Dean Winchester

Vampire (cured)

Ghost (formerly)

Jefferson Starship (cured)

**Dean Matthew Winchester** (b. January 24, 1979) is a human and Hunter as well as a member of the Men of Letters with his younger brother Sam. He and his brother are members of the  Winchester and  Campbell families. Through his father, Dean is the older half-brother of Adam Milligan. He is the husband of Remi and the father of Emma, Cassie, Charlie, Jamie, and Robbie. The Brother-in-law of Alisha Turner. He is the uncle of Sandra and Matthew.

Dean is also the destined Vessel of the Archangel Michael. He is the oldest son of John and Mary Winchester. He and Sam are also the surrogate sons of the late Bobby Singer. Dean is best friends with the Angel Castiel, close friend to the late prophet Kevin Tran, and reluctant ally of Crowley. Dean has an ex-girlfriend, Lisa Braeden, who he lived with for a year when he thought Sam was in Hell. She has a child named Ben, who Dean acted as a father for during that year. Dean's biological child was an amazon named Emma. He is also the former apprentice of Alastair.

## Biography

Dean had feeling for his long time friend Remi Singer, though he tried to hide. They started dating after Remi was almost killed by angels. They break up later when Bobby Singer died and Remi uses her abilities on Dean and blames him.They don't officially get back together when Remi finds out Dean hooked up with an Amazon while she was gone but they start a friend with benefits even though they both have feelings for each other. Dean proposes to Remi before he gets trapped in Purgatory. Remi and Dean got back together and adjust to hunting with more people Sarah, Darcie, Adelita and Clarissa.

Both Dean and Sam were raised in the hunting life by their father, after the demon Azazel killed their mother. Dean's main role in the series is being the self-appointed guardian of Sam and often going to extreme lengths to protect him regardless of personal cost. Often in these occurrences Dean finds himself the center of a much larger picture.

When he was killed by Metatron whilst using the Mark of Cain, Dean returned as a demon and a Knight of Hell loyal only to himself. He had sex with his wife, Remi which lead to her being pregnant with their twins, Robbie and Cassie. He was then cured by his brother using purified blood. Eventually, the Mark was removed, but the price was that the Darkness has now been released into the world, something Dean tried to avoid. Dean and his brother soon met God who returned to help put an end to the danger to the world. During this time, Dean got through to God about not sacrificing himself and The Darkness about not destroying all of reality and helped them reconcile. As a reward, Dean was given back his mother and was able to return to his usual style of hunting with his family.

With his mother trapped in an alternate reality, Dean set out with Sam, Castiel and the Nephilim Jack to rescue Mary and reunite his family, a situation made more urgent by the upcoming invasion of an alternate reality Michael. Following the reunion of his family, Dean agreed to become the vessel for the alternate Michael in order to finish Lucifer once and for all. Aided by Michael, Dean faced Lucifer in battle and ultimately killed the rogue archangel and ended his long reign of terror. This victory was short-lived as Dean was to be betrayed by Michael who took full control of Dean and became loose upon the Main Universe in Dean's body, his one true vessel. Michael would use him for weeks before he left Dean's body on his own for unknown reasons.

In the days after, Dean struggled with re-adjusting to being himself again as he tried to help Sam on hunts. However, he regain his will and did better in hunting, as he and his family decided to go after Michael and defeat him. Dean also bonded with Jack after learning his declining health. During a confrontation with Michael, the Archangel retook control of Dean after revealing that he left to break his spirits and locked the hunter away in his subconscious. However, Dean manages to trap Michael within his own subconscious shortly thereafter, but is left worried for what will occur if the archangel escapes.

Following a hunt, Dean lost concentration over keeping Michael imprisoned but the latter instead escaped Dean's mind and took Rowena for an alternative vessel while inflicting revenge on Dean. However, Michael was then killed by Jack, saving the world from his influence and freeing Dean of his grasp.

## Psychical Appearance

Dean has green eyes, light freckles on his face and short-cropped Ivy-league hair that is brown. He is 6'1"-- making him shorter than his younger brother Sam—and muscular. Dean is noted to be "handsome" or even "pretty" by other characters constantly.

He usually wears a plaid shirt over a T-shirt, jeans, and boots, unless he has to wear a disguise in order to impersonate someone. Dean often wore his father's leather jacket. He also used to wear a watch and a silver ring. Dean has a hand-shaped burn scar on his left shoulder from where Castiel pulled him out of Hell. This mark has since disappeared from his body.

Dean also wore an amulet around his neck that resembled the head of a bull made of brass, attached to a black cord. This amulet was given to him by Sam as a Christmas gift when they were children.  Castiel attempts to use this amulet to find God, as its claimed power is to burn hot in God's presence. When Castiel is unsuccessful, he declares the amulet "useless," and Dean throws it away.

Dean got a tattoo on his chest of the anti-possession symbol to protect himself from demons.

Dean received the Mark of Cain, manifesting just below his elbow. The Mark was later removed. Dean later briefly possessed a pair of Black Eyes while he was a Demon. Since separating from Sam, his appearance has become more scruffy and unshaven; his hair has also grown out a bit.

Dean gains a pair of Angel's Wings due to his status as Apocalypse World Michael's current vessel. During the brief period of time Dean was in control while Michael powered him from within, Dean was able to display the wings and use them in battle against Lucifer. Once Michael took full control of Dean and teleported away from Sam and Jack, he changed from Dean's usual attire to that of a 1920's era suit and hat.

## Personality

Dean Winchester, from the moment of his debut, was shown to be an understanding, funny, mischievous, and, in contrast to his younger brother, a little immature. Dean's shown countless times to be good with kids and the ladies. At an early age, Dean was trained by his father, John Winchester, to hunt and kill creatures of the supernatural. However, unlike his brother Sam, he did not resent his father for having him "raised like a warrior". He seemed to prefer hunting the supernatural over any normal "apple pie" life, though it was revealed that when he was sixteen, he did in fact desire (or at least hope for) a normal life: he just couldn't leave Sam. This however did not last long, as later on - while still sixteen - following a werewolf hunt, he realized just how unique his life was. Later, following all that he has seen and done, Dean admits to Eliot Ness that he no longer wants to be a hunter and would give it up if he could.

He is known to use crude humor, use pop culture references, make sexual innuendos, and indulge in pornography. He has even stated once that he does enjoy anime and Japanese animated porn.

Dean typically avoids emotional intimacy, preferring to engage with women only as sexual partners. However, he has had a few long-term relationships over the years, with Cassie Robinson, Lisa Braeden, and Remi Singer. He was reluctant to defend himself against his Amazonian daughter and Sam ended up making the kill.

Dean values his family's safety over anything else, even going so far as to kill a demon and its human host in order to save Sam's life, as well as sacrificing his very soul and suffering in hell to resuscitate his brother.

Even though Dean keeps himself in excellent physical shape, he is known to have very bad eating habits. He is often shown enjoying greasy, fattening or otherwise unhealthy food, especially cheeseburgers and pie, and dismisses salads as "rabbit food."

Dean is terrified of flying and claims that is the reason why he drives everywhere.

Dean has also shown on several occasions that he is an avid fan of movies, particularly westerns, and was thrilled to be given a chance to go to the old west. He was also overjoyed when he met and was able to work with Eliot Ness.

Dean is typically ruthless and aggressive when he is hunting, a task which he approaches enthusiastically, making him the more merciless of the Winchester siblings. But in spite of that, he is capable of acknowledging whenever he's going too far, as seen with his interaction with Lenore and Gordon. He even sympathized with Elias Finch on his loss of his wife and his unfair punishment for her death.

He dislikes showing his emotions to monsters, and when facing beings like Abaddon or Azazel he acts threatening and determined. When facing the angels, even knowing what they could do to him, Dean is sarcastic, rude, and insulting, often referring to them as "dicks". The only being he was openly afraid of was Death; on the rare occasions that they met, Dean was nervous and cautious, and when Dean was angry or frustrated enough to talk back, he became visibly scared and backed off the moment Death appeared annoyed.

Despite these traits, Dean is very laid-back and well-disposed when not on the hunt, and he values the safety of his family and innocent civilians above all else, even his own life. Though on occasion he can be somewhat impulsive as well as arrogant, Dean is both extremely intelligent and competent. He is more likely to exhibit irrational behavior when his family is threatened.

Dean shows on multiple occasions a soft spot for children. He is very good with them, able to talk to them with ease, and he is always very sympathetic; this most likely stems from the fact he practically raised Sam when he was a child. Dean's affection extends to nearly all children, particularly young ones, although he also cares about teenagers. Dean is more willing to put his life in danger for children than he is for nearly anyone else. Dean's affection even extends to monster children, and despite his ruthless approach to hunting, he's usually unwilling to kill monster children unless he has a crucial need.

After his extraction from Hell by Castiel, Dean began exhibiting noticeable anxiety and experienced chronic, abominable nightmares of his experience there.

Dean has been shown to be hypocritical at times. He shows disgust and rage at Castiel for working with Crowley, despite the fact that he worked with Crowley in the past season and one of the first things he does. Despite stating "what's dead should stay dead," and consistently criticizing people who resurrect their loved ones, Dean has done everything in his power to resurrect Sam, Jack, and Mary.

Dean also drinks a lot of alcohol, especially during times of stress. This worsened when life was becoming too difficult for him to bear. Dean also fell into a period of depression. Following Bobby's death at the hands of Dick Roman, Dean developed a very strong, obsessive revenge streak in him and spent the entirety of the season hunting Dick down to kill him. As part of Bobby's last wishes he tried to let go of his anger and vengeance, and while in the end he succeeded in killing Dick, it was as part of the job and not for vengeance.

The constant life-or-death situations Dean was forced into while in Purgatory created an extreme change in him. While he was stuck there, he became emotionless and paranoid of the fear of getting attacked. He killed monsters of Purgatory with ease and was always fighting for his survival. When returned to Earth, his new outlook on life was clear. He became hardened, emotionless, and at times ruthless; his humor and puns were nonexistent when hunting. That changed with Castiel's return from Purgatory after which he started to show his light-hearted side again.

## Powers, Skills, and Abilities

* **Master Hunting Skills** - Trained by his father from early childhood, Dean possesses excellent combat and hunting abilities; he is established throughout the series as an extremely dangerous individual, and he is more than capable of taking a stand against even the most formidable of opponents, such as demons, vampires and leviathans.
* **Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant** - Dean is exceptionally skilled with martial arts, and knife fighting as well; he has subdued several human assailants with ease in multiple episodes and bested physically more powerful creatures, often unarmed or equipped with only a blade.
* **Master Marksman** - Dean is well-versed with multiple types of firearms and is an expert marksman, he seldom misses his intended target and can efficiently put down anything vulnerable to bullets. He is able to shoot right of left handed with the same level of dexterity and accuracy, although he prefers his right hand.
* **Master Swordsman** - Dean is highly skilled with knives and other bladed weapons. Dean has used a variety of knives on the show to successfully kill numerous counts of supernatural enemies. These include the Demon-Killing Knife, Angel Blades, machetes, and The First Blade.
* **Tactician** - Dean is also a proficient tracker and possesses prudent tactical skills. Highly resourceful, he frequently utilizes improvised weapons and explosive devices.

* **High Level Intelligence** - He possesses incredibly extensive knowledge of supernatural mythology, with Sam describing Dean as a genius in lore even better than both John and Sam himself, and has proven to be extremely sharp, analytical and capable of swiftly remembering seemingly little details and using them to accurately come into correct conclusions.
* **Leadership qualities** - Dean has shown on several occasions to be a natural leader, when operating in groups, he commonly takes command, unless the group includes someone who he himself sees as a leader, such as his father or Bobby.
* **Strategist** - Dean is also shown to be quite a capable strategist, able to come up with many quite clever, and unorthodox methods of defeating his more powerful opponents.
* **Electronics and Mechanical Expert** - An accomplished mechanic, he maintains his Impala in tip-top condition (and once rebuilt the vehicle entirely from being severely disfigured) and has maintained an intimate knowledge of automobiles and engines since childhood. He is also very talented at making electronic devices, most notably his EMF meter which he made using an old Walkman and an electromagnet powerful to wipe out an entire room full of computers in *Ghostfacers*.
* **Medical Knowledge -**Dean demonstrated medical knowledge when was able to tell that Michelle Tilghman's wounds were infected and was able to dig a bullet out of Sam's abdomen. Additionally, he knew that it was easier to find a vein when a person was lying on their back. He also had knowledge of barbiturates, since he used these sedative and sleep-inducing drugs to almost commit suicide.

* **Survival Expert** - Dean is also a highly capable survivalist, as he was able to survive a year in Purgatory with limited resources while continuously being hunted by monsters. He showed this side again while he and Sam were trapped in The Bad Place.

* **Master of Torture** - Due to his time spent in Hell as Alastair's "student," Dean has an in-depth knowledge of torture, able to inflict the maximum amount of pain and agony on a victim while keeping them alive as long as possible and is also capable of using psychological warfare to more effectively torture strong targets. Even Belphegor, another torturer of Hell, was deeply impressed and admired Dean's skills in torturing the souls in Hell.

* **High Pain Tolerance** - Dean has a tremendous pain tolerance. Dean was able to withstand 30 years of torture at the hands of Alastair before breaking.

* **Indomitable Will** - Dean's will is enormously strong

* **Cooking** - Dean is an adept cook. He makes burgers and they are apparently (according to Sam) delicious. Death also has shown to be a fan of Dean's cooking.

* **Expert Pool Player** - Due to a lifetime of hustling, Dean has become an expert pool player, something required for hustling to survive.

* **Fairy Awareness** - Having been abducted to Avalon, Dean can since perceive fairies that may appear invisible or just like normal humans on Earth.

* **Link to The Darkness** - Due to being responsible for unleashing the Darkness, Dean developed the ability to sense her, but also the inability to kill her. The Darkness claims they are "bound" to each other. The Darkness also granted Dean immunity to her fog.

* **Exorcism** - Over time, Dean has gotten somewhat proficient at performing exorcisms on demons. However, he is not as proficient as Sam and usually leaves exorcising demons up to his brother.
* **Archangel Containment**-As a descendant of Cain and Abel, and the true vessel of the Archangel Michael, Dean can contain Michael's essence without deterioration or damage. While the Main Reality Michael never occupied Dean's body the one from the Alternate Reality later did. Dean was later able to keep the Alternate Michael imprisoned within his own subconscious with consistent concentration.

### Mark of Cain

* **Super Strength** - When under the influence of the Mark of Cain or using its powers, Dean displayed superhuman strength at times.
* **Super Stamina** - Dean was able to go without sleep and food for several days with no ill effects.
* **Immunity** - While battling Abaddon, Dean was able to resist her powers with great concentration. After recovering the First Blade, Dean became completely immune to her powers. The Mark of Cain later rendered him immune to the spell Rowena tried to use to kill him.
* **Telekinesis** - On two occasions, Dean displayed a telekinetic control of the First Blade.
* **Self-Resurrection** - Due to the nature of the Mark, Dean would be resurrected as a demon and a Knight of Hell when he died.
* **Precognition** - The Mark gives Dean visions of his coming slaughter of a group of human criminals in the form of a nightmare.
* **Uncontrollable Bloodlust** - The Mark would at times cause uncontrollable rage and bloodlust in Dean.
* **Wielding the First Blade** - With the Mark of Cain, Dean had the ability to power and wield the First Blade, enabling him to kill beings that normal weapons couldn't kill such as Abaddon and Cain.

### Demonic

* **Possession** - Dean was resurrected as a demon in his own body, but it is likely that he had the ability to leave his own body, and possess the bodies of others, and take control of them.
* **Immunity** - Dean, as a Knight of Hell and the bearer of the Mark of Cain is much more resilient than most demons. While vulnerable to holy water, he was shown to recover quickly from it. He also retains his demon mannerisms for a longer period of time while being cured than other demons. He also became immune to a Devil's Trap briefly due to his humanity being restored.
* **Super Senses/Astral Perception** - As a demon, Dean's senses were heightened and expanded. He was able to detect when other demons were nearby.
* **Super Strength** - As a Knight of Hell, Dean is significantly stronger than common demons: he was able to easily shove Crowley, the King of Hell, to the ground and quickly overpower Cole during their fight after toying with him. He was also easily able to overpower lower demons. However, Castiel was able to restrain him, albeit while Dean was being cured and was in the process of having his humanity restored.
* **Immortality** - Unless he transfers the mark to someone else, and is killed by The First Blade, Dean will never die by neither natural nor superficial means. It is highly implied that he cannot kill himself with the blade, as it had no effect on him when he slit open his hand.
* **Regeneration** - After being reborn, Dean's wounds, including the stab wound from an angel blade, were completely healed. Dean also healed near-instantly from a knife cut to the face, and a cut from the First Blade that he made in his hand healed within seconds.
* **Self-Resurrection** - As a Knight of Hell, since he is the host of the Mark of Cain, he cannot die, not even by the best of Death's efforts
* **Invulnerability** - Knights of Hell are little affected by damage dealt to their hosts, even injuries as severe as being stabbed, gunshot wounds, decapitation, and dismemberment.
* **Super Stamina** - Demons do not require food, water, or sleep to maintain themselves. Dean, as a demon, can consume vast amounts of alcohol without dying and very little effect. He was also unaffected by tear gas.
* **Electromagnetic Interference** - Dean's presence caused interference in a gas station's security cameras.
* **Uncontrollable Bloodlust** - While Dean had the Mark of Cain, even in human form, his bloodlust was very high as slaughtering people provided him with mental and emotional satisfaction.
* **Wielding the First Blade** - As the bearer of the Mark of Cain, Dean was able to wield the First Blade against all types of enemies who would otherwise be invulnerable to harm such as other Knights of Hell.

### Angelic

* **Teleportation** - Michael's presence gave Dean the power to teleport from the Men of Letters bunkerto the church where Lucifer was located.
* **Localization** - Michael's presence allowed Dean to sense the location of Sam, Jack and Lucifer.
* **Astral Projection** - While confronting Lucifer, Dean was able to display Michael's wings.
* **Super Strength** - Michael's presence granted Dean great enough strength to knock Lucifer, a super-charged archangel, across a church with great force with just a kick, grapple with him evenly and stagger and harm him with his punches.
* **Flight** - Michael's presence granted Dean the power to levitate in mid-air and fly which Dean was able to use to fight Lucifer in the air.
* **Invulnerability** - Michael's presence granted Dean enough durability that he was able to take blows from the super charged Lucifer that flung him with great force without suffering injury despite the blows normally being fatal. However, he suffered some injury from close range punches though they didn't cause him serious injury. He also survived an attempted smiting by Lucifer completely unharmed.
* **Regeneration** - After mortally wounding Lucifer and falling to the ground, all of Dean's injuries from his fight with Lucifer instantly healed.
* **Archangel Blade Wielding** - Michael's presence granted Dean the power to wield an archangel blade against Lucifer to the point of killing him despite the fact that the blade can only be used to kill an archangel by another archangel.

## Weakness

### Human

* **Teleportation** - Whenever a being teleports Dean to a place, he feels a stomachache. When Castielteleported him, he couldn't poop for a week and when God apported Dean he felt a stomachache.

* **Mortality** - Since Dean is a human, he is vulnerable to diseases and any form of physical harm and has a limited life span. It is because that he is a mortal that Dean struggles against supernatural creatures in hand-to-hand combat, with the likes of Alastair, Lucifer, Michael, Castiel, and God proving able to easily defeat Dean, and cannot resist their powers.
* **Magic** - Dean is susceptible to the influences of magic and witchcraft.

### Demonic

* **Devil's Trap** - Dean could be trapped by a devil's trap and supernatural handcuffs.
* **Holy water** - Contacting with holy water caused pain to Dean.
* **Purified blood** - Purified blood caused great pain to Dean.
* **Demon Curing Ritual** - He could be cured by the ritual.
* **Angels** - An angel was able restrain Dean.
* **The First Blade** - The First Blade was the only known weapon that could kill Dean.

## Etymology

Dean -  Transferred use of the surname taken from various place-names composed of the Old English denu (valley). It originally was descriptive of one who lived in or near a valley.

Matthew - A derivative of the Ecclesiastic Late Latin Matthaeus and the Ecclesiastic Greek Matthaios and Matthias, contractions of Mattathias. The name has its root in the Hebrew Matityah, which is derived from mattīthyāh (gift of God)

Winchester - English: habitational name from the city in Hampshire, so named from the addition of Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled city’ (Latin castra ‘legionary camp’) to the Romano-British name Venta, of disputed origin