Kevin Tran
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| Name | Kevin Tran |
| Actor | Osric Chau |
| Dates | |
| Location | Neighbor, Michigan |
| Occupation | Prophet |
| Episode(s) | 7.21 Reading Is Fundamental 7.22 There Will Be Blood 7.23 Survival Of The Fittest |
Kevin Tran is a 16 year old from Neighbor, Michigan. He is on advanced placement, and plays the cello. When The Word Of God is unearthed, Kevin is hit by lightning and becomes a Prophet. The angel Hester refers to Kevin as "the sole keeper of the Word on Earth."
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Appearances
7.21 Reading Is Fundamental
At the same time Dean is releasing The Word Of God from a piece of rock, Kevin is studying. He is struck by something divine, and passes out. When he awakes he is driven by an urge that draws him to The Word, which is at Northern Indiana State Hospital. He manages to steal it from Castiel's room, but Sam and Meg catch him.
It appears Kevin can interpret the Word. However, two angels named Hester and Inias arrive to take Kevin, whom they reveal is a Prophet, to the desert to read the Word, but Dean banishes them, and Castiel, with an Angel Banishing Sigil.
Along with Meg and Castiel, Sam and Dean take Kevin to Rufus's Cabin. Dean takes Kevin to the basement where he starts to translate the Word. Soon the enormity of whats happens gives him a panic attack. Dean gets him to breath into a paper bag to calm down. He tells Kevin not to worry about why he was chosen. Kevin replies that he just wants to be the first Asian-American President of the United States.
Hester and Inias return for Kevin, but when Castiel tries to intervene, Hester attacks him. Meg kills her with an Angel Sword.
Inias agrees to return Kevin home, and says the angels will watch over him there. Kevin hands his transcription of the word to Sam and Dean. What can be read from the translation is of the following:
"Waste not thy time nor your breath upon the Leviathan herd. Point thy blade at the heart of their master, for from him springs all their messages. Leviathan cannot be slain but by a bone of a righteous mortal, as light and good as the Leviathan are hungry and dark, washed in the three blood of the fallen: a fallen angel, the ruler of fallen humanity, and the ruler of fallen beasts."
At home, Kevin's mother is being consoled by a Detective Collins. When the angel's arrive back with Kevin, Detective Collins reveals himself to be the Leviathan Edgar who then kills both the angels.
7.22 There Will Be Blood
At the beginning of the episode we see Kevin in Dick's office taped and gagged. Dick wants him to translate the tablet for him. Kevin refuses, but when faced with the image of his mother being imprisoned and having a knife put to her throat, he agrees.
7.23 Survival Of The Fittest
Kevin is still held captive by Dick at SucroCorp. He meets a young girl named Polly, who is under the influence of the leviathan additive. He manages to pick the lock of the door to the room he's in and escape. Kevin spots Dick and the other leviathans having a meeting, then heads for the exit only to be re-captured by Susan. Later, while Dean and Cass try to locate Dick to kill him, Sam finds Kevin and frees him. After Dick is killed, however, Crowley kidnaps him.
Links
- Interview with Osric Chau on Winchester Radio
- Character study experiment - Thoughts running through the head of Kevin Tran at the end of Supernatural Season 7 by Osric Chau
