Dean Winchester

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Dean Winchester (b. January 24, 1979[2] – d. 2025[3]) was a human and hunter as well as a member of the Men of Letters with his younger brother Sam. He and his brother are members of the Winchester[4] and Campbell families.[5] Through his father, Dean is the older half-brother of Adam Milligan.[6]

Dean is also the destined vessel of the Archangel Michael.[7] He and Sam are also the surrogate sons of the late Bobby Singer.[8][9] Dean is best friends with the angel Castiel, close friend to the late prophet Kevin Tran, and reluctant ally of Crowley. Dean has an ex-girlfriend, Lisa Braeden,[10] who he lived with for a year[11] when he thought Sam was in Hell. She has a child named Ben, who Dean acted as a father for during that year. Dean's biological child was an amazon named Emma.[12] He is also the former apprentice of Alastair.

Both Dean and Sam were raised in the hunting life by their father, after the demon Azazel killed their mother. Dean's main role in the series is being the self-appointed guardian of Sam and often going to extreme lengths to protect him regardless of personal cost. Often in these occurrences Dean finds himself the center of a much larger picture.

When he was killed by Metatron whilst using the Mark of Cain, Dean returned as a demon and a Knight of Hell loyal only to himself. He was then cured by his brother using purified blood. Eventually, the Mark was removed, but the price was that the Darkness has now been released into the world, something Dean tried to avoid. Dean and his brother soon met God who returned to help put an end to the danger to the world. During this time, Dean got through to God about not sacrificing himself and The Darkness about not destroying all of reality and helped them reconcile. As a reward, Dean was given back his mother and was able to return to his usual style of hunting with his family.

With his mother trapped in an alternate reality, Dean set out with Sam, Castiel and the Nephilim Jack to rescue Mary and reunite his family, a situation made more urgent by the upcoming invasion of an alternate reality Michael. Following the reunion of his family, Dean agreed to become the vessel for the alternate Michael in order to finish Lucifer once and for all. Aided by Michael, Dean faced Lucifer in battle and ultimately killed the rogue archangel and ended his long reign of terror. This victory was short-lived as Dean was to be betrayed by Michael who took full control of Dean and became loose upon the Main Universe in Dean's body, his one true vessel. Michael would use him for weeks before he left Dean's body on his own for unknown reasons.

In the days after, Dean struggled with re-adjusting to being himself again as he tried to help Sam on hunts. However, he regain his will and did better in hunting, as he and his family decided to go after Michael and defeat him. Dean also bonded with Jack after learning his declining health. During a confrontation with Michael, the Archangel retook control of Dean after revealing that he left to break his spirits and locked the hunter away in his subconscious. However, Dean manages to trap Michael within his own subconscious shortly thereafter, but is left worried for what will occur if the archangel escapes.

Following a hunt, Dean lost concentration over keeping Michael imprisoned but the latter instead escaped Dean's mind and took Rowena for an alternative vessel while inflicting revenge on Dean. However, Michael was then killed by Jack, saving the world from his influence and freeing Dean of his grasp.

Almost five years after defeating God himself, Dean is killed for a final time during the Masked Vampires hunt. Dean accepts his fate and his soul goes to Heaven where he is reunited with Bobby Singer and later Sam who lived out a full life with a son that he names in honor of Dean.

Following his death, Dean takes a detour through the Multiverse while driving through Heaven in search of a world that his family had a chance at a happy ending in. In the process, Dean discovers the existence of the Akrida, a race of monsters created by Chuck as a failsafe to wipe out everything in the event of his defeat. Defying Jack's orders against interference, Dean brings the Monster Club together to defeat the Akrida which threatens both his own world and theirs. Afterwards, Dean is returned to Heaven by Jack, satisfied that he had found what he was looking for and leaving his journal and the Colt to his parents.

Dean is shown to be understanding, kind, funny, mischievous, and, in contrast to his younger brother, a little immature. Dean cultivates a bad-boy personality, and makes sarcastic jokes at even the most morbid times. Teasing his brother is one of his favorite pastimes.