As we return for another bloodthirsty season of The Vampire Diaries, everything is in transition and you’d be forgiven for getting a little confused between your vampires, werewolves, hybrids and doppelgangers.
So, to celebrate the release of The Vampire Diaries: Season Four and The Complete Season 1-4 Box set on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download from 26th August, we’ve compiled your complete extensive guide to the supernatural inhabitants of Mystic Falls. Here is our one-stop shop for all TVD loves, rivalries, deaths, families and trivia to keep you up-to date and ready for Season 5…
Elena Gilbert
Doppelganger and descendent of vampire Katherine Pierce.
Brother: Jeremy Gilbert (later finds out they’re cousins)
Biological mother: Isobel Flemming (deceased – combusted)(was married to Alaric Saltzman as a human)
Biological father: Grayson Gilbert (deceased – drowned)
Adopted Mother (deceased – drowned): Miranda Sommers Gilbert
Adopted Father (deceased- magical): John Gilbert (dated Jenna Sommers)
Aunt and guardian (deceased – killed by Klaus): Jenna Sommers
Guardian (deceased - magical): Alaric Saltzman (dated Jenna Sommers)
Relationships:
Matt Donovan- ex-boyfriend
Stefan Salvatore- Season 1-3
Damon Salvatore- Season 4
Trivia: Stefan rescued Elena when the car with her and her adopted parents drove off Wickery Bridge and they died.
Trivia: Elena is sired to Damon and will do everything he says.
Stefan Salvatore
Vampire who becomes a cold blooded killer if tastes human blood
Brother: Damon Salvatore
Father: Giuseppe Salvatore
Relationships:
Rebekah Mikaelson
Katherine Pierce
Elena Gilbert- Season 1-3
Trivia: Stefan and Damon’s distant nephew Zach Salvatore was masquerading as their uncle in S1 before Damon killed him
Trivia: Doppelganger and distant relative to Silas (unveiled in S3 finale)
Trivia: Stefan convinced Damon to turn into a Vampire against his wishes
Damon Salvatore
Vampire ‘bad boy’ driven by passion and impulse
Brother: Stefan Salvatore
Father: Giuseppe Salvatore
Best Friend: Alaric Saltzman (deceased – supernatural)
Relationships:
Katherine Pierce
Andie Star (deceased, compelled by Stefan to jump off a stage) – Season 3
Caroline Forbes – Season 1
Rebekah- Season 3
Elena Gilbert- Season 4
Rose (deceased – werewolf bite) – Season 2
Trivia: Stefan’s best friend Lexi was killed by Damon
Trivia: Damon met Elena first but compelled her to forget
Trivia: Elena’s mother Isobel was turned into a vampire by Damon
Jeremy Gilbert
Moody teen turned hero who can talk to ghosts and is a member of an ancient clan of hunters
Adoptive Sister: Elena Gilbert (later finds out they are cousins)
Aunt: Jenna Sommers (deceased – killed by Klaus)
Mother: Miranda Sommers Gilbert
Father: Grayson Gilbert
Relationships:
Vicki Donovan- Season 1
Anna- Season 1
Bonnie Bennett
Trivia: Jeremy was brought back to life by Bonnie in the Season 4 finale, who died in the process
Trivia: Katherine Pierce was responsible for Jeremy’s death as she fed him to Silas in Season 4
Jeremy’s death caused Elena to switch off her humanity switch
Tyler Lockwood
Werewolf-Vampire hybrid who is on the run from Klaus after turning his hybrids against him
Mother: Carol Lockwood (deceased – killed by Klaus)
Father: Richard Lockwood (deceased – supernatural)
Uncle: Mason Lockwood (deceased – killed by Damon)
Relationships:
Vicki Donovan- Season 1
Caroline Forbes
Hayley
Trivia: Tyler had to kill a girl to trigger the werewolf curse
Trivia: Tyler made out with Matt’s mum
Trivia: Tyler was the first successful hybrid transformation and was thus sired to Klaus
Bonnie Bennett
Powerful witch descendent from ancient coven tempted into the dark art of Expression
Best friends: Elena Gilbert, Caroline Forbes
Mother: Abby Bennett Wilson
Father: Rudy Bennett
Adoptive Brother: Jamie
Grandmother: Sheila Bennett (deceased – supernatural)
Ancestors: Emily Bennett and Lucy
Relationships:
Jeremy Gilbert – seasons 2-4
Luka Martin – Season 2
Caroline Forbes
Miss Mystic Falls head cheerleader turned vampire
Mother: Sheriff Liz Forbes
Father: William Forbes II (deceased – vampire)
Relationships:
Damon Salvatore – S1
Matt Donavan – S1-2
Tyler Lockwood –S3-4
Best Friends: Elena Gilbert, Bonnie Bennett, Stefan Salvatore
Trivia: Caroline sung ‘I’ll Stand by You’ to Matt at the Mystic Grill
Trivia: Klaus and Caroline made out unbeknownst to her when he was in Tyler’s body
Trivia: In S1 Damon compelled Caroline to be his sex slave and constant blood supply
Alaric ‘Ric’ Saltzman
History teacher by day, vampire hunter by night
Relationships
Isobel Flemming- ex-wife (deceased- combusted)
Jenna Sommers (deceased- killed by Klaus)
Meredith Fell – Season 3
Best Friend: Damon Salvatore
Children: Guardian to Elena Gilbert and Jeremy Gilbert
Trivia: Ric’s ex-wife was turned into a vampire by Damon and is the birth mother of Elena Gilbert
Matt Donavan
Kind-hearted Quarterback and only remaining human character
Mother: Kelly Donovan
Sister: Vicki Donovan (deceased – staked by Stefan)
Relationships:
Elena Gilbert
Caroline Forbes
Best Friend: Tyler Lockwood
Matt works at the Mystic Grill where Jeremy used to help out
Trivia: Elena forced Stefan to save Matt instead of her when their car crashed into the lake
Trivia: Matt and Bonnie were Season 4’s Prom King and Queen
Klaus (AKA Niklaus Mikaelson)
The Vampire Diaries resident bad boy, Original Hybrid and twisted loner
Brothers: Elijah, Kol, Finn and Henrik
Sister: Rebekah
Father: Unnamed Werewolf
Step-father: Mikael
Mother: Esther
Best Friend: Marcel
Klaus killed his mother and blamed his father
Relationships:
Caroline Forbes (love interest)
Celeste
Tatia
Trivia: Klaus desperately wants to create a race of vampire-werewolf hybrids so he is not alone, he needs the blood of a Petrova Doppelganger to do so
Trivia: Klaus is a very skilled artist
Elijah Mikaelson
Eldest of the Original clan and the most noble and fair of them all after reaching an understanding with Elena against a mutual enemy
Brothers: Klaus, Finn, Kol, Henrik and unnamed older half-brother
Mother: Esther
Sister: Rebekah Mikaelson
Father: Mikael
Relationships:
Katerina Petrova – Season 4
Celeste
Tatia
Trivia: Elijah is the first Original we see in the series
Trivia: Elijah and Klaus both loved a vampire called Tatia who begun the Petrova doppelganger line
Rebekah Mikaelson
Free-spirited Original vampire with a burning desire to be human
Brothers: Klaus, Elijah and Henrik
Father: Mikael
Mother: Esther
Relationships:
Stefan Salvatore- in the 1920s
Damon Salvatore- Season 3
Alexander – a vampire hunter and member of ‘The Five’
Matt Donavan (love interest)
Trivia: Rebecca is responsible for driving Matt’s car off the bridge, killing Elena and turning her into a vampire
Katherine Pierce (AKA Katerina Petrova)
The calculating and manipulative first love and sire of the Salvatore brothers
Friends: Pearl, Anna and Emily Bennett
Turned Stefan and Damon into vampires
Turned Caroline into a vampire
Turned Mason Lockwood into a Werewolf
Relationships:
Stefan Salvatore
Damon Salvatore
[Spoiler] Elijah Mikaelson
Mason Lockwood – Season 2
On the run from Klaus for centuries, who killed her entire family
Trivia: As a human, Katherine gave birth to an ‘illegitimate’ baby girl who was taken from her
Atticus Shane
The mysterious wiccan professor with an ulterior motive
Wife: Caitlin Shane (deceased – expression spell)
Son: Sam Shane (deceased - accident)
Minion: Hayley, Connor
Relationships:
Caitlin Shane
Trivia: Shane teaches in Whitmore College where Jenna Sommers was enrolled as a graduate student
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