Esther Mikaelson

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## Biographical Information

### Born

* 10th Century  (Kingdom of Norway, Age Unknown/1060+)

### Occupation

* Member of the Spirits (Formerly)
* Leader of the Ancestors (Formerly)
* Leader of the French Quarter Coven (Formerly)
* Leader of the New Orleans Werewolves (Formerly)

### Titles

* The Original Witch
* Daft Bitch, Mommie Dearest (by Rebekah)
* My Love, A Master, Wife (all by Mikael)
* Serpent (by Elijah)

### Species

* Witch
* Ghost (Formerly)
* Ancestral Spirit (Formerly)
* Vampire (Formerly, by possessing Lenore/Rebekah's bloodline)
* Spirit (Currently)

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Mikael † (Husband)
* Dahlia † (Older Sister)
* Freya Mikaelson (Daughter)
* Finn Mikaelson (Son)
* Elijah Mikaelson (Son)
* Athena Mikaelson (Daughter-In-Law, via Finn)
* Niklaus Mikaelson (Son)
* Kol Mikaelson (Son)
* Rebekah Mikaelson (Daughter)
* Henrik Mikaelson (Son)
* Unborn Grandson † (Grandson; via Freya)
* Katerina Petrova (Daughter-In-Law, via Elijah)
* Marcel Gerard (Son-In-Law, via Rebekah)
* Keelin Mikaelson (Daughter-in-Law, via Freya)
* Alex Gilbert (Daughter-In-Law, via Klaus)
* Davina Claire (Daughter-In-Law, via Henrik)
* Ariana Gilbert (Daughter-In-Law, via Kol)
* Jack Mikaelson (Grandson)
* Hope Mikaelson (Granddaughter)
* Artemis Mikaelson (Granddaughter)
* Jax Salvatore (Step-Grandson)
* Nina Salvatore (Step-Granddaughter)
* Lily Salvatore (Step-Granddaughter)
* Adella Mikaelson (Adoptive Granddaughter)
* Vivian Mikaelson  (Granddaughter)
* Vanessa Mikaelson (Granddaughter)
* Victoria Mikaelson (Granddaughter)
* Miranda Mikaelson (Granddaughter)
* Jenna Mikaelson (Granddaughter)
* Vince Mikaelson (Grandson)
* Mason Mikaelson (Grandson)
* Nik Mikaelson (Grandson)
* Kendra Mikaelson (Granddaughter)
* Daniella Mikaelson (Great-Granddaughter)

## Supernatural Information

### Significant Kills

* Alaric Saltzman  (7th time/Resurrected as an Original)

### Killed By

* Niklaus Mikaelson (1st, 3rd and 5th time)
* Alaric Saltzman (2nd time)
* Freya Mikaelson (4th time)

## Physical Appearance

### Height

* 5'9" (Feet)
* 1.75 (Meters)

### Eye Color

* Brown

**Esther Mikaelson** *(**Elder Futhark:** ᛖᛋᚦᛖᚱ ᛗᛁᚲᚨᛖᛚᛋᛟᚾ)* was one of "the most powerful witches in history", and she was responsible for creating the Original vampires. She appeared in the third season of *The Vampire Diaries* as a recurring character and a main antagonist. She was also a major recurring character and a primary antagonist in the second season of *The Originals*.

Esther was the wife of Mikael and the former lover of Ansel. She was the mother of Freya, Finn, Elijah, Niklaus, Kol, Rebekah and Henrik. She was also the younger sister of Dahlia, and the grandmother of Freya and Mathias' unborn son, Jack, Hope, Artemis, Victoria, Miranda, Jenna, Vince, Mason, Kendra, Vivian, Vanessa, and Nik Mikaelson. She is the step-grandmother to Jax, Nina, and Lily Salvatore. She is the adoptive grandmother to Adella.

## Early History

### The Middle Ages, 10th Century

Esther was born in a witch family in the Kingdom of Norway some time during the 10th Century. Esther had an older sister named Dahlia. It's implied that Esther was close to her mother as she would later tell her son that her mother taught her about the starling bird's tune. She was once close to her sister but they had differing outlooks and different points of view which caused them to grow apart. Despite being born from a powerful witch bloodline, Esther was not interested in the practice of magic after meeting Mikael, who swore to protect her, unlike her sister, who devoted herself to the Black Arts.

Esther favored being a wife and a mother and at some time her village was slaughtered by Vikings, with Dahlia and herself being the only survivors due to their witch powers. During her captivity, she met and fell in love with a Viking warrior and wealthy Eastern European landowner named Mikael, whom she married. However, after almost a year of marriage, she was still unable to conceive a child. As she didn't practice magic, she came to her sister Dahlia for help. After Esther discussed her issue of being barren and unable to conceive, Dahlia agreed to help her sister by casting a fertility spell which would help her to conceive and get pregnant. Esther soon fell pregnant and gave birth to a daughter Freya, her firstborn child. She later had another child, a son named Finn. From this moment, she lived happily with Mikael and even fell pregnant with a third child.

However, during her third pregnancy, Mikael temporarily left for a voyage and Dahlia asked to have Freya taken away. Esther tried to stand up for herself against Dahlia but Dahlia told her that fate decided that Esther will not have children. But they changed it and now Esther had to pay; by giving all the firstborn who will come from her bloodline (grandchild, great-grandchild, etc). Esther swore to have her magic back, to gain immense power and to make Dahlia pay for what she had done. But her sister mocked her, threatened to take all of her children, including Finn and the unborn Elijah. Dahlia took Freya away while Freya screamed for her mother. When Mikael came back, Esther told him that Freya had died from the Plague. They decided to leave their homeland to come to the New World. She gave birth to her third child Elijah but regardless, Esther was still devastated by Freya's "death". Mikael, still mourning his child's "death", became cold and estranged from his wife. At this time, Esther had met a young werewolf leader named Ansel and she fell in love with him. She began the construction of a Moonlight Ring for him. Soon, she fell pregnant with his son. However, she came back to Mikael, and forbade Ansel to be near his unborn child. She later gave birth to a son that Mikael named Niklaus and the birth helped to bring them together as a family once more. They would go on to have three other children: Kol, Rebekah and Henrik.

She later made a bird Necklace to make her son Niklaus weak and to prevent him from killing someone, which would trigger his werewolf gene. This became even more necessary when Mikael became abusive towards Klaus as he thought that his son was weak. And she became obsessed with the idea that Klaus always has to hold the necklace.

In the New World, Esther began to practice magic once more and became the best friend of the powerful witch Ayana (a descendant of Qetsiyah and an ancestor of the Bennett bloodline) who was also her mentor.

At some point, Niklaus and Henrik came to see the werewolves transformation during a full moon and Henrik was mauled by a werewolf from Ansel's pack. Klaus took his brother to Esther but it was too late and Henrik tragically died.

Later, Mikael asked Ayana for help so that they could make all of their children immortals but Ayana refused. As a result, Esther ended up performing The Immortality Spell herself by using the blood of Klaus and Elijah's lover, Tatia (a doppelgänger and descendant of Amara and a member of the Petrova bloodline) that would transform her family into the first known vampires.

However, the spell had complications and prices that came along with it. She had to make Daylight Jewelry for them and she had watched them feed and kill innocent humans all for the consumption of human blood. When Klaus finally killed his first human, he triggered his werewolf gene and later transformed, killing and slaughtering many people. Knowing from then that Klaus was not his biological son, Mikael forced Esther to suppress Klaus' werewolf side, which she had done by using the blood of Tatia, whom Elijah accidentally killed.

She was then killed by Klaus who choked her to death and put the blame to Mikael. After she died, Esther's body was preserved and placed in a coffin by her witch friend, Ayana. Esther's spirit, however, was forced to watch her children wreak havoc on the world from the Other Side and feel the pain of every victim as nature's way of punishing her for her actions.