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After tracking Balthazar down, Raphael and his soldiers appear looking for the Staff. Sam and Dean banish two of Raphael's soldiers with the [[Angel Banishing Sigil]] and Castiel kills one with an [[Angel Killing Sword]]. Raphael then appears behind Castiel and proceeds to attack him mercilessly (dismissing theories that Castiel is an archangel). Just as Raphael is about to kill Castiel, Balthazar appears and turns Raphael's [[Vessel]] into a pillar of salt using [[Lot's Salt]]. This destroys the [[Vessel]] and gives both Balthazar and Castiel a break from Raphael until he can find a new vessel. | After tracking Balthazar down, Raphael and his soldiers appear looking for the Staff. Sam and Dean banish two of Raphael's soldiers with the [[Angel Banishing Sigil]] and Castiel kills one with an [[Angel Killing Sword]]. Raphael then appears behind Castiel and proceeds to attack him mercilessly (dismissing theories that Castiel is an archangel). Just as Raphael is about to kill Castiel, Balthazar appears and turns Raphael's [[Vessel]] into a pillar of salt using [[Lot's Salt]]. This destroys the [[Vessel]] and gives both Balthazar and Castiel a break from Raphael until he can find a new vessel. | ||
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| + | Sam and Dean are given a key by [[Balthazar]] that opens a location containing Heaven's weapons and are transported to an alternate reality to protect them from Raphael, who has started to hunt them down. When the Winchesters are transported back, they are greeted by Raphael in a new female vessel. Balthazar then appears and tells Raphael that the key given to Sam and Dean was a decoy. [[Castiel]] also appears and threatens Raphael with his life if he doesn't back off. Raphael disappears. | ||
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Revision as of 11:13, 26 February 2011
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| Name | Raphael |
| Actor | Demore Barnes |
| Dates | Before Humanity - |
| Location | Heaven |
| Occupation | Archangel |
| Episode(s) | 4.18 The Monster At The End Of This Book (Not Seen) 4.22 Lucifer Rising (Not Seen) 5.03 Free To Be You And Me 6.03 The Third Man 6.15 The French Mistake |
Administering Last Rites to Father Gregory's spirit
Father Reynolds: I call upon the archangel Raphael, master of the air, to make open the way. Let the fire of the Holy Spirit now descend, that this being might be awakened to the world beyond.
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History
Raphael is one of four Archangels created by God. He was created after Michael and Lucifer but before Gabriel.
Rapahel is first referenced when Sam and Dean investigate a case where people claim angel's order them to kill. Father Reynolds while administering Last Rites to Father Gregory's spirit says "I call upon the archangel Raphael, master of the air, to make open the way. Let the fire of the Holy Spirit now descend, that this being might be awakened to the world beyond."[1]
He was assigned the task of protecting the Prophet Chuck Shurley. Raphael was known by Castiel to possess knowledge on God's coordinates. However, when confronted and trapped by Castiel and Dean, he denies knowing where God is, and speculates that he's dead.
Shortly after the breaking of The 66 Seals and Lucifer's release from the Cage, Raphael arrived on Earth inhabiting his Vessel, Donnie Finnerman. Although his arrival mainly concerned a demon related conflict near a Pump 'n Go gas station in Maine. After he finished with the demons he immediately abandoned his Vessel and ascended back to Heaven, which greatly damaged Donnie's body, leaving him in a catotonic-state.
While occupying The Host of Heaven, Raphael is summoned back to Earth by Castiel and Dean for God's current position via an Enochian Water Cup ritual. After being summoned, Raphael re-inhabits his former Vessel and gets enclosed within Holy Fire. After denying God's position, Castiel and Dean leave him in the circle of flames.
Following the re-imprisonment of Lucifer and imprisonment of Michael in the Cage, Raphael manages to escape from the circle and starts gathering God's Weapons so that Michael and Lucifer can escape the Cage, restarting the Apocalypse, giving Michael a final opportunity to kill Lucifer. Donnie Finnerman's body was destroyed by the effects of Lot's Salt which forced Raphael out of his Vessel, and he left in search of a new suitable Vessel.
Appearances
4.18 The Monster At The End Of This Book
Raphael appears while Chuck is in Lilith's presence, and the room begins to shake and Lilith flees.
4.22 Lucifer Rising
Rapahel appears in Chuck's presence and completely obliterates Castiel and his vessel after he rebels against Heaven by banishing Zachariah and sending Dean to stop Sam from killing Lilith.
5.03 Free To Be You And Me
Raphael possesses his Vessel, Donnie Finnerman, during a small riot with demons at a gas station called Pump 'n Go in Maine. The damaged caused by Raphael in his vessel to the station, affected many people there like Deputy Framingham . Donnie Finnerman the former vessel of Raphael, was left in a catatonic state after he abandoned him, and returned to Heaven. He later re-inhabits Donnie and confronts Castiel and Dean. They interrogate him as to where God is, while trapping him behind a wall of holy flame (made by igniting some Holy Oil that Castiel obtained from Jerusalem).
Raphael tells Dean and Castiel that God is dead, and that the heavenly hosts are tired of waiting and want to bring forth paradise on Earth. Castiel did not believe Raphael and questioned who was it then who resurrected him after he was destroyed by Raphael. Raphael asked Castiel has he considered that it could be Lucifer. After all, Lucifer needed all the rebellious angels that he could get his hands on. Raphael tells Dean that he has more of an imagination than Zachariah - This implies that Raphael is a more experienced interrogator/torturer. Castiel and Dean then leaves Raphael, but was warned not to leave him in that state. Raphael threatened to hunt down Castiel, to which he replied "Maybe one day. But today, you're my little bitch!".
6.03 The Third Man
Sam and Dean investigate three deaths of cops whose causes are strikingly similar to the Egyptian plagues. After Dean has summoned Castiel, they investigate a house until they find Aaron Birch, a boy with part of the Staff of Moses. Aaron claims that an angel (later turning out to be Balthazar) gave him the Staff of Moses in return for his soul. Castiel later tells Sam and Dean that the order in heaven has been thrown into chaos without God, with angels going rogue, celestial killings, and Balthazar stealing the Staff and other heavenly weapons. He also goes on to warn them that Raphael is back and trying to gain all of heaven's weapons so that he can release Lucifer and Michael, putting the apocalypse back on track. When asked why, Castiel simply calls Raphael a "tradionalist".
After tracking Balthazar down, Raphael and his soldiers appear looking for the Staff. Sam and Dean banish two of Raphael's soldiers with the Angel Banishing Sigil and Castiel kills one with an Angel Killing Sword. Raphael then appears behind Castiel and proceeds to attack him mercilessly (dismissing theories that Castiel is an archangel). Just as Raphael is about to kill Castiel, Balthazar appears and turns Raphael's Vessel into a pillar of salt using Lot's Salt. This destroys the Vessel and gives both Balthazar and Castiel a break from Raphael until he can find a new vessel.
6.15 The French Mistake
Sam and Dean are given a key by Balthazar that opens a location containing Heaven's weapons and are transported to an alternate reality to protect them from Raphael, who has started to hunt them down. When the Winchesters are transported back, they are greeted by Raphael in a new female vessel. Balthazar then appears and tells Raphael that the key given to Sam and Dean was a decoy. Castiel also appears and threatens Raphael with his life if he doesn't back off. Raphael disappears.
Characteristics
Powers and Abilities
Raphael can:
- Destroy other angels in his true form.
- Teleport himself and others to any location on Earth as long as the position isn't protected by Enochian Sigils.[2]
- Use telekinesis; his telekenetic power seems to surpass the telekinetic power of lesser angels. While bound to a Holy Fire circle, he effortlessly shatters a window with a mere thought.[2]
- Use terrakinesis to create earthquakes; he can create tremors in his true form and in a vessel.[3]
- Carry a human soul to heaven without actually killing the person.[2]
- Seemingly control electricity; while manifesting, he had intense electrical currents coming out of his vessel like wings folding against his back.[2]
- Create a ball of pure white that can destroy structures, and other beings like demons and humans can be affected by its sheer power. Deputy Framingham reports that after the explosion at the Pump 'n Go, he lost some of his hearing.[2]
- Easily overpower normal angels, such as Castiel.[4]
- Claim an angel's heart.[4]
Weaknesses
- The Colt can damage and harm Raphael, but it cannot kill him.
- Holy Fire can bind Raphael to a fixed location; if he were to step out of the circle, his Vessel would be destroyed.
- An Archangel Killing Blade can kill Raphael.
- Lot's Salt destroyed Raphael's Vessel (Donnie Finnerman) by turning his vessel into a pile of salt.
- Other Archangels can harm Raphael.
Notes
- For More Direct Info see the page Angel Lore
- It should also be noted that Raphael is the only remaining active Archangel.
- He is the only Archangel who never interacted with Lucifer while on Earth in a vessel.
Raphael in Lore
Lore portrays Raphael in a somewhat different fashion compared to his other in Supernatural Canon. His name means "God Heals". In multiple interpretations, including the Book of Enoch, Raphael was responsible for binding Azazel to a clear, deserted landscape. He was also mentioned in the Book of Tobit, although he was never mentioned in the Holy Bible. In the Tobit, Raphael healed Tobit of his blindness and delivered Tobit's daughter, Sarah, from Asmodeus. To Catholics, Raphael (venerated as Saint Raphael) is the patron saint of doctors, medical workers and travelers.
In Islam, Raphael is the Archangel who sounds the start of Judgment Day.
- Raphael on Wikipedia
