Leviathans

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> Well, consensus is they're, um, they're like shapeshifters only a lot more into eating folk. And nothing can kill 'em.
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> Bobby Singer on the **leviathans**, *The Girl Next Door*

The **Leviathans**, also called **Leviathan**, **The Old Ones**, **Chompers**, or **Levis** for short, are a race of ancient, supreme monsters that served as God's very first beasts. Thus, they predate angels, demons, humans, Hell, and the soul itself. The creatures proved to be too hungry and destructive, so God created Purgatory and had the first and most powerful archangel Michael weaken them all and lock them all in Purgatory for billions of years. They were inadvertently released when Castiel opened Purgatory and absorbed all the souls inside in order to defeat the archangel Raphael.

Upon their release, the Leviathans attempted to conquer America and place themselves as the new dominant species on the planet, subsequently harvesting the human race as their primary and abundant food source while eliminating all other competitors and threats to their food.

This attempt to subjugate mankind was thwarted through the combined efforts of hunters, angels, demons and even monsters but was ultimately stopped by Dean Winchester and Castiel after they managed to defeat the Leviathans leader and architect of their plan: Dick Roman. According to Crowley, the Leviathans themselves disbanded after Dick's death and are scattered but their actual fate is unclear.

At least some Leviathans remain in Purgatory where they hunted Dean and Castiel following their getting trapped in the realm. The two later returned to seek a Leviathan Blossom and briefly came up against Leviathans working for a vengeful Eve.

## History

> Long before God created angel, Hell, souls, and Mankind, he made the very first beasts -- the Leviathans. extremely powerful, clever, and destructive beasts of endless hunger, and they were supreme monsters of the sea. They were always hungry and would eat anything in their path, including each other, I personally found them entertaining, but God found them too hungry, ferocious, and destructive and was concerned they'd chomp the entire petri dish, so he created Purgatory and then ordered his first and strongest son, the archangel Michael to lock them away in Purgatory, but Michael wanted to destroy them all, but God thought they would be useful for unknown reasons, possibly to keep other monsters contained and in line in Purgatory. Michael effortlessly banished them and locked them all away where they have been trapped for billions of years, which Michael effortlessly and instantly locked them away and casted a very powerful spell where they would all be trapped inside forever which would be completely impossible for them to get out on their own. Why do you think God created Purgatory and had Michael lock them away?... To keep those clever, ravenous, and poisonous things out for all eternity. Leviathans may be savage, ferocious and ravenous beasts, but they are extraordinarily intelligent, efficient, and relentless. Without the Archangels, the Leviathans will conquer the Earth, enslave the entire human race for a steady food supply, all seven billion humans will be nothing more then food, and they will destroy anything and everything that may pose a threat. Leviathans greatly fear the Archangels, they are absolutely terrified of them, knowing that they are next to God in power and capabilities. Archangels are infinitely much different than angels. They are ancient primordial beings of infinite power that together could kill God himself. Angels are subatomic particles compared to archangels. Leviathans can instantly kill angels. But, Archangels are much older and immeasurably stronger than all Leviathans, and they can effortlessly annihilate them all in an instant. Archangels could instantly destroy the Leviathans. However, Lucifer and Michael are locked in the cage, and Raphael and Gabriel are both dead. Leaving half of the Archangels extinct and the other half inactive and trapped. The Leviathans can effortlessly kill Angels, monsters, and demons in an instant. They pose a threat to all of creation, Without the Archangels, the angels stand no chance and your home will be taking over by black goo and those infinitely hungry, dark creatures will eat the entire human race and the whole planet will be in their bellies. God is nowhere to be found and he is certainly not going to help. I could help but I don't interfere in Mankind's problems or the universes problems for that matter. So good luck. Do your best not to get eaten.
>
> Death on the Leviathans, *Meet the New Boss*

### Early History

These Leviathans were among God's earliest creations, predating angels and humans. God created the Leviathans shortly after the creation of the universe, and long before Earth, Hell, angels, hellhounds, deities, souls, demons, and humans. Making them one of God's earliest creations. Death noted that the universe was in primitive form when God created the Leviathans, and stated that they are only around 3 or 4 billion years younger than the universe, making them around 10 billion years old. Only God, the Darkness, Death, the Empty and Archangels predate the Leviathans and the Big Bang. Death says he "personally found them entertaining", but God worried the beasts would, as Death put it, "chomp the entire petri dish" as they proved to be too hungry and destructive. Because of that, God created Purgatory to eternally trap them inside and Michael locked away the Leviathans in Purgatory for billions of years - which Death reveals as being specifically created to contain Leviathans. It happened very shortly after their creation. It is unknown what was God's intended purpose of creating the Leviathans. However, it is implied that he may have created them to be supreme monsters of the Sea. God later noted that he just wanted to create other "cool things". In addition, after Michael locked the Leviathans away, God devised a means of killing the Leviathans should they ever escape Purgatory. He also ordered Michael to destroy them if they ever escape. Michael them created and casted a very powerful spell where they would have absolutely no way of escaping Purgatory. When he had the Word of God tablets created, God made one for the Leviathans in case they ever escaped, putting instructions for the weapon on the tablet as well as a warning about them. The most powerful Leviathan ended up as their leader and was the only one they ever had since the beginning of time according to Crowley, a dependency that was another weakness of theirs as without their leader, the Leviathans would be left without direction and lose all sense of cohesion.

### Season 7

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When Castiel cracked open Purgatory and imbibed the souls found in there, he also unknowingly absorbed the Leviathans. After some time, they began manifesting in him and ordered him to let them out.

Due to their uncontainable power, Castiel's vessel began deteriorating, until he could no longer hold it together. Coming to Sam and Dean for help, he, with the help of Dean and Bobby, opened the door to Purgatory again and hurled the souls back in. Shortly after Castiel had got rid of the souls and his body was repaired, he realized the Leviathans were still inside him. Unable to hold up against them, he finally succumbed and the Leviathans surfaced, telling Dean that Castiel was now "gone". Relishing their newfound freedom, they inform Dean that now they are going to have fun.

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However, they are soon forced to leave Castiel's body due to the vessel being unable to handle them. So, using Castiel, they head to a water reservoir and, using the water, spread to the population, taking new vessels, thus possessing multiple people. They then break into two distinct groups; those who can control their hunger and proceed to observe the human world and those who act carelessly in their feeding and thus draw attention.

Two Leviathans meet in a park to discuss the current situation. The Leviathan possessing Edgar reveals to the Leviathan in the girl's body that he is here because the leader heard about the careless feeding of some of the others and is angry that it has drawn human attention. He tells her to get the Leviathan in the area in line because their leader "hates bad news".

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They realize they can't leave Sam, Dean, and Bobby alone, and decide to get rid of them. This leads to Edgar burning Bobby's house down and attacking Sam and Dean. Sam and Dean manage to get away and Leviathan set their feelers out. They begin tracking the Winchesters, flagging their credit cards. Chet manages to catch up with Sam and Dean but is stunned by Don Stark. Sam and Dean put the body in the Impala.

Later, two Leviathans impersonate Sam and Dean and go on a bloody rampage; turning the brothers into public enemies and to draw them out of hiding. Thanks to Bobby discovering the Leviathans' weakness to Borax, they are able to deal with their doppelgangers and again convince the world they are dead. The Leviathan disguised as an FBI agent comes to collect the bodies, but the sheriff lies to them. The Leviathan returns later and eats the Sheriff and his daughter.

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Elsewhere Crowley meets with the leader of the Leviathans who is impersonating businessman Dick Roman. Crowley attempts to secure an alliance with the Leviathan but Roman sees through Crowley and tells him he would rather "*swim through hot garbage than shake hands with a bottom feeding mutation like you.*" The creature explains that it sees demons as lesser than humans, whose only use is a food supply. Roman tells Crowley that, *"You demon's are ugly, lazy, filthy, gold-digging whores. Your disgusting, sleazy, cowardly, little infernal defecations and if I didn't have things better to do. I would actively eradicate you and your entire kind off the face of the universe, and you'd deserve it.*" Roman tells Crowley not to bother him again and warns him that, if not currently occupied with other matters, the Leviathan would wipe all demons out in a heartbeat.

It is later revealed that the Leviathans are lacing hamburgers sold at restaurants with a chemical that turns humans into complacent, overweight drones, ready for the slaughter. Dick Roman, however, shuts down this project when a small number of humans are turned into cannibalistic creatures.

Later, while investigating cursed objects in Portland Oregon, Dean and Sam discover that Leviathan realtor Joyce and her assistant George, are acquiring properties from local owners, and killing those who refuse to sell. In the confrontation that follows, Sam and Dean decapitate Joyce with help from George who plans to eat her in order to kill her. Afterwards, George reveals that the Leviathans are planning on building a research facility, in order to find a cure for cancer. "We're only here to help".

The ghost of Bobby later reveals to Sam and Dean that the Leviathan aren't here to hunt humans but to harvest them as cattle - hence explaining their desire to "cure" humans of diseases. Sam and Dean enlist the help of hacker Charlie Bradbury to infiltrate Dick Roman's headquarters, and they are able to intercept a package which turns out to be a stone tablet.

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When Dean cracked the stone containing the tablet the Winchesters stole from Dick Roman, Kevin Tran was awakened as a prophet of the lord. Sam and Dean enlist Kevin to decipher the tablet, which is revealed to be one of the Word of God tablets, and an "emergency note" concerning the Leviathan. It states that the Leviathan can be killed with the Bone Of Righteous Mortal Washed In the Three Bloods of Fallen. Castiel provides some of his blood, as he is a fallen angel. Dick Roman discovers the identity of the prophet Kevin Tran and that he has the power to read the Word of God. He orders Edgar to capture the prophet, which he does by posing as a detective and questioning Kevin's mother. As chance would have it, two angels deliver Kevin to his mother and directly into Edgar's hands. Edgar easily kills the angels and takes Kevin, proving that his kin is stronger than the latter.

The Leviathan purchase SucroCorp and begin lacing the high fructose corn syrup additives in processed foods with their DNA-altering chemicals. The Leviathans are able to quickly spread the additive and humanity starts to become mindless just as they originally planned. Dick also does a series of interviews promoting himself and his plans with SucroCorp.

After capturing Kevin Tran, and reading the tablet translation, Dick Roman sends Edgar to kill the Alpha Vampire and get his blood. Edgar travels to the Alpha's hideaway and the two discuss the Leviathan and vampire relationship. The Alpha worries about the death of other vampires, especially after Sam and Dean told him that the Leviathans are purposefully making the food poisonous to them. Edgar states "mankind is a limited resource" and reveals the Leviathans intent to wipe out any other monster with a taste for human flesh. However, Sam and Dean break in and Sam decapitates Edgar. Edgar's visit has the opposite intended effect: now knowing that the Leviathans have betrayed him and owing Sam and Dean his life, the Alpha gives them the blood they need without a fight.

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In the Season 7 finale *Survival of the Fittest*, the Leviathans expand their plans to not only fatten and harvest the human population but to also exterminate those humans with undesirable qualities (people who are too thin, vertically challenged, too smart, or have haemophilia). They intend to do this through a dairy cream engineered to kill only people with low body mass. However, these plans are foiled when Dean and Sam Winchester break into SucroCorp, and Dean stabs Dick Roman with their weapon, killing the Leviathan leader, though Dean and Castiel are transported to Purgatory in the process.

After the death of their leader, the Leviathans are left confused and disorganized which, according to Crowley, is because Dick is the only leader they ever had from creation. With Dick dead, the Leviathans are little more than ordinary monsters. Crowley informs Sam that they have to keep them from reorganizing and that he has an army of demons outside SucroCorp ready to dispatch all the remaining Leviathans inside. As Crowley puts it, they've become "just another monster" that's hard - but not impossible - to kill.

### Season 8

In the Season 8 premiere *We Need To Talk About Kevin*, Dean proves to Sam that he is not a Leviathan among the other tests he performs and does the same to Sam. Later, after finding Kevin Tran and he shoots them with a squirt gun, Dean appears to assume it is Borax as he informs him as well that they are not Leviathans. All the Leviathans influence appears to be gone by this time one year later as people are no longer dumbed-down as they were before the assault on SucroCorp and Sam and Dean eat regular food without apparent worry or mention of the food additive.

In *What's Up, Tiger Mommy?*, Castiel reveals that he abandoned Dean in Purgatory as he feared that the more powerful monsters there, including the Leviathans that are still in Purgatory, would come after him and he didn't think Dean was safe. However, Dean doesn't care that the Leviathans may be after Castiel and convinces Castiel to work with him and Benny to get out.

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In *Blood Brother*, while arguing with Dean and Benny, Castiel senses Leviathans nearby and the three run, but are attacked by two Leviathans. Dean decapitates one, but the other gets the drop on Castiel and nearly kills him before Benny decapitates it.

In *A Little Slice of Kevin*, Castiel reveals that the last thing he remembers in Purgatory before mysteriously escaping is Leviathans chasing him. In a flashback, as Dean and Castiel head for the portal out, two Leviathans appear and attack them. The Leviathans knock Dean down and fight Castiel, preventing him from using his powers on them. They overpower him, but Dean decapitates one from behind as its distracted and then decapitates the other one as Castiel holds its head in place.

In *Pac-Man Fever,* it is briefly suggested that a Leviathan was responsible for a djinn's murders, implying that there could be some Leviathans still on earth.

### Season 10

In *The Werther Project*, Dean has a hallucination that he is in Purgatory once again under the influence of the Werther Box. A Leviathan attacks him, but before it can kill him, it is decapitated from behind by Benny.

### Season 11

In *Alpha and Omega*, Sam confronts British Men of Letters member Lady Toni Bevell, who cites Leviathans among other things as a reason to stop him.

### Season 13

In *The Big Empty*, the Shadow shows Castiel a vision of his attempt to send the Leviathans back to Purgatory and them killing him and escaping into the water.

### Season 14

In *Moriah*, God mentions how Sam and Dean had fought the Leviathans.

### Season 15

In *Atomic Monsters*, God tries to comment on how cool the Leviathans were to an unimpressed Becky Rosen.

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In *The Trap*, a Leviathan attempts to ambush Dean and Castiel in Purgatory only to be thrown into a tree by Castiel with telekinesis. The two reveal that they knew that the Leviathan was following them and were waiting for him to make his move. Dean tells the Leviathan that they are looking for a flower, causing the creature to sarcastically respond that he's not a florist. Dean threatens to shoot the Leviathan with the borax-filled shells in his shotgun, causing the Leviathan to admit that there's a blossom that grows out of the soil when a Leviathan dies. However, the body has to rot and it can take months. The Leviathan offers to lead the two to a place where such a blossom grows. Dean asks if the Leviathan knows Benny Lafitte and he admits that he's heard of him. The Leviathan reveals that Benny is long-since dead, ripped apart by his own kind.

The Leviathan leads Dean and Castiel to a field containing rotting Leviathan corpses and Leviathan Blossoms, but Castiel falls into an angel trap. The Leviathan reveals that Eve wants revenge upon them for killing her, killing the Alphas and for Castiel absorbing all of the souls of Purgatory. Two Leviathans ambush Dean who takes one down with a borax shell, but he is overpowered and knocked out by the other one. When he wakes up, both Castiel and the Leviathans are gone as well as the Leviathan Blossoms.

With only a few minutes until the rift closes, Dean finds Castiel who explains that he gave himself up in exchange for the Leviathans leaving Dean alone. As they were taking him to Eve, Castiel fought back when he saw a chance to grab a Leviathan Blossom and managed to escape, though the Leviathans are still after him. The two are able to escape through the rift without further incident, leaving the pursuing Leviathans behind in Purgatory.

## Characteristics

> Leviathans are cool. What? They're all teeth! (...) Like, they don't even have lips, they're just, like, teeth-faced!
>
> God to Becky Rosen, *Atomic Monsters*

According to Death, the Leviathans were the first beasts created by God. Death describes them as "*clever*" and "*poisonous*". He also says he personally found them "*entertaining*". The Leviathan were known for their power and ravenous hunger and their purpose of satiating it by finding and taking sustainable food sources. Because of this, God was worried they might "*chomp the entire petri dish.*" and locked them in Purgatory.

Based on remarks made by both Edgar and the Alpha Vampire, Leviathans are just as old as Eve and are related to her in some way. This is supported by the Alpha's claims that the vampires, who are Eve's children, originate from Leviathans - to which Edgar responds, "barely". Furthermore, when the Alpha points out that he is a son of Eve, Edgar replies that he knew Eve and that she was a "mutt", implying that Eve may be a Leviathan hybrid or mutation. Edgar, however, expressed scorn to both Eve, whom he claimed to know and described as a whore and her monster creations. Leviathans despise all other species and enjoy flaunting their superiority over their enemies.

In general, Leviathans regard humans as little more than cattle and food. They also consider seven billion to be a limited resource demonstrating the masses they intend to consume. They do, however, have some respect for certain individuals, such as Charlie Bradbury and Kevin, who possess a certain "spark" that the Leviathans are unable to copy. Their leader seems to admire these individuals for their ingenuity and progress, as well as their history of warfare and violence. Despite this, even Dick views this as "cute" and considers them all as food. Leviathans also consider demons to be lower than humans and garbage and would kill them all simply on principle if they weren't preoccupied with other things to do. They also hate the monster races sired by Eve, viewing them as competitors who are using up their food supply, to the extent where they genetically engineer their human complacency drug so that it poisons every monster as a side effect. Leviathans are also cannibalistic, eating other Leviathans for their failures (or just being annoyances).

Their leader is known for his cruel punishment, known as "bibbing," in which he forces a Leviathan that failed him to eat itself. In general, Leviathans believe every other species to be inferior to them and consider themselves invincible, believing it impossible for humans, demons or angels to kill them. Because they are able to kill practically all other species, they consider themselves the top of the food chain and fear nothing but their superiors.

Though chaotic, it is established that Leviathans have some sort of hierarchy, with several of them taking orders from their leader, Dick Roman. Under Roman's command, there are head Leviathans, like Edgar and Joyce, who in turn have authority over other Leviathans. Dick Roman orders several Leviathans to hunt down those in their group who have been feeding indiscriminately and to deal with the Winchesters and their allies. Their hierarchy seems to operate entirely through strength and fear, as Dick talks about clawing his way to the top, and George doesn't even attempt to challenge his superior on his own and fears her greatly. In general, the Leviathans in authority have an easy time keeping the rest of them under control.

They show no real loyalty for each other and will betray their superiors if it is in their best interests and obey their superiors out of fear rather than loyalty. George disobeyed and even turned against his superior, Joyce, in *Out With The Old*. Only Dick Roman himself seems to command absolute respect and loyalty from the Leviathans' species as a whole and is feared by all of his subordinates (as he bibs or eats any who disobey or fail him). However, with Dick dead, the Leviathans' hierarchy is destroyed as they have no one to turn to since, as Crowley points out, they have only ever had one leader. Without Dick, the Leviathans resort to acting like regular monsters, although Crowley warns Sam that the remaining Leviathans may try to regroup unless Sam and other hunters prevent them from doing so.

On Earth, they take a very large serpent-like shape underwater. Once within a vessel, Leviathans are able to shape-shift without taking a new one (provided they can acquire DNA). They seem to be able to change their hosts' biological structure, as they replace the vessels' blood with their black goo. While in a host, they can dislocate the jaw and reveal a mouth full of large teeth and a forked tongue. While they can devour almost anything, they seem to prefer humans to all others. They can also have particular tastes. For example, Chet liked to eat his victims with melted cheese sauce as "everything tastes better with cheese." Dick Roman sometimes had his meals barbecued. Leviathans are also capable of eating human food, such as hamburgers and salads, but they find it disgusting. At least some of them enjoy the taste of other Leviathans, as, before consuming his subordinate, Dick questioned "Why would I waste a perfectly good meal?"

As seen in *Blood Brother*, their true form in Purgatory, as perceived by humans, looks like a ball of black goo, much like the substance of their injured vessels on Earth. In this form, they have incredible mobility, as they have shown the capability to fly and land anywhere with a noticeable force, before taking humanoid form. Although this form still possesses the powerful jaws, the leviathans may choose when to reveal them. It should be noted that this may only be how they can manifest in front of human-like entities, like angels manifesting in vessels in front of humans, as they were originally created long before humans. Their original form has never been described before they were locked in Purgatory.

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In *The Trap*, its revealed that a Leviathan can be permanently killed in Purgatory, though the exact method is unknown. When they die and their corpses rot, a Leviathan Blossom forms in the soil around their rotting remains, though it can take months to completely form. The rotting corpses that are shown have the form of a humanoid skeleton with the dead Leviathan's teeth emerging from its skull in the same manner that they would if a Leviathan was about to consume something.

## Powers and Abilities

> You know, Leviathan can kill ordinary angels. That's the reason why God created Purgatory and had Michael locked them in Purgatory. They're the piranha that would eat the whole aquarium. Leviathans are very old, very ancient beasts, the superman of monsters. They are among the most dangerous creatures in all of creation. Without God and the archangels. The Leviathans are virtually unstoppable.
>
> **Castiel**, *Reading Is Fundamental*

As some of God's earliest creations, Leviathans are extremely powerful beasts, stronger than most other creatures, and able to kill and/or eat almost everything else, except Primordial Entities such as God, Death, the Darkness, The Shadow, and Archangels. It is notable that despite the Leviathans' status as much older than angels and their ability to kill common angels with extreme ease, Leviathans have yet to show any form of magical or psychic abilities besides flight when in Purgatory, and dampening angels' powers. Leviathans are also capable of wiping out all demons in an instant, as claimed by Dick Roman—a claim that forced the demon Crowley to flee and organize his demons against the beasts by allying with the Winchesters a second time. Even the angels are powerless against Leviathans as Castiel stated that his entire garrison had been killed by the beasts. This makes them rather unique as they are able to defeat creatures who possess far more abilities than they do. Before the Leviathan threat could be ended, it took the hunters, angels, demons and even other monsters to forge loose alliances with each other and combine their efforts.

* **Super Senses** - Leviathans have far superior senses compared to humans. Edgar, for example, was able to tell that a small puddle of blood had come from Dean. They also have a very accurate sense of temperature, as Dick Roman was able to detect that a temperature drop was exactly at 10 degrees. Despite this, they are unable to see certain entities such as ghosts, but they can sense angels and demons.
* **Flight** - In their true form in Purgatory, Leviathans have shown the ability to fly and land anywhere with extreme speed and force. In this state, they appear as meteors composed of a thick, black ooze.
* **Invulnerability** - The only way for a hunter to kill a Leviathan is with a Bone Of Righteous Mortal Washed In the Three Bloods of Fallen. While use of witchcraft, Borax, decapitation or extreme physical force can disable and weaken them temporarily, they will recover from the damage in a matter of seconds to hours, depending on the extent of damage. Edgar recovered unharmed after a car was dropped on him and Chet showed no pain when connected up to a car battery or injected with acid. More powerful Leviathans such as Dick and Edgar are less susceptible to Borax damage and can regenerate their wounds even quicker than others of their kind. Besides these methods, they are virtually indestructible. Only God, Death, The Darkness, The Shadow, Jack Kline, and Archangels can kill them.
* **Immortality** - Being creatures much older than humans, souls and angels, the Leviathans are immortal, in a variety of senses, in that by having an ageless lifespan, meaning they simply do not age, and can not be killed by but one mean, devised by God himself. Death reveals that the Leviathans were one of God's earliest creations, being before angels, demons, souls and humans. Leviathan are immune to literally every angelic and demonic weakness, and as stated above, can only be killed by that one way devised by God.
* **Possession** - Much like demons, Leviathan can take over a human host's body and mind by a touch, though unlike demons the process alters the host biologically and appears permanent. Many of them can possess a single host at once, as demonstrated with Castiel (though this proved to be unstable). While in Castiel's soul empowered body they were able to briefly gain control over his vessel and slaughter a large number of people at a campaign office. Not only can they possess an already occupied vessel, but they can eradicate the creature that is possessing the host they are invading, as shown when they kill Castiel and gain control over his vessel.
* **Angelic Power Negation** - Leviathans are able to block an angel's powers through their physical presence. Edgar was capable of negating an attempted counterattack by an angel, shortly before killing the angel. This ability also extends to Seraphs as while in Purgatory, Castiel was unable to teleport in the presence of Leviathan because they were too close and were preventing him from using his abilities. However, Leviathans cannot negate an archangels powers as an archangel can effortlessly kill the Leviathan. However, he was earlier able to teleport into the presence of Dick Roman and other Leviathans while on Earth when they did not expect him and the two angels Edgar killed teleported into his presence while he was concealed. This indicates that the Leviathans have to consciously block angelic power for it to work. However, while sneaking up on Dean and Castiel one was tossed aside by Castiel with telekinesis, possibly also suggesting that only higher ranking Leviathans could do this.
* **Regeneration** - Leviathan can heal from virtually every form of injury. Edgar was able to recover without a scratch after being crushed by a car and both Edgar and Susan healed completely after being shot in the head at point blank range. They can even survive decapitation and dismemberment and will reattach their heads to their bodies after a short time (though they will be inactive until they reassemble). Even while they can be pushed back by seraphs and ghosts, they can endure almost any hit without receiving damage. They are also able to regenerate from the damage inflicted by borax and high ranking Leviathan such as Dick or Edgar can heal from such damage instantly.
* **Shapeshifting** - Through physical contact with just one strand of DNA, Leviathan can instantaneously shapeshift their vessel into that person's form, transforming into the person they are in contact with. They can also use hair instead of physical contact to assume a person's identity. Soon after changing, they commonly eat the original person. They are also able to take on the memories of not only those they possess but those they shapeshift into, allowing them to access their form's memories and skills (even complex ones such as severing vocal cords). The leviathan mimicking Sam also absorbed all his memories from his time in Lucifer's cage but unlike Sam, his psyche was not phased and he found it simply irritating. Unlike most other shapeshifters, they have the ability to mimic a human's specific clothing as well, making it even easier to impersonate people. They can also shapeshift into creatures of a different species such as vampires. However, it would seem they cannot copy Prophets as Dick Roman kept Kevin Tran alive to decode the Word of God rather than simply copying him and absorbing his memories. They are sometimes unable to copy a person's skills to their fullest as seen when Dick opted not to do so with Charlie. Leviathan are also unable to copy other Leviathans, as evidenced by the fact that Dick had to use a piece of the original Dick Roman to make his duplicates. Only Eve, the Alpha Shapeshifter and the archangels could demonstrate highly advanced shapeshifting as the Leviathans did.
	+ **Voice Mimicry** - While shapeshifted into a vampire, one Leviathan displayed the ability to mimic the voice of his usual form to taunt the vampire.
* **Super Strength** - Leviathans are immensely physically stronger than humans, monsters, alphas, demons, and ghosts. Leviathans are even much stronger than lower and regular angels and can overpower them with great ease. Edgar was able to effortlessly kill two angels almost instantly from Castiel's former garrison (in which Castiel held the title of "captain") and effortlessly restrained a vampire with one hand, shortly before ripping its head off with his bare hands. Even when Chet had been crippled by a spell it still took numerous chains to restrain him. They are even able to overpower seraphs as demonstrated with Castiel, as he has shown to fear them greatly and have overpowered him at least twice. However, Castiel was also able to hold his own against three Leviathan who teamed up, and his physical strength was enough to punch them with enough force to stun one of them and push another one back with some force and hurt another, long enough for Dean to behead them. However, he was unable to do any lasting damage. Castiel was also no match for the Leviathan leader Dick Roman though when he caught him by surprise, he was able to briefly restrain him. Similarly, the Alpha Vampire was able to shove Edgar with his strength with one hand and caused him to almost fall down and shoved him against a wall with moderate force enough to briefly stun him but Sam predicted correctly that Edgar would inevitably win and "eat him alive". Furthermore, Ghosts (such as Bobby) are able to overpower, harm and knock down Leviathans such as Dick Roman and Pete but was also unable to do any lasting damage. Leviathans are absolutely no match for an archangel.
	+ **Powerful Jaws** - Leviathan possess massive, retractable jaws that are immensely strong and serves as their primary weapon and way to feed. Their jaws can rip open almost anything they bite into, including humans, angels, demons and various other creatures - even other Leviathan. The only things the Leviathan can't eat or kill is God, the Darkness, Death, Jack Kline, and Archangels. Using this ability apparently significantly alters the users face, such removing their eyes and nose to make room for their jaws.
* **Super Intelligence** - Leviathans are very adaptable as they were able to grasp full understanding of modern technology and systems despite being in Purgatory since the dawn of time. Leviathans were able to make a food additive that cured cancer, AIDS, and other human diseases that would make humans less desirable "cattle." They also produced other additives that would kill all other non-leviathan beasts, and that made humans compliant as well as one that killed people with undesirable traits (low body mass, haemophilia, high IQ). In addition, they were able to track the Winchesters' location with complex computer algorithms, something vampires, demons, and even angels failed to do or be aware of, resulting in Bobby calling them a *Mensa monster*. Dick Roman was capable of accurately assessing an individual's skills and noted that his kind was not always capable of replicating a human's abilities to the full extent of their potential. Dick Roman was also well-versed in constructing terms and conditions to avoid any loopholes in making a deal with Crowley.
* **Super Stamina** - Leviathans have unlimited stamina and never tire, however they do get hungry but cannot starve to death. However, the stronger leviathan have a better control of their hunger, allowing them to blend more easily in the society. Others combated this weakness by taking up positions in hospitals so they could feed regularly without raising suspicion.
* **Super Speed** - Leviathans can move at incredible speeds, displayed when two Leviathans eat a swimming team.
* **Super Agility** - Leviathans can jump than any human can, are able to climb fast and possess better reflexes than humans.
* **Supernatural Concealment** - At least one high ranking Leviathan managed to conceal his true form from other creatures with supernatural perception. This allowed the Leviathan to take on the two angels by surprise, before killing them with his poisoned blood.

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* **Venomous Blood** - It is shown by Edgar that Leviathans are able to instantly kill angels (and probably other creatures if not anything excluding themselves and higher beings such as God, Death, the Darkness, Jack Kline, the Shadow, and Archangels) by sticking their fists into their chests and injecting them with black Leviathan blood. Victims of this ability swell up grotesquely, their blood vessels darken, and black blood spews from their mouths as they die. Castiel's garrison were also slaughtered by the Leviathan.

## Weaknesses

Leviathans are extremely hard, but not impossible, to kill, as only two methods are known to permanently destroy them. Prior to their arrival on Earth, they considered themselves invincible and were not aware of anything that could even hurt them. However, they possess a few weaknesses which enable their opponents to harm or incapacitate them, albeit with difficulty. Its been revealed that in Purgatory, they can be permanently killed, though the exact method is unknown.

### Harming, Misleading or Trapping

#### Weapons, Spells and Rituals

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* **Witchcraft** - Leviathans are vulnerable to magic, and could be harmed, incapacitated, weakened, immobilized, and restrained by spells.

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* **Rigid Hierarchy** - A major Leviathan weakness is their over-reliance on just one leader, Dick Roman. According to both the Leviathan Tablet and Crowley, if Dick is killed, the Leviathans lose all cohesion and revert into ordinary monsters.
* **Insatiable Hunger** - Despite requiring no nutrition, Leviathans are exceedingly and constantly ravenous. They are also extremely predatory and have a taste for humans and similar creatures. Their immense hunger often forces them to attack others uncontrollably, making it very difficult for them to blend in within most societies. However, Leviathans with strong willpower can better resist their hunger.
* **Borax** - Contact with borax is extremely excruciating for Leviathans and badly burns their flesh. However, it inflicts them no enduring damage, and high-ranking Leviathans are affected by it much less than others. Shotgun shells filled with borax also work well against Leviathans, burning and briefly incapacitating them after being shot into the creatures.

#### Beings

* **Ghosts** - Ghosts can physically overpower, restrain and hurt Leviathans. But can't kill one. Leviathans also cannot see, sense or perceive ghosts.
* **Castiel** - Due to Castiel being their first vessel, Castiel is able to see past their vessels, their true forms and tell each Leviathan apart, no matter what form it takes. While fighting Dick Roman, Castiel was able to briefly restrain him after catching the Leviathan by surprise. In Purgatory, Castiel has shown some limited success in combat against Leviathans, holding his own with three of them at the same time. Punching one with enough force which caused the creature to be stunned, pushing one into a tree with sufficient force which stunned it enough for him to behead it, and even knocked another one down with two punches causing it mild pain, and smashing a rock over its head which caused it to bleed black goo and temporarily incapacitated it, and then being able to restrain another and hold it at bay until Dean beheaded it. In one case throwing a Leviathan into a tree with telekinesis, temporarily stunning the creature.

### Banishing and Killing

#### Weapons, Events and Beings

* **Purgatory** - Leviathans can be permanently killed in Purgatory, through unknown means.
* **Bone Of Righteous Mortal Washed In the Three Bloods of Fallen** - The only known weapon capable of permanently killing a Leviathan.
* **Cannibalism** - Leviathan can kill other Leviathan by eating one another, or by eating themselves, a punishment known as "bibbing".
* **Decapitation** - A Leviathan could be temporarily killed by chopping its head off. However, unless the head is being kept away from the body, it will reattach itself over time. If the head is kept away from the body than the Leviathan will be permanently incapacitated.
* **Primordial Entities** - God can effortlessly destroy the Leviathan. He also was able to confine them in Purgatory. The Archangels can effortlessly annihilate the Leviathan. The first and strongest archangel Michael effortlessly locked the Leviathan away and trapped them all for billions of years. Lucifer noted that if he would of been around when the Leviathans we're on Earth he could of easily destroyed them all with a snap of his fingers. Lucifer said of the Leviathan *"The Leviathans?. Those nasty, gooey little things wouldn't of been around for one minute if i was around. I could of very easily disintegrated them all with a snap of my fingers and killed every single one of them ugly, slimy critters instantly*" Death noted that any archangel can effortlessly wipe out the entire Leviathan race. The Darkness being more powerful than God himself can also effortlessly annihilate the Leviathan. Death being comparable to the Archangels in power, could effortlessly kill the Leviathan. Death noted that he can also wipe out the entire Leviathan race.

## Alternate Future

In his final moments in *Time After Time*, Chronos,]] of time, mentioned to Sam and Dean that in their future, "black goo" (referring to the Leviathans) was everywhere; implying that in the future Chronos saw, the Leviathans took over and covered the whole Earth.

## Known Leviathans

* 701Leviathan-300x168.jpgCastiel's Vessel is taken over by the Leviathans.
* Richard Roman.jpgDick Roman - the leader of the Leviathans
* Edgar.jpgEdgar - Dick's second-in-command
* Edgarleviathan.pngEdgar
* Gaines Dr.jpgDr. Gaines
* Doctorleviathan702.pngDr. Gaines
* Chet.jpgChet
* Leviathan 3.jpgChet
* 706 Levi Dean.jpgLeviathan as Dean
* 706 Sam with his hands up.jpgLeviathan as Sam
* Leviathan.jpgLeviathan as a sheriff officer
* 7x06Leviathan.pngAgent Valente
* Tumblr lvi1p3phFi1r33gzno1 r1 500-1-.jpgAgent Valente
* SPN 1232.jpgSusan
* JoyceLeviathan.pngJoyce
* Joyce.jpgJoyce
* Geogre.jpgGeorge
* Pete.jpgLeviathan as Pete
* Victor Levi.jpgVictor
* Sci-Fi Levis.jpgRoyce
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* Eve Template:C - She was at least part Leviathan, implied by the Alpha Vampire and Edgar.
* Dick Roman Template:C - The head Leviathan.
* Edgar Template:C - Dick's right-hand man and a high ranking Leviathan.
* Joyce Bickleebee Template:C - Another relatively high ranking Leviathan.
* Annie/Dr. Gaines Template:C - A mid-level Leviathan subordinate to Edgar.
* Susan Template:C - Dick's personal assistant.
* George Template:C - Joyce's assistant and the only defector.
* Royce Template:C - A Leviathan who worked in Dick Roman's lab at SucroCorp.
* Chet Template:C - A lower ranking Leviathan assigned to hunt down and kill Sam and Dean.
* Leviathan Sam and Leviathan Dean Template:C - Two Leviathans assigned to impersonate Sam and Dean and frame them for a spree of murders. Leviathan Sam admitted to having eaten his schizophrenic brother.
* Agent Valente Template:C - A Leviathan disguised as an FBI agent assigned to track down Sam and Dean.
* Victor Template:C - Leviathan responsible for picking up a package at the airport.
* Tarrell - A Leviathan assigned to watch over Charlie after consuming Pete Miller.
* Leviathan Delegates Template:C - Ten Leviathans responsible for a separate part of the country each.
* Dick Roman's Security Detail Template:C - Multiple Leviathans assigned to take on the form of Dick Roman to confuse his enemies.
* SucroCorp Guards Template:C - Three Leviathans assigned to guard SucroCorp.
* Chef Fieri Template:C - Presumably Dick Roman's personal chef.
* Captured Leviathan - A Leviathan in Purgatory that was working for Eve.

## Appearances

* Season 6
	+ *The Man Who Knew Too Much* Template:C
* Season 7
	+ *Meet the New Boss*
	+ *Hello, Cruel World*
	+ *The Girl Next Door*
	+ *Shut Up, Dr. Phil*
	+ *Slash Fiction*
	+ *How To Win Friends And Influence Monsters*
	+ *Death's Door*
	+ *Adventures in Babysitting* Template:C
	+ *Time After Time* Template:C
	+ *Out With The Old*
	+ *The Girl With The Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo*
	+ *Reading Is Fundamental*
	+ *There Will Be Blood*
	+ *Survival of the Fittest*
* Season 8
	+ *We Need To Talk About Kevin* Template:C
	+ *What's Up, Tiger Mommy?* Template:C
	+ *Blood Brother* Template:C
	+ *A Little Slice of Kevin* Template:C
	+ *LARP and the Real Girl* Template:C
	+ *Trial and Error* Template:C
* Season 10
	+ *The Werther Project* Template:C
* Season 11
	+ *The Devil in the Details* Template:C
	+ *Alpha and Omega* Template:C
* Season 13
	+ *The Big Empty* Template:C
* Season 14
	+ *Moriah* Template:C
* Season 15
	+ *Atomic Monsters* Template:C
	+ *Our Father, Who Aren't in Heaven* Template:C
	+ *The Trap*
* *A Very Special Supernatural Special* Template:C
* *Supernatural: The Men of Letters Bestiary: Winchester Family Edition* Template:C

## Lore

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In the Judeo-Christian tradition, a Leviathan is a giant sea monster, described in the Book of Job Source. The Talmud Baba Batra 75b states that the archangel Gabriel will be the one who slays the Leviathan. Other legends say God will slay the beast. In hindsight, researchers believe that Leviathans were a title for ancient sea deities from mythologies and that God's declared superiority over those is to strengthen the idea of monotheism over the polytheism in the biblical nations. Death also refers to the Leviathans as "The Old Ones", a term used by H.P. Lovecraft in the Cthulhu mythos to describe ancient powerful alien beings who come to Earth. A race called the Old Ones also features in Stephen King's Dark Tower Series, in The Power of Five novels by Anthony Horowitz and also in The Vampire Diaries books were the Old Ones are extremely old vampires like Klaus. In Binsfeld's Classification of Demons, Leviathan is the name of Envy, one of the Seven Deadly Sins. The Demon Leviathan is very high in Hell's hierarchy and said one of the four demons obedient to Lucifer. The Demon Leviathan is responsible for cases of demonic possession, and it's said to be extremely difficult to exorcise.

While the name Leviathan comes from Job 41, the creatures have more in common with Kabbalah's stories. Genesis 1 mentions the creation of man and woman before discussing Adam and Eve. Some Jewish texts suggest a race of intelligent beings were created before humans. It goes on to suggest that these beings were so terrible that God destroyed them, but that their spirits lived on as demons.

In nowadays Hebrew, Leviathan (or Leviathanim in plural) is the Hebrew name for a whale.

## Trivia

* According to "*Supernatural: The Official Companion, Season 7*", Leviathans are primordial creatures of the sea that evolved to possess other animals so they could live on the land.
* Castiel and others refer to the Leviathan species as Leviathan (singular), while Death, Sam, and Dean usually refer to the species as Leviathans (plural).
* In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Andrew Dabb acknowledged that the remaining Leviathan threat wasn't dealt with. "The show's ability to evolve and adapt is what's led to it lasting 14 years. Theoretically there are still a bunch of Leviathan out there running around that we never dealt with, but we don't talk about that."
* They are the first beings to appear in more than 10 episodes during their inaugural season.
* The Leviathan are one of the most dangerous, indestructible antagonists to appear on the show.
* They were referred to as "The Old Ones" by Death. This may be a reference to the ancient creatures described by H.P. Lovecraft, who had previously created a portal to Purgatory, where the Leviathan were once imprisoned.
* The Leviathans are sometimes referred to as "chompers" or "Levis" by other characters in the series. Dean also referred to one of them as Pac-Man, due to the video game character's large mouth and eating habit.
* Despite Leviathans not having souls, whatever comprises them as a being returns to Purgatory upon their death.
* Upon "riding Castiel into Paradise," the Leviathan essentially absorbed all of Castiel's memories of Heaven, and the one getting a DNA sample of Sam bears all of his "Cage-match scars" unfazed.
* Frank Devereaux suspected that Gwyneth Paltrow and Fred Savage were Leviathans.
* According to VFX I/O Coordinator Adam Williams, the "gorilla-wolves" that Dean and Castiel first encounter in Purgatory were visual effect models made for the Leviathans that they ultimately decided not to use, and re-purposed as "gorilla-wolves."

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Meet the New Boss*
2. ↑ *Brother's Keeper*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 *Reading Is Fundamental*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 *Survival of the Fittest*
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 *There Will Be Blood*
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 *The Girl With The Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo*
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 *How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters*
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 *Slash Fiction*
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 *Torn and Frayed*
10. ↑ *Hello, Cruel World*
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 *The Trap*
12. ↑ *The Girl Next Door*
13. ↑ *Shut Up, Dr. Phil*
14. ↑ *Supernatural cast has family reunion*