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IC Info Name: Castiel
Canon: Supernatural
Age: Eons, looks around early 30's
Appearance: Picture link [ HERE ]
Canon Point: S6, E20. The Man who would be King.
Background: Personal History and Canon History
Personality:
First and foremost, Castiel is a celestial being. He was created by god to serve as an agent of fate. He, along with the other angels, is hardwired with ‘factory settings’ and exists in a rigid caste system that allows for no change in designation. Angels are supposed to be “perfect, like a marble statue. Cold. No Choice. Only obedience.” Those who disobey are hunted down and killed without mercy which makes Castiel’s rebellion against Heaven all the more astounding.
Castiel is first introduced as a warrior of God with a very militant and commanding personality. He considers himself a soldier of Heaven. His convictions run deep because he has faith in God and believes the ends justify the means. Due to this, he often clashes with his charge, Dean Winchester, who becomes the catalyst for his fall. Dean constantly questions the morality of his orders and argues against their validity. At first, Castiel defends them with full conviction because they are from God, but as his orders become less and less moral they become difficult to defend. When he starts to show doubt he is dragged back to Heaven and disciplined. On his return, he falls back in line but Dean once again forces him to face the facts about Heaven. “This is simple Cas! No more crap about being a good soldier. There is a right and there is a wrong here, and you know it!” His doubts once again take root when he realizes that God is no longer in Heaven and the orders he’s been so judiciously following are actually from high ranking angels. His faith is tested when he finds out that Heaven is actively working to start the Apocalypse and complete the ‘grand story’ of good vs evil (Michael vs Lucifer) because they believe they can win. The angels have no regard for the millions of human casualties that will result from their war with Hell. Castiel loses faith altogether when he finds out that God - who he’s been so diligently searching for to help them stop the Apocalypse - has known all along what his children have been up to and feels that it’s not his problem. For a time, he is lost but it’s the Winchester’s will to fight against their fate (becoming the vessels of Michael and Lucifer) despite all odds and their devotion to one another that spurs him into action. Castiel has never seen such loyalty among his brethren who so easily turned on him despite eons of so called friendship. His Father once told the angels to love humans more than him and Castiel is surprised to realize that he does. “He’s in love - with humanity.” He comes to admire them and in the end, sacrifices everything to keep them safe. He rebels against Heaven and together with the brother’s, they end up tearing up the ‘Grand Ending’ and stopping the Apocalypse.
During this time, Castiel goes through a great transition from the obedient warrior of god to freedom fighter as the lone angel on humanity’s side. Despite this transition there are many key traits that are still a part of his core personality. He’s been a foot soldier of the Lord for eons and his militant personality is there to stay. He functions on logic and is a great tactician. He’s a deadly warrior because he’s unpredictable. For example, he carved an angel banishing sigil into his chest with a box cutter before entering a fight against several angels. The angels were not expecting his counter move and were promptly banished allowing the Winchesters to gain entry into the area. The reason Castiel is unpredictable is because he’s open to change. He’s adaptable and so long as there is a logical explanation he’s willing to change strategy. This also applies off the battlefield in that he’s willing to try something new without much prompting. He's open and curious, despite the rigid structure of angel social dynamics. Angels are known for their rigidness so the fact that Castiel is so easily malleable to new situations is a testament to how different he is from other Angels.
Castiel follows his moral compass with conviction and prides himself in being an angel of the Lord. However, once he turns his back on Heaven he only has his own moral code to guide him and here is where he reveals many of his faults. “The road to Hell is paved with good intentions”. Like all angels, Castiel still believes that the ends justify the means. After the Apocalypse is averted Heaven falls into a Civil War with one side lead by the Archangel Raphael who wants to kickstart it back up and the other side, lead by Castiel, who means to stop them. He prepares his plan of attack with only the big picture in mind - they need to stop Raphael - and fails to realize that the details matter - how they stop him. He makes a deal with Crowley, the King of Hell, in order to gain power and stop Raphael. During this time, he also displays arrogance and pride when he tells Dean he’s the only one who can stop Raphael. He vehemently believes he’s doing God’s work. Why else would God resurrect him, not once but twice, and raise his status from that of a regular angel to a Seraphim? The other angels seem to think so to and attach themselves to his cause. Angels need a leader to follow, it’s in their programming and Castiel, who was touched by God, becomes their beacon of hope. However, Castiel is too busy fighting against Raphael and his forces that the fails to realize he's lost his way. This is seen plainly when he comes across a child in the possession of a weapon of Heaven. He seeks him out, kidnaps him and proceeds to read his soul, a painfully invasive procedure with a severe mental toll. Castiel doesn't physically harm the child, but he causes him great pain without thought or consent. Dean are horrified by his blatant lack of sympathy and calls him out on it which when he first starts to question himself. The problem is, Castiel and the other angels have spent eons justifying their actions for the greater good and with only angels surrounding him (Sam and Dean are mostly in the dark), he has no one to question the morality of his actions.
Castiel’s strong convictions are a double edged sword since it’s these strong convictions that first led him to rebel against Heaven. However, he is constantly worried if he’s doing the right thing. Without Heaven to guide him, he can only rely on himself and in the long run his decisions prove to be no more 'righteous' than those of most humans. Free will is what led him to go against Raphael, it’s what drives him to rally the angels who believe he is 'God's Chosen' to his side. It’s what led him into temptation and has him striking a deal with the King of Hell for power and why he did it behind the backs of his friends, Sam and Dean. He justifies his actions with logic, but logic without emotion breeds coldness. The same coldness angels are known for and despite his best intentions, Castiel makes one bad decision after another until it all comes snowballing down on him and his deception is discovered by the people he cares most about. It’s a humbling experience to realize that even a celestial being can fall victim to their own good intentions. He finally admits to himself that he has no clue if what he’s doing is right anymore. He comes to view free will as a double edged sword too. For all that he spoke about free will, he ended up being led astray by it. In the end, specifically during this canonpoint, he comes to view freedom as "a length of rope" that "god wants you to hang yourself with". Without the moral support of Sam and Dean to bring him back when he strays, Castiel becomes lost in his own good intentions.
Thankfully, there is more to Castiel than his moral battles. He's a soldier, but he's also a misfit. His friends call him Cas and it's this side of him, feels so very much. He doesn’t always recognize the intensity of his feelings but they are easy to see as shown when he confronts Dean for leaving to say ‘Yes’ to Michael and become his vessel. Dean's choice invokes such intense feelings (betrayal, anger, adversity, etc), the damn finally breaks and he lashes out, slamming him around in an alley furious with him for giving in to Heaven. “I rebelled for this?! So that you could surrender to them? I gave everything for you, and this is what you give me?!” Angels aren’t supposed to display emotions, let alone so intensely. Emotions are doorways to doubt which can impair their judgement which is why they’re disciplined when they begin to show more than the standard cold, marble face. Cas isn't often aware of his emotions so he gives them no voice until they overwhelm him. In addition, he has no clue that every one of them is clearly painted on his face. The fact that he doesn't lie makes it even easier to read him since his heart is so often on display. He wears his heart on his sleeve, unintentionally, and is painfully honest and blunt. He doesn’t lie because he sees no point in it. He’s watched humanity for thousands of years but has no clue how to interact with them. He’s usually quiet and reserved only speaking when addressed or when he has something pertinent to add to a conversation. He has no clue how to be casual and often displays the depths of his naivety when interacting with regular people. Many pop culture references go over his head and he often fails to decipher when a joke is being made and addresses it with serious intent. Cas is curious of humanity and it's this side of himself that slowly falls his Father's creations.
Castiel and Cas are two sides of the same coin. Two sides of one angel. He’s prone to deep loyalty and obedience. "If Dean says it's time to go out in a blaze of glory, win or lose, so be it. I'm in, but then, that's how I roll." He has doubts but still keeps faith. He doesn’t always know if what he's doing is right but he always does what he thinks is right and often fails. He fails to rescue Sam’s soul from Hell, fails to go against Raphael on his own. Castiel fails a lot but he always gets back up. He’s a soldier. He has the strength of will to keep fighting despite the odds against him. However, this isn’t always a good thing. One of Castiel’s many failures is his inability to ask for help. When the Civil War with Raphael first began, Castiel wanted to ask Dean for help but in the end he chose self-sacrifice instead. He never asks for help even when he needs it. He’s self destructive and puts himself in harms way several times like when he planed to confine Raphael inside a circle of Holy Fire knowing full well that any single mistake will get him killed. He’s died twice already because he faced off against a being (archangel) much stronger than him knowing he had no chance of surviving the encounter. God resurrected him twice and even made him a Seraphim, a stronger angel. Still, Castiel has yet to learn self-preservation. He’s a soldier, all he knows is how to go to war. He knows how to form a battle plan, the skills to execute it, a tactician's mind to improvise when the plan goes to shit and the conviction to see it through to the end without wavering, but he’s never given a thought to what happens after. Outside the battlefield he has no idea what to do with himself. Free will or not, Castiel has never made any plans for himself. He can't pursue what he wants because he's never given thought to what he wants. He’s a been a soldier the entirety of his existence and has never given a thought to how to live after the fighting's done.
Castiel fought for Heaven for eons without question, later gave his allegiance to humanity by following the Winchester's, but Castiel has never fought for himself. He’s never given a thought to what he wants. Angels aren't supposed to want anything. They’re supposed to serve. That's their role, what they were programmed to be, and despite his rebellion, Castiel has yet to rid himself of this notion. However, as time goes on, he’s slowly finding his place in the world. It’s not in Heaven and it’s not among humans, but with the other misfits in his life - the Winchester’s. He still considers himself their guardian and they give him something tangible to hold onto, a reason to fight. Sam and Dean help him find his way when his moral compass fails him, they help him see the details, care about the people the 'big picture' affects. They teach him about culture and show him another way to live. And so, he's begun to grow comfortable with them and at times even sasses them. He's slowly starting to realize that his place is at their side, his home, something Castiel has never known despite his eons of existence.
Weaknesses/Temptations:
Castiel has been lead astray before by his heart. It's the easiest way to sway him off the path of redemption. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. If he thinks he is doing the 'greater good', he has no problem doing the unpleasant especially if it means protecting his wards, the Winchester's.
Sins:
- Hubris
- Pride
- Arrogance
- Executioner
Powers/Abilities:
Link to Power Section [ HERE ]
Items:
- Angel Blade: weapon carried by angels. One of the few weapons that can kill angels, Nephilim, hellhounds, demons, reapers and supernatural creatures.
SAMPLES Network: Linked Samples [ One ] and [ Two ]
Log: Linked Samples [ One ] and [ Two ]
Age: 21+
Contact:
Current Characters: N/A
IC Info Name: Castiel
Canon: Supernatural
Age: Eons, looks around early 30's
Appearance: Picture link [ HERE ]
Canon Point: S6, E20. The Man who would be King.
Background: Personal History and Canon History
Personality:
First and foremost, Castiel is a celestial being. He was created by god to serve as an agent of fate. He, along with the other angels, is hardwired with ‘factory settings’ and exists in a rigid caste system that allows for no change in designation. Angels are supposed to be “perfect, like a marble statue. Cold. No Choice. Only obedience.” Those who disobey are hunted down and killed without mercy which makes Castiel’s rebellion against Heaven all the more astounding.
Castiel is first introduced as a warrior of God with a very militant and commanding personality. He considers himself a soldier of Heaven. His convictions run deep because he has faith in God and believes the ends justify the means. Due to this, he often clashes with his charge, Dean Winchester, who becomes the catalyst for his fall. Dean constantly questions the morality of his orders and argues against their validity. At first, Castiel defends them with full conviction because they are from God, but as his orders become less and less moral they become difficult to defend. When he starts to show doubt he is dragged back to Heaven and disciplined. On his return, he falls back in line but Dean once again forces him to face the facts about Heaven. “This is simple Cas! No more crap about being a good soldier. There is a right and there is a wrong here, and you know it!” His doubts once again take root when he realizes that God is no longer in Heaven and the orders he’s been so judiciously following are actually from high ranking angels. His faith is tested when he finds out that Heaven is actively working to start the Apocalypse and complete the ‘grand story’ of good vs evil (Michael vs Lucifer) because they believe they can win. The angels have no regard for the millions of human casualties that will result from their war with Hell. Castiel loses faith altogether when he finds out that God - who he’s been so diligently searching for to help them stop the Apocalypse - has known all along what his children have been up to and feels that it’s not his problem. For a time, he is lost but it’s the Winchester’s will to fight against their fate (becoming the vessels of Michael and Lucifer) despite all odds and their devotion to one another that spurs him into action. Castiel has never seen such loyalty among his brethren who so easily turned on him despite eons of so called friendship. His Father once told the angels to love humans more than him and Castiel is surprised to realize that he does. “He’s in love - with humanity.” He comes to admire them and in the end, sacrifices everything to keep them safe. He rebels against Heaven and together with the brother’s, they end up tearing up the ‘Grand Ending’ and stopping the Apocalypse.
During this time, Castiel goes through a great transition from the obedient warrior of god to freedom fighter as the lone angel on humanity’s side. Despite this transition there are many key traits that are still a part of his core personality. He’s been a foot soldier of the Lord for eons and his militant personality is there to stay. He functions on logic and is a great tactician. He’s a deadly warrior because he’s unpredictable. For example, he carved an angel banishing sigil into his chest with a box cutter before entering a fight against several angels. The angels were not expecting his counter move and were promptly banished allowing the Winchesters to gain entry into the area. The reason Castiel is unpredictable is because he’s open to change. He’s adaptable and so long as there is a logical explanation he’s willing to change strategy. This also applies off the battlefield in that he’s willing to try something new without much prompting. He's open and curious, despite the rigid structure of angel social dynamics. Angels are known for their rigidness so the fact that Castiel is so easily malleable to new situations is a testament to how different he is from other Angels.
Castiel follows his moral compass with conviction and prides himself in being an angel of the Lord. However, once he turns his back on Heaven he only has his own moral code to guide him and here is where he reveals many of his faults. “The road to Hell is paved with good intentions”. Like all angels, Castiel still believes that the ends justify the means. After the Apocalypse is averted Heaven falls into a Civil War with one side lead by the Archangel Raphael who wants to kickstart it back up and the other side, lead by Castiel, who means to stop them. He prepares his plan of attack with only the big picture in mind - they need to stop Raphael - and fails to realize that the details matter - how they stop him. He makes a deal with Crowley, the King of Hell, in order to gain power and stop Raphael. During this time, he also displays arrogance and pride when he tells Dean he’s the only one who can stop Raphael. He vehemently believes he’s doing God’s work. Why else would God resurrect him, not once but twice, and raise his status from that of a regular angel to a Seraphim? The other angels seem to think so to and attach themselves to his cause. Angels need a leader to follow, it’s in their programming and Castiel, who was touched by God, becomes their beacon of hope. However, Castiel is too busy fighting against Raphael and his forces that the fails to realize he's lost his way. This is seen plainly when he comes across a child in the possession of a weapon of Heaven. He seeks him out, kidnaps him and proceeds to read his soul, a painfully invasive procedure with a severe mental toll. Castiel doesn't physically harm the child, but he causes him great pain without thought or consent. Dean are horrified by his blatant lack of sympathy and calls him out on it which when he first starts to question himself. The problem is, Castiel and the other angels have spent eons justifying their actions for the greater good and with only angels surrounding him (Sam and Dean are mostly in the dark), he has no one to question the morality of his actions.
Castiel’s strong convictions are a double edged sword since it’s these strong convictions that first led him to rebel against Heaven. However, he is constantly worried if he’s doing the right thing. Without Heaven to guide him, he can only rely on himself and in the long run his decisions prove to be no more 'righteous' than those of most humans. Free will is what led him to go against Raphael, it’s what drives him to rally the angels who believe he is 'God's Chosen' to his side. It’s what led him into temptation and has him striking a deal with the King of Hell for power and why he did it behind the backs of his friends, Sam and Dean. He justifies his actions with logic, but logic without emotion breeds coldness. The same coldness angels are known for and despite his best intentions, Castiel makes one bad decision after another until it all comes snowballing down on him and his deception is discovered by the people he cares most about. It’s a humbling experience to realize that even a celestial being can fall victim to their own good intentions. He finally admits to himself that he has no clue if what he’s doing is right anymore. He comes to view free will as a double edged sword too. For all that he spoke about free will, he ended up being led astray by it. In the end, specifically during this canonpoint, he comes to view freedom as "a length of rope" that "god wants you to hang yourself with". Without the moral support of Sam and Dean to bring him back when he strays, Castiel becomes lost in his own good intentions.
Thankfully, there is more to Castiel than his moral battles. He's a soldier, but he's also a misfit. His friends call him Cas and it's this side of him, feels so very much. He doesn’t always recognize the intensity of his feelings but they are easy to see as shown when he confronts Dean for leaving to say ‘Yes’ to Michael and become his vessel. Dean's choice invokes such intense feelings (betrayal, anger, adversity, etc), the damn finally breaks and he lashes out, slamming him around in an alley furious with him for giving in to Heaven. “I rebelled for this?! So that you could surrender to them? I gave everything for you, and this is what you give me?!” Angels aren’t supposed to display emotions, let alone so intensely. Emotions are doorways to doubt which can impair their judgement which is why they’re disciplined when they begin to show more than the standard cold, marble face. Cas isn't often aware of his emotions so he gives them no voice until they overwhelm him. In addition, he has no clue that every one of them is clearly painted on his face. The fact that he doesn't lie makes it even easier to read him since his heart is so often on display. He wears his heart on his sleeve, unintentionally, and is painfully honest and blunt. He doesn’t lie because he sees no point in it. He’s watched humanity for thousands of years but has no clue how to interact with them. He’s usually quiet and reserved only speaking when addressed or when he has something pertinent to add to a conversation. He has no clue how to be casual and often displays the depths of his naivety when interacting with regular people. Many pop culture references go over his head and he often fails to decipher when a joke is being made and addresses it with serious intent. Cas is curious of humanity and it's this side of himself that slowly falls his Father's creations.
Castiel and Cas are two sides of the same coin. Two sides of one angel. He’s prone to deep loyalty and obedience. "If Dean says it's time to go out in a blaze of glory, win or lose, so be it. I'm in, but then, that's how I roll." He has doubts but still keeps faith. He doesn’t always know if what he's doing is right but he always does what he thinks is right and often fails. He fails to rescue Sam’s soul from Hell, fails to go against Raphael on his own. Castiel fails a lot but he always gets back up. He’s a soldier. He has the strength of will to keep fighting despite the odds against him. However, this isn’t always a good thing. One of Castiel’s many failures is his inability to ask for help. When the Civil War with Raphael first began, Castiel wanted to ask Dean for help but in the end he chose self-sacrifice instead. He never asks for help even when he needs it. He’s self destructive and puts himself in harms way several times like when he planed to confine Raphael inside a circle of Holy Fire knowing full well that any single mistake will get him killed. He’s died twice already because he faced off against a being (archangel) much stronger than him knowing he had no chance of surviving the encounter. God resurrected him twice and even made him a Seraphim, a stronger angel. Still, Castiel has yet to learn self-preservation. He’s a soldier, all he knows is how to go to war. He knows how to form a battle plan, the skills to execute it, a tactician's mind to improvise when the plan goes to shit and the conviction to see it through to the end without wavering, but he’s never given a thought to what happens after. Outside the battlefield he has no idea what to do with himself. Free will or not, Castiel has never made any plans for himself. He can't pursue what he wants because he's never given thought to what he wants. He’s a been a soldier the entirety of his existence and has never given a thought to how to live after the fighting's done.
Castiel fought for Heaven for eons without question, later gave his allegiance to humanity by following the Winchester's, but Castiel has never fought for himself. He’s never given a thought to what he wants. Angels aren't supposed to want anything. They’re supposed to serve. That's their role, what they were programmed to be, and despite his rebellion, Castiel has yet to rid himself of this notion. However, as time goes on, he’s slowly finding his place in the world. It’s not in Heaven and it’s not among humans, but with the other misfits in his life - the Winchester’s. He still considers himself their guardian and they give him something tangible to hold onto, a reason to fight. Sam and Dean help him find his way when his moral compass fails him, they help him see the details, care about the people the 'big picture' affects. They teach him about culture and show him another way to live. And so, he's begun to grow comfortable with them and at times even sasses them. He's slowly starting to realize that his place is at their side, his home, something Castiel has never known despite his eons of existence.
Weaknesses/Temptations:
Castiel has been lead astray before by his heart. It's the easiest way to sway him off the path of redemption. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. If he thinks he is doing the 'greater good', he has no problem doing the unpleasant especially if it means protecting his wards, the Winchester's.
Sins:
- Hubris
- Pride
- Arrogance
- Executioner
Powers/Abilities:
Link to Power Section [ HERE ]
Items:
- Angel Blade: weapon carried by angels. One of the few weapons that can kill angels, Nephilim, hellhounds, demons, reapers and supernatural creatures.
SAMPLES Network: Linked Samples [ One ] and [ Two ]
Log: Linked Samples [ One ] and [ Two ]