Nadia Petrova

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## Biographical information

### Title(s)

* Street-rat (by Rebekah)
* Eurobitch, Devil's Spawn, Devil's Daughter (all by Damon)

### Species

* Witch (Untapped/Originally)
* Vampire (Unknown Bloodline)
* Ghost (Formerly)

## Family information

### Family Members

* Amara † (Distant Maternal Ancestor)
* Tatia † (Maternal Ancestor)
* Tatias Unnamed Child † (Maternal Ancestor)
* Mr. Petrov † (Maternal Grandfather)
* Mrs. Petrova † (Maternal Grandmother)
* Katerina Petrova (Mother)
* Elijah Mikaelson (Step-Father)
* Unknown Child †
* Unnamed Traveler Father †
* Unknown Father's Family † (Paternal Relatives)
* Isobel Flemming † (Descendant)
* Elena Gilbert (Descendant)
* Adrianna Gilbert (Descendant)
* Hope Mikaelson (Descendant)
* Alexia Salvatore (Descendant)

## Supernatural information

### Cause of death

* Unknown (as a witch)
* Werewolf Bite (as a vampire)

### Killed by

* Unknown (as a witch)
* Tyler Lockwood (as a vampire)

## Physical appearance

### Eye color

* Brown

**Nadia Petrova** (***Bulgarian*:** *Надя Петрова*) was a major recurring character of the *An Epic Kind of Love* series. She was a vampire and a member of the Travelers who was Katerina Petrova's daughter, making her an ancestor of Elena and Adrianna Gilbert and a descendant of Amara.

Although most of Nadia's life in unknown, she revealed that she had spent the last 500 years searching for her mother; it also wasn't known from which Originals' sireline she attained her vampirism. She was seemingly not very well accustomed to modern American culture, but was more versed in past history, as she knew the story of Silas, Amara, and Qetsiyah. She also knew a great deal about Katherine's life in the past centuries, even though she had never personally met her.

As a human, Katherine implied that she had been traumatized by the loss of her daughter, and that finding out whether she was alive or not had been of great importance to her. Likewise, Nadia was just as desperate to track down her biological mother, even going as far as to have herself turned into a vampire to give herself more time to find her. To this end, Nadia became associated with The Travelers and began working with a traveler named Gregor, who eventually became her lover. The two were tasked with finding Silas, who had recently been awakened from 2,000 years of desiccation, and whom the Travelers were determined to cure and kill. Soon enough, Nadia's true intentions of locating Katherine were revealed, with the two reuniting after 500 years shortly afterward.

Nadia was bitten by Tyler Lockwood and ultimately died as they weren't able to get the cure or to Klaus in time. Katherine used Dream Manipulation to show Nadia what could have been the perfect day in the 15th century, had Katherine been allowed to raise Nadia as she had wanted.

**Nadia** was a member of the **Petrova Family**.

## Early History

Nadia was born in 1490 in Bulgaria. Katherine begged her father to allow her to hold the child just once, but he said that she had disgraced the family, and took the child away to a new family so that the shame would not become known.

### 1498

In 1498, Nadia was only eight years old when Katherine had escaped Klaus and found her way back to Bulgaria. Katherine searched every village and every cottage, but claimed she never managed to find Nadia.

### 1520

In Northern Europe in 1520, Nadia, at the age of thirty, was looking for her mother at someone's home. She is still either a human or a relatively new vampire.

### 1720

She was willing to pay a man in France in the year 1720 about information regarding her mother's whereabouts. This is apparently because he had witnessed Katherine killing a man just outside the Court of Versailles.

## Personality

* Witch
* Vampire

Little was known about Nadia's personality when she was a witch. It can be assumed that she was loving and loyal. The motive of her choice to become a vampire was to give herself the strength and immortality to fulfill her goal of finding her mother. After more than 500 years, they were finally reunited.

Nadia became a vampire in order to fulfill her mission of tracking down her mother, Katerina Petrova, in the hopes of establishing a relationship. After 500 years of searching, Nadia finally found her. Like her mother, it is difficult to know who Nadia truly loved. Nadia killed Gregor, who was thought to be her lover; although Gregor's spirit was still contained in Matt's body, his physical body was dead. Still, when Katherine ultimately killed Gregor permanently, Nadia was incredibly upset and felt betrayed, suggesting she did have some feelings for him, even after he revealed his mission to kill Katherine.

## Physical Appearance

Nadia Petrova was a young, strikingly beautiful woman with brown curly hair and deep brown eyes with dark thick lashes. She bared some resemblance to her mother Katherine Pierce, sharing her brown curly hair, oval shaped face with fine bone structure, and large almond-shaped brown eyes. She didn't wear a lot of makeup, aside from smokey eyes and glossed lips.

She had a keen eye for sensually cut and stylish clothing, much like her mother, and was usually seen wearing gray, white, and black tops, leather jackets, and tight-fitting pants or jeans (usually black or grey), all of which were usually paired with high-heeled boots.

## Powers and Abilities

* Witch
* Vampire

Nadia possessed all standard powers and abilities of a human/witch. When she became a vampire she lost her witch powers.

Nadia possessed all the standard powers and abilities of a non-Original vampire. Being over 500 years old, she was a very strong and powerful vampire in her own right.

## Weaknesses

* Witch
* Vampire

Nadia had the typical weaknesses of a witch.

Nadia had the typical weaknesses of a non-Original vampire.

## Relationships

### Katerina Petrova

"*Nadia, letting my father rip you out of my arms, it was the biggest regret of my life. I should've fought harder to keep you, but I didn't. I spent the last 500 years making sure that I'd never make that mistake again.*"
—Katherine to Nadia

*Main Article: Katherine and Nadia*

Nadia Petrova is the daughter of Katerina Petrova. Katherine gave birth to Nadia back in 1490, but Nadia was taken from her before Katherine even got the chance to hold her. When Katherine returned to Bulgaria after being exiled to England and escaping Klaus, she found that he had killed her entire family and was devastated. She then began her search for her daughter who was 8 years old at the time, but she was unable to find her. Over the years, Nadia was turned into a vampire, learning the story of her mother and searching for her for 500 years. When they met again, Nadia introduced herself and began to test Katherine, telling her that she killed her mother in Paris. Katherine saw through the lie and Nadia revealed that she was Katherine's long lost daughter. Despite being shocked about this revelation, Katherine pushed her daughter away. Nadia was angry and clearly upset at this but didn't stop trying to get to know her. Nadia was eventually bitten by Tyler Lockwood and Katherine chose to stay by her side to say goodbye as Nadia died.

## Name

* **Nadia (Bulgarian: Надя)** is a feminine name of Ukranian origin (Надія) and a diminutive of the Slavic name Nadezhda (**Надежда**), both meaning "hope" or "hopeful". It is a name found in various forms in Poland, Bulgaria, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, and other Slavic countries.
* **Petrova** is the feminine version of Petrov and is a very common surname in both Russia and Bulgaria. It is derived from the first name Pyotr (Пётр, Russian) or Petar (Петър, Bulgarian), both of which are equivalent to English Peter.

## Trivia

* She was from Czechoslovakia, now known as Czech Republic/Slovakia, and spoke Czech when summoning Gregor from within Matt's body.
* Nadia, Katherine, The Originals, Stefan, and Silas are the only characters known to speak languages other than English and Latin.
* She was a member of The Travelers, though she claimed she never considered herself one, most likely due to her being a vampire. Both her father and her grandfather also belonged to the Travelers.
* Nadia was the first vampire shown to die naturally from a werewolf bite, rather than being mercy killed before they went crazy with bloodlust.
* Nadia was one of the few people to ever refer to or call her mother (Katherine) by her given name (Katerina); the others are Elijah, Klaus, Rose, and Trevor.