Lucifer

"I'm not just powerful now. I am power. And I don't need a blade to end you, pal. Bye, bye, Dean."

- Lucifer's last words

Lucifer, also known as The Devil, Light Bringer, The Morning Star, and Satan, was the second of the four Archangels created by God and was his favorite son. He is also a fallen archangel, and the first fallen angel. He is a recurring character, the main antagonist of Season 5, one of the two main antagonists of Season 12 and the secondary antagonist of Season 7 and Season 11. He is the original ruler of Hell and the creator of demons, seen by them as a father figure and their god. As the second-born Archangel, he is the younger brother of Michael, and older brother of Raphael and Gabriel.

According to Gabriel, Lucifer is, or at least was, God's favorite and most beloved celestial, but when God asked for all angels to bow down to humanity, Lucifer refused both out of jealousy and wounded pride over being commanded to bow to what he saw as a broken, flawed, and murderous species and no longer feeling he was God's favorite creation. This was caused by the Mark of Cain corrupting him and boosting his dislike towards humanity. He waged a war against God but was eventually cast out of Heaven by Michael, and later banished to Hell by Michael, both times on God's command. All of Azazel's actions were motivated with the goal of eventually releasing Lucifer from his cage in Hell.

Like all other angels, Lucifer must have the permission of a strong enough human to use as his vessel, as he can not forcefully possess a person. Being an archangel, Lucifer possesses much more power than any normal angel, every pagan god, and also every demon and species of monster, most of whom deify him, thus being among the most powerful entities the Winchesters have ever encountered. But his power causes regular vessels to decay and required to drink vast amounts of demon blood or possess either his true vessel (Sam) or an alternate more stable vessel (Castiel).

Eventually, he was finally freed and allowed to roam the Earth when the final seal (the death of Lilith) was broken by Sam.

Freed from his cage, he took action to bring about the Apocalypse and cleanse the Earth (aka "The last perfect handiwork of God") of human beings (the flawed creation). Even after Lucifer was able to possess Sam Winchester, his true vessel, Sam's love for his brother Dean allowed Sam to regain control of his body, and seal himself, Lucifer, Michael, and Adam back in Lucifer's Cage.

After the release of Amara about five years later, the cage was damaged and Lucifer (whilst he still couldn't leave it) began reaching out to Sam to get him to return to Hell and release Lucifer so he could return to the world, working with Rowena to achieve this. Though Sam refused, Castiel said "yes" and Lucifer returned to the world in Castiel's body.

After reconciling with God, Lucifer joined him, Sam, and Dean in an attack to defeat Amara. However, Amara, not wanting to be re-imprisoned, overpowered God and in her rage, she pulled Lucifer from Castiel's body when he went to attack her and help his father. It is unknown where he was banished to, but he survived and was able to take possession of Vince Vincente, an aging musician. After the death of Vince, Lucifer began seeking out vessels with power and influence, culminating in President Jefferson Rooney. Lucifer was eventually exorcised from Rooney and returned to his Cage, but not before he conceived a Nephilim with Kelly Kline. It was later revealed that Crowley perverted the spell so that Lucifer became his prisoner in the body of Nick once more. Later however, Lucifer (with the help of a demon) is able to turn the tables on Crowley and seemingly kills him. He then reclaims his position as Ruler of Hell and sets off to find his unborn son. After a battle with the Winchesters and Crowley, Lucifer killed Castiel and was trapped in an alternate reality by Mary Winchester.

In that reality, Lucifer encounters the alternate version of Michael, who beats him into submission after a brief exchange of words and bout, takes him prisoner, and extracts much of his grace to fuel a spell to open a rift to the core world. However, Lucifer manages to escape to the core world just as the unstable rift collapses, where he discovers that much of his power has left him. After saving a resurrected Castiel from a group of angels, he curiously inquires about his son, but they are both soon apprehended and taken into custody by the last Prince of Hell, Asmodeus, as Lucifer has lost most of his powers and strength.

After escaping Asmodeus, Lucifer attempted to steal Castiel's grace only for the latter to attack him. Lucifer retreated from the area and tried to steal grace from more angels.

Later however after meeting and allying himself an angel named Anael he starts feeding on her grace but not all of it, allowing her to recharge before he decides to bargain with the Angels into convincing them to make him the undisputed Ruler of Heaven with the promise that he'll create more angels and restore the wings of the angels that have survived since the fall. However, his promises were revealed to be lies in order to grant Lucifer more power. He later abandoned this post and went to a bar in a state of despair that nobody would ever respect him. He was soon apprehended by his brother, Gabriel and Rowena MacLeod, both of whom Lucifer believed he had killed, allowing them to gain the upper hand on the surprised Archangel.

After being captured to power a ritual to open a door to Apocalypse World, Lucifer learned that his son was in the alternate world and found his purpose revitalized. Resurrecting a recently-deceased Sam, Lucifer formed a reluctant alliance with the hunter to find his son and help stop Michael.

After Lucifer was trapped on the other side he allied himself with Michael, on the terms that he can have Jack while Michael gets everything else. After stealing his son's power, Lucifer was fought for a final time by Dean powered by Michael who Dean was acting as a vessel to. With the help of Michael, Dean finally killed Lucifer with an archangel blade.

However, his vessel Nick survived and began a mission to avenge his family. Nick began killing people and felt remorse for his actions, so he prayed for Lucifer to come back and unknowingly awakened him from his eternal slumber within The Empty.

Nick soon aligned himself with demons and devised a way to resurrect Lucifer. Nick later used Donatello as a way of speaking to Lucifer. Awakened, Lucifer instructed Nick with the means to resurrect him by using his blood. Nick allowed himself to be captured and procured a sample of Jack's blood and used it along with a ritual to open a rift to the empty. Lucifer was about to escape and Nick was going to consent to possession but Jack sent Lucifer back to his prison.

Origins
"You know why God cast me down? Because I loved him. More than anything. And then, God created...you. The little... hairless apes. And then he asked all of us to bow down before you—to love you more than him. And I said 'Father... I can't.' I said, 'These human beings... are flawed, murderous.' And for that... God had Michael cast me into Hell. Now tell me, does the punishment fit the crime? Especially when I was right? Look at what six billion of you have done to this thing. And how many of you blame me for it?"

- Lucifer to Dean, about why he was cast down from Heaven Eons ago, Lucifer was the second archangel that God created and was raised by his older brother Michael. Lucifer was at one time the favorite of God's angels, and his name translates to "Light Bringer." It was stated that he once had a strong relationship with God and was fiercely loyal and devoted to him. Before life and even the Earth existed, Lucifer fought a war with God and the other archangels against God's older sister, Amara. When they won by sealing The Darkness away, God created the Mark of Cain as the lock on the Darkness' prison and gave it to Lucifer, his most trusted lieutenant to protect. However, the Mark's power corrupted Lucifer and caused him to foster jealousy.

When God created mankind and commanded that his angels honor humans by bowing to them and loving them even more than God himself, Lucifer refused to do so, stating that he "merely questioned his priorities". Being full of pride and jealous of God's love, Lucifer refused to bow to a creature that he considered lesser than himself and God, whom Lucifer loved too much to being able to devote himself for the, as he says, imperfect humans. Deciding to wage a war against God, Lucifer approached his older brother, the archangel Michael, hoping his elder sibling would stand by his side during the rebellion. Michael rejected him and, at his father's orders, a war begun in Heaven. After Lucifer lost the war, Michael cast him out of Heaven, and he fell to Earth. Sometime before he fell, he somehow came into possession of the angel tablet, which can only be read by prophets and the angel Metatron.

Once on Earth, Lucifer created crypts and hid various items (including the angel tablet) in them. As his rage against humans grew, Lucifer eventually approached the Garden of Eden and convinced Gadreel, God's most trusted angel, to let him into the Garden. It's unknown how Lucifer convinced him but it is implied that Gadreel was unaware of Lucifer's true intentions. Once in the Garden, Lucifer twisted the minds of the humans, causing them to partake of the Forbidden Fruit (the Quince). Some time before or after this, Lucifer corrupted Lilith into a demon. Because of his actions, God created Hell and had Michael cast Lucifer into it. Being now corrupt, this got humanity expelled from the Garden. Lucifer at some point managed to manipulate Abel (the second son of Adam and Eve) into listening to him rather than God. In fear for his brother's soul, Cain made a deal with Lucifer asking for Abel to ascend to Heaven in exchange for Cain going to Hell, but Lucifer only agreed if Cain was the one who killed him. Cain agreed, and Lucifer passed the Mark of Cain onto him. The Mark eventually changed Cain into a powerful demon who personally created and trained the Knights of Hell, an elite order of warrior demons hand-picked by Lucifer himself out of the very first demons. According to Crowley, Lucifer also created the Princes of Hell around the same time, powerful demons created after Lilith that were to be the generals of Hell's armies. These included Azazel, Ramiel, Dagon, and Asmodeus. Asmodeus, in a moment of pride, attempted to please Lucifer by freeing the Shedim, Hell's most savage creatures, assuming that they could train and use them to their advantage. Lucifer, who feared them, locked them away and scarred Amosdeus in retaliation.

Also around this time, God had decided to destroy all of the overly vicious Hellhounds he created, but Lucifer managed to rescue one of them, Ramsey, who was pregnant, and from Ramsey the Hellhound population regrew. And from that moment on over the millennia, Hellhounds served as "demonic pit bulls" to demons, going after humans who had sold their souls, though Ramsey herself only obeyed Lucifer.

Lucifer's prison, a chained cage in a dark void with powerful lightning bolts around it, was designed so that he could never leave or escape it on his own, and it was then further locked with over 600 powerful seals. Any 66 of those 600 seals would have to be broken by an outside being in order to free Lucifer. The seals served to bind Lucifer's power and to keep him from escaping his new prison in Hell. Of the 66 seals required to free Lucifer, only 2 of them are required in a specific order. The first seal is quoted by Alastair as, "And it is written, that the first seal shall be broken when a righteous man sheds blood in Hell. As he breaks, so shall it break." The final seal is quoted by Ruby as "And it is written, that the first demon shall be the last seal." Aside from those two seals, any other 64 of the remaining seals will suffice.

Lucifer became associated with, and was often referred to by, the name "Satan." The word "Satan" literally means "The Adversary" or "The Accuser". Despite being sealed away, he was still considered the ruler of Hell and the lord of all demons.

Azazel's special children
During his long imprisonment within the confines of his cage in Hell, Lucifer was served by his many demons, one of the most prominent being his confidant, the Yellow-Eyed Demon known as Azazel. None of them, save for Lilith, Cain, the Knights of Hell, and the Princes of Hell, had truly seen Lucifer, as he was locked away in a special part of Hell that was its own metaphysical prison, unreachable to almost all beings, locked by the 600 seals, with only 66 required to remain intact to keep Lucifer sealed within; this left the vast majority of demons without hope that they would ever find Lucifer and return him to power, save for the Prince of Hell Azazel, hells ruler at the time, who eventually escaped to Earth in search of a way to free Lucifer from Hell.

In 1972, years after years of searching, Azazel discovered the location of Lucifer's prison in one of the most ironic of places: a convent. He possessed the body of the chief priest of the church, St. Mary's Convent, in Ilchester, Maryland, and pretended to carry out the priest's current mass, with an audience of eight nuns in attendance. Eventually, the priest's words began to speak of a different father, Lucifer, and the priest was then revealed to be Azazel, who then proceeded to slaughter the nuns and positioned one atop the altar in a ritual sacrifice designed to allow for a brief conversation with Lucifer.



After the church was left a bloody mess, Azazel, still possessing the priest's body, spoke directly to Lucifer himself, who in turn spoke through the body of the nun. Azazel stated his great relief to hear Lucifer's voice once again after so many ages. Lucifer commended Azazel's unshakable faith in him and stated that he had done well to find him. Azazel then requested knowledge of what was binding Lucifer in Hell and how he could help Lucifer break free and rise once more. Lucifer then told Azazel that Lilith was the only one who could break the seals which bound him to Hell.

Revealing that Lilith would have to be freed from Hell and then sacrificed by a special child with psychic powers strong enough to perform the deed, Lucifer entreated Azazel to devise a way to break this seal and set him free. It is here that Azazel is revealed to be ultimately loyal to Lucifer and that his endgame throughout the series had been the release of Lucifer from Hell. With Lucifer's location now confirmed and knowing what he had to do in order to release him, Azazel departed his meeting with Lucifer with great hope and a plan in mind to fulfill Lucifer's release from Hell, a plan that took decades to accomplish, as well as Azazel and Lilith's deaths before their plan came to pass.

The release of Lilith
Armed with the knowledge of the 66 seals, Azazel crafted a plan to break the final seal by finding the prophesied special child that would be strong enough to kill Lilith when the time came. He also devised a plot to break Lilith out of Hell at the right time. In search of the special child spoken of by Lucifer himself, Azazel began to search far and wide for parents sure to bear children with certain psychic abilities if properly activated. To this end, Azazel would typically blackmail the parents of the child in question, by means of quid pro quo, into allowing him to visit the child in question upon the night of their six-month birthday, as he would ordinarily be unable to enter without their permission. What Azazel did not reveal to the parents, however, was that he would bleed into the mouth of the child, feeding them demon blood and activating/creating their psychic powers. He did this with many children, knowing that one day he would have to determine which would be powerful enough in the end to kill Lilith and release Lucifer from Hell.

Azazel finally learned of a way to release Lilith from Hell, by means of a portal connecting the Earth to Hell called a Devil's Gate. After discovering the Devil's Gate to be protected by numerous backups including a one hundred mile Devils Trap set in place by the legendary Samuel Colt and that the key to the gate was gun created by Colt himself, Azazel began to also search for this key and found another use for the special child he sought: to pass through the barriers Colt had set in place around the Devil's Gate and open the gate itself once the key had been located.

Season 3
The demon Casey claims that demons have a belief system just like humans, but while humans believe in God as a higher power, demons view Lucifer in the same regard. Casey tells Dean that Lucifer was once an angel, and that his name means "light-bringer." Casey also states that no demon has ever actually seen Lucifer. Ruby later states that she doesn't believe in Lucifer, which is later revealed to be a lie.

The breaking of the 66 Seals
Dean is dragged into Hell by Lilith's Hellhounds at the end of the third season - this is due to the bargain with the Crossroad Demon to revive Sam in exchange for his soul. Dean spent four months of Earth time in Hell (around 40 years in Hell time) and for the first thirty of those forty years, the chief executioner of Hell, Alastair tortured Dean daily and offered to stop his torture if Dean himself would torture other souls trapped in Hell. Dean refused the offer each time; however, after thirty years of pain and misery, Dean began to crack and finally could take no more, and so he accepted Alastair's offer, getting out of his own torture and taking up torturing other souls for a total of ten years.

Dean did not know that this was the first seal that bound Lucifer in Hell, and that as long as the true first seal remained intact, the others could not be broken. This had been Lilith and Alastair's plan all along: to force Dean, a righteous man, to crack under torture and begin torturing other souls to spare himself from further torment. From the moment Dean first began torturing souls under Alastair's tutelage, the first seal binding Lucifer was at last broken, enabling Lilith and several hundred demons now on Earth to begin breaking other seals in order to release Lucifer from his prison.

The fourth season of the series chronicles the efforts of Lucifer's demon minions to break the other seals. The seals operated as locks on a door. Some of these included the Rising of the Witnesses, the summoning of Samhain, and the sacrifice of two Reapers under the Solstice moon.

Dean is rescued from Hell after four months and soon after, he is recruited, along with his brother Sam, to fight against Lilith's forces to save the other seals from being broken. As it was nearly impossible to know which seals Lilith would choose to target, it was also next to impossible to stop her from breaking others. However, Zachariah implied that because the archangels, or "senior management", wanted the seals to be broken, they allowed the seals to be broken under the guise of trying to stop them to avoid rebellion in Heaven.

Sam was also slowly turned into a demon-blood addict by the demon Ruby as she prepared him to fulfill his own secret role in Lucifer's release: carrying out the execution of Lilith and becoming strong enough to take his place as Lucifer's vessel. Finally, near the end of the fourth season, only the true final seal remained: the death of Lilith herself. Lilith had planned out the breaking of the seals, and once sixty-five of them were broken, she prepared to play her own personal role in Lucifer's release, to die in order to ensure the release of her creator and the coming of the Apocalypse.

The Rise of Lucifer
When Dean realized the truth about the angels' intentions, he escaped confinement from the Green Room, though he was too late to warn Sam that killing Lilith would, in fact, ensure Lucifer's release rather than prevent it, as Ruby had informed him. Lilith mocked Sam to override the pleas from his brother, and Sam killed Lilith with his powers. As Lilith's blood began forming a portal to Lucifer's Cage, Ruby revealed that she had been working with Lilith all along and that Lucifer himself had foretold that only Sam could kill Lilith. Dean killed Ruby with her own demon-killing knife with Sam's help. Together, the Winchester brothers watched in horror as the mouth of the Cage began to open, allowing the Devil himself to rise out of his prison.

As the gate to Hell fully opened and Lucifer's true angelic essence began to ascend out of the cage to Earth, the brothers attempted to flee, only to have the chapel's doors slam shut and lock. Seeing that running was futile, they turned and watched in horror as the portal opened and the Devil's piercing true angelic voice rang through the church. Though they fell to the ground in pain, they were teleported by God onto a plane passing over Ilchester at that moment, from which they watched as Lucifer's essence shot up into the sky from where St. Mary's Convent stood, blowing it apart. This signaled the beginning of the Apocalypse.

Preparations for the Apocalypse
Now free, Lucifer set out to find a vessel, someone Lucifer could take control of in order to walk the Earth. Lucifer's chosen vessel turned out to be a lonely man named Nick, whose wife and baby were killed by an intruder who broke into their home one night. Lucifer began to manipulate Nick, making him start to see things in his sleep, like mass amounts of blood dripping out of his dead child's crib, hearing his dead child crying through a baby monitor, and making his child's swing move without apparent cause.

"You people misunderstand me. You call me "Satan" and "Devil" but... do you know my crime? I loved God too much. And for that he betrayed me -- punished me. Just as he's punished you. After all, how could God stand idly by while that man broke into your home and butchered your family in their beds? There are only two rational answers, Nick -- either, he's sadistic... or he simply doesn't care."

- Lucifer

Lucifer then appeared in Nick's dream again, taking the form of his dead wife to communicate with him. Lucifer explained to Nick that he needed his permission to take over his body, but Nick refused. Lucifer then told Nick some of his origins, such as how he loved God "too much" and felt that though God created them that He should not be allowed to "toy" with them. He went on to further manipulate Nick, explaining that God didn't do anything to stop the death of his family, making Him either sadistic or meaning that He simply didn't care. Lucifer then tempted Nick, saying that it was God's fault that his family died and that if he allowed him to take over his body, he would make sure justice is served. Nick agreed, and in a burst of bright light, Lucifer took over his vessel, regaining much of his former strength and full corporeal form.

"Sam... my heart breaks for you. The weight on your shoulders: what you've done, what you still have to do, it is more than anyone could bear. If there was some other way... but there isn't. I will never lie to you, I will never trick you but you will say yes to me."

- Lucifer



Some days after that, Lucifer appeared to Sam in the form of his deceased girlfriend Jessica Moore, telling him that no matter how many times he ran away he will always be part of the supernatural, people who get close to him will get killed, and that there is no hope for him. The next night he appeared to Sam as Jessica once again, but when Sam said there was hope for him, Lucifer dropped the masquerade and appeared in Nick's form and told Sam that Nick was simply a "plan B" before he revealed Sam was his true vessel. After Sam states he'd kill himself before that, Lucifer states he'd just resurrect him soon. He also declares that he will never lie or trick Sam into saying Yes, but he will do so willingly, before disappearing.

Shortly after, Zachariah finds Dean and sends him five years into the future so that Dean can see the repercussions which will follow if he refuses to be Michael's vessel. In the year 2014, Dean discovers a world in which Lucifer won the war due to Sam saying "Yes". This Lucifer manages to kill the Dean of that universe but he chooses to spare Past Dean. He talks about the inevitability of him losing the war before Dean is taken back to his current year by Zachariah.

In Changing Channels, Gabriel reveals to Dean and Sam that they were, since the birth of humanity, destined to be the vessels of Michael and Lucifer respectively. While noting comparisons between the Winchester brothers and the two archangels, Gabriel states that their relationship mirrors Michael and Lucifer's.

"I was a son. A brother, like you. A younger brother. And I had an older brother who I loved. Idolized, in fact. And one day, I went to him and I begged him to stand with me, and Michael... Michael turned on me. Called me a freak. A monster. And then he beat me down. All because I was different. Because I had a mind of my own. Tell me something Sam, any of this sound familiar?"

- Lucifer

After receiving the Colt, Sam, Dean, Castiel, Ellen and Jo join forces in order to kill the Devil. It is shown that Nick's body is beginning to deteriorate, as he cannot properly contain Lucifer's angelic essence. Lucifer's physical angelic complexion proves overwhelming to a normal human vessel that is not their true, pre-destined vessel (like Sam is for Lucifer). True vessels give archangels a full corporeal body to manifest in while on Earth. Lucifer is in Carthage, Missouri on a mission to summon Death, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Sam and Dean plan to fight him and the demon Crowley gives them the Colt to kill him, believing that Lucifer intends to destroy the demon kind once humanity is gone.

Lucifer manages to trap Castiel inside a ring of Holy Oil, while his demons trap Sam, Dean, Jo, and Ellen. Lucifer speaks to Castiel, asking him whether he came with the Winchesters. Castiel lies that he came alone, but Lucifer is not fooled, though he admires the other angel's loyalty. Lucifer invites Castiel to join him, reasoning that, as two of Heaven's castoffs, they are on the same side and Heaven will hunt Castiel if they manage to defeat Lucifer. Castiel refuses. Meg approaches her father, asking what to do with the Winchesters, and Lucifer tells her to leave them be, and gives her a reassuring touch.

Lucifer begins conducting the ritual to free Death. The Winchesters locate him, and while Sam distracts him, Dean shoots him through the skull with the Colt. He crumples to the ground, but after a few moments he reawakens, and slowly gets to his feet, expressing his pain at being shot by the Colt. He punches Dean into a tree, and continues to work on the ritual. When Sam asks him about the missing townspeople, Lucifer reveals that the women and children are in the mass grave he has been filling in, and that all the men are possessed. He tries to convince Sam that it was necessary, and insists that Sam should understand what he is doing, as someone who has always been out of place in his own family. Lucifer completes the ritual by commanding the demons around him to sacrifice themselves. Castiel, who has managed to escape, takes Sam and Dean away. Lucifer sees, but does not interfere. He turns, and greets Death.

"You know, I never understood you pagans. You're such petty little things. Always fighting. Always happy to sell out your own kind. No wonder you forfeited this planet to us. You are worse than humans. You're worse than demons and yet you claim to be Gods... and they call me prideful."

- Lucifer

Due to the ongoing apocalypse, a group of Pagan gods gather to discuss the Apocalypse threatening to destroy the Earth while holding the Winchesters captive. Lucifer is tipped off about their meeting by Mercury.

Upon arrival, Lucifer expresses his disgust with the pagan gods' lack of loyalty and obliterates at least eight of them in a bloody massacre until only Kali and the Winchesters remain. It is here that Gabriel intervenes on their behalf and sends them away before confronting his brother alone.

Gabriel tells Lucifer that he still loves him and that he is on nobody's side but humanity's. He tells Lucifer that he has no legitimate grievance and is merely jealous that humanity replaced him in the foremost of God's affections and that it is time for him to grow up. Gabriel wields his Archangel Blade against Lucifer (one of the few weapons that could truly kill him and his kind) which causes him to remain cautious during their exchange. Gabriel attempts to keep Lucifer distracted with a copy of himself while the real Gabriel tries to sneak up behind him and stab him. Lucifer sees through the charade, however, and turns his brother's own blade upon him, telling him that the trick he just tried to pull amounted to "amateur hocus pocus" and reminding Gabriel that he learned all of his tricks from him. After Gabriel dies, Lucifer looks down upon his brother's corpse and lightly grieves for his brother's passing, openly weeping.

The Winchesters learn in a posthumous message from Gabriel, that they have no chance at all of killing Lucifer without his aid, though they can still trap him back in his cage in Hell if they can acquire the four rings of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Once they possess all of the rings, a plan is formed for Sam to consent to possession by Lucifer and then for him to jump into Lucifer's Cage with the Archangel in tow, a plan which Dean initially is resistant to but ultimately comes to accept the idea after realizing that Sam is now grown up and can make his own choices.

Defeat and re-imprisonment
During the final phases of the Apocalypse, Lucifer is tracked to Detroit, Michigan. Having ingested gallons of Demon Blood, Sam finally consents to Lucifer's possession even though the Devil reveals he already knows of their plan to try to force him back into his Cage. Despite this, Sam goes forward with the plan in an agreed proposition with Lucifer: if Sam wins in their struggle for supremacy, he may jump in the hole and take Lucifer with him; but if Lucifer wins, he wins. Sam then says "Yes". The archangel quickly abandons his vessel to become one with Sam Winchester, knocking both out momentarily. This gives Dean the time he needs to open the cage before Sam seemingly recovers and walks toward the cage's mouth only to turn around and reveal that Lucifer is now in control of Sam's body. He closes the cage, takes the rings and vanishes.

Lucifer gathers several members of Azazel's demonic minions before him. Demon-possessed humans from Sam's past that secretly manipulated his entire life as they worked for Azazel just as Brady had done. The Devil decides to "take the gag off" and allow Sam to speak, telling him that he is his true family and that he should embrace their union. Hoping to appease Sam, Lucifer offers an olive branch to him by killing the demon-occupied people such as Sam's prom date, one of his former teachers, and all others present in revenge for their manipulation of Sam's life. Sam is only able to speak as his own reflection and finds himself outmatched by Lucifer.

The next day, Lucifer travels to Stull Cemetery outside Lawrence, Kansas, the place where he is fated to meet his older brother, Michael, who has since gained consent from Adam for their final confrontation. Lucifer tries to dissuade Michael from their battle and blames their current situation on God, suggesting that they may be able to just walk away. Although he strongly considers it, Michael, however, refuses to back down, stating that he must be a "good son" to their Father while chastising Lucifer for not taking any of the blame for what has happened. Michael calls him a monster. Despite telling Michael he'd like to see him try to kill him, Lucifer appears slightly hurt by his comment. Before either can make a move however, Dean Winchester arrives in the Impala and demands to speak to Sam. Lucifer insults Dean by telling him that his actions amount to a whole new level of stupid, even for him as the latter glares him.

Before an angered Michael can attempt to remove Dean from the scene, Castiel appears and hurls a molotov cocktail of holy oil at the elder archangel, banishing him. Lucifer, outraged over Castiel's actions, snaps his fingers and obliterates the angel. He then begins to beat Dean but is shot several times by Bobby Singer before he turns and telekinetically snaps Bobby's neck. Continuing his assault on Dean, the Archangel states that he will break every one of Dean's bones and make Sam feel it. Despite the brutal beating he takes, Dean does not resist and merely tells Sam that he will not leave him.

As Lucifer attacks Dean, he glances in the back of the Impala at an old army figure Sam had stuck in the ashtray as a child. The Archangel is then overwhelmed by all of Sam's happy memories of his life with Dean leading up to now, with his love for his brother finally breaking Lucifer's grip on Sam's body, allowing Sam to take control of the Devil at last. Sam tells Dean that everything is going to be alright and that he now has Lucifer under control before tossing the Horsemen's rings to the ground and reciting the incantation to open Lucifer's Cage. As Sam goes to the mouth of the pit to throw himself in, Michael reappears and demands a fight with Lucifer, stating that it is his destiny to do so.

Sam disregards this however and, with one last look at Dean, outstretches his arms and begins to fall backwards into the mouth of the cage. Michael attempts to stop him but only ends up being pulled down into the pit alongside his brother as the portal shuts behind them in a thunderous flash of white light, leaving behind only the red-hot rings of the Horsemen.

Season 6
Although Sam was brought back from the cage, albeit without his soul, Lucifer and Michael were still inside the cage. Castiel said that they were in the deepest corner of Hell and that they were probably torturing Sam's soul, having nothing else to do and blaming him for their imprisonment. Although they both were locked up, it is still possible to release the two of them. Raphael planned to break Michael and Lucifer free to continue God's plan. This led to a civil war in Heaven. Raphael's side wanted to continue the Apocalypse by setting Michael and Lucifer free, while Castiel's side wanted to prevent it from happening again. At the end of season six, Raphael's side loses the civil war as Castiel kills Raphael (and soon after his followers) after imbibing all the souls of Purgatory into his vessel (along with the Leviathans).

Season 7
Lucifer is still in the cage, but appears as a hallucination, due to Sam's memories of his time in Hell. This first happens with Sam shortly after the Leviathans had been released, where Lucifer tells Sam that the world he has been in for the last year is not real and Sam is still in the cage. A new form of torture which Lucifer prides himself on as being his best yet.

Lucifer continues to taunt Sam on how this world isn't real. He points out that he made this world, because it was the most believable. Sam later confronts Lucifer and asks him why he doesn't end this dream world to which Lucifer responds by saying that he will only end it when Sam can no longer take it anymore. Lucifer later changes into Dean and tricks Sam into leaving Bobby's house.

Once at the destination, he reveals himself to prove he can control Sam's "dream". Although Lucifer is proven to be a hallucination when Dean explains to Sam how to tell the difference between hallucinations and reality. Despite being proven as a figment of Sam's imagination, Lucifer informs Sam that he's not going anywhere.

Lucifer is heard but not seen in The Girl Next Door and Defending Your Life.

In How To Win Friends And Influence Monsters, Sam and Bobby talk about how things are going. Bobby asks about Sam's mental state and Sam comments that he has it under control while touching his scar. Bobby doesn't believe this but lets it go.

In Death's Door, Sam is seen using his scar to keep Lucifer at bay while dealing with the state of Bobby Singer after being shot in the head by the Leviathans' leader Dick Roman.

Lucifer returns in Repo Man, once again trying to tempt Sam into acknowledging his existence, thereby "letting him in" [to his head] again. He eventually succeeds after 'helping' Sam during the case. The episode ends with him once again gleefully tormenting Sam while Dean sleeps after a hard day's work.

Although not seen, he continued to torture Sam in Out With The Old causing him insomnia.

He again returns in The Born-Again Identity where his torture became so bad Sam was put in a mental institution. Lucifer continued to torture him, linking it to when they were in the pit, making him hallucinate maggots in his food, throwing fire crackers at him to keep him up. Eventually, it got too much, and Sam snapped, his mind was so broken that it couldn't be healed (reaching the point where all people that Sam saw was Lucifer). However, in a last act to redeem himself for his previous actions in The Man Who Knew Too Much and Meet the New Boss, Castiel transferred the hallucinations from Sam's mind to his own mind. Lucifer, uncaring about the change, just calmly said, "Hello brother" and presumably went on to torture Castiel as he did to Sam.

Castiel later reveals in Reading Is Fundamental that Lucifer's appearance to him was more of an "aftertaste" of Sam's experiences, which quickly wore off, eventually replaced by visions of everything Castiel had done wrong.

Season 8
In Goodbye Stranger, while Lucifer himself doesn't appear, it is revealed that he has a series of crypts that are buried around the world containing important things, including the Angel Tablet. Only those closest to him know their locations, including Azazel, so when Crowley went after the tablet, he tortured Meg for the locations as she knew from her time with Azazel. Eventually Dean and Castiel found the tablet in an angel-proofed box in one of his crypts.

Season 9
In Holy Terror, Lucifer's corruption of the Garden is revealed when Metatron confronts Gadreel about the matter and uses Gadreel's failure and his desire to atone for his mistakes, to get his assistance with his own plans.

In Road Trip, Dean, Castiel and Crowley captured Gadreel, who has possessed Sam, and learn that he was the one who allowed Lucifer into the Garden which greatly angers Castiel.

In First Born, Dean learns of Lucifer's involvement in Cain's killing of Abel from Cain himself as Lucifer was talking to Abel. In order to save his brother, Cain made a deal with Lucifer to take Abel's place in Hell in exchange for Abel getting into Heaven. Lucifer agreed if Cain killed his brother and gave him the Mark of Cain afterwards.

Season 10
In Brother's Keeper, after Dean summons Death to kill him due to the Mark's worsening influence on him, Death explains Lucifer's role in the war against Amara and how it was the Mark's power that corrupted Lucifer into being jealous of humanity. He tells Dean that if he wants to be rid of the Mark without unleashing the Darkness, he must pass it on as Lucifer did to Cain.

Return of The Devil
In Out of the Darkness, Into the Fire, a demon tells Crowley that after the Darkness was released, there was an uproar from Lucifer's Cage, believing that Michael or Lucifer was trying to warn them.

In Baby, Sam believes he's having another vision, when Lucifer appears to him in the guise of a young John. "John" tells him, he's only here to deliver a message. That the Darkness is coming and only the boys could stop it. Sam insisted that there should be a way to stop the Darkness, but John only answered, "God helps those who help themselves." Sam asked "John" one last question before he woke up, "Who are you?"

In Our Little World, after Sam and Dean question Castiel about Metatron, Sam experiences a vision of Lucifer's Cage, which is seen for the first time from the outside. Two hands are seen to be grasping the wall of the cage, though it remains unclear who the hands belong to.

In O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Sam has a vision of Lucifer touching him and feeling a sense of peace, causing Sam to believe that God wants him to go to Lucifer and get his help. With the help of Crowley and Rowena, Sam is able to summon Lucifer himself into a small cage in the depths of Hell where he is rendered powerless by warding from the Book of the Damned and holy fire. Lucifer manifests in the form of Nick and Sam explains the situation and his visions from God. Lucifer tells Sam that the visions mean that God needs his help to defeat the Darkness and he needs Sam to say "yes" again so he can get out and help. Lucifer insists that the visions are the Word of God and Sam needs to do what they say. Sam finally decides not to say yes, but the warding suddenly fails and Lucifer teleports Sam into the cage with him. Sam refuses to be afraid due to his visions, but Lucifer explains the truth: they didn't come from God, they came from Lucifer himself to draw Sam to him. The release of the Darkness damaged the Cage and it allowed Lucifer to reach out to Sam's mind and implant the visions. Lucifer tells Sam he's now trapped with him and taunts a terrified Sam by saying he was the hunter's only hope of escaping.

In The Devil in the Details, it is revealed Lucifer entered Rowena's dreams seeking her help with a plan to bring Sam into the cage, promising to make her his queen in exchange.

In the present, Lucifer shows Sam a memory of Sam as a teenager when he was a hero and then when he was with Amelia Richardson, saying that Sam had gone soft after Dean went to Purgatory. Lucifer tells Sam that the Sam who had defeated Lucifer and returned him to the Cage would not have allowed Dean to talk him out of boarding up Hell. Lucifer attempts to get Sam to say "yes" again as Lucifer insists he's the only one who can beat the Darkness with Gabriel and Raphael dead and Michael having gone insane. Sam refuses, knowing that whoever wins between Lucifer and Amara, the world loses. Lucifer starts to beat on Sam when Castiel and Dean arrive to stop them. Lucifer teleports the two into the cage and Sam, Dean and Castiel fight Lucifer to buy Rowena time to send him back to the Cage.

As Rowena is about to, Castiel asks if Lucifer can really beat the Darkness and when he confirms he can, Castiel says "yes". Lucifer possesses Castiel which anchors him and keeps him from returning to the Cage. Lucifer poses as Castiel until Sam and Dean are gone and then returns to Hell where he reveals himself to Crowley and Rowena. After making sure Rowena is the only one who can open the Cage, Lucifer snaps her neck and then takes a seat across from Crowley.

During Into the Mystic, Lucifer returns to the surface and arrives at a park. He feeds the ducks in the pond before sitting down and admiring the humans around him. An angel however, spots him and Lucifer decides to take a nature walk. Although he tries to talk the angel into trusting he is here to stop the Darkness, the angel refuses and makes a move to kill him. Lucifer snaps his fingers, instantly killing the angel.

Lucifer goes to the Bunker in search for a spell that can summon the Darkness. Dean finds him but still believes he is Castiel, and Lucifer plays along. Dean confesses he is drawn to the Darkness in ways he cannot resist and that it scares him. Lucifer reassures him that it's alright.

In The Vessel, Lucifer has regained control over Hell and now has Crowley as his "dog". After having a bunch of weapons brought to him from his crypts, Lucifer admits that defeating the Darkness was more of a "team effort" than he let on and he can't defeat her alone. As Lucifer taunts Crowley, he gets a call from the Winchesters and is shocked to learn of their discovery of a Hand of God. Lucifer agrees to bring Dean back in time to the USS Bluefin to retrieve the Hand of God, but is kept outside the ship by warding.

Lucifer returns to the bunker soaking wet and works with Sam to find a spell to remove the warding. Sam locates such a spell, but it requires the power of an archangel. Lucifer begins preparing the spell while Sam offers to allow "Castiel" to use his soul to increase "his" power so it will work. Lucifer reveals himself to Sam, seeing that he no longer has a use for him and begins to draw power from Sam's soul while planning to use it to destroy him and make it look like an accident. Before he can kill Sam, Castiel manages to regain control but informs Sam that he can't eject Lucifer as it's taking all of his strength to keep Lucifer from killing Sam. Castiel also informs Sam that they need Lucifer as Castiel can no longer time travel.

As Delphine Seydoux unleashes the power of the Hand of God, the warding is destroyed and Lucifer returns Dean to the present as the Bluefin is obliterated. Sam reveals Lucifer's true identity to Dean and Lucifer throws Dean across the bunker. Lucifer attempts to use the Hand of God, but finds its power depleted. As Lucifer stalks towards Dean, Sam manages to banish him from the bunker.

A week later, Lucifer is ordering the demons to locate a Hand of God. He orders Simmons to pretend to side with Crowley so the former King would lead them somewhere useful, which turns out to be a secret lockup. Lucifer follows them to the location. Once there, he reveals to Crowley that his plan was to rid Crowley of his last inch of defiance. He promises to do bad things to Crowley while he moves to take the Rod of Aaron, a Hand of God.

However, Crowley tricked them into thinking the rod was inside a case but he had, in reality, stashed it nearby and proceeds to strike Lucifer with it, sending him tumbling a few feet away. Crowley absorbs the rod's power and prepares to blast Lucifer with it, but Simmons shields Lucifer and dies. Lucifer is knocked back by the sheer force of the blast, but with Crowley having depleted the rod, Lucifer regains the upper hand and punches Crowley, sending him over a pile of books. When Lucifer leans over, the demon is gone.

After sending his demons on a worldwide search for Crowley, Lucifer enters Heaven, where he meets and kills Jofiel. He gathers the rest of the angels to talk them into trusting his aide in the coming battle with the Darkness, citing again that he was right about how bad humans were. The angels eventually agree to listen to his command, but an attack from the Darkness disturbs everyone in Heaven.

Later on, Dean summons Lucifer to a church with the promise of giving him the Horn of Joshua. Sam summons a ring of holy fire around the archangel once he arrives, and use an angel suppressing sigil to get Castiel to talk to them. Lucifer proves too powerful for the sigils to work. Crowley, who has now sided with the Winchesters, decides to enter Castiel's body to speak with the angel himself.

Unfortunately, Castiel has lost most interest in the war, allowing Lucifer (in the form of Nick) to approach Crowley and attack him. Just as Lucifer is about to suffocate Crowley up against a wall, Sam and Dean respond to a distress call and exorcise Crowley, thus saving his life. Lucifer takes back control of the vessel and approaches the brothers, since the wardings have worn off.

He is interrupted in his torturing of Sam and Dean when Amara bursts in, looking for Rowena, who had been assisting the brothers. Having taken the Horn of Joshua, Lucifer attacks Amara with it. The weapon, combined with Lucifer's powers proves too weak to even harm The Darkness. Amara brings Lucifer towards her and takes him elsewhere, for a "nice long chat".

Amara tells a bloodied Lucifer that she is going to use "God's favorite, his first son" as bait, and proceeds to torture the archangel, brushing aside his suggestion that they could work together against God. Lucifer begins screaming in agony.

Confronting God
In All in the Family, Amara continues to torture Lucifer who is badly beaten and burned from it. Lucifer continues to refuse to call out to God to save him and Amara sends a message to Dean of Lucifer's state in hopes of reaching God.

While Dean distracts Amara, Sam, Metatron and the Prophet Donatello Redfield come to Lucifer's rescue. Lucifer taunts the group, but agrees to put aside his differences with God and the Winchesters to help them fight Amara. Metatron frees Lucifer, but Lucifer is unable to teleport the group out in his injured and weakened state. Donatello senses Amara approaching so he and Sam flee in the Impala with Lucifer while Metatron stays behind and sacrifices himself to allow them to get away.

As the group flees, Amara appears in the middle of the road and prepares to kill them. However, before she can succeed, God teleports the Impala and its passengers to the Men of Letters bunker, saving them. There, Lucifer is reunited with God for the first time in millions of years and the two comment on how much the other has changed. To Lucifer's surprise, God heals his injuries from Amara's torture, implying that he has forgiven him.

While Sam and Dean are out buying groceries, Lucifer and God talk. Lucifer asks where God was and asks if he suspects healing him would earn him forgiveness. He sarcastically remarks that God returned when the apes sent a distress signal, prompting Dean - who had returned by then - to remind that "these apes saved your ass".

Annoyed, Lucifer attempted to smite the brothers with a snap of his fingers, but found he couldn't. God told the Winchesters he was preventing Lucifer from harming them, which annoyed Lucifer further. Sam tried to remind the pair that they had a common foe to deal with, but Lucifer was still unhappy and challenged God to "say it". A lack of response prompt Lucifer to storm off and lock himself in Sam's room, saying he would only leave if God had something to say.

The brothers managed to get God and Lucifer to sit and talk, during which Lucifer complained that God always acted like he had a reason for everything, and that locking him up for something the Mark caused him to do was his fault, despite Lucifer being God's son. After banishing Sam and Dean, God confessed that he did love Lucifer the most, and suffered from disappointment, and was truly sorry for his actions, to which Lucifer finally forgave. God and Lucifer reconciled their differences and the Archangel's allegiance was with his Father again.

Afterwards, Lucifer, God, Sam and Dean gathered in the war room to discuss their plan. God wanted to trap Amara again and needed substitutes for the archangels. Dean and Sam decided to recruit the demons and witches, while Lucifer went back to Heaven and recruited the angels, but found them hostile. He then switched places with Castiel and allowed his younger brother to talk to them.

The plan set, Lucifer gathered with the team at the location where they plan to trap Amara. Lucifer meets Crowley and Rowena here, and they have a bit of an argument over which species is better. When Amara does arrive, Lucifer waits inside for Amara to enter in her damage state. Amara sees God for the first time and walks up to him. Lucifer takes this opportunity to impale her with his spear, and Amara to falls to her knees.

Lucifer attempts to impale her again, but God stops him. As God prepares to seal Amara away again, a furious and enraged Amara retaliates and levitates her brother while choking him. Lucifer, with his spear, charges at Amara again but is easily deflected. Amara says "Goodbye nephew" and rips the archangel from his vessel, leaving Castiel unconscious on the floor.

In Alpha and Omega, Dean goes to check on Lucifer only to find Castiel. Castiel tells him that Amara ripped Lucifer out of him and he doesn't know what happened to Lucifer after that. Later, Dean tells Castiel he gets why Castiel agreed to possession by Lucifer and it was the right call even though it didn't work.

Season 12
In Keep Calm and Carry On, Lucifer is revealed to have survived and contacted with his followers. However, he has been severely weakened by Amara' attack on him and is unable to find a suitable vessel, jumping across multiple vessels and burning them out. Lucifer utilizes two demons to clean up his burned out vessels with Crowley following them in an attempt to find and kill Lucifer to reclaim and solidify his own position as Ruler of Hell while Lucifer is weakened.

Crowley eventually tracks the demons to a house where Lucifer has burned out all of the family members except for the son who he is currently utilizing as his vessel. Afraid the demons are being followed, Lucifer refuses to meet them face to face and they are killed by Crowley. Crowley figures out who Lucifer is using as his vessel, but by the time he tracks Lucifer down, he has burned the vessel out and moved on.

In Mamma Mia, Lucifer finds a new potential vessel in aging rock star Vince Vincente. Much as he did with Nick, Lucifer creates hallucinations to convince the depressed musician to give him permission to possess his body. Vince does so after Lucifer makes Vince believe he'll be reunited with his late lover. Lucifer quickly gets comfortable in his new vessel, being interrupted only once by one of Vince's bandmates. After Lucifer informs the rocker that he won't be going to rehearsal, telling him he has plans, the bandmate grows annoyed but Lucifer knocks him out of the room. Lucifer then smugly reminds him that he told him he had plans.

Lucifer quickly travels to Crowley's throne room where he confronts the former King of Hell. He marches up to the demon and tells him to get off of his furniture but Crowley just mocks Lucifer for his choice in a new vessel. Crowley then offers Lucifer a deal; telling him that Lucifer would be better off running Heaven in God's absence and should allow Crowley to deal with the demons. Lucifer seems to consider it for a moment before reminding Crowley that he could smite him into oblivion. Before it escalates, Rowena appears and puts a paralysis spell on Lucifer's vessel. The devil assures Crowley that the spell won't hold him for long before Crowley splashes acid into Lucifer's face, wanting to damage his vessel so Rowena could exorcise him and send him back to the cage. Lucifer overcomes the magic, however, showing off his wings before healing his vessel's injuries. Crowley flees in fear while Lucifer takes Rowena captive.

In The Foundry, Lucifer pays Vince's sister Wendy a visit and heals her of her paralysis as part of the agreement he made to get Vince's permission. Seeing that his new vessel is already beginning to show signs of decay, he orders Rowena to cast a spell that will ensure he can keep using Vince, as he finds that the vessel suits him. However, during the ritual, Rowena instead speeds up Vince's degrading process, much to Lucifer's fury. Proclaiming that Rowena can't destroy him, Rowena agrees, and sends both Lucifer and his rotting vessel to the bottom of the ocean.

In Rock Never Dies, Lucifer is drawn to a fossilized feather from his wings, which is in the possession of young wannabe satanists. Lucifer teleports to them, and uses the feather to temporarily heal his rotting vessel, which has deteriorated even more from his time in the ocean. One of the satanists recognizes him as Vince Vincente and Lucifer realizes that he could gain devotion using his vessel's fame. He travels to Los Angeles and quickly begins to boost Vincente's fame. He tests out the devotion of those close to Vince, even convincing a groupie to harm herself for him. When Lucifer is threatened by a music producer after he fails to properly portray Vince by not playing new music, he casually kills the producer and goes to a show his band is putting on for publicity. However, he notices that his vessel is beginning to decay again when he arrives.

Before the show, Lucifer tries to kill the rest of Vince's band but is interrupted by Castiel and Crowley. They ask why he's parading around as a rock star and he explains that it's fun, not wanting to have to deal with the baggage of being the devil. He then easily overpowers and beats down both Castiel and Crowley before taking the stage in front of a cheering crowd, where Sam and Dean are waiting. Lucifer prepares to slaughter the crowd but Dean fires a gun, forcing the crowd out. Lucifer keeps the Winchesters inside, surprised to see them. When Dean tries to use enochian handcuffs on him, he easily melts them off of his wrist. He stops another attack from Castiel before being questioned about why he is doing this after making up with God.

Lucifer explains that God apologized for abandoning him only to leave again immediately after. He felt that God used him to help defeat Amara but only for that purpose. Furious, Lucifer declares that there's no point in any of their actions anymore, that there is nothing of God's creation except people looking for distractions. He declares that he is going to just keep on smashing God's toys and making the Winchesters watch because he has nothing better to do. Vince's body begins to completely burn out, with Lucifer having overexerted himself inside of it. Lucifer doesn't mind though, saying he would just go onwards and upwards and leaves the rock star's body for good. With Vincente dead, Sam points out that Lucifer was dangerous when he had a motive, but now he could be even more dangerous just having fun.

Following the death of Vince, Lucifer begins seeking out vessels with power and influence in LOTUS. Lucifer first possesses Wallace Parker, the CEO of "just about everything" and moves on to Wallace's friend, the Archbishop of St. Louis when Wallace burns out. Lucifer's possession of the Archbishop is noticed by his staff and they attempt an exorcism, enraging Lucifer who slaughters them all. The Archbishop then burns out and Lucifer is forced to move on.

After the Archbishop's death, Lucifer is able to get consent from the President of the United States Jefferson Rooney in exchange for teaching Rooney how to make America more spiritual. As Rooney, Lucifer kills a Secret Service agent that interrupted his communication with his vessel within his mind in order to learn how to pose as the President. Knowing the Winchesters will be after him, Lucifer sends Rick Sanchez and the Secret Service to stop them and engages in sex with Rooney's lover, Kelly Kline. After Kelly tells Lucifer that he would make a wonderful father, Lucifer decides to conceive a Nephilim with her.

In order to return Lucifer to his Cage, Crowley kidnaps Kelly and he, the Winchesters, Castiel and Rowena convince her to help them. Kelly calls Lucifer and claims she can't have his child, prompting Lucifer to travel to her motel room with two Secret Service agents. After the agents confirm that the room is clear, Lucifer enters and Kelly reiterates to him that she can't give birth to his child. Lucifer tells Kelly that he will have to insist and begins strangling her. Sam then emerges from the bathroom and activates a sigil on the door, amusing Lucifer as they have fought many times. Sam then raises a hyperbolic pulse generator, causing Lucifer to go after him, but Sam activates it before Lucifer can reach him. As the generator begins to exorcise him from Rooney, Lucifer attempts to throw everyone with telekinesis, but Sam's sigil has weakened his powers to the point that it barely even affects them. Lucifer yells that it isn't over to Sam who tells him to "go to Hell." Finally, Lucifer is exorcised from Rooney in a cloud of white smoke by the hyperbolic pulse generator and Rowena casts a spell that sends Lucifer through the floor and presumably, back into the Cage.

Following Lucifer's defeat, Castiel discovers that Rooney survived Lucifer's possession and erases his memory of it. The Secret Service discover the Winchesters over Rooney's unconscious body and are believed to have attempted to assassinate Rooney due to Lucifer's manipulations, resulting in their arrest. Despite the dangers, Kelly decides to keep Lucifer's child and runs off on Castiel rather than get an abortion.

In First Blood, Rick Sanchez states that Rooney has no memory of the three days Lucifer possessed him for, though he believes the Winchesters did something to the President. After escaping Site 94, the Winchesters tell Sanchez and his boss the truth about how they saved the President from possession by Lucifer, but the two and the few other people with knowledge of the Winchesters' arrest are murdered by Arthur Ketch.



Imprisonment By Crowley
In Stuck in the Middle (With You), Lucifer is revealed to be trapped inside a cage located in Crowley's throne room he'd once kept Crowley in. Manifesting in the form of Nick, Lucifer taunts Crowley about the loss of the Colt and he tries to talk Crowley into believing the Winchesters, whom he had just helped out, don't really care about him and that they intend to turn their backs on Crowley. Crowley disregards his comment and tells him to "be quiet", adding the nickname "dog". Lucifer coldly retaliates that "dog" is not his name.

In Family Feud, Lucifer is chained to a chair and Crowley states that he had his demons examine Lucifer's Cage on the molecular level and replicate it in the form of chains. Crowley explains to Lucifer that when he was exorcised from Jefferson Rooney, Crowley had perverted the spell so instead of sending him to the Cage, it sent him to the body of Nick which Crowley's demons had found, repaired and improved so that he could be Lucifer's permanent vessel. Lucifer is amused, believing that the chains won't hold him long and informs Crowley that his child is alive, unlike what Crowley had believed. Lucifer listens with glee to Crowley's phone call with the Winchesters about Gavin MacLeod and asks Crowley for advice as a single parent.

Later, Lucifer senses that Dagon is with Kelly and calls out Dagon's name with a smile. In Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell, Crowley continues to taunt Lucifer until he is interrupted by two demons. While Crowley is away dealing with the escape of Lucifer's hellhound Ramsey, the demons enter and reveal they set Ramsey free to create a distraction to investigate Crowley's behavior. After making a deal with Lucifer for more power, the demons release Lucifer who immediately combusts them. When Crowley returns, Lucifer taunts him and beats on Crowley before displaying his wings. However, with snaps of his fingers, Crowley makes Lucifer's wings disappear and causes him intense pain. Crowley reveals Lucifer's true prison is his vessel while the chains were just decoration. Crowley tells Lucifer he will kill Lucifer's son in front of him and will only then just be getting started torturing him.

In The British Invasion, Lucifer checks in on Dagon to make sure she is keeping the baby safe, and hopes she won't fail him a second time. When Crowley returns, Lucifer behaves sad, broken and submissively. He surprises Crowley by licking the floor. Lucifer explains that being Crowley's pet is so much nicer than being with his deranged "little bro", meaning Michael. Believing that he has finally won, Crowley presents the submissive Lucifer to a crowd of demons. Lucifer pretends to speak highly of Crowley, but is secretly ordering said demons to obey him on pain of death. One demon, Drexel approaches him while Crowley is absent to observe his vessel, and while the demon admits he doesn't know how to undo the system that allows Crowley control over Lucifer, he will try to crack it. Lucifer kisses him in delight and puts his shirt back on.

In The Future, a still-restrained Lucifer communicates telepathically with Dagon and is enraged to learn that she has lost Kelly and his son to Castiel. Lucifer, who had promised to form a family with Dagon and his son if she succeeded in bringing him into the world, swears to bring eternal torment upon Dagon instead if she fails. Terrified, Dagon agrees.

In There's Something About Mary, Drexel finishes his examination on Lucifer's vessel and is able to reverse the polarity of the system, allowing Lucifer to gain control of Crowley's vessel. Later when Crowley visits Lucifer, Lucifer begins to control Crowley's actions, visibly shocking Crowley. After Lucifer gets out of his chains, Crowley tries to convince Lucifer to spare him, but Lucifer instead uses telekinesis to throw Crowley around as retribution for what he's put him through. After Lucifer starts cutting Crowley with an Angel Blade and uses it to (seemingly) kill him, he reclaims his position as Ruler of Hell. After changing out of his vessel's old clothing, and donning clothing similar to his old vessel Vince Vincente, he sets out to find his unborn son.

In Who We Are, Doctor Hess reveals Lucifer's escape to Sam shortly before she's killed by Jody.

Apocalypse World
In All Along the Watchtower, Lucifer shows his true angelic face to Rowena MacLeod and the kills her to prevent her from trapping him again, although unknown to him, he was once again unsuccessful due to Rowena's Resurrection Seal. Lucifer then tracks his son to a cabin where he faces off with the Winchesters, Castiel and Crowley who survived his attack. The three lead Lucifer through a rift into an alternate reality where Dean attacks Lucifer with a machine gun loaded with angel-killing bullets given to him by an alternate version of Bobby Singer. The bullets do little more than cause Lucifer pain, but distract him long enough for Sam and Crowley to perform a spell to seal the rift with the intention to trap Lucifer in the alternate reality. As the Winchesters retreat to the rift, Crowley kills himself with an angel blade to complete the ritual. However, before the rift can close Castiel comes through and stabs Lucifer with an angel blade of his own. Lucifer survives and returns to his original reality to kill Castiel from behind. As Lucifer faces off with them, Mary Winchester dons Enochian Brass Knuckles and attacks Lucifer, knocking him back towards the rift. Mary knocks Lucifer through the rift, but he pulls her through with him. Moments later, the rift seals behind them, trapping Lucifer and Mary in the alternate reality.

Apocalypse World and a diminished grace
In Lost & Found, Dean expresses a belief that Lucifer killed their mother the moment they were trapped together. Jack also reveals that he does not believe Lucifer as his father, but Castiel.

In the alternate universe, Mary runs from Lucifer who easily keeps up with her, reminding Mary that he can fly so she can't outrun him. Mary challenges Lucifer to kill her and he agrees, throwing Mary towards a sword sticking up out of the ground. However, at the last moment, Lucifer telekinetically stops Mary's fall. Grabbing Mary, Lucifer suggests that he needs her alive.

In The Rising Son, Mary follows Lucifer across the wasteland while doubting their chances of escaping. When Lucifer expresses his concern for his son's well being, Mary doesn't believe he could care about raising kids. After attempting to explain himself, Lucifer decides she simply doesn't know him. A bomb is seen flying towards them and Lucifer covers himself using his leather jacket. Once the smoke dissipates he finds Mary gone. He finds her about to be killed by a hunter and promptly punches the hunter through the chest, killing him. Lucifer complains about Mary running away again and suggests that they should be working together in order to reunite with their respective sons. When Mary argues that she does not wish to help Lucifer win, Lucifer forces her to comply by causing her to convulse in pain.

The two continue walking along the wasteland until Mary complains about being tired. Lucifer doesn't let her rest, pointing out that she is the reason they are here and it's not his fault she's a "wimpy human". The two are interrupted by the arrival of a group of angels in search of a creature from Hell. Lucifer jokingly suggests they are referring to Mary to which the angel replies with "False!" When Lucifer tells them who he is, the angel again replies with "False!" since the Lucifer of their universe has been slain by the Archangel Michael.

When the angels prepare to smite Lucifer, Lucifer angrily snaps his fingers and obliterates them. He and Mary are almost immediately after approached by the Archangel Michael himself, who is surprised to see his brother alive. Lucifer explains that he is from an alternate reality and remarks this Michael is a knockoff of the one he left in The Cage, to which Michael responds by explaining what he did to his own Lucifer. Michael wishes to do the same thing again, leading Lucifer to punch him in the face. The two archangels get into a fist fight while Mary watches. Michael quickly gains the upperhand by twisting Lucifer's arm.

When Lucifer asks if Michael plans on killing him, Michael tells him he will keep him alive because he needs him.

In War of the Worlds, Lucifer is shown being bound inside a cage full of spikes used to torture him. Michael also reads his mind and discovers the world Lucifer left behind is a paradise he wishes to visit himself. Michael tells Lucifer that once he is done using him, he will abandon Lucifer inside this cage knowing it is the thing Lucifer fears the most, as it reminds Lucifer of the Cage in Hell.

Lucifer is taken out of the cage temporarily to be used in a ritual meant to create a rift that will take Michael back to Lucifer's world. Lucifer is shocked to learn that the Kevin Tran of this universe is working with Michael and is the one to perform the spell. Lucifer questions Kevin's decision to serve a monster, but Kevin retorts that Lucifer is the monster since he is Satan, and Michael is the closest thing to God and being a prophet Kevin is obligated to serve him.

When Kevin reveals an ingredient needed to power the spell is the grace of an archangel, Michael extracts a portion of Lucifer's grace and gives it to Kevin, intent on leaving the rest inside Lucifer for future use. Kevin activates the spell and a rift is formed, but Lucifer makes a quick run for it and succeeds in passing through alone. The rift closes behind him.

Lucifer finds himself in the middle of a crowded street with passersby mistaking him for a homeless man or a drug dealer. Lucifer struggles to get help but finds he can't summon his wings nor can he molecularly combust anyone. He does manage to obtain a biege jacket and journey to the Heavenly Portal, where he finds Castiel being dragged around by Duma and two other angels. Lucifer threatens the trio into releasing Castiel and they do. Once the three angels have fled back to Heaven, Lucifer asks Castiel how he is even alive.

The two head to Nick's Bar and discuss Lucifer's son - whom Lucifer learns is named Jack - and the looming threat of Michael from the other universe. Lucifer is dismayed by Castiel's insistence that he must inform Sam and Dean about Michael, and Lucifer retaliates by stealing the angel's phone. As they continue to talk about a potential alliance, Asmodeus arrives at the bar and discovers Lucifer weakened. This inspires Asmodeus to keep the throne of Hell to himself and capture Lucifer and Castiel, locking them up in cells, much to their dislike.

In The Bad Place, after the Winchesters discover that Jack went to Derek Swan to find a way into the alternate reality, they become suspicious that he was trying to find Lucifer. After Jack and the Winchesters are reunited, Jack reveals that he was looking for Mary to rescue her, not Lucifer. Jack states that Lucifer is nothing to him and the Winchesters and Castiel are his family.

In Various & Sundry Villains, Lucifer remains locked up alongside Castiel. The two are routinely visited and taunted by the demon Dipper, particularly since Lucifer's weakened state prevents him from being able to do anything and the warding on Lucifer's cell prevents any attempts at an escape. Lucifer often rants about what he could do if he had his full power, earning him constant rebukes by Castiel for his pointless posturing. Lucifer displays a belief that Michael will reach their world, based upon what he knows of his own version of Michael. During their time imprisoned together, Castiel tells Lucifer about Jack, clearly interesting Lucifer to learn about his son. Lucifer also spends his time attempting to convince Castiel to give Lucifer some of his grace so that Lucifer can power up, but Castiel continuously refuses him.

While raging about his situation, Lucifer unexpectedly flings a stick across his cell using telekinesis. Lucifer realizes that when motivated by anger, he can use some of his powers. When Dipper returns, having come up with a plan with Castiel, Lucifer telekinetically pulls Dipper into the bars, burns out the warding on the cells and stabs Dipper in the neck with his stick and breaks it off in the demon's neck. While Dipper recovers from the shock of Lucifer having powers again, Castiel smites the demon. Arming himself with Dipper's angel blade, Lucifer prepares to depart with Castiel only to be accosted by four more demons. Working together, the two angels kill the demons and escape outside.

Exhausted by the fight, Lucifer rests outside of the lair despite Castiel's warnings that more demons will soon come. Lucifer again attempts to get Castiel to give him some of his grace, but Castiel refuses, pointing out that he trusted Lucifer when they fought Amara only to have Lucifer betray him. Lucifer attacks Castiel with an angel blade, mildly wounding him in his effort to get some of Castiel's grace. Though Lucifer promises to leave Castiel some of his grace, Castiel stabs Lucifer through the abdomen with an angel blade stating that "this is me, learning from my mistakes." Lucifer's glowing red eyes, which were glowing through the last part of the confrontation flicker a few times before losing their glow.

In Devil's Bargain, while still desperate for more grace, Lucifer manages to locate a cherubim and steal his grace. This is not enough for Lucifer who begins to suffer from hunger and the cold weather. He spends sometime around a homeless man who eagerly shows him how to survive without any money, though Lucifer is less than enthusiastic about begging for change and eating out of the dumpster. He soon learns about a faith healer and goes to meet the woman, discovering that "Sister Jo" is actually the angel Anael. She convinces him to work with her and takes some of her grace for himself.

Unfortunately, Sam, Dean and Castiel track him down and find the room he is staying in with Anael. Before Dean can bind Lucifer with handcuffs, Anael attacks Sam while Lucifer attacks Castiel and Dean. With the three lying on the ground, Anael urges Lucifer to flee immediately but Lucifer decides to try and suffocate the Winchesters instead. He is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Arthur Ketch, who throws a bomb at him. Lucifer and Anael successfully escape and meet with Duma near the Heavenly Portal. Lucifer has decided to become the Ruler of Heaven again by convincing Duma and the other angels that he has learned how to create angels by watching God do it. He also promises to restore the wings of the remaining angels.

In Good Intentions, Dean mentions that he has got word out to other hunters in order to find Lucifer and use his grace to open a rift into the Apocalypse World. Castiel also mentions that Lucifer is getting stronger and more powerful by the day.

In A Most Holy Man, Dean mentions that they are unable to obtain Archangel grace to cast the Demon Tablet Alternate Reality Rift Opening Ritual, since they do not know where Lucifer is.

In Bring 'em Back Alive, Lucifer has ordered the angels to find his son while ignoring their protests about not knowing where or their attempts to get more angels created. He finds himself at odds with Anael but tunes her out as well as he settles in his place as the ruler of heaven. He then changes into a new suit and listens to prayers though finds them to be annoying but answers one which is through an exorcism. Lucifer appeared there and easily exorcised the demon but impulsively kills the humans after they annoy him. He returned to Heaven upset and rants that humanity and angels have note appreciated him and his father has made him the villain in their eyes. He then decides he should find his son and rule the world together so that everyone will worship him. Anael then speaks and tells him to make good on his promises of restoring Heaven by creating new angels or fixing their wings but he reveals he lied to gain power as she berates before telling him he should go back to the cage. Hearing this, Lucifer becomes infuriated and nearly strangles her to death but stops as she angrily storms out.

During Funeralia, he is shown to have abandoned his post and head to unknown parts. It is shown Heaven's power has depleted, due to the few angels in existence. Naomi states that Heaven needs more angels, especially an archangel as she and the others thought that any archangel would do and dismisses it as "a long story".

Meeting his Son
In Beat the Devil, Lucifer drowns his sorrows in a bar, complaining about his search for his son. The bartender comforts him but slipped up by stating Jack's name which Lucifer never told him and questions his identity. He soon notices his senses acting up and the bartender revealing himself to be Gabriel who greets a surprised Lucifer. Taken aback, he tries to punch Gabriel, to no avail. Lucifer states he killed Gabriel but gets taunted for being tricked. Rowena MacLeod appears and he voices he killed her. Working together, Gabriel and Rowena magically bind and capture Lucifer as he begs for them to kill him but they knock him out. The unconscious Lucifer is brought to the Men of Letters bunker where the group reveals that they intend to use Lucifer's grace to continuously power a ritual to keep a rift open to Apocalypse World before they kill him. Lucifer deduced they want to save their mother as Castiel drains Lucifer's grace and open the rift. Once the Winchesters, Gabriel and Castiel leave, Lucifer works on breaking his bonds and taunting Rowena who retaliates by revealing that Jack is in Apocalypse World. Finally, Lucifer angrily breaks free and attacks Rowena, he tells her that she renewed his resolve before she magically repels him, inadvertently sending Lucifer through the rift into Apocalypse World.

After having his throat ripped out by an Apocalypse World vampire, Sam suddenly wakes up to find Lucifer with him. Lucifer reveals that he drained the grace of several of Michael's angels and resurrected Sam. Lucifer asks Sam for his help with having a relationship with his son and shows that he is using his powers to hold back a horde of starving vampires. Lucifer insists that the Winchesters cannot defeat Michael without his help and presses Sam to accept his help.

Later, Sam arrives in Mary and Jack's base in Dayton followed closely by Lucifer. As everyone else stares at Lucifer in horror, Lucifer looks at Jack and greets his son.

In Exodus, Lucifer tells the group he brought Sam back before Dean tells Gabriel to kill him with the Archangel Blades but this argument causes Jack to leave as Lucifer states they need his help before he submits to the Supernatural Handcuffs. He talks to Mary who punches him as Castiel escorts him. Jack returns and decides to talk to Lucifer who works at building a relationship with his son. On the road, Lucifer kills an attacking group of angels and reveals that he only pretended the handcuffs were working before melting them off. The Winchesters and Castiel attempt to keep Lucifer separate from Jack with little success while Lucifer tells Jack his version of his history. While telling Jack about the family, Lucifer points out Gabriel to Jack who mentions he already met. Lucifer taunted Gabriel about Asmodeus holding him captive as the latter told his nephew not to trust what his father is saying since he merely plays the victim.

At night, Lucifer and Gabriel guard the camp before they get into an argument with Gabriel comparing Lucifer to a cancer that God felt he had to cut out by throwing it into the Cage to protect humanity after he tried to corrupt them. The confrontation leaves Lucifer emotional and he visibly sheds tears.

With time running out before the rift closes, Lucifer aids Dean in repairing a bus to transport everyone to the rift. Though Jack tries to stay behind to kill Michael, Lucifer aids Sam in convincing Jack to return with them, causing Jack to call Lucifer his father which pleases the latter. Dean has Lucifer drive the bus so they will know what he is up to and Lucifer gets everyone to the rift as it is on the verge of closing. Lucifer is surprised to see the rift suddenly widen again and is held back to help set up a defense in case any angels arrive. When Michael shows up, Lucifer takes him on, as Michael taunts him about their previous fight as Lucifer attacks but is easily beaten. Weakened, Lucifer tries to follow the Winchesters through but is tossed to the ground by Sam and left behind with Michael as the rift closes.

Alone with Michael and Gabriel's corpse, Lucifer offers a deal to Michael where he will help Michael reach the Main Universe. Once they arrive, Michael will be able to take over the universe while Lucifer gets Jack back. As a gesture of his sincerity, Lucifer provides Michael with the ritual to reopen the rift.

Final Defeat
In Let the Good Times Roll, Lucifer appears in the forest near the Men of Letters bunker where Jack is berating himself over all the people he has hurt. Lucifer brushes off questions of how he has returned and states that he has returned for Jack. Claiming not to blame Sam for trapping him, Lucifer suggests that he and Jack leave Earth together but Jack asks that Lucifer resurrect Maggie first. Lucifer reluctantly returns to the bunker and resurrects Maggie, departing with Jack afterwards.

In the forest at night, Lucifer continues to entice Jack to join him in going out into the stars when Jack receives a prayer from Sam that they are in danger. Jack returns to the bunker in time to save the Winchesters and severely injure Michael. In the process, Michael reveals his deal with Lucifer. Having learned that Maggie saw her killer's glowing red eyes, Sam reveals Lucifer as Maggie's killer to Jack. Jack forces Lucifer to admit that he was spotted by Maggie while scouting out the bunker and Jack turns on his father, effectively disowning him. Stating that he only needs Jack's power, Lucifer opens a slit in Jack's neck and absorbs his grace, leaving Jack depowered. Lucifer teleports away with Jack, but Sam grabs on and is teleported with them to a church.

Now more powerful than ever, Lucifer gloats over his plans to take over the universe and remake it as he wants. Drawing his archangel blade, Lucifer demands that Jack and Sam fight to the death, suggesting that he will let the victor survive and they will have seven to ten days to find a way to stop him before he destroys everything. Though Sam orders Jack to kill him, Jack chooses to commit suicide to allow Sam to continue on.

As Jack starts stabbing himself, Dean arrives, now the vessel of Michael, but with Dean in control. Dean tells Lucifer that he and Michael have something in common: "we both wanna gut your ass." Now powered by Michael, Dean is able to kick Lucifer across the church and the two engage in battle, throwing each other all over the church and fighting in mid-air. However, Lucifer eventually beats Dean up in mid-air, taunting that Dean gave it a good try, "but I'm not just powerful now, I am power. And I don't need a blade to end you pal."

As Lucifer begins smiting Dean, Sam tosses Michael's dropped archangel blade to Dean. Dean repels Lucifer's attempts to smite him and stabs Lucifer in the heart with the archangel blade, causing him to drop Dean. Still floating in mid-air, fire pours from Lucifer's eyes and wound as he screams in horrific agony before dropping dead to the floor in a final flash of light, Nick's body surrounded by Lucifer's burned wings. Shortly afterwards, as the Winchesters and Jack celebrate Lucifer's death, Michael takes control of Dean and disappears, betraying their deal.

Aftermath of Lucifer's death
In Stranger in a Strange Land, its revealed that Nick survived Lucifer's death, though he is left with nightmares and lingering memories from his possession by Lucifer. Sam, who has trouble looking at Nick due to his status as Lucifer's former vessel, speculates that as the archangel blade was designed to kill the archangel itself, it left Nick unharmed while killing Lucifer. Nick tells Sam that all he knows about Michael's plans is that he told Lucifer that he wants to "get it right this time."

In Gods and Monsters, Nick experiences flashbacks of some of the things that Lucifer did while possessing him, including killing Mercury and Gabriel's "death" at the Elysian Fields Hotel. Nick is unable to understand why he'd ever have said "yes" to Lucifer, causing Castiel to explain that it was because of the deaths of his family, making Nick recall the way Lucifer psychologically tortured him to get Nick to say "yes." Later, in a moment of anger, Nick snaps his fingers at Castiel in a very Lucifer-like manner, worrying Castiel. After telepathically examining Nick, Castiel determines that while Lucifer is gone, he may have done more damage to Nick's psyche than they had realized.

Awakening in the Empty
In Unhuman Nature, after Nick kills the man who was possessed by the demon that killed his family, Nick expresses remorse and says he wants to feel the same way as when Lucifer was possessing him, not feeling any remorse or sorrow from his actions. In the Empty, Lucifer forms as a liquid skeleton and opens his red glowing eyes after hearing Nick's pleas.

In The Spear, Dean tells Castiel that following his own possession by the Apocalypse World Michael, he truly understands for the first time what Castiel and Sam went through when they were possessed by Lucifer.

In Damaged Goods, after Nick captures Abraxas, Abraxas reveals that he killed Nick's family on Lucifer's orders. He tells Nick that "Lucifer planned the whole thing" and "you were chosen. You're not special. We threw a dart at the phone book." Nick was infuriated at being used by Lucifer and killed Abraxas for his actions.

In Prophet and Loss, Nick visits his old house in search of Lucifer, encountering Sarah's ghost. Nick initially mistakes Sarah for Lucifer who Nick is now searching for. Though Sarah has gotten revenge through Abraxas' death, she is unable to move on until Nick can let go of Lucifer. Nick is unable to let go of the archangel and leaves to continue his search for Lucifer. As Game Night, Nick sought to become one with Lucifer again and aligned himself with demons. Devising a way to resurrect Lucifer, Nick abducted and later used the prophet Donatello Redfield as a way of speaking to Lucifer. Still awaken in the realm, Lucifer told Nick to resurrect him his blood was needed. To this end, Nick allowed himself to be captured and requested to speak with Jack. Nick antagonized Jack enough to get a sample of his blood. Nick used Jack’s blood along with a ritual to open a rift to the empty. Nick was about to consent to possession but Jack appeared and sent his father back to his prison of nothingness. Jack then burned Nick to death, to forever cease his attempts to bring Lucifer back.

Personality
"I was a son. A brother, like you. A younger brother. And I had an older brother who I loved. Idolized, in fact. And one day, I went to him and I begged him to stand with me, and Michael... Michael turned on me. Called me a freak. A monster. And then he beat me down. All because I was different. Because I had a mind of my own."

- Lucifer's sense of betrayal

"Lucifer: She saw me when I was scouting out the bunker. She saw me and she screamed, so I crushed her skull with my bare hands and it was warm and wet and I liked it. Jack: You're not my father... You're a monster."

- Jack forcing Lucifer to confess what he did to Maggie''

Lucifer was once the most beautiful and beloved Archangel in all of existence. God loved Lucifer the most of all his angels. Because of his elevated status among the other angels, Lucifer was very proud. When humanity was created, due to the Mark of Cain corrupting him into jealousy, he was unwilling to accept that he was no longer God's favorite. When God commanded all those of Heaven to love his new creation more than himself, Lucifer refused. Lucifer pleaded: "Father, I can't. These human beings are flawed. Murderous!" Lucifer continued his disobedience, asking Michael to stand by his side in his rebellion against God's orders. Michael refused Lucifer's request, and under God's command, Michael cast Lucifer into Hell. When Lucifer returned to Heaven, he listed the Salem witch trials, Nazi Germany, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the 9/11 attacks as proof of mankind's unworthiness.

Naturally, being cast out of Heaven enraged Lucifer, and he struck back by tempting and twisting the soul of a human woman, Lilith. After completely stripping her of her humanity, her soul was transformed into the very first demon. He then would created the four Princes of Hell, some of the most powerful demons nearly impossible to kill, as generals for Hell's army. Around the same time he also passed on the Mark of Cain onto Cain, turning him into the first Knight of Hell, who went on the create more Knights, elite warrior demons nearly impossible to kill, such as Abaddon. Because of these unforgivable blasphemies against God, Lucifer was further punished by being placed into an additional solitary imprisonment within Hell. He remained there in isolation for a millennium. Lucifer's long term goal was to eventually be freed from the Cage, eradicate humanity, and restore Earth to its original "untainted" glory. It is suggested that Lucifer only uses demons as servants and would eradicate all of them as well, because, despite them being his creations, he considers demons to be even less worthy than humans. Proof of this is shown when he casually kills dozens of them. However, he holds his greatest contempt for Pagan Gods, believing them to be petty, disloyal, and the lowest of all beings because they claim to be gods.

Lucifer claims that he never lies or even tricks, because he does not have to, as he has said, "I will never lie to you. I will never trick you." He promised both his vessels, Nick and Sam, that he would be honest with them. He also said that he sympathizes with his vessels, both of whom are victims like himself. He went to some lengths to get Sam's acceptance, sparing Dean's life on several occasions, and allowing Sam revenge against some of the demons that controlled his life. Despite this, Lucifer is largely manipulative and has been proven to mislead on occasion, suggesting that this was more of a ploy to gain trust, rather than an actual commitment, and he would bend this rule when it's to his advantage. Furthermore, Lucifer tries to gain sympathy from his opponents such as Dean by claiming that he is truly a victim and was justified in his actions.

Lucifer shows concern for his fellow angels, though it is the archangels he loves most. He captured Castiel and admired the angel's loyalty in refusing to reveal the presence of his friends. He invited his younger brother to join him since they were both enemies of Heaven, but when Castiel refused, Lucifer respected his decision and offered him a chance to change his mind. Lucifer was remorseful when forced to kill what he believed to Gabriel and was disappointed when Michael berated him. When preparing to fight his older sibling in their pre-destined battle, Lucifer pleaded with Michael to "walk off the chessboard," but Michael remained determined to fulfill his destiny and serve God. Even so, when Castiel struck Michael with holy fire, Lucifer was outraged by the attack on his brother and obliterated Castiel, stating only he had the right to hurt Michael.

Gabriel criticized Lucifer, describing his actions as "one great big temper tantrum." Death and Crowley both made similar observations, as they have both called him a bratty and petulant child with daddy issues. Lucifer is also arrogant and extremely vengeful, taking his betrayal and hatred out on the entire world without any remorse. Nonetheless, Lucifer sees himself as a tragic figure who was punished for being right. He refuses to accept any blame for his actions and suggests that God intentionally made Lucifer the way he is, asserting that "God wanted the Devil."

Lucifer is also highly cruel and barbaric to those who get in his way, and despite his claims of being the victim, he has no qualms about killing anyone who angers him, even if he has no true reason for killing them. For example, he savagely massacred all the pagan gods (except for Kali, who was rescued and escaped), simply because they plotted against him, despite the fact that they posed no real threat to him and takes great pleasure in beating Dean for being "such a pain in (his) ass." He also slaughtered an entire town by sacrificing the women and children and then having his demons possess the men before killing them just to raise a Horseman.

Lucifer has a sense of humor equivalent to Gabriel and Balthazar, rare in many angels. He can be sarcastic and casually indifferent, usually a testament to his arrogance. This highlighted particularly in Sam's hallucinations of him, where he sees him as constantly shedding a snarky and wisecracking light on Sam's everyday actions. When reunited with Sam in Hell, Lucifer proves to have a comical side, going so far as to dance during a fight with his enemies.

While Lucifer is angry with God for imprisoning him, he feels that it's a family issue and that dealing with Amara is more important to the point that he is willing to put aside his differences with his father and the Winchesters to fight her after the torture Amara put him through. After seeing God for the first time in eons, Lucifer initially seemed uncertain on how to react, but soon began to act somewhat like a petulant child, demanding an apology and locking himself in Sam's room when he didn't get one. However, after God actually apologized and explained his behavior, Lucifer forgave him and the two reconciled their differences to the point that Lucifer not only fought for God, he tried to save his father from Amara despite how powerful she was.

In the aftermath of the war with Amara, Lucifer seems solely interested in maintaining power in Hell, refusing to let Crowley stand in his way. He displays cruelty towards everyone who slightly upsets him. However, he makes an exception with Rowena, whose powers he is dependent upon, until she manages to betray him. Although repeatedly regarded as "evil" by this point, Lucifer was generous enough to keep up his promise with Vince and heal his sister Wendy of her paralysis. Following his banishment by Rowena, Lucifer comes back vengeful against God, believing that God had only apologized to get Lucifer's help against the Darkness before abandoning him a second time. Lucifer is both angry and devastated by this, in near tears when explaining his reasoning to the Winchesters and Castiel. He now sees no point in any of God's creations and intends to do whatever he feels like, specifically stating that he has no other plan.

Lucifer's disregard for anyone but himself remains prominent as he seeks out influential humans as his vessels, eventually landing with the President of the United States. Simply for the fun of it, Lucifer takes the president's lover to his bed, and willingly conceives a child with her, the purpose of this is uncertain, though he expresses joy about finally creating something rather than destroying it. He is enraged when Kelly threatens to abort the child, and becomes even more furious when Sam expels him from his vessel.

As Crowley's prisoner, Lucifer remains confident, humorous and fearless as he does not believe Crowley will get what he wants from him. Even after being tortured, he merely puts up a front that he will submit to Crowley's rule. Although he claimed to have lost his purpose after God's abandonment of him, Lucifer seems to have regained it by focusing on his son. Lucifer also admits to one demon that he is not well-known for his patience. After his escape, Lucifer's primary objective is to be with his son.

Alternate Michael, upon reading Lucifer's mind, notes that his greatest fear is being imprisoned again.

After losing most of his grace, Lucifer became more human, requiring food and feeling the cold, something that disgusted him but he also didn't know how to deal with. Lucifer admits after feeling human sensations that he doesn't understand how people keep going.

In a more vulnerable moment, Lucifer admitted that he always wanted to fit in and please a father that he could never please. He admits that he fears being as bad of a father to Jack as God was to him.

In Bring 'em Back Alive, after trying to help humans as the new God, Lucifer appeared to be genuinely distressed by the idea that all humans hated him because of God's "propaganda." Anael also points out he does not really want to find Jack, since he is afraid of 'seeing contempt in his eyes'. He even revealed he can't do the things he promised the angels and only needed them to gain power, this was contrast to his words of never lying. Lucifer was also shown to get easily enraged and saddened at the mention of locking him back in the Cage.

When he next appeared, he was depressed and drinking in a bar, telling the bartender how neither Heaven nor Hell matter to him, and that all he cares about is Jack. He was so depressed from being unable to feel Jack's presence that he nearly cried while he asked Gabriel to put him out of his misery when he held an Archangel Blade to his chest. He had no intention of defending himself against a weak Gabriel or the Winchesters, even when they stated they'd drain him of his Grace and kill him.

He started annoying and upsetting Rowena to pass the time, which made her lash out by telling him they'd use his Grace to retrieve Mary and Jack. Knowing where his son is and being insulted as being "nothing to him, to anyone" motivated him to fight and free himself. He replenished his Grace by "eating" a group of Angels and resurrected Sam in order to present him to Jack so he could finally build a relationship with his son, stating that before he'd just kidnap him but realized that wasn't an option. He smiled upon finally meeting Jack.

He successfully bonds with Jack, who was curious about his family, but doesn't get along with Gabriel, Castiel and the Winchesters, who despise him and want him away from Jack. He impresses Jack with his power and knowledge, much to the Winchesters disdain. When Lucifer attempts to reconnect with, or at least talk to Gabriel, and start arguing about the past, Gabriel calls Lucifer a "cancer" God had to cut out, he was visibly hurt and shed a tear.

He stood behind with Gabriel in order to protect Jack and the refugees fleeing to Main Earth when Michael attacked, despite being depowered. After being overwhelmed by Michael, he tries to cross the rift but is held back by Sam, who asked him "How did you think this was gonna end?"

When he decided to team up with Michael, on the terms that he can have Jack while Michael can get everything else; he looked visibly conflicted by it. After reuniting with Jack and trying to leave Earth, he was nearly successful and played on his son enthusiasm before Jack learned Lucifer killed his friend by compelling him to tell the truth, revealing he did kill Maggie and really enjoyed it. Lucifer was visibly upset when Jack called him a monster and denied Lucifer as father, and screamed in Jack's face before shedding tears when he recognized contempt in Jack's eyes. He completely abandoned any relationship with his son and stole most of his grace, reverting to his old self. His narcissism, ruthlessness, and desire to be worshiped became his most dominating qualities, as he was going to wipe out the universe and make a new one in his image to be worshipped. He came to believe that family only brings pain and was unnecessary even punching his son and taunting him by declaring he could make more. He returned to his cruel and sadistic mannerisms as he was going to force Sam, and his own son Jack, to kill each other for his own amusement. He tried to make Sam see Jack as a killer while trying to prove to Jack that the Winchesters didn't care about him. His ambitions took priority over his son as he said he would just make more after Jack tried to get his father to stop and beat him down.

Powers and Abilities
As the second archangel, Lucifer is one of the oldest and most powerful beings in the universe. Lucifer is described by Zachariah as "powerful in ways that defy description". He is far superior to both demons and angels, as well as other supernatural creatures. He is even stronger than the younger Archangels Gabriel and Raphael, with only Michael being somewhat superior to him among his brothers. Likewise he was much weaker than Michael from the Apocalypse World. He is also no match for God, Death, or Amara. As an archangel, Lucifer retains his full power despite his fallen status. The immensity of his power was further shown by how an improper human vessel, Nick, decayed greatly as a result of containing him and had to consume gallons of demon blood to maintain his form. Even when weakened or bound by powerful spells, Lucifer still retains enough power to take down angels and demons alike and corrode through most binding spells if given enough time. Asmodeus, even when empowered by injecting himself with Gabriel's grace, showed fear at the thought of Lucifer regaining his full power, claiming to Arthur Ketch that "we're all dead" if it happened. Lucifer becomes super-charged after stealing his son's grace, allowing him to overpower and beat Dean, while empowered by Alternate Michael's full might, whereas Michael in a lesser vessel had previously thrashed him on two separate occasions. Listed below are the powers he has demonstrated in the show.
 * Nigh-Omniscience - As the second oldest Archangel, Lucifer has extensive knowledge on the workings of the universe and immense awareness of almost everything in it, as Sam has said, "I'm sure he knows a buttload we don't". His knowledge can be assumed to be greater than that of his younger brothers but not quite as extensive as Michael's. This includes the knowledge of spellcraft and soul manipulation, the ability to see the future, the ability to sense other beings and to see the true form of creatures that cannot be seen by normal means. However, while extensive, Lucifer's knowledge and awareness is still limited, as he didn't know of the Impala or how to restore the wings of his angel brethren.
 * Precognition - Lucifer could see and accurately predict the future, but he could not see the whole picture; he knew he would possess Sam in Detroit and told him the first time he met him.
 * Astral Perception - Lucifer can perceive the true form of beings invisible to the human eye. Lucifer was able to see the true form of Death when he raised the Horseman out of his prison.
 * Clairsentience - Even when weakened he was still able to sense Jack's power.
 * Localization - As an Archangel, Lucifer is able to track and locate beings, although not if they are warded by Enochian sigils.
 * Soul Channeling/Soul Absorption - Lucifer possesses the knowledge to draw power from a human's soul to boost his own powers.
 * Spell Casting - Lucifer was highly proficient and knowledgeable in performing spells. During the Apocalypse, he successfully performed a ritual to free Death from his coffin by sacrificing several demons and could bind the Horsemen to his presence, with his binding spell being able to control even Death, although to a lesser extent but enough that Death could not break free under his own power and needed Lucifer back in the Cage to be free. He was able to ward the Angel Tablet powerfully enough that Heaven never succeeded in finding it. His overall knowledge of spells also extended in negating them, as he was the only Angel to ever remove Enochian Sigils that rendered almost any other Angel powerless and could break free from the binding spell cast by Rowena even with diminished grace.
 * Angelic Possession - Lucifer is required to use a willing vessel on Earth, like all angels. Because of the immensity of his power, he must use a vessel descended from Cain or Abel, or it will begin to decay and eventually spontaneously combust and even then the vessel needs to be strengthened by drinking a significant volume of demon blood. However, he was able to possess Castiel's vessel for at least a short time without it exploding.
 * Angelic Vessel Possession - Lucifer can possess an angelic vessel which is already in use, as he possessed Castiel in his vessel. To do that, he needed Castiel's permission. Castiel's vessel was able to hold the immense power of an Archangel and the power of a seraph without any visible physical damage. However, the Seraph noted that Lucifer was burning through both him and his vessel over time.
 * Immortality - As the second oldest archangel, Lucifer has an infinitely long lifespan. He is the second angel and already existed before the Universe itself, making him well over 13.8 billion years old. The excessive passing of time does not degrade his vessel, like with all celestial beings. His vessel is unaffected by diseases and toxins. He does not tire, and does not require food, water, oxygen, or sleep to sustain his vessel. On one occasion, Castiel clearly says about killing Lucifer, "It's foolish, it can't be done", and later calls the task "insane".
 * Invulnerability - Lucifer's vessel is impervious to most damage and injury. Kali, the most powerful of the deities at the gathering of the pagan deities, tried to harm him with a pyrokinetic attack, but it had no effect and Lucifer simply smiled at her attempt, showing him to be unaffected by extreme temperatures. While Sam and Dean managed to hit him at times during his fight with them in the Cage, he was completely unharmed and even mocked them for their weak attacks. Even after being shot with a hundred angel-killing bullets, Lucifer was unhurt. However, he is still vulnerable to beings of superior power, as displayed when The Darkness was easily able to inflict severe harm on him while torturing him and when the alternate Michael beat him, he showed considerable pain. After becoming super-charged, Lucifer's invulnerability has increased greatly, to the point that Dean's Michael-powered blows, while capable of making him stagger, could not inflict any harm whereas previously Michael's blows while not in his true vessel could easily severely hurt him. The only weapon confirmed to be able to kill him is an archangel blade wielded by another archangel.
 * Regeneration - If Lucifer's vessel receives any physical damage, the wound will completely heal instantaneously. When shot with the Colt, for example, the bullet hole healed in under a minute. Interestingly, the ability does not reverse the decay caused to Nick, or other temporary vessels, by Lucifer's power, as he can't heal the damage caused to any vessel that's not Crowley's improved vessel of Nick, or his true vessel Sam due to his immense power and grace. Lucifer was also able to heal Castiel's body of the injuries suffered in their fight. Despite being stated to have been severely weakened by the Darkness' attack on him that expelled him from Castiel, Lucifer quickly recovered from the damage.
 * Immunity - Lucifer is one of only five things in creation that the Colt cannot kill. Lucifer is unaffected by natural diseases and illnesses. as well as to supernatural infections, such as the croatoan virus. Lucifer was even immune to Metatron's spell which burned all other angels' wings. As an archangel, normal angel blades were not able to kill, or even harm Lucifer, with him still being unable to be killed by regular angel blades even while weakened. In addition, he was far less affected then normal angels when punched by the Enochian Brass Knuckles.
 * BVZwumD - Imgur.gifNigh-Omnipotence - Being the second oldest archangel, Lucifer is unimaginably powerful and as he was once the bearer of the Mark of Cain, he was next to indestructible. He can very easily kill even the mightiest of pagan deities and even Angels by just snapping his fingers and is much more powerful than the younger Archangels, as he proves by overpowering and almost killing Gabriel. Almost as powerful as his older brother, it has been noted that a fight between them would destroy a large portion of Earth. While still imprisoned in his damaged cage, he was even able to mentally reach from there to Earth where he caused a bush to burn and appeared in Sam's dreams. While regular angels are severely weakened in the presence of Enochian sigils and holy fire, he just erased them with his mind, while imprisoned inside it. The only beings more powerful than Lucifer are Michael, Death, God, Amara and Jack. After stealing his son's grace, Lucifer became much more powerful to the point of nearly killing Dean and Alternate Michael without much effort. At this point, he was said to be able to destroy and remake the universe in a matter of days.
 * Anger-Induced Empowerment - A unique trait to Lucifer. When angered, Lucifer's strength and abilities become temporarily stronger. This was shown when he was depowered from his depleted grace, he was able to break free from powerful binding and power negating spells that were previously keeping him restrained on two separate occasions.
 * Astral Projection - Lucifer is able to display his full wings in a flash of white light.
 * Chronokinesis - Lucifer possesses the power to travel backwards and forwards in time, with him keeping this power even after the Fall. As an Archangel, Lucifer's time-traveling powers are much more refined than regular Angels, as he was able to easily send Dean back to 1943 to retrieve the Ark of the Covenant and later return him to the present, all without needing to physically be there with him.
 * Conversion - Lucifer created the race of demons by twisting human souls. Because of this he could manipulate their nature to his whim.
 * Power Augmentation - Lucifer's presence on Earth greatly enhanced the powers of Jesse Turner.
 * Power Granting - Lucifer stated that he gave the Princes of Hell their incredible powers when he created them.
 * Exorcism - With just a snap of his fingers, Lucifer was able to exorcise a demon back to Hell.
 * Lucifer Vs Michael.gifEnergy Blasts - Lucifer demonstrated the ability to produce bolts of dim bluish light from his hands. These blasts carry considerable force, as one was able to stagger Michael, despite the gap between their powers.
 * Elemental Control - Lucifer can control the weather, temperature, electrical fields and the elements themselves to an immense degree, enough to cause natural disasters, either willingly or simply due to his mere presence.
 * Terrakinesis - Lucifer could generate earthquakes through his mere presence on the earth; he was able to cause them at a colossal range, creating several across the whole world while he was in America.
 * Thermokinesis - Lucifer can alter temperatures to a drastic degree. His presence alone in Detroit caused incredible drops in temperature and he froze a pane of glass by merely breathing on it. While bound by Supernatural Handcuffs, Lucifer heated them up to the point that they popped off his wrist. He later melted a pair of the handcuffs after revealing that they weren't really binding him.
 * Electrokinesis - When arriving at the Elysian Fields Hotel, Lucifer caused the lights to flicker. He was also able to turn off a fire alarm and turn on music with a snap of his fingers at a concert for Vince Vincente.
 * Pyrokinesis - Lucifer was able to set a bush on fire from the Cage.
 * Weather Manipulation - When Lucifer was released, he altered the weather by creating severe winds and causing hurricanes and tornadoes across the world. He made the entire city of Detroit's temperature drop simply through his presence.
 * Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant - Being the second oldest Archangel, Lucifer is a very accomplished fighter, with millennia worth of fighting experience and thorough combat training. He was able to effortlessly slaughter a group of Pagan Deities without sustaining any injuries. He also effortlessly beat Dean to submission twice, even once when Dean was armed by a gun, at which Lucifer soundly disarmed and pummeled him. Even while confined in his cage, he effortlessly overwhelmed Sam, Dean and Castiel, disarming the latter with ease. He briefly held his own against the Alternate Michael despite being far inferior to him but was ultimately quickly defeated. Even while weakened due to his Grace depletion, Lucifer was still able to overwhelm and force Castiel to flee, although he got wounded in the process. When he and Dean fought for the final time, with Dean powered by the Alternate Michael's full power and Lucifer being super-charged by Jack's Grace, he was able to fight on par with Dean and eventually outfight and pummel him due to his far superior combat experience.
 * Flight - In his smoke form, Lucifer can fly. Lucifer can also fly and levitate in midair as evidenced by his fight with an archangel empowered Dean Winchester, both flying back from attacks and charging back. Lucifer even remained levitating after Dean fatally stabbed him with one of the Archangel Blades.
 * Healing - Lucifer was able to heal physical injuries and restore people to optimal physical health, notably doing so heal his vessel's sister of her paralysis. He was also able to heal himself in said vessel from being doused with acid by Crowley. He later heals Anael's neck wound after removing part of her grace. When he resurrected Sam, Lucifer healed the neck wound and massive blood loss that killed him. However his healing capabilities are not strong enough to completely counter the damage inflicted to his lesser vessels.
 * Holy White Light - He once captured Castiel by disabling him with a burst of white light.
 * Biokinesis - Lucifer can manipulate the biological aspects of a creature, which he normally uses to inflict harm on his victims, such as to break bones and damage organs. He was able to kill a Secret Service agent by inducing a massive cerebral hemorrhage.
 * LucifersTelekinesis .gif.]]Molecular Combustion - Lucifer can kill lesser beings by rendering them down to their molecules as he did Castiel, Nithael and Jofiel. He was also able to use this power to make Ganesh explode. He also used this power to turn two demons to dust. In the alternate universe, Lucifer was capable of combusting multiple angels at the same time, a feat unseen by any other character so far. In his weakened state, he no longer possesses this power. However, as of Bring 'em Back Alive, Lucifer is once again able to use this power, at least on humans, as he was able to turn two priests to dust at the same time with a snap of his fingers. He would eventually regain the power to use this on angels, as with a snap of his fingers, he turned multiple angels of the Apocalypse World to dust.
 * Power Negation - Lucifer could prevent lesser supernatural creatures from using their powers, as Baldur and Kali were unable to teleport either themselves or the Winchesters when he arrived at the hotel where they were conferring.
 * Reality Warping - Lucifer reminded Gabriel that he taught him everything he knew about using this power, when the latter tried to use it to kill him, meaning he is at least his younger brother's equal in this field, if not superior. While in Limbo, he was able to make a song play out of nowhere with a simple snap of his fingers. When he first emerged from his cage, demons started to dream for the first time since they were human. He was also able to prevent his clothes from burning when set on fire by Kali.
 * Resurrection - Lucifer was able to resurrect Sam Winchester after a vampire ripped out Sam's throat despite not being at full power at the time. Lucifer later resurrected Maggie at Jack's request.
 * Shapeshifting - Lucifer can change his shape into any person he wants. While in his cage, he appeared as Nick to anyone who visited him and while being exorcised from Castiel, his essence briefly distorted into a likeness similar to Nick's.
 * Smiting - Like all angels, Lucifer possessed the power to smite lower beings, but as an Archangel, his smiting is far more potent. He once threatened Crowley that he can effortlessly smite him in an instant. While super-charged with his son's grace, he attempted to smite Dean Winchester and the Apocalypse World Michael, believing himself powerful enough to do so. However, while the smiting caused Dean pain, it failed to kill him or Michael.
 * Sonic Scream - Lucifer possesses such powerful vocal cords that in a fit of rage, he was capable of shouting so loud that it shook the entire Men of Letters' Bunker, made the Winchesters cover their ears in pain, and caused the Seraph Castiel to feel discomfort.
 * Super Speed - Lucifer possesses superhuman speed as shown when he was angered and upon breaking out of Rowena's hold, he was able to easily choke her before she could react and instantly drag her into a wall.
 * Super Strength - As the second most powerful archangel, Lucifer can empower his vessels with near-unparalleled physical strength that surpasses that of most supernatural beings such as demons, angels, pagan gods and even his younger Archangel brothers Raphael and Gabriel. However he is not quite as strong as his older brother Michael and is much weaker than Alternate Michael. His extreme strength allows him to lift enemies off their feet with one hand, throw them across large distances with great force and even tear through their flesh with minimal effort. When fighting Alternate Michael, the strength of his punches caused an effect similar to that of a thunderclap. Even when weakened due to improper vessels, binding spells and a depleted grace, Lucifer still retained more than enough strength to kill or beat down most supernatural creatures on several occasions. When empowered by his son's grace, his strength was increased to them point where he managed to overpower and pummel Dean who was possessed and empowered by Alternate Michael's full might with relative ease.
 * Telekinesis - Lucifer is able to move objects and beings around with his mind with great ease. He uses both elaborate hand gestures and snaps of his fingers similar to Gabriel. While weakened by some of his grace being extracted, Lucifer still possessed this power and could use it when he was particularly angry to overpower lesser demons and even Castiel, although Castiel was off-guard at the time. While in a weakened state, he was able to hold off a horde of vampires with little effort and no visible hand gestures.
 * Telepathy - Lucifer had complete access to Sam's and Castiel's memories and thoughts while he possessed them. While in his cage, he gave Sam visions of the cage and manifested himself as a young John in one of Sam's dreams. Lucifer was capable of holding telepathic conversations with Dagon even while restrained by Crowley's chains. While communicating this way, Lucifer's scream was able to cause Dagon great pain.
 * Empathy - Lucifer could read the emotions of his vessel.
 * Dream Walking - Lucifer has the ability to enter a person's dreams. Even without a human vessel, Lucifer was able to speak with Nick in his dreams while taking on the appearance of his deceased wife. He demonstrated this again when he spoke to Sam in his dreams while taking on the appearance of Jessica Moore. He was also able to show Sam his memories and entered Rowena's dreams while he was in his cage.
 * Mental Projection - Despite being trapped in the cage, he could still communicate to beings on Earth, as he did with Azazel, though Azazel had to sacrifice several nuns for this to be achieved. He later used this to torment and communicate with Nick to get his permission to possess him, appearing in the form of his wife. After the Cage was damaged by the release of Amara, he was able to project visions into Sam's mind to draw him to the Cage. Lucifer was able to project an image of Vince Vincente's dead lover before Vince to trick him into giving Lucifer permission to use him as a vessel and cause Vince to experience hallucinations.
 * Pathokinesis - Lucifer was able to cause Sam to feel calm.
 * Teleportation - As an archangel, Lucifer can travel almost anywhere instantly without occupying the space in between. However, when imprisoned in his cage, he cannot leave unless it is opened by an outside force.
 * LuciferApporting.gif and Dean into the cage]]Apporting - Likewise, Lucifer can bring others to him, as he was able to apport Sam into the inside of The Cage and later Dean and Castiel too. Even while weakened, he was able to apport Anael with him away from the Demon Bomb launched at him by Ketch.
 * Master Torturer - Lucifer is one of the foremost experts in torture, both physical and spiritual. He tortured Lilith's spirit to the point where he turned her into the original demon and from there, did the same to several other humans to create his demon armies. His torture methods were so extreme and profound that the memories of it would haunt his victims years after the fact and in some cases, such as Sam's, caused extreme hallucinations, mental shock and could have potentially killed him.
 * Voice Mimicry - Outside a vessel, he can imitate people's voices.

Weaknesses
Even though Lucifer is incredibly powerful in his own right and despite being the second oldest archangel in creation, Lucifer has weaknesses of his own, but has fewer in comparison to his archangel brethren.

Harming, Misleading and Trapping

 * Angel Blades - Although Lucifer is completely invulnerable to angel blades, in his current weakened state, Lucifer is vulnerable to them. When stabbed with one by Castiel, Lucifer's red eyes flickered a few times before going out and he was in visible pain.
 * Enochian sigils - Lucifer can't find people with enochian sigils carved in their ribs. Also he could be weakened by a variant of an enochian sigil.
 * Lucifer's Cage - This cell can hold Lucifer, without any internal means of escape, as it was designed to bind Lucifer's power. Lucifer has also shown immense fear of the Cage, with Alternate Michael discovering that it is his greatest fear, and Lucifer himself stating that it was 'awful'.
 * Nick's Body (formerly) - Crowley had his research and development team study the composition of the cage and carve its runes and spellwork into every molecule of Nick's body. This not only trapped Lucifer in his vessel on Earth, but also made him vulnerable to Crowley's power.
 * The Colt - It caused him pain and he was knocked him down for a short time when he was shot in the head, but it can't kill Lucifer.
 * Angel Trap - He could be trapped by the angel trap.
 * Holy Oil - Holy fire could hold Lucifer for a short time.
 * Hand of God - The Hands of God contain enough power to harm Lucifer. Crowley absorbed the power of the Rod of Aaron and attempted to use a physical attack from the Rod to damage Lucifer. Even though the blast Crowley fired at Lucifer hit the demon Simmons, who defended Lucifer from the blast by standing in front of him, Lucifer was still thrown across the room by the force of the blast and it significantly hurt him, causing him to bleed.
 * Magic - Lucifer could be briefly restrained, banished, paralyzed and deteriorated by spells.
 * Weak Vessels - As Lucifer said, a vessel besides Sam limits his powers. In a weak vessel like Vince Vincente, Lucifer's endurance, immunity, strength and powers are greatly reduced, to the point that Crowley was able to telekinetically fling him across the room, Castiel was able to hold on his own against him, and Sam could counter his telekinetic pull for a considerable amount of time with just his raw strength.
 * Christian Cross - Contact with a cross hurts Lucifer and burns his skin.
 * Grace Removal - Like any other angel, Lucifer can have his grace removed, which would render him human. Removal of most of his grace leaves him significantly weakened. After the alternate Michael removed a good deal of his grace, simply flashing his eyes red briefly left Lucifer exhausted and he could not counter Asmodeus. When enraged, Lucifer's powers are stronger allowing him to use his telekinesis and break the warding around his and Castiel's cells. However, fighting four demons immediately afterwards with Castiel's help was enough to exhaust him. He is now more vulnerable to angel blades as a result as well. After being weakened in this manner, Lucifer began displaying more human characteristics such as hunger and feeling the cold. In his weakened state, Lucifer was shown to be vulnerable to the Prince of Hell Asmodeus, as well as the Seraph Castiel, who was able to harm him with an angel blade.

Beings

 * Primordial Entities - Death, God, and Amara can effortlessly kill Lucifer.
 * Nephilim - Lucifer's Nephilim son Jack possessed the power to control and destroy Lucifer before he stole Jack's power.
 * Archangels - Lucifer can be harmed by his closest siblings. While he is much stronger than either Gabriel or Raphael, they are still capable of harming him, as shown by how Gabriel telekinetically threw him away. Michael, being older, is strong enough to overpower and kill him. Alternate Michael, known for being an even stronger Archangel than the main Michael, was able to easily defeat and restrain him. Later on, a single energy blast from this Michael was sufficient to render him unable to fight and cause him to bleed.

Weapons

 * Angel banishing sigil - This sigil could banish Lucifer.
 * Archangel Blades - An archangel's blade, when wielded by an archangel, can kill Lucifer. Even when super-charged with his son's grace and with the power to unravel and remake the universe, Lucifer still remained vulnerable to an archangel blade as he remained an archangel, albeit super-charged. While powered by Michael whom he was acting as a vessel to, Dean was able to use an archangel blade to kill Lucifer.
 * Hyperbolic pulse generator - This device can expel Lucifer from the vessel that he inhabits.
 * Lance of Michael - It was created by Michael to slowly and painfully destroy Lucifer.

Killed By
After Lucifer becomes super-charged by stealing Jack's grace, Dean agrees to become the vessel for the Apocalypse World Michael on the condition that Dean remain in control and Michael power him. Wielding several of Michael's powers, Dean battles Lucifer to the death, but is overpowered by the super-charged Fallen Archangel as he gloats over his victory. As Lucifer begins smiting Dean, Sam tosses Dean Michael's archangel blade. Dean, with Michael powering him so that he can resist Lucifer's smiting and wield the weapon, brushes off the attack and stabs Lucifer in the side with the archangel blade, killing him. Lucifer's vessel Nick survives his death and later prays to him, awakening him in The Empty.
 * Dean Winchester

Characteristics
Lucifer's true form has so far only been depicted as an intense white light, usually shown while Lucifer is exiting or entering a vessel. When severely weakened, Lucifer manifests as a bright form of white smoke. His wings were revealed to be massive in size in comparison to Castiel's; unlike those of standard angels, Lucifer's wings arc outwards instead of upwards and are not broken like the majority of his siblings. Uniquely, Lucifer's eyes glow red instead of blue. While being an angel, The Devil appears to have tainted/corrupted grace. According to one angel, Lucifer carries the stench of Hell on him. The prophet Donatello remarked that Lucifer's power was dark and toxic when comparing it to his son. While Michael and Raphael could do harm to their vessels due to their great power and leave the person they were possessing a vegetable, Lucifer's presence in any vessel other than his chosen one or one of a powerful bloodline that can contain an angel, causes the vessel to slowly decay.

While possessing a vessel, Lucifer usually retains the vessel's appearance without altering it. His 2014 alternate counterpart however, dressed Sam in an all-white suit and combed his hair back. After possessing Vince Vincente, Lucifer made an exception and chose to re-dress Vince in black clothing, topped with a leather jacket.

After escaping imprisonment from Crowley, Lucifer finally decides to change Nick's attire, doning a leather jacket as he did with Vince. This jacket was lost following his escape from the alternate universe. Lucifer replaced it with a beige jacket.

Outside a vessel but within Hell or someone's mind, Lucifer usually takes the form of his first known vessel, Nick.

In Various & Sundry Villains, Sam and Rowena MacLeod are revealed to have seen Lucifer's true face, not just the face of the vessel he uses. Lucifer's true face is frightening enough that it instilled true terror in Sam and Rowena.

After stealing power from Jack, his eyes turned glowing gold instead of red, like Jack.

In Let the Good Times Roll, when killed by Dean with an archangel blade, fire burst from Lucifer's vessel instead of glowing light as with other angels and even archangels when they are killed. It is unclear if this was something unique to Lucifer or was due to his super-charged state at the time.

In Unhuman Nature, following Nick's prayer, Lucifer formed as a black liquid skeleton within The Empty with his signature red eyes.

Relationships

 * Sam and Lucifer
 * Dean and Lucifer
 * Lucifer's Relationships

Quotes

 * "No one gives us the right... we take it."
 * "Sorry if it's a bit chilly. Most people think I burn hot. It's actually quite the opposite."
 * "A wrestling match inside your noggin? I like the idea. Just you and me, one round? No tricks. You win, you jump in the hole. I win... well then I win. What do you say, Sam? A fiddle of gold against your soul says I'm better than you."
 * "I've been waiting for you for a long long time. Come on, Sam. You have to admit, you can feel it, right? The exhilaration. And you know why that is? Because we are two halves made whole. M.F.E.O. Literally."
 * "You can't lie to me. I see it all. How odd you always felt. How out of place in that family of yours. And why shouldn't you have? They were foster care, at best! I'm your real family."
 * "All those times you ran away, you weren't running from them: you were running towards me."
 * "Think about it: dad made everything, which means he made me who I am. God wanted the Devil!"
 * "We're going to kill each other. And for what? One of dad's tests. And we don't even know the answer. We're brothers. Let's just walk off the chessboard."
 * "Upper bunk? Lower bunk, or do you wanna share?"
 * "Snapping necks and cashing checks is what I do."
 * "You really thought you could double cross me? Me?! You know, I invented the double cross, like, literally."
 * "If it makes you comfy, you could call me God."
 * "You know what they say? He who hesitates, disintegrates."
 * "What happens in Heaven, stays in Heaven."
 * "Yes. Words. Nothing we ever say feels like enough. Babies... That's what we are. Innocents. All of us struggling to... walk upright with purpose and -- and pride. And yet, we need "our father"... to... be there when we fall. Today, we lost a brother. Tomorrow, we will continue our work for the country. Amen."
 * (after sleeping with Kelly for the first time) "It's almost like I've never done that before."
 * "Oh, my dad. I love that. You and I, both single fathers. I could use a little dad advice right about now. When do you let 'em date?"
 * "When in doubt, go with the classics. That's what I always say."

Appearances
After Castiel, Lucifer is the second most recurring angel overall but is the most recurring archangel and Primodial Entity.
 * Season 1
 * Devil's Trap 
 * Season 3
 * Bad Day at Black Rock
 * Sin City
 * Malleus Maleficarum
 * Jus In Bello
 * Season 4
 * Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester
 * Monster Movie
 * I Know What You Did Last Summer
 * Death Takes A Holiday
 * On The Head Of A Pin
 * The Monster at the End of This Book
 * When the Levee Breaks
 * Lucifer Rising
 * Season 5
 * Sympathy for the Devil
 * Good God, Y'all
 * Free To Be You and Me
 * The End
 * Fallen Idols
 * I Believe The Children Are Our Future
 * Changing Channels
 * Abandon All Hope...
 * Sam, Interrupted
 * Swap Meat
 * The Song Remains the Same
 * My Bloody Valentine
 * Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
 * Dark Side of the Moon
 * 99 Problems
 * Point of No Return
 * Hammer of the Gods
 * The Devil You Know
 * Two Minutes to Midnight
 * Swan Song
 * Season 6
 * You Can't Handle The Truth
 * Family Matters
 * Caged Heat
 * Appointment In Samarra
 * Like a Virgin
 * The Man Who Would Be King
 * The Man Who Knew Too Much
 * Season 7
 * Meet the New Boss
 * Hello, Cruel World
 * The Girl Next Door
 * Defending Your Life
 * Slash Fiction
 * Repo Man
 * Out With The Old
 * The Born-Again Identity
 * Reading Is Fundamental
 * Season 8
 * As Time Goes By
 * Goodbye Stranger
 * Trial and Error 
 * The Great Escapist 
 * Season 9
 * First Born
 * Do You Believe In Miracles?
 * Season 10
 * Fan Fiction
 * The Executioner's Song
 * Inside Man
 * Brother's Keeper
 * Season 11
 * Out of the Darkness, Into the Fire
 * Form and Void 
 * Baby
 * Our Little World
 * O Brother, Where Art Thou?
 * The Devil in the Details
 * Into the Mystic
 * The Vessel
 * Beyond the Mat
 * Hell's Angel
 * The Chitters
 * Don't Call Me Shurley
 * All in the Family
 * We Happy Few
 * Alpha and Omega
 * Season 12
 * Keep Calm and Carry On
 * Mamma Mia
 * The Foundry
 * American Nightmare
 * The One You've Been Waiting For
 * Celebrating The Life Of Asa Fox
 * Rock Never Dies
 * LOTUS
 * First Blood
 * Stuck in the Middle (With You)
 * Family Feud
 * Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell
 * The British Invasion
 * The Future
 * Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes
 * There's Something About Mary
 * Who We Are
 * All Along the Watchtower
 * Season 13
 * Lost & Found
 * The Rising Son
 * The Big Empty 
 * Advanced Thanatology 
 * War of the Worlds
 * The Bad Place 
 * Various & Sundry Villains
 * Devil's Bargain
 * Good Intentions
 * A Most Holy Man
 * Bring 'em Back Alive
 * Funeralia 
 * Unfinished Business
 * Beat the Devil
 * Exodus
 * Let the Good Times Roll
 * Season 14
 * Stranger in a Strange Land
 * Gods and Monsters
 * Unhuman Nature
 * The Spear
 * Damaged Goods
 * Prophet and Loss
 * Lebanon
 * Ouroboros
 * Game Night
 * Absence
 * Jack in the Box
 * Moriah
 * Supernatural: Fresh Meat

Trivia

 * Being the boss of Azazel and Lilith, Lucifer is the overall Big Bad of Supernatural starting in season 1 to the end of season 4. He takes the stage as the main antagonist in season 5, he comes back as the secondary antagonist in season 7 along with Edgar and also returns as the secondary antagonist in Season 11 and the main antagonist in Season 12 (along with Arthur Ketch).
 * Series creator Eric Kripke has jokingly compared him to a "raging psychotic" version of environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr., with "unlimited power".
 * A homage to John Milton's Paradise Lost, Lucifer will be portrayed as "gentle, almost sympathetic." Kripke further characterized him as a "Devil who has doubt" and "a lot of affection for God and the angels," and who "speaks really tenderly and gently and... doesn't lie.
 * He is the only known supernatural being to become the President of the United States, which he became when he possessed Jefferson Rooney.
 * Kripke reasoned, "He was essentially betrayed, so in some ways he can be viewed sympathetically... if we can make the angels dicks, Lucifer can be sympathetic.
 * The way Lucifer killed Baldur is similar to the way, Albert Wesker killed Ozwell E. Spencer in the video game series Resident Evil, in both method and words delivered upon killing their respective victims.
 * Of all the Archangels, Lucifer has appeared the most in the series. He is also the most recurring Primordial Entity.
 * So far in the series, Lucifer has used five main vessels; Nick, Sam, Castiel (the latter of which is an angel possessing an empty vessel), Vince Vincente, Jefferson Rooney, and is currently once again possessing Nick.
 * Lucifer is the only archangel whose name doesn't end with "el" but end with "er." This is because Lucifer is the Latin calque of the Hebrew Helel ben Shahar, which roughly translates as "Morning Star, the Son of Dawn", a name which only appears once in the Hebrew Bible.
 * Before season 5 it was believed that God was the one who locked him in his cage but it was then revealed in season 5 that it was actually Michael who cast Lucifer into Hell on God's orders.
 * According to Mark Pellegrino in the Season 7 Companion Guide, Lucifer was probably more than just a hallucination and that he was possibly a psychic projection of Lucifer still stuck in The Cage.
 * Lucifer was named one of TV Guide's "Top 60 Villains of All Time".
 * As with Gadreel, Lucifer is the most significant antagonist of the series. He is the one who brought about the chaos upon the universe, creation of demon kind, God leaving (alongside Gadreel's failure) and the Apocalypse. While Gadreel is the indirect catalyst for these events, Lucifer directly carried out these actions.
 * Lucifer is the first antagonist to be defeated by being re-sealed back in his original confinement while most other antagonists are killed in their inaugural season.
 * All the main cast members (with the exception of Mark Sheppard) have portrayed Lucifer at one point. Jared portrayed Lucifer twice in Season 5, Jensen portrayed Lucifer in Season 7 for a brief moment, and Misha portrayed Lucifer for half of Season 11.
 * Lucifer's irises glow reddish orange in O Brother, Where Art Thou? making him the first Archangel to show a special eye color similar to how Castiel and other angels' eyes glow blue. He later displays the similar glow after possessing Vince.
 * In the episode LOTUS, Lucifer's eyes start to glow pure red instead of reddish orange.
 * According to Mark Pellegrino, Lucifer's wings are "hot pink and sparkly".
 * In The Devil is in the Details, Lucifer made a reference to the show Lucifer that premieres on Fox of that year when he said that maybe he would move to LA and solve crimes.
 * Lucifer's mischievous behavior does not differ too much from Gabriel's; as siblings, they're said to have spent much time together, in Heaven, and Lucifer taught Gabriel how to do advanced reality-warping tricks. Their long-term convenience may have influenced Gabriel to act more like his older brethren, too.
 * Lucifer is the first angel in the series to possess another angel in its vessel, instead of another human vessel, by possessing Castiel. The fact that Jimmy Novak no longer resides in his body may be why Lucifer could possess Castiel, as Cass, with his grace, is acting as a proxy for a human soul that must give permission to have its body possessed.
 * Lucifer has been overpowered twice by his vessels: both Sam and Castiel have briefly overpowered his control over them. However, while Sam had full control and could freely move around, Castiel stated he had to use all of his strength just to prevent Lucifer from killing Sam and was clearly struggling.
 * Lucifer is the first archangel who is known to have been banished by the Angel banishing sigil.
 * Lucifer also is the first angel and archangel that has been trapped twice by using the Angel Trap.
 * Lucifer is the second Archangel to realign themselves with good, the first being Gabriel, and also the second Big Bad turned good in Season 11, the first being Metatron.
 * Like Gadreel, Lucifer has shown the ability to share control with his vessel at will. In We Happy Few, Lucifer was able to give control to Castiel like Gadreel once switched control with Sam. After Castiel spoke with the angels, he and Lucifer were able to switch again.
 * In We Happy Few, when Lucifer is expelled from Castiel, he briefly appears in the form of Nick as his true form is yanked out of Castiel.
 * Lucifer is the only Archangel to be the ruler of Heaven and Hell at the same time, albeit briefly.
 * As of deaths of Metatron and Gabriel, Lucifer is the only angel from the core universe confirmed to have wings.
 * During Rock Never Dies, Lucifer used his powers with snaps of his fingers similar to Gabriel and God.
 * In LOTUS, when Lucifer possesses Jefferson Rooney, the effect is similar to the one seen when Castiel first possessed Jimmy Novak in The Rapture.
 * In LOTUS, Lucifer becomes the first named Angel or Archangel to conceive a child in the series.
 * Lucifer is the third angel who is possessing a vessel that has died and been specifically restored for him. The other angels are Anna Milton's human form and Castiel with Jimmy Novak, Anna's human form was restored by an unknown force while God recreated Jimmy Novak's body to act as Castiel's vessel. In Lucifer's case, Crowley's demons found, repaired and improved the body of Nick for Lucifer's use as his permanent vessel.
 * Mark Pellegrino believes Lucifer has developed a snarky sense of humor as a means to hide his own pain, and that his current greatest fear is having his son, Jack, prefer Castiel to him.
 * Lucifer is the second angel that has been a member of the main cast through various actors, and the first archangel, most notably by Misha Collins and Mark Pellegrino in episode counts.
 * With Crowley's death in All Along the Watchtower, Lucifer is currently the longest lasting antagonist in the series.
 * Season 4 is the only season where Lucifer somewhat appears, but is not a major antagonist in that season.
 * Lucifer is the second angel to have been trapped on an alternate earth, with Virgil first being trapped on a different world. However, Lucifer later escapes back to his own world.
 * In the show, God displays very little to almost no concern into Lucifer's destructive intentions and actions. After Lucifer's fall from grace, he spends a very long time on Earth (Mostly in the Garden of Eden) corrupting and tempting humans. He defiles the human bloodline by convincing Adam and Eve to eat from the forbidden tree, he corrupts Lilith's soul into the first demon (though it is not specified if her corruption was before or after Adam & Eve's manipulation), at some point creates the four Princes of Hell, He has Cain kill Abel, and even then has Cain establish the Knights of Hell. In Earth time, he was there presumably for decades waiting for more humans to be born so that he could taint them. And even yet being almost all-knowing, God decides to deal with Lucifer only after he commits these atrocities towards mankind.
 * Lucifer was the first Primordial Entity that the Winchesters knowingly encountered, since both Gabriel and God hid their true identities from them.
 * As a character, Lucifer has been portrayed by the most actors with a total of 13.
 * As seen in Exodus, Lucifer can drive a bus though it is unknown where he got this particular skill. He was also able to help Dean repair the bus, though his job appeared to merely be trying to start the engine when ordered to by Dean.
 * Lucifer is the only archangel to have ever been killed by a human, albeit one powered by a different archangel whom the human was acting as a vessel to.

In Lore

 * The Devil is known by many names throughout different faiths: Lucifer (Latin for " 'The Morning Star' or 'light bringer'"), The Devil, The Serpent, Iblis, (in Islam) and Satan (Hebrew for "Adversary").
 * In different versions of Bible, they said Satan is formerly known as Samael and was the former commander-in-chief of the angels army before his fall from Heaven. Some versions said he was the older brother of Michael.
 * Although "Lucifer" is considered to be the name of The Devil, this is never explicitly stated in the Bible and is merely the result of various translations. "Lucifer" appears only once in the Hebrew Bible, in Isaiah 14:12. Here, a prophecy about the fall of a corrupt Babylon king is described. Those who believe the fall of the king refers to the Devil's fall from grace began the traditional belief that Lucifer is most certainly Satan and the Devil.