Faustus Blackwood

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## Biographical Information

### Occupation

* Dean  (Formerly)
* High Priest  (Formerly)

## Affiliates & Family

### Affiliation

* Church of Night  (Formerly)
* Academy of Unseen Arts  (Formerly)

### Relatives

* Constance Blackwood †  (Wife; Widowed)
* Prudence Blackwood  (Illegitimate Daughter)
* Judith Blackwood  (Daughter)
* Judas Blackwood  (Son)
* Zelda Spellman  (Wife)
* Hilda Spellman  (Sister in-law)
* Edward Spellman  (Brother in-law)
* Diana Spellman  (Sister in-law)
* Ambrose Spellman  (Step Nephew)
* Sabrina Spellman  (Step Niece)

## Appearances

### Last Appearance

* "Chapter Twenty: The Mephisto Waltz"

**Father Faustus Blackwood** is a main character on Netflix's *Chilling Adventures of Sabrina*. He is portrayed by Richard Coyle.

He is the former High Priest of the Church of Night fleeing after refusing the Dark Lord's order of bowing down to Sabrina Spellman and poisoning the entire Coven.

## Early History

Faustus Blackwood is an old-fashioned warlock who was an evil mentor of Edward Spellman before the latter surpassed him and became High Priest of the Church of Night. Following Edward's death, Faustus took over the throne as the embodiment of Satan's will on earth, restoring some practices fallen into disuse or considered barbaric by Edward Spellman during his reign; for example, the Feast of Feasts. For several years Faustus tried to have children with his wife Constance, who sadly miscarried two of them. However, Blackwood fathered at least one illegitimate child like many other high priests before him.

## Physical Appearance

Father Blackwood is a warlock with the appearance of a man in his forties. Tall and with a toned body, he has green eyes, black hair, and long nails that resemble claws. Blackwood wears Puritanical black clothes and always has with him a walking stick with the head of a rabbit carved on the handle. During the important ceremonies of the Church of Night, Father Blackwood wears witch regalia which is, in all respects, satanic clergy attire.

## Personality

Faustus Blackwood is the traditionalist High Priest of the Church of Night and mentor of the late Edward Spellman, a progressive warlock and the most powerful conjurer produced by the coven. Blackwood is a machiavellian warlock with a strong satanic faith and a narrow-minded policy based on following by the book rules and traditions even when considered barbaric, as the cannibalistic Feast of Feasts restored as soon as he succeeded Edward Spellman in command of the coven. However, he's more than willing to bend those rules for personal gain.

Father Blackwood is a master manipulator. He knows exactly what nerves to touch to seduce and deceive young witches like Sabrina, promising false hopes and certainties disguised with a philosophy based on the principles of free will and self-empowerment. However, Madam Satan points out in one of their conversations that he is not as expert as he thinks, and that sometimes Blackwood is too reckless in resorting too blatantly to violence rather than subtle deception, like when he likened himself to a hammer nailing wayward witches like nails.

Father Blackwood believes in male supremacy and more than once argued with Madam Satan over the differences of the sexes and their associated alleged qualities and flaws. Despite this, Father Blackwood is extremely lustful and exploits the confessional of witches as an excuse to engage in BDSM sexual acts, in which he takes pleasure in inflicting and receiving pain as he did with Zelda, using her to reach Sabrina. One of his dreams has always been to have a male heir although he had at least one illegitimate child out of wedlock. For years, he and his wife, Lady Constance tried to have children, resulting in several miscarriages that cooled the passion between the two spouses, if ever there was love since Nick claims witches are unable to love.

## Appearances

### Part 1

* "Chapter Two: The Dark Baptism"
* "Chapter Three: The Trial of Sabrina Spellman"
* "Chapter Four: Witch Academy"
* "Chapter Five: Dreams in a Witch House"
* "Chapter Six: An Exorcism in Greendale"
* "Chapter Seven: Feast of Feasts"
* "Chapter Eight: The Burial"
* "Chapter Nine: The Returned Man"
* "Chapter Ten: The Witching Hour"
* "Chapter Eleven: A Midwinter's Tale"
* "Chapter Thirteen: The Passion of Sabrina Spellman"
* "Chapter Fourteen: Lupercalia"
* "Chapter Fifteen: Doctor Cerberus's House of Horror"
* "Chapter Sixteen: Blackwood"
* "Chapter Seventeen: The Missionaries"
* "Chapter Eighteen: The Miracles of Sabrina Spellman"
* "Chapter Nineteen: The Mandrake"
* "Chapter Twenty: The Mephisto Waltz"

## Name

* The name **Faustus** is a Latin baby name. In Latin the meaning of the name Faustus is: Good luck.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.sheknows.com/baby-names/name/faustus/

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