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{{Character
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|Image = EthanRayne01.jpg
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|Image = B3x06 Ethan.jpg
 
|First = "[[Halloween]]"
 
|First = "[[Halloween]]"
|Last = ''[[The Long Way Home]]''
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|Last = ''[[Death and Consequences, Part Four]]''
 
|Name = Ethan Rayne
 
|Name = Ethan Rayne
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|Died = 2006<ref name="TLWH4" /><br />2007 (as zombie)<ref name="DaC4" />
|Status = [[Undead]]
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|Status = Deceased
|Classification = [[Human]]
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|Classification = [[Human]]<br />[[Zombie]]
|Affiliation = [[Eyghon the Sleepwalker]]<br>[[Ethan's Costume Shop]]<br>[[Ripper's Crowd]]
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|Affiliation = [[Eyghon the Sleepwalker]]<br />[[Ethan's Costume Shop]]<br />[[Ripper's crowd]]
|Powers = <br/>
 
 
|Actor = [[Robin Sachs]]
* Devout and skilled chaos magician, adept at performing curses and [[transmogrification]]s.
 
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* Great knowledge of demonology and black magicks.
 
* Mark of Eyghon tattoo granted him a psychic link to the demon and other bearing his mark, allowing him to experience vague visions.
 
|Actor = [[Robin Sachs]]}}
 
   
 
{{Quote|Chaos. I remain, as ever, thy faithful, degenerate son.|Ethan Rayne|Halloween}}
 
{{Quote|Chaos. I remain, as ever, thy faithful, degenerate son.|Ethan Rayne|Halloween}}
   
'''Ethan Rayne''' was a very skilled [[chaos]]-worshipping [[wizard]] from [[Rupert Giles]]' troubled past, an enemy of the [[Scooby Gang]], and a magical subcontractor who performed odd jobs for [[demon]]s and [[human]]s alike either for money or his own pleasure.
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'''Ethan Rayne''' was a [[chaos]]-worshipping [[warlock]] from [[Rupert Giles]]' troubled past. An enemy of the [[Scooby Gang]], Ethan acted as a [[magic]]al subcontractor performing odd jobs for [[demon]]s and [[human]]s alike, either for money or his own pleasure.
   
== Biography ==
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==Biography==
=== Youth ===
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===Youth===
{{Dialogue a-b|Buffy|You know Giles?|Ethan|We go back. Way back.|Buffy Summers and Ethan Rayne|The Dark Age}}
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{{Quote|We go back. Way back.|Ethan about Rupert|The Dark Age}}
   
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[[File:Ripper-co.jpg|thumb|130px|Ethan with his friends in the 70s.|left]]
In the early 1970s, Ethan met, and became friends with, Rupert Giles, then known as ''Ripper''. Together, with [[Deirdre Page]], [[Philip Henry]], [[Thomas Sutcliffe]] and [[Randall]], they practiced small magics for pleasure and gain, until Ethan and Ripper discovered something bigger: the demon known as [[Eyghon]], or the Sleepwalker.
 
   
 
In the early 1970s, Ethan met, and became friends with, Rupert Giles, then known as "Ripper". Together, with [[Diedre Page]], [[Philip Henry]], [[Thomas Sutcliffe]] and [[Randall]], they practiced small magics for pleasure and gain, until Ethan and Ripper discovered something bigger: the demon known as [[Eyghon the Sleepwalker]].<ref name=":0">''[[Death and Consequences, Part Two]]''</ref><ref name=":1">"[[The Dark Age]]"</ref>
The group tattooed themselves with the [[Mark of Eyghon]]. They would take turns falling asleep while the rest of the group would summon the demon into the sleeper. Eventually [[Eyghon]] took control of Randall, the others tried to exorcise the demon, which resulted in Randall's death. Ripper was changed by the event; he left London and returned to the [[Watchers Council]]. Ethan, on the other hand, went the opposite direction, delving deeper into the black arts. When Ethan asked, years later, when things had changed, when they stopped being mates, Giles replied, "When you started to worship chaos."
 
   
 
The group tattooed themselves with the [[Mark of Eyghon]]. They would take turns falling asleep while the rest of the group would summon the demon into the sleeper. Eventually Eyghon took control of Randall, the others tried to [[exorcism|exorcise]] the demon, which resulted in Randall's death.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Ripper was changed by the event; he left London and returned to the [[Watchers Council]]. Ethan, on the other hand, went the opposite direction, delving deeper into the black arts. When Ethan asked, years later, when things had changed, when they stopped being mates, Rupert replied: "When you started to worship chaos."<ref name=":2">"[[A New Man]]"</ref>
=== Sunnydale ===
 
{{Dialogue a-b|Giles|Hello, Ethan.|Ethan|Hello, Ripper. What, no hug? Aren't you happy to see your old mate?|Giles and Ethan|Halloween}}
 
   
 
===Sunnydale===
[[Image:EthanRayne02.png|left|thumb|Ethan Rayne]]
 
 
{{Quote|Hello, Ripper. What, no hug? Aren't you happy to see your old mate?|Ethan|Halloween}}
   
Ethan first appeared in [[Sunnydale]] as the seemingly benevolent owner of ''[[Ethan's Costume Shop]]'' in October of 1997. On Halloween, Ethan cursed his costumes, in the name of the god [[Janus]], to change the wearer into whatever they were dressed as. However, he was discovered by Giles, who beat Ethan until he divulged the secret to reversing the spell.
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Ethan first appeared in [[Sunnydale]] as the seemingly benevolent owner of ''[[Ethan's Costume Shop]]'' in October 1997. On [[Halloween (holiday)|Halloween]], Ethan performed the [[ritual of Janus]], which cursed his costumes to change the wearer into whatever they were dressed as. However, he was discovered by Giles, who beat Ethan until he divulged the secret to reversing the [[spell]]. As Giles broke the [[Janus' statue]], Ethan escaped.<ref name=":3">"[[Halloween]]"</ref>
   
Ethan later looked for Giles at the [[Sunnydale High School]] library. He had been having dreams of Eyghon and the fate of the others who wore his mark; Ethan knew that the demon had returned. The Mark of Eyghon acted as a beacon for the demon to locate, kill, and possess each member. Ethan planned to "hide behind the Slayer", exploiting her desire to protect Giles and thus protect himself in the process. He knocked [[Buffy Summers]] unconscious in order to restrain her. He tattooed the Mark of Eyghon on the back of her neck and removed his own with acid, in the hope of fooling Eyghon. The substitution worked and the demon lost interest in him, instead it attacked Buffy. However, Giles, along with the rest of the [[Scooby Gang]], arrived and killed Eyghon. Ethan managed to escape while the others were distracted.
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Days later, looked for Giles at the [[Sunnydale High School library|library]] at [[Sunnydale High School]]. He had been having dreams of Eyghon and the fate of the others who wore his mark; Ethan knew that the demon had returned. The Mark of Eyghon acted as a beacon for the demon to locate, kill, and possess each member. Ethan planned to "hide behind the Slayer", exploiting her desire to protect Giles and thus protect himself in the process. He knocked [[Buffy Summers]] unconscious in order to restrain her. He tattooed the Mark of Eyghon on the back of her neck and removed his own with acid, in the hope of fooling Eyghon. The substitution worked and the demon lost interest in him, instead it attacked Buffy. However, Giles, along with the rest of the [[Scooby Gang]], arrived and killed Eyghon. Ethan managed to escape once again while the others were distracted.<ref name=":1" /> 
   
 
About a year later, [[Mr. Trick]], in the employment of Mayor [[Richard Wilkins]], called upon Ethan to distract Sunnydale's adult population during a tribute ceremony for [[Lurconis]]. Ethan cursed the candy bars that were distributed to adults through Sunnydale High School students. The [[Milkbar]] chocolate made adults act as if they were teenagers, leaving much of the city unprotected, including the hospital where the tribute of small babies needed to be taken from. Though Buffy and Giles uncovered the plot and prevented it from being carried out, both Mr. Trick and Ethan escaped.<ref>"[[Band Candy]]"</ref> 
{{Quote|I'm subcontracting. It's Trick you want. I'm just helping him collect a tribute.|Ethan Rayne|Band Candy}}
 
   
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[[File:Lucky Pint table.jpg|thumb|Giles and Ethan get drunk together.]]
About a year later, [[Mr. Trick]], in the employ of Mayor [[Richard Wilkins]], called upon Ethan to distract Sunnydale's adult population during a tribute ceremony for [[Lurconis]]. Ethan cursed the candy bars that were distributed to adults through Sunnydale High School students. Ethan's curse on the chocolate made adults act as if they are teenagers, leaving much of the city unprotected, including the hospital where the tribute of small babies needs to be taken from. Though Buffy and Giles uncovered the plot and prevented it from being carried out, both Mr. Trick and Ethan escaped.
 
   
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In the following year, Ethan returned to Sunnydale yet again. He was discovered, lurking in a crypt, by Giles. Ethan convinced Giles not beat him, as Giles had earlier threatened if Ethan returned. Instead, they went for a drink together. Ethan warned Giles that the [[Initiative]] and their [[314 Project]] was throwing the worlds out of balance, which went "way beyond chaos", into "one hell of a fight."<ref name=":2" />
{{Quote|You know demons, it's all exaggeration and blank verse. "Pain as bright as steel", that kind of thing. They're scared. And there's something called [[314 Project|three-fourteen]]'s got 'em scared most of all.|Ethan Rayne|A New Man}}
 
   
Ethan returned to Sunnydale, yet again, the following year. He was discovered, lurking in a crypt, by Giles. Ethan convinced Giles not beat him, as Giles had earlier threatened if Ethan returned. Instead, they went for a drink together. Ethan warned Giles that [[The Initiative (organization)|The Initiative]] was throwing the worlds out of balance, which went "way beyond chaos", into "one hell of a fight." Giles didn't seem to take the warning seriously; instead he was somewhat envious of the Initiative. After spending the night reminiscing and drinking with Ethan, Giles awoke the next morning in the form of a [[Fyarl Demon]]. Ethan went into hiding at the [[Sunnydale Motor Inn]] while Giles, with the help of [[Spike]], tracked him. After Ethan reversed the spell, he was arrested by the Initiative, who placed him in military custody pending determination of his status. Afterward, he was sent to a rehabilitation facility in Nevada.
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After spending the night reminiscing and drinking with Ethan, Giles awoke the next morning in the form of a [[Fyarl demon]]. Ethan went into hiding at the [[Sunnydale Motor Inn]] while Giles, with the help of [[Spike]], tracked him. After Ethan reversed the spell, he was arrested by the Initiative, who placed him in military custody pending determination of his status. Afterward, he was sent to a rehabilitation facility in Nevada.<ref name=":2" />
 
=== Post-Sunnydale ===
 
[[Image:Blz03.JPG|thumb|Ethan in "The Long Way Home"]]
 
   
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===Death===
 
{{Quote|Twilight is falling. You're gonna need all the help you can get. Pet.|Ethan to Buffy|The Long Way Home}}
 
{{Quote|Twilight is falling. You're gonna need all the help you can get. Pet.|Ethan to Buffy|The Long Way Home}}
   
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[[File:AF-17-00b.jpg|thumb|130px|Ethan possessed by Eyghon.]]
Ethan reappeared for the first time in several years, acting as Buffy's guide in the "dreamspace," where he offered her cryptic messages about an approaching [[Twilight]] and showed her some of her more symbolic dreams. He also helped Buffy find a fragment of [[Amy Madison|Amy Madison's]] "dreamspace" in order to find a memory to use against her.
 
   
While infiltrating a military installation two miles south of Sunnydale, Buffy attempted to break Ethan out of his cell, but instead found him dead, having been shot and apparently killed by [[General Voll]], a member of the [[Twilight Group]].
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Ethan reappeared for the first time in several years, acting as Buffy's guide in the [[dreamspace]], where he offered her cryptic messages about an approaching [[Twilight]] and showed her some of her more symbolic dreams. He also helped Buffy find a fragment of [[Amy Madison]]'s dreamspace in order to find a memory to use against her. While infiltrating the [[Drextalcorp Recycling Technologies]] military installation, two miles south of Sunnydale, Buffy attempted to break Ethan out of his cell, but instead found him dead. He had been shot in the head by General [[Voll]], a member of the [[Twilight Group]].<ref name="TLWH4">''[[The Long Way Home, Part Four]]''</ref><ref>''[[Death and Consequences, Part Three]]''</ref>
   
 
Ethan was eventually reanimated by Eyghon in a state virtually identical to his appearance in life, albeit with a hole in his head from where he had been shot. With a hat to disguise his injury and with his death during a black ops operation meaning that he was never officially declared deceased Ethan attended Giles's funeral to recover his old friend's body, turning Giles into another vessel for Eyghon.<ref name=":0" /> He became part of the growing army of [[zombie]]s following Eyghon's command,<ref>''[[Death and Consequences, Part Three]]''</ref> and finally rest after [[Angel]] beheaded the [[demon]].<ref name="DaC4">''[[Death and Consequences, Part Four]]''</ref>
===Agent of Eyghon===
 
Despite his death, Ethan returned thanks to Eyghon, who was able to reanimate Ethan in a state virtually identical to his appearance in life, albeit with a hole in his head from where he had been shot. With a hat to disguise his injury- and with his death during a black ops operation meaning that he was never officially declared deceased-, Ethan attended Giles's funeral to recover his old friend's body, turning Giles into another vessel for Eyghon.
 
   
== Personality and traits ==
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==Personality and traits==
 
{{Quote|I've got to learn to just do the damage and leave town. It's the stay-'n-gloat gets me very time.|Ethan|A New Man}}
 
{{Quote|I've got to learn to just do the damage and leave town. It's the stay-'n-gloat gets me very time.|Ethan|A New Man}}
   
One of Ethan's most distinctive traits was his taste for theatrics shown in most of his schemes and manner of speech. A sadist at heart, he derived great pleasure from causing mayhem, chaos and suffering, as well as from turning people away from social norm and releasing their inner darkness. It was his hubris, however, and his egotistical nature that led him to constantly "stay-'n-gloat" to admire the result of his actions, which he acknowledged.
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One of Ethan's most distinctive traits was his taste for theatrics shown in most of his schemes and manner of speech. A sadist at heart, he derived great pleasure from causing mayhem, chaos and suffering, as well as from turning people away from social norm and releasing their inner darkness. It was his hubris, however, and his egotistical nature that led him to constantly "stay-'n-gloat" to admire the result of his actions, which he acknowledged.<ref name=":2" />
   
== Powers and Abilities ==
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==Powers and abilities==
Ethan's years of experience in the world of the supernatural made him a skilled sorcerer and chaos magician, adept at performing curses and [[transmogrification]]. He also had great knowledge of demonology and black [[magic]] as well as possessing fluency in Latin. The [[Mark of Eyghon]] granted him a psychic link of sorts to the demon, and gave him visions when the demon was in close proximity. He also claims to have "missed [his] calling as an artist" after tattooing Buffy with the Mark of Eyghon.
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Ethan's years of experience in the world of the supernatural made him a skilled sorcerer and chaos magician, adept at performing curses<ref name=":3" /> and [[transmogrification]].<ref name=":2" /> He also had great knowledge of [[demonology]] and black magic as well as possessing fluency in Latin. The Mark of Eyghon granted him a psychic link of sorts to the demon, and gave him visions when the demon was in close proximity. He also claims to have "missed [his] calling as an artist" after tattooing Buffy with the Mark of Eyghon.<ref name=":1" />
   
However, his fighting skills were mediocre, as Giles repeatedly beat him up with little-to-no effort; whenever Giles did so, Ethan didn't even try to fight back.
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However, his fighting skills were mediocre, as Giles repeatedly beat him up with little-to-no effort; whenever Giles did so, Ethan didn't even try to fight back.<ref name=":3" />
   
== Behind the Scenes ==
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==Behind the scenes==
*He was portrayed by [[Robin Sachs]].
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*He was portrayed by the late [[Robin Sachs]]. Sachs died of a heart attack in February 2013.
 
*Writer [[Jane Espenson]] believes that Giles and Ethan had some sexual history in their younger days, stating "Come on, they both went to public school!"<ref>[http://storyteller.psubrat.net/author/savvy/writercon04/ "Writercon 2004"]. ''Storyteller'', July 31, 2004.</ref>
 
*Writer [[Jane Espenson]] believes that Giles and Ethan had some sexual history in their younger days, stating “Come on, they both went to public school!"<ref>[http://storyteller.psubrat.net/author/savvy/writercon04/ Storyteller - Writercon 2004]</ref>
 
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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===Canonical===
*"[[Halloween]]"
 
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{{AppearancesBuffySeason2
*"[[The Dark Age]]"
 
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|episode6=yes
*"[[Band Candy]]"
 
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|episode8=yes
*"[[A New Man]]"
 
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}}
*"[[The Long Way Home, Part Two]]"
 
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{{AppearancesBuffySeason3
*"[[The Long Way Home, Part Three]]"
 
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|episode6=yes
*"[[The Long Way Home, Part Four]]" {{Killed}}
 
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*"[[Death and Consequences, Part Two]]" {{FBO}}
 
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{{AppearancesBuffySeason4
*''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds]]''
 
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|episode4=note
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|episode12=yes
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|episode13=note
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|episode16=note
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}}
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{{AppearancesBuffySeason8
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|issue2=vision
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|issue3=vision
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|issue4=yes
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|issue20=note
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}}
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{{AppearancesAngelFaith
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|issue17=yes
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|issue18=flash
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|issue19=yes
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}}
   
== See Also ==
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===Other===
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{{Scroll box
* [[Eyghon the Sleepwalker]]
 
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* [[Rupert Giles]]
 
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;''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic]]''
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*''[[The Latest Craze]]''
   
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;[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels|''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' novels]]
== References ==
 
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*''[[The Angel Chronicles, Volume 2]]''
<small><references/></small>
 
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*''[[Sons of Entropy]]''
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*''[[Resurrecting Ravana]]''
 
*''[[The Journals of Rupert Giles]]''
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*''[[Chaos Bleeds (novel)|Chaos Bleeds]]''
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*''[[Keep Me in Mind]]''
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*''[[Carnival of Souls]]''
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;[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer video games|''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' video games]]
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*[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Game Boy Color)|''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (Game Boy Color)]]
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*''[[Chaos Bleeds (game)|Chaos Bleeds]]''
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}}
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==References==
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{{References}}
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Revision as of 19:40, 5 May 2020

Chaos. I remain, as ever, thy faithful, degenerate son.
―Ethan Rayne[src]

Ethan Rayne was a chaos-worshipping warlock from Rupert Giles' troubled past. An enemy of the Scooby Gang, Ethan acted as a magical subcontractor performing odd jobs for demons and humans alike, either for money or his own pleasure.

Biography

Youth

We go back. Way back.
―Ethan about Rupert[src]
Ripper-co

Ethan with his friends in the 70s.

In the early 1970s, Ethan met, and became friends with, Rupert Giles, then known as "Ripper". Together, with Diedre Page, Philip Henry, Thomas Sutcliffe and Randall, they practiced small magics for pleasure and gain, until Ethan and Ripper discovered something bigger: the demon known as Eyghon the Sleepwalker.[3][4]

The group tattooed themselves with the Mark of Eyghon. They would take turns falling asleep while the rest of the group would summon the demon into the sleeper. Eventually Eyghon took control of Randall, the others tried to exorcise the demon, which resulted in Randall's death.[3][4] Ripper was changed by the event; he left London and returned to the Watchers Council. Ethan, on the other hand, went the opposite direction, delving deeper into the black arts. When Ethan asked, years later, when things had changed, when they stopped being mates, Rupert replied: "When you started to worship chaos."[5]

Sunnydale

Hello, Ripper. What, no hug? Aren't you happy to see your old mate?
―Ethan[src]

Ethan first appeared in Sunnydale as the seemingly benevolent owner of Ethan's Costume Shop in October 1997. On Halloween, Ethan performed the ritual of Janus, which cursed his costumes to change the wearer into whatever they were dressed as. However, he was discovered by Giles, who beat Ethan until he divulged the secret to reversing the spell. As Giles broke the Janus' statue, Ethan escaped.[6]

Days later, looked for Giles at the library at Sunnydale High School. He had been having dreams of Eyghon and the fate of the others who wore his mark; Ethan knew that the demon had returned. The Mark of Eyghon acted as a beacon for the demon to locate, kill, and possess each member. Ethan planned to "hide behind the Slayer", exploiting her desire to protect Giles and thus protect himself in the process. He knocked Buffy Summers unconscious in order to restrain her. He tattooed the Mark of Eyghon on the back of her neck and removed his own with acid, in the hope of fooling Eyghon. The substitution worked and the demon lost interest in him, instead it attacked Buffy. However, Giles, along with the rest of the Scooby Gang, arrived and killed Eyghon. Ethan managed to escape once again while the others were distracted.[4] 

About a year later, Mr. Trick, in the employment of Mayor Richard Wilkins, called upon Ethan to distract Sunnydale's adult population during a tribute ceremony for Lurconis. Ethan cursed the candy bars that were distributed to adults through Sunnydale High School students. The Milkbar chocolate made adults act as if they were teenagers, leaving much of the city unprotected, including the hospital where the tribute of small babies needed to be taken from. Though Buffy and Giles uncovered the plot and prevented it from being carried out, both Mr. Trick and Ethan escaped.[7] 

Lucky Pint table

Giles and Ethan get drunk together.

In the following year, Ethan returned to Sunnydale yet again. He was discovered, lurking in a crypt, by Giles. Ethan convinced Giles not beat him, as Giles had earlier threatened if Ethan returned. Instead, they went for a drink together. Ethan warned Giles that the Initiative and their 314 Project was throwing the worlds out of balance, which went "way beyond chaos", into "one hell of a fight."[5]

After spending the night reminiscing and drinking with Ethan, Giles awoke the next morning in the form of a Fyarl demon. Ethan went into hiding at the Sunnydale Motor Inn while Giles, with the help of Spike, tracked him. After Ethan reversed the spell, he was arrested by the Initiative, who placed him in military custody pending determination of his status. Afterward, he was sent to a rehabilitation facility in Nevada.[5]

Death

Twilight is falling. You're gonna need all the help you can get. Pet.
―Ethan to Buffy[src]
AF-17-00b

Ethan possessed by Eyghon.

Ethan reappeared for the first time in several years, acting as Buffy's guide in the dreamspace, where he offered her cryptic messages about an approaching Twilight and showed her some of her more symbolic dreams. He also helped Buffy find a fragment of Amy Madison's dreamspace in order to find a memory to use against her. While infiltrating the Drextalcorp Recycling Technologies military installation, two miles south of Sunnydale, Buffy attempted to break Ethan out of his cell, but instead found him dead. He had been shot in the head by General Voll, a member of the Twilight Group.[1][8]

Ethan was eventually reanimated by Eyghon in a state virtually identical to his appearance in life, albeit with a hole in his head from where he had been shot. With a hat to disguise his injury — and with his death during a black ops operation meaning that he was never officially declared deceased — Ethan attended Giles's funeral to recover his old friend's body, turning Giles into another vessel for Eyghon.[3] He became part of the growing army of zombies following Eyghon's command,[9] and finally rest after Angel beheaded the demon.[2]

Personality and traits

I've got to learn to just do the damage and leave town. It's the stay-'n-gloat gets me very time.
―Ethan[src]

One of Ethan's most distinctive traits was his taste for theatrics shown in most of his schemes and manner of speech. A sadist at heart, he derived great pleasure from causing mayhem, chaos and suffering, as well as from turning people away from social norm and releasing their inner darkness. It was his hubris, however, and his egotistical nature that led him to constantly "stay-'n-gloat" to admire the result of his actions, which he acknowledged.[5]

Powers and abilities

Ethan's years of experience in the world of the supernatural made him a skilled sorcerer and chaos magician, adept at performing curses[6] and transmogrification.[5] He also had great knowledge of demonology and black magic as well as possessing fluency in Latin. The Mark of Eyghon granted him a psychic link of sorts to the demon, and gave him visions when the demon was in close proximity. He also claims to have "missed [his] calling as an artist" after tattooing Buffy with the Mark of Eyghon.[4]

However, his fighting skills were mediocre, as Giles repeatedly beat him up with little-to-no effort; whenever Giles did so, Ethan didn't even try to fight back.[6]

Behind the scenes

  • He was portrayed by the late Robin Sachs. Sachs died of a heart attack in February 2013.
  • Writer Jane Espenson believes that Giles and Ethan had some sexual history in their younger days, stating "Come on, they both went to public school!"[10]

Appearances

Canonical

Other

References