Loughlin Family

The Loughlin Family were a family of powerful witches that were wiped out by hunters.

History
The Loughlin Family was a family of powerful witches, the only ones still in existence that practiced druidic magic. The family owned the Black Grimoire, a powerful spellbook filled with powerful druidic magic. In the early 20th century, the Loughlins' moved to America, turning a small town on the Mississippi Delta into their own personal fiefdom. Witches would come from around the world to live with them and study the Black Grimoire's secrets for a price. One such witch was Rowena MacLeod after being forced from her homeland by the British Men of Letters. However, the Loughlins' cruelly rejected Rowena's attempt to get help from them. Eventually, hunters attacked the family, killing all but the three Loughlin children Gideon, Boyd and Catriona who were able to escape with the Black Grimioire. While rumors existed that a few of the Loughlins' had escaped, they were believed to be extinct, even by other witches.

The surviving three Loughlins' eventually settled in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. They employed Barry Gilman as their accountant until he stole money from them. Though Gideon urged his siblings to let it go, Katarina cursed Barry to have his stomach stuffed with money until he died of it. This drew the attention of hunters Sam and Dean Winchester who investigated. While at a burger joint, Dean recognized Gideon from a picture of him with Barry that had been hanging in Barry's office. Dean shot Gideon with a witch-killing bullet, mortally wounding Gideon who fled into the nearby woods. Near death, Gideon cast the memory curse on Dean before succumbing to his wound shortly thereafter. After discovering his brother's condition, Sam contacted Rowena MacLeod who recognized the Loughlins' as being responsible after recognizing the druidic sigil used in the curse. Though Sam attempted to force Katarina to break the curse, she and Boyd captured him and attempted to use a soul-switching spell to resurrect Gideon in Sam's body. Before they could succeed, Rowena confronted Katarina, ending with Dean killing both Katarina and Boyd with witch-killing bullets, rendering the Loughlin Family extinct. Rowena was then able to use the Black Grimoire to break the curse Gideon cast on Dean.

Appearances

 * Season 12
 * Regarding Dean