List of The Vampire Diaries characters

The season two cast of the show. (front-from left to right) Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder. (background-from left to right) Zach Roerig, Kat Graham, Michael Trevino, Sara Canning, Matt Davis, Steven R. McQueen and Candice Accola.

The Vampire Diaries is an American fantasy-drama television series picked up by The CW for their fall 2009 schedule.^[1] It is adapted from L. J. Smith's novel series of the same name by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec. The show's first season featured a regular cast of ten characters. Since then two of these characters have been written out, while two new characters have been added to the main cast.

The focal points of the show are the love triangle formed by series' protagonist Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) and vampire-brothers Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder) and the town's supernatural history, involving Elena's friends and relatives.

Main characters

The following is a list of series regulars. Some are currently starring or have left the series over the course of the three seasons. They also might be in the pending season four.

Elena Gilbert

Nina Dobrev portrays the main character, Elena Gilbert.

Elena Gilbert, portrayed by Nina Dobrev since the pilot, is the series' female protagonist. Elena lives with her younger brother, Jeremy Gilbert, and her aunt, Jenna Sommers, who became her legal guardian after her parents died in a car crash. Her best friend is Bonnie Bennett, who later discovers she is a witch, and she is frenemies with Caroline Forbes, although when Caroline is turned into a vampire they become good friends. Before the beginning of the series she was in a relationship with Matt Donovan, who still carries a torch for her in the beginning of the series. She later begins a relationship with Stefan Salvatore, whom she discovers is a vampire. Stefan's brother Damon also falls in love with Elena. At the end of season one, Elena discovers that her parents aren't actually her biological parents, but that she is actually the daughter of John Gilbert, who she thought was her uncle, and Isobel Flemming, who was turned into a vampire by Damon Salvator, is Elena's mom. In season two she learns that she is a Petrova doppelgänger, just like Katherine Pierce, which means that she has to be sacrificed to release Klaus' werewolf side. The sacrifice later happens, but Elena is saved, because John sacrificed himself for her after being put under a spell by Bonnie. However, her aunt Jenna is turned in to a vampire and, as part of the sacrifice, is killed by Klaus, leaving Elena without a guardian. In the season two finale, while Damon is dying due to a werewolf bite, she forgives him for forcing her to drink his blood and kisses him with the thought that it might be Damon's last day, however Damon gets cured by drinking Klaus' blood. In season three it is found out that Elena's blood is the key to creating hybrids.

Stefan Salvatore

Paul Wesley portrays vampire Stefan Salvatore.

Stefan Salvatore, portrayed by Paul Wesley since the pilot, is the series' male protagonist. Stefan was born in Mystic Falls in 1847. Both he and his brother, Damon, fell in love with the same girl, Katherine Pierce, a vampire. In 1864, Stefan was turned into a vampire after being shot by his father with Katherine's blood in his system, before unwillingly killing his father. Damon, who was turned into a vampire as well, promised Stefan an eternity of misery as he was angry that Katherine had turned Stefan as well. Stefan was unable to resist human blood and became addicted, killing many people, or a ripper, until he was taught to control it by a vampire named Lexie Branson, who later became his best friend. After decades of absence, Stefan returned to Mystic Falls after he saved Elena Gilbert from a car crash and noticed that she looked exactly like Katherine. Stefan and Elena begin a relationship and he reveals to her that he is a vampire. However, Damon returns to Mystic Falls too and he also falls in love with Elena. Further on in the series, Damon and Stefan start to bond as brothers again and it becomes apparent that they do love each other. Because of his addiction to human blood, Stefan only drank animal blood in the beginning of the series, which made him weaker than other vampires. In season two Stefan starts to take small amounts of Elena's blood each day to mitigate its effect on him and to increase his strength. When Katherine returns it is discovered that she has always been in love with Stefan and not with Damon, however Stefan is in love with Elena and not interested in her. Stefan starts to build a friendship with Caroline Forbes after she is turned into a vampire. After Klaus gives Stefan his blood to save Damon from his werewolf bite, he turns Stefan into a ripper again and Stefan starts working for him as he agreed to do in hopes to protect Elena by making sure Klaus never returns to Mystic Falls, as he believes her to be dead. When Stefan doesn't kill Elena after Klaus compelled him to do so after he found out she is alive, Klaus compels him to turn his humanity and all his emotions off.

Damon Salvatore

Ian Somerhalder portrays vampire Damon Salvatore.

Damon Salvatore, portrayed by Ian Somerhalder since the pilot, serves as the series' antihero. Damon was born in Mystic Falls in 1844. When Katherine Pierce came to town, both he and his younger brother, Stefan Salvatore, fell in love with her. In 1864 he is turned into a vampire after being shot by his father with Katherine's blood in his system. His transitioning was completed after Stefan, also now a vampire, convinced him to kill a woman. Damon, angry that Katherine had turned Stefan as well, vowed to make Stefan's life miserable. More than a hundred years later, Damon returns to Mystic Falls to free Katherine, who he believes is locked in a tomb there. Damon meets Elena Gilbert and, still hating his brother, decides to bring havoc to her relationship with Stefan. When he finds out that Katherine is not in the tomb and has been alive the entire time, he finds comfort in Elena. He then starts to fall in love with her. His relationship with Stefan also improves and it is shown that Damon actually does care about his brother. In the beginning of the series, Damon kills people impulsively, but as the series progresses he starts to act more humane and stops killing people. He even starts friendships with others, such as Alaric Saltzman and Sheriff Forbes. When Katherine returns in season two and tells him that she has always loved Stefan and not him, his love for her vanishes and he starts to hate her. He becomes close to another vampire named Rose. When Rose is bitten by a werewolf, Damon is left with no other choice but to stake her and briefly falls back into his old ways, killing a young girl. Damon then starts a relationship with a reporter called Andie Star. He compels her to agree to him taking her blood and uses her to distract himself. However, she is killed by Stefan. Despite these relationships, Damon still loves Elena deeply. When Damon is dying, due to a werewolf bite, Elena tells him that she forgives him and they share a kiss, however Damon is cured after drinking Klaus' blood brought to him by Katherine. In season 3, he searches for Stefan, who is traveling the eastern sea board with Klaus, in search of a werewolf pack in the Appalachian Mountains in Tennessee. After Stefan is later compelled by Klaus to turn off his emotions, Elena tells Damon he will be the one to save his brother.

Jeremy Gilbert

Steven R. McQueen portrays Elena's younger brother Jeremy Gilbert.

Jeremy Gilbert, portrayed by Steven R. McQueen since the pilot, is Elena Gilbert's younger brother, later revealed to be her cousin. In the beginning of the series he is emotionally damaged by the death of his parents and uses drugs. He is in love with Vicki Donovan, who uses drugs as well, but she is dating Tyler Lockwood, which causes a rivalry between the two boys. Vicki later breaks up with Tyler and starts a relationship with Jeremy. However Jeremy later witnesses how Vicki is killed by Stefan Salvatore after Damon Salvatore had turned her into a vampire. Elena, afraid that Jeremy couldn't handle this, asks Damon to make Jeremy forget this and take away his pain. This causes Jeremy to become more stable and to stop taking drugs. Jeremy then starts a relationship with a vampire named Anna, but Anna is killed by John Gilbert, Jeremy's uncle, at the end of season one. Jeremy, not wanting to deal with this pain, tries to become a vampire by overdosing while having Anna's blood in his system, but he fails. He is later given John's ring, which protects him from a death caused by any supernatural. In season two, Jeremy falls in love with Bonnie Bennett and they start a relationship. Jeremy later loses both his aunt and uncle on the day of the sacrifice, leaving him and Elena without a guardian. In the season two finale, Jeremy is accidentally shot to death by Sheriff Forbes, but Bonnie is able to bring him back. However, bringing Jeremy back from the death was said to have consequences and since then Jeremy has been able to see and communicate with the ghosts of his dead ex-girlfriends Anna and Vicki, whenever he thinks about them. When the doorway to "the other side" is opened, Jeremy is even able to physically interact with Anna. Elena later catches them kissing and Bonnie also finds out, resulting in their break-up. When Bonnie closes the doorway to " the other side", Jeremy and Anna decide to let each other go.

Jenna Sommers

Sara Canning portrayed Elena and Jeremy's aunt Jenna Sommers.

Jenna Sommers, portrayed by Sara Canning in seasons one and two, is Elena and Jeremy Gilbert's aunt. She is the sister of their mother, Miranda Sommers Gilbert. After her sister and her sister's husband were killed in a car crash, she took Elena and Jeremy in and became their legal guardian. In the beginning Jenna has trouble coping with her new role as an authority figure, for she used to be a partying college student, but as the series progresses she becomes better at it. She begins dating news reporter Logan Fell, who had cheated on her in the past. However, Logan is turned into a vampire by Anna and then killed by history teacher Alaric Saltzman and Jenna is told that he has left town, which hurts but doesn't surprise her. She later begins a relationship with Alaric. In season two, John Gilbert begins to cause trouble between Jenna and Alaric, and Jenna begins to suspect that Alaric isn't completely honest with her. When Isobel Flemming, Alaric's supposed dead wife, shows up at Jenna's door, Jenna becomes angry with Elena and Alaric, who then tell her everything about vampires. Jenna is later turned into a vampire by Klaus to be used in the sacrifice that will release his werewolf side. She attempts to kill Greta Martin, Klaus' witch, to stop the sacrifice and save Elena, at which point Klaus stakes her to death. Jenna is buried near Miranda, Grayson and John Gilbert.

Bonnie Bennett

Kat Graham portrays witch Bonnie Bennett.

Bonnie Bennett, portrayed by Kat Graham since the pilot, is Elena Gilbert's best friend. She is also good friends with Caroline Forbes. In the beginning of the series, Bonnie discovers that she is born from a line of witches and that she is also a witch. Her grandmother, a witch too, helps her learn to use her powers, which causes them to create a strong bond. When her grandmother dies, Bonnie is devastated, but she keeps training and as the series develops she becomes more and more powerful. In the midst of season two, she starts a relationship with Jeremy Gilbert, Elena's younger brother. She later discovers from warlock Luca Martin that the only way to kill Klaus, the original vampire who wants to kill Elena, is for her to get the power of one-hundred dead witches, which she later gets. She then pretends to be dead, a scheme of Damon's, in order to trick Klaus. But when she brings Klaus to the brink of death, Elijah does not kill him, as planned, and carries him away before she could react. In the season two finale Bonnie is able to save Jeremy from dying after she tells her dead ancestor Emily Bennett that she loves him. However bringing Jeremy back from the death had consequences, for Jeremy is now able to see his dead ex-girlfriends Anna and Vicki Donovan whenever he thinks of them. Bonnie later finds out that Jeremy kissed Anna when the doorway to "the other side" was temporarily opened and she breaks up with him.

Caroline Forbes

Candice Accola portrays vampire Caroline Forbes.

Caroline Forbes, portrayed by Candice Accola since the pilot, is Elena Gilbert and Bonnie Bennett's insecure friend. Caroline is the daughter of the sheriff of Mystic Falls, Liz Forbes, with whom she has a troubled relationship. Her father left her and her mother when he came clean about being gay. In the beginning she is shown as shallow, self-absorbed and jealous of Elena, however during the series Caroline becomes a nicer person. She later starts a relationship with Matt Donovan. In season two Caroline is turned into a vampire after drinking Damon's blood, being killed by Katherine and unwillingly killing a boy and feeding on him. Stefan Salvatore helps Caroline to control her lust for blood and they start to build a friendship. After turning, she also becomes closer to Elena. She discovers that she is not able to control her lust when she is around Matt and therefore tricks him into breaking up with her for his own safety. When Tyler Lockwood is turned into a werewolf, Caroline helps him and he starts to develop romantic feelings for her. However Caroline is still in love with Matt and they get back together as soon as Tyler leaves town. Matt later finds out that Caroline is a vampire and he also tells her mother. At first they don't accept her, but when they realize that Caroline has retained her humanity, they do. However, Matt still breaks up with her, due to the fact that he has enough problems and doesn't want to deal with the fact that he's dating a vampire as well. When Tyler returns to Mystic Falls, he and Caroline become closer and in the season three premiere, they sleep together. However, Carol Lockwood finds out Caroline is a vampire and contacts her father, Bill Forbes. He thinks Caroline is a monster and tries to fix her, but she is saved by her mother and Tyler and Bill later leaves town. Since then Caroline and Tyler are an official couple.

Matt Donovan

Matthew "Matt" Donovan, portrayed by Zach Roerig since the pilot, is Elena Gilbert's ex-boyfriend. Vicki Donovan is Matt's older sister, who he has to take care of all by himself, for their troubled mother has left them. When Vicki dies, Matt is devastated. He is best friends with Tyler Lockwood and the quarterback of the Mystic Falls High School football team. He is also employed at the Mystic Grill as a busboy. Elena had broken up with Matt after her parents had died and in the beginning of the series Matt still has feelings for her and wants to get back together with her. However he later starts a relationship with Caroline Forbes. When Caroline is turned into a vampire in season two, she tricks Matt into breaking up with her, for she can't control her lust for blood around him. However, they later get back together. When Matt later finds out that Caroline is a vampire, he gets upset for he thinks she had something to do with Vicki's death. He asks her to make him forget, but he secretly has vervain in his system and only pretends to forget, a plan Sheriff Forbes came up with after he had told her about Caroline. However, he finds out that Caroline is still the same person and tells her about the plan. He then breaks up with her due to the fact that he has too much to handle with work and school and doesn't want to deal with the fact that Caroline is a vampire. In season three, Matt finds out that Jeremy is able to see Vicki and after he drowns himself on purpose and Bonnie saves him with CPR, he is able to see and speak to her as well. She tells him that with his help, the original witch can make sure she can come back whenever she wants without needing Matt to think about her, but after he helps her, he finds out that the original witch wants her to kill Elena in return and with the help of Bonnie, he makes her return to "the other side" and shuts her out of his thoughts.

Vicki Donovan

Vicki Donovan, portrayed by Kayla Ewell as a series regular in the first seven episodes of the first season and as a guest star in the season two finale and season three, is Matt Donovan's older sister. Vicki is a troubled girl and is addicted to drugs. She is being taken care of by Matt, for their mother has left them. In the beginning of the series she is dating Tyler Lockwood, however Jeremy Gilbert also has feelings for her. Vicki, acknowledging that she has feelings for Jeremy too, later breaks up with Tyler and starts a relationship with Jeremy. She is later turned into a vampire by Damon Salvatore. As a vampire she isn't able to control her lust for blood and when she starts attacking Jeremy, Stefan Salvatore kills her with a stake through her heart. Stefan and Damon make it seem as if Vicki has left town. Later in season one, her body is found by Caroline Forbes, causing a devastated Matt and Jeremy. When Jeremy gets shot and brought back to life by Bonnie Bennett, he is able to see and communicate with Vicki, who asks for his help. When Jeremy tells Matt about seeing Vicki, he drowns himself only to be saved by Bonnie with CPR. Since then, Matt is also able to see Vicki. She tells him that with his help, the original witch can make sure she can come back whenever she wants without needing Matt to think about her. However Matt later finds out that the original witch ordered Vicki to kill Elena in return, so with the help of Bonnie, he makes her return to "the other side" and shuts her out of his thoughts.

Tyler Lockwood

Michael Trevino portrays hybrid Tyler Lockwood.

Tyler Lockwood, portrayed by Michael Trevino since the pilot, is the son of Mayor Richard Lockwood and Carol Lockwood. He plays for the Mystic Falls High School football team and is best friends with Matt Donovan. Tyler doesn't have a good relationship with his father, who sometimes acts violently towards Tyler. However when his father dies, Tyler is shown to be genuinely upset. In the beginning of the series Tyler is arrogant, selfish and a bully. He is dating Vicki Donovan, but she later breaks up with him due to her feelings for Jeremy Gilbert, which causes a rivalry between the two boys. Tyler is also shown to have a short temper and in season two Tyler learns from his uncle, Mason Lockwood, that he acts this way due to his family carrying the werewolf gene. After Tyler accidentally kills Sarah, a classmate who was compelled by Katherine Pierce to provoke Tyler, his fears come true as he has triggered the curse. Caroline Forbes, a young vampire who wasn't his friend, offers her support to him, helping him through his first transformation and preparation for his new life. Tyler eventually falls in love with Caroline, but when Jules, another werewolf, comes to town and tells Tyler that Caroline and two other vampires, Stefan and Damon Salvatore, are responsible for his uncle's death, Tyler feels betrayed. After Caroline is taken captive by a group of werewolves and Tyler hesitates to come to her rescue, Caroline breaks off their friendship. Hurt by Caroline's decision and to protect his friends Tyler later decides to leave town with Jules. However, he returns when his mother is in the hospital and makes amends with Caroline, he decides to stay in Mystic Falls. His and Caroline's friendship deepens over the summer and in the season three premiere, they end up sleeping together. After his mother learns that Caroline is a vampire and kidnaps her as she is trying to sneak out, Tyler reveals that he is a werewolf by transforming in front of her. After he helps Sheriff Forbes rescue Caroline from her father, they begin an official relationship. Tyler is later turned into a hybrid by Klaus. Because of this, Tyler's emotions are heightened and he feels immense joy, pain, sadness, etc. Due to his transformation to a hybrid, he suffers from a condition known as a "sire." He feels great loyalty to Klaus because Klaus "sired" him, and would do anything to protect his master. Caroline breaks up with Tyler and recognizing him now as "the bad guy."

Alaric Saltzman

Alaric Saltzman, known as "Rick," is portrayed by Matt Davis since season one. He was a recurring character from episodes nine until thirteen and as a main character from episode fourteen onwards, is the history teacher at Mystic Falls High. Alaric originally comes to town to kill Damon Salvatore, because he believes that Damon killed his wife. However it is later found out that his wife, Isobel Flemming, isn't dead, but that on her own request she was turned into a vampire by Damon. He then starts to become friends with Damon. Alaric owns a Gilbert Ring, which he got from Isobel, which prevents him from getting killed by anything supernatural, however John Gilbert later claims the ring. Alaric starts a relationship with Jenna Sommers. In the second season John starts causing trouble between Jenna and Alaric and when Jenna meets Isobel, she knows that Alaric is keeping things from her and she leaves him. His body is later possessed by Klaus and he uses this ruse to gain the group's trust. Eventually Klaus releases Alaric and he gets back together with Jenna, but soon afterwards Klaus has her turned into a vampire and killed for his sacrifice ritual, leaving him heartbroken. In season three, he moves in with Elena and Jeremy Gilbert to take care of them. He also joins the Founder's Council as the representative of the Gilbert family.

Katherine Pierce

Katherine Pierce, portrayed by Nina Dobrev since season one, is one of the main antagonists of the series. Originally known as Katarina Petrova, she was born in Bulgaria in the late 15th century and later banished to England after having an illegitimate child. Upon meeting Klaus and Elijah, two of the "original vampires", she found out that she is a Petrova Doppelganger, which means that she has to be sacrificed to release Klaus' werewolf side. She used a vampire named Trevor, who'd fallen in love with her, to escape and tricked vampire Rose into turning her, so she would no longer break the curse. Klaus wanted revenge, so she spent her entire life running from him. Hundreds of years later, Katherine arrived in Mystic Falls, where both Stefan Salvatore and Damon Salvatore fell in love with her. When all the vampires in Mystic Falls were rounded up, she escaped. During her stay in Mystic Falls she had given Damon and Stefan her blood and turned them into vampires after they were shot. Damon, who thought Katherine was locked up in a tomb, spent 145 years loving her and trying to find a way to free her. When he does, he finds out that she is not in the tomb and was alive the entire time. In the last episode of season one, Katherine returns to Mystic Falls. She tells Damon that she has always been in love with Stefan and tries to break up the relationship between Stefan and Elena Gilbert, Katherine's descendant and the current Petrova Doppelganger. It is later revealed that her real reason for returning is to get the moonstone and offer it and Elena to Klaus, in order to be free from him. Upon learning of her plan, she is locked up in a tomb by Stefan and Damon, which has a spell that makes sure vampires can't leave and when the spell is broken, she is compelled by Elijah to stay. Elijah dies and Katherine is freed, but she chooses to start helping Stefan and Damon. When Klaus comes to Mystic Falls, he kidnaps her and keeps her in Alaric's apartment, where he tortures her. He eventually releases her, but she keeps track of Klaus and Stefan's whereabouts. When she finds out that a vampire hunter named Mikael is the key to killing Klaus, she goes looking for him. However, after she finds him and is able to wake him up, he bites her and starts feeding on her. After taking Elena's place to protect here at the Homecoming dance, she helped carried out the plan to kill Klaus, but when Klaus staked his father, she fled. She met up with Stefan later explaining that she will be going into hiding from Klaus and told Damon goodbye on the phone. Before leaving, she told Stefan that it is okay to let in your humanity every once in awhile and told him to get mad at Klaus.

Elena and Katherine's relationship is very grounded in dislike. Although Elena states that she is nothing like Katherine, She is told by Damon that "You and Katherine are more alike than you think" and Katherine herself states that Elena has "the Petrova Fire". This creates speculation that Elena is more than capable of being as bad and as theiving as Katherine, but chooses not to be.

Klaus

Joseph Morgan portrays hybrid and original vampire Klaus.

Played by Joseph Morgan as a recurring character in season two and as a series regular in season three, Lord Nikolaus, more commonly known as Klaus, is the oldest of vampires and one of the main antagonists of the series. He and his family, including Elijah and Rebekah, became the very first vampires. It was later found out that his mother had committed adultery and Klaus' biological father was a werewolf, which made Klaus the only vampire/werewolf hybrid. However his werewolf powers were bound to the moonstone by a band of witches. To release his werewolf powers a ritual, in which a werewolf, a vampire and a Petrova dopplegänger have to be sacrificed, has to take place. He created a fake curse, the curse of the sun and the moon, in order to have two species look for a Petrova dopplegänger. The first Petrova dopplegänger Klaus found was Katerina Petrova, but she escaped Klaus with the moonstone and hung herself in order to become a vampire, so that she would be useless for the ritual. Klaus then wanted revenge on Katerina, causing her to spend centuries running from him. Hundreds of years later, Klaus finds Katerina and Elena Gilbert, the next Petrova dopplegänger, through Isobel Saltzman. He kidnaps Katerina and makes her torture herself. He also takes over the body of Alaric Saltzman in order to spy on Elena. After collecting the moonstone, a werewolf, Jules, the Petrova dopplegänger, Elena, and turning Jenna Sommers into a vampire, he begins the ritual. However, Bonnie Bennett and Elijah, who was angry at Klaus for killing his entire family, come up with a plan to kill Klaus after the ritual is completed and he is transitioning. When Bonnie, with the power of a hundred witches, has Klaus weakened and Elijah is going to kill him, Klaus tells Elijah that he could tell him where the bodies of his family members are. Elijah then saves Klaus, but when Klaus returns to full strength he kills Elijah. He later blackmails Stefan into helping him create more hybrids and turns him into a killer again. It is later revealed that he brought Stefan with him, because they were once friends. After he finds out that he needs Elena's blood to create more hybrids, he compels Stefan to stay in Mystic Falls to protect her, but also turns off his humanity. He also turns Tyler Lockwood into his first hybrid. It is made known that as evil as he is known to be, Klaus is lonely. It was the orignal intent for his infactuation with creating hybrids, as dicovered by his siter REbekah. He cries when Michael points this out to hime, showing his humanity.

Recurring characters

The following is a list of characters that are, or at one time were, a recurring guest on the series. They are listed in the order that they first appeared on the show. Some characters have had storylines that have spanned multiple seasons, while others are restricted to arcs that occurred during a single season of the show.

Sheriff Forbes

Portrayed by Marguerite MacIntyre since season one, Elizabeth "Liz" Forbes is the sheriff of Mystic Falls and the mother of Caroline Forbes. Her husband has left her for a man. She is first introduced at a Founders Day party at Mayor Lockwood's house. There, she is shown to have a strained relationship with her daughter. She is revealed to be a member of the Founders Council, a secret organization dedicated to protecting Mystic Falls from vampires. Liz becomes friends with Damon and is seen letting him know about the Council's plans and is also his staunchest ally among the Founding Families, not suspecting he is a vampire. In the season one finale she is smacked across the head and locked up to a desk with her own handcuffs by John Gilbert, because she doesn't agree with his plan to capture the tomb vampires. She is later saved by Carol Lockwood, but they are unable to save Mayor Lockwood, who is burned with the vampires. Liz then finds out that her daughter has been in a car crash and goes to the hospital, where she tells Tyler Lockwood that his father has passed away.

In season two, Carol accuses Liz of getting Mayor Lockwood killed and Liz asks for Damon's help to figure out who did it. Liz is later informed by Mason Lockwood that Damon and Stefan Salvatore are vampires. She is very skeptical at first and refuses to believe that Damon, who she considers a friend, is a vampire. She tests him by slipping vervain into his drink and he reacts negatively to it. When Damon and Stefan assume Mason did it and attempt to take care of him in the woods, Liz appears and shoots both Stefan and Damon and has her deputes inject them with vervain. Liz tortures Damon in an attempt to learn how he and Stefan can walk in the sun, but is interrupted when Elena Gilbert appears, followed by Caroline, who kills the deputies. Forbes is locked up in the cellar at the Salvatore House so that the vervain can get out of her system and she can be compelled to forget everything. Now knowing that her daughter is a vampire, she asks Damon to keep Caroline away from her and says that her daughter is gone. After Matt Donovan has discovered the truth about vampires from Caroline, he tells Liz, who comes up with a plan to make Matt pretend to be compelled to forget, while he actually has vervain in his system. Liz then uses Matt to spy on Caroline, who she thinks is a monster now. Liz tries to capture and kill Damon, but accidentally shoots Jeremy Gilbert instead. Believing she has killed Jeremy, she is shocked to discover that Bonnie Bennett is able to resurrect him. She also finds out that Matt came clean to Caroline. After confessing that neither wanted to secretly live in fear of one another, Liz accepts her daughter for what she is and hugs her. After Caroline is locked up in a cellar by her father, who has found out that she is a vampire, Liz and Tyler come to her rescue.

Richard Lockwood

Richard Lockwood, portrayed by Robert Pralgo in season one, is Tyler Lockwood's father, the mayor of Mystic Falls and the head of the Founder's Council. He has a strained relationship with his son and acts very authoritative towards him. It seems that he thinks of Tyler as a disappointment and when Tyler gets into a fist-fight with Matt Donovan at a party, he tells him to never embarrass his family again. He also is shown to be violent and a bully, for when Tyler gets into a fight with Jeremy Gilbert, he takes them outside and tells them to fight rather than talk to solve their problems. This probably is the reason why Tyler is violent and a bully as well. He has an unhappy marriage with Carol Lockwood and they constantly fight with each other. He also flirts with Pearl. Although he seems kind and amicable to the outside world, he is actually quite selfish, for when Mr. Tanner dies, he is shown to be more concerned with how his death would affect the football team and finding a replacement. In the season one finale, during Founders Day, he helps John Gilbert execute his plan to kill the tomb vampires, however it backfires when he is also affected with the device that neutralizes the vampires and is killed in the fire.

Carol Lockwood

Portrayed by Susan Walters since season one, Carol Lockwood is the wife of the late Richard Lockwood and the mother of Tyler Lockwood. She is a member of The Founder's Council and knows of the existence of vampires, but not of the existence of werewolves. Throughout season one, Carol is locked in a hostile relationship with her husband, Richard Lockwood. She acts as a bad influence on her son Tyler, with much of his negative behavior emerging as a direct result of her snobbish behavior and emotional outbursts. In the season finale she shows, for the first time, that she cares for Richard, when he is knocked out by the device. After releasing Sheriff Forbes, they vainly try to save him from the burning basement. Carol is shaken and upset by her husband's death and blames it on Sheriff Forbes' deputies, but Damon Salvatore reminds her and the sheriff that they are on the same side and that they have to stick together. At the end of the day, Carol finds Tyler in his father's study thrashing the room in an angry tantrum. His hostile behavior frightens her and she is further shaken after Mason Lockwood steps in to calm Tyler down. Carol later informs Damon that she is replacing Richard as the mayor until the next election and asks him to lead the council, which he accepts. At the end of Crying Wolf, after Tyler has turned into a werewolf, she finds a note from Tyler, telling her that he has ran away. It is later revealed that Elijah convinced her to stop taking vervain, so that he would be able to compel her. When Elena frees him, he takes her to the Lockwood Mansion where he compels Carol to let him take refuge in the home while she goes away. In The Last Day she is compelled to make a phone call to Tyler, saying that she is in the hospital and she wants him to come and visit. When she walks up the stairs, Maddox is there and she asks him why she had to make the phone call and he says that she had a bad fall and uses his powers to push her off the stairs and onto the ground. Later she is in the hospital and Tyler visits her. In season three, Carol finds out that Caroline Forbes is a vampire and when Caroline tries to leave the Lockwood Mansion after she slept with Tyler, Carol shoots her in the back with vervain darts. She then calls Caroline's father, Bill Forbes, and tells him about her. The next day, she slips vervain in Tyler's coffee to see if he is a vampire too, relieved to see he isn't. However, Tyler finds out that his mother slipped him vervain and asks her where Caroline is, upon which she replies that Caroline is a monster. Tyler then shows her that he is a werewolf and upon finding out that her son is a monster too, she promises him that she will make sure Caroline doesn't get hurt. However, when she later calls Bill, she is unable to persuade him to let her go. When the doorway to "the other side" is opened, the ghosts of the tomb vampires decide to revenge on the founding families and attack Carol, however Caroline comes to her rescue and is able to hold them until the doorway gets closed again and they disappear.

Emily Bennett

Bianca Lawson portrayed Emily Bennett, Katherine Pierce's handmaid and Bonnie's ancestor.

Played by Bianca Lawson in seasons one and two, Emily Bennett was the handmaiden of Katherine Pierce in 1864 as well as a powerful witch. She is a direct descendant of one of the women accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials, which took place in the Salem area of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1692. Emily is also the 4th great-grandmother of Bonnie Bennett through Sheila Bennett. She was the one who gave Katherine, Pearl, Anna, Harper, Damon and Stefan Salvatore the jewellery which enabled them to walk in the sun. Although she helped these vampires, she also secretly fought against them, for she spelled Jonathan Gilbert's inventions, including the device, which could hurt vampires. When the vampires were rounded up by the Founding Families she and Damon Salvatore made a bargain. Damon would protect Emily's descendants and Emily would use her grimoire to protect Katherine by entombing her with 26 other vampires under the old Fell's Church. She was later burned at the stake by the Founding Families and her possessions, including her grimoire, were taken and buried in Giuseppe Salvatore's grave. Damon rescued Emily's children when the townspeople came for her. In season one Emily possesses Bonnie in order to stop Damon from freeing Katherine from the tomb. In season two, Bonnie takes on the power of a hundred dead witches, which includes Emily, by performing a spell on the place where the witches were burned. Bonnie and Stefan later go there again to ask the witches if they know a cure for a werewolf bite, in order to help Damon. Emily possesses Bonnie and tells Stefan there isn't a cure, but when Bonnie is herself again, she tells Stefan that Emily mentioned Klaus, whose blood later turns out to be the cure for a werewolf bite. When Jeremy dies, Bonnie is able to save him with help of Emily after she tells her that she loves him.

Anna

Played by Malese Jow in seasons one and two and three, Annabelle, in short Anna, is a vampire that came to Mystic Falls in order to free her mother from the tomb. Anna first appears at a local library, where she befriends Jeremy Gilbert. She helps him with his paper for history class. Anna later turns out to be a vampire who was in Mystic Falls in 1864 with her mother Pearl. She wants to open the tomb where the 26 vampires, including her mother, are trapped. It is revealed that she has turned Noah and Ben McKittrick into vampires in order to make them help her save her mother. She has also turned Logan Fell in order to get his ancestor Honoria Fell's diaries. It is also revealed that she befriended Jeremy Gilbert in order to obtain his ancestor's journal. Anna later kidnaps Elena Gilbert and Bonnie Bennett in order to make Bonnie open the tomb, but they are saved by Stefan Salvatore, who kills Ben in the process. After Bonnie opens the tomb for Damon Salvatore to get Katherine Pierce out, Anna succeeds in sneaking in and getting her mother out. She later reveals to Damon that she knew Katherine wasn't in the tomb, but needed him to believe it in order for her to get her mother out. However Anna has started to develop romantic feelings for Jeremy. After seeing Anna's vampire veins appear, Jeremy begins to suspect that she is not human and later tests his theory by "accidentally" cutting his hand, forcing her to drink his blood. Later that night, she confronts him in his room, claiming that she could have killed him and should have, but when asked why she didn't, she replies, "I don't know. Maybe I'm just a sucker for guys like you... lost." He then repeatedly requests to be turned, but would not state his reason, and is refused. Anna initially attempts to hide her involvement with him from her mother, as he is a Gilbert, but it is found out when Pearl notices their communication at the Mystic Grill. Anna and her mother end up in a short, heated argument, which ends when Pearl, still hurt from Johnathan Gilbert's betrayal, slaps her daughter. Angry, Anna agrees to change Jeremy, only to discover that his motive for wanting it is to get over his first love, Vicki Donovan, who he suspects might have been a vampire and is now revealed to be long dead. After a short period of distance, they make up, both admitting to having used each other to begin with, but have fallen in love along the way. She enrolls in high school in order to spend time with him, and they begin a romantic relationship. Tragically, Pearl is killed by Jeremy's uncle John Gilbert, devastating Anna, but she does not seek revenge. After her mother's death, she shows up in Jeremy's room in tears, telling him about what happened to her mother. He sympathizes with her, as he's lost his own parents and consoles her. On Founder's Day, Anna goes to Jeremy with a vial of her blood, telling him that if he drinks it and dies, he will become a vampire. He is unsure, but she leaves the vial for him, just in case he changes his mind. She is with Jeremy when John Gilbert sets off the device. Anna is immediately incapacitated, because she is within a five block radius of the device. A policeman finds her with Jeremy and she is injected with vervain and dragged to the Gilbert building to be burned alive, a replication of the original plan to eradicate the vampires in 1864. When John Gilbert sees Anna lying in the building with the other vampires, he stakes her, possibly out of mercy for her to receive a less painful death or out of anger that she is dating his nephew. Damon sees what happens to her and after he tells Jeremy she has died, he admits he actually felt sorry for her and wanted to help, but couldn't. Anna's body is burned in the fire with the other vampires who were caught. Jeremy questions whether it would be better to be a vampire and Damon tells him it would be easier to turn the emotions off. Later, Jeremy drinks Anna's blood and takes several sleeping pills, in order to become a vampire and be able to forget all about the misery in his life.

In the season two finale, Anna, together with Vicki, appears to Jeremy, after he was brought back to life by a spell of Bonnie's, which was said to have consequences. In season three, Anna and Vicki appear more often to Jeremy and after Vicki asks Jeremy to help her come back to life, Anna warns him not to trust her. Later, Jeremy is even able to talk to Anna and she tells him that she is "on the other side", where she is all alone, and Jeremy is now able to see and communicate with her, whenever he thinks of her. She also tells him that she feels a darkness, which she thinks is Vicki. When Jeremy tells Bonnie, she asks him to shut Anna out. Katherine and Damon later kidnap Jeremy in order to make Anna tell him the location of the vampire hunter Mikael. At first Anna doesn't want to, but when Katherine hurts Jeremy, she obliges. Jeremy isn't able to stop thinking about Anna and when the doorway to "the other side" is opened, they are even able to touch each other. They later share a kiss, but Elena catches them. Bonnie, after finding out about the kiss, closes the doorway again and Anna and Jeremy decide to stop thinking about each other and let each other go. Before disappearing, Anna finally finds her mother and they find peace in dying together.

Isobel Flemming

Mia Kirshner portrayed Elena's biological mother Isobel Flemming.

Played by Mia Kirshner in seasons one and two, Isobel Flemming is Elena Gilbert's birth mother and a descendant of Katherine Pierce. When Isobel was a teenager she had a relationship with John Gilbert, by whom she later had a baby, Elena. When Isobel was pregnant, John brought her to his brother Grayson Gilbert, who helped her through labor. After Elena's birth, a heartbroken Isobel gave her daughter to Grayson and his wife Miranda Gilbert. It is known that Isobel was a cheerleader in high school and was best friends with Trudie Peterson, whom she later ordered to kill. Isobel also attended Duke University, where she studied supernatural beings. Later in life, she met and married Alaric Saltzman. However Isobel became obsessed with vampires and after being romantically involved with him, she asked Damon Salvatore to turn her. She was assumed dead by the police and Alaric thought that she was killed by Damon after seeing them together. In season one Alaric comes to Mystic Falls to seek revenge on Damon, who admits that he killed her, but also turned her into a vampire on her own request. After Elena finds out that Isobel is her biological mother, she calls her, but after hearing Elena's voice, Isobel hangs up. However she later shows up at the Mystic Grill and greets Alaric. She tells him that she wants to meet her daughter and threatens to kill everyone in town if she doesn't get her way. She is later seen being visited by John in a loaned house, where she has two human minions Cherie and Frank. It is revealed that Isobel, just like John, wants Johnathan's Gilberts device, because Katherine, whom she seemingly befriended, wants all the tomb vampires death. In season two it is revealed that Isobel also wants them dead in order to protect Elena from Klaus. She meets with Elena and asks her to make Damon give her the device. She shows Elena that she can hurt her friends and family by using Frank and Cherie to hurt Matt Donovan and kidnap Jeremy Gilbert. Elena convinces Damon to give her the device by saying that Bonnie Bennett can despell it. However it is later revealed that Bonnie only pretended to despell it. Elena gives Isobel the device and asks her how she knew Damon would give it to her. She tells Elena that Damon loves her. In a phone call with John it is revealed that she does care about Elena and they plot to kill all the tomb vampires and the Salvatore Brothers with the device in order to protect her. Before leaving town, Isobel compels Alaric to get over her and tells him that she realizes it was a mistake to become a vampire.

In season two, Isobel returns and introduces herself to Jenna Sommers as Elena's mother, but Elena refuses to invite her in and slams the door in her face. However John trusts Isobel and invites her in the next day. Isobel asks Elena if she wants to come with her to a place where it's safe from Klaus, but Elena refuses. She later meets with Katherine and tells Katherine that she met with Klaus and made a deal with him for Katherine's freedom, which says that she has to give Klaus the moonstone and the Petrova doppelganger, Elena. Isobel tells Katherine to retrieve the moonstone from the Salvatore brothers. It is also revealed that she has asked John to break up Jenna and Alaric, because she is jealous. Isobel then kidnaps Alaric and takes Elena to graveyard where her parents placed a tombstone for her. There it is revealed that when Isobel found Klaus in order to secure Elena's safety in some way, she was compelled by him to devise a plan to capture Katherine and retrieve the moonstone, which is why she returned. At the graveyard Isobel tells Elena that as a human she had dreamed of meeting her daughter, but instead Elena has only met the part of her that would betray her own flesh and blood. She then receives a message from Maddox to set Elena free and kill herself by taking off her necklace and exposing herself to sunlight.

John Gilbert

David Anders portrayed Elena's biological father John Gilbert.

David Anders portrayed Johnathan "John" Gilbert in seasons one and two, Grayson Gilbert's younger brother. In their youth, his brother taught him about the vampires through the journals of their ancestor, Johnathan Gilbert. They also inherited a ring each that prevented them from being killed. John had a crush on Isobel Saltzman and he was the one who sent her to Damon Salvatore when she wanted to become a vampire. After her transformation, Isobel found John and they formed a partenship to get their hands on a mysterious invention created by Jonathan Gilbert. John arrived in Mystic Falls for the Founder's Day and was shown as a member of the Founders' Council. However, he knew Damon was a vampire, there had been a tomb under the Fell's Church and he knew about Katherine. He tried to intimidate Damon into helping him find the invention but Damon threatened to kill him and everyone on the Council. Along with Alaric Saltzman, Damon discovered John was keeping an eye on the vampires who had been in the tomb. Soon, he confronts Pearl about her possession of the invention but Pearl has already given it to Damon. When Isobel returns to town, John finally gets the invention at which time it is revealed Isobel and John are working for Katherine and they are planning to kill the tomb's vampires. Unofficially, their goal is to kill the Salvatore brothers and save Elena from suffering in a life filled with vampires. He was in addition responsible for staking his nephew Jeremy's girlfriend Anna's mother Pearl, who was a vampire. It is also revealed John is Elena's biological father. He gets his fingers (one of the them with his ring on it) cut off and is stabbed by Katherine, who poses as Elena in order to gain access to the Gilbert house in the season one finale.

In the season two premiere, John is rushed to hospital and is confronted by Stefan and Elena about Katherine's attack on him. Stefan then tells John that Elena does not want him there (this is due to his attitude toward Stefan and all vampires) and he threatens to turn him into a vampire if he does not leave. He packs his bags but it has not been made clear whether he has actually left Mystic Falls or not. However, we do know he gave his ring (which makes the wearer invulnerable to harm from supernatural forces) to Jeremy, as it once belonged to his brother and Jeremy's father, Grayson Gilbert. John later returns to Mystic Falls and tells Jenna that he is Elena's biological father. It is also revealed that he and Isobel are working together to free Katherine. Elena has trouble believing and trusting John, especially after Isobel returns and he invites her into their house. Elena coldly rejects both and then leaves. Isobel then kills John at a party at the Lockwood Mansion, but he is seen wearing his ring and is effectively brought back to life hours later. Upon learning that Isobel has committed suicide, John comes to the conclusion he's no longer wanted anywhere in Mystic Falls and prepares to leave. Elena stops him however, telling him he is the only parent she has left, and she'd like him to stay. Later he goes through with a spell to save Elena from turning into a vampire, in return dying himself. He leaves Elena his ring and a letter saying he would've loved her human or even what he hated most, a vampire.

Mason Lockwood

Played by Taylor Kinney in seasons two and three, Mason Lockwood is Richard Lockwood's younger brother and Tyler Lockwood's uncle. Mason returns to Mystic Falls for his brother's funeral, after being away for seven years. Mason later catches Tyler and Jeremy Gilbert drinking beer and hints for Jeremy to leave. He then starts drinking with his nephew himself. When Tyler later gets upset and starts to get aggressive to his mother, Mason steps in and knocks him to the floor. Tyler is confused as to why he got mad so easily, and Mason tells him it is the Lockwood curse. Stefan and Damon Salvatore start to suspect that something's up with Mason, especially after he is able to defeat Stefan in an arm wrestling match. Damon uses mind control to provoke a carnival worker into fighting Tyler in the hopes Mason would intervene and reveal what he truly is. Mason does intervene and reveals inhuman like agility in the presence of both Stefan and Tyler. Mason is later seen turning into a werewolf during the night of a full moon. He attempts to lock himself in his vehicle, but upon seeing Stefan moving around the outside of it, he breaks out and runs off into the woods, where he attacks Caroline Forbes. Stefan intervenes and stops him from possibly killing Caroline. In the next episode he is seen talking with Damon, who now knows his secret. Mason attempts to make friends with Damon, but Damon is not willing and even tries to kill Mason with silver, which doesn't work for werewolves aren't weakened by silver. Mason tells Damon that he now has made a new enemy. Stefan makes an attempt to end the conflict between Mason and Damon by trying to make peace with Mason. Mason shakes hands with him, but decides to tell Sheriff Forbes that Stefan and Damon are vampires. After handing them both over he later leaves and finds Caroline in the woods with Elena Gilbert. He realizes that Caroline is a vampire and threatens to tell her mother. Caroline attempts to attack him, but he threatens to kill Elena. Caroline frees Elena and easily beats Mason. Mason is later seen with Katherine Pierce who is asking him about the moon stone. When he tells her he has it, they start kissing. It is revealed in flashbacks that Katherine is responsible for Mason becoming a werewolf by making him kill a man. She then befriended and seduced him to use him for getting the moonstone to her, which was the actual reason he returned to Mystic Falls. Mason is later captured by Bonnie Bennett and Damon in order to find the moonstone before Katherine could get it. After being tortured by Damon, Mason tells that Katherine told him she would be able to lift the curse of the moon if she had the moonstone, but Damon laughs and tells him that Katherine has used him and that she would rip his heart out in the end, but says he will now do it himself. Damon then literally rips Mason's heart out, killing him. In season three, when the doorway to "the other side" is temporarily opened, he appears as a ghost to Damon in order to hurt him, but also help him find a way to defeat Klaus, in order to help his nephew, who Klaus turned into a hybrid. After Mason makes Damon suffer by binding him to a chair, staking him and burn him in the sun, he tells him that he can help defeat Klaus if Damon apologizes to him. When Damon finally does so, Mason takes him to the Lockwood cellar and guides him through a tunnel which ends in a cave that has old paintings on its wall. Bonnie Bennett later closes the doorway to "the other side" again and Mason disappears.

Elijah

Played by Daniel Gillies in season two, Elijah is one of the Original vampires, as well as Klaus's older brother. The Originals appear to have owned the Moonstone until it was stolen by Katherine Pierce. Elijah appeared in episode eight, Rose. He was contacted by two vampires named Rose and Trevor. Upon reaching them he makes a deal to grant freedom to Rose in exchange for Elena who is the Petrova doppelgänger. He is later seen with Rose's best friend Trevor and he was shown to be so powerful that he chopped his head off with one swing of his hand. He was staked by Damon who along with Stefan came to rescue Elena after she was kidnapped. He is later seen coming back to life and pulling the stake out, showing that the Originals are much more difficult to kill than modern vampires. He is later seen compelling another vampire named Slater to drive a stake through his own heart, demonstrating another very powerful ability the Originals possess. In episode ten, The Sacrifice, Elijah works with Luka's father to find Elena. He discovers her location and goes there to confront her. Upon his arrival Elijah discovers three other vampires who came to take Elena. They wanted her because Elena is the doppelgänger and they wanted to hand her to Klaus. Elijah kills all three vampires with ease. He then spares Damon, Rose and Elena. This is due to the fact that Elijah said to Luka's father that he wants to keep Elena safe. In By the Light of the Moon, Elijah appears at Elena's home to make a deal with her. He reveals that Klaus does not trust him, and he has no idea where he is. He wants to use Elena as a way to draw Klaus out of hiding so he can kill him. In return he promises that Elena's friends and family will be kept safe. He is later seen at the tomb where Katherine and Stefan are located. Under his agreement with Elena, Elijah uses Luka and his father to de-spell the tomb so Stefan can leave. Katherine attempts to run, but Elijah stops her and compels her into staying in the tomb so Klaus can have her. Elijah tells Stefan that he will keep his word if Elena keeps hers. In Crying Wolf, it is revealed that his deal did not involve any protection of Elena, and that he plans on sacrificing her himself because sacrificing a doppelgänger will weaken Klaus. In The Dinner Party, Damon attempts to kill him using the ash of the white oak tree and a dagger, but is told by Alaric that the dagger will kill Damon too if he uses it. The dagger must be used by a human, so Alaric himself reluctantly stabs Elijah through the heart with it, "killing" him once again. When the dagger is removed, he comes back to life, determined to wreak vengeance. He is later tricked by Elena when he comes to take her away, and killed once again. His body is placed in the basement dungeon of the Salvatore house and Damon unsuccessfully tries to destroy it with a flame thrower. He is not seen for a while, until Klaus arrives in Mystic Falls after taking over Alaric's body. After trying take him on almost results in Bonnie's death, Elena refuses to let anyone die for her again, and says they will find another way. She is then seen going to the basement of the Salvatore Mansion, pulling the dagger out of Elijah's heart, and thus bringing him back to life. It is revealed that Elijah is actually Klaus's brother, and that their family was the oldest of Vampires to ever exist. He reveals to Elena the actual motive of Klaus's actions, and what curse he aims to break. Elijah then tells Elena of his own motives to kill Klaus; Klaus killed their remaining siblings, and Elijah now wants revenge. However after the ritual takes place that will lead to Klaus unleashing the wolf-part inside of him, Elijah is momentarily stunned while trying to kill Klaus, who tells him he knows where their siblings' bodies are, and promises to reunite him with them. Elijah then decides to save Klaus so he can see his siblings again, and Elijah helps him recover in the following days. However, once Klaus gets back to his full strength, he double-crosses Elijah by neurolizing him. Elijah is last seen being placed in a coffin that is put in a storage room with the coffins that hold his siblings' bodies, and Klaus keeps his word that he would 'reunite Elijah with his family'. Elijah will be seen in a flashback of Klaus' family.

Rebekah

Rebekah, portrayed by Claire Holt in season three, is Klaus and Elijah's younger sister and also an original vampire. Rebekah has faithfully supported Klaus in his attempts to kill their family and live freely as vampires. After her introduction to Stefan Salvatore in the 1920s, Rebekah took an immediate liking to him, but was quickly separated from him, as Mikael and his men show up searching for her and Klaus, causing the original siblings to flee. As they are about to leave the town, Rebekah informs Klaus that she's tired of life on the run and wants to live her life as normal as possible, with Stefan. Her brother forces her to choose between him and Stefan and proceeds to neutralize Rebekah after she opts for the latter. Klaus resurrects Rebekah as he needs her necklace. Rebekah is happy to see Stefan again, but is angry after she is unable to find her amulet. Rebekah reveals to Stefan that Mikael is after them. Klaus soon comes in and Rebekah reports that Stefan is not on their side, as he's asking about the man who wants to kill them. Once they're back in Mystic Falls, Rebekah informs Stefan that Klaus knows the Doppelganger is alive and that he won't be merciful. When she finds out that Elena has her necklace, she tells Klaus. Rebekah is left in Mystic Falls after Klaus flees. It is shown in a flashback, that she is very close to Klaus and still loves him, no matter what he does to her. It is revealed that Klaus killed their mother and their father, Mikael was accused of murdering her instead. Elena finds this out and tells Rebekah, who did not take the news lightly. She loved her mother, and hearing this broke her down in tears. During a failed attempt to kill Klaus, Rebekah was staked by Elena so that Rebekah would not interfere with her plans to kill Klaus.

Michael

In an episode flashback to the origin of the Orignals, we find out that Michael was husband to the orignal witch, the witch who turned her entire family into vampires. The orignal family lived in Europe in a time a plague. The orignal witch, or the mother of the family, knew another witch who talked of a land where men were stronger and faster than others. To escape the plague, the orignal family and the witch who knew about this land set sail to what is now known as North America. The stronger and faster species the other witch was referring to were werewolves. Michael and his family remained human, going underground during the full moon to escape the werewolves transformation. But when a werewolf killed his son, Michael ask his wife to cast a spell to protect his family. The wife consented, making her family faster and stronger than the werewolves, therefore, creating the orignal vampires.

Michael was enraged when he found out that Klaus was not his son. He was even madder when he found out that Klaus killed his wife, or Klaus' mother, in revenge for shunning him and binding his werewolf gene. Michael spent his entire life chasing after Klaus to kill him.

Michael, though often referred to as evil, does not drink human blood. He thinks that drinking human blood is evil and survives off drinking vampire blood. He says that he "learned to feed of the predator." He is seen drinking both Stefan's and Katherine's blood.

In a failed attempt to kill Klaus, Michael is stabbed by a wooden stake, the only weapon alive that can permantely kill an oringnal. Michael errupts into flames, ending his life.

Guest stars

Chris William Martin portrays Zach Salvatore, Damon and Stefan's nephew, in the first five episodes of the series, before being killed by Damon after Zach locked him in a cellar.^[2] Chris J. Johnson portrays news reporter Logan Fell in season one. He has a short romantic relationship with Jenna, but is later killed by Damon. He returns as a vampire, having been fed blood by Anna, but is eventually killed again by Alaric. Jasmine Guy portrays Bonnie's grandmother and powerful witch, Sheila Bennett, in season 1. She acts as a guide for Bonnie and helps her control her powers. She dies after she uses too much of her powers to open the tomb under Fell's Church twice. She returns as a ghost for one episode in season three, to help Bonnie close the doorway to "the other side" again. Pearl, portrayed by Kelly Hu in season one, is a vampire and the mother of Anna. She was locked up in the tomb, but Anna gets her out when Bonnie and her grandmother open it. She becomes the leader of the escaped vampires, but is soon killed by John Gilbert. She returns as a ghost for one episode in season three, in which she finds her daughter when the doorway to "the other side" is temporarily opened. Melinda Clarke plays Kelly Donovan in season one. Kelly is the mother of Matt and Vicki Donovan, who returns to Mystic Falls and finds out her daughter has died.^[3]

Lauren Cohan portrays vampire Rose in season two. She kidnaps Elena in order to hand her over to Elijah, but Elena is saved by Stefan and Damon. She then becomes an ally to them and even starts a small romantic relationship with Damon. She dies after she is bitten by werewolf Jules. Bryton James portrays warlock Luka Martin in season two. He befriends Bonnie, but it is later found out that he and his father work for Elijah. He is burned to death by Damon when he tries to invisibly save Elijah. Randy J. Goodwin portrays Luka Martin's father, Jonas Martin, in season two. He is a warlock and is introduced as a friend of Elijah's who can help defeat Klaus in order to save his daughter.^[4] He is later killed by Katherine, who is protecting the Salvatore brothers.^[5] Michaela McManus joins the cast in season two for a guest role as a werewolf named Jules, who comes to town looking for answers on Mason's death.^[6] She helps Tyler deal with finding out he is a werewolf, but is later killed during the sacrifice. Dawn Olivieri portrays Andie Star in seasons two and three, a love-interest for Damon. He first uses her mainly for feeding and sex, but later starts treating her better. She is killed by Stefan when he wants to prove to Damon that he is not worth saving. Gino Anthony Pesi portrays Maddox at the end of season two, a warlock that works for Klaus. He is shot to death by Matt when he tries to take down Damon.

Sebastian Roché appears as the vampire who hunts vampires, Mikael, in season three. He feeds on vampires and is hunting Klaus.^[7] It is later revealed that he is the father of the Originals and Klaus's stepfather.

References

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2. ^ "You're Undead To Me". Kevin Bray (director) Sean Reycraft & Gabrielle Stanton (writer). The Vampire Diaries. The CW. 2009-08-10. No. 5, season 1.
3. ^ "A Few Good Men". Joshua Butler (director) Brian Young (writer). The Vampire Diaries. The CW. 2010-25-03. No. 15, season 1.
4. ^ "Katerina". J. Miller Tobin (director) Andrew Chambliss (writer). The Vampire Diaries. The CW. 2010-11-11. No. 09, season 2.
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6. ^ Dos Santos, Kristin (December 3, 2010). "Casting Scoop: Meet the Newest Vampire Diaries Hottie!". E! Online. http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b214268_casting_scoop_meet_newest_vampire.html. Retrieved March 2, 2011. 
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External links

• Official website
• The Vampire Diares at Wikipedia
• The Vampire Diaries at the Internet Movie Database
• The Vampire Diaries at TV.com