Original Vampire

• They normally look human
• Their vampire face had blood-red sclera, dark veins and sharp fangs

• Exceptional strength, speed, agility, senses and durability
• Very fast healing
• Immortality & do not age
• Can compel humans and ordinary vampires
• Can enter minds & share memories through contact
• Can influence dreams & create mental illusions
• Can suppress their emotions or humanity

• Sunlight burns them but does not permanently kill them
• Lack of blood or a stopped heart can desiccate them
• They need an invitation to enter a human-owned home
• Vervain burns & weakens them, also blocks compulsion
• Powerful magic can injure or restrain them
• White Oak Ash Daggers can temporarily neutralize most Originals
• A White Oak Stake can permanently kill an Original
• Upgraded Original venom can kill an Original
• The Cure removes vampirism and makes an Original mortal

• Created in the 11th century after a werewolf killed Henrik Mikaelson
• Mikael wanted his family to become stronger than werewolves
• Esther used dark magic to turn her family into immortal vampires
• They died with Tatia’s blood in their bodies and completed the change with human blood
• They became the source of later vampire bloodlines

• Mikael
• Finn Mikaelson
• Elijah Mikaelson
• Kol Mikaelson
• Rebekah Mikaelson

• An Original’s death could also kill vampires from their sireline
• They drink blood and can desiccate without it