Name: Klaus Mikaelson Door: DOOR PASSCanon: The Vampire Diaries-verse Canon Point: The Originals, 5.4, "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" Age: 1,000+ (actual) / mid-20s (physical) Appearance: »»History: »»Personality: "Over the course of my life I’ve encountered no shortage of those who would presume to speak of good and evil. Such terms mean nothing. People do what is in their best interest, regardless of who gets hurt. Is it evil to take what one wants, to satisfy hunger, even if doing so will cause another suffering? What some would call evil, I believe to be an appropriate response to a harsh and unfair world." - Klaus, The Originals, 1.4, “Girl in New Orleans”
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The world was harsh and unfair to Klaus Mikaelson from the beginning, and so he became both harsh and unfair to not only survive it, but to conquer it. As a child of abuse, he chases a constant need to be the most powerful, for only then might he feel safe and be able to demand the unconditional love denied him. As a monster living in a supernatural world for over a thousand years of bloodshed, he likewise prescribes to the belief that only the most powerful may live with any semblance of security; the most powerful can and should take that security and at the detriment and terrorization of others. This is how Klaus answered Mikael and Esther's, his parents', abuse: by becoming like them. By ensuring the world feared him and with that fear, he protected his family. This has shaped him into the person and the monster he's become: paranoid, impulsive, narcissistic, and ruthless. As his sister Rebekah puts it, they are broken, damaged things: always and forever cursed to live without hope. But they didn't get to that point through Mikael's terrorism alone. Much of his siblings’ anguish and pain has been committed by Klaus himself.
Klaus has gone to extreme lengths to ensure his family’s complete loyalty and to punish any actions against him. His younger brother Kol has been daggered multiple times (there is a set of daggers that can put down the Original vampires but not kill them) for his reckless behavior (behavior which could bring Mikael upon them) and for conspiring against Klaus’ tyranny. In Kol’s case, their brother Elijah and his sister Rebekah have even assisted Klaus incapacitating Kol, which serves to underline the unhealthiness of the Mikaelson family bond, “Always and forever.” Elijah, despite his role as the patriarch and elder brother, is not safe from Klaus either; he has daggered Elijah for his “safety” and to remove his influence and conscience off the playing field. In Rebekah’s case, Klaus often "protects her from herself," including but not limited to slaughtering her romantic interests. According to Klaus, these men were not worthy of Rebekah's love or devotion, and more importantly they could be not trusted, especially during a time when they were on the run from Mikael.
Klaus’ insecurities are deep and often blinding, serving as a catalyst to his violent and cruel behaviors. His traumas are rooted in his belief and his fear of being worthless, unloved, and abandoned by those he holds dear. He accuses and lashes out at others for what he perceives as their disloyalty, whether they truly are or not. He eschews responsibility for his own actions and blames others for the course of his life, and for his anguish. He is the judge, jury, and executioner, and often times his mercy is just as cruel as his condemnation, as when he exiled his sister from their home instead of killing her.
But his insecurities are also proof of his humanity. Klaus loves his siblings and they love him. Though he uses his desire to protect and provide for them as an excuse for his terrorization, they are the only family he has, and the only people who truly mean anything to him. Klaus has never once left Rebekah, and Elijah refuses to leave him. When it comes down to it, the Mikaelsons stick together as one, always and forever. An enemy to one of them is an enemy to all of them, no matter past betrayals or deeds. Though Klaus may have treated them poorly (understatement of ten centuries) there is real, deep, abiding love and affection between them all.
"Before you were born, I was a very different creature. I was cruel. I was mean. And I would revel in terror that I inspired in others. But, Hope, from the moment I saw you, I wanted nothing more than to be worthy of being your father." - Klaus, The Originals, 4.12, “Voodoo Child”
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Since the conception of his daughter, Klaus has something to fight for that is not himself; someone to fight for whom he feels complete allegiance and love without doubts or paranoia. Hope is (and yes, Klaus is as subtle as an anvil) his hope: for family, for acceptance, and for some semblance of a happy life. She is, as Elijah has put it, their family’s hope; she has united the Mikaelsons and her mother, Hayley, in a way nothing else has, arguably since they were first made vampires. At heart, through all of Klaus' scheming and cruelty, is still the caring boy who only wants to loves and be loved in return. Above it all, Klaus wants to create a home. And despite his selfishness and paranoia; despite his predilection to violence as the answer, he can be compassionate and empathetic. He wants those he cares about to be happy. Many a time he has simply let fear rule him.
The trials and tribulations he has experienced throughout The Originals have changed Klaus from that cruel, abusive monster to someone who values family over his own selfish fears. He has learned to acknowledge, accept, and value his own sentimentality and concern for others in ways he previously renounced as weakness. (He has told Elijah, “We do not feel, and we do not care.” Centuries later, he told his brother Kol, “Family is power.”) In many ways this development has been spurred by fatherhood, but also by the friends and family that have become important to him over the past few years: notably Freya, his lost older sister; Camille, his therapist and woman of his affection; and Hayley, the mother of his child and someone he has grown to trust as a partner for their daughter.
Klaus’ self-awareness has become more pronounced. He has experienced great loss and has faced the consequences of his family’s constant brutality. The safety of his siblings was fatally threatened by a prophecy of their destruction and as a consequence, Klaus has faced his first sireling, his first love, his first enemies; he has lost his connection to his sireline, his greatest friend, and his surrogate son. The thousand years of tyranny and destruction the Mikaelsons and Klaus has wrought has never been more apparent, nor how “Always and forever” has doomed not only them to lives of misery, but those around them. Such loss and introspection has led Klaus acknowledge his relationships in ways he has not before: choosing to save those he would have (and has) condemned for the sake of others, electing to hold onto his broken relationships to heal them rather than force allegiance, and to learn forgiveness and admit his wrongs.
These experiences have altered Klaus, but not entirely. As he has for ten centuries, he is willing to do anything for his family. He struggles still with his own self-worth, with his blind reliance on cruelty and force, and with his ability to be a good father. He is simply willing to sacrifice now what he was never willing to sacrifice before: himself. Powers and Abilities: As an Original (one of the first vampires) and the first vampire/werewolf hybrid, Klaus has these abilities:
- immortality (immune to all illnesses, toxins, poisons and disease)
- superior strength in comparison to humans, vampires, Original vampires, werewolves, and other hybrids (able to snap necks, pick up cars, overpower dozens of vampires with moderate difficulty, etc.)
- superior speed/agility (cover short distances in an instant)
- accelerated healing/extreme durability (fully recover from all fatal wounds, broken bones, etc.)
- heightened physical senses (keen senses of hearing, sight, and smell that far exceed that of humans and other vampires/werewolves)
- mind compulsion (control human and vampire minds/actions and alter/erase memories, but not the minds of werewolves, witches, or other Original vampires)
- dream manipulation (ability to produce and manipulate dreams)
- tactile telepathy (Original vampires are able to display their memories in other beings through touch and also seek out and take memories/information from others also through touch)
- transformation control (the ability to transform into wolf form at will and perform partial transformations, manifesting single features of their wolf forms i.e. a hybrid can display both sets of vampire and werewolf fangs, change eye color to their wolf form, grow their claws, etc.)
- werewolf bite (a hybrid’s bite is fatal to regular vampires and has the ability to sicken/disorient Original vampires for a few days)
- healing blood (Klaus' blood is the only cure for a werewolf/hybrid bite; it also has healing properties for humans like all other vampire blood in this canon)
- daytime walking (due to their werewolf heritage hybrids are capable of walking around in the day without the use of a daylight ring)
WEAKNESSES
- White Oak (the wood from a specific White Oak tree through the heart will kill Klaus)
- the venom from an Upgraded Original Vampire (made from the venom of all seven werewolf packs)
- wood (will hurt and debilitate marginally more than another weapon)
- vervain (will burn when introduced to the skin or body of a vampire and protect the wearer or the ingestor from compulsion)
- wolfsbane (will burn when introduced to the skin or body of a werewolf)
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