Esther Mikaelson

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==Summary==
Esther Mikaelson (Elder Futhark: ᛖᛋᚦᛖᚱ ᛗᛁᚲᚨᛖᛚᛋᛟᚾ), also known as the Original Witch, is the primary antagonist of The Originals, serving as the main antagonist of both the first season and the first chapter of the second season. She is also one of the main antagonists of the third season of the Vampire Diaries, alongside her family (mostly Klaus).
She is the mother of the Original Vampires and the wife of Mikael. She was ultimately devoted to her family and would do anything to protect them. When her youngest child Henrik was killed by werewolves she decided to turn her remaining children into vampires, as to protect them.
As she is the primary antagonist of The Originals, she has ordered the assassination of Klaus and Hayley's daughter, Hope Mikaelson, because of a deal she made with her sister, Dahlia, whereas she will get a fertility spell provided that every firstborn of her descendants get killed and if she fails, Dahlia will come after Esther and her whole family. Along with her husband Mikael, they are the archenemies of their sociopathic illegitimate son, protagonist villain Niklaus.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: physically, at least via Telekinesis, via other powers
Name: Esther Mikaelson, The Original Witch 
Origin: The Originals
Gender: Female 
Age: Over 1000 years old 
Classification: Witch, Mother of the Originals 
Powers and Abilities: Magic (Is one of the most powerful witches to have ever lived), Telekinesis, Pain Manipulation (Can cause excruciating migraines and aneurysms), Biological Manipulation (Can attack organs with Magic or Telekinesis), Durability Negation (Can attack internal organs with Magic), Necromancy (Capable of summoning and controlling spirits. Performed a spell from the other side to give Vicki a foothold in the world of the living, making her a corporeal ghost), Limited Soul Manipulation (Can summon souls and transfer them into physical bodies), Curse Manipulation and Transformation (Used Dark Magic to turn her husband and children into the world's first original vampires. Locked Klaus's werewolf potential with the Hybrid curse), Mind Manipulation, Memory Manipulation (Can perform spells to sooth, block or restore memories), Illusion Creation, Forcefield Creation (Can create magical shields to protect herself and others. Can create boundaries to keep individuals lock in a certain location), Blood Manipulation (Can perform blood rituals, bind others and use blood to fuel her spells), Fire Manipulation (Able to produce and extinguish fire and make flames grow), Locator Spells, Sleep Manipulation (Placed Elijah in a slumber where he continuously were pursued by his vampire self that blocked out Klaus's telepathic powers), Limited Earth Manipulation (Capable of causing minor Earth shakes with a wave of her hand), Limited Technological Manipulation (can control and disrupt electromagnetic signals of phones), Invisibility (Via cloaking spells for herself and others), Resurrection (Resurrected herself and can do the same with others and bring their original body back from the dead), Power Nullification (Can nullify spells, effects of enchanted objects and the powers of supernatural beings), Possession and Immortality (Type 6, described as a master of possession by Elijah and can jump from body to body with casual ease), Animal Manipulation, Astral Projection (Can perform this while maintaining a conscious form), Power Bestowal (Can imbue objects with Magic to give them magical properties), should be able to use the powers demonstrated by weaker witches such as Healing, Perception Manipulation, Air Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation and much more, Preparation, Expert Manipulator, Vast Occult Knowledge, Multilinguism, Immunity to Compulsion (Witches aren’t affected by vampiric compulsion)
Attack Potency: Human level physically, at least Small Building level via Telekinesis, Unknown via other powers (One of the most powerful witches to have ever lived, right below her sister Dahlia who is also in this category, and immensely superior to the likes of Vincent Griffith, who is an extremely powerful witch. Can easily overpower and defeat her children and her husband Mikael) 
Speed: Average Human, with Subsonic reaction speed and Attack speed with Telekinesis (Has reacted to vampires running at her and running away with casual ease)
Lifting Strength: Average Human, Class 1 
Striking Strength: Average Human 
Durability: Human level 
Stamina: Average 
Range: Standard Melee Range, at least Several Meters to much higher via Magic 
Standard Equipment: Various artifacts she can create including dolls, totems, Night Rings and so on 
Intelligence: Gifted. Even if weaker than her sister, Esther is a master of Magic, having developped an extreme control various occult arts including Dark Magic, Ancestral Magic, Spirit Magic, ancient runes and so on. She was successfully able to deceive Mikael that Klaus was his son and likewise by creating the necklace that bound Klaus's werewolf side, maintained the façade for many years until Klaus had to kill to become an Original. After her first resurrection, she was able to deceive her children, including Klaus and Elijah, that she only wanted them to be a family again while she was actually intent on killing them. During her final conflict with her sons, Esther, by easily manipulating the wolves into swearing allegiance by making them moonlight rings, managed to once again outsmart Klaus and Elijah for a lengthy period of time.
Weaknesses: Same weaknesses as other witches
==Notable Matchups==
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