Editing (section) Barnabas Collins 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1"> Return from Death </h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Secretly buried in a hidden room of the family <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22mausoleum%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22mausoleum%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bmausoleum%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-8682615815d88f92724b41" href="/wiki/Mausoleum" title="Mausoleum" class="mw-redirect">mausoleum</a> at <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Eagle%20Hill%20Cemetery%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Eagle%20Hill%20Cemetery%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEagle%20Hill%20Cemetery%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-8682615815d88f92724b41" href="/wiki/Eagle_Hill_Cemetery" title="Eagle Hill Cemetery">Eagle Hill Cemetery</a> on his father's orders because of this belief, Barnabas woke to find Angelique about to drive a stake through his heart. After she confirmed that he had become one of the living dead who could only walk at night, he remembered the other part of the curse - that all who loved him would die. Thinking Angelique wanted to get rid of the curse because she knew she would be its first victim, strangled her. However, after attacking his first victim (an unknown villager) Barnabas began to regret killing his wife, wishing she had managed to destroy him instead (<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22411%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22411%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B411%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-8682615815d88f92724b41" href="/wiki/411" title="411">411</a>). </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">By <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%221796%22%2C%22link%22%3A%221796%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B1796%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-8682615815d88f92724b41" href="/wiki/1796" title="1796" class="mw-redirect">1796</a>, Barnabas continued to plague the town of Collinsport, feeding indiscriminately off various women. Several people, including his own mother and father, learned about Barnabas’ resurrection and his true nature. He made enemies as well, including the opportunistic <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Nathan%20Forbes%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Nathan%20Forbes%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNathan%20Forbes%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-8682615815d88f92724b41" href="/wiki/Nathan_Forbes" title="Nathan Forbes">Nathan Forbes</a>, and the puritanical <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Reverend%20Trask%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Reverend%20Trask%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BReverend%20Trask%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-8682615815d88f92724b41" href="/wiki/Reverend_Trask" title="Reverend Trask">Reverend Trask</a>. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Reverend Trask, convinced that Victoria Winters was the witch who had been plaguing Collinsport over the past winter, was determined to see her hang at the gallows. Barnabas, aware of Angelique’s true powers, knew that Vicki was innocent. He abducted Reverend Trask and forced him to write a letter proclaiming Victoria’s innocence, before sealing him up inside a wall in the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22cellar%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Old%20House%20cellar%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BOld%20House%20cellar%7Ccellar%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-8682615815d88f92724b41" href="/wiki/Old_House_cellar" title="Old House cellar">cellar</a> of the Old House (<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22442%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22442%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B442%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-8682615815d88f92724b41" href="/wiki/442" title="442">442</a>). This event would have dire ramifications for Barnabas in both the 19th and 20th centuries. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Joshua Collins was horrified to see what had become of his son. However, he did not have the strength to end Barnabas’ life – even when Barnabas begged him to do so. At Barnabas' request, Joshua kept him secured in the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22tower%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Tower%20room%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTower%20room%7Ctower%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-8682615815d88f92724b41" href="/wiki/Tower_room" title="Tower room">tower</a> room at the newly constructed <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Collinwood%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Collinwood%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCollinwood%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-8682615815d88f92724b41" href="/wiki/Collinwood" title="Collinwood">Collinwood</a>. However, his cousin Millicent Collins and mother Naomi both discovered Barnabas’ great secret – a discovery that would lead to the insanity of the former and the suicide of the latter (<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22457%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22457%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B457%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-8682615815d88f92724b41" href="/wiki/457" title="457">457</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22459%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22459%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B459%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-8682615815d88f92724b41" href="/wiki/459" title="459">459</a>). Joshua even went to the extraordinary lengths to study all he could about vampires, and with Countess DuPres, held a ceremony to summon assistance from the supernatural world. <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Bathia%20Mapes%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Bathia%20Mapes%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBathia%20Mapes%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-8682615815d88f92724b41" href="/wiki/Bathia_Mapes" title="Bathia Mapes">Bathia Mapes</a>, a white witch, showed up at Collinwood (<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22449%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22449%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B449%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-8682615815d88f92724b41" href="/wiki/449" title="449">449</a>) and attempted to cure Barnabas, but the sudden appearance of Naomi Collins caused her to lose concentration and she was consumed by supernatural flames (<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22451%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22451%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B451%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-8682615815d88f92724b41" href="/wiki/451" title="451">451</a>). </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Once again, Barnabas pleaded with Joshua to destroy him. Instead of killing him, Joshua had his loyal servant <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Ben%20Stokes%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Ben%20Stokes%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBen%20Stokes%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-8682615815d88f92724b41" href="/wiki/Ben_Stokes" title="Ben Stokes">Ben Stokes</a> seal Barnabas within his coffin in the secret room of the Collins family mausoleum. Joshua, Ben, and Barnabas were the only ones still alive who were even aware of the existence of this hidden room, created to hide the family fortune during the Revolutionary War. He put a cross on the inside lid and secured the coffin with thick chains so that Barnabas would remain trapped for all time (<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22460%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22460%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B460%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-8682615815d88f92724b41" href="/wiki/460" title="460">460</a>). </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Later, Barnabas would travel back to 1796 and have a chance to redo the events which followed his mother's death. This time <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Nathan%20Forbes%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Nathan%20Forbes%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNathan%20Forbes%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-8682615815d88f92724b41" href="/wiki/Nathan_Forbes" title="Nathan Forbes">Nathan Forbes</a> brought Countess DuPres to the mausoleum to kill Barnabas, but he was stopped by Stokes, who killed both Forbes and the Countess, leaving himself and Joshua Collins still the only remaining people who knew the Collins <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Family%20secret%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Family%20secret%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFamily%20secret%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-8682615815d88f92724b41" href="/wiki/Family_secret" title="Family secret">Family secret</a>. Ben later recorded this information in a diary he took to his grave (quite literally) and Joshua passed the secret on to <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Daniel%20Collins%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Daniel%20Collins%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDaniel%20Collins%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-8682615815d88f92724b41" href="/wiki/Daniel_Collins" title="Daniel Collins">Daniel Collins</a>, who then passed it to <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Edith%20Collins%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Edith%20Collins%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEdith%20Collins%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-8682615815d88f92724b41" href="/wiki/Edith_Collins" title="Edith Collins">Edith Collins</a>. The family secret went no further, as a time-traveling Barnabas arrived as Edith was dying and was the only one who heard her say it; unsurprisingly, he kept quiet. </p><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key darkshadows:rte-parser-cache:681 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. Insert: – — … ° ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · § Sign your username: ~~~~ Wiki markup: {{}} | [] [[]] [[Category:]] #REDIRECT [[]] <s></s> <sup></sup> <sub></sub> <code></code> <blockquote></blockquote> <ref></ref> {{Reflist}} <references/> <includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude> {{DEFAULTSORT:}} <nowiki></nowiki> <!-- --> <span class="plainlinks"></span> Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • ¶ # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ∞ ‘ “ ’ ” «» ¤ ₳ ฿ ₵ ¢ ₡ ₢ $ ₫ ₯ € ₠ ₣ ƒ ₴ ₭ ₤ ℳ ₥ ₦ № ₧ ₰ £ ៛ ₨ ₪ ৳ ₮ ₩ ¥ ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ View this template This field is a spam trap. DO NOT fill it in! 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