Grayson Gilbert

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## Biographical Information

### Occupation

* Physician

* Member of the Town Council

* Vampire Hunter

* Member of Augustine

### Species

* Human

* Spirit (Currently)

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Niklaus Mikaelson (Adoptive Son-In-Law/Nephew-In-Law)

* Johnathan Gilbert † (Paternal Ancestor)

* Damon Salvatore (Adoptive Son-In-Law/Nephew-In-Law)

* Samantha Gilbert † (Paternal Ancestor)

* Christopher Gilbert † (Paternal Ancestor)

* Miranda Sommers-Gilbert † (Wife)

* John Gilbert † (Younger Brother)

* Jenna Sommers † (Sister-In-Law)

* Elena Gilbert (Niece/Adoptive Daughter)

* Alexandria Gilbert (Niece/Adoptive Daughter)

* Jeremy Gilbert (Son)

* Valentina Gilbert (Daughter-In-Law)

* Hope Mikaelson (Great-Niece/Adoptive Granddaughter)

* Jaxon Salvatore (Great-Nephew/Adoptive Grandson)

* Nikolina Gilbert-Salvatore (Great-Niece/Adoptive Granddaughter)

* Lillian Gilbert-Salvatore (Great-Niece/Adoptive Granddaughter)

* Adella Gilbert-Mikaelson (Adoptive Great-Niece/Adoptive Granddaughter)

* Grayson Salvatore (Great-Nephew/Adoptive Grandson)

* Sarah Salvatore (Great-Niece/Adoptive Granddaughter)

* Sebastián Gilbert (Grandson)

* Miranda Mikaelson (Great-Niece/Adoptive Granddaughter)

* Jenna Mikaelson (Great-Niece/Adoptive Granddaughter)

* Camila Gilbert (Granddaughter)

* Stefanie Salvatore (Great-Niece/Adoptive Granddaughter)

* Issac Gilbert (Grandson)

* Nik Mikaelson (Great-Nephew/Adoptive Grandson)

## Physical Appearance

### Height

* 6'2" (Feet)

* 1.88 (Meters)

## Appearance

### Played By

* Jason MacDonald

**Dr. Grayson Gilbert** was Jeremy Gilbert's father, Elena Gilbert and Alexandria Gilbert's uncle/adoptive father, and the husband of Miranda Sommers-Gilbert. He is the great-uncle/adoptive grandfather to Hope Mikaelson, Jaxon Salvatore, Nikolina Gilbert-Salvatore, Lillian Gilbert-Salvatore, Adella Gilbert-Mikaelson, Grayson Salvatore, Sarah Salvatore, Miranda Mikaelson, Jenna Mikaelson, Stefanie Salvatore, and Nik Mikaelson. He is the biological grandfather to Sebastián Gilbert, Camila Gilbert, and Issac Gilbert.

On May 23, 2009, Grayson and Miranda drowned after their car ran off of Wickery Bridge and into the lake. He died in place of Elena and Alex. It is later revealed during the first half of Season Five that Grayson Gilbert was a vampire hunter and led the Founder's Council through difficult times like Mikael's arrival - having plans if the council were ever to be compromised, and that he was also a member of the Augustine Society, and like the Whitmore family he tortured and experimented on the vampires.

**Grayson** was a member of the **Gilbert Family** and a **vampire hunter**, he was also a member of the **Town Council** and the **Augustine** **Society**.

## Early Life

Grayson learned at an early age about the existence of vampires, possibly from his father, and he told his younger brother John all about it. They both grew up firmly believing all vampires are evil and must be destroyed. Grayson and John had read every journal written by Johnathan Gilbert, their ancestor from 1864. From the journals they gleaned much of the town's secret history, and eventually Grayson and John both wore the Gilbert rings. As an adult he became a doctor and had a clinic on a property that he and his wife Miranda owned. Late one night, Grayson's brother John brought two babies to him and asked if he'd adopted them, and together with his wife adopted both of them and named them Elena and Alexandria. Grayson protected Elena and Alex all his life from the world of vampires until he died. He also worked as a doctor at the local hospital and helped deliver Sarah Nelson in 1994.

Alex and Elena later learned that their parents had knowledge of the existence of vampires, and even possessed weapons to hunt and kill vampires, hidden behind a false wall in a closet at their lake house.

The night Grayson and Miranda died, Elena and Alex had ditched family night and gone to a bonfire party with their friends. On their way home from picking them up, their car went over the Wickery Bridge, trapping the four of them underwater. Miranda quickly lost consciousness, but although Grayson, Elena, and Alex were still alive, they were unable to open the car doors to escape. Grayson ultimately drowned after refusing help from Stefan Salvatore until he had rescued Elena and Alex. When Stefan came back for them, they were both dead. Both Alex and Elena has felt some responsibility for their death, as the reason they were out driving that night was to pick them up. Later, when John explains the Gilbert rings to Jeremy, he confirms that the ring didn't work to save Grayson because he did not die a supernatural death, the only kind from which the ring could have protected him.