Castiel

> My name is, um -- well, my name is not important. I do know what blind faith is. I used to just follow orders without question, and I did some pretty terrible things. I would never look beyond the plan. And then, of course, when it all came crashing down, I found myself lost. I didn't know what my purpose was anymore. And then one day, something changed, something amazing. I... I guess I found a family and I became a father. And in that, I rediscovered my faith. I rediscovered who I am.
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> ~Castiel, recounting his past to a religious group

**Castiel**, often called **Cas**, is the Angel who was tasked by Heaven to rescue Dean Winchester’s soul from Hell under Michael’s direct command. He believed that he was tasked to prevent the Apocalypse, but after he realized Heaven intended to start it, he rebelled and assists the Winchester in stopping it.

In the past, Castiel was one of the first entity to awaken from the empty Void, the abstract nothingness that represent God’s vastness. As his essence formed, he gained sentience and assisted in finishing Creation. After the establishment of Creation and the Proto-Titans' birth, the angels became the servants of God, caretaking all of Creation. Under the service of Heaven, Castiel was one of the Seraphim, whose task was to lead the 72 Cherubims embodying the Ineffable Name of God. However, Castiel was also a rebellious angel, so much so that he was eventually stripped of his ranks and became one of the lower Angels, though after preventing the Apocalypse, he finally regained his status as a Seraph and assisted the Winchester in protecting all of the cosmos. Throughout the years, Castiel's legacy has seemed to have become legendary among angels and demons alike, as many recognize him as the only angel who defied Heaven's rules and cooperated with humans due to his own decision, which he is either loathed or respected for. He is also the only angel to have been killed, and been resurrected multiple times. He is the only known angel who has repeatedly been resurrected so he could help the Winchester Family

## Physical Appearance

As an angel, experiencing Castiel's true form will result in blindness, deafness, madness, or even death, as the appearance of his natural visage is so overwhelming that it is capable of burning human or demon eyes from their sockets, as he said to Dean, "*My true form. It is overwhelming to humans and so is my real voice.*" However, Castiel stated certain, "special people" are able to tolerate his true appearance and voice without going mad or dying. Although his true form has never been seen, it is known that he has two feathered wings as a lesser angel. When Castiel becomes a seraph, he describes himself to Samuel Campbell as a *"omni-dimensional spatial structured by wavelength and light which is comprised of celestial and spiritual intent"* and his true form is "*ineffable, natureless void beyond any of your mortal comprehension*". Castiel also added that his true form is "bigger than anything conceivable and inconceivable*"* when discussing the scope of his angelic essence. As he was promoted to a seraph, a portion of his true form has changed to one of a seraph's, based on how his angelic wings have increased to six instead of two, matching the description of a traditional seraph. It is presumed to be very tremendous, terrifying and complex, as the mere image of it was enough to cause Crowley to flee in fear of being smited, and the deity Hypnos went insane from witnessing the layering cosmos inside of Castiel's angelic form. In addition, Castiel has been referred to as being attractive on more than one occasion, both in his human vessel and his true angelic form. One female demon, while talking with Crowley, once instantly said Castiel was, as she said in her words, hot, as she also said, "*I mean, human Castiel? eh. But, feathered Castiel? Phew.*" The same demon even once called him "*Captain Sexy.*" Another instance was a woman who referred to him as "*young and sexy*" while he was visiting a church. Since having his grace removed for Metatron's spell, Castiel has lost his wings. Though he has since regained the remnants of his grace and been restored to full power, his wings are broken. Though by the time the Darkness's uprising is over, Castiel's wings have also been restored.

For humans, they see him as the appearance of his vessel, Jimmy Novak, who is a handsome man of average height in his thirties. He sports a pair of dress shoes, a black suit, a buttoned white-striped dress shirt, and loosened blue necktie accentuated by a beige trench coat. Although he has a very dire demeanor, his outward appearance radiates a natural calm and serenity which makes conversation easy and direct. In 1901, Castiel possessed a female vessel and dressed as a woman from that era. Notably, he wore a coat very similar to the trench coat he wore in his first appearance. It is safe to say that, like most angels, Castiel does prefer to retain his vessel's original appearance and clothing. He does not seem to have a high fashion sense, preferring neatness over beauty. Though by the time he became an agent of the Global Occult Confederacy with Sam and Dean Winchester, Castiel has sported a more expensive trench coat and while his clothing remains simple, the seraph is seen in finer clothes, which is possibly due to the fact that the seraph gained a proper job and income.

## Characteristics

As an angel, Castiel embodies the facets of God's identity and will, being the Seraphim of the 72 Names of God. As such, Castiel's essence is boundless and formless, which embody creation and destruction itself. Like all Angels, Cas was created from, more or less, the essence of the Void. As a result, even if he is killed, Castiel can still return to 'existence' by taking on their pure, abstract form.

Castiel's essence is fundamentally tied to his being and is one of the most basis component of their 'existence'. His angelic power exists in the form of grace, which is an extension to his and wings. When Sandalphon extracted Castiel's angelic essence, the angel was left wingless, heavily weaken and in Castiel’s word, “shattered”, rendering Castiel unable to transport via teleportation and is quickly drained from overexerting himself. However, angelic essence cannot fade so long as angels follow God and do not give in to corruption of Hell, and such, it will eventually heal. As angelic essence regenerate, so does the wings. As shown when Castiel's wings are also restored over time as his angelic essence recharge and he returned to full power.

Castiel manifested on Earth using a human vessel -- in his case, a man named Jimmy Novak. In his true form, Castiel is an abstract entity created by the essence of the Void itself, making him a pre-existential (and possibly, non-existential) spirit of pure light. According to Castiel, he is "*the essence with no original shape nor size*" and his physical appearance is "*not really anything conceivable. I am ineffable entity existing before anything, so to say, the nothingness or the everything is but a conceivable expression of nature",* meaning that Castiel's true form transcend the nothingness and the existence itself, comprised by the most primordial essence of the Void. The demon Crowley also added that Castiel's true form resembles "*the sun itself, in which lies an entire cosmos of bizarro*". While he has no shape nor size, Castiel's ineffable true form is inconceivable even to the eyes of Angels themselves. As Castiel's true form is beyond all forms of reality and unreality, any being unfortunate enough to witness his true form either died and went to oblivion or have their mind shattered. In this way, Castiel and his fellow angels are virtually the same to the Old Ones, though unfortunate human witnessing an angel's true form usually react with awe of insanity rather than actual horror and madness, implying that angel's true form is much more "beautiful" in comparison to the creature of the Ultimate Abyss.

Castiel's position in the Host of Heaven has changed throughout the years. He was originally the Seraphim of the 72 Names, but his disobedience caused him to be demoted to be a lesser angels, and his memory wiped out. He was promoted to being the captain of his garrison by the time he pulled Dean Winchester out of the depth of Hell, though his own rebelliousness caused him to be completely cut-off from Heaven, gradually making him mortal. After the Apocalypse, Castiel was resurrected as a Seraphim once again, which sees to him gaining far greater power alongside with being independent from Heaven's powers. During the Battle for Creation, as Castiel's entrapment of Chuck went awry, his essence was divided into the good and bad Castiel. While the good version remained with the Winchester, the bad version of Castiel slowly assimilated all of Creation within himself, which came to a success, giving the corrupted Seraph the capability of creation itself. After both side managed to merge themselves, Castiel permanently transcended angelhood, becoming a nigh-omnipotent being rivaling the Demiurgic Archangels in all their glory. This empowerment remained even after Castiel is resurrected by the True God.

As with all angels, Castiel converse in Enochian. Angels can speak with each other without them being physically present. Dean Winchester referred to this communication as "angel radio", and it appears to be a common method of relaying information between angels. This might be referred to as a telepathic link. Nonetheless, angels are capable of speaking all languages and such, converse in other languages too, namely English.

### Angelic powers

Even as a low-ranking angel, Castiel is still one of the most powerful beings in all of Creation. A testament to his extreme power is that the mere sight of his true appearance killed several demons at a diner. Ruby described Castiel as “cosmic” and believed him to be beyond the likes of Lilith herself, though this is later proven false as he could not overpower Alaistair, Lilith’s subordinate. As an Angel, Castiel possesses various supernatural and abstract powers that are tied to all of Creation itself, such as manipulating conceptual archetypes or laws of reality as well as cosmic powers such as manipulating the stars, planets and its position or smiting other weaker beings.

After his resurrection by the Archangels post-Apocalypse, Castiel was promoted to being the Seraphim of the 72 Names, endowing him with far more supernatural might than before, approaching nigh-omnipotence. Surpassing most angels, demons and supernatural beings across Creation. He even commanded over the Proto-Titans, who were pre-existential entities embodying the most obscure concept before Everything.

* **Expression of Omnipotence** - As an Angel, Castiel is an extension of God's powers and will, and so having nigh-infinite capabilities to perform miracles and magical phenomena that alter reality, time, space, matter and the universe itself in near omnipotent levels. Castiel could command and summon a multitude of celestial beings per his wish, freely generating new cosmos without restrictions and even manipulating abstract beings. A testament to his powers is that Castiel could easily combat and destroy the lesser Old Ones, who in turn can kill other Angels with little difficulty. As a Seraph, Castiel could also "override" miraculous performances of other angels, such as removing Sandalphon's conception of the Universe out of existence and preventing space-time continuum from falling apart. He was also able to re-written concepts and command the destiny weaved by the Proto-Titans.
* **Angelic Possession** - Due to his ineffable nature, Castiel must possess a vessel while on Earth in order to not accidentally shatter reality apart. The vessel must consent to such possession. Though after his resurrection, he was granted a vessel of his own, removing Castiel's need to possess a human.
* **Angel Wings** - Castiel possesses a pair of wings (three pairs as a Seraph) that contained all of his glorious essence. He can use it to teleport through space and time, flying mid-air. His angelic wings are made of light itself, which he can project to reveal his true identity. Castiel's feathers can also bestow a portion of his powers.
* **Clairsentience** – Castiel is able to perceive the true visages of angels and demons, as well as to pierce through the Veil. He also displayed the unique ability to tell the Leviathans apart no matter what form they took. According to Meg this is due to the Leviathans briefly using him as a vessel, which allowed him to know them "better than anyone." He also displays the ability to sense the presence of nearby Leviathans before they become known to anyone else.
* **Dream Manipulation** – Castiel has been shown to be able to enter the dreams of humans, and has done this to communicate with Dean Winchester.
* **Biokinesis** - Castiel was able to prevent Dean Winchester from turning into a monster with a touch. He could create living organisms, and once accidentally switch Sam and Dean's face.
* **Soul Manipulation** - As a celestial being, Castiel demonstrated vast control over the spiritual energy of human's soul. He could detect errors in spirits and empower himself from the energy of soul when needed, as shown when Cas channeled energy from Bobby Singer's soul.
* **Electrokinesis** - He has used electronics (such as televisions and radios) to communicate with people, and has also silenced a car alarm with nothing but a gesture of his hand.
* **Healing** – He can heal physical and mental damage. In addition to humans, Castiel has also healed his fellow angels. He also healed Dream of the Endless when the latter was wounded by Lucifer, a testament to Castiel’s immense healing powers as he could mend wounds from anthropomorphic personification.
* **Invulnerability** – As an angel Castiel was not affected by conventional human weapons and could withstand being shot, stabbed, and being in close proximity to explosions. When an agent of Secret Service punched Castiel, the agent broke his hand for six weeks. He is also immune to curses and all forms of magic in existence.
* **Mind Manipulation** – Castiel was shown to be able to manipulate the minds of humans, forcing them to to forget what they have seen. He can perform what Dean referred to as a "Vulcan Mind Meld" in order to read thoughts. Castiel also has the ability to sense if someone is lying, however, due to the truth being situational at times, the accuracy of this ability can be in question.
* **Prayer** – Castiel, like all angels, can hear the prayers of any humans, which also allows for angels to locate the person. As revealed to Claire Novak, the prayer does not need to be formal, and can be simple feeling of longing or the need to talk.
* **Elementumkinesis** – Castiel demonstrates the abilities to manipulate universal forces, such as retrieving stars and hold it upon the palm of his hands, only to release it later to blast a demon into oblivion or creating a black hole, sucking multiple angels into it and completely destroying their essence, forcing them back to the Void.
* **Reality Warping** - Due to his angelic nature, Castiel can change features of reality that completely reshapes Creation in every way he saw fits. He could alter causality, fate and destiny to his whim, as well as "rigging" probability to increase luck while fighting the Goddess of Luck, Fortuna.
	+ **Abstract control** - As an angel who assisted in the formation of reality, Castiel can alter metaphysical and pataphysical aspects of Creation. He turned his friend, Dean, into Heaven itself to entrap attacking Angels back to Heaven, a capability previously unseen by other abstract entities. While fighting a Duke of the Eighth Circle, Castiel transformed himself into a snake, bacteria, wolf, hunter, an entire world, the realm of Hell itself to even the concept of Death.
	+ **Control over Space and Time** - Castiel’s true form warped a section of space into jelly-like substances sucked into a singularity. He was also able to reshape space and dimension abnormally in order to break a monster down atoms by atoms, and also redirecting its strike back to itself.
* **Material Manipulation** - Due to being responsible for the formation of Creation, Castiel can wield any forms of material, such as matter, anti-matter, metaphysical substances, etc. for various purposes, such as breaking down molecules down to even smaller than sub-atomic particles with ease. He was able to accumulate various matter to form hydrogen fuel, ultimately lighting a star into existence. He also ripped a man down to blood and gore before rewinding time to resurrect a man only to rip him apart, atoms by atoms, to torture him.
* **Resurrection** – As an angel, Castiel has the ability to resurrect the dead. He was able to resurrect Dean Winchester by taking his soul from Hell. After regaining his Seraphim status, Castiel could even resurrect human whose bodies are completely incinerated, as he was able to resurrect everyone who died from Lucifer's obliteration of Creation. While preferring not to do so, Castiel could even revive deceased demons by merely touching them. The strength of this ability is severely diminished when Sandalphon took a large portion of Castiel's essence, to the point he couldn't resuscitate a recently dead hunter. Though after regaining most of his powers, Castiel could easily resurrect Crowley, the King of Hell.
* **Regeneration** – Short of being stabbed in a fatal area with an angel blade, Castiel has the ability to mend all wounds incurred to himself and his vessel, even if he is incinerated.
* **Sedation** – With a touch, Castiel could render anyone unconscious.
* **Smiting** – Like all angels, Castiel is capable of unleashing powerful celestial energy allowing him to smite most living things. This can be done through touch or the release a blast of white light from his palms that instantly kills anything that sees it. As a powerful angel, he could even smite a legions of demons just by thinking about it. Whoever is smote by Castiel will also be permanently erased from existence, even the Old Ones.
* **Supernatural strength** – As an angel, Castiel's strength exceeds that of human, demon and other lesser angel, having shown the ability to punch Uriel through a brick wall in the past. After becoming a Seraph, Castiel's strength far exceed even most angels, being able to combat and destroy lesser Old Ones with no effort at all, despite their capabilities to effortlessly kill angels and Proto-Titans. He was also able to hold his own against, and overpower, even Kings of Hell such as Crowley, who are in turn superior to Princes of Hell, Archdemons and Lilith, making Castiel far superior to all demons.
* **Supernatural Speed** - As a seraph, Castiel is considerably far faster than when he was a common Angel. He was able to blitz several regular angels and beat them to a pulp before they could react.
* **Telekinesis** – Castiel has shown the ability to move objects and beings with a gesture.
* **Teleportation** – Castiel was able to teleport himself, and in some cases groups of people, through time and space. He could cover great distances in a matter of seconds, as shown when he believed Gabriel's Horn of Truth had been discovered, and searches an entire city in moments. Castiel could even passively send someone forward or backward through the time stream with a single gesture. Due to his nature, Castiel's arrival is usually preceded by:
	+ Creating sudden wind, which was strong enough to almost blow up a barn sealed with the most powerful warding
	+ Generating giant electrical storms, i.e. when Castiel return to Earth as a Seraph, he caused a continental storm by accident.
* **Magic** - As with all angels, Castiel utilizes the Song of Magic, a creative magic that sang the cosmos into fruition and originated other sources of magic.
* **Protective Charms** - Castiel can provide protection to certain individual, such as preventing his human vessel from being harmed by boiling water.
* **Power Bestowal and Nullification** - Castiel's feathers can grant a portion of his powers to other, to the point such people can ironically harm the seraph himself. Using this method, Castiel was able to bestow Sam and Dean some of his powers. He also stripped a man of his reality-warping powers, at the man's request, though it renders him catatonic but happy. He prevented Crowley from making deals.
* **Universal Communication** – As an angel, Castiel is capable of understanding any language in the world, including that of animals, or the unspeakable languages spoken by the Old Ones
* **Shapeshifting** - Castiel has displayed the ability to mimic any human or animal's form and voice when needed. He could also enlarge his vessel for intimidation.
* **Creation** - Castiel was able to create a large dimensional bunker, which is contained in his apartment. At the Dawn of Creation, Castiel and his fellow angels assisted in the formation of the cosmic form, building up the darkness and then painting it with the light of stars, ultimately forming the Multiverse. Castiel himself could generate constellations and turning them into unbreakable chains.

#### Abilities

* **Inherent omniscience** - Having been living since before time itself, Castiel possesses virtually limitless knowledge in regards to Creation. During the Cosmic Creation, Castiel was one of the angels directly forming the Creation and its structure as well as the laws and the concepts to stabilize it. While staying on Earth for several years, Castiel has also quickly amassed a lot of knowledge regarding literature and pop-culture, eventually understanding all of the Winchester’s references about it.
* **Hunting Skill**
* **Indomitable Willpower**
* **Master combatant**
* **Master swordsmanship**
* **Expert torturer**

### Weaknesses

* **Bound by Duties** (formerly) - As with all angels, Castiel was bounded to serve Heaven and the Archangels. However, after the Apocalypse, Archangel Michael granted all angels in Heaven free will to do as they wish, and so Castiel was no longer in Heaven's servitude.
* **True Name** - Like all demons and angels, those who has knowledge of Castiel's true name can utilize it to compel him to their desire, potentially even incinerating the angel under correct chanting commands. This is partially shown when Crowley knew of Castiel's name, the King of Hell was able to command Castiel to attack Sam and Dean Winchester against his own will through Enochian chantings.
* **Empyrean Weapons** - Angels can be injured by Angel Blades and Swords. When they are stabbed by such weapons while possessing a vessel, they will be banished back to Heaven and if they are fatally injured by such weapons in their pure, spiritual form, they will be eradicated.
* **Archangels** - The Demiurgic Archangel can easily overpower, control and smite Castiel, even as he returned to his former post as a Seraphim.
* **Song of Magic** - As a lesser angel, certain spells from the Song of Magic can restrain or depower Castiel, some of such effects are even permanent. However, as a Seraph, such spells only have brief effect on Castiel.
	+ **Angel-Banishing Sigil** - This sigil can banish any incoming angel, provided that the sigil is drawn in the blood of a celestial being. Which is impossible to collect considering the rarity of their presence on Earth. Though as a Seraphim, Castiel is immune to the sigil.
	+ **Angel-Depowering Circle** - Entering this circle can temporarily depower Castiel, though the circle must be drawn by the blood of a powerful demon or infernal material.
	+ **Angel Trap** - It could temporarily imprison Castiel, though because of his massive power, he was able to break out of it in less than a minute.

## Personality

Originally, Castiel expressed little to no emotion at all, displaying virtually no disobedience or feelings, as he was driven to follow his orders, although he does reveal some doubts about the morality of his orders, expressing an appreciation for the beauty of humans as God's creations. Despite this, he does not display the blank apathy or mocking superiority that seem to characterize angels such as Uriel or Lucifer. His lack of emotion and understanding of human behavior such as sarcasm has led to several humorous situations and has occasionally gotten him into trouble with humans, ultimately leaving Dean or Sam to amend the situation. He does, however, become close friends with the brothers, who encourage him to be kinder, more caring and more selfless.

Unlike some of his brethren, Castiel still has faith in God, though not to the zealot-like extent displayed by Michael. While he admits he may not always understand what God wants and may question his reasoning, Castiel always follows his father to the best of his abilities. This, along with his interest in humans, has caused other angels to label him as weak or naïve, but also peculiar. Castiel briefly loses this faith after Joshua reveals that God doesn't care and falls into a depression for some time. However, when God resurrects him for a second time, his faith returns. Nevertheless, this faith is shattered when it is revealed that this whole time, it was Chuck that masquerade as God, even causing the seraph to question whether it is true that God exists or not, though after he was resurrected for the final time, he has overcome it. Castiel frequently exhibits what could be referred to as affection towards Dean, and seems to express regret, hesitance, and anger at several points.

Being around the Winchesters, paired with his experiences in the War, have taught Castiel several "tricks" that have helped him during the show. While not possessing free will in the same sense as a human, Castiel has learned how to bend the rules at times. The best example is when he informs Dean about Chuck's archangel, thereby giving Dean the idea to use him to save Sam from Lilith. He was also able to distract Meg long enough to use her. It is also possible he learned from the demon Crowley to wipe out loyalists of his adversary, Raphael. Castiel also considers himself to be the Winchester's personal guardian angel.

When Castiel is brought back from the dead after Lucifer kills him, his personality begins to shift slightly, becoming more prideful. It is because of this pride that Castiel makes a deal with Crowley, and starts the civil war in heaven. He also displayed his intelligence, being capable of tricking Dean, Sam, Raphael, and even Crowley (well known as a crafty trickster). However, deep down, Castiel only tricked his former comrade due to his own believe that they cannot be troubled by his own conflict any longer, and that they deserve some semblance of peace after the Apocalypse. Nevertheless, his compassion did not stop him from murdering thousands of angels under Raphael's reign. Later, when Castiel overcame his pride, he feels incredibly guilty and goes back to his friends for help. Knowing Dean is furious with him for hiding his action, Castiel tried his best to make amend.

Living with the Winchester since the Apocalypse, Castiel has become more human. He expresses more of an appreciation for human things and develops more human emotions such as romantic attraction. He also became less serious, drinking a beer with Sam and Dean and joking around. He proved to be good enough at being human that he was able to fool law enforcement and pose as an FBI agent, something he could never do successfully before even with coaching from Dean. Even after becoming an angel again, Castiel hasn't seemed to lose his human emotions, getting very angry when he realized who Samyaza was and freely expressing it and comforting a distraught Dean, understanding why he was so upset rather than being confused as he would have been in the past. While briefly human, he was ready to embrace his new status, excited to have Sam and Dean as his teachers. Castiel also seems to now understand human ways better, able to drive and steal a car, a skill he never previously showed, though he still lacks full knowledge of everything as he didn't know to get gas. He also developed a taste for human food, something that was made harder by the return of his angel powers and completely lost any former disgust he had towards Sam, finally understanding why he'd done everything he did. Castiel also learned that the ends don't justify the means when it means sacrificing lives. Thanks to Sandalphon, Castiel has also finally gained the ability to understand Dean's constant movie and TV show references, something that had previously frustrated him into always saying "I don't understand that reference." This helps him now understand human culture better. Unusual for his character, Castiel has begun using sarcasm and now throws around witty retorts, most notably at Dean. However, it should be noted that Castiel continues to feel out of place and in a desperate need to prove himself despite having beaten many monsters, demons, cosmic entities and gods for the Winchester brothers.

As noted by many angels and demons, Castiel is very attached to his ward, the Winchester Family (Dean, Sam and Mary), even ones he never knew such as John Winchester, and despite accusations that these three humans make him weak, Castiel defends that they are the source of his strength. His determination to keep them alive has led him to murder Billie despite the consequences, proving that Castiel will put his own well being below theirs. He has also chosen to trust them more than his angelic siblings, given their history of deceiving Castiel and their very contrasting beliefs. Most remarkably, Castiel continues to be a forgiving, loving and gentle angel whenever he can while maintaining an assuring and fierceness of a warrior. His current desire to undo his past sins and mistakes has compelled him to make a change. This traits carried with him as he adopted Elaine Belloc under his wings, teaching her everything he know and even comforting her as she struggled with being dead and resurrected. Notably, he even share a cereal meal with his adopted daughter just to make her feel connected, showing a level of wisdom as a parent.

## Every Death

### Killed by

* Raphael (First time)

When Castiel rebelled against the Heaven and attempted to prevent the release of Lucifer, Raphael smote Castiel under the order of the Archangel Michael. Later resurrected by God to prevent the Apocalypse

* Lucifer Morningstar (Second time)

When Lucifer successfully gained his full powers and destroyed all of Creation, Castiel was one of the victims and disintegrated alongside the rest of the beings across the Creation. As Creation is recreated, Michael resurrected Castiel as the Seraphim of the 72 Names, returning him to a higher standing in angelic hierarchy, as a reward for giving him and Lucifer clarity to make amend.

* April the Reaper (Third time)

When Castiel was drained of his essence by Sandalphon, he was captured and tortured by the reaper April. As Sam and Dean came to his rescue, Castiel was killed by April but returned to life moments later as his angelic essence slowly regenerated.

* Alternate Lucifer (Fourth time)

When a fragment of the Mansions of Silence got into the main Creation, an alternate version of Lucifer also came in and started to invade the main cosmos. As a pay back from Castiel's interference with his plan, Lucifer killed Castiel with an Angel Sword. He was later resurrected by Archangel Michael.