John Winchester

## Powers & Abilities

* **Hunter Skills**: One of the greatest hunter, John's skills were famous & well-known to the point that a lot of other hunters, including veteran ones like Bobby Singer, all refer to John as an extremely capable hunter. Even after his death, a lot of hunters talk about him. Gordon considers his sons to have "big shoes to fill" in their father's absence. Sam & Dean stated that it was very rare that a monster survived an encounter with John. He was also noted for being able to find ways to kill things that had no apparent weaknesses. While Sam considers John to be still superior to him & Bobby, he also stated that Dean has surpassed their father.
	+ ***Hand to Hand Combat***: Already an exceptionally skilled fighter from his intensive training as a Marine, John retained his skill even after having retired to be able to mold Sam & Dean into formidable fighters even as children, rendering them capable of easily defeating bullies. John only sharpened his skills after becoming a hunter, having been good enough to overpower & kill almost any monster he encountered. His fighting prowess earned him great fame even among other hunters.
	+ ***Weaponry***: John is highly well-versed in the use of weapons, which earned him the USMC Expert Rifle Badge, the highest score of qualification for the USMC with his service rifle (which at the time was most likely an M16A1). He kept his knowledge & skill after retiring, as he successfully taught Sam & Dean how to use & even build firearms. His skills with weaponry only further increased as needed to fight against the supernatural. He was capable of easily decapitating the vampires with a single blade & shooting another vampire dead, without him being able to react despite his superhuman speed & reflexes.
* **Indomitable Will**: An exceptionally mentally strong man, John's indomitable willpower was another one of his many noteworthy traits. Despite the many atrocities he likely witnessed in his military career, John was able to remain an optimistic & strong-willed man & maintain this even after losing his wife. Even though John became hardened over the years, he never succumbed to despair, drawing on his desire to take revenge on Azazel & love for his sons.
* **Leadership:** He was an exceptional leader, known for having led soldiers under him effectively & saved the lives of his men many times.
* **Military Protocol:** John has remarkable skills from his experience as a Marine Corporal, with him also achieving four medals in his military career.
* **Occultism**: John had a very impressive command of lore to the point that many times Sam & Dean consult his journal as their first source of information. Although John still had gaps in his knowledge, his knowledge proved to be constantly detailed for his sons to identify a creature & how to kill it. His journal displayed knowledge of extremely obscure monsters that very few were aware even existed.
* **Tactical Analysis**: His tactical & leadership skills from the military did not decline over the years he spent retired as a husband & father. Once he became a hunter, he was able to effectively lead his sons into numerous successful hunts & once he left Dean, he was able to stay out of his sons attempts to find him until he eventually decided to work together with them again.
* **1983 GMC Sierra:** John drives aa black pick-up truck with with a case for his weapons in the truck bed. His weapons collection was apparently less diverse than Sam and Dean's, consist of various firearms and a few blades and shurikens. However, he also carried more religious objects than Sam and Dean did, his weapons' box containing two rosaries, two bottles of Holy Water, two different crosses, and two small containers bearing the Chi Rho. This may reflect John's specific hunt for The Yellow-Eyed Demon as opposed to Sam and Dean's custom of investigating every potentially supernatural incident they come across.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* His closest friend is Bobby Singer. He is also good friends with Bill Harvelle, Ellen Harvelle, Rufus Turner, Daniel Eilkins, Pastor Jim Murphy & Missouri Moseley.
* John's name means "Yahweh is gracious".
* He had always been a devout Christian but because of his life as a hunter, he never had time to attend church.
* John has never visited Mary's grave site. He also had no relations with her family members after her death.
* After giving the Impala to Dean, he began driving a 1983 GMC Sierra. It had a closed console which had a high-tech box to house his weapons.
* His idea of thanksgiving was a bowl of chicken & passing out on the couch.
* Dean worshiped his father & considers John as one of the best hunters to have ever lived, especially by his number of hunts & the fact that almost no creature having survived their encounter with John.
* His blood type is AB+.
* He kept files on at least some of his cases in his lock-up.
* John enjoys using a barbwire-wrapped baseball ball.

## Notes

* John Winchester is a character from the TV show *Supernatural*.