Crowley

"Don't worry about--What, like Lucifer didn't worry? Or Michael? Or Lilith or Alastair or Azazel didn't worry?! Am I the only game piece on the board who doesn't underestimate those denim-wrapped nightmares?!"

- Crowley arguing with Castiel about Sam and Dean Winchester.

Crowley (whose real name as a human was Fergus Rodric McLeod) is a red-eyed crossroads demon who had the title King of the Crossroads. Although he initially served Lilith, he went rogue in Season 5 after her death and Lucifer's release, aiding the Winchester brothers in resealing the latter back into his cage. With the power vacuum in Hell unoccupied, and to protect himself from the wrath of his fellow demons, he appointed himself the new King of Hell.

Crowley allied with Sam and Dean in the fifth season against Lucifer, then with Castiel (and briefly Raphael) in the sixth, and then with the Winchesters again in the seventh season against the Leviathan. However, as of Season 8, he cuts his allegiance to all of them, seeking vengeance as well as attempting to capture the prophet Kevin Tran and The Word of God to further his own goals.

Personality
Crowley acts suave, but his words are usually sarcastic and rude. He uses gratuitious sexual innuendo. It is implied by his willingness to kiss males to seal deals and by his reaction to Linda Tran that he is bisexual; his dialogue in "What's Up, Tiger Mommy?" suggests that he also indulges in rape and necrophilia. He is a hypocrite, criticizing other demons for not keeping to their deals, but breaking or finding loop holes in his own; he convinced Bobby to "loan" him his soul in order to obtain the location of one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, claiming it was a technicality but actually to gain leverage over the hunters.

Crowley's main goal is self-preservation, and he is willing to sacrifice anything else for it. In fact, he tends to only lose his temper when his personal safety is threatened. As Dean described it, Crowley always makes everyone lose but himself; the finale of Season 7, in which he orchestrated the death and/or imprisonment of most of those he held a grudge against and also captured a prophet. He is not above making deals or alliances with his enemies when he feels it is beneficial for him. He is extremely opportunistic and craves power as well as the finer things in life, such as fine clothes made by his own personal tailor and expensive brands of scotch.

Crowley is cunning, devious, and highly skilled at manipulating others. Despite his arrogance, he does not dismiss possible threats like the Winchesters as other demons do, but seeks to eliminate said threats. He was also the only demon to realize that Lucifer must hate demons as much as he hates humans (which demons originally were). He flees and hides once he realizes that a situation is too dangerous for him to risk, but resolves himself when he knows that escape isn't an option (such as derailing the Apocalypse once his betrayl was revealed to Hell and accepting death in "Meet The New Boss"). He thought up new ideas for how Hell ought to be run and tried to implement new ideas when he became its king; when other demons resisted this, he called them "evil lying brats" and "stupid", expressing the desire to kill them all at times.

Crowley is not as openly sadistic as other demons, but beneath his affable facade he is cruel and merciless. He appears to be quite vengeful: he wants utter annihilation of the leviathans when their leader insults him and refuses to work with him, he kept secret the rammifications of using Bone Of Righteous Mortal Washed In the Three Bloods of Fallen so that Dean and Castiel would be imprisoned in Purgatory forever in order to punish Castiel for betraying him and making Crowley serve him during Castiel's brief stint as a god, he killed Kevin's girlfriend in front of him after Kevin twice tricked him, and he threatened his mother when she slapped Crowley, later apparently tormenting her so badly during her brief possession by him that she went catatonic.

Powers and Abilities
Crowley is a very powerful demon, perhaps best demonstrated by his single-handed slaughter of a nest of other demons off-screen in "The Devil You Know" (although he purposefully allowed some to escape). He ranks high in the hierarchy of Hell, at first presiding over other crossroad demons and serving as Lilith's right-hand man, then later becoming King of Hell. This title grants him much more power than he had previously.


 * Super-strength - Crowley has proven to be stronger than black-eyed demons, literally once taking on a hive of them simultanously.
 * Invulnerability - He is impervious to conventual methods of death, and weapons; only supernatural weapons such as The Colt or the Demon-Killing Knife can kill him. Despite his increased power, he is still susceptible to standard defenses against demons such as holy water and is not strong enough to fight angels.
 * Possession - Like all demons, Crowley requires a human host, living or deceased, to manifest.
 * Teleportation - Even before becoming King of Hell, he could teleport over great distances with ease.
 * Telekinesis - As a demon, Crowley can movie objects with his mind. He has telekintically pinned, thrown, and trapped humans. He also broke a girl's neck without touching her.
 * Technopathy - He switched off a television by snapping his fingers in "Weekend At Bobby's".
 * Pyrokinesis - He can manipulate fire, even channelling it through a snap of his fingers. He made a painful burn on Sam's hand with a touch in "All Dogs Go To Heaven". He also burnt a message into a table in "Survival Of The Fittest".
 * Thermokinesis - He made Ruby's knife burn red-hot with a snap of his fingers in "We Need To Talk About Kevin" to make Dean drop it.
 * Reality Warping - As King of the Crossroads, he is able to warp reality in the form of a deal to a greater extent than other crossroad demons..
 * Healing - He used his deal with Bobby to heal the damage done to the hunter's spine to let him walk again.
 * Resurrection - Originally, he could only resurrect the dead via a deal. He later claimed that he can do so at will since becoming the King of Hell.
 * Invisibility - He rendered himself unseen and unheard by Dean in the flashback of "The Man Who Would Be King" while he talked to Castiel in Dean's presence.
 * Voice Mimicry - He taunted the Winchesters by imitating his usual meatsuit's voice while possessing Linda Tran.
 * Spell Casting - He proved himself adept at Enochian warding magic. He also placed a spell that prevented creatures from escaping their vessels, on an entire building in "Caged Heat". He also learned the spell to bind Death in "Meet The New Boss", which he passed onto Bobby and the Winchesters.

Early Life
Crowley was born Fergus Roderick McLeod in 1661 Scotland (which resulted in other demons calling him "Lucky the Leprechaun" behind his back). He was a "two-bit" tailor who sold his soul for an extra three inches below the waist. He also had a son named Gavin who, after Crowley died, set sail for America and died in a shipwreck.

After becoming a demon, Crowley eventually became the King of all Crossroad Demons - a very high ranking position in Hell. He also became Lilith's second-in-command and possibly her lover. At some point during Season 3, Bela Talbot met with Crowley and gave him the Colt.

Season 5
In "The Real Ghostbusters", Becky Rosen tells Sam that there is a scene in Chuck's books that reveals that Bela Talbot lied to Dean when she told him that she gave the Colt to Lilith. The scene in the book explains that Bela actually gave the Colt to Lilith's right-hand man, Crowley.



In "Abandon All Hope...", when he appears behind a banker that has summoned a crossroads demon. The man is at first very confused due to the fact his previous negotiations about his deal were with a young, attractive woman. Crowley explains to the banker that he is a "big fish" so he did him the honor of coming personally to seal the deal. As Crowley and the banker kiss (much to the banker's displeasure) to seal the deal, they are being spied on by Castiel from a distance.

Castiel tails Crowley when he leaves but he is stopped due to Crowley's home being protected by Enochian sigils. Later, the Winchester brothers, with the help of Jo, kill Crowley's two demon guards at the front gate and enter his home, while he's watching television.

The Winchester brothers cut off the power to Crowley's home and then confront the demon. Crowley begins to walk toward the brothers, but stops as he realizes that they drew a devil's trap underneath a rug. As he turns over the rug and reveals the devil's trap, two demons sneak up behind Dean and Sam and restrain them. Crowley pulls out the Colt and then shoots the two demons.

Crowley explains to the brothers that he wants them to kill Lucifer with the Colt. Dean, who doesn't believe him, asks Crowley why he would want Lucifer dead. Crowley answers that Lucifer is an angel, who's well known for his hatred of humanity. He then asks the brothers if Lucifer has this much hatred for humanity then what are his feelings towards demons. Crowley continues saying that Lucifer thinks of demons as only servants and that once he destroys all of humanity, demons will be next. He then gives Sam the Colt.

Sam then asks Crowley about the whereabouts of Lucifer to which he answers that he's in Carthage, Missouri. Sam then thanks him and fires the Colt at his head, only to learn that it has no ammo. As Crowley searches for more ammo, Dean asks him that by helping them isn't he signing his own death warrant and what he'll do if they fail to kill Lucifer. Crowley explains that Lucifer is going to kill all demons anyway and that he'll be going into hiding as soon as he is done helping them. Crowley then throws bullets to the Colt at Dean and teleports away.

In "The Devil You Know", when he pops into the Impala. Sam claims Crowley knew the Colt won't work, but Crowley shoots this down. He expresses his anger of the fact that now he has to hide from all the demons. He also tells them he can help them with the hunt for the horsemen (he was eavesdropping on them). He takes them back to his hideout and tells them he doesn't exactly know where the horsemen are, but he knows someone who does. The Winchesters reluctantly agree to work with him.

He and Dean head out to a company where the handler is. Crowley takes out the men in the main floor and sends Dean up to the handler with a "deal". When the "deal" backfires, and the handler gives chase, and Crowley knocks the handler out. While driving, Crowley craves a symbol into the handler's chest so he can't escape his meat suit.

Crowley later reveals that the handler, is in fact someone Sam knows, and Crowley wants to take this to another location. When they return, Crowley tells Sam he didn't want to bring the demon back, but Dean trusted Sam. With Brady tied up, Crowley tries to make a deal with Brady, but he refuses.

So Crowley goes to demon nest, kills them all, but one, and "lets" it slip that he and Brady are, "Lovers Against Lucifer". Brady now cooperates. Then Hellhounds come when Crowley got followed, and he disappears. When he comes back, he brings his own hellhound, which is bigger. Crowley later shows up at Bobby's to make a deal to find Death.

In "Two Minutes to Midnight", Crowley shows up when Sam and Dean mention Bobby's deal, and Crowley shows them a picture of him and Bobby kissing. As they as about to head out, Crowley remarks about Bobby sitting, when he can do something. It seems in the deal to sell his soul, Crowley threw in Bobby's ability to walk as well.

Now with Bobby walking again, he and Dean head out after death. Crowley gives Dean Death's scythe he got from a deal to cut death's ring off. They head to Chicago, and Crowley finds Death in a pizza parlour after the first location was a dud. With Death's location, Crowley vanishes.

In between
Through a series of flashbacks in "The Man Who Would Be King", from Castiel's POV it is revealed that, following the Apocalypse being averted, Crowley approached Castiel with a proposal that they join forces to locate Purgatory. Castiel is highly reluctant to trust Crowley, but the King of Hell brings the wayward angel around to his way of thinking by revealing his plan to plunder the souls of the 30-40,000,000 monsters trapped in Purgatory, so that they can be used as a means to "go nuclear" against Raphael and his followers.

Crowley even offers an advance loan of 50,000 souls from Hell in exchange for half the souls in Purgatory. Castiel, seeing no other way to stop Raphael from rebooting the Apocalypse, agrees to Crowley's proposal and uses the power of the 50,000 souls to deliver his first strike against Raphael and declare civil war in Heaven.

Season 6
In "Weekend At Bobby's", Bobby summons Crowley so that he can give him back his soul, as he had given it to him in the previous season in exchange for his help in putting Lucifer back into his cell. Bobby reminds him of this, and asks him to hold up his end of the deal, only to have Crowley refuse. Bobby, having anticipated this, turns off the lights, revealing a devil's trap that he had painted in the floor using glow-in-the-dark paint. Despite being trapped, Crowley reveals that he is being accompanied by a large Hellhound, forcing Bobby to release him.

After capturing and torturing a Crossroad Demon, Bobby learns two things: the first is that Crowley is currently the King of Hell, and Crowley's real name from his life as a human: Fergus McLeod. Bobby then uses Crowley's name and other clues to find out more about his background. With some help from fellow hunter Rufus Turner, he learns that he was born in Scotland in 1661, and he had a son, Gavin, who was the captain of a ship that went down. But, they recovered Gavin's ring, which is on display at a museum in Andover, Massachusetts. With some difficulty, Rufus is able to give the ring to Bobby, who uses it to summon the spirit of Gavin.

He then summons Crowley once more, trapped under a devil's trap drawn on the ceiling. When Bobby notices that he appears slightly disheveled, Crowley tells him that being King of Hell is not as fun as he thought that it would be, seeing that Demons are inherently destructive beings who don't want to listen to him and help him make things better, ironically being able to see why Lucifer hated them so much. After refusing once again to return Bobby's soul, Bobby reveals Gavin.

But, after a faux display of affection, he reveals that he cared nothing for his son. Bobby says that he knows that, but says that he and Gavin had a long talk and that Gavin was willing to tell him all about Crowley. It's revealed that in life, Crowley was a tailor who made a deal with a Crossroad Demon to get "an extra three inches below the belt".

He also reveals that Gavin told him where Crowley's mortal remains are buried, and hands him a phone. On the other end is Dean, who is with Sam in Scotland, having flown there to dig up Crowley's bones and torch them if he doesn't give Bobby back his soul. Realizing he has been tricked, he gives back Bobby his soul, leaving in the part of contract that allows Bobby to walk, and after he is released, he teleports to Scotland to retrieve his bones.

In "Family Matters", Dean and Sam track Samuel Campbell to where he is holding the Alpha Vampire. The Alpha tells Dean and Sam that Samuel has been torturing him for information about Purgatory, where creatures like himself go when they die, and hints that Samuel is working for someone else. Dean and Sam are then discovered talking to the Alpha and are held at gunpoint, and, while they argue with Samuel, the Alpha escapes his cage. They resolve to kill it if possible, but it quickly gains the upper hand and is about to turn Sam when demons arrive and take the Alpha vampire away with them.

It is revealed that Crowley is behind Samuel's actions. As the new King of Hell, Crowley had the power to resurrect Samuel and Sam, and he did so because he wanted their help. Since his resurrection, Samuel has been working for Crowley, gathering high-ranking creatures and trying to learn the location of Purgatory because Crowley is interested in "developing" it. Crowley then tells them that if Sam ever wants the return of his soul, he and Dean need to help Samuel continue to capture creatures for him. Currently, they don't see any other option but to help Crowley, but Sam and Dean are determined to get him back eventually.

In "All Dogs Go To Heaven", Crowley visits Sam and Dean at a roadside diner and instructs them to capture another Alpha for him, specifically the Alpha Werewolf, whom he believes might be behind several daylight eviscerations mentioned in the local tabloids (though it later turns out to be the work of a Skinwalker).

Dean immediately refuses and demands Crowley return Sam's soul, so the demon taps Sam's hand, burning a mark into it to prove to Dean that he is stuck in a hostage situation. He must do everything Crowley tells him to do, or else risk having Sam returned to Lucifer's Cage. Dean reluctantly agrees and Crowley promises to return Sam's soul "with a cherry on top" so long as they bring him another living Alpha before vanishing in his usual manner.

In "Caged Heat", the facility where Crowley has been hiding and torturing the Alpha creatures is discovered by the Winchesters through Samuel. Making a deal with the demon Meg, who has a grudge against Crowley, the boys and demon infiltrate the facility, only to be double-crossed by Samuel. Samuel then reveals that Crowley plans to resurrect Mary Winchester in exchange for his help.

After escaping their prison and freeing Meg from torture, the trio trick Crowley into a Devil's Trap, leaving him at their mercy. Keeping their deal, Meg tortures him for the boys, trying to force him to retrieve Sam's soul. In the midst of their conversation, Crowley gets Meg to step in the circle accidentally and breaks free allowing him to throw the Winchester brothers against wall.

As Crowley gloats over his apparent victory, Castiel reappears with a bag containing Crowley's bones. After asking one more time about Sam's soul being returned, Crowley is deemed unhelpful and useless. Castiel then promptly sets the bones ablaze, leaving Crowley nothing but a pile of ash.

In "Mommy Dearest", Eve later reveals that Crowley, is very much alive, and torturing creatures for thier souls. Sam and Dean have no idea how Crowley could be still alive.

Crowley appears before Castiel, and complains about having to clean up Castiel's messes. Crowley is revealed to be Castiel's partner in crime. When Castiel comes to check on Crowley's progress, Crowley asks Castiel to get rid of the Winchesters, but Cas refuses. So later Crowley sends his goons after the Winchesters, but Castiel saves Sam, Dean and, Bobby. When the gang later figures out about Castiel and trap him, Crowley sends demons to the location. So with the oncoming demon threat, the Winchesters and Bobby flee, leaving Castiel trapped fire. Crowley arrives on scene and frees Castiel.

In "Let It Bleed", Crowley makes his move and kidnaps Lisa and Ben. Crowley talks on the phone with Dean. He tell Dean that Lisa and Ben will be fine as long as Dean stops chasing him. If Dean continues to, Crowley will harm them. Castiel later confronts Crowley on kidnapping Ben and Lisa. He also tells Crowley he should have told Castiel first. Crowley laughs at that and tells Castiel he rather ask for forgiveness than permission. He also points out that the Winchester will be pre-occupied with him instead of Castiel. For insurance, Crowley has a demon possess Lisa.

In "The Man Who Knew Too Much", Crowley and Castiel meet up and Crowley has everything ready. Then Castiel double crosses Crowley and tells Crowley that he won't give him any souls. Crowley is angry but Castiel gives two options, flee or die. Crowley chooses flee. Later Crowley comes back in force, and Castiel tries to kill Crowley with a touch, but it doesn't work. Crowley reveals his new ally, Raphael, and gives Castiel the same options Cas gave him before: flee or die (in a mocking tone). Castiel tosses him the jar of blood and leaves.

When the time comes, Crowley conducts the ritual, but nothing happens. Then Castiel reappears, and Crowley figures out that Castiel gave them the wrong blood (they used dog blood instead), and conducted his own ritual. Crowley sarcastically asks Castiel how his ritual went, Castiel shows him in a burst of white light. Crowley then makes his exit. Castiel says that he has plans for Crowley when Raphael asks why he allowed the demon to escape and not his angelic brother.

Season 7
Crowley is hiding away in an angel-proof room when Castiel finds him. As he braces for Castiel to kill him, Castiel tells Crowley that he needs Crowley to go back to being the king of Hell for balance. With no other option, Crowley accepts.

He is later summoned by Sam, Dean and Bobby, and they ask him about how to bind Death. He doesn't tell them due to his new boss, but secretly sends them the ritual (along with a "goodbye forever" note).

He appears again in Slash Fiction where he approaches the head Leviathan, Dick Roman. Crowley attempts to make a partnership with Dick by saying he helped open the door to Purgatory, but is turned down and insulted. Angry and afraid, Crowley leaves.

He later appears in Season 7, Time For a Wedding when one of his crossroad demons, Guy, is killing people before their contracts are up. Crowley is angered by this, because no one would do business with demons anymore if it became known that they didn't keep their promises. He asks the Winchesters to give him the demon so he can make an example of the demon. He also tells Sam and Dean that he has been keeping the demons off their backs so they can deal with the Leviathans. Dean makes Crowley give the souls back and returns the demon back to Crowley. Crowley and the demon vanish.

He is summoned by the Winchesters in There Will Be Blood, and tells them that he will provide his blood, but only after they have the other 3 items. He then gives them a clue to the location of the Alpha Vampire. Later, he is summoned by Dick Roman, and imprisoned within a Devil's Trap. Dick tells him that they have a lot to talk about.



In Survival of the Fittest Dick tells Crowley he's prepared to give the demons all of Canada in exchange for betraying the Winchesters. Crowley pretends to agree (which Dick suspects him of doing) and he and Dick edit and sign a (very long) treaty. He then goes to the Winchesters where he finds the brothers in the company of his two biggest enemies: Castiel and Meg. Initially angered that the Winchesters have been lying to him, Crowley is both amused and disappointed to discover that Castiel has lost his mind. He agrees to hold off on any retribution at least until Castiel is back to normal.

Crowley gives the boys a vial of his blood and warns them that Dick knows they're coming and what they intend to do. Before leaving, he assures Meg that when this is over, he will take her back to Hell and torture her.

Immediately after Dick Roman's demise and the subsequent disappearances of Castiel and Dean (who are transported to Purgatory), Crowley appears to Sam Winchester and triumphantly tells him that with Dick dead, the Leviathan have become just another monster and that it will be Sam's job to prevent them from reorganizing. Sam demands to know what happened to Cas and Dean, but Crowley says he can't help him. He then has two of his men abduct the Prophet Kevin Tran for unknown reasons. His minions also capture Meg outside the building. Crowley offers his condolences to Sam, who is now completely on his own, then teleports away, leaving Sam confused and despondent.

We Need To Talk About Kevin
Crowley has Kevin taken to a warehouse and orders him to translate another tablet containing The Word of God. This tablet has to do with demons. When Kevin tells Crowley that the tablet holds the instructions on how to open the Gates of Hell, Crowley tells him to perform the spell. Kevin pretends to do so, but in fact casts a spell (which he learned from the tablet) that kills two of Crowley's demonic henchmen. He then escapes, and Crowley spends the next year hunting him with no success

Eventually, Crowley has one of his demons possess Channing, Kevin's girlfriend. When the demon reports that Dean Winchester is back from Purgatory, and that he and Sam are on the trail of Kevin, Crowley has the Winchesters followed. His demons find the Winchesters and Kevin at an old church.

After the Winchesters kill the first two demons Crowley sends, Crowley appears in the church, along with Channing. After exchanging barbs with the brothers, Crowley offers to set Channing free if Kevin gives himself up. Despite the warnings of both Winchesters, Kevin seemingly agrees. He lures Crowley and the demonic-possessed Channing into a room, and springs a Holy Water trap on them, allowing him and the Winchesters to escape.

Angry, Crowley orders the demon possessing Channing to find a new host. After the demon has left, Crowley kills Channing in front of Kevin by using telekinesis to snap her neck.

What's Up, Tiger Mommy?
To be added

Appearances

 * Season 3
 * Bedtime Stories (Mentioned only)


 * Season 5
 * The Real Ghostbusters" (Mentioned only) 
 * Abandon All Hope...
 * The Devil You Know
 * Two Minutes to Midnight


 * Season 6
 * Weekend At Bobby's
 * Family Matters
 * All Dogs Go to Heaven
 * Caged Heat
 * Mommy Dearest
 * The Man Who Would Be King
 * Let It Bleed
 * The Man Who Knew Too Much


 * Season 7
 * Meet The New Boss
 * Slash Fiction
 * Season 7, Time For A Wedding
 * The Born-Again Identity (cameo in Castiel's flashbacks, mentioned) 
 * Reading Is Fundamental (mentioned)
 * There Will Be Blood
 * Survival of the Fittest


 * Season 8
 * We Need To Talk About Kevin
 * What's Up, Tiger Mommy?"