Tristan de Martel (by wolxfxgirl)

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## Biographical Information

### Born

10th Century (Southern France, Age Unknown/1017+)

### Occupation

Nobleman (Formerly)Member of The Trinity

Leader of The Strix

### Title(s)

Lord Tristan, Tristan Mikaelson, Tristan Smith Little Weasel, Filth, Second-rate Napoleon,Pompous Dick, Love Of My Life, Husband (all by Elijah)

Elijah Mikaelson (Fake Identity)

My Beloved Brother (by Aurora)

## Family Information

### Family Members

Count Martel † (Father)Countess de Martel † (Mother)

Elijah Mikaelson (Husband)

Mikael † (Father-in-Law)

Esther Mikaelson † (Mother-in-Law)

Freya Mikaelson (Sister-in-Law)

Finn Mikaelson (Brother-in-Law)

Niklaus Mikaelson (Half Brother-in-Law)

Rebekah Mikaelson (Sister-in-Law)

Henrik Mikaelson † (Brother-in-Law)

Hope Mikaelson (Niece/Through Elijah)

Keelin (Sister-in-Law)

Aurora de Martel (Younger Sister)

## Appearance

### First Seen

For the Next Millennium (Flashback)You Hung the Moon (First Modern Day Appearance)

## ***Early History***

Tristan was the son of Count de Martel and lived in his castle with his sister, Aurora. In the year 1002, he and his family met the Mikaelson siblings when they, aided by Lucien, pretended to be the wealthy children of a friend of the Count's.

Later that year, when Aurora was secretly meeting with one of the Original Vampires, Niklaus Mikaelson, Tristan caught her with their servant Lucien, who had loved Niklaus and had discovered her affair with Klaus. Tristan, believing that it was Lucien whom Aurora was having the affair with, ordered the guards to take him.

Tristan tortured Lucien in the dungeons when Klaus and his brother Elijah attempted to stop him. Tristan revealed that he learned the truth about them from a woman who had survived an attack from their brother, Kol. He threatened that he would expose them if they did anything to him and then pulled out a dagger, slashing Lucien across the mouth, scarring him. After the torture, Tristan spoke to Aurora but was attacked by a healed Lucien, who, unknown to him, had been healed by Klaus's blood. One of the guards stabbed Lucien in the back, killing him, though it would not last as Lucien had begun his transition into the first sired vampire.

Tristan was turned into a vampire by Elijah's blood however he was killed by Mikael in the year 1002, and he, along with Lucien and Aurora, were compelled in believe that they were the Mikaelson siblings, and were used as a diversion for Mikael to hunt while his children escaped to Tuscany. However, in the year 1114, they were released from the compulsion via the daggering of Elijah by the Brotherhood of the Five.

After Elijah had created The Strix, in hopes of a building a better future for the world, he was forced to flee from the society when Mikael came for him. Tristan arrived in the aftermath of the attack and took command the of The Strix, forging them into a violent secret society responsible for conducting world events from behind the scenes.

Tristan continued to try and find a way to kill the Originals with Aurora and Lucien but after Finn and Kol died, they learned that they and their sirelines would die along with them if the Originals died. Tristan instead focused on trying to trap the Originals, hoping to contain them permanently somewhere safe, where their deaths could never effect him or his sireline. When he learned about the Serratura, he planned to travel to New Orleans under the pretense that he and Lucien were at war, not wanting the Mikaelsons to suspect that he and Lucien were actually planning to seal them away.

### Lucien once described Tristan as having a wicked personality. This was later proven by his vicious punishment of Lucien after he thought he caught the servant and his sister together, for no apparent reason. He seemed to enjoy the power his nobility gave him, flaunting it over his servants and enjoying disciplining those beneath him. Tristan also possesses a very stoic personality, rarely showing surprise fear or love, and when he does, it is very muted. His expression barely changed when Klaus had him in a chokehold, and when he writted a later to Elijah. Likewise, he showed only the briefest moment of surprise at Lucien coming for him, completely healed.

* ***Vampire***

## ***Physical Appearance***

Tristan is a man of average build with short, brown hair and blue eyes. He dress well, in suits and ties, in a similar manner to his sire.

## ***Powers and Abilities***

Tristan posses all the standard powers and abilities of a non-Original vampire. But being over a thousand years old, he is one of the strongest non-Original vampires in existence.

Tristan has been shown to be a skilled swordsman while sparring with his sister Aurora.

Through unknown means, Aurora claims that she, Lucien, and Tristan cannot be easily compelled anymore. He was also able to resist Elijah invading his mind through physical contact even in a debilitated state due to magic and werewolf venom.

## ***Weaknesses***

Tristan has the typical weaknesses of a non-Original vampire.

## ***Relationships***

* Aurora and Tristan (Siblings/Allies/Family)
* Elijah and Tristan (Allies/Family/Married)
* Lucien and Tristan (Allies/Former Enemies/Family)
* Klaus and Tristan (Allises/Former Enemies/Family)