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Closed starter w/ Sam Winchester - @samwchster​

Walking for what seemed like an eternity, Cas took a minute to sit down at the side of the road. The back of his throat burned, and his lips stung as he tried to moisten them with the saliva that had turned to wallpaper paste in his mouth. The road seemed to carry on for miles in both directions and the nearest town was still 8 miles east.

He rummaged around in the pockets of his jacket that he had removed and placed on his lap. He fumbled and pulled out his phone, no signal. Castiel sighed and pushed himself back onto his feet.

Cas pressed on for another few hours before finally stumbling upon a gas station. It seemed empty. Through the window, Cas could see the long rows of water which made the thick saliva in his mouth pool around his tongue. His focus fixed to the piece of paper stuck in the window of the door:

‘BACK AT 6’ scrawled across the page in block capitals.

Leaning into the window to make out the time on the digital clock, Castiel fell into the door as it swung inwards. A large 2L bottle of water was snatched into his hands and as he gulped, each swallow felt like a punch to his throat, but he didn’t mind as the sandpaper feeling on the roof of his mouth disappeared. The empty plastic echoed on the shelf as he slammed it back down - breathing laboured.

His grip released on the bottle as he spotted the payphone at the back of the store. He grabbed some coins from the charity pot on his way and rattled a few into the machine.

Punching in the numbers to one of Dean’s cells, Cas listened eagerly for a familiar voice. It took a while for an answer, the electronic ringing resonating in his ears. It wasn’t Dean but Sam who had answered the call.

“Sam? It’s Cas…” trailing off with a relieved sigh.

Castiel began to explain how he was betrayed by Metatron and had cast the angels out of heaven; trailing off as he thought about the scorched bodies of his angelic brothers and sisters he had found in a field the previous day. Cas swallowed the lump of guilt in his throat before moving the conversation onto the brothers.

“Anyway, how are you both?” before giving Sam time to answer the question another shot out of his mouth “Did you complete the trials?”

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Castiel heaved his body onto all fours as he foggily tried to identify where on Earth he was. How long had he been out cold? What could he last remember? Nothing was clear. Cas’ body was soon overwhelmed by the dull ache of… hunger? Bewildered, the angel forced himself to stand, dusting the gravel from the palms of his hands and studying the tiny imprints it had made.

Eyebrows furrowed, Castiel surveyed the area around him before exhaling sharply - he was overlooking a field littered with bodies. He approached the area. Walking through, the angel studied the remains to find each body was accompanied by a pair of great wings scorched into the ground.

“No” he exasperates.

Flashbacks of Metatron revealing his deception of Castiel flooded his being; the casting out of the angels from Heaven, his stolen Grace and his new status as a human. Cas realised that once again, his naivety had caused devastation.  Castiel became frantic. Jumping from one corpse to another desperately trying to find any signs of life but there appeared to be nothing: hollow shells.

Each of his fallen brothers and sisters were covered in extensive burns: raging red, blistered and charred. Their mouths permanently affixed in scream, eyes burned out from sockets, they had suffered at his hands. His brothers and sisters who he had once fought beside. Castiel choked - he had never felt guilt quite like it. He had to fix this.

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(Misha Collins, ageless, cismale, he/him) Well if it isn’t CASTIEL (aka Cas). Rumour is that they’re an ANGEL from SUPERNATURAL and they found their way to Devil Hills, KS 3 DAYS AGO. They can be a bit COMPLEX & IDEALISTIC, but some of that is made up by their tendency to be COURAGEOUS & ALTURISTIC. One of their top played songs is TRAVELLING ON by LED ZEPPLIN. Some sights and sounds that embody them are THE GLINT OF SLIVER, SMELL OF COFFEE, GLOWING LIGHT. Hopefully, they pick the right side of things or stay out of the way.

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HISTORY

An angel almost as old as time itself. Charged with watching over humanity for millennia, Castiel is able to recall tales of evolution, ancient civilisation and bore witness to infamous biblical tales. Until 2009…

Sent to Hell with an army of angels to rescue Dean Winchester from the pit, Castiel was the one to raise him from perdition as heaven believed he could help stop the apocalypse. His true form is as tall as the Chrysler building and unable to be shown to most humans as it would blind them. So, in order to walk the Earth, Castiel uses the vessel of a devote man who gave the angel permission to possess him. This is how he was first introduced to Sam and Dean who had never seen or heard of angels before. They had never seen anything that was powerful enough to smite a demon by simply touching it, or able to manipulate time, or seemingly unable to kill.

The angel had seldom interacted with humans before and finds many things such as the fluidity of human emotion and reason baffling. Therefore, Cas appears blunt and awkward in conversation initially but with time, he develops more empathy and starts to see the beauty in the flaws of humans.

Castiel became involved with the Winchester brothers and their mission to prevent Lucifer from being freed from Hell. These ties became more personal over time when his fellow angels betrayed him and had plotted to bring on the apocalypse all along. He broke allegiance with Heaven, losing some of his power, but gaining allies with the hunters and eventually becoming successful at locking Lucifer and Michael in the cage together, avoiding the end of the world. In this fight, Castiel was killed by Lucifer and resurrected by God into a stronger, more powerful rank of angel (seraph). This solidified his newfound free will.

The threat of the Apocalypse loomed once again and Castiel chose to lead an army of rebel angels to fight the archangel, Raphael. The angelic battles resulted in Cas becoming more distanced from the Winchesters and responded to less and less of their calls. The brothers were unable to grasp the severity of Cas’ situation. In his desperation, having realised his army were unable to beat Raphael alone, Cas teamed up with the demon (Crowley) to ultimately betray him and ingest all the souls from Purgatory. This provided Castiel with powers much stronger than his rivals who he did not hesitate to destroy. However, the potency of the power and souls inside of him manipulated Cas into believing that he was the new God. The ancient, evil souls from Purgatory (Leviathan) possessed Castiel - killing him.

Resurrected by God once again, Castiel practiced as a faith healer known as Emmanuel. He was unable to recollect that he was an angel or had even recognise his friend Dean Winchester (who he had once stated shared a profound bond with Cas) Once reminded of who he was, the angel had great regret and shame surrounding what he had done and ventured to save Sam Winchester from his own mind by taking on the man’s torture-fuelled madness. This attempt at redemption left the angel in a catatonic state.

Castiel only woke once again as Sam and Dean had uncovered the word of God which sent a piercing signal to all angels that a prophet had been anointed. He is very knowledgeable on biblical lore and is able to help the Winchesters identify and use the tablet to discover how to kill the leviathan that had been unleashed on the world by Cas. Dean and Cas were standing next to the leviathan leader when they killed him - the act sending the pair to Purgatory.

Upon entering Purgatory, Castiel left Dean to fight off the mob monsters alone as Cas knew that his angelic presence acted as a beacon for monsters to come and try to kill him. Dean had teamed up with a vampire who had a plan to help the trio escape from Purgatory but Castiel resisted this plan, insisting that it wouldn’t work for him and he would only put Dean in more danger by accompanying him. Refusing to take no for an answer, Castiel went along with Dean’s plan but pulled away from Dean at the last minute to ensure the man’s survival and serve penance in Purgatory for his wrongdoings.

Castiel was mysteriously freed from Purgatory and returned to the brothers before later finding out that he and many other angels were being controlled by the angel, Naomi. Naomi forced Cas to carry out the assassination of Dean (whom she thought Cas had cared too much for) many times and compelled him to execute his friend for the final time in order to secure the angel tablet for heaven. Fortunately, upon touching the tablet, the connection between heaven and Castiel was cut off allowing him to be free-thinking once again. The angel healed Dean of the wounds he had inflicted on him before fleeing - on the run from Heaven. Although he eventually managed to escape Naomi’s control, he was manipulated by the angel Metatron into completing a ritual caused all Angels in heaven to fall to Earth. The ritual involved Metatron stealing Castiel’s angelic grace, leaving him human.

PERSONALITY

Initially Castiel displayed the same cold, impulsive and apathic traits as most angels but begins to question the morality of his actions the more he is surrounded by humans on Earth. He learned to become more empathetic and even developed a strong relationship with Dean Winchester - who he feels sworn to protect despite his other obligations. Furthermore, Cas now sees human’s as incredible, flawed works of art and feels it is his duty to protect as many as he can alongside the Winchesters.

Compared to other angels, Castiel shows great humility and deeply regrets his actions that have caused harm. He tries to redeem himself regularly by unburdening the Winchesters, healing the sick and doing his best to do what he believes is right by humanity. However, the angel can be idealistic and naïve in his acts of bravery. He often thinks little about consequences, even now, due to his tactless and straightforward behaviour, putting the needs of the many over the few. He believes in freewill and that everyone should be able to choose their path and do what they think is right. Despite this, Castiel trusts and relies on the input from the Winchesters who he sees as role models for making the right decisions. Further influencing his tendencies for self-sacrifice.