Father Blackwood

Father Blackwood is the secondary antagonist of the 2018 Netflix original series The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, he is the high priest of the Church of the Night, the dean of the Academy of Unseen Arts and one of Satan's most loyal followers.

He was portrayed by Richard Coyle in his first villainous role.

Past
Father Blackwood is a mysterious and loyal follower of satan and a powerful witch residing in Greendale where he acts as the dark priest of the Church of the Night replacing Edward Spellman after the latter's death and also the Dean for the Academy of Unseen Arts. He is one of Satan's spokesmen and participates in brining his master new followers and possible sacrifices.

Series 1
Blackwood first appears after being invited over to the Spellman household in order to explain the baptism process and hopefully convince Sabrina to join the path of darkness. After answering all of her questions he advises Sabrina to take her baptism and join the academy while still offering her an exist if she doesn't enjoy the lifestyle after all.

He then helps the Spellmans examine the suspicious corpse of a young man and Blackwood confirms that a witch's mark is indeed on the corpse, he also doubts the possibility of witch hunter involvement although to ease their thoughts he tells them he'd inform the council.

When Sabrina's baptism finally comes Blackwood reads Sabrina vows and after she agrees to all of them he prepares for her to sign Lucifer's book. In the end however Sabrina can't cope with the stress and flees the scene much to the horror of the attendees. Blackwood then orders his subjects to pursue Sabrina. Blackwood explains that while the blood moon shines Sabrina must sign the book of the beast. After her final refusal Blackwood loses his temper and demands the weird sisters take Sabrina. He is stopped however by Ambrose Spellman's faux protection trick which Blackwood and the others fall for. Realising his supposed defeat Blackwood simply walks away.

TBA

Personality
Father Blackwood is greatly devoted to his work and is greatly loyal to Satan. He takes his work very seriously and is shown to be a rather large and intimidating figure. He occasionally is quite prone to anger but in general usually has a rather calm and commanding disposition.

Blackwood's demeanour is rather monotone and clear making him appear as rather authoritarian figure, Blackwood doesn't see himself, his master or any of his subjects as evil however and this is shown through his reasonably charismatic and friendly attitudes.

Appearance
Blackwood is a striking man in his forties with a thick head of short black hair tightly combed and slicked back. He dresses very fancily always wearing very extravagant and expensive formal wear, most commonly wearing a charcoal frock coat with a matching blazer and trouser, he also wears sleek, polished black boots and usually wears white cravats. During rituals and ceremonies Blackwood wears golden and crimson robes over his normal attire. He also wears a large dark ring on his left hand and has moderately sharp fingernails. He is also often seen with a black golden jewelled cane.

Trivia

 * Father Blackwood is perhaps Richard Coyle's largest acting role since Jeff Murdoc from Coupling.