Sam Winchester

**Samuel "Sam" William Winchester** (b. May 2nd, 1983) is a hunter as well as a Man of Letters, along with his older brother Dean. Both Sam and Dean are related to the Winchester and Campbell families - a Letters family and a Hunting family respectively. The pair also shares a bloodline with Cain and Abel. Because of this, Sam was predestined to be the true vessel of the fallen archangel Lucifer (whilst Dean was Michael's). He is the son of John and Mary Winchester. He is married to Alisha Turner, the two have a son, Matthew Winchester. Sam also has a daughter, Sandra Winchester with Sarah James. He is the uncle of Robbie, Cassie, Jamie and Charlie.

Sam is friends with angel Castiel, Prophet Kevin Tran, the demon Meg and former lover-turned-enemy of demon Ruby. Sam's best friend and sister-in-law is Remi Singer, who father Bobby acted as a surrogate father. He is also the occasional reluctant ally of demon Crowley and for a time was forced to be an unknowing and unwilling vessel for the angel Gadreel (before expelling him).

## Biography

After the demon Azazel killed their mother, Mary, both Sam and Dean were raised in the hunting life by their father John. Sam left the hunting life to pursue a career in law, and most likely would have married his college sweetheart Jessica Moore. At the series' start, Sam was reluctant to start hunting again. When Jessica was killed, he was pushed back into the hunting life. However, he has been repeatedly known to try and back out of hunting in the hope of finally having a normal life as he wanted.

When Dean went to Purgatory, Sam and Remi went their separate ways. When Dean escaped, he found Sam and they tracked Remi down only to discover that Remi had been hunting with a group and training hunter.

Sam discovers that Remi got pregnant while Dean was a demon. He suggest that they not have the baby which makes Remi stop taking to Sam and Dean, who somewhat agreed with Sam. Remi moves back in with Sarah (Sam's girlfriend, who also stopped talking to him), Darcie and Adelita.

After Sam's quest to remove the Mark of Cain unleashed the Darkness upon the world, Sam was forced to confront the consequences of his actions. For Sam, the situation worsened when Lucifer manipulated the situation to escape in the vessel of Castiel. Sam was left torn between using Lucifer to help battle the Darkness as Castiel wished and his own traumas and the resulting desire to be rid of the rogue archangel as a result.

Following the reconciliation of the Darkness and God, Sam was abducted by agents of the British Men of Letters and tortured along with Dakota. During this time, Sam faced a surprise reunion with his  resurrected  mother, the return of Lucifer to evil and the draw of the promises of the British Men of Letters to rid the world of monsters. The situation was further exasperated when Lucifer conceived a Nephilim child before his apparent defeat and return to the Cage. With the British Men of Letters threat growing, Sam was forced into a leadership role to end the threat, but suffered losses while battling Lucifer for control of his child.

With the losses of Crowley and Castiel and with Mary Winchester trapped in the Apocalypse World with Lucifer, Sam struggled to find a way to rescue his mother while dealing with Lucifer's son Jack and Dean's growing depression, aided by Castiel's subsequent resurrection. He was also forced to contend with the threat from the last Prince of Hell Asmodeus. However, after Jack got trapped in Apocalypse World as well, Sam fell into a depression of his own, only lightened when a way was found to rescue Mary and Jack.

With the growing threat of the Apocalypse World Michael, the return of Gabriel and the death of Asmodeus, Sam's focus shifted completely to saving his family and ending the threat of Michael and Lucifer once and for all. After being killed by vampires in Apocalypse World, Sam was resurrected once more by Lucifer and reluctantly forged an alliance with his old enemy in light of the situation. Sam's subsequent decision to purposefully strand Lucifer in Apocalypse World again led to severe consequences when Michael and Lucifer worked together to reach the Main Universe. Though Lucifer was finally killed by Dean with the help of Michael, the victory was short-lived for Sam after he was forced to watch his brother taken over by Michael who was let loose upon the Main Universe in the body of his one true vessel.

Sam is very mentally strong, evidenced by his ability to overpower possession by Lucifer. It has been argued that he is the smarter or more intelligent of the Winchester brothers, although Sam himself would disagree.

Over time, Sam has resigned himself to the hunting lifestyle and has repeatedly sacrificed himself for the greater good, highlighting his selfless nature.

## Physical Appearance

Sam has shaggy brown hair that grows longer and smoother in later seasons; he had a fringe as a child as well, he grew the fringe out. His eye color seems to change; sometimes they appear light green, sometimes they appear brown, etc. Sam is very tall, having a muscular build with broad shoulders and a muscular chest. Sam often wears multiple layers of clothing (namely plaid shirts) as well as jeans and boots. Sam, who is known for always having a clean shaved face, has been sporting some facial stubble similar to Dean. Sam grew a beard in the three weeks that Dean was possessed by Michael, mainly due to running himself ragged while hunting for leads. He later shaves it off after Dean made fun of him.

Sam got a tattoo on his chest of the anti-possession symbol to protect himself from demons. He kept it until  Castiel removed it so Crowley could go inside Sam and help him expel Gadreel. He got it restored at some point.

A cut on the palm of his left hand was sustained and he was taught by Dean to use it as a way to discern hallucination from reality. Although the scar has healed by now, Sam still presses upon his left palm whenever things get too difficult to believe.

## Personality

Sam is usually kind, empathetic, intelligent and independent. He is often the exasperated voice of reason in his relationship with Dean, who in turn sees him as a geek or prude, and teasingly calls him "bitch," to which Sam usually responds with "jerk".

## Powers, Skills, and Abilities

### Human abilities

* **Master Hunter** - Having been trained by his father John Winchester, one of the best Hunters in history, Sam is a highly accomplished hunter, one of the best to ever exist, although he has admitted that his skills are not on par with Dean and his father.

* **Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant** - Sam is a highly capable martial artist. From a young age, he was trained as a child, as Sam, at 14 years old, manages to beat a boy twice his size to the ground without much effort and quickly best Amy Pond's bullies by himself. Even while rusty, Sam was still fairly proficient in hand-to-hand combat and he quickly got back in shape and continued to improve his abilities in fighting, being able to hold his own and even overpower certain supernatural creatures such as certain types of monsters and lower-level demons with his remarkable strength as well as easily defeat many armed humans.

* **Master Swordsman -** Although he uses blades less often than Dean and does not seem to be as skilled as his brother, Sam is nevertheless considerably capable in swordplay and has displayed the ability to wield bladed weapons skillfully to kill supernatural creatures. Sam recently managed to use a single fence post to skillfully fight off and kill multiple zombies unleashed by God.

* **Master Marksman -** Sam is an excellent marksman, having been trained by John how to use firearms since his childhood. Just like Dean, he is capable of outshooting most humans he met and can put down most supernatural creatures vulnerable to this type of weaponry.

* **High-level Intellect -** Arguably the smarter one of the brothers, Sam has a vast knowledge of the supernatural and is considered a "walking encyclopedia of weirdness" by Dean. Both of them have some knowledge of pop culture, as they frequently make references - such as Dean calling Sam "Dumbledork". He is skilled in reading, speaking and memorizes texts and spells in foreign languages (usually Latin) and is often stuck with doing the research for their latest hunt. Sam is also quick to think on his feet; succeeding in preventing a demon from escaping his vessel by reciting an exorcism chant backwards. He is also shown to have adequate knowledge of Spanish. Sam is perceptive to body language and can easily pick up on unconscious gestures to read their "poker face" - he is very good at poker. He is an expert tactician, able to fight or diplomatically steer his way out of many complicated situations, and generally prefers to use words instead of brute strength. He also has a great sense of direction and time, at one point being able to find a vampire's nest while blindfolded by keeping track of the time, the number of turns the car took and the sounds he heard during the journey. He is very proficient in criminal acts such as lock picking, computer hacking, and carjacking. Sam has in-depth knowledge on the workings of various law organizations (FBI, CDC, Police, etc.) enough to pose as one if the situation requires it. Sam is also the technology expert of the duo, as he's the one doing research and technology-based jobs.

* I**ndomitable Will -** Sam has also demonstrated that he possesses great willpower. Upon seeing something from his past in the Impala, he was able to use his memories to briefly overpower Lucifer's possession of him and regain control of his body. Even Death himself believed Sam was the only one who could overcome Lucifer, and even thought of it as an honor when he was going to reap him, and all this is saying something. He later replicated this feat with the less powerful Gadreel, though in that scenario he seemed to use his anger as well as his will. His mental endurance is shown by how after his revival and having his soul restored, Sam managed to cope with the mental hallucinations caused by being tortured by Lucifer for several months - at one point staying awake for about four days straight - while remaining a functional hunter, before ultimately starting to cave in. He didn't even break when he was tortured by Lady Toni Bevell or her Ms. Watt, even making threats to kill them while tortured. Sam was also able to easily resist God having Eileen torture him and remain defiant, drawing on the hope that Dean and Castiel will save him and remaining defiant even as Chuck showed him visions of an impending doomed future, ultimately forcing Chuck to reveal the full scope of chaos that would happen if they had locked him away. It is also shown that Sam has greater willpower than Dean: In the future shown by God, even with the loss of Eileen, Sam remained determined to keep hunting until he was turned into a vampire whereas Dean gave up. Likewise, unlike Dean, Sam was able to completely resist the temptation of getting rid of God in exchange for Jack's life, remaining optimistic for a way to defeat God without having to sacrifice Jack, and once learning of Billie's true goals, persisted into making Dean give up trying to sacrifice Jack to kill God until he finally succeeded, unintimidated by Dean's threat to shoot him, thus foiling unexpectedly God's plan for them to kill each other, much to his rage.

* **Top Physical Conditioning -** Known for being the stronger one between him and Dean, except when Dean had the Mark, Sam possesses remarkable physical strength, pain tolerance, and durability to the point of being capable of overpowering lesser supernatural creatures with his strength and withstanding powerful blows from superhuman foes without much trouble. When the shapeshifter was fighting Sam in "Skin," it was luminously obvious that he was trying when fighting him, even though he had super strength. After taking a semi-rough beating from Jake in "All Hell Breaks Loose - Part 1," Sam was able to kick him around with just one foot, and also later into the fight, with just one arm. He was also able to strangle Garth, a grace-enhanced werewolf, into unconsciousness. When two ghouls tore into him in "Jump the Shark," Sam lost a ton of blood but he was able to retain consciousness and it didn't do any permanent damage. When undertaking the trials to close the gates of Hell, despite the extreme physical damage and resulting weakness it caused him, Sam still managed to perform some respectable feats, such as knocking Dean unconscious with two punches. While being tortured by Ms. Watt, an expert torturer, Sam didn't break, stating that after being tortured by Lucifer, there's nothing they can do to break him. Ms. Watt was impressed and shocked by this, stating that no one could take the amount of pain Sam did and not break. He was also tortured mentally by Lady Toni Bevell and was not only able to see through it but faked his reaction to it to trick her and attempt an escape. He has displayed the ability to quickly recover from particularly severe beatings from beings of superhuman force, as he could remain conscious after a severe beating from Lucifer and remain quite able when fighting him alongside Dean and Castiel and in addition to briefly able to struggle for control of the demon knife with the demon Kipling, he was only briefly distorted and quickly regained full consciousness after being beaten by him and managed to kill off the demon when he was distracted. Sam was even able to pin down and make Castiel, a powerful Seraphim, struggle to keep him from stabbing him with an angel blade, albeit granted Castiel was not using his full strength and trying to reason with Sam in "Peace of Mind".

* **Intimidation** Due to his legendary reputation, Sam is extremely intimidating to various monsters and demons. During Guy's talk with Becky Rosen, he voiced his fear when seeing him and acknowledged how easy it would be for Sam to kill him. The best example of this is how Kipling acknowledged that his henchmen feared Sam and after killing Kipling, Sam was able to abolish the position of Ruler of Hell by threatening that any contenders for the position would have to go through him.

* **Leadership Qualities -** Though Sam, for the most part, follows Dean's leadership, he has shown to be a capable leader himself. This is best shown by how he led the assault on the British Men of Letters stronghold and won, despite the casualties suffered by his side, and how he is currently leading his own network of Hunters.

* **Multilingualism -** Sam is fluent in Latin and written Enochian, knows enough Spanish to have a conversation, and knows a few gestures in the American Sign Language.

* **Expert Pool Player** - Due to a lifetime of hustling, Sam has become an expert pool player, something required for hustling to survive. However, in his younger years, Sam was more reluctant to hustle pool and preferred more honest means of getting money as commented by God in Swan Song. As seen in The Gamblers, this talent is not linked to the extra luck granted by God to Sam as one of the heroes of his story. Even after being "downgraded" to a normal person, Sam was good enough to defeat Fortuna in a game and states that he learned his skill at pool from Dean.

### Angelic

Abilities granted by Gadreel

During the first half of Season 9, he had Superhuman Strength, Angelic Photokinesis and Accelerated Healing Abilities, due to the presence of Gadreel inside his body. However, Gadreel had to take control in order to use his Angelic powers. This was seen when the Shaman cut Sam's throat, Gadreel instantly took control & regenerated the damaged tissue within a few seconds, before handing Sam back his bodily control. Even without Gadreel in control, Sam's extensively damaged physiology was able to operate at peak efficiency. Vesta managed to scan Sam's body and pointed out that his body cannot possibly be alive, as it is nothing but "ducktape and safety pins inside". This was due to Gadreel's presence inside him, slowly healing the damage done to his body as well as healing himself.

### Special Child Abilities

* **Precognition** - Sam possessed the power to see into the future and even have visions of people in danger.
* **Clairsentience** - Initially, Sam's powers manifested solely as a form of heightened senses allowing him to sense the presence of supernatural. Sam is able to sense supernatural presences in the old Winchester family home and was able to sense Dean's spirit during a time of great stress.
* **Demon Detection** - Under severe craving for demon blood due to Famine's power, Sam could detect demons within a short proximity.[1]
* **Telekinesis** - When under extreme situations, Sam displayed minor feats of telekinesis. His power grew considerably the more demon blood he consumed to the point where he could throw around and restrain top-level demons such as Alastair and Lilith by using his mind with the wave of a hand.
* **Super strength** - The demon blood also increased Sam's physical strength, allowing him to overpower humans (including his highly trained brother Dean) as well as low-level demons. Occasionally, while under extreme stress, Sam can exploit low levels of superhuman strength, even if he is not on demon blood; for instance, while under Famine's effect, he was able to easily overpower a low-level demon, even before he drank any of her blood.
* **Immunity** - Sam was completely immune to a variety of demonic powers and of those of other Special Children. Even before he started to consume demon blood, he was unaffected by Andrew Gallagher and Ansem Weems' Mind Control powers, the Croatoan Virus, and Lilith and Samhain's Photokinesis. Although Lilith was initially able to use telekinesis to incapacitate Sam, he became immune to her powers (including her telekinesis) after she tried to kill him with White Light. As he continued to drink demon blood, he even became immune to other demons' powers, such as Alastair's telekinesis. However, after he stopped drinking demon blood, he lost his immunity to other demons' powers.
* **Exorcism** - Under Ruby's tutelage, Sam learned how to use his powers to exorcise demons with his mind. Initially, he had extreme difficulty with controlling and maintaining this power due to his initial hesitation of drinking demon blood. Though he was able to exorcise Samhain with minimal consumption of demon blood, he was unable to do more than make Alastair choke and later on had no effect whatsoever on Lilith. However once he committed himself to drink the blood and destroy Lilith, his powers grew to the point where he could exorcise virtually any demon.
* **Demon Smiting** - After drinking more blood than usual from Ruby and having been honing his powers for months, Sam was able to kill a demon as powerful as Alastair. By drinking an even larger amount of blood from both Ruby and another demon, Sam managed to kill the firstborn demon, Lilith, though it still required extreme concentration and difficulty and left him greatly drained of his stamina. When preparing to say "yes" to Lucifer, Sam drank several gallons of demon blood, which allowed him to kill Lucifer's demon bodyguards with minimal mental effort and without moving.
	+ **Demon Torture** - Sam also was able to cause demons extreme levels of pain which he used to torture them for information. He was so skilled at this ability that Alastair (who had a very strong will and withstood hours of torture from Dean and the angels) broke within seconds and another demon begged for death. As they were tortured, their bodies glowed from the inside out as their incorporeal form was being damaged inside their vessels.

## Relationships

### Sandra Winchester

Sandra is a daddy's girl and has a hard time accepting that Sam is having a baby and starts acting out and arguing back with her parents.

## Etymology

Samuel - The Ecclesiastic Late Latin form of the Ecclesiastic Greek Samouel, which is from the Hebrew Shmuel, a name derived from shěmū’ē‘l (name of God, his name is God)

William - From the Old Norman French Willaume, which is derived from the Old High German Willehelm, a compound name composed from the elements willeo (will, determination) and helm (protection, helmet): hence, "resolute protector."

Winchester - 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