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British child born on the morning of March 24, when the celestial alignment occurred. But the Christ-child is revealed to have eluded Damien's followers. Another hindrance to his dominion comes from journalist Kate Reynolds and her adolescent son Peter. Damien's interest in them proves to be his undoing. When DeCarlo lures Damien to the ruins of an old abbey under the pretence that the Christ-child is there, he attempts to kill Damien with the last remaining dagger, but Damien uses Peter as a shield and Peter is stabbed instead. As Damien searches through the abbey for the Christ-child, Kate ambushes him and stabs him in the back with the dagger, ultimately killing him. Damien lives long enough to see a vision of Christ and dies telling Him that He has won nothing.
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