LAST VOYAGES: application
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Character Name: Castiel
Series: Supernatural
Age: As an angel, Castiel is technically ageless, but he’s probably millions of years old. His vessel, which he always appears in, is mid-30s.
From When?: After his death. [Post 7x1 & Pre 7x17]
Inmate/Warden: Castiel would be a Warden for a couple of reasons. First, his experience guiding slightly misguided humans is extremely good by the end of seasons six, where he’s managed to help the Winchesters through failing to stop the opening of the gates of Hell and then actually succeeding in stopping the Apocalypse. Through S4 and S5, he learns not only about himself and the Winchesters, but also how to help them in a number of ways: by pursuing his own goals (such as finding god), by giving them information without seeming to do so (when his superiors would want him to do otherwise), and even by sacrificing himself for the cause (twice). When Castiel is given a goal, he sticks to it despite the opposition.
Another reason that Castiel would make a good warden is that he does genuinely love humanity, unlike a number of the other angels from Supernatural canon. He is against purging a whole city to kill a witch, and is gentle with his vessel (the body he possesses), allowing the previous owner to be sensible when he is gone. He truly believes that humanity is good, and loving, and God’s best creation, and considering the lengths he went to try and make Dean understand how much he needs to be saved, convincing another human of his own redemption might be an interesting task.
The last thing is that at the point I’m taking Castiel, he screwed up big-time. He could see this redemption as not only to help his inmate, but also to prove to himself he is still a capable angel of doing good and helping someone.
Item: A book - most likely a small one, something very portable that he can fit in his trenchcoat pocket. Castiel seems to be a little insensible with technology (he can’t figure out customizing his voicemail), so a book is probably the safest way to go.
Abilities/Powers:
Note: Unless under extremely extenuating circumstances, Castiel will always be presented in his human vessel (pictured in the icons, etc). Castiel’s “true” form as an angel burns out the eyes of humans and his true voice bursts eardrums, so you can imagine it’s probably inefficient to use unless he’s hanging out with other angels. There are certain exceptions of humans that can perceive Castiel’s voice (including his vessel), though I doubt there will be any of these gifted types in Last Voyages. On a similar note, there could be an event where Castiel is banished from his vessel and leaving only the man behind to be confused, but that’s for working out when and if it comes up.
Castiel also possesses the following powers:
-invulnerability to any physical wounds (he is unfazed by being shot, stabbed, punched, etc - punching him feels like hitting a brick wall to regular humans, though superpowered creatures can momentarily stun him)
-immortality
-no human needs, such as for food, sleep, air, waste functions, etc.
-reduced ability to heal others
-the ability to possess his vessel, Jimmy Novak
-super strength
-telekinesis (nonliving objects up to 70 lbs)
-teleportation via flight
-immediate healing to any non-magical wounds
-knowledge and application of Enochian magic
-an angel blade (a divine weapon and the physical representation of his strength)
-the ability to smite demons
-knowledge of every human language (including the dead ones)
-can hear all prayers to him
-the magic touch to make people pass out briefly
-slight weather control
He also has the usual set of angel weaknesses: when called with a particular Enochian spell, he must appear, and he can be trapped in a ring of holy oil set on fire. He can also be banished, both with and without his vessel, with the proper spell.
As far as the powers are concerned, I can first of all as a mun say that it’s highly unlikely that Castiel is going to run around kicking ass. He’s feeling too guilty about all the ass that he kicked back in his canon, first of all, and I’m pretty sure that ass kicking when not explicitly necessary is a sin. Castiel is very peaceful for an angel and doesn’t start fights. He understands his own practical invulnerability and would even take someone beating on him over an ass-kicking, waiting for them to exhaust themselves, simply holding them back. It’s in this kind of place where he would use his magical pass-out power. This power can only be used when he’s touching the opponent’s forehead and only works for a limited amount of time. (here's him using it in canon) It’s a last resort. As a character, Castiel doesn’t like causing harm, and he would do everything in his power to avoid getting to this part (he’d most likely flee). If there came a point where Castiel felt whipping out his strength was necessary, I would certainly as a mun make sure that the player was all right with this. Like I said earlier, Castiel is a very non-violent character unless he’s severely provoked, and I can’t think of a reason that he would simply knock someone out. The more likely alternative is that if cas is using this power, he’s already actively involved in a battle with someone (in which he deems it necessary to fight back, rather than let the character quit or flee himself), and the mun communication is flowing like wine. This power I'd like to keep, however, if TLV will only accept Castiel if I remove it, of course I'd remove it.
Personality
As the show goes on, Castiel turns from unfeeling, disciplined soldier of heaven to dedicated Team Free Will member, struggling to understand his own faith in God (his father) while working towards freeing humanity from the bonds of destiny.
Castiel is extremely religious, and although he may no longer have the obedience to his brothers and the Heavenly Host that he once did, there is no doubt that it is Castiel’s goal to restore heaven to the glory that he remembers of it. He thoroughly believes that God is in Heaven and watching over his many creations, though he struggles quite a bit beyond that, given that God has resurrected him (twice), yet had apparently been adamant to not help Cas’ in his task to save humanity or fix heaven. Despite his questions, Castiel is deeply devoted to his faith and the Christian God, and finds even the lightest blasphemy a little offensive.
The other big thing Castiel has (which he learned from Dean) is that the path you set your mind on has to be (or at least should remain) the path you follow through with. No pussying out despite the circumstances (even if they may be overwhelming), and definitely no reversing the course. Castiel tries to pick firmly what is going to be the best action for everyone and to bring the most peace to him, his kind, and humanity and stick with what he’s got. Sometimes, that ends up with you making some ends-justify-the-means decisions, as the angel finds out in S6, but staying steadfast is extremely valuable. Once you set down a road, there’s no going back.
As an angel of heaven, Castiel tends to believe that he is right. While this might come off as arrogance, he genuinely tries to use his extreme strength to do the right thing, especially in the global scale. Despite this, he has a fair bit of hubris, especially when he makes big-picture decisions. His recent utter mistake has challenged his belief in his own abilities somewhat, but he still believes that his intentions were true, even if he got messed up somewhere along the way.
While Castiel values his own opinion, he is an extreme believer in free will and choice. Being with the Winchesters and watching what they’ve done and will do, Castiel has learned that the most important thing humanity has is choice. He will always allow someone to try something, even if he knows it is a terrible idea and has some great way to stop any horrible consequences.
Being that he’s an angel and has spent most of his time observing the much larger trends of humanity, Castiel has a very limited understanding of pop culture and a slightly fractured dialect. He sometimes breaks social norms, especially on his habit of dropping in on the Winchesters in the middle of everything (often times in their motel room) and leaving without saying or otherwise indicating a goodbye. He oftentimes misses social cues and has a generally poor understanding of personal space.
Because of his odd conversational quirks (due to watching hundreds of different cultures while never interacting with human beings for thousands of years), Castiel comes usually comes off as nice albeit a bit odd. He’s definitely a wallflower (those watching traits don’t rub off easy) and prefers to study strangers both individuals as well as groups, especially those he doesn’t know rather than talk to him. If he has a mission (scale is irrelevant), he is forward and abrupt, oftentimes to the point of rudeness. In some ways, he comes off as a little childish.
When he’s actually in conversation, his strangeness continues to show. For one, he makes no attempts to hide his age, viewpoint, heritage or history. Most things he has an ancient-history-observer angle on, which means that opinions on most wars, the Bible, and human history are specific, personal, and different from the history books. Secondly, he’s awful at pop culture and idiomatic expressions. The last thing is, he’s as firm about his beliefs publicly as he feels about them privately. He has no compunction against bringing God, his mission, his faith, and so on into the discussion. To make this worse, he strongly dislikes lying, even the pointless white lies and even when it should be obvious that’s the easiest way to get what he wants. He prefers awkward silences over it. Castiel has strong moral values, and he’s not breaking them to make someone feel more comfortable with a conversation or with themselves.
Castiel will be coming on the barge after his death. His decision to become a warden is based on his own search for redemption - he’s screwed up pretty badly right before his death, and while his self-doubts may be well contained, they still very much exist and eat at him. For Castiel, being a warden is as much about reminding himself that he’s capable of not screwing up in doing the right thing as much as it is rehabilitating his inmate. That belief has been pretty badly shaken and before he goes back and tries to help out his friends, he wants to make sure he’s still capable of helping without mucking everything up.
His impression towards the other wardens starts with respect: there’s an element of sacrifice that all these people have given up their actual lives to rehabilitate these people, and certainly plenty of frustration and annoyance that comes to trying to teach someone to do good. These are people Castiel wants to learn from (although, as time goes on, he’ll probably realize it’s not that simple).
In terms of his own warden-ness, Castiel’s attitude towards his inmate starts with pity, not anger. These people have done wrong, or don’t understand right and wrong, or they have been horribly deceived, or been shafted by fate. But like any good Christian, Castiel is infinitely forgiving, though his forgiveness might be with gritted teeth. Because of his own need for redemption, Castiel is also an extremely active warden, keeping an close eye on his inmate and making sure he’s not getting into trouble (that he doesn’t sleep helps). When he does get into trouble- which seems bound to happen, especially considering Castiel knows little about technology and is accustomed to his enemies working in very obvious manners, Castiel prefers a good scolding and trying to get his inmate to figure out the deeper reasons for this action: Why did you do the wrong thing? What about you inspired you to be cruel? How can you change this at a deeper level? In similar manner to his religious beliefs, simply talking the talk isn’t enough. If you don’t believe what you’re saying, then it’s worthless.
While Castiel is devoutly religious, I don’t think his first goal is to make his inmate the same way. He understands that a man can be good without being devout, though he would obviously prefer them combined. While his intentions may not be to convert his inmate, it’ll still factor strongly into his own system: the Lord says this, the Lord says that, it is against God’s will, XYZ is a sin, and so on. On the bright side, being devout gives Castiel a very strong moral position to stand on, making it hard for an inmate to twist him into doing something horrible (or letting the inmate do it). Additionally, it helps him understand his place in the world, as well as viewing both his and his inmate’s actions in a very black and white way. This isn’t to say that Castiel can’t be manipulated - he does have an ego - but twisting him into sinning is not easy, and even harder now that he screwed up so bad in canon. He’s unswayed by simpering apologies, begging, external guilt, and other pathetic displays of weakness.
While the angel would prefer that his inmate understands the error of his ways and asks for forgiveness and views to the right path and promises never to do it again, he has absolutely no problem bringing down a little wrath. Corporal punishment would be a last-ditch effort and Castiel would feel a little bad afterwards, but a part of him knows that a good smiting can really teach a lesson. And this is okay to do, after all, as Castiel himself has been punished for his errors and God does plenty of destruction to those who sin in the bible. As a soldier, he knows that a firm hand is sometimes necessary in guiding others to the right path. As an angel, he knows that the hand can sometimes be a harsh one.
Path to Redemption: N/A
History:
link from supernatural wiki . I’ll be taking Castiel after he’s been killed by exploding Leviathans out of his body. I can’t imagine that was pleasant. He thinks that if he can successfully redeem some people on the barge, he’ll be good enough to either a) get God to bring him back and b) show his face to the Winchesters.
Sample Journal Entry:
[Castiel flips on the video. He holds it up in front of him, and viewers are treated to a mid-30's man in a trenchcoat and a suit with a crooked tie, with stubble and blue eyes and short hair.
Upside down.]
Hello. I'm called Castiel.
[There's a pause - Castiel is apparently awful at icebreakers. He sets the camera down, upside-down, and sits across from it. He looks tired, from bags under his eyes, and he folds his hands together in his lap.]
I've always known that all people can be forgiven for their sins, presuming they are truly apologetic about their actions. The Lord is endlessly forgiving, and filled with love. Yet, I still wonder if there's anything one can do that's truly unforgivable. There can't be.
Yet I... I've erred. To err is to human..... [Castiel looks at his hands, then back at the camera.] These sayings that are made up just seem too true sometimes.
[Castiel takes a deep breath, and gathers his composure. He looks at the camera and there's a focus in his eyes, a dedication to something.]
I know what I must do. No matter what I've done, I can be forgiven. I'll earn it.
Sample RP:
When he was not dealing with his inmate, Castiel preferred to be on the top deck. He knew the sky was artificial, but he still liked to be under it. He didn’t know if his Father was above him in relation to the ship, or even there at all - or maybe so far away it was irrelevant - but this was where he felt like he was right. His Father had brought him back not once, but twice, knowing every bit of him, his past and his future and his intentions. Had his Father wanted him to fall so hard, felt the millions of tiny rending teeth through his associated flesh and bloodying his grace so badly he could barely perceive even the slightest shred of light?
He would close his eyes and take a deep breath and try to see past the fake sky into the twist of dimensions that surrounded this ship. He would think of his mission here, now, and when he was sure Dean could forgive him, he would return. He would offer thanks, and prayers, that his Father was so kind as to give him so many chances, and place like this, where redemption was first and foremost.
That usually made him feel renewed in his mission. He took a deep breath and wrenched himself from his thoughts, and with them were twisted up all kinds of homesickness - of the warm gardens of Heaven, and the now-gurgling choirs, and of Dean’s confidence (and palpable guilt, even as he tried to get rid of that, too) - and even Crowley’s twisted smiles and half-promises. His eyes finally took him to the port where they had docked, these places they could slide in and out of. What were the consequences? Were there any?
There were always consequences.
He pushed that all to the side with a brief prayer and dropped down to his inmate.
“You’re ready to go aboard?” he asked, looking at the man. Castiel liked the ports - having a mission made him feel more like his old self, that there could be completion, and success. “We’ll be starting the mission immediately.”
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