Enhanced Vampires

### Unusual Features

* Augmented Original vampires engineered to hunt down and kill other Original Vampires

## Appearances

### TV Series

**The Vampire Diaries:*** 3, 4 , 5, 6

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**Enhanced Original Vampire** is a term used to describe the type of Original vampire Alaric Saltzman became when Esther recast the Immortality Spell to turn him. She made changes such as binding Alaric's life to a doppelgänger, whereas the other Originals' immortality was granted by the white oak tree. This meant that he could not be killed at all, as long as Elena lived, thus meaning even the white oak stake or the white oak ash daggers have no effect on him, as it will not even neutralize him. The only way he could die is if someone killed Elena, which is why he had to guard her life. His darker personality was enhanced as well, as Alaric's true personality is now gone completely, replaced by the psychotic vampire-hating serial killer that was created as a result of using the Gilbert ring to come back to life too many times, along with Esther manipulating his mind every time he died.

The Enhanced Original vampire was purified in *The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get*, after Tripp dragged Alaric Saltzman across the border of Mystic Falls which stripped away the effects of Esther's spell that turned him into an Original. His life was saved by Josette Laughlin before he could die from the wound that Esther inflicted upon him.

## Powers and Abilities

Due to the nature and purpose of the spell that created them, the Enhanced Original vampire's powers and abilities were at least on par if not superior to the Original vampires that came before. Alaric was created to become the ultimate hunter, capable of eradicating the vampire species as a whole. Similarly, he was endowed with superhuman physical abilities as strength, speed, agility, durability, healing and senses as well as powers of mind control. Given the relatively short time this being was in existence, it remains unknown if their physical or mental abilities grew stronger with age and experience.

* **Super Strength:**
* **Super Speed:**
* **Super Agility:**
* **Super Senses:**
* **Super Durability:**
* **Semi-Immortality:**
* **Healing Factor:**
* **Emotional Control:**
* **Enhanced Emotions:**
* **Mind Compulsion:**
	+ **Dream Manipulation:**
	+ **Illusions:**
* **True Face:**

## Weaknesses

* **Animal Blood:** Animal blood weakens an Enhanced vampire's strength.
* **Broken Neck:** Breaking an Enhanced vampire's neck will not kill them, but it will render them unconscious for several hours.
* **Desiccation:** Being completely drained of blood or the heart stopping will cause an Enhanced vampire to desiccate like any other vampire or Original, losing most of their strength and any ability to move. This process can be replicated artificially by a witch casting a desiccation spell.
* **Invitation:** In order to enter any house owned by humans, they had to be invited by that person. Once invited the vampire cannot be uninvited, only if ownership of the house is changed can they be removed until re-invited. If a vampire lives in a house, other vampires can enter freely and if a vampire is in the house without being invited in it will become disoriented and will begin to suffocate.
* **Magic:** Enhanced Original vampires are susceptible to the powers of witchcraft. A witch with enough magical power at their disposal could harm or even kill it. Magic can also be used to trap an Original through boundary spells, and magic can also be used to desiccate an Original. This is inclusive of mystical and dark objects. Likewise, it is assumed that the Cure would have similar effects as with non-original vampires.
* **Physical Trauma:** Minor physical injuries such as gunshots, stab wounds and broken bones will cause an Enhanced Original vampire pain and also slow them down.

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* **Sunlight:** The sun also burns the Enhanced Original vampire, but it cannot kill them. Alaric seemed to be able to tolerate sunlight better than Original and non-original vampires. In one such incident, Rebekah quickly took cover upon being burnt, while Alaric calmly dragged Caroline into the school.
* **Vervain:** Vervain burns Enhanced Original vampires just like it does with the other vampires, although an Enhanced Original vampire will heal very fast to the point where the damage done by the vervain is gone within seconds.
* **Werewolf Venom and Enchanted Thorns:** Similar to Original vampires, it is assumed that werewolf venom can't kill an Enhanced Original vampire and will likely experience similar effects. It is unknown whether or not Lucien Castle's advanced werewolf venom or the Hollow's enchanted thorns could kill Alaric given the difference in the spells that created the two different, yet simlar species.

### Former Weaknesses

* **Link to Elena Gilbert:** Originally if Elena were dies, then so shall the Enhanced Original vampire that is bound to her. The status of this weakness was disputed after Alaric's resurrection and taking into account that Elena was biologically dead as a vampire. The weakness was removed by Ben Logan-Parker from the future.
* **Doppelgänger Blood Magic:** If blood from the last pair of doppelgängers is used in the Magic Purification Spell, all vampires' abilities will be stripped from them little by little and then they will be brought back to the last stage of their human life: Death. They will then relive the way they died when they transitioned into vampirism. Kai absorbed the magic purification spell and it's no longer there.
* **The Original Cure:** The Original Cure for Immortally would strip any Immortal Human Beings or Original Vampires, as the cure is nonexistent as of 2012, and won't be recreated until 2038 the Enhanced Vampires.

## Trivia

* In *Before Sunset*, it was demonstrated that vervain burns an Enhanced Original. The reason that vervain burns Original and non-Original vampires is because it grew at the base of the White Oak Tree. However, the Enhanced Original was created without drawing power from that tree, so it should logically not affect him. Since Alaric has the power of compulsion, then that could be a loophole in the spell to grant people protection from his compulsion and to defend themselves.