Vampire

• Lucien Castle was viciously tortured for something Klaus had done;
• He stabbed Klaus, causing the vampire's blood to drip into his own wounds
• Healed, he assumed that he was now a vampire & went afther his attacker
• He was killed, awoke in transition, fed on a human & became the first Vampire

• Sage
• Alexia Branson
• Lillian Salvatore
• Caroline Forbes
• Milton Greasley
• Lorenzo St. John
• Katerina Petrova
• Damon Salvatore
• Stefan Salvatore
• Elena Gilbert

• Reanimated human corpses who feed on the blood of the living
• The growth of the species led to several attempts to end them
• Weapons like stake-shooting guns & vervain grenades were made to stop them
• Experience sensations & feelings much more intensely than humans
• Some become Rippers: extremely feral, predatory savage & beast like;
• Those can be controlled if they avoid human blood, feed only off animals
• Sire Bond: new vampire unconditionally obeys their sire;
• Happens if they have romantic feelings for them before being turned

• They normally look human
• Their vampire face had blood-red sclera, dark veins and sharp fangs
• Body desiccates when they die

• Human would consume vampire blood, and then die
• Transition into a vampire is completed by them drinking human blood
• If not done within 24 hours they will permanently die

• Enhanced Physiology
• Immortal
• Can turn his humanity on & off
• Mind compulsion
• Healing Factor

• Mummify if they abstain from blood
• Can't enter a home without an invitation
• Vervain
• Sunlight
• Wood through the heart
• Decapitation
• Heart Extraction