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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: When he begs Stefan to save his life, Shane explains his prior villainy was to have his late wife resurrected, and he also believed Silas would do the same to the people he had murdered. Stefen leaves Shane to die after telling him his motives don't justify his actions.
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'''[[Literature/TheVampireDiaries The Vampire Diaries Novels]]'''\\
[[Characters/TheVampireDiariesBookCharacters The Vampire Diaries Book Characters]]\\
'''Series/TheVampireDiaries'''\\
[[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseMysticFallsGang The Mystic Falls Gang]] ([[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseElenaGilbert Elena Gilbert]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseStefanSalvatore Stefan Salvatore]]) | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseMysticFallsCitizens Mystic Falls Citizens]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseStefansAndDamonsFriends Stefan's and Damon's Friends]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniversePetrovaFamily The Petrova Family]] ([[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseKatherinePierce Katherine Pierce]]) | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseTheOriginalsAndAssociates The Originals & Associates]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseWerewolfPacks Werewolf Packs]] |[[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseBrotherhoodOfTheFive The Brotherhood of The Five]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseTheTravelers The Travelers]] ([[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseSilas Silas]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseQetsiyah Qetsiyah]]) | '''Whitmore College''' | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseGeminiCoven Gemini Coven]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseTheHeretics The Heretics]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseTheSirens The Sirens]]\\
'''Series/TheOriginals'''\\
[[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseMikaelsons The Mikaelsons]] ([[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseKlausMikaelson Klaus Mikaelson]]) | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseMikaelsonAssociates Mikaelson Associates]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseOtherHumans Other Humans]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseOtherVampires Other Vampires]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseOtherWitches Other Witches]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseOtherWerewolves Other Werewolves]]\\
'''Series/{{Legacies}}'''\\
''[[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseTheSuperSquad The Super Squad]]'' | ''[[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseSalvatoreSchoolForTheYoungAndGifted The Salvatore Boarding School for the Young and Gifted]]'' | ''[[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseGodsAndDemigods Gods and Demigods]]''-]]]]]
[[foldercontrol]]
!!Staff
[[folder:Professor Atticus Shane]]
!!Professor Atticus Shane
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/DavidAlpay
->''"I'm not crazy; I'm just passionate."''
Atticus is a professor or teacher that teaches at the university in which Bonnie's grandmother taught at. He is aware of the existence of vampires, witches and werewolves and is an associate of The Five as he was the one who sent Connor to Mystic Falls in the first place. He has plans to help Bonnie with her guilt, although he has plans for her.
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%% * BigBad: They seem to be setting him up, but he seems to be predicting Silas, a GreaterScopeVillain who might become involved.
%% * TheChessmaster
* TheFundamentalist: He seems to thoroughly believe that Silas will be able to revive all of the people whose deaths Shane has arranged in his name.
%% * IDidWhatIHadToDo: His reason for killing all the people in a ritual for awakening Silas is that with his power of resurrection, Shane believes they could all be brought back anyway.
%% * EvilMentor: The magic he's got her practicing is ''extremely'' dark, enough that it isn't even called magic anymore by witches.
%% * KilledOffForReal: Is killed by Silas when he's resurrected.
%% Is his death permanent?
%%
%% * ManBehindTheMan: He sent Connor to Mystic Falls in the first place.
%% * ManipulativeBastard: The major thing that makes him a threat, despite lacking any supernatural powers, is his ability to manipulate. Many of the events in Season 4 have been due to his direct manipulation.
%% Who does he manipulate? Why is he a bastard? Is he evil? Neutral?
%%
%% * TheMentor: He wishes to become this to Bonnie and help her with her guilt as well as with her witchcraft.
* MindManipulation:
** Hypnotizes Bonnie so that whenever she loses control of her dark powers, he's the only person who can bring her back under control.
** In an ironic twist, it turns out that he has been [[spoiler: manipulated by Silas all along, using a hallucination of his dead wife.]]
%% * NightmareFetishist
* NoSell: He's immune to compulsion, even if it's from an Original vampire. Rebekah and Kol are visibly shocked when he reveals this.
%% * TheProfessor: No one said the professor has to be a good guy.
* TechnicalPacifist: Protests that he doesn't even like to eat meat. He's okay with manipulating people into doing the killing for him, however, especially since he believes that they'll all be revived by Silas anyway.
%% * TokenEvilTeammate: When he teams up with the group to find the cure.
%% * WellIntentionedExtremist: Views himself as this. See TheFundamentalist above.
%% * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Wes Maxfield]]
!!Wes Maxfield
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/RickCosnett
A professor at Whitmore College. Maxfield is a member of Augustine, the secret society at the college that experiments on vampires. He is obsessed with discovering a way to force vampires to feed on one another to eradicate them for good.
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* ArcVillain: The main antagonist for the first few episodes of season 5.
%% * IcyBlueEyes
* KilledOffForReal: By Damon.
* PetTheDog: He does show some genuine concern for Aaron and he is willing to sometimes lie in order to protect Aaron from the supernatural.
* SternTeacher: He often comes off as arrogant in his knowledge of microbiology.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dianne Freeman]]
!!Dianne Freeman
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/SabrinaMayfield
The head of security at Whitmore College and a member of Augustine.
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* BlackBossLady: A no-nonsense female and black college head of security.
* IHaveAFamily: When Damon and Enzo kidnap and interrogate her, she pleads for them to spare her by mentioning she has two kids. Enzo replies by coldly snapping her neck.
* NeckSnap: She's killed when Enzo snaps her neck after capturing her.
* PoliceAreUseless: At first she looks just incompetent to Elena and Caroline for refusing to investigate Megan's death and ruling it out as a suicide, but then it's revealed she's actually a member of the Augustine conspiracy in the college and is actively covering up things.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Alaric Saltzman]]
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MattDavis
->''"I was a little too distracted by my dead vampire wife to ask any questions."''
Alaric becomes the replacement Occult Studies college professor at Whitmore College after Shane is gone.
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--> See Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseMysticFallsGang.
[[/folder]]
!!Students
[[folder: Elena Gilbert]]
!!!Elena Gilbert
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/NinaDobrev
->''"I don't question why everyone tries so hard to save me. You shouldn't question why I try so hard to save everyone else."''
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--> See Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseElenaGilbert.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Caroline Forbes]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/caroline_forbes.jpg]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/CandiceAccola & Creator/MckennaGrace
->''"So you're saying now I'm an insecure, neurotic control freak... on crack?''"
----
--> See Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseMysticFallsGang.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Bonnie Bennett]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bonnie_bennet.jpg]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KatGraham
->''"You saw what I was able to do tonight. I know who I am now. If Damon spills one drop of human blood, I'll take him down.''"
----
--> See Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseMysticFallsGang.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Tyler Lockwood]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tyler_lockwood.jpg]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MichaelTrevino
->''"I have no one else to tell. I'm sorry about earlier. It's just, I'm alone with this. What's gonna happen to me? I'm gonna turn on the next full moon, and I won't be able to stop it. I'm scared.''"
----
--> See Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseMysticFallsGang.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Liv Parker]]
!!Olivia Parker
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->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/PenelopeMitchell, Creator/BellaLotz(Young/Child)
Olivia "Liv" Parker was a major recurring character in the fifth and sixth seasons of The Vampire Diaries. She was a witch of the Gemini Coven and the twin sister of Luke Parker. Liv was also the younger sister of Josette Parker, Malachai Parker, Joey Parker, and three deceased unnamed siblings. She was also the youngest daughter of Joshua Parker.
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--> See Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseGeminiCoven.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Luke Parker]]
!!Lucas Parker
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->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/ChrisBrochu, Creator/CorbynKennedy(Young/Child)
Lucas "Luke" Parker was a recurring character in the fifth and sixth seasons of The Vampire Diaries. He was a witch and a member of the Gemini Coven. Luke was the twin brother of Olivia Parker, the younger brother of twins Josette Parker and Malachai Parker, Joey Parker and three unnamed deceased siblings. He was also the youngest son of Joshua Parker.
----
--> See Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseGeminiCoven.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Aaron Whitmore]]
!!Aaron Whitmore
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/ShaunSipos
Elena's friend and college classmate who has a secret connection to Damon that neither knew about until later.
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* ButtMonkey: Almost a deconstruction as we see how his endless misfortune has turned him into a complete psychological wreck.
%% * DarkAndTroubledPast
* DeadpanSnarker: Far more bitter than most other characters but still there.
* DoomMagnet: Due to the many deaths of his friends and family.
* TheEveryman: He's an ordinary human with no supernatural powers, scientific genius or even knowledge about vampires.
%% * GenericGuy
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Aaron initially comes across as cold and unfriendly but that's only because he's lost everyone he gets close to.
* KilledOffForReal: He is killed by Damon after Katherine possessing Elena's body breaks up with him.
%% * NiceGuy
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He apologizes to Elena and stops any future Vampire experiments from occuring. His reward is being brutally killed by Damon in the middle of one of his trademark Elena-based tantrums.
* NonIdleRich: He's very wealthy due to his family owning the University Elena attends but tries to pursue an education anyway.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Had been this with Megan King before she was murdered by Enzo.
* SinsOfTheFather: His grandparents were in charge of some very vicious experiments on vampires of which Damon was a victim. Damon then spent half a century murdering almost everyone involved, including Aaron's parents and aunt, leaving him alone.
* SpoiledSweet: The first thing he does when his trust fund kicks in is shut off the Vampire experiments.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Megan King]]
!!Megan King
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/HayleyKiyoko
Caroline and Elena's roommate at Whitmore College.
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* BathingBeauty: She takes frequent and long showers, according to Katherine. She even walks around the dorm in a ModestyTowel in one of her few scenes.
* DelicateAndSickly: As a baby, she had a rare heart condition and was not expected to live long, until Grayson Gilbert (Elena's father) was able to cure her using vampire blood.
* NiceGirl: She's nothing but kind and friendly to her new roommates.
* RedHerring: Caroline becomes paranoid about Megan once she finds out she has vervain in her water, thinking she might be a VampireHunter. But it turns out she needs vervain as medicine for her heart condition since it was cured using vampire blood.
* RedShirt: She exists purely to get killed by the Augustine vampire and get Elena and Caroline involved in that subplot.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Gets killed off in the episode she's introduced.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Nora Hildegard]]
!!Nora Hildegard
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->'''Played By''': Creator/ScarlettByrne
Nora Hildegard was a member of the Heretics who had a romantic relationship with fellow member, Mary Louise.
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--> See Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseTheHeretics.
[[/folder]]
!!Whitmore Hospital
[[folder:Jo Laughlin]]
!!Josette "Jo" Parker/Jo Laughlin
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JodiLynnOKeefe
Jo is a tough and accomplished doctor at Whitemore University hospital. She is Elena's medical teacher and Alaric's new LoveInterest. It's revealed Jo is the older sister of Luke and Liv Parker and the twin sister of Kai Parker. She is also a witch, but she no longer has access to magic.
----
--> See Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseGeminiCoven.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Liam Davis]]
!!Liam Davis
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MarcoJames
A pre-med classmate of Elena's and hospital volunteer at Whitemore University. He becomes Elena's new LoveInterest.
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* BigDamnHeroes: In episode five of season six, he saves the life of an injured girl using a tracheotomy - [[spoiler: despite having only ''read'' about it]] - which amazes and impresses Elena.
* InvertedTrope: Liam is introduced as Elena's new LoveInterest yet his portrayer Marco James actually [[ShipTease ships]] Damon and Elena.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: According to WordOfGod, Liam is from a family of doctors.
* JustFriends: After Elena decides she likes him and starts dating him, he learns she is a vampire. Elena then decides to compel him to forget he never liked her, what he's learned because she decides she doesn't care for him as she cared for Stefan and Damon and that they are just classmates and friends.
* MrFanservice: As noted by Caroline.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: For Elena after she compels herself to forget she ever loved Damon after his HeroicSacrifice.
* TokenHuman: Of all of Elena's {{Love Interest}}s, he's the only one who is a human.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Becomes this to No Humanity!Caroline when she compels him to 'experiment' on Sara Salvatore - by cutting her open, cut up her organs and pull out her heart.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Colin Phelps]]
!!Colin Phelps
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/DrewStephenson
A cancer patient who is on the verge of death at Duke University hospital. He is given vampire blood by Caroline in an attempt to cure him.
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* CurseThatCures: ''Averted'' as Caroline's vampire blood doesn't cure his cancer. Because cancer cells grow, the blood enhances his tumors killing him. After transitioning into a vampire, the cancer has also been enhanced to Stage 10, [[spoiler: a level of cancer that doesn't even exist]]. The resulting tumors caused him pain, he could ''hear'' his tumors growing.
* HopeSpot: After Caroline gives him her blood in an experiment, it appears to work allowing him to walk around. She is overjoyed, convinced she can save her mom ... until Colin actually dies later on from the blood speeding up the cancer.
* MercyKill: By Damon.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He is killed off in the episode after his intro.
[[/folder]]
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'''[[Literature/TheVampireDiaries The Vampire Diaries Novels]]'''\\
[[Characters/TheVampireDiariesBookCharacters The Vampire Diaries Book Characters]]\\
'''Series/TheVampireDiaries'''\\
[[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseMysticFallsGang The Mystic Falls Gang]] ([[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseElenaGilbert Elena Gilbert]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseStefanSalvatore Stefan Salvatore]]) | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseMysticFallsCitizens Mystic Falls Citizens]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseStefansAndDamonsFriends Stefan's and Damon's Friends]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniversePetrovaFamily The Petrova Family]] ([[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseKatherinePierce Katherine Pierce]]) | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseTheOriginalsAndAssociates The Originals & Associates]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseWerewolfPacks Werewolf Packs]] |[[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseBrotherhoodOfTheFive The Brotherhood of The Five]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseTheTravelers The Travelers]] ([[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseSilas Silas]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseQetsiyah Qetsiyah]]) | '''Whitmore College''' | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseGeminiCoven Gemini Coven]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseTheHeretics The Heretics]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseTheSirens The Sirens]]\\
'''Series/TheOriginals'''\\
[[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseMikaelsons The Mikaelsons]] ([[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseKlausMikaelson Klaus Mikaelson]]) | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseMikaelsonAssociates Mikaelson Associates]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseOtherHumans Other Humans]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseOtherVampires Other Vampires]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseOtherWitches Other Witches]] | [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseOtherWerewolves Other Werewolves]]\\
'''Series/{{Legacies}}'''\\
''[[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseTheSuperSquad The Super Squad]]'' | ''[[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseSalvatoreSchoolForTheYoungAndGifted The Salvatore Boarding School for the Young and Gifted]]'' | ''[[Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseGodsAndDemigods Gods and Demigods]]''-]]]]]
[[foldercontrol]]
!!Staff
[[folder:Professor Atticus Shane]]
!!Professor Atticus Shane
[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-Atticus_175.PNG]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/DavidAlpay
->''"I'm not crazy; I'm just passionate."''
Atticus is a professor or teacher that teaches at the university in which Bonnie's grandmother taught at. He is aware of the existence of vampires, witches and werewolves and is an associate of The Five as he was the one who sent Connor to Mystic Falls in the first place. He has plans to help Bonnie with her guilt, although he has plans for her.
----
%% * BigBad: They seem to be setting him up, but he seems to be predicting Silas, a GreaterScopeVillain who might become involved.
%% * TheChessmaster
* TheFundamentalist: He seems to thoroughly believe that Silas will be able to revive all of the people whose deaths Shane has arranged in his name.
%% * IDidWhatIHadToDo: His reason for killing all the people in a ritual for awakening Silas is that with his power of resurrection, Shane believes they could all be brought back anyway.
%% * EvilMentor: The magic he's got her practicing is ''extremely'' dark, enough that it isn't even called magic anymore by witches.
%% * KilledOffForReal: Is killed by Silas when he's resurrected.
%% Is his death permanent?
%%
%% * ManBehindTheMan: He sent Connor to Mystic Falls in the first place.
%% * ManipulativeBastard: The major thing that makes him a threat, despite lacking any supernatural powers, is his ability to manipulate. Many of the events in Season 4 have been due to his direct manipulation.
%% Who does he manipulate? Why is he a bastard? Is he evil? Neutral?
%%
%% * TheMentor: He wishes to become this to Bonnie and help her with her guilt as well as with her witchcraft.
* MindManipulation:
** Hypnotizes Bonnie so that whenever she loses control of her dark powers, he's the only person who can bring her back under control.
** In an ironic twist, it turns out that he has been [[spoiler: manipulated by Silas all along, using a hallucination of his dead wife.]]
%% * NightmareFetishist
* NoSell: He's immune to compulsion, even if it's from an Original vampire. Rebekah and Kol are visibly shocked when he reveals this.
%% * TheProfessor: No one said the professor has to be a good guy.
* TechnicalPacifist: Protests that he doesn't even like to eat meat. He's okay with manipulating people into doing the killing for him, however, especially since he believes that they'll all be revived by Silas anyway.
%% * TokenEvilTeammate: When he teams up with the group to find the cure.
%% * WellIntentionedExtremist: Views himself as this. See TheFundamentalist above.
%% * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Wes Maxfield]]
!!Wes Maxfield
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/RickCosnett
A professor at Whitmore College. Maxfield is a member of Augustine, the secret society at the college that experiments on vampires. He is obsessed with discovering a way to force vampires to feed on one another to eradicate them for good.
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* ArcVillain: The main antagonist for the first few episodes of season 5.
%% * IcyBlueEyes
* KilledOffForReal: By Damon.
* PetTheDog: He does show some genuine concern for Aaron and he is willing to sometimes lie in order to protect Aaron from the supernatural.
* SternTeacher: He often comes off as arrogant in his knowledge of microbiology.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dianne Freeman]]
!!Dianne Freeman
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dianne_freeman_tvd.jpg]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/SabrinaMayfield
The head of security at Whitmore College and a member of Augustine.
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* BlackBossLady: A no-nonsense female and black college head of security.
* IHaveAFamily: When Damon and Enzo kidnap and interrogate her, she pleads for them to spare her by mentioning she has two kids. Enzo replies by coldly snapping her neck.
* NeckSnap: She's killed when Enzo snaps her neck after capturing her.
* PoliceAreUseless: At first she looks just incompetent to Elena and Caroline for refusing to investigate Megan's death and ruling it out as a suicide, but then it's revealed she's actually a member of the Augustine conspiracy in the college and is actively covering up things.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Alaric Saltzman]]
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MattDavis
->''"I was a little too distracted by my dead vampire wife to ask any questions."''
Alaric becomes the replacement Occult Studies college professor at Whitmore College after Shane is gone.
----
--> See Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseMysticFallsGang.
[[/folder]]
!!Students
[[folder: Elena Gilbert]]
!!!Elena Gilbert
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elena_gilbert.jpg]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/NinaDobrev
->''"I don't question why everyone tries so hard to save me. You shouldn't question why I try so hard to save everyone else."''
----
--> See Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseElenaGilbert.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Caroline Forbes]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/caroline_forbes.jpg]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/CandiceAccola & Creator/MckennaGrace
->''"So you're saying now I'm an insecure, neurotic control freak... on crack?''"
----
--> See Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseMysticFallsGang.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Bonnie Bennett]]
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KatGraham
->''"You saw what I was able to do tonight. I know who I am now. If Damon spills one drop of human blood, I'll take him down.''"
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--> See Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseMysticFallsGang.
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[[folder: Tyler Lockwood]]
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MichaelTrevino
->''"I have no one else to tell. I'm sorry about earlier. It's just, I'm alone with this. What's gonna happen to me? I'm gonna turn on the next full moon, and I won't be able to stop it. I'm scared.''"
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--> See Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseMysticFallsGang.
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[[folder: Liv Parker]]
!!Olivia Parker
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->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/PenelopeMitchell, Creator/BellaLotz(Young/Child)
Olivia "Liv" Parker was a major recurring character in the fifth and sixth seasons of The Vampire Diaries. She was a witch of the Gemini Coven and the twin sister of Luke Parker. Liv was also the younger sister of Josette Parker, Malachai Parker, Joey Parker, and three deceased unnamed siblings. She was also the youngest daughter of Joshua Parker.
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--> See Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseGeminiCoven.
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[[folder: Luke Parker]]
!!Lucas Parker
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->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/ChrisBrochu, Creator/CorbynKennedy(Young/Child)
Lucas "Luke" Parker was a recurring character in the fifth and sixth seasons of The Vampire Diaries. He was a witch and a member of the Gemini Coven. Luke was the twin brother of Olivia Parker, the younger brother of twins Josette Parker and Malachai Parker, Joey Parker and three unnamed deceased siblings. He was also the youngest son of Joshua Parker.
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--> See Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseGeminiCoven.
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[[folder: Aaron Whitmore]]
!!Aaron Whitmore
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/ShaunSipos
Elena's friend and college classmate who has a secret connection to Damon that neither knew about until later.
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* ButtMonkey: Almost a deconstruction as we see how his endless misfortune has turned him into a complete psychological wreck.
%% * DarkAndTroubledPast
* DeadpanSnarker: Far more bitter than most other characters but still there.
* DoomMagnet: Due to the many deaths of his friends and family.
* TheEveryman: He's an ordinary human with no supernatural powers, scientific genius or even knowledge about vampires.
%% * GenericGuy
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Aaron initially comes across as cold and unfriendly but that's only because he's lost everyone he gets close to.
* KilledOffForReal: He is killed by Damon after Katherine possessing Elena's body breaks up with him.
%% * NiceGuy
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He apologizes to Elena and stops any future Vampire experiments from occuring. His reward is being brutally killed by Damon in the middle of one of his trademark Elena-based tantrums.
* NonIdleRich: He's very wealthy due to his family owning the University Elena attends but tries to pursue an education anyway.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Had been this with Megan King before she was murdered by Enzo.
* SinsOfTheFather: His grandparents were in charge of some very vicious experiments on vampires of which Damon was a victim. Damon then spent half a century murdering almost everyone involved, including Aaron's parents and aunt, leaving him alone.
* SpoiledSweet: The first thing he does when his trust fund kicks in is shut off the Vampire experiments.
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[[folder: Megan King]]
!!Megan King
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/HayleyKiyoko
Caroline and Elena's roommate at Whitmore College.
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* BathingBeauty: She takes frequent and long showers, according to Katherine. She even walks around the dorm in a ModestyTowel in one of her few scenes.
* DelicateAndSickly: As a baby, she had a rare heart condition and was not expected to live long, until Grayson Gilbert (Elena's father) was able to cure her using vampire blood.
* NiceGirl: She's nothing but kind and friendly to her new roommates.
* RedHerring: Caroline becomes paranoid about Megan once she finds out she has vervain in her water, thinking she might be a VampireHunter. But it turns out she needs vervain as medicine for her heart condition since it was cured using vampire blood.
* RedShirt: She exists purely to get killed by the Augustine vampire and get Elena and Caroline involved in that subplot.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Gets killed off in the episode she's introduced.
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[[folder:Nora Hildegard]]
!!Nora Hildegard
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->'''Played By''': Creator/ScarlettByrne
Nora Hildegard was a member of the Heretics who had a romantic relationship with fellow member, Mary Louise.
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--> See Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseTheHeretics.
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!!Whitmore Hospital
[[folder:Jo Laughlin]]
!!Josette "Jo" Parker/Jo Laughlin
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JodiLynnOKeefe
Jo is a tough and accomplished doctor at Whitemore University hospital. She is Elena's medical teacher and Alaric's new LoveInterest. It's revealed Jo is the older sister of Luke and Liv Parker and the twin sister of Kai Parker. She is also a witch, but she no longer has access to magic.
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--> See Characters/TheVampireDiariesUniverseGeminiCoven.
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[[folder: Liam Davis]]
!!Liam Davis
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MarcoJames
A pre-med classmate of Elena's and hospital volunteer at Whitemore University. He becomes Elena's new LoveInterest.
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* BigDamnHeroes: In episode five of season six, he saves the life of an injured girl using a tracheotomy - [[spoiler: despite having only ''read'' about it]] - which amazes and impresses Elena.
* InvertedTrope: Liam is introduced as Elena's new LoveInterest yet his portrayer Marco James actually [[ShipTease ships]] Damon and Elena.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: According to WordOfGod, Liam is from a family of doctors.
* JustFriends: After Elena decides she likes him and starts dating him, he learns she is a vampire. Elena then decides to compel him to forget he never liked her, what he's learned because she decides she doesn't care for him as she cared for Stefan and Damon and that they are just classmates and friends.
* MrFanservice: As noted by Caroline.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: For Elena after she compels herself to forget she ever loved Damon after his HeroicSacrifice.
* TokenHuman: Of all of Elena's {{Love Interest}}s, he's the only one who is a human.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Becomes this to No Humanity!Caroline when she compels him to 'experiment' on Sara Salvatore - by cutting her open, cut up her organs and pull out her heart.]]
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[[folder: Colin Phelps]]
!!Colin Phelps
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/DrewStephenson
A cancer patient who is on the verge of death at Duke University hospital. He is given vampire blood by Caroline in an attempt to cure him.
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* CurseThatCures: ''Averted'' as Caroline's vampire blood doesn't cure his cancer. Because cancer cells grow, the blood enhances his tumors killing him. After transitioning into a vampire, the cancer has also been enhanced to Stage 10, [[spoiler: a level of cancer that doesn't even exist]]. The resulting tumors caused him pain, he could ''hear'' his tumors growing.
* HopeSpot: After Caroline gives him her blood in an experiment, it appears to work allowing him to walk around. She is overjoyed, convinced she can save her mom ... until Colin actually dies later on from the blood speeding up the cancer.
* MercyKill: By Damon.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He is killed off in the episode after his intro.
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