]] and [[Lucifer]]. He says he's sorry they couldn't have a happy TV show-like ending, but it's a destiny they must face. The brothers refuse to accept this, and begin to leave. Gabriel calls after them and ask asks if they really plan to leave him there forever, to which . Dean replies that they wouldn't, since they don't "mess with people" like he does. Dean then extinguishes the fire by turning on the fire sprinklers, and leaves Gabriel with a final thought: in the end, this wasn't about his brothers' fight or about the Winchesters' destiny, but how the archangel was too much of a coward to stand up to his family.[[File:GabrielDead.jpg|350px|left|thumb|Gabriel fakes his death.]] ===[[5.19 Hammer of the Gods]]===:''"Damn right they're flawed. But a lot of them try. To do better, to forgive. And you should see the Spearmint Rhino! I've been riding the pine a long time. But I'm in the game now, and I'm not on your side, or Michael's. I'm on theirs."''Gabriel turns up at the meeting of the [[gods]] who are trying to work out a way to stop the [[Apocalypse]]. They know him as [[Loki]], the Trickster, and don't realize he is an [[archangel]]. Gabriel explains to Sam and Dean that he is there to save them, and he once had a relationship with [[Kali]], and doesn't want her, or the other gods, killed. Gabriel tells Sam and Dean that Kali has bound Sam and Dean to her with a blood spell. He goes to her room, pretending to romance her in an attempt to retrieve the boys' blood, but she is not fooled by his ruse and draws his blood, binding Gabriel to her also. In front of the other gods, Kali reveals that Gabriel is an [[archangel]], and she uses what she thinks is his [[archangel blade]] to stab him. He appears to die, but instead sneaks out of the hotel. While hiding in the [[Impala]], he tells Dean to get their blood from Kali so they can escape. [[Dean]] suspects that he cares for the other gods, but Gabriel is unable or unwilling to use his blade to kill [[Lucifer]], prompting Dean to return to the hotel and reveal to Kali that Gabriel is still alive.[[File:GabrielMessage.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Gabriel's secret message to the Winchesters.]]Lucifer arrives at the hotel some time later and kills most of the gods. He is about to kill [[Kali]] when Gabriel intervenes. He tells Lucifer that he has no legitimate grievance, and he is only jealous that humanity replaced him in God's affections. Gabriel says he is not on Lucifer's side, or [[Michael]]'s, but that he has come to agree with God, that humanity is better than them, noting that they are a flawed race that at least tries to do better when they fail. Gabriel then tries to kill Lucifer with his archangel blade, sneaking up on him from behind while a Gabriel copy is speaking. However, Lucifer recognizes the trick, claiming he taught his "little brother" everything, and turns the blade on the "real" Gabriel, killing him. Lucifer is shown to grieve for his brother's death, staring down at his body where his wings and halo have burned onto the floor and the tables.  It is revealed in [[13.18 Bring 'em Back Alive]] that Lucifer didn't kill the real Gabriel, that it was another replica he stabbed and the real Gabriel escaped. After their escape, Sam and Dean play a [[Casa Erotica]] DVD that Gabriel gave Dean. In it, Gabriel tells them they may be able to re-imprison Lucifer, and that the keys to his cage are the four rings of the [[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]. ===[[6.06 You Can't Handle the Truth]]===It is suggested that [[Gabriel's Horn of Truth]] compelled people to speak the truth during one of the Winchesters' investigations, but it is not responsible.<ref name="six06>[[6.06 You Can't Handle the Truth]]</ref> [[File:GabrielCasaErotica14.png|thumb|left|350px|Gabriel returns in ''[[Casa Erotica]] 14''.]]===[[9.18 Meta Fiction]]===:''"After it was raining winged men, hallelujah? Well, you know... total nigh-biblical chaos, Crowley and Aba-douche duking it out. Good times. And then there's our peeps, scattered like confetti."''Gabriel, who was believed to be dead, makes his presence known to [[Castiel]] through ''[[Casa Erotica]] 14'', eventually manifesting in his motel room, asking him for help against [[Metatron]]. When Cas asked how he was alive, Gabriel said, "Please, you can't take the trick out of the Trickster." He said he was in and cast out of "the safest place in the universe -- [[Heaven]]." He tells Cas that Metatron is using the [[Gabriel's Horn of Truth|Horn of Gabriel]] to lure the angels by making them believe that it was Heaven when it was actually a trap by Metatron and [[Gadreel]]. When they decide to stop at a Gas-N-Sip, a group of Metatron loyalists quickly descend upon them. Before they can enter the gas station Gabriel tells Castiel that he still has some of his [[archangel]] mojo left, and will hold them off so Cas can make his escape. However Castiel realizes that the whole thing is an illusion by the fact that he had ripped his coat earlier, but in the Gas-N-Sip there was no hole. Gabriel pleads with Cas to hear Metatron out, that he is really trying to help him. However he isn't able to specify how, as he only skimmed through his parts of script. Before Gabriel leaves, Cas asks him if he is really dead, but receives only a trademark smirk and eyebrow wriggle in response from Gabriel before he snaps his fingers and teleports Cas to Metatron's office. Later, Metatron explains that no one tells stories better than Gabriel, hence his idea of using an illusion of Gabriel in an attempt to manipulate Castiel to lead the rebellious angels. ===[[11.10 The Devil in the Details]]===When trying to get Sam to say "yes" to him, [[Lucifer]] tells him that Gabriel is dead as is [[Raphael]] so they can't help him against [[Amara]]. ===[[11.22 We Happy Few]]===When the Winchesters, [[Chuck]], and [[Lucifer]] try to formulate a plan of attack against [[Amara]], the suggestion of bringing in the other [[archangels]] is shot down by [[God]], who claims that [[Michael]] is in no condition to fight and that it is out of His power to bring back Gabriel and [[Raphael]], as archangels are made of pure primordial creation, and to resurrect them would take time that they do not have. [[File:PrisonerGabriel.png|thumb|right|350px|Gabriel imprisoned by [[Asmodeus]].]]===[[13.13 Devil's Bargain]]===After [[Asmodeus]] reveals that he has found the [[archangel blade]], [[Mr. Ketch]] reminds him that the lore says that the weapon can only be wielded by an [[archangel]]. Asmodeus leads Ketch to a cell where a figure is sitting, battered and with his mouth sewn shut. Asmodeus introduces Mr. Ketch to the archangel Gabriel, somehow still alive after being stabbed by [[Lucifer]].

===[[513.19 Hammer Of The Gods16 Scoobynatural]]===[[After getting sucked into ''Scooby-Doo'', Dean suggests that the Trickster could be responsible like how Gabriel]] turns up at the meeting had once trapped them in a succession of the gods who are trying to work out a way to stop the Apocalypse. They know him as [[Loki]] The [[Trickster]], and don't realise he is an [[Archangel]]TV show parodies. Gabriel explains to When Sam and Dean points out that he Gabriel is there to save themdead, and Dean ominously asks "or ''is'' he once had a relationship with [[Kali]], and doesn't want her, or ?" referencing the other gods, killed. [[fact that Gabriel]] tells Sam and Dean that Kali has bound Sam and Dean to her with a blood spellis secretly still alive. He goes to her room, pretending to romance her in an attempt to retrieve The Winchesters later remember how the boyslast time they' bloodd gotten stuck in a TV show by Gabriel, but she is not fooled they'd gotten out by his ruse and draws his blood, binding Gabriel to her alsoplaying their part.

===[[Image:Lucifer_Kills_Gabriel13.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Lucifer kills Gabriel17 The Thing]]===In front of Summoned by Asmodeus but then forced to wait interminably for audience, Ketch barges into the other gods, Kali reveals that she has discovered that Gabriel is an Archangel, and she uses what she thinks is an throne room to find Asmodeus [[Angel Killing SwordGrace Extractor|Archangel Killing Swordextracting]] to stab him. He appears to die, but instead sneaks out of the hotel. While hiding in the [[Impalagrace]], from a cowering Gabriel and injecting himself with it. Gabriel is then locked away in his cage in the throne room where he tells Dean witnesses Ketch being violently assaulted by Asmodeus. When Ketch decides to get their blood from Kali so they can make his escape, he breaks Gabriel free, taking the archangel blade and the vials of Gabriel's grace. Dean suspects that he cares for Gabriel struggles as Ketch tries to lead him out of the other godsasylum; when a demon guard arrives, but Gabriel is unable or unwilling to use his cowers away as Ketch kills it with the archangel blade before dragging Gabriel away to kill [[Lucifer]]their escape.

Ketch brings Gabriel to the [[LuciferMen of Letters Bunker]] arrives at , where he offers Gabriel, the hotel some time later vials of archangel grace, and kills most of the godsblade in exchange for sanctuary from Asmodeus. He is about to kill Later, [[KaliSam]] when begins the process of removing the stitches which have kept Gabriel intervenes. He tells Lucifer that he has no legitimate grievance, he is merely jealous that humanity replaced him in God's affections. Gabriel says he is not on [[Lucifer]]'s sidemouth sealed and asks what happened to him, or [[Michael]]'s but that he has come to agree with God, that humanity is better than themdoesn't respond. Gabriel then tries to kill watches on as [[LuciferDean]] with the and Ketch go into [[Angel Killing Sword|Archangel Killing SwordApocalypse World]] by sneaking up on him while a Gabriel copy is speaking. However, Lucifer recognizes the trick, claiming he taught his "little brother" everything and turns the sword on the real Gabriel, killing him. Lucifer is shown to grieve for his brother's death, albeit only a little.

After their escape, Sam and Dean play a [[Casa Erotica]] DVD that Gabriel gave Dean. In it, File:Gabriel tells them they may be able to re-imprison Lucifer, and that the keys to his cage are the rings of [[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]].[[Image:5x19 01484Wings.jpgpng|300pxthumb|rightleft|thumb350px|Lucifer kills Gabriel with an Archangel Killing Swordreveals his wings.]]

==Characteristics=[[13.18 Bring 'em Back Alive]]===:''"Uh...yeah. Not so much. I mean, thank you for the rescue and for the redemption arc. But, uh, I'm not really a team guy, so...I'm gonna bounce, okay? Um, but, you know, it's been, um... What's the opposite of fun? That."''After being brought to the Bunker, Gabriel is unresponsive to Sam and [[Castiel]]'s inquiries and refuses to be given his grace. He eventually tells his story, writing it in [[Enochian]] on the walls of his room. Castiel translates the writings -- the story begins at Gabriel's supposed death at the hands of Lucifer in the [[Elysian Fields Hotel]]. The Gabriel which Lucifer stabbed was in fact the fake, while the real Gabriel teleported away and watched from a distance. Seeing his "death" as an opportunity to be free of any obligations to God, Heaven, or mankind, Gabriel moved to Monte Carlo and "shacked up" with porn stars. At some point in time, Gabriel was captured and delivered to Asmodeus, who for years subjected him to endless torture as his grace was taken to make Asmodeus stronger. Castiel attempts to use his powers to jolt his mind into thinking straight, but as it is impossible for an angel to heal an archangel, he believes that Gabriel is lost, retreating into his mind. Sam eventually has enough of his silence and makes an impassioned plea to Gabriel. He tells him that "hookers and Monte Carlo" sound great, but that his family needs him, the world needs him, they need him, and Sam needs him. As Sam is about to leave the room, Gabriel speaks his first words since his rescue, telling him, "Porn stars. They were porn stars, Sam." Gabriel is then given a vial of his grace, but is unsure if its effects have done anything. When the power surges inside Gabriel, Asmodeus, connected to Gabriel's grace by virtue of his repeated consumption of it, is able to sense it. He places a call to Sam, demanding he give up Gabriel or else he will attack the Bunker. Sam refuses to give Gabriel up, strengthening the Bunker's warding in preparation for Asmodeus' incursion. The warding fails, and Asmodeus and his demons enter the Bunker and retrieve Gabriel. As Gabriel is being dragged away, he witnesses Asmodeus attempting to slowly kill Sam and Castiel, and he manages to overpower the demons holding him. This grabs the attention of Asmodeus, who tells Gabriel he is too weak to do anything to him. Gabriel's eyes begin to glow with angelic light, his wounds become instantly healed, and he unleashes his wings to a shocked Asmodeus. He throws a blast of energy at Gabriel, which the archangel easily deflects. Telling Asmodeus how much he has always hated his suit, Gabriel incinerates him with a gesture. With Asmodeus dead, Gabriel gets caught up to everything that has happened regarding [[Jack]], [[Apocalypse World]], and [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]]. Gabriel, however, politely declines to join the fight, telling Sam the last time the world was going to end he put his money on Sam and Dean and he thinks they can pull it off again, before teleporting away. ===[[13.20 Unfinished Business]]===:''"Every day, Asmodeus tortured me! Every.. day! He fed off my grace for years! He used me, he debased me until I was...! What I went through... you don't forgive. Everyone who had a hand in it will die. Get me?"''As [[Fenrir Odensbane]] stumbles down an alley, drinking, Gabriel makes his presence known playing a kazoo to get Fenrir's attention. Stepping out from behind a dumpster, Gabriel declares his intent to face Fenrir "honorably" with not gimmicks or tricks. With a special wooden sword in hand, Gabriel and Fenrir begin their fight. Fenrir is able to wound Gabriel's arm, causing him to bleed, which is unusual for an archangel. Gabriel sees an opening and is able to fatally stab Fenrir in the heart, killing him, but he gets maimed by Fenrir's claws in the process. Gabriel makes his way to the motel the Winchesters are staying at hoping that they have more of his archangel grace. After Sam tends to his slash marks, Dean tells Gabriel that they used his grace to open up a rift. After resting up, Gabriel tries to leave, but Fenrir's brothers, [[Sleipnir]] and [[Narfi]], use Gabriel's blood to track him to the motel. A fight ensues and ends with Gabriel killing Narfi with another wooden sword and Sleipnir escaping certain death. Dean handcuffs Gabriel while he and Sam dump Narfi's corpse into a car crusher. When they return, Gabriel reluctantly tells them more of his story after faking his death at the [[Elysian Fields Hotel]]. Gabriel retreated to Monte Carlo and partied with Fenrir, Sleipnir, and Narfi and a bunch of porn stars in their estate. One night, the trio restrained him and sold him to Asmodeus. For the past seven years, Asmodeus has been torturing him endlessly while Gabriel plots to one day exact revenge on them all. He also reveals that he intends to kill the god responsible for everything that happened; [[Loki]]. Gabriel explains that he saved Loki, who was bound in a cave somewhere in the Fjords with a snake dripping venom in his eye. As repayment, Loki placed him into witness protection, thereby giving him his entire identity and teaching him to become the [[Trickster]]. In the meantime, Loki has been off the grid, but Gabriel knew he was hiding in Monte Carlo and thought that Loki would help him again after he faked his death. Dean believes that his time with Asmodeus never would have happened if Gabriel helped them fight Lucfier, but he reminds the Winchesters about how he told them about the [[Four_Horsemen_of_the_Apocalypse#The_Rings|Horsemen's Rings]] to slam Lucifer back in [[the Cage]]. Sam offers his and Dean's help to Gabriel if he agrees to help them. Gabriel accepts and explains that Loki is hiding in the penthouse of the Ophidian Hotel. His plan is to kill Loki's sons in order before targeting Loki. [[File:Gabriel-Kills-Loki.png|thumb|right|350px|Gabriel kills [[Loki]].]]At the hotel, he tells the Winchesters that Sleipnir and Loki are his to kill while they take out the bodyguards. They take the elevator to the third floor and get in a shoot out with Sleipnir and his bodyguards. During the confusion, Dean takes the sword intended for Loki. After the gunfight ends, both the bodyguards are dead and Gabriel finishes off Sleipnir with his sword. Sam and Gabriel rush to the penthouse to catch up with Dean who is greeted by Loki. Loki explains that he sold Gabriel to Asmodeus for his role in the death of [[Odin]]. Despite knowing that Lucifer killed Odin, he wanted Gabriel punished as he gave the archangel his identity on the condition that he abandoned his family's volatile affairs forever, but he broke that promise and it cost his father his life. Dean tries to stab Loki, but he turns out to be an illusion to distract and attack Dean while the real Loki confronts Gabriel in the hallway. After Sam dispels the illusion, they rush to Gabriel to deliver the sword. Loki berates him for asking him for help again after inadvertently causing his father's death and questions whether or not he or his sons deserved to die for his cowardice. When the Winchesters arrive, Gabriel retrieves the sword and pins Loki to the wall. Loki tells Gabriel that he lives only for pleasure and stands for and will die for nothing, while Gabriel responds with "You first." and stabs Loki, killing him and completing his revenge. Outside the hotel, he thanks the Winchesters for their reluctant assistance in his affairs and goes with them to the Bunker. He tells them that he's done with tricks and that he's a whole new guy now that he got his revenge. Gabriel's reaction suggests that like Dean tried to tell him would happen, Gabriel didn't get the satisfaction he expected with his revenge. At the Bunker, Castiel helps Gabriel settle in. Sam tells Dean that they will have to wait for his grace to recharge before preparing to travel to Apocalypse World. ===Powers [[13.21 Beat the Devil]]===:''"And you think I could fix it? Gosh. I skipped out on Heaven, Castiel. They wouldn't want me back. As far as they're concerned, I'm a screwup. Hell, as far as 'I'm' concerned, I'm a screwup."''After secreting himself in Dean's bedroom while he extracts some of his own grace, Gabriel returns to the Bunker library where he produces a vial containing a minute amount of grace. [[Rowena]] is unconvinced that the "serving" is enough, but Gabriel assures her it will work. Rowena performs the ritual, and rift does indeed open, but seconds later it falters and disappears. As Sam, Dean, and Castiel discuss options, Gabriel tries to explain to Rowena what happened, but she doesn't want to hear his excuses. This causes Gabriel to snap and accuse her of botching the spell, which Rowena refutes by saying it wasn't the spell, but the ingredients. Soon after their spat, they begin eyeing each other, and Rowena suggests a way to fill the time they have while the others a deliberating. Sam, Dean, and Castiel enter the library sometime later to find Rowena and Gabriel fooling around behind a bookshelf to everyone's shock and embarrassment. Dean reveals that Sam has a plan to get the grace needed from Lucifer.  At a bar, a despondent Lucifer is drowning his sorrows after losing everything and not being able to find his son. When the bartender says Jack's name to Lucifer, Gabriel realizes he slipped up and Abilitiestransforms into himself. A shocked Lucifer attempts to flee, but he is brought right back into the bar. As he realizes that something is wrong, Gabriel and Rowena reveal they spiked his drinks with a magical roofie. Lucifer sits down at the bar, with no fight left in him. He tells Gabriel to take his grace and kill him, but Gabriel has other plans and knocks him unconscious with the butt of his archangel blade.  After Lucifer comes to in the Bunker, he is trussed up and his grace is slowly siphoned off into the spell bowl to keep the rift open as Gabriel, the Winchesters, and Castiel cross over into [[Apocalypse World]]. Entering the alternate universe, they find themselves in a wooded area in Northern Kentucky and they proceed to make their way towards Dayton, Ohio. As they walk, Castiel and Gabriel begin talking and Castiel reveals that Heaven is in need of leadership. Gabriel is uncertain that Heaven would want a screw up like him, but Cas assures him that he may be just what Heaven needs to survive. When screams are heard in the distance, Sam and Dean rush in as Gabriel tries to dissuade them, telling them it isn't their problem. The group finds a man and a woman, [[Floyd]] and [[Maggie (Apocalypse World)|Maggie]], being attacked by a [[vampire]]. After saving them, the two tell of the vampire nest that attacked their group in a tunnel on the way to Dayton, and they join them on their journey. As they reach the tunnel, Sam dispatches a few vampires, but when they reach their intended exit they find it blocked. As Gabriel and Castiel begin clearing the way, the group is attacked by vampires, who kill Floyd and Sam and drag them away. With the pathway clear, the group exits the other side. Upon reaching the Dayton outpost, they are forced to stop due to the warding preventing Castiel from entering. Gabriel is able to break the warding, which alerts the guards who quickly arrive on the scene. Before things escalate, Mary and Jack arrive and reunite with Dean and Castiel. As Jack learns of Sam's death, he questions why Gabriel didn't save him, only for Gabriel to tell him he is too weak. He among the others watch as a revived Sam makes his way to Bobby's resistance camp alongside Lucifer. ===[[13.22 Exodus]]===:''"Don't you get it?! Humans were innocent and beautiful! But you... you couldn't stand that the old man loved them more than He loved you! So you tempted them and you corrupted them just to prove how flawed they were!... Dad saw that your evil was like the first few cells of cancer... that it would spread like the disease unless He cut it out. That is why He locked you up, to stop the cancer. But it was too late then. And guess what? It's too late for you now."'' [[File:Gabriel'sWings.png|350px|thumb|left|Gabriel dead... For real.]]When Lucifer tries to talk to Jack, Dean demands them not to talk to each other. Despite Lucifer offering to help, Dean demands Gabriel to kill him with the archangel blade, but he is not powerful enough. Eventually, the fighting causes Jack to teleport away for a time. While on their way to the [[Singer Salvage Yard]], Gabriel heads out ahead to scout. He runs back to the group and warns them that an incursion of angels in tailing him. Before they attempt to smite the group, Lucifer casually disintegrates the angels and melts the binding cuffs. At the salvage yard, Gabriel overhears Lucifer giving his perspective on how he was treated by God, to Jack, scoffing and argues that Lucifer was not a victim in his dealings with their father. Later, Gabriel tells Lucifer that Jack will see what he is, a bad influence incapable of empathy or love who lives to be worshiped and/or feared. Lucifer tries to convince him that he changed, but Gabriel is unconvinced as he remembers his time with his brothers. He believes that Jack is greatly influenced by the Winchesters and his mother's bloodline and believes that Jack would never want to be anything like his father let alone adopt his beliefs. Lucifer tries to defend himself, but Gabriel gets angry and declares that he's nothing more than a cancer that corrupted the previously innocent and beautiful humans. Lucifer couldn't stand that God loved them more than he loved him, so he tempted and corrupted them to prove their flaws. The reason that Lucifer was locked up was to purge the disease before it could spread, but it was too late by the time he was imprisoned. Gabriel tells his brother that it was to late for [[redemption]] back then as it is too late for him now. As Gabriel looks away, Lucifer is visibly affected by his brother's words and a single tear falls. Later, the Winchesters, Castiel and Apocalypse World hunters prepare to leave the world through the portal by repairing an old bus. Gabriel questions why Lucifer is driving the bus, but Dean explains that he's letting him do so so they can:keep an eye on him. Gabriel rides with Jack and the Winchesters on the Jeep as they make their way to the rift's location in Northeast Kentucky. The group arrives to find the rift starting to close, but to their shock, it begins to glow open again as Rowena doubles her efforts in the Bunker. Ketch, Mary, Jack, and Charlie lead the refugees through the rift into the Bunker until Sam, Dean, Lucifer, Gabriel and three others are left behind. Michael dive-bombs into the area, killing the three others in the resulting explosion. As Michael makes his presence known, Lucifer stands to fight him, but a short exchange leads to Lucifer's defeat. Michael notices Gabriel, who tells Sam and Dean to go, saying that he will not run anymore. Gabriel and Michael battle using their archangel blades. Michael is able to overpower Gabriel, and stabs him with his blade. As light explodes from Gabriel, his body goes limp in Michael's arms, and is placed on the ground as Sam and Dean cross over. Gabriel's body lies dead, wings scorched into the ground of Apocalypse World as Lucifer and Michael strike a deal to crossover together, as a look of remorse falls over Lucifer's face. Later while everyone is celebrating in the Bunker, Dean explains how Gabriel died to Castiel, stating that they owe him everything for getting him and Sam out of the Apocalypse World.

*Teleport himself and others any location on Earth as long as the position isn't protected by ===[[Enochian|Enochian Sigils]]; like most angels, he often appears unexpectedly and disappears randomly13. He can also banish lesser angels just by snapping his fingers. *See and send himself to 23 Let the future. In [[5.19 Hammer Of The GodsGood Times Roll]], he told Kali that he skipped ahead and saw how everything was going to end. Although he may have missed a few details, because otherwise he would’ve foreseen his death and would’ve prevented it.<ref name="five19">[[5.19 Hammer Of The Gods]]</ref>*Create virtually anything out of thin air.<ref name="two15">[[2.15 Tall Tales]]</ref>*Alter reality as well as create time loops/pocket universes; he also can choose who is aware of the repetition.<ref name="three11">[[3.11 Mystery Spot]]</ref><ref name="five18">[[5.08 Changing Channels]]</ref>*Harm other archangels<ref name="five19">>While making a deal with [[5.19 Hammer Of The GodsMichael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]]</ref>*Morph his body into any humanto fight the super-shape<ref name="three11">charged [[3.11 Mystery SpotLucifer]]</ref><ref name="five08">, Dean flashes back to Gabriel telling him and Sam that they are [[5.08 Changing ChannelsMichael]]</ref>*Create illusions and false copies of himself<ref name="two15">[[2.15 Tall Tales]]</ref> <ref name="five19">Lucifer's true [[5.19 Hammer Of The Godsvessel]]</ref>*Revive dead people.<ref name="three11" />*Morph s and reshape objects to appear as other objectsthat its their destiny. He demonstrated this when he creates a fake Archangel Killing Sword using a can of Diet Orange Slice.<ref name="five19" />

===Weaknesses[[14.01 Stranger in a Strange Land]]===*[[The Colt]] can damage and harm GabrielWhile visiting Jamil Hamed, but it cannot kill him.Michael quotes the Qur'an:*[[Holy Fire]] can bind :''"Whoever is an enemy to Allah and His angels and His messengers and Gabriel and Michael then indeed Allah is an enemy to a fixed location; if he were to step out of the circle, his Vessel would be destroyeddisbelievers.*An [[Angel Killing Sword|Archangel Killing Blade]] can kill Gabriel.*Other [[Archangel]]s can harm Gabriel[[Image:5x19 01573.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Gabriel"''s Secret Message]]

===Vessel===*'''Unnamed Man:''' Nothing is known about this vessel or how Jamil believed that he was initially God, before Gabriel came upon , but Michael corrects him, saying he is "The other one. Gabriel claimed his body sometime after retreating to Earth from Heaven in his voluntary exileThe better one."

===Equipment[[14.06 Optimism]]===At the Red Rooster Diner, Jack briefly mentions Gabriel may have handled and manufactured 's fling with [[Gabriel's Horn of TruthRowena]]. Dean says that it doesn't count as being romantic.

==Notes=[[14.07 Unhuman Nature]]===*One A [[Shamanism|shaman]] named [[Sergei]] revealed to [[Castiel]] that in exchange for a vial of his [[grace]], he gave Gabriel a powerful cloaking spell which allowed him to hide out in Monte Carlo with porn stars. At the Bunker, they performed a ritual which was intended to save Jack, but after consuming Gabriel's weapons is grace, his condition worsens. Sergei subsequently admits that the [[Gabrielspell he gave them was just an experiment and Sergei didn's Horn of Truth|Horn of Truth]]t know if it would actually work or not.

*[[Chuck]] explains in [[11.22 We Happy Few]] that resurrecting Gabriel would take time they did not have. The identity reason Chuck was unaware that Gabriel was alive was later revealed in [[14.07 Unhuman Nature]], as Gabriel having traded a portion of his grace to the [[shaman]] [[Sergei]] for a potent cloaking spell.* While Gabriel's appearance in [[Vessel9.18 Meta Fiction]] remains unknownis left somewhat vague as to if it was really Gabriel or just an illusion, especially since Gabriel doesn't answer if he's real or not, later events confirm that it really was just an illusion of Gabriel and not the real archangel. At that time, the real Gabriel was held prisoner by [[Asmodeus]] and thus couldn't have been a participant in Metatron's plot, willingly or unwillingly.

Islam believes that Gabriel ( also called Jibrīl or Jibrail) was the medium through whom God revealed the Qur'an to Muhammad, and that he sent a message to most prophets, if not all, revealing their obligations. He is called the chief of the four favoured favored angels and the spirit of truth. <br>

The color red is linked to Gabriel, signifying he is a manifestation of God’s judgment Judgment (Sitre Torah, Zohar 1:99a), he is also listed among the six angels of death; his role is to function as the messenger of death for kings.

==See also==* [[Richard Speight Jr.]]* [[Sam/Gabriel In ]]* [[Castiel/Gabriel]]* [[Gabester]] ==Gabriel in Fandom/External Links==* [http://consulting-cannibal.tumblr.com/tagged/god%27n%27gabe God and Gabe comics and art] by Scoutstiel

*[http://wwwfangasmthebook.tricksterswordpress.orgcom/ Trickster, Lord of 2011/01/31/it%E2%80%99s-all-about-the Roads-brothers-%E2%80%93-richard-speight-jr-on-gabriel-nude-scenes-and-sam%E2%80%99ndean-envy/ "It’s All About The Brothers"]Richard interview, 2011 San Francisco Convention

*[http://twitter.com/AwolArchangel @AwolArchangel] - Gabriel roleplaying account on Twitter*[httphttps://twitter.com/TricksterAngel #!/ChocoLovinAngel @TricksterAngelChocoLovinAngel] - Gabriel on Twitter (of the CrowleyxGabriel shipping) See alsoand [http:**[[Richard Speight Jr.]]**[[Sam/Gabriel]]**[[Castiel/Gabriel]]**[[Deanchocolovinangel.tumblr.com/Gabrielon Tumblr]]**[[Santa Gabe-y]] == References ==

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