Jeremy Gilbert

Jeremy Gilbert is the son of Grayson and Miranda Gilbert, the cousin and adoptive younger brother of Elena Gilbert, and one of the heroes of The Vampire Diaries books and its series adaptations.
He is also the nephew of Jenna Sommers and the close friend of Stefan Salvatore, Damon Salvatore, Bonnie Bennett, Caroline Forbes, Matt Donovan, Tyler Lockwood, and Alaric Saltzman.
Jeremy is portrayed by Steven R. McQueen, who also portrays Jimmy Borrelli in Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D.
==Biography==
Jeremy Gilbert was the adoptive brother and biological cousin of Elena Gilbert and a medium. His best friend was Matt Donovan. Prior to the beginning of the series, his parents died in a tragic car accident that Elena managed to survive thanks to a vampire, Stefan Salvatore. As a way of coping with the accident, he started dealing and using drugs but soon stopped after the death of his first girlfriend, Vicki Donovan, supposedly because of an overdose. He overdosed on pills after drinking vampire blood in the hope of becoming a vampire and being able to turn off his emotions. He did this following the death of his second girlfriend, Anna. However, his attempt failed and the blood healed the damage the pills did.
He started a romantic relationship with Bonnie Bennett which ended after he kissed Anna. Jeremy was shot by Sheriff Forbes after Damon Salvatore dodged the bullet and was revived by Bonnie, who is a witch and has connections to dead witches with the power to bring him back. However the spell that caused him to be revived gave him the power to see ghosts and he was haunted by Vicki and Anna. He later went to live with family friends in Denver, after being compelled by Klaus to stand in front of a speeding car. Elena feared for his safety and got Damon to compel him to leave. He returned to Mystic Falls after Elena and Damon went to get him once Klaus found out where he was. He was turned into a vampire hunter and became a member of The Five. After helping Shane free Silas, he was forced by Katherine Pierce to raise the immortal, who then drained him of his blood and snapped his neck. He was able to survive numerous deaths due to the Gilbert Ring, but since he turned into a supernatural being, this death would last. His body was burned inside the Gilbert House because Elena could no longer keep the house after losing the only family she had left. So she decided to burn the house down to make it a good cover story for Jeremy's death.
==Powers and Skills==
*Hunter of The Five: After activating his hunter's mark, Jeremy gained advanced abilities well above humans, with the intended purpose of fighting vampires. 
**Superhuman Strength: Jeremy possesses strength superior to normal humans, though below the average level of Vampires and Werewolves. Jeremy was able to lift a metal beer keg in each hand easily, despite Matt Donavan, a physically fit former football player, only having been able to carry one with both hands with great struggle.
**Superhuman Speed: Jeremy is presumably incredibly fast, as another hunter with the same abilities, Galen Vaughn, was fast enough to sneak up and get the drop on Damon Salvatore, despite not having been near him only a second earlier.
**Superhuman Durability: Jeremy can endure a high level of damage and pain, more than that of a normal human.
**Superhuman Agility: Jeremy also possesses advanced agility, able to outmaneuver vampires and hybrids easily despite them being faster than him.
**Superhuman Reflexes: Jeremy possessed excellent reflexes, good enough to catch a crossbow bolt in mid-air and defend himself against vampires and hybrid moving in superspeed.
**Immunity to Mind Control: As a Hunter of The Five, Jeremy possesses an immunity to vampire compulsion, Immortal telepathy, psychic influence, and magical mental manipulation. He is also immune to being possessed by a Traveler spirit.
**Hunter Instinct: Jeremy can detect vampires, hybrids, and immortals by touch, and was able to detect Silas posing as Stefan Salvatore just from briefly grasping his hand.
**Hunter's Curse: After death, if killed by a vampire or hybrid, Jeremy's spirit can haunt his killer until either their death, or his successor as a hunter is confirmed.
*Mediumship (Formerly): After prolonged exposure to the Other Side due to the Gilbert family ring, Jeremy gained the ability to see past the barrier between dimensions, allowing him to communicate with some of the souls trapped there. After the destruction of the Other Side, Jeremy lost this ability.
*Gifted Intellect: Early on, Jeremy showed himself to be a very intelligent boy, though this was stunted for a time due to his drug abuse. Jeremy was able to deduce the existence of the supernatural through small clues in the town's history, and was able to figure out that "Stefan" was in fact Silas posing as him based on little information. Jeremy was also a gifted artist, though he let this skill go lax over time as the danger in his life escalated. 
**Expert Tactician: When pushed, Jeremy proved an intelligent strategist when needed.
**Master Vampire Hunter: Trained by Damon and Alaric, Jeremy became a skilled hunter, knowledgeable of many ways to kill or incapacitate vampires, as well as track them. After becoming one of the Five, Jeremy improved his skills, even developing his own techniques to get the job done more efficiently.
**Master Investigator: Jeremy is an incredibly sharp man when called upon, as he was able to deduce the existence of vampires due to studying the town's history, despite being compelled to forget his own past interactions with vampires and the town council altering or removing key parts of the town's records to hid the evidence of the supernatural. Jeremy was also able to deduce that Silas was posing as Stefan after briefly grasping his handing and feeling his hunter instinct alert him.
*Master hand-to-hand combatant: Jeremy is a seasoned and formidable fighter, even before becoming a hunter. Jeremy was originally taught by Damon and Alaric alongside some of his friends so as to be able to defend themselves as events began to escalate. After becoming a hunter, Jeremy was trained further by Damon and Alaric, and later by Klaus as well, who had become invested in Jeremy as one of the Five. Across the series Jeremy has demonstrated lethal combat prowess, personally killing dozens of vampires even before he had activated his supernatural hunter abilities. 
**Master Marksman: Jeremy has demonstrated that he is an excellent marksman with both firearms and a crossbow, taking a Hybrid down from a good distance with a crossbow and shooting Damon in the head with precision.
**Weapon Mastery: Through his training with Damon and Alaric, Jeremy was proficient with a number of weapons in order to protect himself. After becoming a hunter, Jeremy became instinctually skilled with many melee and edged weapons, and has become more skilled with time.
*Master Survivalist: Jeremy has shown excellent survival skills, especially after becoming a hunter and later too as an adult on Legacies.
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