Marty Hammond

Marty Hammond was a human who first appeared in the seventeenth episode of the seventh season of The Vampire Diaries. He died during a truck crash while drunk driving.
==Early History==
Marty was a former merchant marine who had become an alcoholic. Marty also worked for a charter bus company.
==Throughout The Vampire Diaries Series==
===Season Seven===
In I Went to the Woods, Marty gets into a drunk car accident and dies. When the Phoenix Stone was destroyed, Stefan Salvatore possessed his corpse.
In One Way or Another, Valerie performs a soul-swap spell to transfer Stefan's soul back into his original body, while transferring Ambrose's spirit into Marty's deteriorating corpse.
==Personality==
It is unknown, but it's been suggested that he had demons of his own since he was an alcoholic, which lead to his death.
==Physical Appearance==
He wore ragged clothes and had a messy hairstyle. He had shaggy, dirty blonde hair and dark, blue eyes. In a previous photo of him, Marty had a cleaner appearance and was clean shaven, with slight facial hair on his chin. Marty had a tattoo of an anchor on his arm.
==Appearances==
Season Seven
*I Went to the Woods (Possessed by Stefan Salvatore)
*One Way or Another (Body only; possessed by Stefan Salvatore and Ambrose)
==Name==
*Marty is a Latin baby name and means "of Mars" or "warlike". It could also be a shortened variation of Martin.http://www.sheknows.com/baby-names/name/marty
*Hammond is German. It derives from the Old German word Haimund for house or home protector.http://www.sheknows.com/baby-names/name/hammond
==Trivia==
*According to the casting sides, Marty is a vessel for a century-old vampire spirit that was stuck in the Phoenix Stone and is a drunk truck driver.ImageImage
*With confirmation that human souls are found in the dimensions, Marty either found peace or went to Hell.
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Category:Characters
Category:The Vampire Diaries (series)
Category:The Vampire Diaries Characters
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Seven Characters
Category:Male Characters
Category:Guest Characters
Category:Humans
Category:Deceased