Mikael and Esther

The relationship between the Original vampire, Mikael, and the witch, Esther Mikaelson.
Mikael and Esther were husband and wife who had seven children. After their youngest died in the New World, they turned the rest of their children into vampires. They both have common goals to end vampires. Although Esther wants to rid the world of vampires whereas Mikael just wants to kill Klaus. In The Originals, both are frequently mentioned by their children. However, they became recurring characters during Season Two, before their deaths. Before their deaths, Esther projecting herself in Lenore's body, another New Orleans witch, and reunited herself with Mikael after many years. During this reunion, they began to argue the fate of their children, which left Mikael infuriated and Esther seeing how hopeless Mikael is in trying to save her family.
==Early History==
Mikael was a Viking warrior and a wealthy land owner who met Esther, a witch, when his people killed everyone in her village except for Dahlia and herself. They met and married in the Kingdom of Norway in the Old World (Europe). Mikael promised Esther he would protect her, and she stopped using magic. Eventually Mikael and Esther had 7 children. It was believed that their firstborn, Freya Mikaelson was killed by a plague that hit their home town. In truth, Freya was the price Esther paid to her sister Dahlia for a fertility spell performed on Esther, which required the firstborns from all generations of Esther's bloodline be given to Dahlia. Esther told Mikael Freya died of plague, and the family decided to flee their home. Esther's mentor, Ayana, heard of a land in the New World where all were healthy, blessed with speed and strength. This became Esther and Mikael's home, where the future Mystic Falls is located.
All was well until their youngest child, Henrik was killed by a werewolf. Mikael begged Esther to find a way to protect the rest of their children. Esther then made a spell that made Mikael and their children Original Vampires. Mikael discovered that Esther had been unfaithful and had a son with another man, named Ansel, when Niklaus made his first human kill and activated his werewolf gene. Esther was later killed by Klaus and Mikael was framed for the act. The siblings fled from Mikael in fear.
Despite Mikael's temper, they genuinely loved one another, even after learning of her affair, and her death drove his quest for revenge for 1,000 years trying to hunt and kill Klaus.
==Throughout The Originals Series==
===Season Two===
Both Esther and Mikael have been resurrected, returning from The Other Side, but by different means; Esther's possession of a revived Harvest girl named Cassie and Mikael being brought back by the witch, Davina.
In Wheel Inside the Wheel, Klaus revealed to Esther that Mikael had returned with the help of Davina, much to her shock.
In The Map of Moments, Esther found Mikael slaughtering werewolves in the woods, searching for Ansel, Klaus' father who she had also resurrected for her own purposes. Mikael was furious that she would bring back the man she cheated on him with over him. Esther told him he could stop his search since Klaus had already killed Ansel. She then proposed an alliance with Mikael if she promised him that he'd be allowed to kill Klaus. Mikael accepted the deal and became his wife's ally, rescuing Finn from being Klaus' captive on her orders.
In Gonna Set Your Flag On Fire, after Esther went missing, Finn used sacrificial magic to draw power from Mikael, neutralizing him in the process. Soon after, when he discovered that Klaus had made Esther into a vampire, Finn furiously did the same spell on her, placing his neutralized parents beside one another. Finn told them that he intended to destroy his younger siblings, since Mikael and Esther had ruined the family by having more children after Freya and Finn.
==Trivia==
*Both of them sacrificed themselves to let their children kill Dahlia thus demonstrating the first true parental sacrifices they made for their children outside of raising them in the 10th century.
==Gallery==
===The Vampire Diaries===
===The Originals===
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==See also==
Category:Relationships
Category:The Originals (series)
Category:The Originals Relationships
Category:Romantic Relationship
Category:Family Relationship
Category:Enemy Relationship
Category:Friendly Relationship