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- “The Senior Partners are evil and powerful beyond imagination, and you can try to fight them, but the source of their power... that's beyond all of us.”
- ―Holland Manners[src]
The Senior Partners were a cabal of powerful demons also known as the Wolf, the Ram, and the Hart and masters of the interdimensional corporation Wolfram & Hart.[citation needed]
History[]
Very little was known about the Senior Partners, though one of them was known as Mister Suvarta. According to texts that Wesley found in the hell dimension, Pylea, the Senior Partners' influence were interdimensional and they were also known as "the Wolf, the Ram, and the Hart." Illyria stated that, in primordial times, the Wolf, the Ram, and the Hart were barely stronger than vampires. However, just like the Old Ones, they were driven from the Earth dimension and unable to return in their true forms.[citation needed]
Due to their lack of apocalyptic powers, similar to the Old Ones, the Wolf, the Ram and the Hart were not fit for taking over earth or other dimensions through force and bloodshed. Instead they devised a way to exercise power through political influence and corruption, using the very laws and institutions of the dimensions they sought to control. To this end, they created Wolfram & Hart with they themselves acting as the organization's Senior Partners, and the Circle of the Black Thorn in order to exert their influence in this dimension. Indeed, Holland Manners once strongly hinted that the Senior Partners had been influencing humanity towards violence, corruption and abuse of power throughout its history with Earth itself acting as the Wolfram & Hart's Home Office.[citation needed]
The Senior Partners fed off the evils of humanity and various other races, demon or otherwise, for untold eons and by the year 2004, the Wolf, the Ram and the Hart were among the most powerful and feared beings in existence, a far cry from what they were during the Primordium Age. However they still could not appear in most dimensions in their true forms as they were simply too powerful to do so.[citation needed]
Angel and his team are major threats to them and the Senior Partners regularly tried to corrupt Angel to the side of evil going so far as to give him control of the LA branch of their firm. One of the Senior Partners, while manifesting as a Kleynach demon, was killed by Angel during the 75 Year Review with the Holy Glove. However, since it did not manifest in its true form, the Senior Partner was never truly killed.[citation needed]
After Team Angel destroyed the Circle of the Black Thorn, the Partners sent LA to Hell in revenge, but were forced to reverse time and prevent it from ever happening after Angel was killed. This was because it was Angel's destiny to play a crucial role in the apocalypse, and they want him on their side.[citation needed]
Wolfram & Hart were aware of prophecies predicting a coming dimensional upheaval caused by Twilight. When they learnt that they were not players in the coming apocalypse, they evacuated all branches from Earth's dimension using a spaceship fitted for interdimensional transport. Team Spike went to Las Vegas investigate demonic activity there and got to the ship. Wolfram & Hart attacked them, and a Senior Partner tried to maim Spike with a lightning bolt, but Beck saved him by sacrificing herself. Spike shot back, injuring a Senior Partner, and the second Senior Partner let Spike's team and the bug crew leave through the ship's escape pod.[citation needed]
The firm funded the development of the social networking website TinCan using demonic technology in the hopes of creating a lasting gateway back to Earth in the event that the coming crisis resulted in the end of magic and their becoming stranded. Spike pursued them in a pod which had been ejected from their ship to learn more, but he was unable to find them.[citation needed]
During the end of magic, Wolfram & Hart kept in contact with demons that remained on Earth through TinCan. Its founder Theo Daniels hired the private security firm DeepScan to protect him from the Wolfram & Hart's assassins. The law firm won the assistance of the demon Eldre Koh by promising him the identity of his captor; however, the Slayers Buffy Summers and Kennedy bested Koh, leaving the Senior Partners stranded in another dimension and freeing the Earth from their influence.[citation needed]
Powers and abilities[]
The Senior Partners were ancient demons with incredible amounts of demonic power and business assets at their disposal. They displayed the following abilities:
- Interdimensional travel: The Senior Partners were capable of inter dimensional travel, given by the fact that their law firm stretches out across various dimensions and they themselves exist within a dimension of their own.[citation needed]
- Temporal fold: The Senior Partners were capable of manipulating time to a certain extent.[citation needed]
- Apocalypse inducement: They were capable of bringing about an apocalypse in an area.[citation needed]
- Lightning projection: The Senior Partner that fought Spike fired a bolt of lightning powerful enough to severely injure Beck. However, Spike managed to stop it by shooting at it.[citation needed]
- Durability: Their physical forms were fairly powerful, being able to withstand multiple gunshots. However, whereas other pure demons would be either unharmed or could shrug off such injuries, this Senior Partner was incapacitated from the assault.[citation needed]
- "Child" Creation: The Senior Partners could create children and imbue them with certain abilities as per their job requirement and establish a psychic link with them. Eve was given an extended lifespan, and Marcus Hamilton's blood was imbued with the power to give him superhuman strength and durability.[citation needed]
- Resources: The Senior Partners also possessed a great amount of political, economic, and cultural influence through their organization Wolfram & Hart and its many branches throughout various major cities across various dimensions.[citation needed]
Known members[]
Unidentified Senior Partner I | Unidentified Senior Partner II |
Appearances[]
Canonical[]
Angel: Season 1 | |||||||||||
"City Of" Mention |
"Lonely Heart" Absent |
"In the Dark" Absent |
"I Fall to Pieces" Absent |
"Rm w/a Vu" Absent |
"Sense & Sensitivity" Mention |
"The Bachelor Party" Absent |
"I Will Remember You" Absent |
"Hero" Absent |
"Parting Gifts" Absent |
"Somnambulist" Absent | |
"Expecting" Absent |
"She" Absent |
"I've Got You Under My Skin" Absent |
"The Prodigal" Absent |
"The Ring" Mention |
"Eternity" Absent |
"Five by Five" Absent |
"Sanctuary" Absent |
"War Zone" Absent |
"Blind Date" Absent |
"To Shanshu in L.A." Mention |
Angel: Season 2 | |||||||||||
"Judgment" Absent |
"Are You Now or Have You Ever Been" Absent |
"First Impressions" Absent |
"Untouched" Absent |
"Dear Boy" Absent |
"Guise Will Be Guise" Absent |
"Darla" Absent |
"The Shroud of Rahmon" Absent |
"The Trial" Absent |
"Reunion" Absent |
"Redefinition" Mention | |
"Blood Money" Mention |
"Happy Anniversary" Absent |
"The Thin Dead Line" Absent |
"Reprise" Appears |
"Epiphany" Absent |
"Disharmony" Absent |
"Dead End" Mention |
"Belonging" Absent |
"Over the Rainbow" Absent |
"Through the Looking Glass" Absent |
"There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb" Absent |
Angel: Season 3 | |||||||||||
"Heartthrob" Absent |
"That Vision- Thing" Absent |
"That Old Gang of Mine" Absent |
"Carpe Noctem" Absent |
"Fredless" Absent |
"Billy" Absent |
"Offspring" Absent |
"Quickening" Absent |
"Lullaby" Absent |
"Dad" Mention |
"Birthday" Absent | |
"Provider" Absent |
"Waiting in the Wings" Absent |
"Couplet" Absent |
"Loyalty" Absent |
"Sleep Tight" Absent |
"Forgiving" Absent |
"Double or Nothing" Absent |
"The Price" Mention |
"A New World" Absent |
"Benediction" Absent |
"Tomorrow" Mention |
Angel: Season 4 | |||||||||||
"Deep Down" Mention |
"Ground State" Absent |
"The House Always Wins" Absent |
"Slouching Toward Bethlehem" Absent |
"Supersymmetry" Absent |
"Spin the Bottle" Absent |
"Apocalypse, Nowish" Absent |
"Habeas Corpses" Absent |
"Long Day's Journey" Mention |
"Awakening" Absent |
"Soulless" Absent | |
"Calvary" Absent |
"Salvage" Absent |
"Release" Absent |
"Orpheus" Absent |
"Players" Absent |
"Inside Out" Absent |
"Shiny Happy People" Absent |
"The Magic Bullet" Absent |
"Sacrifice" Absent |
"Peace Out" Absent |
"Home" Mention |
Angel: Season 5 | |||||||||||
"Conviction" Mention |
"Just Rewards" Mention |
"Unleashed" Mention |
"Hell Bound" Absent |
"Life of the Party" Mention |
"The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco" Absent |
"Lineage" Absent |
"Destiny" Mention |
"Harm's Way" Absent |
"Soul Purpose" Mention |
"Damage" Mention | |
"You're Welcome" Mention |
"Why We Fight" Mention |
"Smile Time" Mention |
"A Hole in the World" Mention |
"Shells" Mention |
"Underneath" Mention |
"Origin" Mention |
"Time Bomb" Mention |
"The Girl in Question" Absent |
"Power Play" Mention |
"Not Fade Away" Mention |
Angel: After the Fall | |||||||||||
After the Fall, Part 1 Absent |
After the Fall, Part 2 Absent |
After the Fall, Part 3 Absent |
After the Fall, Part 4 Absent |
After the Fall, Part 5 Voice Only |
After the Fall, Part 6 Absent |
After the Fall, Part 7 Voice Only |
After the Fall, Part 8 Absent |
After the Fall, Part 9 Absent | |||
After the Fall, Part 10 Absent |
After the Fall, Part 11 Absent |
After the Fall, Part 12 Absent |
After the Fall, Part 13 Absent |
After the Fall, Part 14 Voice Only |
After the Fall, Part 15 Absent |
After the Fall, Part 16 Voice Only |
After the Fall, Part 17 Absent |
Epilogue Absent |
Spike | |||||||||||
Asylum, Part 1 Absent |
Asylum, Part 2 Absent |
Asylum, Part 3 Absent |
Asylum, Part 4 Absent |
Asylum, Part 5 Absent |
Spike: After the Fall, Part 1 Absent |
Spike: After the Fall, Part 2 Absent |
Spike: After the Fall, Part 3 Absent |
Spike: After the Fall, Part 4 Absent | |||
Alone Together Now Absent |
What Happens in Vegas, Slays in Vegas Absent |
Everybody Loves Spike Absent |
You Haven't Changed a Bit Absent |
Bedknobs and Boomsticks Absent |
Something Borrowed Absent |
Give and Take Absent |
Stranger Things Appears |
Spike: Into the Light Absent |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 9 | |||||||||||
"Magical Mystery Tour, Featuring the Beetles" Absent |
Freefall, Part 1 Absent |
Freefall, Part 2 Absent |
Freefall, Part 3 Absent |
Freefall, Part 4 Absent |
Slayer, Interrupted Absent |
On Your Own, Part 1 Absent |
On Your Own, Part 2 Absent |
Apart (of Me), Part 1 Absent |
Apart (of Me), Part 2 Absent |
Apart (of Me), Part 3 Absent | |
"In Space No One Can Hear You Slay" Absent |
Guarded, Part 1 Absent |
Guarded, Part 2 Mention |
Guarded, Part 3 Mention |
Billy the Vampire Slayer, Part 1 Absent |
Billy the Vampire Slayer, Part 2 Absent |
Wonderland, Part 1 Absent |
Wonderland, Part 2 Absent |
Wonderland, Part 3 Absent |
Wonderland, Part 4 Absent |
Wonderland, Part 5 Absent | |
Welcome to the Team, Part 1 Absent |
Welcome to the Team, Part 2 Absent |
Welcome to the Team, Part 3 Absent |
Welcome to the Team, Part 4 Absent |
The Watcher Absent |
The Core, Part 1 Absent |
The Core, Part 2 Absent |
The Core, Part 3 Absent |
The Core, Part 4 Absent |
The Core, Part 5 Absent |
Love vs. Life Absent |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10 | |||||||||||
New Rules, Part 1 Absent |
New Rules, Part 2 Absent |
New Rules, Part 3 Absent |
New Rules, Part 4 Absent |
New Rules, Part 5 Absent |
I Wish, Part 1 Absent |
I Wish, Part 2 Absent |
Return to Sunnydale, Part 1 Absent |
Return to Sunnydale, Part 2 Absent |
Day Off (or Harmony in My Head) Absent | ||
Love Dares You, Part 1 Absent |
Love Dares You, Part 2 Absent |
Love Dares You, Part 3 Absent |
Relationship Status: Complicated, Part 1 Absent |
Relationship Status: Complicated, Part 2 Absent |
Old Demons, Part 1 Absent |
Old Demons, Part 2 Absent |
Old Demons, Part 3 Absent |
Freaky Giles Day Absent |
Triggers Absent | ||
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 1 Absent |
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 2 Absent |
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 3 Absent |
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 4 Absent |
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 5 Absent |
Own It, Part 1 Mention |
Own It, Part 2 Absent |
Own It, Part 3 Absent |
Own It, Part 4 Absent |
Own It, Part 5 Absent | ||
"Where Are They Now?" Absent |
Other[]
- Not Fade Away, Part Two (Only mentioned)
- A Hole in the World, Part One (Only mentioned)
- A Hole in the World, Part Two (Only mentioned)
- A Hole in the World, Part Five (Only mentioned)
- Barbary Coast, Part Three (Only mentioned)
- The Devil You Know, Part Three (Only mentioned)