Gideon - The End (Again)

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Gideon
Personal Information
Species	Angel
Status	Deceased (killed by Alan Samson)
Relationship Information
Family	The Powers (brothers in arms) The Grigori (archenemies) Angels (siblings)
Affiliation
Affiliation	Michael Heaven
Character Information
Portrayed by	Penn Badgley

"Cost and Consequences. Two words you humans never truly consider when you're faced with choices. Only the benefits. It's when the costs begin to weigh on you and the consequences start hindering your lives that you start pondering whether something was the right choice."

— Gideon

Gideon is an angel belonging to the Powers who is loyal to the archangel Michael. He stumbled upon the trail of Alan Samson and made it his task to find and kill the rogue nephilim. Ultimately finding him, he met his end soon after in trying to kill him.

Background

Gideon had fought with the rest of the Powers on the side of Heaven during Lucifer's Rebellion and during the Apocalypse. He had fought against the Grigori during the fateful day that Michael went to confront Lucifer at Stull Cemetery. They managed to emerge triumphant in their battle against their long time rivals and enemies. He was shocked when he learned that Michael had been sealed in Lucifer's Cage through the machinations of the Winchesters and Castiel.

When the Civil War in Heaven broke out, he had sided with Raphael but when the Powers learned of the archangel's true motives of ruling uncontested. They then broke off from the war and went down to Earth and began to gradually work alongside the humans of Michael's Battalion. When Purgatory had been opened and the Leviathan came to Earth, Gideon watched as many of his fellow Powers fell in battle to them. Eventually, after learning of the Leviathan's weaknesses and Dick Roman's death, he fought with his brothers to exterminate the rest. 

He was present on the fateful night when Daniel Leonard had been revealed as the Heavenly Saint and bowed to him. Eventually, the combined efforts resulted in Michael's release from the Cage.

Season 10

Shortly after Michael's freedom, Gideon had his wings restored along with his fellow Powers.

Gideon was on the trail of a what he thought was a possible renegade but he then realized that instead, he stumbled onto the energy from a nephilim. It was causing some havoc in a small town and even had started to kill so he took it upon himself to find and hunt it down. The nephilim was masking itself from him being able to sense and track it fully. He saw that tracking it by pure angelic means alone wouldn't suffice so he realized that he would need some human assistance to help track the hybrid. He was forced to call in for the services of an investigator from the Battalion. Judice Parker was the closest to him and went to help him.

When there was another victim of the nephilim's power, he went to the crime scene but his actions nearly caused trouble with some of the officers before Judice arrived and got him out of it by claiming him to be her new rookie assistant. Gideon was chided about not knowing how to blend in properly and mocked a little but told Judice to tell him what she had found. Judice then told him that she had found out the identity of the nephilim's mother and when she had expressed sympathy for her, he outwardly showed his disapproval of the woman's actions and was insensitive to her fate which earned him rebuke from the human woman. He stood his ground as he pointed that the trail was temporarily cold and would have to wait for the nephilim to strike again before they could pick it back up.

When Judice learned of another death, involving knives which had been used to fly off and kill a cook at a diner, this time with a fresh witness. After Judice questioned her, she prayed to Gideon and he arrived to confirm that the nephilim was responsible. She told him that she had learned the Winchesters were also in the area and seemed to be hunting the nephilim as well. Gideon thought to use the fresh grace on the knives to quickly track the nephilim though it would still be difficult to get a precise enough location. Judice informed him that she found a pattern behind all the incidents and believed she knew the neighborhood where the nephilim was hiding out. Gideon seemed a little impressed that she managed to know where to start but quickly shook it off as they had to stay on task and quickly asked for the location.

Brought to the area by Judice, Gideon tried to track down the nephilim and his senses brought him in front of one of the houses. Judice asked if he was sure that was the right place. He said nothing, instead brought out his swords and said that he would take care of this himself. Without warning, he moved and pressed his thumb and forefinger to Judice's forehead and knocked her out. He lightly told her that it was a precaution as he couldn't have any sort of distraction and it was for her own safety before he moved on inside. He found the corpse of a charred human inside before running into Alan Samson. Gideon tried to strike him with his blades but Alan blasted him into a wall. The noise drew in the Winchesters from outside which drew Alan's attention away from the Power. Gideon managed to pull himself together and saw that Alan was distracted by the hunters and he moved to surprise the nephilim and stab him. Alan avoided a fatal strike but Gideon did wound him. Alan struck him away and yanked the sword out and moved to try and attack him. Gideon tried to fight him off with his remaining sword, blocking his first attack. He managed to block three more before meeting Alan blade to blade. But then Judice came in and tried to shoot Alan. The bullets only barely affected him and annoyed the nephilim who then telekinetically sent a shard of a broken mirror for her head. Gideon moved one of his hands to stop it, just making freeze in place before it could connect with her face. However, that moment gave Alan the chance to bring his sword down and cut off his hand. Gideon fell to his knees in pain before Alan drove the sword into his chest a moment later, killing him.

As Alan advanced on Judice Sam quickly reached for the sword still in Gideon's dead hand, telling him to stop. As they traded words, Dean moved to try and throw a molotov of holy oil at the nephilim but he teleported away before it made contact, taking Gideon's other sword with him. Judice crawled over to Gideon's corpse, silently crying over him and the Winchesters silently left, Sam taking Gideon's second sword with them.

For the next few weeks, Judice was still shaken over Gideon's death as she felt responsible for it. When she moved to work with Sam Winchester on a case, the hunter expressed that while he may not have seen Gideon as a friend, he did respect the angel for saving Judice's life. Sam had taken his sword and used it to help fight the fallen angel Tamiel along with Judice, who used it to deliver the killing blow after he insulted Gideon in front of her.

Personality

Gideon presents himself as a cold and detached angel. He fashions himself as a dedicated soldier who won't be deterred from trying to complete his goals and missions or, if he can't, die trying. He doesn't acknowledge feelings or emotion much like the majority of his kind. He feels that expressing emotion and developing personal attachments would distract him from his duties and weigh him down. He has very little patience for human courtesies and empathy. While he respects humanity's place as God's special creation, and accepts the holy duty of angels to guard them, he has no real love for them himself.

However, he showed a degree of protective instinct when he knocked out Judice before confronting Alan Samson to ensure that she didn't follow and get herself hurt. Ultimately, he went out of his way to try and save the woman's life, though it cost him his own proving that under his cold exterior lies a dedicated sense of honor.

Powers and Abilities

Gideon is a member of the Powers and as such possesses a great degree of power compared to most other angels.

• High-Tier Strength:As a Power Gideon is stronger than most of the other angels in Heaven in terms of raw power and grace. The only angels that outclass him would be the archangels themselves.
• Angel Swords: Gideon wields twin angelic blades that are longer and stronger than normal angel blades.
• Teleportation: With his wings restored Gideon had regained the ability to move himself anywhere he wanted. As he disappears the sound of flapping wings could be heard.
• Telekinesis: Gideon is able to move objects and people with his mind. He was able to even stop a flying piece of glass in mid-air instanteously.
• Touch Sedation: As like other angels, Gideon is able to render a human unconscious just by simply placing his index and forefinger on their temple.

Weaknesses

As strong as he is, Gideon possesses all the standard vulnerabilities of an angel.

• Holy Fire: A circle of ignited holy oil can trap Gideon and direct contact with the fire could kill him.
• Angel Blades: A weapon belonging to an angel could be used to harm and even kill Gideon.
• Alan Samson: Alan was a half-human, half-angel hybrid who was sired by an Archangel. This made him have the power to overpower Gideon and kill him.

Facts and Trivia

The name Gideon means Great Warrior or he that bruises or breaks. in Hebrew it means Destroyer One.

He gave a lecture to Judice Parker about consequences that come with choices. Ultimately, these words make a strong impact on her as she feels that his death was on her for choosing to interfere and breaking the angel's focus and concentration during his fight to save her.