Editing First Evil (section)

===Powers and abilities===
Neither male or female, living or dead, the First is pure power. It is the darkness inside the hearts and souls of all living creatures. While the First has no physical body and is impossible to kill, it also cannot truly interact with the physical world. Certain people are able to interact and even become one with the First, such as Caleb.

The First appears in the physical world as dead people, including vampires, humans who have died, and dead people who have been resurrected. This allows the First to impersonate people for the purpose of manipulating others. For instance, the First appears as Warren to get Andrew to kill Jonathan during "[[Lessons (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Lessons]]," as Eve to more easily attack the Potentials during "[[Showtime (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Showtime]]," and as Buffy to amplify Spike's torture throughout [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 7|season 7]]. The First seems also to know mannerisms, information and details of the life of whoever it imitates. This is best shown in "[[Conversations with Dead People]]" as the First appears to Dawn as her mother Joyce, appears to Andrew as Warren and appears to Willow as Cassie Newton, in an attempt to manipulate them all into serving its purpose.

As essentially the source of all evil, the First has knowledge of every monster and dark ritual in existence. This was exemplified by the runes the Bringers carved into Spike's chest to summon the Turok-Han.

As the First is said to be eternal, existing before time and believed to be the only thing remaining after the end of time, it is infinitely patient. A defeat it suffers is nothing more than a minor setback.

In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds|Chaos Bleeds]]'', the First displayed the ability to possess people, open portals, teleport beings across dimensions and, according to [[List of minor Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters#Sid the Dummy|Sid]], conjure a duplicate dummy body for him and trap his soul inside.