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Encyclopedia > First Evil
The First Evil

The "true" form of The First Evil
First appearance Amends
Last appearance Chosen
Created by Joss Whedon
Statistics
Name The First Evil
Status Eternal & Omnipresent
Species Primeval Force
Affiliation None
Notable powers
  • Can manifest as any dead, undead or resurrected being (anything that has died).
  • Can choose to be seen or heard only by those it is communicating with as well as those outside of normal hearing range.
  • Can manifest simultaneously in any locations as it pleases.
  • Can merge with certain beings, imbuing them with superhuman strength and stamina, and establish a psychic link with them.
  • Capable of mind-reading.
  • Manifest in dreams.
Portrayed by  Various

The First Evil is a fictional villain created by Joss Whedon for the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The malevolent entity can assume different forms as was portrayed by Sarah Michelle Gellar, Shane Barach, Edward Edwards, Cornelia Hayes O'Herlithy, Robia LaMorte, Adam Busch, Clare Kramer, George Hertzberg, Harry Groener, Juliet Landau, Mark Metcalf, Azura Skye, Kristine Sutherland, James Marsters, Danny Strong, Amanda Füller, K.D. Aubert, Lalaine, Carrie Southworth, and Nathan Fillion at various points in the series. Image File history File links First_evil1. ... Amends is the tenth episode of season 3 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... Chosen, the series finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is Episode 22 of Season 7. ... FicTioNaL is a Gaming Legend. ... For other uses of the term, see Villain (disambiguation). ... Joss Hill Whedon (born Joseph Hill Whedon[3] on June 23, 1964 in New York) is an American writer, director, executive producer, and creator of the well-known television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly. ... Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated American cult television series that initially aired from March 10, 1997 until May 20, 2003. ... Sarah Michelle Gellar (born April 14, 1977) is a Golden Globe-nominated, Daytime Emmy Award-winning American actress. ... Robia LaMorte in 2004 Robia Brett LaMorte (b. ... Adam Busch (born July 6, 1978 in East Meadow, New York) is an American actor who played the recurring character Warren Mears on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... Clare Kramer. ... George Hertzberg (b. ... Harry Groener (born 10 September 1951 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany) is an American actor and dancer, best known for playing Mayor Wilkins in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (season 3). ... Juliet Landau (born March 30, 1965) is an American actress. ... Mark Metcalf (born March 11, 1946 in Findlay, Ohio, USA) is an American actor in both television and film. ... Azura Skye Azura Skye (born Azura Dawn Storozynski, November 8, 1981 in Northridge, California) is an American actress best known for her role as Jane in the one season TV Show Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane (also known as Zoe). ... Kristine Sutherland is an actress best known for her role as Joyce Summers on the television show, Buffy The Vampire Slayer. ... James Wesley Marsters (born August 20, 1962) is an American actor and musician, best known for playing the popular platinum-blond character Spike, an English of a vampire, in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff series Angel. ... Danny Strong (born June 6, 1974 in Manhattan Beach, California, USA) is an actor in film and television. ... K.D. Aubert Karen Denise Aubert (born December 6th, 1978) is an actress and former fashion model. ... Lalaine Ann Vergara-Paras (born June 3, 1987[1] in Burbank, California), also known as Lalaine, is an American actress and singer. ... Nathan Fillion (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian actor. ...

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Biography

Character history

The First Evil claims to be source and embodiment of all that is evil. Older than demons, even the Old Ones, who are themselves older than humans, it is older than the written word and transcends all realities and dimensions; it is older than any other evil being and may even be the very first entity ever to have existed. It is said that the First lurked in the darkness long before the universe was even created and shall remain long after the universe ends. Few have heard of it and even fewer believe in its existence. Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details about some or all of information gradually revealed in Buffyverse productions: (Buffy, Angel, Fray. ... In the Buffyverse, the Old Ones are the extremely powerful, pure-breed demons that once dominated Earth before humankind appeared. ...


It is also possible that some of the First's claims are exaggerated. For example, in the episode Bring on the Night we find the following exchange: List of Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes Bring on the Night is the tenth episode of the seventh and final season of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ...


Willow: (to Buffy) Are you sure this thing called itself The First?


Buffy: Pretty sure. It claimed to be the original evil, the one that came before anything else.


Anya: (looking up over her reading glasses) Please, how many times have I heard that line in my demon days? "I'm so rotten, they don't even have a word for it. I'm bad. Baddy bad bad bad. Does it make you horny?" (everyone stares at her) Or terrified. Whatever.


The entity cannot affect the world on a physical level. Its power lies in its ability to deceive, torment and manipulate others. It can take the form of any dead person. The First has a deep understanding of human nature since it can copy the thoughts and mannerisms of all human beings who have died. It uses the knowledge to drive others to madness and such acts as murder and suicide. Since she had died before, the First Evil often appeared as Buffy in the last season of the series.


The First has appeared as an enormous demon with large horns and long, talon-shaped fingers. The First Evil for technical purposes is neither male, female, demon, nor god. It is a power.


During Christmas 1998, The First appeared in Sunnydale. It tried to drive the vampire Angel into killing Buffy by appearing to him as Daniel, Margaret, Travis and Jenny Calendar, people Angelus had murdered. It told Angel that it was responsible for his return from Hell and that he could end his sufferings by turning evil again. It did not mind when Angel chose to die in a sunrise instead. After Buffy's confrontation with the First, Buffy attempted to stop Angel from committing suicide. While Buffy was talking Angel into leaving the hilltop, a rare snowfall occurred, with the sun remaining unseen. Sunnydale enjoyed a rare and unusual white Christmas. Sunnydale Sunnydale, California, is the fictional suburban setting for the popular television drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... Jenny Calendar is a fictional character played by Robia LaMorte in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... Angel (born 1727 in Galway, Ireland) is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt for the television programs, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. ... Buffy Anne Summers is the eponymous fictional character in the film Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the television program of the same name and its numerous spin-offs, such as novels, comic books, and video games. ...


Buffy's second resurrection caused an irregularity in the Slayer line. The First tried to use this glitch to eliminate the Slayers forever. The First Evil had the vicious preacher Caleb command the Harbingers of Death, as they sought and hunted down the Chosen line, young girls with the potential to become slayers. Two of the attacks happened in Istanbul, Turkey and Frankfurt, Germany, respectively. The First also saw the Scooby Gang as roadblocks. Slayer is an American thrash metal band founded by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. ... Caleb (played by Nathan Fillion) is a fictional character in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe created by Joss Whedon. ... The Bringers of the First Evil, or Harbingers of Death, are the acolytes of the First Evil in Joss Whedons TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... A Slayer, in the fictional Buffyverse established by Buffy and Angel, is a young female bestowed with mystical powers that originate from the heart of a pure-demon, which gives her superhuman senses, strength, speed, endurance, agility, and healing in the fight against forces of darkness. ... The Scooby Gang, or Scoobies, are Buffy Summers and her friends and colleagues who assist her in her duties as the Slayer in the cult television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ...


It tormented the vampire Spike after he had returned from Africa with his soul. The First appeared to Spike in such guises as Warren Mears, Glorificus, Adam, Mayor Richard Wilkins III, Drusilla, The Master and Buffy. After Spike accidentally stabs a human, the First appeared in the form of a nice, more forgiving Buffy to continue to taunt him. Spike (aka William The Bloody) is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. ... Warren Mears is a fictional character in the U.S. television and comic book series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, played by Adam Busch. ... Glorificus, also known as Glory, The Beast, The Abomination, and That Which Cannot Be Named, is a fictional deity in the television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, played by Clare Kramer. ... Adam is a fictional cyborg in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, played by George Hertzberg. ... For the Australian television/entertainment personality, see Richard Wilkins (TV presenter). ... Drusilla (born circa 1840 in London, England) is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. ... The Master (real name Heinrich Joseph Nest, according to the shooting script for Welcome to the Hellmouth) is a fictional character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, played by Mark Metcalf. ...


The First also appeared to Andrew Wells in Mexico as Warren Mears, instructing him to buy an ancient knife. The nightmares it brought to Andrew and Jonathan Levinson drove them back to Sunnydale. Andrew Wells is a fictional character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, played by Tom Lenk. ... Jonathan Levinson is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ...


The First Evil began using a traditional English folk song ("Early One Morning") as a trigger to drive Spike to sire again. It also masqueraded as Joyce Summers to her younger daughter, Dawn, and warned her that in the end, Buffy would not choose her. The First appeared to Willow as Cassie Newton, claiming to be a messenger from her dead lover Tara, but went too far as it asked Willow to commit suicide. It also appeared to troubled nerd Andrew Wells as his dead friend Warren, and drove him into killing their friend Jonathan on the Seal of Danzalthar, right above the Hellmouth. The sacrifice yielded too little blood because of Jonathan's unknown anemia. The First then sent the Bringers to kill the potential slayer Nora and her watcher Robson in London, England. It also goaded Spike into battling Buffy so one of them would be killed. Early One Morning is an old English Folksong. ... Joyce Summers (born 1958, died in 2001 in Sunnydale, California of a brain aneurysm) is a fictional character played by Kristine Sutherland on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... Willow Rosenberg (born either in 1980 or very early 1981 in Sunnydale, California) is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... Cassie Newton is a fictional character from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... Tara Maclay (born October 16, 1980 and died May 7, 2002 in Sunnydale, California)[1] is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... Hellmouth (Buffyverse) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...


The First Evil then appeared to Andrew as both Warren and Jonathan. The First Evil appeared to Spike, as Spike himself, to trick him into killing Andrew, only to be foiled by Buffy again. It then sent some Harbingers to kidnap Spike from Buffy's house to bleed him to raise the first Turok-Han out of the Hellmouth. Meanwhile, the First's minion Caleb blew up The Watchers Council as they gathered. It also once manifested itself in such a way as to destroy an attempted spell by Willow, thus increasing her fear of using magic. Buffy later dreams of her late mother, and believes this is an appearance of The First.


In 2003, viewers saw the First Evil masquerade as Eve, a potential slayer previously killed by the Harbingers, to spy on Buffy and encourage the potentials to doubt Buffy’s leadership. The First Evil took a break after Buffy decapitated the Turok-Han and freed its hostage Spike.


A few weeks later, The First again appeared to Andrew as Jonathan, instructing him to use a gun to kill the potential slayers but subsequently became angry with Andrew and Buffy's friends when Andrew wore a wire so they could record the First Evil. Continuing to monger fear among the Potential Slayers, the First Evil appeared to Chloe, taunting her to commit suicide before appearing to Buffy and the potentials as Chloe, making them feel partly responsible for Chloe’s death.


The First Evil later summoned its head minion Caleb to Sunnydale where they set up base at the Shadow Valley Vineyards, where Buffy and the potentials were dealt a defeat at Caleb’s hands. Using the Harbingers, the First Evil had them excavate a mystic scythe from a rock while at the same time tricking slayer Faith into a trap. Then it masqueraded as the Mayor in order to throw Faith off-guard, telling her to be wary of Buffy. When Buffy later went to the vineyards and stole the Scythe, The First Evil instructed Caleb to let her go and informed Buffy that Faith and the potential slayers had just been killed in an explosion. Buffy rushed to their rescue and most of them survived. A Slayer, in the fictional Buffyverse established by Buffy and Angel, is a young female bestowed with mystical powers that originate from the heart of a pure-demon, which gives her superhuman senses, strength, speed, endurance, agility, and healing in the fight against forces of darkness. ... Faith Lehane (known in the TV series only as Faith) is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, portrayed by Eliza Dushku. ... Potential slayers are fictional characters created by Joss Whedon for the cult television programs, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. ...


After Buffy split the First's minion Caleb in half with the Scythe, the First Evil taunted her for being alone, which gave her an idea. Buffy asked Willow to use the essence of the Scythe to make every potential slayer a full Slayer and led a proactive strike on the Turok-Han army within the Hellmouth itself. The First taunted Buffy after she was stabbed through the abdomen, but she recovered. An amulet, given to Buffy by Angel, that Spike was wearing created beams of sunlight which wiped out every Turok-Han and destroyed the Hellmouth.


The First is one of the few villains in the series that was never killed off. As an incorporeal entity, the source of all evil cannot be physically harmed. Buffy makes it clear that evil is eternal and omnipresent. The foiling of its plans are to it but a minor setback since it "has an eternity to act."


Appearances

The First Evil has appeared in 16 canonical Buffyverse episodes: Buffyverse is a term coined by fans of Joss Whedons first two television shows to refer to the shared fictional universe in which they are set. ...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Season 3 (1998, 1999)
    • "Amends" (as Daniel, Margaret, Jenny Calendar, and Travis - name revealed in the shooting scripts).
  • Season 7 (2002, 2003)
    • "Lessons" (as Warren Mears, Glory, Adam, The Mayor, Drusilla, The Master, and Buffy Summers)
    • "Selfless" (as Buffy Summers)
    • "Conversations With Dead People" (as Warren Mears, Cassie Newton, and possibly Joyce Summers)
    • "Sleeper" (as Buffy Summers and Spike)
    • "Never Leave Me" (as Buffy Summers, Warren Mears, and Jonathan Levinson)
    • "Bring On The Night" (as Spike, Drusilla, and possibly Joyce Summers)
    • "Showtime" (as Buffy Summers and Eve)
    • "First Date" (as Jonathan Levinson and Nikki Wood)
    • "Get It Done" (as Chloe)
    • "Storyteller" (as Warren Mears)
    • "Dirty Girls" (as Buffy Summers and Betty)
    • "Empty Places" (as Buffy Summers)
    • "Touched" (as Mayor Wilkins and Buffy Summers)
    • "End Of Days" (as Buffy Summers)
    • "Chosen" (as Buffy Summers and Caleb).

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated American cult television series that initially aired from March 10, 1997 until May 20, 2003. ...

Further reading

  • Gallagher, Diana G. Prime Evil. Simon and Schuster, 2001. p. 60. ISBN 0743431545
  • Holder, Nancy. CHOSEN. Simon Spotlight Entertainment, June 2003. ISBN 0743487923
  • Jowett, Lorna. Sex and the Slayer: A Gender Studies Primer for the Buffy Fan. Wesleyan University Press, 2005. p. 116. ISBN 0819567582
  • Kaveney, Roz. Reading the Vampire Slayer: The Complete, Unofficial Guide to Buffy And Angel. Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2004. pp. 49-51. ISBN 186064984X
  • South, James B. Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: fear and trembling in Sunnydale. Open Court Publishing, 2003. p. 213. ISBN 0812695313
  • Tracy, Kathleen. The Girl's Got Bite: The Original Unauthorized Guide to Buffy's World. St. Martin's Press, 2003. p. 342. ISBN 031231258X
  • Wilcox, Rhonda V. Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I.B. Tauris, 2005. pp. 32, 48, 51, 61, 77, 89, 91, 100, 105-106. ISBN 1845110293

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