Ethan was an old college friend of Giles, or ‘Ripper’ as he called him. The two used to hang out, worshipping demons and creating dark magic spells. After Giles went on the straight and narrow, Ethan continued his bad ways. He occasionally came to Sunnydale to cause havoc, such as turning people into their Halloween costumes, enchanting 3.06 Band Candy to turn adults into teenagers, and turning Giles into a Fyarl demon (4.12 A New Man).
Ethan was extremely powerful magically, but had no physical strength so would flee after creating chaos. He was arrested and removed to a secret military base in Nevada by the Initiative in 4.12 A New Man, never to be seen on the show again. We never found out what happened to Ethan, though he appeared in Buffy’s dream in The Long Way Home, Part 3.
Related episodes: #03 The Long Way Home, Part 3, 2.06 Halloween, 3.06 Band Candy, 4.12 A New Man
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Jet on December 24th, 2005 at 10:59 am
I liked Ethan. He was part of Giles’ past which is very interesting to learn about.
I wish we found out more.
the_second on January 16th, 2007 at 2:02 am
I hated Riley for locking him up for good. Would have been cool if Ethan sneaked in for one episode per season.