Death

Death is the antagonist in the Final Destination series, coming in the form of overly complex freak accidents (similar to a Rube Goldberg creation) to kill off the survivors of a major accident in the beginning, in the order that they would have died in the original accident; if somebody intervenes in a person's death, then Death would skip that person and move on to the next before returning to that person to complete the rift in its design, although the order has been shown to reverse itself in Final Destination 2.

In the series, Death is never physically shown but it's presence is known when there is a sudden large gust of wind or when it casts a large shadow.

The series
There are also a few cases where someone's death comes before (or after) another victim on the list for an unexplained reason (Gunter Nonhoff and Eric Prescott most notably). Death would usually leave clues as to how the next person will die, it's most common form being a brief gust of spontaneous wind. Other secondary clues range from pictures or brief images or signs or an odd formation of something on the ground. The clues could be about anything on how they die (i.e. the word "EYE" for Evan Lewis, a series of cracks in the ground that look like a skeletal hand for Hal Ward, the song "Rocky Mountain High" for various situations, or nothing but a dark, black shadow that appears out of nowhere).

Death also has a handful of servants who unintentionally (in some cases on purpose) kill a person next on Death's list. Additionally, Death does not appear to be above killing others to hasten its acquisition of survivors, with Tom Gaines theorizing the entity is perfectly willing to "sneak souls" when the opportunity to do so arises.There have been mixed theories in what Death will do if the survivor with premonitions deliberately kills him/herself despite not being next on the list. Ian had a theory that, if the last in Death's list (the premonitionist) kills himself, It would ruin death's plans, since the survivor isn't next to die. It would throw Death's list away and save everyone else still alive from the accident.

In an alternate ending in The Final Destination, Nick kills himself, ruining Death's design. However, at the very end of it, the final two survivors of the McKinley Speedway accident died at exactly the same moment, meaning Death will just kill the rest of the survivors without hesitation based on the design they were supposed to die.

In the alternate ending of Final Destination, Alex saves Clear from an electric wire on the front of the car, therefore, he was caught on fire, and died ruining Death's design. After this, Clear and Carter both lived the rest of their lives in peace, meaning that the final survivors of Flight 180 actually defeated Death. It was not clear on what Death will actually do if this situation happened, since these situations only happened in alternate endings.

It should be noted however that in Final Destination 3 it took five months after Ian's death for Train 081 to happen meaning that in the alternate ending of Final Destination the reason Clear and Carter survived is because the scene showed could have been before five months passed or because Clear gave birth to a baby, as it was mentioned in Final Destination 2 that if someone who was supposed to die in an accident but survived and gave birth all the remaining survivors would live, William Bludworth himself said that "only new life defeats Death".

Victims
Being the personification of death, Death is personally responsible for most of the deaths in Final Destination series. This list shows his victims, in chronological order.

Powers and Abilities
"In death, there are no accidents, there are no coincidences, ... and there is no escape."

- William Bludworth, Final Destination

Being the incarnation itself and the concept of death, this entity proves to be invincible and skilled in reaping like lives that deceive it. Below is a list of all her skills shown throughout the series:


 * Nigh-Omnipotence :As a primordial and powerful being, Death can do almost anything she wishes, having the power to balance the balance between life and death with extreme ease.However it can be overcome momentarily, since several visionaries have managed to save themselves and others from disasters made by her. But that is soon undone with Death eliminating them all in the order that they should have died.
 * Immortability: Death, being a supernatural entity, is immortal. Being on earth since its creation, it is immune to aging or disease. Therefore, it is presumed that it is the only thing that will remain alive forever.
 * Vital Balance : Being a force that controls who lives and who dies, it can prevent someone from trying to kill themselves outside the pre-defined order that everyone will die. In Final Destination 2, Eugene tries to kill himself with a pistol, but it fails even with the full bullet cartridge. In The Final Destination, George tries to commit suicide in several ways, but none of them work.
 * Omnipresence: Death can be in two or more places at the same time. According to an expert interviewed at the beginning of Final Destination 2, Death is watching us everywhere we go and every action we take on a daily basis will lead to his death in the future. This entity was aware of what was going on at Alex 's house to send a warning through an owl while killing Tod hanged. His skills were so extreme that he managed to create and cause the accidents of Hunt and Janet in parallel.
 * Electromagnetic interference: Death's power extends to the control of anything powered by electricity. She is able to control the radio frequency of the protagonists' cars during all five films. In Final Destination 5, Sam was able to notice that his music had changed to "Dust in the wind Kansas" on flight 180.She also managed to interfere with Janet's cell phone signal during her car wash accident, preventing her from calling Lory.
 * Electricity Manipulation : Death is capable of creating strong electrical discharges when it wants to. During an evening newscast, Alex Brodwing saw a lightning strike his street as a warning sign. Later, still in Final Destination, a storm occurs in the house of Clear, causing an electrical discharge to reach a high voltage wire and cause explosions electricity inside the house.
 * Telekinesis: Death has the power to initiate imperceptible telekinetic acts that affect the environment in its favor, causing improbable (but not impossible) things to occur within its scheme of death. This phenomenon can be anything, from a structural failure of a bridge, explosion of an airplane, pile-up of cars, derailment of a roller coaster, of car collapse and explosion a race track.Sometimes, she uses this gift more explicitly, as in the case of the screws loosening the note on the race track or on the beauty product that slipped by itself to try to kill Samantha Lane in The Final Destination.
 * Blocking Supernatural Perception : Wendy Christensen talks to Kevin that she doesn't feel Jason's soul around her, instead she feels Death's cold and heavy presence. Death is likely to block survivors from feeling close to their loved ones, since the entity is responsible for taking the souls of its victims to the afterlife.
 * Aerokinesis : She proved to be able to manipulate wind for her own will. Throughout the franchise, she used these aerodynamic skills to create her death list. Its winds were responsible for destabilizing the North Bay Bridge and causing it to collapse. In Final Destination 2, a strong gale was able to take Kat's cigarette to ignite a gasoline leak that ended up causing Rory's death.
 * Shadow manipulation: As a supernatural entity without physical form, Death can manifest itself in several ways, one of which is through the shadows. She manifested this ability in the early films, being shown to Tod and S.ra Lewton before their deaths. For Kimberly, it manifested itself once during shadows of branches against its window that suddenly turned into sharp claws.
 *  Master Strategist : Being a force that controls everyone's lives until her death, she is a formidable strategist. Death proved to be extremely skilled in deceiving all the protagonists, leaving them to believe that they were saved, in the end killing them. Although Sam did manage to escape Death's plans, he was unlucky enough to be on a new list for people on Flight 180. Kimberly and Thomas were the only ones who succeeded in breaking the list, deceiving it with a new life, but were witnesses to Bryan's horrible death, demonstrating that Death remains unrelenting. Death managed to manipulate Wendy, Julie and Kevin to meet on the 081 train, ultimately resulting in a fatal rail accident.Nick O'Bannon and his friends also thought they were free from the bonds of Death, discovering too late that the original plan was always to kill them in Death by Caffeine.

Weaknesses
Although Death is an unrelenting and powerful supernatural entity, it has some weaknesses that can be used in favor of its victims. Several times, the survivors tried to break the deadly scheme of Death, some of these weaknesses were successful while others proved to be effective to a certain extent, being broken by certain situations.
 * Steal a life off out the list: According to William Bludworth, someone who is on the verge of death can definitely deceive him if he kills a person off the list, getting all that person's life in return. Despite this working out, it was shown in Final Destination 5 that when that person's lifespan ends, death will return to kill them. Nathan took Roy's life by being thrown on a hook, but he was crushed to death by the flaming debris of Flight 180 later because Roy was supposed to die that day due to an aneurysm. Sam was supposed to be the only person to be free of death plans by stealing Peter's stolen life, but unfortunately he ended up on Flight 180 and tragically ended.
 * A new life:William Bludworth told Kimberly and his friends that only "a new life" can save him from the clutches of Death. It is explained that Death can be defeated if a life that should never have existed, that was outside the plans of death, was born would destroy the list of Death. When Isabella's baby is born, Death is weakened and temporarily blocks her planned accident to kill Eugene and Clear, but as soon as Death realizes that Isabella was never on the list, she continues with her work.
 * Resurrection: Kimberly managed to be the only survivor, alongside Thomas, to get rid of Death's plans. She used her knowledge of "just a new life defeats Death" to forge a suicide attempt on the lake. As soon as his drowning and possible death was reversed thanks to Kalarjian's help, Kimberly ruined the list and kept his life safe.
 * Save someone from the list (limited): In all the films, there was always someone saving the life of the survivor who was supposed to die, jumping that person from the list to the next. This trick proved to be successful to some extent, as Death will always return in the end to catch those who dared to escape the list.