Upgraded Original Vampire

• They normally appear human
• Their predatory face has bright blood-red irises rather than blood-red sclera
• Dark red veins extend farther down the face than on ordinary or Original vampires
• They possess six razor-sharp fangs: four upper and two lower

• Super strength superior to Original vampires
• Exceptional super speed, agility, senses and durability
• Enhanced healing factor
• Immortality & do not age
• Mind compulsion, telepathy & mental intrusion
• Advanced werewolf venom capable of killing Original vampires

• Broken neck renders them unconscious
• Desiccation from blood deprivation or a stopped heart
• Invitation is required to enter a human-owned home
• Vervain weakens/burns them and blocks compulsion
• Sunlight remains harmful unless protected
• Magic can injure, restrain or desiccate them
• Severe trauma to the heart can temporarily neutralize them
• Their enhanced immortality makes ordinary anti-vampire killing methods ineffective
• A dagger made by Freya Mikaelson is the only thing that can kill them

• Lucien modified Esther Mikaelson’s Original vampire spell to create a superior form of Original vampire
• The ritual was performed on the Mystic Falls ground where Esther originally created the Originals
• The serum incorporated the remaining White Oak, Freya Mikaelson’s blood, ancestral magic venom derived from the seven werewolf bloodlines

• Lucien Castle
• Marcel Gerard

• Engineered specifically to surpass & kill the Mikaelson Originals