Klaus Mikaelson

**''I myself prefer Klaus the Mad.''**

**Niklaus Mikaelson** (***Elder Futhark:** ᚾᛁᚲᛚᚨᚢᛋ ᛗᛁᚲᚨᛖᛚᛋᛟᚾ*) is the main protagonist (and sometimes antagonist/anti-hero) of *The Originals*. He was a former main character, antagonist/anti-hero of *The Vampire Diaries*. Klaus is an Original vampire and a werewolf, making him the Original Hybrid.

Klaus is the biological son of Ansel and Esther Mikaelson, the step-son of Mikael, and nephew of Dahlia. Klaus is the maternal younger half-brother of Freya, Finn, Elijah, and the maternal older half-brother of Kol, Rebekah and Henrik Mikaelson. Klaus is the uncle of Freya and Mathias' unborn son and Freya and Keelin's son, Nik. Klaus is the adopted father of Marcel Gerard, an orphan boy he rescued and eventually turned into a vampire. He is the husband of Andrea Marshall, and by her the father of the Original Tribrid, Verena Aubree Mikaelson.

Klaus was first mentioned in the second season of *The Vampire Diaries* in *Rose*, during a conversation between Rose and Stefan Salvatore. Rose warns Stefan about the Original Vampires which led to Elena Gilbert believing Klaus was the oldest vampire in history. Elijah later mentions that Klaus is a recluse and trusts very few people, usually only in his inner circle.

For over a thousand years, Klaus had been trying to break a curse placed on him. He created the myth of the sun and moon curse in order to find the moonstone and the Petrova Doppelgänger, both of which were needed to break the actual curse. His goal was to liberate his werewolf side so he could sire his own super species of werewolf-vampire hybrids.

In 1492, he finally got the chance to break his curse when he met Katerina Petrova, the final piece necessary to break the curse. However, Katerina managed to foil his plan to use her in the sacrifice by turning into a vampire. For the next 500 years, Klaus searched for a way to break the curse without the doppelgänger, forcing generations of witches to help him. During his search for a way to break the curse, Klaus hunted down his family and neutralized them. He also hunted Katerina, who had escaped him and stolen his moonstone. However, it should also be noted that he was also on the run from his step-father, Mikael, as Klaus had an abusive childhood.

Besides his family, during the 1920's, Klaus formed a strong bond and brotherly relationship with Stefan. He then met with the vampire, Caroline Forbes, and starts to care about her, eventually falling in love with her and tried to win her love, and after a long time they were friends. In New Orleans, he had a father/son bond relationship with Marcel whom he works with in ruling New Orleans until Klaus discovered his treachery for bringing Mikael to New Orleans. They reformed their friendship when Marcel saved his daughter and they worked together to bring down their enemies. He also cared for the bartender Camille O'Connell, with whom he had fallen in love before her death.

**Klaus** was primarily a member of the **Mikaelson Family**, and a member of an unnamed **Family of Werewolves**. He was connected to the **Labonair Family**, a royal werewolf family via his daughter, and a member of the **North East Atlantic Pack** as well as an unnamed **Witch Family**.

## Personality

* Untriggered Werewolf-Witch Hybrid
* Original Vampire-Original Hybrid

> I never answered your question, if I'd ever thought about being human. Once. I was on a trek in the Andes, and a hummingbird flew up to me and just hovered there staring at me. Its tiny heart was pattering like a machine gun. And I thought, what a thing, you know, to have to work that hard every day just to stay alive, to be constantly on the verge of death, and how satisfying every day must be that it survived. And that was the only time I thought about being human.
>
> **Klaus** to **Caroline** about being human

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While he was still an untriggered Werewolf-Witch hybrid, Klaus had a complicated life. He was close with his half-sister Rebekah, whom he affectionately called "Bekah", and with his half-brothers Elijah and Henrik. He also had a close relationship with his half-brother, Kol, but he did not get along at all with his half-brother, Finn, since childhood. However, he had a bad relationship with his overbearing step-father Mikael who was harder on him than any of his siblings. He was a victim of his step-father's physical and verbal abuse since childhood. Klaus even admitted to Rebekah that Mikael frightened him which made him constantly seek his approval without ever finding it. His mother Esther often tried to calm Mikael when he became angry with Klaus, but she never tried to stop him from humiliating or from physically/mentally abusing her son. Also as an untriggered werewolf, Klaus had the aggressive behavior of one, but he could not act on it due to his mother making him wear a magical necklace, created to weaken his strength and thus leaving him vulnerable to Mikael's abuse. These following reasons led him to resent both his parents and possibly to be jealous of his maternal half-siblings for having their approval. In the director's cut of the backdoor pilot of The Originals, Elijah pointed out that as an untriggered werewolf, Klaus was so full of love and life, and that all he ever wanted was to be loved in return, especially by his step-father. This belief that no one loved him and that he was doomed to be alone forever was the main factor that changed Klaus' personality.
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## Events Influenced By Klaus' Goal Of Breaking The Curse

* Katherine/Mason
* Tyler/Caroline
* Rose/Trevor
* Elijah/Isobel
* Elena/Jenna

Katherine and Mason

* Katherine turning into a vampire to avoid being sacrificed.
	+ *Katerina*
* Katherine's arrival in Mystic Falls, betraying her friends and family, siring Stefan and Damon and faking her death.
	+ *Lost Girls*
	+ *Children of the Damned*
	+ *Blood Brothers*
	+ *Founder's Day*
	+ *The Return*
* The moonstone coming into George Lockwood's possession.
	+ *Memory Lane*
* Mason Lockwood's curse being activated.
	+ *Kill or Be Killed*
* Katherine Pierce and Mason Lockwood's return to Mystic Falls.
	+ *Founder's Day*
	+ *The Return*

Caroline and Tyler

* Caroline being turned into a vampire.
	+ *The Return*
* Tyler's curse being activated.
	+ *Masquerade*

Rose and Trevor

* Rose and Trevor kidnapping Elena so they could get their freedom.
	+ *Masquerade*
	+ *Rose*

Elijah and Isobel

* Elijah meeting the Petrova Doppelgänger. Rose granted freedom while Trevor was decapitated.
	+ *Rose*
* Elijah's deal with Elena.
	+ *By the Light of the Moon*
* The death of:
	+ *Luka*
	+ *Jonas*
	+ *Greta Martin*
* Elijah's revival, and trust for Elena.
	+ *The Last Dance*, *Klaus*
* Isobel's return to Mystic Falls (under compulsion of Klaus) and with the help of Maddox, retrieving the moonstone and capturing Katherine and Alaric. After Isobel's job was finished, she was compelled by Klaus to take off her necklace and burn to death in the sunlight. (*The House Guest*, *Know Thy Enemy*)

Jenna and Elena

* Jenna being turned into a vampire.
	+ *The Last Day*
* The deaths of Jenna, Jules, Elena (resurrected) and John.
	+ *The Sun Also Rises*
* Elena readying herself to be sacrificed to save her friends.
	+ *The Sacrifice*
	+ *By the Light of the Moon*

## Name

* **Klaus** is a German variation of "Nicholas". From the Greek *Νικολαος* (Nikolaos) meaning "*victory of the people*". It's the name of a saint who is at the origin of Saint Claus legend. It is also a shortened name of Niklaus. **In** **Ancient Norse:** ᚾᛁᚲᛚᚨᚢᛋᛗᛁᚲᚨᛖᛚᛋᛟᚾ.
* **Mikaelson** is of of Scandinavian origin and means "Son of Mikael".

## Tropes

* Chronic Backstabbing Disorder - 'nuff said.
* The Casanova - Katerina (a little) and, most recently, Caroline.
* All Love is Unrequited - Caroline. Despite his attempts to woo her, and the fact that she knows he's in love with her, she is in love with Tyler and keeps refusing his advances. Still has chance to be averted, though is increasingly unlikely given the time he has left in Mystic Falls. See also Sympathy for the Devil .
* A Day in the Limelight - Has an episode named after him. Due to his nature at the time, it also classifies as a Villain Episode .
* Actually fits the Evil Brit accent trope - as the only character on the show with a British accent, this has not been averted nor inverted.
* Monster Sob Story - Due to an illegitimate birth, his step-father Mikael is unjustly more volatile towards him. See Abusive Parents . See also Cry for the Devil .
* Magnificent Bastard - Averted due to Villainous Breakdown
* And I Must Scream - Shared with family. However, instead of being daggered, Klaus must literally be chained and desiccated. When Alaric was turned into a vampire/vampire hunter, Klaus could do nothing to prevent Alaric from staking his desiccated body with the white oak stake .
* SelfMadeOrphan - Niklaus has killed his legal-father and mother.
* Papa Wolf Overprotective Dad- Klaus is very protective of his daughter and has no limits when it comes to Verena's safety and well being. He even killed his own father in order to protect his daughter after he found out about Verena still being alive. Klaus trusts nobody apart from himself when it comes to Verena and his love for her has no bounds.