Niklaus

Niklaus Mikaelson (a.k.a. Nik or Klaus) is an Original/Hybrid, and the son of an unnamed werewolf and Esther. He has six siblings that consists of five half-brothers and one half-sister. A deceased unnamed older brother, four other half-brothers named Elijah, Finn, Kol, and Henrik. And a younger half-sister named Rebekah. Klaus is also the step-son of Mikael, with whom he had a strained relationship with.

He is first mentioned in a conversation between Rose and Stefan warning him about the Originals. Klaus is believed to be the most hated and feared of all the Originals and those who fear him are desperate for his approval. Over the centuries Klaus has become a recluse who confides in and trusts only the members of his inner circle.

For over 1000 years Klaus has been trying to a break a curse that bound him to a moonstone. He created the myth of the sun and moon curse in order to help find the moonstone and the Petrova Doppelgänger that was needed to break the actual curse. His goal was to bring out his werewolf side so he could sire his own super race.

In 1492, he finally got his chance to break his curse when he met Katerina Petrova, the final piece for the ritual. He kept her entertained until the full moon, but was unaware that she found out what he was and what he wanted from her, causing Katherine to escape from him. After Katerina turned into a vampire he assumed that her family line ended with her and that his chance to break his curse was forever gone, Klaus traveled to Bulgaria and slaughtered her entire family in revenge.

For the next 500 years Klaus was searching for a way to break the curse without the doppelgänger and had forced generations of witches and warlocks to help him for centuries. Along his search for a way to break his curse, Klaus has hunted down his family and neutralized them. Also he was searching for Katerina Petrova, who escaped him and stole his moonstone.

He is the main antagonist of Season 2 making his first appearance in Know Thy Enemy, in Alaric's body.

Niklaus is a member of the Mikaelson Family.

History


Klaus was born to Esther and a unknown man, in a small village that would eventually become known as Mystic Falls. Klaus has six half-siblings and a step-father named Mikael, who was a wealthy landowner who moved with Esther to the New World when their home village was devastated by a plague. Klaus was close to his family with the exception of Mikael, this was because Klaus was not his son and from a different bloodline.

Many years before his mother had an affair with a man from a different species. When his brother Henrik was killed by a werewolf, Esther performed a ritual which transformed Klaus, his siblings and his step father into vampires. When he made his first human kill, his werewolf gene was activated, thus informing Mikael of Esther's unfaithfulness. Mikael then hunted down and killed Klaus' father and his entire family, not realizing that he was igniting a war between vampires and werewolves that has been perpetuated across the ages. Soon after becoming a vampire and discovering his werewolf bloodline, a curse was placed on Klaus by Esther, forcing his werewolf side to lie dormant and then abandoned him. In retaliation, Klaus murdered his mother, and framed Mikael for the act.

1492
He was a nobleman in the late 15th century England where he met Katerina Petrova. He planned to use her in the sacrifice, but she escaped. After Katherina escaped, she was turned into a vampire unintentionally by Rose.

In retaliation, Klaus traveled to Bulgaria and murdered her family for her defiance. Over the centuries, Klaus was obsessed with finding Katherine and a way to break his curse without the doppelgänger and the moonstone ever since.

1920s
During the 1920s Klaus and his sister Rebekah were on the run from the vampire Mikael, a vampire hunter from his past. The siblings were in Chicago in 1922 where they met the vampire Stefan Salvatore that Rebekah fell in love with. At first Klaus hated Stefan but it changed when Klaus discovers that Stefan was a Ripper and they became good friends. One day they were attacked at a bar by Mikael. Before Klaus and Rebekah left, Klaus compelled Stefan to forget him and Rebekah. Later when he and Rebekah were about to leave Chicago, Rebekah told Klaus that she was tired of running and wanted to be with Stefan. Klaus then forced her to choose between him and Stefan, she chose Stefan. This made so him angry that he neutralized his sister with a White Oak Ash Dagger, he then took her body with him in a car and left Chicago.

Season Two


Isobel Flemming, a vampire working for Katerina Petrova who now went by the name Katherine Pierce, who also happened to be the mother of the second Petrova doppelgänger, was trying to find Klaus and ultimately succeeded by getting close to a member of his inner circle. Klaus found out what she was up to and compelled her to tell him what she knew. When he learned that she was working for Katherine and that the rumors about a doppelganger in Mystic Falls were true, he decided to use her in a plan to capture Katherine and the Moonstone.

Along with Klaus's trusted warlock, Maddox, Isobel made Katherine believe that Klaus was willing to pardon her if she delivered the Moonstone and the doppelganger to him. While Katherine found the Moonstone, Isobel helped Maddox capture her former husband, Alaric Saltzman. Katherine and Isobel then captured Elena at which point Isobel revealed her true colors and Maddox captured Katherine. He then ordered her to let Elena go since Klaus didn't need her yet. Maddox then transferred Klaus's spirit into Alaric's body so that he could spy on Elena and her friends.

In the Last Dance, Klaus interrogated Katherine for information about Elena and her friends and learned that a witch Bonnie Bennett could be a danger to him so he decided to kill her. Still pretending to be Alaric he attacked her at the 60's decade dance by compelling several students. Finally cornering Bonnie, he forced her to use all her power and die. He didn't realize that she had faked her death to protect herself and Elena.

In Klaus, he has Maddox, and his other minions, including Greta, bring his original body to him so that he can return to it. While they are doing so, he sets up a contingency plan by threatening Jenna's life. As Stefan stops him from killing Jenna, Klaus tells him that it would be easy for him to take his revenge if Elena tries to stop him from breaking the curse. At the same time, Elena learns from Elijah the real nature of the curse and why Klaus wanted to break it. He was then released from Alaric's body and returned to his own by Maddox and Greta.



Klaus goes to the Mystic Grill to remind Damon not to do anything he will regret. Damon asks if he can postpone the ritual, but Klaus says he has everything and the ritual will happen. He warns him not to screw it up if he wants to live. Klaus returns to Alaric's apartment and is immediately suspicious of Katherine. He compels her to tell him what she has been doing but, as she is taking vervain, she is able to lie.

He is still suspicious and 'compels' her to take off her bracelet, walk to the window and stand in the sunlight. Katherine has to do it and screams. Eventually Klaus believes she is compelled and says she needs to do something for him. When the full moon begins to emerge Stefan and Elena arrive home but are confronted by Klaus, who tells Stefan that he had him all nervous and thought he had done something stupid. Klaus asks if Elena is ready. Stefan put his arm in front of Elena and says "No". Klaus tells him there is no reason for him to die, and he and Elena leave for the ritual.

Klaus returns to Alaric's apartment and tells Katherine that Elena is with Greta. The door flings open and Damon tells Klaus to postpone the ritual, explaining that he rescued the werewolf and vampire and killed Maddox. Klaus tells him that he knew either Damon or Stefan would try to stop him and reveals that he always has a back-up plan. He shows Damon on a webcam that he has captured Jules. Damon asks if he has a back-up vampire and Klaus says he has got it covered, before darkness falls on Damon. Katherine wakes Damon up and tells him that Klaus has gone to begin the ritual. She admits that she had to do something so Klaus wouldn't realize she was on vervain, and reveals that Klaus made her call Jenna, to lure her out explaining that he needed another vampire because Damon's blood was impure due to his werewolf bite.



Klaus appears at the quarry and begins the sacrifice by handing the moonstone over to Greta. Klaus walks over to Jules, who then tries to attack him but fails. Klaus rips out her heart then squeezes the blood into the spell. The sacrifice continues and Elena begs Klaus to let Jenna go, explaining that she doesn't have to die. Elena doesn't want to leave Jeremy without a family and points out that she did everything Klaus asked. However, Klaus realizes that Stefan has arrived and goes to speak to him on top of a cliff, who wants to replace Jenna in the sacrifice.

Klaus and Stefan return to the women and Klaus asks Elena who she wants to save and who she wants to die. However, he soon reveals that she doesn't really have a choice and stakes Stefan in the back. He explains that he has other plans for Stefan and needs him alive. Greta removes the fire from Jenna and Elena starts crying, Jenna then rushes over to bite Greta. However, Klaus stabs her, lies her down and stakes Jenna in the heart.



Klaus appears and tells Elena it's time, offering her his hand. She refuses it and walks past him to the sacrificial altar. Klaus thanks her, but she tells him to go to hell. He bites her neck and feeds from her until she falls onto the ground, lifeless. Klaus announces that he can "feel it happening" and begins to transform. Bonnie appears and throws him across the ground. Greta heads over towards them, but Damon breaks her neck.

Bonnie continues to cast the spell with Klaus yelling to the top of his lungs in pain. As he is about to.die, Elijah approaches him at which point Bonnie stops the spell. Klaus seems terrified as he sees his brother towering over him. Elijah punches through Klaus's rib cage to get to his heart as he asks him to say the names of their family. Klaus then tells him that he didn't bury them at sea and that their bodies were safe and that Elijah would never find them without him. After some consideration, Elijah saves his brother without Stefan or Bonnie being able to stop him.



A few days later wakes he up in the forest with Elijah over him. Elijah gave him some clothes and asked him where are the bodies of their family. Klaus says that he will take him to them in time. Later they go to Alaric's apartment where they find Katherine and Stefan. Stefan tells Klaus that he needs his help for Damon, and knows Klaus has a cure for Damon's Werewolf bite. Klaus suddenly stakes Elijah with the white oak ash dagger, and then he runs towards Stefan and puts a wooden stake close to his heart. Stefan then tries to make a deal with him. Klaus will give him a cure for a Werewolf bite and he will be at his mercy. He releases

Stefan and then he bites Katherine and gives her his blood and tells Stefan that his blood is the cure, and in exchange he forces Stefan to drink human blood several times. In the end he tells Katherine to go and give Damon his blood. Later he and Stefan go to a warehouse where he puts Elijah's body in a coffin and tells some men to put him with the others, then he tells Stefan that they will leave town after Stefan does something for him. Then a girl comes and Klaus bites her and tells her to run and then Stefan blocks her path and kills her much to Klaus' approval, after that Klaus and Stefan leave town.

Season Three


Klaus has been tracking down a werewolf named Ray Sutton and tracks him through the whole Eastern seaboard leaving a trail of bodies behind which are caused by Stefan. He ultimately finds him in Tennessee where he has Stefan kill two more girls before they corner Ray in a bar. There, Klaus tells Ray that he is a Hybrid and that he wants to create more.

He has Stefan torture Ray using darts tipped in wolfsbane to force Ray to reveal the location of his pack. At this time, Klaus is warned that Damon Salvatore had gone to the house where they had killed two women. He decides to go and put Damon in his place but Stefan insists that he should go in his place. Klaus lets him. He ends up getting the location of the pack from Ray, then he finds the location of Ray's pack and ends up feeding Sutton his blood before killing him so as to turn him into a Hybrid.

In The Hybrid, Klaus and Stefan find Ray's werewolf pack in the woods. Klaus turned them all into Hybrids. When Ray bleeds through his eyes and feels pain, Klaus then discovered that there something wrong with the hybrids. Then Ray soon became rabid and fled the site. Stefan tried to stop him and was bitten. Klaus was only willing to give Stefan the cure to the fatal bite if he retrieved Ray. When the same thing happened with the other hybrids he killed some, and some died on their own When Stefan came back with Ray's dead body Klaus was angry over that he could not make Hybrids. Klaus gave Stefan his blood and left the camp with Stefan leaving the hybrids dead body's on the ground.



At the beginning of The End of the Affair, Klaus and Stefan are shown to have arrived in Chicago, where Klaus plans to meet "his favorite witch", Gloria, to find out why he can't make any new Hybrids. Stefan finds a picture of them together at the bar, and Klaus reveals they knew each other, that they had been friends back in the 1920s and that Klaus was Stefan's "number one fan", as he liked Stefan's way of making others suffer before killing them. He had erased his memories to protect themselves, as they were running from a yet unknown person. Gloria tells them that she needs Rebekah, as she has something Gloria needs. Klaus resurrects his sister, but she does not have her necklace, which can be used to contact the Original Witch.

In Disturbing Behavior, Klaus is still using Gloria to try and find the necklace used in contacting the Original Witch. Klaus later finds out that Stefan was asking about Mikael, the person that he was maybe running from in the 1920s. Klaus seems angered by this and knocks Stefan out then takes him back to Mystic falls to find out why he is still holding on to his former life.

At the beginning of The Reckoning, Klaus corners Elena, asking her why she is still alive. He takes her by the arm and leads her to the gym, chasing away the other students by telling them they're busted for pranking. Elena tells Klaus not to hurt anyone, but he argues that he has to. Rebekah drags Tyler's body into the gym, and they wait till Bonnie arrives, where Klaus tells her she has to find a way that he can successfully create hybrids.



Stefan later comes in and pledges allegiance to Klaus, but both knew it was a lie as soon as Klaus hurt Elena, and Stefan tried to stop him. Klaus then compelled Stefan not to fight him and to listen to him. He ordered him to kill the two teenagers, Dana and Chad, who Klaus had compelled to stay there. To make a game of everything, Klaus puts a clock on it: Bonnie has to find a way for him to create hybrids, or else Stefan must kill Elena.

After Stefan tried to fight the compulsion, Klaus yet again compelled him, this time with a stronger force to turn his humanity off, finally getting Stefan to obey. Presumably, Stefan attacked Elena, but somehow Klaus must have stopped him, as he figured out himself how to create a Hybrid: with the doppelganger blood. He fed Tyler the blood, and Tyler then changed into a Hybrid.



In the parking lot of the hospital, Damon comes to rescue Elena, but Klaus stops him, saying he could kill him now that his brother doesn't care. Damon tells him that Mikael knows where they are. Klaus replies that he's bluffing, but Damon informs him that they found Mikael's tomb. Klaus threw Damon against a car and vanished without a trace. Klaus leaves town in search of werewolves he can turn into hybrids. He manages to find several, successfully turning them into hybrids.



In Homecoming, Klaus receives a call from Stefan who tells him that Mikael is dead. Thanks to the fact that Elena really did stab Mikael with a white oak dagger, Stefan is able to override Klaus's compulsion when he is forced to tell the truth. Rebekah, who has learned that Klaus had killed her mother, confirmed what they had said in an attempt to lure him back to Mystic Falls. Klaus says that he will be on his way. Klaus has Tyler throw a party to celebrate Mikael's death.

After seeing who he thinks is Elena, he reveals that his hybrids are present, and they have orders to kill Damon if Klaus is killed. The party goes well, until one of his hybrids say that a guest named Mikael is waiting for him. Visibly angered, he goes to meet his step-father. Klaus attempts to have his hybrids attack Mikael, but Mikael reveals that while they are sired to Klaus, they are part vampire and can therefore be compelled by Mikael. Mikael reveals that he had one of the hybrids grab 'Elena' and threatened to kill her if Klaus didn't come outside of the Lockwood house.

Klaus tries to call Mikael's bluff, but Mikael stabs her. To everyone's shock, it wasn't Elena at all, but Katherine, who throws wolfsbane grenades at the hybrids and runs. Damon then appears and attacks Klaus with the white oak stake. However, Stefan interrupts the battle, pulling Damon off of Klaus. Klaus grabs the stake and drives it through Mikael's heart, killing him and destroying the stake in the process.



When Damon asks Stefan what he was doing, it is Klaus who answers by saying that Stefan was earning his freedom, he then gives Stefan his freedom. Klaus then left. Unaware of his sister's role in the murder attempt, he tries to call her saying that is time to go, but is unable to reach her (do to Elena daggering her). Stefan then calls and reveals that he stole the coffins with Klaus' siblings, who Klaus intended to revive now that Mikael was dead. Klaus threatens to kill Stefan and anyone Stefan ever met, but Stefan merely replies that if he does, he will never see his family again.



In The New Deal he builds himself and his hybrids a house to stay at Mystic Falls. He meets Damon and Elena at the Grill wants to know where Rebekah is. He leaves, saying to Elena she should find Stefan. He calls Jeremy and tells him to go outside on the street and not to move. He intended to kill Jeremy by a car accident. To save Jeremy's life, Elena made a deal with Klaus. She shows him where Rebekah was and he spares Jeremy's life. He leaves with Rebekah, after Elena told him that she knows he killed Esther. Back home Rebekah slowly recovers but Klaus stabs her again with the White Oak Ash Dagger, killing her.

In Our Town Stefan visits Klaus and tells him to get his hybrids out of the town. When he doesn't agree, Stefan kills Mindy by decapitating her. Klaus is angry and tells Tyler to bite Caroline but he refuses. Later, Klaus attended the Founder's Council Feast and tries to convince the Mayor that his hybrids would protect the town, successfully. After Damon received a phone call from Stefan that he has Elena and is trying to turn her into a vampire, he goes to talk to Klaus.

Klaus thinks Stefan bluffs but calls Stefan. Hearing that Stefan has Elena fed his blood, he promises to get his hybrids out of Mystic Falls. After Tyler accidentally bit Caroline he went to Klaus asking him for help. Klaus goes to the Forbes place to heal Caroline. Liz invites him in and he has a intimate conversation with Caroline about being a vampire. Eventually, he feeds Caroline his bloods and says "Happy Birthday". After Caroline woke up, Klaus has left but she finds an expensive bracelet made of dozens of diamonds. A gift from Klaus.



In The Ties That Bind Klaus is seen in one of Bonnie's dreams as she tried to open the locked coffin. Back in present time Stefan went to Klaus and talks to him. Klaus states that he wants his family back, now that his Hybrids left town. It is revealed that he ordered Daniel Warren to the house of Abby Bennett as he called him later. When Damon went to the Abandoned Cottage, Klaus came and gets tortured by the spirits of the dead witches.

As he threatens to kill all witches they stop hurting him. He then commands them to show him the coffins and they do. Just the fourth one is missing. He asked Damon where the last one is and he threatens to rip out his heart but he doesn't get an answer. After all coffins were moved to his house, Klaus had to go to finish some business but is surprised by Elijah, un-daggered earlier by Damon, standing in front of him after he killed a hybrid.



In Bringing Out The Dead, Elijah attacks Klaus for having locked him in the coffin but Klaus overpowers him and, having pulled the dagger out of their brother Kol, threatens to use it on him. Elijah retorts that he would have to deal with Kol then. Klaus resigns himself to that fact and tells Elijah that Mikael was dead. Surprised to hear of his father's death, Elijah asks why their family remains in the coffins. Klaus asks Elijah to help him to get the fourth coffin back from Stefan by reminding him of the oath that they had sworn to one another: '''always and forever'. ''Elijah then organizes a dinner between Klaus and Stefan with Damon present. The deal offered by the brothers is that, in exchange for the coffin, Klaus will leave Mystic Falls forever, a deal that Elijah deems to be fair.

Klaus later counters with his own offer: Elena's future happiness with a human husband (Matt Donovan) in exchange for the coffin; this would keep her safe from what he deemed to be feuding between the Salvatore brothers and would ensure the continuity of the Petrova bloodline so that he could keep creating hybrids. Stefan refuses the deal. Klaus then grabs him and burns his hand in the flames while Elijah prevents Damon from intervening. Klaus tells Damon to bring him the coffin or he will kill Stefan. Damon complies and Klaus sends Elijah with him. However, Elijah and Damon returns after wards not with the coffin but with the daggers that Elijah had removed from their siblings.

Elijah claims to have learned not to trust Klaus's promises and declares that this while be done on his terms. Kol then appears followed by Finn who stabs Klaus in the hand after he tries to seize the dagger. As Klaus tries to run, Rebekah appears and stabs him for 'their mother'. Klaus stumbles back and is caught by Kol. Elijah dismisses Damon and Stefan, claiming that it was 'family business.' Esther then appears and tells the originals to stop fighting. She tells Klaus to look at her and asks if he knows why she is here. When Klaus suggests that she is probably there to kill him, she says she is there to forgive him, and that she wants them all to be a family again.

The next day, Esther organizes a ball to celebrate the reunion of their family and asks Klaus who he is going to bring to the ball, stating it's going to be a magical evening. So Klaus sent an invitation and a ball dress as a present to Caroline with a note to dance with him. She appears wearing the dress and the bracelet he left in her room on her birthday. She later dances the waltz with him, asking her how she is after Bill died. He makes a complements about her dancing skills which she commented with having had some training.



They are later seen outside, standing next to a horse. Klaus states that he had a horse but it got killed by Mikael. He also stated that the relationship with his father was really complex as Caroline's was with Bill. She then goes inside because she likes people too. They then go inside the house where Klaus reveals that he likes drawing, having drawn many people and also a landscape which is now hanging in the house. He asks if she has been somewhere and that he could take anywhere she wants. Caroline then says it must be good if he gets everything he wants. She thinks that's the reason he creates hybrids and wants him to give Tyler his life back. She also states that he compels people, he sires hybrids or buys affections to make friends and she is not the girl he can buy off. Angered, she leaves and Klaus is alone.

The next day he is with Kol in the house. Rebekah comes home from her one night stand while Klaus is drawing pictures (presumably of Caroline). Kol states he's bored so he and Nik go outside. They head to the Grill where they meet Alaric and Meredith Fell. As a distraction, planned by Damon, Caroline enters the pub but isn't pleased to see Klaus. He follows her outside, wanting to talk about her. She sits down and talks with him. After Kol got neutralized, Klaus feels something and immediately recognizes something must have happened, getting angry at Caroline because he suspected her.

He rushes to Kol, pulls the dagger out and threatens to kill the Salvatore's, but is stopped by Elijah. Together with Kol and Elijah he goes to the Witch Burial Ground. He orders her to end this and he'll send her back to hell. She responds she hated it to see how he shed blood. After she left with Finn, Klaus is seen burning the pictures he draw of Caroline. Rebekah enters, stating she hated him as she found out that he killed Esther, but Klaus is the only one who has never left her. She then delivers shocking news. Klaus learns that a sapling of the White Oak Tree has been planted 300 years after they left the Old World.

In The Murder of One, Klaus and Rebekah join forces to get Finn on their side by reuniting him with Sage. He then gets Bonnie to undo Esther's linking spell. He first tries to bribe Bonnie by offering to reunite her with her mother, but when Bonnie refuses, he instead threatens to kill Jeremy. Klaus watches as Rebekah tortures Damon, but they stop when Stefan comes by and offers to trade his White Oak Stakes for Damon's freedom. Klaus then learns that there are more White Oak Stakes and that one of them was used to kill Finn.

In Heart of Darkness, Klaus tires to get the last remaining White Oak Stake, and sends Kol to stop Damon and Elena from learning of their bloodline origin. He gets impatient and eventually kills Alaric, but soon enough, he sends Rebekah to retrieve it, not knowing that Rebekah is possessed by Esther.

In Do Not Go Gentle, Esther while possessing Rebekah convinces Klaus to go the 1920s dance by telling him that Caroline will be there. In the dance Klaus sees Caroline and Tyler dancing and he interrupts them by asking Tyler where he's been. He then ask's Caroline to dance in which she at first rejects him but then Tyler says it's alright for her to dance with him. Klaus shares a dance with Caroline and tells her how she would of loved the 1920s and that he will be leaving Mystic Falls that night. When Rebekah is absent from the dance, Stefan informs Klaus that Esther is back. After Esther is killed, Klaus states angrily that Esther will never be able to stop him and that he will continue to live.



In Before Sunset, Klaus is informed by Rebekah that Alaric survived, and that the white oak stake has no effect on him. Rebekah wishes to leave, but Klaus states that he will no leave without Elena, causing Rebekah to get angry and state that she won't care even if he does die, before leaving. Klaus then goes to Elena's house to collect her, however Stefan and Damon bar his way. He begins attacking the house from the outside, trying to force them to invite him in, but the manage to repel him. Just as he is about to cause the place to explode, Stefan comes out and says that Alaric has captured both Elena and Caroline and will only give them up if Klaus hands himself over. Klaus initially refuse, but Bonnie comes up with a plan that will allow them to actually succeed. He then agrees, but makes it clear that after this he is taking Elena and leaving. He waits in front of the school-where Alaric has Caroline and Elena-with Stefan and the two talk, Klaus trying to drive a wedge between the brothers again.

When Stefan states that all of Klaus' attempts to break the Salvatore brothers apart has only made their bond stronger, Klaus counters by asking what will happen when Elena finally chooses between them. Then, Bonnie, Damon and Jeremy show up. Bonnie gives the vampires a vile of her blood, saying that once they drink it, all they have to do is make a connection with Alaric's heart, and she will use her magic to stop it, effectively neutralized him. After drinking the blood, Klaus enters the school with the Salvatores.

He comes across Caroline and grabs her, keeping her quiet and telling her that she will be fine, and that she must get home as soon as possible, she thanks him then runs. Stefan and Damon restrain Alaric, and Klaus plunges his fingers into his heart, but Alaric manages to get free, break Stefan and Damon's necks and nearly drove his white oak stake through Klaus' heart. Ironically, Elena saved Klaus by threatening to kill herself, deducing that Esther bound Alaric's life to hers so that he could only live one life time. As she prepared to follow through with her threat Alaric went to stop her, freeing Klaus, who then ran off with her.

He then began draining Elena of all her blood, that way gaining enough blood to at least have some hybrids, while also killing off the greatest threat to him. When Elena asks why he is killing her, as he won't have an unlimited army anymore, he states that he doesn't need one as he has his family back. Elena counters saying that they will never truly trust him again, and that he is wants a back up family, which is why he is draining her blood instead of simply snapping her neck. Later, Tyler shows up and tries to free her, but Klaus finds him before he can get Elena out of the house.



He asks how Tyler broke the sire bond, and Klaus states that that is impossible, Tyler countering by saying that true love is more important than sire bond induced loyalty. Klaus states that Tyler should be thanking him as he saved Tyler from the misery of life as a werewolf, but Tyler says that Klaus doesn't give a crap about him, he only wanted to not be alone. Klaus then prepares to kill him, but Stefan and Damon arrive. Tyler and Damon restrain Klaus, while Stefan plunges his hand into Klaus' chest, and Bonnie begins her spell again. Klaus looks at Stefan with a mixture of sadness and shock as his life fades away. He is then completely desiccated, and his dead body falls to the floor. Everyone then holds a victory party, and Stefan and Damon later drive off with the purpose of disposing of Klaus' corpse.

In The Departed, Damon stores Klaus's coffin in a warehouse outside of Mystic Falls. Bonnie arrives at the warehouse, and Damon tells her that he hid Klaus's coffin in compartment 1020, saying that compartment 666 would be too obvious (666 is the Devil's number, with Damon indicating that Klaus is the Devil). Bonnie and Damon enter the compartment, and open Klaus's coffin. Klaus wakes up from his sleep, but is still in a dessicated state. Bonnie then asks Damon to give her a moment alone with Klaus, saying that she wants to appreciate the sight of him like this. After Damon leaves, Bonnie tells him that he should burn in hell.

However, she knows that if he dies, so does her mother and friends, and she questions him what she is supposed to do about that. Off-screen, Bonnie saves Klaus from Alaric by performing a spell that transferred his spirit into Tyler Lockwood's body and possibly preserve his physical form. Later, Alaric shows up at the warehouse, catching Damon off guard. He demands to know Klaus's location, and Damon tells him that he stored in one of the compartments. Rebekah later shows up to retrieve Klaus's coffin. Rebekah and Damon try to sneak Klaus out of the warehouse, but are caught by Alaric. Alaric slams Rebekah against the car and tosses her aside. Damon tries to stop Alaric from opening Klaus's coffin, but fails. Alaric does so, and brandishing the White Oak Stake, plunges the weapon into Klaus's heart. Klaus gasps in pain and bursts into flames, Rebekah screaming in horror. Damon gives Rebekah time to escape Alaric.

Afterward you see Bonnie talking to Tyler and realize she put a spell on him to transition his "soul" in with Tyler.

Relationships

 * Klaus and Caroline


 * Klaus, Caroline and Tyler


 * Klaus and Rebekah


 * Stefan and Klaus


 * Elijah and Klaus


 * Klaus and Elena


 * Klaus, Elijah, and Rebekah


 * Damon and Klaus


 * Mikael and Klaus


 * Klaus and Greta


 * Klaus and Alaric


 * Klaus and Katherine


 * Klaus and Finn


 * Klaus and Kol


 * Klaus and Gloria


 * Klaus and Bonnie


 * Klaus and Esther

Personality and Traits
While a human, Klaus had a complicated life, he was close with his brothers Elijah and Henrik, and his sister Rebekah, whom he affectionately called Beka. However, he had a strained relationship with his father, Mikael, who was harder on him than on any of his siblings. Klaus even admitted to Rebekah that Mikael frightened him which made him constantly seek his approval without ever finding it. His mother, Esther, often tried to calm Mikael when he became angry with Klaus but she never tried to stop him from humiliating her son. This led him to resent both his parents and possibly to be jealous of his siblings for having their approval. Personality wise, Klaus is described as sadistic, careless, impulsive, emotional, quick-tempered, volatile, manipulative, jealous, obsessive and competitive. Klaus has little to no regard for human life in general, the polar opposite of his half brother, Elijah, who lives by a moral compass, has compassion and regard for human life and shows ability to feel guilt and remorse for his actions.

Unbeknownst to any, Klaus was not the son of Mikael, but of a werewolf in another village which made Klaus both aggressive and angry. When they became vampires, all these emotions were heightened and Klaus's temper became worse than ever. Years of humiliation at Mikael's hands and Esther's supposed indifference, coupled with her rejection of him as her son, led Klaus to kill his own mother in revenge. After this, Klaus shut off his humanity to any but his family, killing any who crossed his path. Vengeful and power-hungry, he will stop at nothing to achieve his ends and remove those who stand in his way.

However, Klaus does not believe that death is a punishment as seen when he denies Katherine death, instead keeping her alive so that she will suffer for having betrayed him. He will also place usefulness before pleasure and keeps people alive when it suits his needs. He has also shown a penchant for working with witches which was mentioned by Katherine in Know Thy Enemy. Klaus also has a sense of honor and will not go back on his word although, like his brother Elijah, he will always look for loopholes in the deals he makes. He has also shown a sadistic side notably when he deals with humans or people who have crossed him, such as Elena, Damon and Katherine.

However, Klaus's hunger for power actually hides a deep fear of being alone which must stem from his father's treatment of him. He wants the hybrids so that he will not be the sole member of his race as Esther intended when she placed the curse on him. He also desires, beyond anything else, to be reunited with friends and family as shown by his desire to have Stefan, his one-time friend, and his family back at his side.

Powers and Abilities
Vampire/Original Powers


 * Super Strength - Originals are much stronger than normal vampires, werewolves, and humans. They are able to decapitate other species with a single chop and shatter windows and doors with small objects. Grow stronger with time. Muscular physique is much more defined and his muscle mass is enhanced.


 * Super Speed - Originals are much faster than normal vampires, werewolves, and humans. They are able to stop other supernatural species in their tracks and run miles in mere minutes. Grow faster with time.


 * Heightened Senses - Original vampires have extremely enhanced, keen senses of hearing, sight ( also have night vision), smell, and taste. Their senses improve slowly over time.


 * Super Agility - Originals possess superhuman stamina, flexibility, reflexes, agility, and dexterity. They can move, jump, climb, and run incredibly fast without difficulty or exhaustion. This ability improves slowly over time.


 * Accelerated Healing - Originals can recover/heal/regenerate from any injury much quicker and more effectively than ordinary vampires, werewolves and humans, in a matter of seconds. Klaus's ability to heal has been accelerated further since his transition to hybrid.


 * Durability - Originals can take far more trauma than normal vampires, werewolves, and humans can without much discomfort or injury. Originals can heal faster than normal vampires when exposed to vervain and wood does not seem to weaken them. Invulnerable to damage from high or low temperatures.


 * Mind Compulsion - Originals can compel the minds of humans, vampires, and hybrids.


 * Vervain Detection - They able to detect when vampires and humans are on vervain.


 * Immortality - Originals do not physically age, they are immune to all forms of illnesses, toxins or poisons they have eternal youth and flawless smooth skin.


 * Dream Manipulation - Vampires can control dreams and subconscious. The vampires can produce and modify dreams, bestow nightmares or lucid dreaming. Other effects of this ability is the distortion of reality and trapped in the dreams.


 * Emotional Control - Vampires have a limited degree of control over their own emotions, allowing them to switch off their humanity to make killing easier.

Hybrid Powers


 * Werewolf Bite - A bite which is fatal to vampires, bites take effect quicker than a normal werewolf bite.


 * Werewolf Bite Blood Cure - Only Klaus’ blood is capable of healing a vampire from the bites of a hybrid or werewolf.


 * Transformation Control - Will go through their first transformation against their will. After that, they will have complete control of their transformation. Elijah informs Klaus that he remained a wolf for 2 days, even when the sun was up. In this state all abilities are enhanced further.Hybridenhancment.jpg


 * Lycanthrope Enhancement - As seen with Klaus when he bit Katherine, a hybrid is capable of showing its wolf-eyes when displaying its abilities.


 * Lie Detection - Can sense if someone is lying or not.


 * Daytime Walking - Are able to move around during the day.

Weaknesses

 * White Oak Stake - The only physical weapon that can permanently kill Klaus, It comes from an Ancient White Oak tree during the time of the genesis of The Originals. It was at first thought that the stake used to kill Mikael was the last white oak wood in existence, but it was soon discovered by Rebekah and Klaus that there was a Sapling of the original tree to replace the old.


 * Uninvited Invitation - In order to enter any house owned by humans, they had to be invited by that person. Once invited the vampire cannot be uninvited. If a vampire lives in a house, other vampires can enter freely and if vampire is in the house without being invited in it will become disoriented and will begin to suffocate.


 * Esther - Klaus mentions in Bringing Out The Dead that Esther can kill him. Her knowledge of the spell that created vampires and thus ability to reverse it could be the deciding factor in this.


 * Magic - As a supernatural entity Klaus can be harmed or killed by a witch/warlock that can channel enough power. Considering his level of power however this would likely be very difficult to achieve.


 * Dessication - Like any vampire lack of blood will immobilize Klaus. This process can be artificially induced by a witch through the use of a dark magic spell which stops a human's heart and having other people make and hold a blood connection to Klaus.

Events Influenced By Klaus' goal of breaking the Curse

 * Katherine turning into a vampire to avoid being sacrificed. (Katerina)


 * Katherine's arrival in Mystic Falls, betraying her friends and family, siring Stefan and Damon, and faking her death. (Lost Girls, Children of the Damned, Blood Brothers, Founder's Day, The Return)


 * The moonstone coming into George Lockwood's possession. (Memory Lane)


 * Mason Lockwood's curse being activated. (Kill or Be Killed)


 * Katherine Pierce and Mason Lockwood's return Mystic Falls. (Founder's Day, The Return)


 * Caroline being turned into a vampire. (The Return)


 * Tyler's curse being activated. (Masquerade)


 * Rose and Trevor kidnapping Elena so they could get their freedom. (Masquerade, Rose)


 * Elijah meeting the Petrova Doppelganger. Rose granted freedom while Trevor was decapitated. (Rose)


 * Elena readying herself to be sacrificed to save her friends. (The Sacrifice, By The Light of the Moon)


 * Elijah's deal with Elena. (By The Light of the Moon).


 * The death of Luka, Jonas, and Greta Martin.


 * Isobel's return to Mystic falls (under compulsion of Klaus) and with the help of Maddox, They retrieve the moonstone, Katherine, and Alaric. After Isobel's job was finished she was compelled by Klaus to take off her necklace and burn to death in the sunlight. (The House Guest, Know Thy Enemy)


 * Elijah's revival, and trust for Elena (The Last Dance, Klaus).


 * Jenna being turned into a vampire. (The Last Day)


 * The deaths of Jenna, Jules, Elena (resurrected), and John. (The Sun Also Rises)

Allies

 * Gloria - She was a powerful, 116 year old witch, and also the owner of a bar. Unlike vampires, Gloria is not immortal. Despite her charmingly good looks, and forty-year old appearance, Gloria is the only witch ever known to discover a spell that could decrease the speed of human age. She was killed by Katherine.


 * Greta Martin - She was a witch. Jonas' daughter and Luka's sister. She is first mentioned in The House Guest by Luka. She is kept by Klaus and that is the reason Jonas and Luka join Elijah in his quest to retrieve the Moonstone but she is present with Maddox in the Alaric´s house and she says she is happy for see Klaus (Alaric´s body). In the episode The Last Day, Greta mentioned she was never "lost" (abducted), it makes clear that her intentions were always to help Klaus. She is killed by Damon.


 * Maddox - He was a warlock and he's working with Klaus. He is first seen in Know Thy Enemy. He was killed in The Last Day by Damon and Matt.


 * Hybrids - Hybrids are loyal to Klaus and will seek his acceptance because his blood created them.

Servants

 * Isobel Flemming - She was a vampire. Isobel is an expert researcher and Elena's mother. She manages to contact Klaus but when she finds him, Klaus compels her to gather information about Mystic Falls (Katherine, Elena, Stefan, Damon, Bonnie, etc.). Unfortunately, he compels her to commit suicide by exposing herself to the sunlight when her job was done.


 * Stefan Salvatore - After Damon was bitten by a werewolf, Stefan seeks Klaus to find a cure. During the meeting Stefan with Klaus, Klaus reveals the cure is the Klaus´s blood but Klaus manipulates Stefan to serve or else he would not give the cure. Klaus forces Stefan to drink countless bags of human blood as he wanted to awaken Stefan's ripper side. In the end, despite the attempts he had made in the second season to control his blood lust, Stefan gave in to the blood and killed a young girl at Klaus's order. A pleased Klaus then told Stefan that they would be leaving town that night.

Enemies

 * Mikael - Mikael was searching for Klaus and Rebekah in Gloria's bar and asked Stefan if he knew either of them and where they might be, but under Klaus' compulsion, he says he has never seen them in his life.


 * Trevor - He was a vampire and a very close friend of Rose. He was killed by Elijah for betraying him by helping Katherine escape from Klaus during the 15th century.


 * Rose-Marie - She was a vampire and a very close friend of Trevor, she and Trevor tried to stay hidden from Klaus in the 15th century and have both been running from him ever since. Rose also helped to turn Katherine into a vampire. She now insists on helping both Damon and Stefan to help protect Elena from Klaus and from being in danger. Rose is staked by Damon to keep her from suffering from a werewolf bite.


 * Elena Gilbert - Elena decides to surrender to Klaus to prevent any of her loved ones from suffering. During the sacrifice, she agrees to help Klaus to break the curse, with the hope that Elijah and Bonnie could destroy him but in the end, Elijah betrays Elena and the others escaped with Klaus.


 * Damon Salvatore - Damon wants to protect Elena and Stefan from Klaus, causing him to work with Mason Lockwood and Katerina Petrova to destroy the Originals, once and for all.


 * Katerina Petrova - Klaus had her under his control, for the purpose of destroying the curse. Klaus finds Katerina in England after being exiled from Bulgaria. Katerina says that Klaus was kind, gentle and caring with her but then she learns that she will be used in a sacrifice and escapes with the moonstone.


 * Witches - Most witches despise Klaus, possibly due to him being a Vampire. Klaus' mother has even broken the door to the other side to foil his plans. He has, however, had a few allies and friends that were witches.

Appearances
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Season 2

 * Know Thy Enemy (In Alaric's body)


 * The Last Dance (In Alaric's body)


 * Klaus (In Alaric's body) ,  (First modern day appearance)


 * The Last Day


 * The Sun Also Rises


 * As I Lay Dying

Season 3

 * The Birthday


 * The Hybrid


 * The End of The Affair


 * Disturbing Behavior


 * The Reckoning


 * Ordinary People (flashback)


 * Homecoming


 * The New Deal


 * Our Town


 * The Ties That Bind


 * Bringing Out The Dead


 * Dangerous Liaisons


 * All My Children


 * The Murder of One


 * Heart of Darkness


 * Do Not Go Gentle


 * Before Sunset


 * The Departed

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Changes from the Books
In the books, Klaus is of unknown age, but is at least from the Bronze Age. He seems to have fought in every major war through time, most notably in Alexander the Great's army, in the Trojan War, and in the wars that led to the Roman Empire's downfall (on the Germanic side). He then decided to stick around the general area of Germany where, sometime in the 15th century. In the books, Klaus was the one who transformed Katherine into a vampire, in the TV series, it ended up being Rose who played the part, and Klaus and Katherine's back stories have been completely changed from the books. Klaus shows great strength and durability at all times of injury and other vampires feared law. For example: Klaus manipulates the mind of Katherine to inform the brothers Salvatore's that he is dead (Katherine kills Klaus centuries ago, because he is no longer useful). Klaus continually avoids Elena messages or visions to Bonnie and Stefan. A vampire must be invited by someone to enter your home, but Klaus enters Vicki's house and violently murdered her without one. Stefan and Damon fight against Klaus, but do not do any harm. In the books, when everyone tries to fight against Klaus, all of the weapons used against him fail. Klaus more or less kills Stefan, and nearly kills Damon as well, until an intervention from Elena's spirit, leading an army's worth of unquiet Civil War ghosts against him. The ghosts carry a screaming Klaus away, and his current whereabouts (and state of being) are unknown.

It was later revealed that when he had attacked Meredith's grandfather before the books started, he had in fact been trying to capture Meredith and her twin brother Cristian. He failed to capture Meredith who became half-human, half-vampire as a result, but got Cristian who became a vampire himself. In the series, he supposedly captured Greta Martin.

Name

 * German variation of "Nicholas ". From the Greek Νικολαος (Nikolaos) meaning victory of the people. It's the name of a saint who is at the origin of Saint Claus legend.

Trivia

 * In the Books, the character of Klaus was partially based on Rutger Hauer's character (John Ryder) in the 1986 movie The Hitcher.


 * John Ryder "The Hitcher": It is not clear where he came from, who he is or what his motivation is, but the one thing that is known is that his name is John Ryder. He has a sadistic drive for killing everyone and anyone he comes across. From what it seems, he is suicidal and he's on the look out for someone to do the task for him.


 * Klaus is the Original with the most appearances so far (24).


 * In the books, Klaus seems to have fought in every major war through time (Alexander the Great's army, in the Trojan War, and in the wars that led to the Roman Empire's downfall).


 * In the series, Katherine meets Klaus in England but in the books, Klaus remains in Germany for centuries where Katherine is turned into a vampire.


 * Klaus seriously affects the life of Katherine in the books and the series. In the books, Klaus controls the mind of Katherine and makes insane, cruel, sadistic, cold, unstable, murders, etc. In the series, Katherine was not transformed by Klaus and was never his student but she is damaged by the abandonment of her daughter, the death of her entire family and the terror of The Originals.


 * Klaus was said to be the oldest vampire in the history of time in season 2, but it was revealed that Mikael was actually the oldest vampire.


 * Klaus was revealed to not actually be a full vampire, but instead a half-vampire, half-werewolf hybrid.


 * Klaus takes the Originals resting place everywhere he goes, but keeps them well hidden at the same time.


 * In the books, Klaus is weak against the Spirits (Ghosts), because he can´t attack them. In the series, he is also somewhat weak against spirits since it's the power of the dead witches that Bonnie is using to destroy him.


 * In the books, Klaus was the one who killed Vicki where as, in the series Vicki was turned into a vampire by Damon and then staked by Stefan.


 * He and Stefan are the only characters to have permanently killed another main character (Jenna and Vicki respectably).


 * In the books, never established if Klaus has a ring to walk in the day.


 * In the books, Klaus has his first and last battle against Elena, Stefan, Damon, Bonnie, Meredith, Matt and Caroline on the 31st of October. After that, the whereabouts of Klaus and his condition remains a mystery.


 * Klaus, Isobel, Rose and Katerina are the only characters thus far to have an episode named after them with Klaus being the fourth and first male.


 * Klaus was introduced to Katherine Pierce on his birthday.


 * In the books, Klaus is an Old One and the oldest of all vampires but in the series, Klaus is a Original/Hybrid and the oldest living Werewolf.


 * In the book, The Return: Midnight, mentions that Klaus had Meredith's twin brother (Cristian). In the series, Greta takes the place of Cristian when she's kidnapped by Klaus.


 * In the series, Klaus shares similarities with Markus Corvinus of the Underworld film series.


 * Klaus manages to break the curse using four women of different species: Greta (witch), Jenna (vampire), Jules (werewolf) and Elena (doppelganger).


 * In the series he corrupted Stefan like he corrupted Katherine in the books.


 * Klaus is the first recurring role to be updated to series regular during their sophomore season Season 3.


 * Klaus, besides Damon Salvatore, has killed the most characters in the series but most of Klaus's kills were off-screen.


 * Klaus made the insinuation that Elena, Jenna and Jules are goddesses (Maiden, Mother and Crone) for the sacrifice.


 * Klaus and Tyler are the only living main characters who has never been bitten by a vampire.


 * In 1492, Klaus had all the elements to break the curse of the sun and the moon, but Katherine manages to escape with the Moonstone.


 * In the books, Klaus was never human, but a pure blooded vampire, and was very very old in age. In the show he was once human and far younger in age than the books.


 * Rebekah assumes that Klaus' reasoning for making hybrids is due to his fear of being alone.


 * In Homecoming Klaus says "I will kill you and every one, you've ever met" to Stefan, this is how Katherine describes him when he's betrayed or angry. She tells this to Elena and Stefan in Katerina and Damon in The Last Day.


 * Klaus is a Beatles fan as he said in The Last Dance, claiming that they made the 60s bearable.


 * Of all the Originals, Klaus can be considered the most vindictive and spiteful.


 * He was originally supposed to be killed at the end of the third season but Julie Plec decided not to after she saw him acting.


 * Klaus is so far the only Original who is regular.


 * It appears that Klaus daggers his siblings when they decide to abandon him. He daggered Rebekah for wanting to leave with Stefan and probably Finn for wanting to run off with Sage. As Kol is a loose cannon he probably wanted to explore the world for himself and was tired of dealing with Klaus so Klaus hunted him down and daggered him too.


 * Klaus seems to be a great artist. He even has a landscape painting hanging in the Hermitage museum.


 * Klaus has been portayed by three actors, the most than any other character in the series:


 * Matthew Davis in Know Thy Enemy, The Last Dance and Klaus.


 * Joseph Morgan as it's main actor.


 * Michael Trevino in The Departed and some episodes in Season Four.

Episode Count


 * After becoming main character in Season Three, Klaus doesn't appear in several episodes.


 * In Season 3 Klaus doesn't appears in 4 episodes: Smells Like Teen Spirit, Ghost World, 1912 and Break On Through.

Season Two

 * (To Katherine in 1492, 2010) "Zdravei, Katerina."


 * -- Know Thy Enemy, Klaus

-- Klaus
 * (To Katherine in 1492) "Niklaus is the name my father gave me....Please, call me Klaus."

-- Klaus
 * (To Elijah in 1492) "Love is a vampire's greatest weakness, and we are not weak, Elijah. We do not feel, and we do not care."

-- The Last Day
 * (To Damon) "Let me be clear. I have my vampire, I have my werewolf. I have everything I need. The ritual will happen tonight. So if you want to live to see tomorrow, don't screw it up."

-- The Sun Also Rises
 * (To Jules, Jenna and Elena about The Sacrifice) Hello, my lovelies. Are we ready?"


 * (To Stefan) "I heard about this one vampire, crazy bloke, always on and off the wagon for decades. When he was off, he was magnificent. 1917, he went into Monterrey and wiped out an entire migrant village. A true ripper. Sound familiar?"


 * (To Stefan) "There it is. You want to save your brother? How 'bout a decade long bender? And I have big plans for you when we leave this town."


 * (To Stefan about Katherine) "I've been around a long time, Stefan. I rarely get played for a fool."

-- As I Lay Dying
 * (To Stefan about his Gift) "I could have compelled her to behave, but a real ripper enjoys the hunt."

Season Three
-- The Birthday
 * (To the Blonde Girl) "I promise I'm not a serial killer. I just want to use your phone."


 * (To Stefan) "You don't arm yourself when war has been declared, Stefan. You build your army so big, that no one ever dares make the fight."

-- The Hybrid
 * (To Stefan) "I did everything I was told, I should be able to turn them. I broke the curse, I killed a werewolf, I killed a vampire, and I killed the doppelgänger."

-- The End of the Affair
 * (To Damon) "You won't be any fun after you're dead."

-- The Reckoning
 * (To Rebekah) "You know how much The Original Witch hated me. Do you honestly think I would do anything other than the opposite of what she says?"


 * (To Rebekah) "Father will not like you handling the blade."

-- Ordinary People
 * (To Rebekah) "He will find out. He always does!"

-- The New Deal
 * (To Rebekah's dead body) "Here we are, Rebekah. Home sweet home. Only took a thousand years. And to think, I was counting on you being here with me. But that's all ruined now, isn't it? I'm so sorry, sister. We'll meet again one day."


 * (To Caroline) "Do you really think that low of me?."

-- Our Town
 * (To Caroline) "And I could let you, die, if that's what you want, if you really believe your existence has no meaning. I thought about it myself once or twice over the centuries, truth be told. But I'll let you in on a little secret, there's a whole world out there waiting for you, great cities and art and music, genuine beauty, and you can have all of it, you can have a thousand more birthdays. All you have to do is ask."


 * (To Rebekah) "You went after Elena. What is wrong with you?"

-- Dangerous Liaisons
 * (To Rebekah) "Do you want another dagger in your heart?"


 * (To Rebekah) "Ain't we a pair"

-- All My Children"
 * (To Caroline ): "Take a chance Caroline. Talk to me. Come on, get to know me. I dare you."

--Do Not Go Gentle
 * (To Esther) "Your trap failed Mother. I still live and I will go on living and should your beloved spirits try to preserve you again I dare you to come after me. I will build an army so big no one will ever touch me. My survival will haunt you for eternity. You will never destroy me!"