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IN CHARACTER

Character Name: Klaus Mikaelson
Canon: The Vampire Diaries-verse
Canon Point: The Originals, 5.2, “One Wrong Turn on Bourbon”

In-Game Tattoo Placement: Right hip
Current Health/Status: Healthy, though he is currently living with one-fourth of a malignant spirit called the Hollow inside of him. The spirit is quiet and dormant unless one or more of the remaining pieces are close in physical proximity. Then the world implodes.
Age: appears mid-20s / actually 1,000+
Species: Original Hybrid; he is one of the first vampires and a werewolf

Content Warnings: The major themes/triggers associated with Klaus are: involuntary body transformation (vampire/werewolf), child abuse (physical, emotional, and verbal); abuse of family members (physical, emotional, and verbal); and violence, death, and murder (including patricide, matricide, and fratricide).

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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Klaus grew up under the constant physical and psychological abuse of his father. Though Mikael's viciousness was directed towards all of the Mikaelson clan, the brunt of it fell on Klaus' shoulders. From birth, he despised his son: beating Klaus from an early age and at least once to the point of near-death. He would call him pathetic, weak, and essentially worthless. Later, after Mikael learned Klaus was born out of the adulterous union of his wife, Esther, and a werewolf named Ansel, his father had another reason to hate him: he was a bastard, a werewolf, and therefore an abomination.

Esther, who was a very powerful witch, turned Mikael, Klaus, and his siblings into immortal vampires so they could protect themselves against the werewolves who lived in their village after the youngest Mikaelson, Henrik, was murdered. She also performed a spell to suppress Klaus' werewolf side at Mikael's behest. Spurred by rage after learning the truth of his parentage and werewolf heritage, Klaus killed his mother and kept this secret from his siblings for centuries out of fear of their hatred and abandonment. These paranoias have continued to haunt him and drive him to extremes, as did the continuing threat of Mikael. Their father chased them down for centuries with the purpose of killing them for being the monsters he created. Klaus eventually succeeded in killing him first.

The world was harsh and unfair to Klaus 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 demand unconditional love denied him. As a monster living in a supernatural world for over a thousand years of bloodshed and war, 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’s abuse: by becoming like him. 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: 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; Klaus 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 oftentimes 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. Hope 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 vampires. She is the home Klaus has always longed to create. Because at heart, through all of Klaus' scheming and cruelty, is still the caring boy who loves his family more than anything else, who merely wants to belong somewhere and be loved. 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 loving and empathetic. He wants those he cares about to be happy. Many times he has simply let fear rule him instead of love.

The trials and tribulations he has experienced throughout The Originals have changed Klaus from that cruel, abusive monster to someone who values that love and family over his own selfish fears. He has learned to acknowledge, accept, and value his own sentimentality, love, and concern for others in ways he previously renounced as weakness. (Literally, he has told Elijah, “We do not feel, and we do not care.” Centuries later on The Originals, 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 a 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 has been 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 (an Original is linked to all the vampires they create and also to all vampires they create and so on; therefore the death of an Original results in the death of all their sirelings), 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 to begin to demonstrate value in 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. Klaus has no qualms about killing anyone—when, where, and how he likes. He is not only a hybrid with an entirely different set of morals from humans, particularly because humans are food, but he’s also over a thousand years old, and his experience informs his perspective and his choices. Essentially, Klaus does not believe in right or wrong. He is truly immortal, he is inordinately powerful, and he is feared, and that is enough justification for him to do what he likes (especially when threatened) for who will, who can, who dare stop him?

He knows that manipulation, torture, maiming, murder, and terrorization is by most accounts “wrong,” but it is still useful, and if it serves him or his family, he does not hesitate. Human life (and all life) is valuable to him only when he personally cares about someone or if their survival benefits him in some way. Otherwise, death is inevitable, whether it’s by his hands or not, so why should it matter to him? Why does it matter at all?

He does, however, value the ideal. He believes that the world is an awful place. He believes that it’s best to meet it on its own terms. But he wants the world to be good. He wants people to be good, because deep down, before all his trauma, he wanted to be good. He did not want to be a monster; all he wanted was to love and to be loved. His moral code was born from his disillusionment of what atrocities he is capable of committing, what he turned out to be (a werewolf, a beast) and what he believes he had to do in order to survive, not to mention the rejection of his parents.

For that reason, having a daughter has not significantly altered Klaus’ moral code, but it has affected his execution of it. What he does, he does for his daughter, and he does not want his daughter to have the life he had. He wants her to know love and to know how to love like he didn’t. So he tries to think and act with love, not fear. He acts with mercy, not cruelty. He tries to do better for her. He struggles 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.

Abilities/Powers/Weaknesses & Warping:

As an Original vampire at 1,000 years old and a vampire/werewolf hybrid, Klaus is significantly more powerful than most others in his canon. For a full listing/description of the powers of the Original Hybrid, please refer to the Fandom Wiki page.

In general, Klaus benefits from immortality (immune to all illnesses, toxins, poisons and disease), superior strength/speed/agility, accelerated healing/extreme durability, heightened physical senses, mind compulsion, dream manipulation, tactile telepathy, transformation control, a poisonous werewolf bite to vampires from his canon, healing blood, and immunity from daylight.

His weaknesses include: 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, vervain, and wolfsbane.

In Deerington, Klaus’ abilities will be warped as follows:

• Immortality: While Klaus will still be immune to human disease and death, he will be susceptible to all of Deerington’s supernatural elements.


• Healing: Klaus’ ability to heal will only be as effective as RNG rolls require.


• Mind Compulsion: Klaus will experience extreme headaches when attempting to compel others. The extremity of pain will concur with the scale and intent of what he is attempting.


• Werewolf Bite: Biting a vampire from his canon with the intent to poison will result in extreme sickness, as if he himself has been poisoned. The only cure will be time.

Inventory:

His black Range Rover with a child’s car seat, an overnight bag with (1) change of casual clothes, and (2) bottles of the finest bourbon.

Papa Tunde’s blade, as his weapon quota.

One of Esther’s grimoires, if possible. (The spells in it could technically be used to harm others and might therefore be a weapon in the right hands, though Klaus doesn’t have the power to cast spells himself.)

A set of paints.

His iPhone, with all pictures, video recordings, etc.

Hope's stuffed teddy bear.

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OUT OF CHARACTER

Player Name: Crystal
Player Age: 32
Player Contact: provenance

Other Characters In Game: N/A
In-Game Tag If Accepted: klaus mikaelson: crystal
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Are you comfortable with prominent elements of fourth-walling?: Yes!
What themes of horror/psychological thrillers do you enjoy the most?: I am particularly interested in any type of horror that delves into the complexity of human emotion and morality. The type of horror that lifts up a mirror to what’s inside of a person’s mind and heart to exploring the intricacy and duality of humanity and what it means to be human.
Is there anything in particular you absolutely need specific content warnings for?: Rape, child abuse, and insomia.
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