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> God lied to me. I gave everything for him. I loved him. Why? I'm not even the only Michael.
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> **Michael**,  *Our Father, Who Aren't in Heaven*

**Michael** was the first and oldest of the four Archangels created by God, making him the very first angel ever created, as well as one of the oldest and most powerful beings in the universe. During the War In Heaven in the distant past, Michael banished Lucifer from Heaven on God's command, later restricting him to a Cage bound by 66 Seals. He was the Viceroy of Heaven in God's absence and commanded the Heavenly Host before he fell into the Cage with Lucifer. As the highest-ranking Archangel, he issued the commands, which went to the higher-ranking angels to disperse the orders down across the angelic chain.

On Earth, he appeared using John Winchester as a vessel to interact with Dean Winchester. There, Michael informs him that anyone in the Winchester bloodline is capable of being his vessel, even though he mentions that Dean is his one true vessel. He eventually occupies Adam Milligan's body while confronting Lucifer, who was using Sam as a vessel. When he falls into the Cage, Heaven loses stability and it results in a civil war between Raphael and Castiel, among other angels.

An alternate version of Michael exists on an apocalyptic Earth, where he won against Lucifer in the Apocalypse. Following the alternate Michael's death at the hands of the Nephilim Jack, this Michael is the only known archangel left alive in both universes.

Michael was trapped in the Cage with Adam by Sam and was supposedly driven mad during his time with Lucifer. However, when God decided to end the world, he opened every door in Hell, including the door to the Cage, giving Michael the opportunity to leave. Though he initially didn't take the chance, Michael eventually escaped. Now sharing control with Adam, Michael was left disillusioned by his father's betrayals and provided the Winchesters and Castiel with the means to trap God, though he refused to help them any further.

After God wipes out everyone on Earth, including Adam, Michael agrees to help the Winchesters and Jack defeat his father. However, after the brief resurrection of Lucifer, Michael betrays them in an effort to become his father's favorite again. God kills Michael for his previous betrayal, obliterating the archangel, but the Winchesters had anticipated Michael betraying them and used the archangel to lure God into a trap that rendered him powerless.

## History

### Early life

> My father and I have been together for eternity! I exist because he willed it!
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> Michael to Adam Milligan, *Our Father, Who Aren't in Heaven*

Michael was one of the four archangels created by God eons ago, before the Darkness's imprisonment. Michael, Lucifer and Gabriel all directly described Michael as being older than Lucifer and therefore the first archangel (one such example was when Michael and Lucifer were addressing each-other), whilst the Darkness and Lucifer in later years made two separate suggestions that Lucifer might have been the first archangel. It's unknown if this makes Michael older than the Leviathans, who are said to have existed "long before" angels.

In order to enable Creation to come about, Michael and his three brothers fought alongside their father in a war to imprison the Darkness, who was disruptive to God's efforts. The archangels were responsible for weakening their aunt by attacking her with their combined power, which enabled God to just barely lock her away by creating the Mark of Cain on Lucifer.

Michael stated to Dean Winchester that he "practically raised" Lucifer, taking care of him "in a way most people could never understand", and implying that it was very similar to how Dean dutifully obeyed his frequently-absent father while taking care of Sam. Michael also mentioned that he and his family were happy and together, until the dawn of humankind sparked Lucifer's rebellion after the latter refused God's command that the angels bow to and love humanity more than God.

As Lucifer's rebelliousness continued due to his jealousy of God's love for humans, he went to Michael asking the latter to stand with him, but Michael refused and, according to Lucifer,"called [him] a freak, a monster." Michael was also responsible for casting Lucifer into Hell on God's orders.

### Rule over Heaven

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Sympathy for the Devil*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *The End*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *The Song Remains the Same*
4. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `Point`
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 *Swan Song*
6. ↑ *The Third Man*
7. ↑ *Ouroboros*
8. ↑ *The Devil in the Details*
9. ↑ *Moriah*
10. ↑ *Back and to the Future*
11. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `15.09`
12. ↑ *Inherit the Earth*
13. ↑ *O Brother, Where Art Thou?*
14. ↑ *Changing Channels*
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 *Abandon All Hope...*
16. ↑ *Hell's Angel*
17. ↑ *The British Invasion*
18. ↑ *Meet the New Boss*
19. ↑ *Brother's Keeper*
20. ↑ *Don't Call Me Shurley*
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 *We Happy Few*