Supernatural
Summary
Supernatural ’s 15 - season political campaign gears up Dean Winchester with various venomous weapon , and the First Blade is no elision because he uses it to kill multiple characters . Dean , toy by Jensen Ackles , is a hot - headed fiend hunter with a fairly talkative armoury . From killing the genus Phoenix EliasFinch with the Colt to require out Death with his own scythe , Supernaturalincludes numerous specialised and baneful weapons . What ’s intriguing about this is that most weapons demand devious quests to be incur , sometimes even ranging half a season in the story .
One of these all - potent arm is the First Blade . What make the First Blade so unequalled is that it ’s basically just a mandibular bone fashioned into a blade . However , itsreal power is n’t even in the arm itself but in the accompanying Mark of Cainthat provides its bearer with the power to kill any known being . As with many deals or fixes onSupernatural , the Mark come with side effects , namely homicidal tendencies . This sets onward almost two season of Dean ’s inside battle between ridding the world of large demonic terror like Abaddon and maintain his humanity .
Sam and Dean Winchester are both redoubtable Hunter in Supernatural , and both have fought many a villain , but only Dean boasts this impressive record .
8Magnus Gets Decapitated
Season 9, Episode 16, “Blade Runners”
" Blade Runners " focalise on Sam and Dean finding the First Blade with Crowley ’s help . However , a former Men of Letters Cuthbert Sinclair , also known as Magnus , tries to add Dean to his collection of mystic antiquities , which includes the First Blade . This episode is the first sentence Dean is really test by the Mark as it ’s the initial instance where he maintain the First Blade .
By this point inSupernatural , the lengths Dean is willing to go through for Sam are extreme , including selling his soul to resurrect his brother in time of year 3 . Similarly , Dean sacrifices his own well - being to save Sam from Magnus ' torture . Once Dean beheads Magnus using the First Blade , he visibly stimulate with murderous rage . Dean is by nature quickly - tempered , butthis first example of using the Blade with the Mark set off Dean ’s struggle with his darker side .
7Dean Kills Demons
Season 9, Episode 21, “Kind Of the Damned” & Season 10, Episode 1, “Black”
procure the First Blade is to wipe out Abaddon , soDean ’s cruelty is more a means to an end in his eye . By " King of the Damned , " Dean ’s corruption from the Mark has built up his homicidal tendencies . He squeal to Sam that the first time he touched the Blade he know he would take out anything that make in his way of kill Abaddon . Therefore , Dean kills a fiend with the First Blade . His refusal of help essentiallyturns Dean into a villainbecause it sets him on a downward spiral of violence make by the Mark of Cain .
In " Black , " once Dean is a daimon , his pitilessness is increasingly undue . Dean savagely bludgeons one demon in a gas place and stabs another in an alleyway with zero compunction . While this type of conduct is likely expected from a demon , it alsosignifies how far off balance Dean ’s moral compass is at this level . Not only is the First Blade always with him , but it ’s now his go - to weapon , propose Dean ’s complete submission to the Mark and the Blade ’s power .
Across 15 time of year of Supernatural , Sam and Dean have been faced with many difficult challenge , but some choices they ’ve made may have been mistakes .
6Abaddon Gets Killed
Season 9, Episode 21, “King of the Damned”
Abaddon is one ofSupernatural ’s most powerful villainsand one of Dean ’s grownup killing . She ’s a threat throughoutSupernaturalseason 8 and 9 and essentially the sole intellect Dean seeks the First Blade . As a Knight of Hell , the only way she can be killed is with the Blade . Therefore , once Dean catch the luck , he take it . During his terminal fight with Abaddon , Dean uses multiple powers of the Mark to avail himself , such as psychokinesis when the Blade is knocked from his hired hand .
Dean ’s disregard for consequences speaks to his character utterly . Although he lie to Sam to get into the room with Abaddon alone , his reason is to forefend offend Sam . Thishighlights Dean ’s self - awareness about the Mark of Cain and First Blade ’s risk and his own lack of controlbecause of it . Additionally , this is such a climactic moment since it signifies what should be the destruction of the First Blade saga for Dean . His facial expression and drop the Blade after repeatedly remove Abaddon and Sam snap him out of his craze foreground his own surprise at what he did .
5Dean Interrogates Tessa The Reaper
Season 9, Episode 22, “Stairway to Heaven”
When Dean interrogates Tessa , his use of the First Blade is milder compare to other illustration . After Tessa refuses to provide any concrete reply as to why angels are pour down themselves in Castiel ’s name , Dean draw out the First Blade as a threat . Although he most likely was n’t going to use it , Tessa pushes herself into the Blade and break down . Dean ’s surprised reaction suggests that , despite the Mark and his problematic exterior , he can still distinguish between mightily and wrongto a degree . to boot , his history with Tessa and his lack of physical effect against her highlight how his emotional connection still touch his decision - making at this stage .
4Dean Injures Gadreel
Although in the same episode as Tessa ’s destruction , Dean ’s actions in the bunker whenGadreelenters are arguably more aligned with his more rage - fueled enjoyment of the First Blade . However , Gadreel has been on Metatron ’s side and killed Kevin while possessing Sam originally in season 9 . So , Dean cutting him with the First Blade here is as much a sign of his distrust as it is of the Mark ’s influence . grant , he hears out Gadreel ’s supplication to help oneself take down Metatron , shakes his hand , and still attacks him . Therefore , Dean slicing Gadreel with the First Blade show his decrease in sympathywhile still attest his pre - Mark faith issues .
The Mark of Cain impacted Dean throughout two seasons of the show . It controlled Dean and made him do uncharacteristically high-risk things .
3Dean Steals The First Blade To Kill Metatron
Season 9, Episode 23, “Do You Believe in Miracles?”
Because of the Mark ’s influence , Dean ’s distance from the First Blade results in him spit up blood . Out of despair , Dean process Crowley for avail in retrieving the First Blade so he can pour down Metatron . Dean ’s loss in his fight with Metatron typify the ego - destructiveness of the Mark and Bladecombined . Moreover , Metatron killing Deandepicts the issue with the latter ’s recklessness when it comes to his own prophylactic . It showcases how he leave out warnings so he can be the one to martyrise himself for whatever end goal Team Free Will has .
2Demon Dean Stabs Lester
Season 10, Episode 2, “Reichenbach”
Much like Dean ’s kill in " Black , " " Reichenbach " emphasizes just how shameless Dean is as a devil . While working with Crowley to acquit out crossroad deals , Dean run into Lester , a vengeful hubby who made a deal to have his married woman killed for her unfaithfulness . Dean , instead , kills Lester with the First Blade . This far-right deportment is indicatory of a larger issue with his rearing Blade usage- his want of loyalty and the imbalancedrelationship between Dean and Crowley . With even the King of Hell essentially sack Dean and team up up with Sam to keep the Blade veil , it ’s evident from his Lester bolt down that Dean ’s common sense of ethical motive is non - actual .
Supernatural entered season 10 with Dean Winchester having become a demon , but while fans were worked up , the resulting story was truly lusterless .
1Dean Kills Cain
Season 10, Episode 14, “The Executioner’s Song”
Dean ’s last function of the First Blade is not as senseless as some of the previous few instance because he ’s human again . Most notably , Dean ’s consideration for Sam and Castiel ’s safety before facing Cain highlights how his First Blade journey is moderately reverting his style of thinking to how it was before the Mark . Dean ’s resistance against the full military capability of the Mark with the Blade showcases his awareness of how unforgiving his ruthlessness waswhile under the Mark ’s full influence . Not only does Dean ’s endeavour at renouncing the Mark ’s influence in this combat signify his accountability , but also his willingness to resist it to be a better person .
Dean ’s final plea to Cain sums up how much he ’s changed since first using the Blade . Instead of admitting he ca n’t and wo n’t be hold on , he holds the First Blade and begs Cain to narrate him he does n’t have to kill him and that he can block . Despite Cain ’s negatively charged response , Dean does what involve to be done to quash more innocent people ’s deathsand kill Cain . WhileDean has unfit traitsand he makes inadequate determination during his time under the Mark ’s influence , Supernaturaluses the First Blade as a way of life to further his complex journey from reckless murderer to rueful huntsman .
