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The Mark of Cain is a brand placed on [[Cain]] by [[Lucifer]]. It is the source of [[the First Blade]]'s power. The mark and the blade work together, and without it the First Blade is rendered useless. The mark can also be transferred if the person is "worthy of it"; which is unspecified, but may mean being a killer, or something else. According to Cain, taking on the mark comes with a great cost and burden. Since After Cain was given the Mark, he didn't want to be over taken by its murderous complusion, and killed himself with the Blade. However the Mark would not let him die. After gaining the Mark, [[Dean]] has exhibited more aggressive behavior, and once the Mark is activated by the First Blade his aggression was amplified. Once he began killing, the Mark makes him physically ill if he doesn't kill. Crowley informs Dean it would eventually cause his death if he tried to stop killing. After Dean is fatally wounded by Metatron, Crowley appears to become amplified ten foldand places the Blade in Dean's hand. Dean awakens - with demonic black eyes.
==Episodes==
===[[9.22 Stairway to Heaven]]===
When [[Gadreel]] arrives at [[the Bunker]] looking to join with the Winchesters and [[Castiel]] in taking down [[Metatron]], [[Dean]] approaches him after he has made his case and extends his hand to Gadreel. As the two shake hands, when Dean suddenly removes the First Blade from his jacket and slashes it across Gadreel's chest. Prompting [[Sam]] and Castiel to jump on Dean and hold him back as he consumed by bloodlust.
===[[9.23 Do You Believe in Miracles?]]==
Sam and Castiel are trying to restrain Dean after he has attacked and slashed Gadreel. They lock him in the dungeon, Dean argues he is the only one who can kill Metatron, but Sam warns that the Mark of Cain is affecting him. Sam and Castiel leave, locking Dean inside.
Dean is throwing up blood. He manages to find the ingredients for a spell, and summons Crowley. Crowley informs Dean that the Mark of Cain will drive him to kill more and more - and that if he doesn't, he will die. Dean protests out that Cain was still alive, but Crowley points out that Cain was a demon, not a human and that human bodies aren't meant to contain that power. Dean asks Crowley to help him get the First Blade and escape.
After Metatron mortally wounds Dean, Crowley appears. He says that he didn't know the full extent of the Mark of Cain. It's important, he says, that Dean knows he never lies. He does say that he omitted to tell Dean that Cain also did not want to become the killer the Mark was making him - so he stabbed himself with the first blade. It didn't kill him thought because the Mark wouldn't let him die.
Crowley puts the Blade into Dean's hand. He tells Dean that he's feeling a new kind of life and tells him to open his eyes. he tells Dean he will now see what he sees, and feel what he feels.
After a moment, Dean opens his eyes, which are demonic black.
==Mark of Cain in Lore==
