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|name= Kevin Tran
|actor= [[Osric Chau]]
|dates= December 2, 1995 - – 2013 (killed by [[Gadreel]])
|location= [[Heaven]]
|occupation= [[Prophet]] (formerly)
After the auction, the [[angel]] [[Samandiriel]] tries to convince Linda to let the angels guard Kevin, but she refuses as the last time angels tried, they were killed and Kevin got kidnapped. She is then possessed by [[Crowley]] after Beau burns off her tattoo.
Possessing her body, Crowley pretends to seal her deal and then teams up with [[Beau]] to kill [[Plutus]] and his guards and take the tablet. In the fight that follows, [[Dean]] nearly kills [[Crowley]] - – and Linda - – with [[Ruby's knife]], but Crowley flees her body first, leaving her in shock and completely unresponsive. Sam and Dean believe she will recover as she is a strong woman, but Kevin tricks them and flees with her. He leaves a note asking Sam and Dean not to follow them.
===[[8.07 A Little Slice of Kevin]]===
Kevin, even more disheveled then before, starts a routine of waking up a 5:00 in the morning, eating hot dogs, then spending all day focusing on translating the [[Tablets|tablet]] while taking lots of aspirin. After weeks of no success, he finally cracks it, but collapses with a nosebleed. After waking up, Kevin calls Dean, but apparently passes out again before he can tell him anything.
[[File:Kevin814.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Translating the [[demon tablet]] takes its toll on Kevin.]]
[[Sam]] and [[Dean]] rush to the houseboat to find Kevin throwing up. Kevin has been so focused on translating that tablet that he has let himself go completely - – he now stinks, he wears dirty clothes and he has frequent nosebleeds and headaches and believes he has even had a small stroke. Kevin reveals what he has learned: someone has to undergo three trials and recite an [[Enochian]] spell after each one. He has only been able to decipher the information on the first trial which is someone has to kill a [[Hellhound|hellhound]] and bathe in its blood. While [[Dean]] goes out to get supplies so that Kevin doesn't have to eat hot dogs everyday and [[Sam]] researches to find someone who has made a [[Deals and Pacts|deal]], Kevin cleans up. After he's done, Sam tries to get him to slow down, but Kevin tells him he hates the life he has, the lack of company, the fact that his mom is crying all the time and the place he lives, but knows that until the [[Hell Gates|Gates of Hell]] are closed, he won't be able to rest. Dean returns and Sam reveals that he's found a possible match in Idaho. As they leave, Dean gives Kevin the food he has bought and pills for the headaches and to keep awake, but tells him not to overdo it. Dean also requests Kevin see if he can find anything on hellhounds on the tablet.
Kevin, somewhat hyper, calls [[Dean]] a couple of days later to report that he has found information on [[hellhound]]s: "the dire creatures may only be seen by the damned or through an object scorched with [[holy fire]]." Kevin suggests a pair of glasses, but ignores Sam's request to get some sleep and takes some of the stimulants in order to keep translating.
==External links==
* [http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mediablvd/2012/05/06/winchester-radio-supernaturals-reading-is-fundamental Interview with Osric Chau] on Winchester Radio
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQw_LiZdBvQ Character study experiment] - – Thoughts running through the head of Kevin Tran at the end of ''Supernatural'' season 7 by Osric Chau
* [http://spn-kevin.livejournal.com/ Community for fanworks] related to Kevin and [[Osric Chau]] on Livejournal
* [http://www.thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/article-archives/the-family/18267-is-kevin-really-gone/ Is Kevin Really Gone?] - – A Reflection on Kevin's Death by Nightsky
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