The orphaned Damien is then adopted by the future American ambassador to Great Britain Robert Thorn, who was told his child was stillborn, with his wife Katherine unaware of the replacement.

It would be five years later, after Thorn becomes US ambassador to the Court of St. James's, that Damien's powers begin to manifest when his nanny mysteriously hangs herself at his birthday party, claiming to have done it for him.

An exorcist in Megiddo, Israel named Karl Bugenhagen gives Robert seven ancient daggers he inherited that can kill the Antichrist.

This includes Karl Bugenhagen (from the first film), who attempted to have his friend Michael Morgan deliver a box containing the Daggers of Megiddo to Richard before the two were buried alive in archaeological ruins in Jerusalem.

Damien is now secretly supported by other Satanic acolytes who eventually help him learn his true nature during his time in military school, which includes Paul Buher, Richard's vice president at Thorn Industries, and Sgt.

He is revealed to have attended Oxford, and the adult Damien arranges his appointment as Ambassador to Great Britain and overseer of the United Nations Youth Associations.

But his reason for taking on his father's former ambassadorial position is that Britain is where the Second Coming will occur during an alignment in the Cassiopeia constellation and he needs to find and kill the Christ-child before his power completely wanes.

In The First Omen, Damien was revealed to have been conceived as the result of experiments performed by a cult dedicated to turning the world back towards Christianity (specifically Catholicism) by creating the Antichrist to inspire religious fear-mongering.

Margaret and Carlita are able to escape with the baby girl and go into hiding, while the boy is sent to replace the newborn son of Robert Thorn and is given the name Damien.

He says of Damien, "It is horrifying to realize that the boy survived the final battle with his adoptive father... but it is also pleasing, because Damien—in company with... [the] ever-present Satan—is a well-realized DDB."

He says the presentation of Damien as a character in the original The Omen is accentuated by his defeat of his adoptive father, who is played by Gregory Peck, known for leading man and heroic roles.

"[2] James F. Iaccino analyzed Damien in The Omen with Jungian psychology, "To paraphrase Jung, his psyche is animalistic, primordial, and monstrous to behold.

When Damien uses his powers, Iaccino says "they are typically accompanied by a fierceness and rage" that reflects the Jungian interpretation of "the primordial child's being depicted as an inhuman".