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* BreakTheCutie: Her past qualifies.


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* IAmAMonster: After threatening Elena, he comes to agree with his mother's view of him as an abomination.

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* HeelRealization / IAmAMonster: After threatening Elena, he comes to agree with his mother's view of him as an abomination.
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* HoistedByHisOwnPetard: He is killed by the very weapon that he intended to kill Klaus with.

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* HoistedByHisOwnPetard: He is killed by the very weapon that he intended to kill Klaus with.
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* InformedAttribute: Klaus will let you know that he's a hybrid, even though he has only transformed into a wolf once.
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* YourCheatingHeart: She had an affair with an unnamed werewolf, with whom she had a child: Niklaus.

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* YourCheatingHeart: She had an affair with an unnamed werewolf, with whom she had a child: child with: Niklaus.
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* {{Badass}}: Klaus os the most powerful being on the planet. He is a hybrid after all (vampire/werewolf). Because of this, he's extra strong and badass.

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* {{Badass}}: Klaus os is the most powerful being on the planet. He is a hybrid after all (vampire/werewolf). Because of this, he's extra strong and badass.
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* OnlySaneMan: Likes to think he is but this honor goes to finn, though elihah would be next in line, especially compared to Klaus, Kol and Rebekah.

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* OnlySaneMan: Likes to think he is but this honor goes to finn, Finn, though elihah Elijah would be next in line, especially compared to Klaus, Kol and Rebekah.



* BigBad: Share this role with Klaus in season 3 but unlike klaus, her intentions are for the good of mankind by killing the originals. She is the big bad by virtue of opposing vampires and because the consequence of killing the murderous originals means wiping out their bloodlines.

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* BigBad: Share this role with Klaus in season 3 but unlike klaus, Klaus, her intentions are for the good of mankind by killing the originals. She is the big bad by virtue of opposing vampires and because the consequence of killing the murderous originals means wiping out their bloodlines.

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* NobleDemon: He is reluctant to kill anyone and has a strong sense of nobility, honourability and morals, but he commits some immoral and morally questionable acts in order to preserve and protect the one thing he values the most: his family.

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* NobleDemon: He is reluctant to kill anyone and has a strong sense of nobility, honourability and morals, but he commits some immoral and morally questionable acts in order to preserve and protect the one thing he values the most: his family. However, despite his claim to nobility, he has ruthless killed many people for little reason, Trevor who was only asking for forgiveness was mercilessly decapitated and Slater, just for talking to Damon and Rose was compel by Elijah to kill himself.



* OnlySaneMan: When you compare him to the rest of his family, which is filled with dysfunction, Elijah is the only sane one of his family.

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* OnlySaneMan: When you compare him Likes to the rest of his family, which think he is filled with dysfunction, Elijah is the only sane one of his family.but this honor goes to finn, though elihah would be next in line, especially compared to Klaus, Kol and Rebekah.



* BigBad: Share this role with Klaus in season 3.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: When in season 3 she pretends to be nice and care about her family, until they find out she is really out to kill them all.

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* BigBad: Share this role with Klaus in season 3.
3 but unlike klaus, her intentions are for the good of mankind by killing the originals. She is the big bad by virtue of opposing vampires and because the consequence of killing the murderous originals means wiping out their bloodlines.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: When in season 3 she pretends to be nice and care about forgiving to her family, until they find out she is really out to kill them all.all, though she does indeed care about them but they have crossed the line too many times with their murderous lifestyle and so she attempts to kill them.



* TheGenericGuy: Of the originals, there's Klaus the romantic murderous one, Elijah the NobleDemon, Rebekah the AlphaBitch with deep emotional issues, Kol the AxCrazy one and...Finn

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* TheGenericGuy: Of the originals, there's Klaus the romantic murderous one, Elijah the NobleDemon, Rebekah the AlphaBitch with deep emotional issues, Kol the AxCrazy one and...FinnFinn.
**Subverted actually as he is not so generic, he is the IAmAmonster one.


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*OnlySaneMan: Elijah may like to think he is the sane one but the true moral Original is Finn. Elijah is just simply more popular
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* YourCheatingHeart: She had an affair with an unnamed werewolf, of whom they shared a child: Niklaus.

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* YourCheatingHeart: She had an affair with an unnamed werewolf, of whom they shared a child: Niklaus.
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* MommasBoy: Is the only one of his family who knows Esther's true agenda. According to Kol Finn was always Esther's favorite son.

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* MommasBoy: Is the only one of his family who knows Esther's true agenda. According to Kol Kol, Finn was always Esther's favorite son.

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%% * AloofBigBrotherAloofBigBrother: He has quite a cold and quiet demeanor.



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%% * TheDragon: To Estherhis mother Esther, when he agrees to help her to kill his siblings, even though he was well aware that he would die as well.



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* ILoveYouVampireSon: To SageSage, her lover 900 years ago. She was turned by Finn so they could be together forever.



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* MommasBoy: Is the only one of his family who knows Esther's true agenda

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%% * KilledOffForReal
KilledOffForReal: In "The Murder Of One" Matt stakes Finn in the heart, not knowing that Bonnie broke the binding spell before they succeeded, making Finn's death useless to kill Klaus.
* MommasBoy: Is the only one of his family who knows Esther's true agendaagenda. According to Kol Finn was always Esther's favorite son.



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%% * WhoWantsToLiveForever?: Finn doesn't.doesn't. He was ready to sacrifice himself to help Esther (using his blood to link him together with his siblings) to kill all the family.
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* AxCrazy: Heavily implied.

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* AxCrazy: Heavily implied.implied, with his aggressive, menacing and somewhat instable personality.



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%% * EvilIsPettyEvilIsPetty: Kol enjoys breaking rules, is overly rude and unreasonable and treats everyone with snark and contempt including his siblings like Rebekah and Klaus.



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%% * SmugSnakeSmugSnake: He's smug, condescending and overconfident.
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* WickedCultured: All the Originals can qualify, but mostly Elijah being the most sophisticated member of his family.

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* WickedCultured: All the Originals can qualify, but mostly Elijah being the most sophisticated member of his the family.
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* WickedCultured: All the Originals can qualify, but mostly Elijah being the most sophisticated member of his family.

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* TheCorrupter: Klaus did this to Stefan and reverted him back to the dark side of himself or his darker alter ego, the Ripper.



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* EvilBritEvilBrit: Klaus has a British accent due to Joseph Morgan being from Britain.

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* BreakoutVillain: Klaus is a popular, established villain in his own right. He was originally intended to only be a villain for season two, but was seen to be popular with the viewers. Therefore, the writers have decided to not kill him off.
* TheCasanova: Klaus likes to charm women, manipulate them, use them and than dump them.....or kill them.



* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Even though Klaus is a villain, he has been shown to be capable of love and affection. Klaus displays this with Caroline, Stefan, Rebekah and even Elijah at times.



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* ManipulativeBastardManipulativeBastard: Klaus is always manipulating somebody in order to achieve his goal or agenda.
* MonsterSobStory: Although he's the villain, the flashbacks of his human life have managed to give some viewers a more sympathetic point of view for Klaus.


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* ObviouslyEvil: Klaus fit this trope in season two. That was until we were given more insight into his character in season three.


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* WeCanRuleTogether: Klaus sort of extends this to Stefan in season three. Klaus seems sentimental about the brotherhood that he shared with Stefan back in the 1920's and believes that he and Stefan can be powerful together as TrueCompanions.

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* ArcVillain: Klaus was this for all of season two. He was known as the BigBad threatening all of MysticFalls.



* BadBoss: Klaus often threatened to kill Stefan if he didn't always obey or do as he says. An example of this is when Stefan refused to bite Elena, Klaus compelled Stefan to turn off his humanity.



* CorruptTheCutie: Does this to Stefan in the season two finale.

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* CorruptTheCutie: Does this to Stefan in the season two finale.finale, when Klaus forces Stefan to become a blood addicted Ripper in order to save Damon.



* DeadpanSnarker

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* DeadpanSnarkerDeadpanSnarker: Klaus may be the bad guy, but he's still got his share of witty comebacks, lines and phrases.



* TheUnfavourite: His father, Mikael, hated him and had a preference for Elijah over him.

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* TheUnfavourite: His father, Mikael, hated him and had a preference for Elijah over him. The dynamic between Klaus and Elijah mirrors that of Damon and Stefan, with Klaus as Damon and Elijah as Stefan. Like Damon, Klaus was also the un-favourite son and like Stefan, Elijah was the favourite son.
* TheUnfettered: Klaus doesn't care about morals and he is very ruthless; he will do anything and everything to achieve his desired goal or agenda, even if innocent people end up in danger or get killed. It also completely un-fazes him when someone gets killed.

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* AxCrazy
* {{Badass}}
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Tyler's Betty for Caroline's Archie.

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* AxCrazy
AxCrazy: Klaus is the epitome of psychologically unstable, and he is rather dangerous. Klaus is capable of extreme violence and murderous rage, especially if he is crossed.
* {{Badass}}
{{Badass}}: Klaus os the most powerful being on the planet. He is a hybrid after all (vampire/werewolf). Because of this, he's extra strong and badass.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Klaus is the Veronica to Tyler's Betty for Caroline's Archie.



* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Klaus' Cain.

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* CainAndAbel: The Elijah is the Abel to Klaus' Cain.



* NobleMaleRoguishMale: The Noble Male to Klaus' Roguish Male.

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* NobleMaleRoguishMale: The Elijah is the Noble Male to Klaus' Roguish Male.



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{{Badass}}: Mikael is powerful and he's badass. He's a vampire hunter after all.
** BadassAbnormalBadassAbnormal: Hes tough, capable, strong and...he's also a vampire.



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%% * {{Immortality}}: Mikael is a vampire. He is capable of living forever without physically aging.
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Type VV: TheUndead. He is a living dead person.



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%% * WeHardlyKnewYeWeHardlyKnewYe: In 3x09, [[spoiler:Klaus killed Mikael when he white-oak daggered him, with Mikael bursting into flames afterwards.]]
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Claire Holt

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->'''Portrayed by:''' Claire HoltClaireHolt
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Caroline

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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To CarolineCaroline.
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* Yandere: For Stefan. Rebekah has said that she still loves Stefan and has mentioned that she managed to wait for him. Ironically, Katherine has said the same thing.

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* Yandere: {{Yandere}}: For Stefan. Rebekah has said that she still loves Stefan and has mentioned that she managed to wait for him. Ironically, Katherine has said the same thing.
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%% * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Plus kept in a coffin for 100 of those years

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!!Klaus Mikaelson

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!!Klaus Mikaelson[[foldercontrol]]

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!!Klaus Mikaelson
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Joseph Morgan, Matt Davis, [[spoiler: Michael Trevino]]

->''"I will build an army so big, no one will ever touch me. My survival will haunt you through eternity. You will never destroy me!"''

Klaus Mikaelson is a 1,000+ year old hybrid, who is half vampire and half werewolf. Originally, Klaus, like all of the other Original vampires, was born a human until Esther and Mikael bestowed the curse of vampirism/immortality onto him and the rest of his siblings. Lord Niklaus (known pretty much universally as Klaus) is the main antagonist of the series from Season Two onward. He's responsible for numerous character deaths and his manipulations stretch back all the way to Season One, before he made an onscreen appearance or was even mentioned. He is the half brother to all of the other Original vampires: Elijah, Rebekah, Kol, and Finn. Klaus and his siblings share the same mother, Esther, who is the Original witch. Klaus' step father Mikael, is not Klaus' biological father; Klaus' real father is a werewolf. Mikael and Klaus never got along because of this and Mikael saw Klaus as a illegitimate child because of his wife Esther's affair with Klaus' biological father. In comparison to his elder half brother Elijah, who is described to be noble, compassionate, honourable and has regard for human life, Klaus is the opposite. Klaus is sociopathic, jealous, reckless, impulsive, selfish and manipulative. Klaus is seen to be the closest to Rebekah. Klaus has been shown to have a soft spot for Stefan, whom he befriended back in the 1920's when Stefan was a Ripper, and Caroline, who seems to bring out a much softer side of Klaus that was seen when he was a human.
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* AxCrazy
* {{Badass}}
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Tyler's Betty for Caroline's Archie.
* BigBad: He is this for Season Two. This continues on through Season Three as well, though he winds up [[BigBadEnsemble sharing the role]] with [[spoiler: [[KnightTemplarParent his mother, Esther]]]].
* BlackSheep: Of his family
* BlondGuysAreEvil: Blondish.
* TheChessmaster: Rescue the werewolf and vampire and kill the witch that he needs to perform his ritual? Doesn't matter, he's got a back-up of each of them.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Klaus will never hesitate to backstab anyone, literally. Klaus has stabbed and daggered his entire family.
* CorruptTheCutie: Does this to Stefan in the season two finale.
* CrazyPrepared
* DeadpanSnarker
* DisproportionateRetribution: His punishment towards Katherine for running away from him, and anyone who displeases him in the slightest.
* TheDreaded: The very mention of his name is enough to paralyze even the toughest vampires with fear. And thats before he even appears on screen.
* EvilBrit
* FakeAmerican: Klaus was born in what would become Mystic Falls in the 11th century
* FauxAffablyEvil: The only man who can politely smile while making You stab Yourself over and over again for his amusement.
* ForTheEvulz: Klaus will gleefully torture or kill anyone if it benefits his plans or even amuses him.
* GrandTheftMe: Does this to Alaric, which is how we first meet him.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Stefan (back in the 1920's)
* IAmNotMyFather: Becoming Mikael is Klaus' worse nightmare.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Seemingly a large part of his desire to create [[spoiler: his own race]]. In ''The Hybrid'' he bitterly refers to [[spoiler: Stefan]] as his only companion. Of course, any sympathy this might evoke rather vanishes when one remembers that the reason ''why'' he's so alone is he murdered his entire family.
* {{Immortality}}: Klaus is an Original vampire/hybrid. He is capable of living forever without physically aging. Although he physically looks like someone in their 20's, he is actually over 1,000 years old. He cannot die under normal circumstances.
** Klaus is Type V: TheUndead. He is a living dead person.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Klaus is the epitome of selfish and everything is all about him; his pain, his power and his agenda.
* KnightOfCerebus
* LackOfEmpathy: To a great extent.
* ManipulativeBastard
* NinjaPirateRobotZombie: He's a [[spoiler: werewolf ''and'' a vampire]].
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: The Roguish to Elijah's Noble.
* PermaStubble: Justified because he's probably never shaved and his hair doesn't grow.
** Actually vampires in the series can grow hair and beards, recent flashbacks show Elijah with facial hair even though he was somewhat clean shaven when first turned.
* PlotArmor: Despite virtually everyone in the cast constantly trying to kill him, and coming ridiclously close to being KilledOffForReal several times, the writers won't let him die. [[spoiler: That is, until "Before Sunset", when he is ''finally'' put into a death-like torpor via the same spell that bound Mikael.]] [[spoiler: But in the next episode he's back up again, though in a new body]]
* {{Really Seven Hundred Years Old}}
* ShipperOnDeck: Klaus seems to have a habit of making his favouritism for Stefan and Elena's relationship rather obvious and known.
-->''"Crazy or not, that kind of love never dies."'' - Klaus to Damon about Stefan and Elena's relationship in 3x11
-->''''Now this is fascinating. The only thing stronger than your craving for blood is your love for this one girl."'' - Klaus to Stefan and Elena in 3x05
-->''"And that's what makes you [Stefan] her [Elena] better option'''."'' - Klaus to Stefan in 3x21
-->''"Personally, I think she's [Elena] wasting her time with Damon'''."'' - Klaus to Stefan in 3x21
* TrueCompanions: With Stefan back in the 1920's when Stefan was a Ripper.
* TheSociopath: Despite all his claims to not wanting to be alone, he gleefully murders his own family members without regret or remorse. The only times he ever seems upset is when things go wrong for him on a personal level.
* TheUnfavourite: His father, Mikael, hated him and had a preference for Elijah over him.
* VillainousBreakdown: Had a small one in "The Hybrid" when [[spoiler: he failed to make new hybrids for his army]], then another in "Bring Out the Dead" when [[spoiler: his siblings threatened to leave him forever alone and unloved]], [[RuleOfThree then again]] in "Do Not Go Gentle" when [[spoiler: he ranted at Esther's corpse that she would ''never'' destroy him]].

!!Rebekah Mikaelson
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Claire Holt
->''"If you come after my brother, I will rip you apart."''
An Original vampire, Rebekah is the only daughter of the Original family. She had a romance with Stefan in the 1920s. Klaus staked her when she chose Stefan over him. She was unstaked by Klaus in an effort to find out why his hybrids were failing. Her cruel nature masks her emotional insecurity.
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* AlphaBitch: In contrast to Caroline, who is a LovableAlphaBitch.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Caroline
* BlondesAreEvil: She's aggressive, cruel, spiteful and vindictive.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Rebekah to Mikael.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: A common victim of this, it makes the fact that she's so bitchy understandable because she probably has problems trusting anyone.
* DarkActionGirl: She's seen torturing Damon in one episode.
* EvilCounterpart: She seemed like she was an evil version of Caroline at first but she's really just scarred from everyone in her life turning on her.
* FakeBrit: Claire Holt is Australian.
** Also the originals are Eastern-European-via-Scandinavia, but Rebekah was born in the New World. She manages to be a fake Brit both in and out of universe, while also being a FakeAmerican
* FemmeFatale: She's beautiful, free-spirited and good at manipulating people.
* GrandTheftMe: By Esther her own mother.She gets better.
* PowersViaPossession: Her mother being a Witch while possessing Rebekah still got access to her witch powers AND vampires abilites.
* HiddenDepths: Despite her aggressive nature, she has shown to be emotionally fragile. She very much wants to be like a normal teenager, and longs to have the normal teenage life she missed out on. Before being turned into a vampire, she used to be a sweet and normal teenage girl, as seen in the flashbacks.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: She actually does have a good reason for [[spoiler: causing the accident that kills Elena as it would also kill Alaric and save the vampire race]]
* IHateYouVampireDad: He's also her actual father, Mikael, who was a vampire vampire-hunter.
* {{Immortality}}: Rebekah is an Original vampire. She is capable of living forever and cannot physically age. Even though she looks like a teenager, she is technically over 1,000 years old.
** Rebekah is Type V: TheUndead. She is a living dead person.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The dark to Caroline's light.
* Really700YearsOld: Rebekah is really 1,000 years old and was born during the 10th century.
* RememberTheNewGuy: She was with Klaus and Elijah when Katherine was human, despite not being shown.
* RichBitch: The Originals come from a wealthy background.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: See HiddenDepths.
* Yandere: For Stefan. Rebekah has said that she still loves Stefan and has mentioned that she managed to wait for him. Ironically, Katherine has said the same thing.


!!Elijah Mikaelson
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Daniel Gillies
->''"Young vampires — so arrogant. How dare you come in here and challenge me?"''

An Original vampire, Elijah is the most sophisticated member of his family. He alternately works for Klaus and against him throughout the series. He was once in love with Katherine and tried to save her from his brother but she betrayed him. He has developed a fondness for Elena as well.
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* AffablyEvil: He's an intelligent, charming man who strongly believes in honor and loyalty but he has a dark, dangerous side and he'd be able to kill whenever it suits his needs.
* AntiVillain: See above.
* AscendedExtra: The Originals vampires became increasingly more important in the story.
* {{Badass}}: And ''how''. He's second only to Klaus on the vampire totem pole, ''vastly'' above and beyond the likes of Stefan and Damon.
* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Klaus' Cain.
* DeadpanSnarker: Elijah has a dry sense of humour and a quick wit. Even when he is being serious, he can be funny.
* FaceHeelTurn: Klaus promised to take him to his family's bodies if Elijah spared his life. Of course, Klaus reneged and stabbed Elijah with the ash dagger (which Elijah had previously been stabbed with by Alaric and Elena).
* FriendlyEnemy: He develops a friendship with Elena.
* IAmAMonster: After threatening Elena, he comes to agree with his mother's view of him as an abomination.
* {{Immortality}}: Elijah is an Original vampire. He is capable of living forever without physically aging. Although he is in his late 20's, he is technically over 1,000 years old. He cannot die under normal circumstances.
** Elijah is Type V: TheUndead. He is a living dead person.
* NobleDemon: He is reluctant to kill anyone and has a strong sense of nobility, honourability and morals, but he commits some immoral and morally questionable acts in order to preserve and protect the one thing he values the most: his family.
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: The Noble Male to Klaus' Roguish Male.
* OnlySaneMan: When you compare him to the rest of his family, which is filled with dysfunction, Elijah is the only sane one of his family.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Elijah is an Original vampire who is really 1,000 years old and was born during the 10th century.
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* SiblingRivalry: Elijah has had an ongoing rivalry with his brother Klaus for centuries. Elijah has even gone as far as to attempt killing Klaus in order to stop him from breaking his hybrid curse and killing people in the process.
* SiblingYinYang: Elijah is the opposite of Klaus in terms of personality, outlook, values and beliefs. While Elijah is more moral, noble and upstanding, Klaus is more impulsive, immoral and reckless.
* SixthRangerTraitor: After Elena tells him that she agreed to help Esther kill Klaus, (and that it would also kill the other Originals) he traps Elena underground with a very angry Rebekah controlling her; meanwhile he tells Stefan and Damon that they have until the end of the night to stop the spell by killing the witches who is with his mother, Abby and Bonnie.
* SharpDressedMan: Elijah never fails to look dapper, neatly dressed and well-put together in his finest suits.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Elijah is the epitome of chic and fashionable.
-->''"I'm a little behind the times but I believe the term you're looking for is 'OMG'."''
* VillainBall: Sometimes family comes first to him, even if it means sparing/helping his murderous siblings.
* WorthyOpponent

!!Mikael
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Sebastian Roché

->''"Get Klaus back to Mystic Falls, and I will gladly drive a stake through his heart. Fail... I`ll drive it through yours."''
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* AbusiveParents: Mikael is this to Klaus but to be fair, klaus was very impulsive and never took their situation (living with werewolves) seriously which got his brother henrick mauled to death by werewolves..
* ArchnemesisDad: to Klaus.
%% * {{Badass}}
%% ** BadassAbnormal
* ChekhovsGunman: He first appears as Chief of the Chicago Police looking for Klaus and Rebekah in the 20s.
* TheDreaded: Klaus, a werewolf-vampire hybrid who can't be killed and treats everyone around him like an insect...is absolutely terrified of him.
%% * DroppedABridgeOnHim
* FoodChainOfEvil: He only feeds on other vampires but he is not evil, in fact he says he chooses to feed on vampires so he does not have to feed on humans.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: Regrets making his wife create vampires and so hunts them but it is Klaus who is his target.
%% * {{Immortality}}: Type V
* KilledOffForReal
* SealedEvilInACan: More like sealed vengeance in a can as he wants revenge for what klaus did, Mikael is not evil but gruff, humorless and does not take nonsense as Damon was quick to learn.
%% * WeHardlyKnewYe

!!Esther
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Alice Evans & [[spoiler: Claire Holt]]

->''"I love my family, Elena. But they are an abomination."''
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* {{Badass}}: She is the one who turned her family into vampires by using a ritual that involved the sun and the White Oak Tree. She was also the one who placed the Hybrid Curse on Niklaus.
** BadassAbnormal
* BigBad: Share this role with Klaus in season 3.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: When in season 3 she pretends to be nice and care about her family, until they find out she is really out to kill them all.
* BlondesAreEvil
* BodySnatcher: Of her own daughter no less.
* DarkActionGirl
* HotMom: She's quite an attractive woman.
* HotWitch: Known as the Original Witch.
* KilledOffForReal: She's killed by a transitioning Alaric when she tried to kill Jeremy and Matt.
* KnightTemplarParent: Wanted so badly to protect her children that she [[spoiler: turned them into vampires, a plan which required killing them.]]
* MamaBear: See above.
* TheStoic
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Has come to believe that [[spoiler: she made a mistake turning her children into "monsters" and unleashing vampires upon the world. Hatches a plan to kill them all, for the greater good.]] She is not wrong though, as out of her children, four became murderous monsters, only Finn kept his morality as he was ashamed of what he was.

!!Kol Mikaelson
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->'''Portrayed by''': Nathaniel Buzolic

->''"Again with the dagger threats, don't you have any other tricks?"''
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* AxCrazy: Heavily implied.
* {{Badass}}: Klaus would rather deal with Elijah than deal with Kol.
** BadassAbnormal
* CurbStompBattle: Surprisingly inverted, despite being a powerful original, he has been defeated by Damon twice, first by by having his neck snapped and secondly by being staked.
%% * EvilIsPetty
* FakeAmerican: Like Rebekah and Klaus he was born in the New World but is played by an Australian Nathaniel Buzolic
%% * {{Immortality}}: Type V
%% * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Plus kept in a coffin for 100 of those years
%% * SmallNameBigEgo
%% * SmugSnake

!!Finn Mikaelson
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->'''Portrayed by''': Caspar Zafer

->''"I will be ready to die."''
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%% * AloofBigBrother
* {{Badass}}: Stabs Klaus in the hand before he can even react.
%% ** BadassAbnormal
%% ** BadassLonghair: In his first appearance.
%% * TheDragon: To Esther
* TheGenericGuy: Of the originals, there's Klaus the romantic murderous one, Elijah the NobleDemon, Rebekah the AlphaBitch with deep emotional issues, Kol the AxCrazy one and...Finn
%% * IAmAMonster
%% * ILoveYouVampireSon: To Sage
%% * {{Immortality}}: Type V
%% * KilledOffForReal
* MommasBoy: Is the only one of his family who knows Esther's true agenda
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: And has been kept in a coffin for over 900 years
%% * TheStoic
* TokenGoodTeammate: The rest of his family liked killing..even Elijah who likes to think of himself as a NobleDemon.
%% * WhoWantsToLiveForever?: Finn doesn't.

!! Henrik Mikaelson
-> Portrayed by Devon Allowitz
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* [[DeadLittleSister Dead Little Brother]]: His death resulted in the creation of vampires.
%% * TheVoiceless: He never speaks.

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