History Characters / Legacies

->Played by: Peyton Alex Smith

* ItsAllAboutMe: Oddly enough, Lizzie has shown capable of great selflessness, even if those close to her would not necessarily agree to or appreciate her methods as they usually involve some sort of self-sacrifice on Lizzie's part, which can surprisingly take in stride.

* BigBrotherInstinct: To MG as well as his own sister Kym.
* CharacterDevelopment: Started out as an arrogant young vampire who saw him and his kind as superior. His bond with MG has since changed this.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Oddly enough, Lizzie has shown capable of great selflessness, even if those close to her would not necessarily agree of appreciate her methods as they usually involve some sort of self-sacrifice on her part.

* ItsAllAboutMe

* MySisterIsOffLimits: She tends to disapprove Josie's relationships like with Penelope in Season 1, with Landon in Season 2 and even a possible romance with Hope after discovered this latter had a crush on Josie at 14. Maybe because she's somewhat territorial with her sister (don't want shared her attention) and/or she thinks Josie deserves better anyway.

* MySisterIsOffLimit: She tends to disapprove Josie's relationships like with Penelope in Season 1, with Landon in Season 2 and even a possible romance with Hope after discovered this latter had a crush on Josie at 14. Maybe because she's somewhat territorial with her sister (don't want shared her attention] and/or she thinks Josie deserves better anyway.

* {{Adorkable}}: Quite dorky, but has no trouble getting ladies. Something Lizzie constantly makes fun of.

->Played by: Karen David

* BewareTheNiceOnes/BewareTheQuietOnes: Josie is kind and calm usually but if someone upset her, the person can end magically damaged.

* LikeFatherUnlikeDaughter: There is an undeniable irony in Klaus being the established villain of the story and Hope being the heroine every time something bad happens.

* MissingMom: Her biological mother Josette Laughlin is deceased, and Caroline her birth mother is often away during Season 1 on "recruitment trips".
* MySisterIsOffLimit: [[She tends to disapprove Josie's relationships like with Penelope in Season 1, with Landon in Season 2 and even a possible romance with Hope after discovered this latter had a crush on Josie at 14. Maybe because she's somewhat territorial with her sister (don't want shared her attention] and/or she thinks Josie deserves better anyway.]]

* BrainyBrunette: She's a smart and book-oriented student.

* ActionGirl: Not emphasied as Hope but she's a supernatural-fighting witch as well.
* BadassBookworm: She's studious and bookish in comparaison with other students but Josie is considered as a powerful witch.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Lizzie is very possesive with her relatives and friends being jealous of Hope due to her bond with Alaric and later with Josie. She shows jealousy too when she sees MG's flirt with Dana.

* BigBrotherInstinct: To MG.

* HiddenHeartOfGold
* {{Jerkass}}: Kaleb is arrogant, boisterous and considers his human peers inferior to him, and known for feeding on humans, a practice that is forbidden at the school.

* ChickMagnet: He catches the eye of both Josie and Lizzie when he first appears at the school.

* TheChick

* NiceGirl

* ActionDad
* BadassNormal
* BadassTeacher

* PapaWolf

!Recurring Characters
[[folder: Dorian Williams]]
!!Dorian Williams
->Played by: Demetrius Williams

* BadassNormal
* NumberTwo: He is effectively Alaric's second-in-command among the faculty at the Salvatore School.
* WhatTheHellHero

[[folder: Penelope Park]]
!!Penelope Park
->Played by: Lulu Antariksa

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Her reasons for acting the way she does are actually motivated by real and selfless love.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Her persona to the rest of the school, which actually gets her far in the social realm.
* PutOnTheBus: Penelope leaves the school at the end of season 1, transferring to a witches-only school in Belgium.

[[folder: Kaleb Hawkins]]
!!Kaleb Hawkins
->Played by: Chris Lee

* BigBrotherInstinct: To MG.
* FakeGuestStar: He's in more episodes than some of the mains.
* FamilyOfChoice: Promises to be MG's brother and protect him upon finding out he was basically kicked out of his family for being a vampire. Later on, it is shown Kaleb brought MG to his family BBQ where they can be seen having fun like any normal teenagers.
* HiddenHeartOfGold
* {{Jerkass}}: Kaleb is arrogant, boisterous and considers his human peers inferior to him, and known for feeding on humans, a practise forbidden at the school.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Kaleb eventually confronts Alaric about not allowing the school's vampires to drink human blood and not teaching the witches to use offensive spells, stating that they need those things in order to be at full strength for fighting off the increasingly stronger monsters that periodically attack the school. Alaric reluctantly admits that he's right.
* LackOfEmpathy: He starts off as this shamelessly feeding off of humans, talking all confident and tough all about how superior vampires are to humans. He gets better.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He reacts like this when his pushing of MG to drink human blood reveals that MG has the potential markings of a Ripper.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: When Kaleb's sister Kym and MG show signs of liking one another, Kaleb is quick to put a stop to that. Partly it's to keep his human sister from the supernatural world, and partly it's to protect MG from his sister.
* PetTheDog: Has a soft spot for MG over everyone else in the School.
* PoisonousFriend: Kaleb lures MG to embrace his philosophy of vampirism and feed directly from humans. It backfires when MG cannot stop feeding and almost kills someone, and Dorian explains that MG has the potential to be a Ripper vampire.
* UndyingLoyalty: To MG.

[[folder: Ryan Clarke]]
!!Ryan Clarke
->Played by: Nick Fink

An agent of Triad Industries, although he seems to have an agenda of his own.

* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Clarke is Cain to Landon's Abel. He is Landon's (much) older brother, who resents him for being seen as Malivore's favorite son. He wants to use Landon to destroy Malivore and doesn't mind his little brother being collateral damage.]]
* {{Golem}}: [[spoiler:Clarke turns out to be one of Malivore's attempts at creating others like him. Clarke looks completely human but has some of Malivore's powers. However, Malivore considers Clarke to be a failure.]]
* MasterOfDisguise: It's revealed in season 2 that [[spoiler:Headmaster Rupert Vardemus is actually Ryan Clarke in disguise]].
* MenInBlack: Clarke is initially introduced this way, working for the shadowy Triad Industries. [[spoiler:In fact, he's actually responsible for the organization's creation, having founded a cult tasked with watching over Malivore's puddle form, which eventually became Triad Industries. However, his real goal is different from Triad's mission.]]
* ShipTease: He has enough moments to hint he has a crush on Hope.
[[/folder]]


%% [[folder: Machado]]
%% !!Machado "Mac"
%% ->Played by: Bianca Kajlich
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%% The new sheriff of Mystic Falls, introduced in season 2 and replacing Matt Donovan, who was elected mayor.
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* ShipTease: He has enough moments to hint he has a crush on Hope.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Has feelings for Hope, who only sees him as a friend and is in love with his brother.

* ChickMagnet: He catches the eye of both Josie and Lizzie when he first appears at the school. It's hinted Hope harbors an attraction to him also.

* LikeFatherUnlikeDaughter: There is an undeniable irony in Klaus being the stablished villain of the story and Hope being the heroine every time something bad happens.

->Played by: Zach Roerig