Alaric Saltzman

Dr. **Alaric J. "Ric" Saltzman** is a main character of *The Shadow of the Eternals*. Alaric is a former witch now human, vampire hunter, history teacher at Mystic Falls High School, and leader of the Inner Circle, a group of supernatural beings to save and help the world for the supernatural. He and the rest of the Inner Circle which includes Stefan, Macy, Paris, and Emma, originally came to Mystic Falls on a mission to save the doppelgänger that is Elena Gilbert as they had heard news that the existence of the doppelgänger had reappeared and wanting to protect that life, he went out to search for her. But on this search he faced off against the Original hybrid, Klaus Mikaelson, who tried to get the doppelgänger for her blood. Through his journey he also learned that his wife had a child when she was a teenager, a daughter who was the same girl he had spent his entire time in Mystic Falls trying to protect. Alaric began a romantic relationship with her adoptive aunt, Jenna. Following Jenna's tragic death, he seemed to step into his step-father role to Elena.

## Early Life

### 1990s

The Saltzmans are descendants of German immigrants who arrived in Texas in 1755. He was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. At a young age, Alaric's father died in a presumable car accident but in reality it turns out that his father were murdered by vampires but not just any regular vampires, vampires sent by, at the time, an Original vampire, Klaus Mikaelson. It had turned out that Alaric's father was a witch who had interfered with a group of witches' magic. This group turned out to be a group of witches called The Sisters, witches who served right under Klaus. In a fit of rage Klaus continues with his rampage, sent the vampires toward his family as well believing they too would be a threat. Dianna, Alaric's mother, catches wind of this and sets off a plan knowing that the witches would send the vampires after their family line of witches from their magical energy, so she ends up binding both her and Alaric's magic to allow them to escape. That day, Alaric would had never known of his witch heritage or what really killed his father.

### 2000s

While attending Duke University, he met and then married Isobel Flemming, a parapsychologist who had an interest in vampires, a topic he would regularly tease her about. He said that she was "Like Mulder, except hotter, and a girl". At some point, Isobel gave him a ring and told him to always wear it.

### 2010

One night, he returned home late to find a vampire in his bedroom drinking Isobel's blood. In a state of shock he tries to attack the vampire with an axe but the vampire then feeds into his neck before breaking it and escaping into the night. Fortunately the ring given to Alaric was a magical one that would bring him back to life.

Alaric wakes up in a hospital room with his memories in a blur and when he confronted one of the nurses on what happened to him she had explained to him that he had been found at 8AM by the landlord of his building who had found his body dead, but at the time the landlord didn't know and called an ambulance. For a while Alaric's heartbeat was null before he started breathing again which was a miracle since his body had been presumed dead for an hour. The nurse had said it was a miracle that he was able to come back after being presumed dead for a full hour. This amazed Alaric before slowly the memories started comin back to him and he started to remember that night of the vampire that killed his wife and attacked him. Alaric couldn't believe what had happened and after his own discharge he got right into work.

He started to research until he cam across the key term of vampires which made sense to him as he traveled across cities and countries to find any sort of connection to his wife's death. But he had no luck

### 2015

While on his journey in Seattle, Washington he encounters

### 2020

Stefan and the finding of the doppelgänger

## Physical Appearance

Alaric can be described as tall, about 6'2 in height, with an athletic build. A handsome man with short, brown hair that is gelled on the top and has blue eyes. He often wears casual clothing, t-shirts, button downs, jackets, jeans, etc. He's mostly seen wearing dark colors, but occasionally wears brighter ones such as pink or white shirts.

## Powers and Abilities

### Witch

Alaric possessed all the standard abilities of a human/witch.

After regaining his magic, he struggled with control and casting spells every time (in comparison to other witches shown) most likely due to fact that he had never knew about his witch lineage.

He later relinquished his magic a second time, making him fully human again.

## Weaknesses

### Witch

Alaric had the typical weaknesses of a witch.

## Tools and Weapons

As a proficient vampire hunter, Alaric used many weapons and tools to aid in his one man war. These weapons were kept in his apartment, car, and even at the school; always close-by and ready for use. He would often loan his vampire slaying weapons to his friends and allies when they were in need of them. As a form of protection against supernatural creatures, Isobel Flemming gift to Alaric a magic ring of resurrection.

* **Stakes** - Alaric would primarily use stakes in combat, taking an element of surprise approach in his battles against deadly vampires like Damon Salvatore.
* **Stake Launcher** - Alaric used an air propelled stake launcher that he'd keep nearby at the school. When he first met Stefan, he tried to kill him with the help of this weapon.
* **Arm Cuff Stake** - A hidden device under his sleeve which would allow you to either draw the stake from seemingly nowhere or if you punched an opponent with enough force, launch it forward. He taught Elena how to use this weapon effectively.
* **Vervain Darts**
* **Vervain Grenades**
* **Wolfsbane Grenades**
* **Gilbert Ring** - Alaric wears the Gilbert Ring that his wife Isobel had given to him. (Isobel obtained it from John Gilbert) It allowed him to be resurrected after being killed by a supernatural creature or by supernatural means, a very handy trinket for someone hunting vampires, though it did end up having some negative effects.