| “ | This beauty, she kills the bad ones fast and the "good ones" slow and painful. Ironic, seeing as it was made by an angel. | ” |
The Lance of Michael was a lance created by the Archangel Michael to kill Lucifer during the Apocalypse.
History[]
The Lance was created by Michael to act as a weapon against Lucifer. The Lance was designed to kill good beings slow and evil beings fast. It somehow ended up in the hands of Hell.
Painting in the Green Room.
In 2009, shortly before Lucifer's rise from the Cage, as Zachariah is informing Dean Winchester of his true purpose, Dean had first seen the Lance in Michael's hands in the church "Our Lady of the Angles" in the episode Houses of the Holy.
Following the defeat of Lucifer, the Lance was given as a gift along with the Colt to the Prince of Hell Ramiel by Crowley.
In 2017, when the Winchester Family, Wally and the Seraphim Castiel attacked him, Ramiel stabbed Castiel with the Lance, mortally wounding him. Crowley realized what Castiel was stabbed with and warns the Winchesters that there is no cure. Ramiel arrives shortly afterwards and uses the Lance to break free of a circle of Holy Fire he is trapped in. During the following battle, Ramiel attempts to use the Lance to kill Dean Winchester, but Dean's brother Sam struggles with him for it. As they struggle, Mary Winchester stabs Ramiel in the back with an angel blade, distracting him long enough for Sam to take the Lance from him. Sam then stabs Ramiel in the heart with the Lance, causing him to glow from within while the area around the wound catches fire. Finally, Ramiel explodes into dust from the effects of the Lance.
Crowley destroys the Lance.
After the death of Ramiel, Crowley realizes from what Ramiel said to him years ago that "its power is in its craftsmanship" and breaks it into two pieces, breaking its power over Castiel who instantly recovers. The Winchesters take the two pieces of the Lance with them as they leave.
Powers[]
The lance was created and empowered by the first and most powerful archangel Michael, and made it able to instantly obliterate any demon, even ones as powerful as the Princes of Hell and even able to slowly, painfully kill any angel, even archangels, making it one of the most powerful weapons in all of existence. Crowley stated that it kills anything and everything it touches and, as an extraordinarily powerful Angelic Weapon, the Lance demonstrates many extremely powerful abilities:
- Angelic Poisoning - Any angel stabbed with the Lance, even in a non-fatal area will be poisoned and will inevitably slowly, agonizingly die of it.
- Energy Blasts - With a slam of the Lance, Ramiel was able to cause a powerful shockwave to easily put out a ring of Holy Fire and stagger the Winchesters backwards.
- Pyrokinesis - When stabbed into the chest of Ramiel, flames appeared around the blade of the Lance in Ramiel's wound. This is limited to when it pierces a demon.
- Molecular Combustion - The Lance destroyed Ramiel by causing him to combust into dust. This is limited to when it kills a demon.
- Invisibility - The user can hide the lance by rendering it invisible.
Physical Appearance[]
The lance has a silvery blade and wooden handle. It's engraved with Enochian runes and motifs. The runes hold its power, that once destroyed, can reverse the effects of the lance on an angel.
Appearances[]
- Season 2
- Houses of the Holy (painting only)
- Season 4
- Lucifer Rising (painting only)
- Season 7
- There Will Be Blood (painting only)
- Season 12
Trivia[]
- It is unknown if this weapon could actually kill Archangels, considering it wasn't wielded by Michael during his battle with Lucifer. The Archangel Blades required an archangel to wield them in order to kill an Archangel, meaning it's possible the Lance functioned similarly, although it was able to kill a Prince of Hell while wielded by a human being.
- It is unknown when or why Michael created this weapon. It was not seen with him when confronting Lucifer at Stull Cemetery.
- It is unknown when or how the Lance ended up with Crowley.
- When Ramiel was stabbed with the Lance, he glowed from within like a demon killed with the demon-killing knife or an angel blade would before he exploded.
- When Castiel was on the verge of death from the Lance's effects, black goo similar to Leviathan goo bubbled up from his mouth.
- Michael and Lucifer, who are viewed as equals in terms of power and also opposites in some cases, both have their own spear-like weapons.