Athena Mikaelson

Athena Mikaelson (née **Salvatore**) is one of the main female protagonist and antagonist of The Vampire Diaries and its spin-off The Originals.

In 1860, she met Niklaus Mikaelson while he was searching for Katerina Petrova aka Katherine Pierce. She married him in 1868 and traveled the world with him with her brother, Damon, by her side.

Athena and Damon rescued Emily Bennett in 1864, saving her from the townspeople of Mystic Falls. They kept her in a safehouse and faked her death until she died for real in 1908.

In 1874, she, Damon, Klaus, Elijah, Rebekah and Kol went to New Orleans for the first time. She and Klaus saved Marcel from a man who was beating him and adopted him as their son.

In the 1889, she and her sister, Aphrodite, went to Italy and together they met Carlisle Cullen.

In 1920, she reunited with her younger brother, Stefan, after not seeing him since he forced her to be a Vampire in 1864.

In the 1950s, Athena was captured and tortured alongside her brother, Damon, by the Augustine society, led by the Whitmore family, who experimented on vampires for a "bigger purpose". During their five years of captivity, they meet another prisoner, Enzo, with whom they became best friends with. Eventually, the plan the three made had failed at a critical moment and thinking Enzo "died" because of them, both Damon and Athena turned off their humanity to suppress the guilt and sadness. 6 months after turning her emotions off, her brother in law, Elijah, had found her and begged her to turn her emotions back on. Ignoring his pleas, Athena was then kidnapped by Elijah and taken back to where her husband was staying. With ignoring her husband’s pleas to flip the switch back on, he daggered her for 6 months; for the amount of time she had her humanity off.

In 2012, she gave birth to hers and Klaus’s daughter, Hope Mikaelson.

In 2013, she and Klaus renewed their wedding vows.

In 2018, she and Aphrodite planned to sacrifice themselves to save Mystic Falls from Hellfire until Stefan snapped her neck and injected the cure into Aphrodite, sacrificing himself instead.

## BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

### Born

* October 30, 1840  (Mystic Falls, Age 23/168)

### Turned

* By Katherine Pierce on  September 25, 1864 (initiated by Giuseppe Salvatore)

### Occupation

* Prisoner of Augustine (1953-1958)
* College Student (Formerly)

### Title(s)

* Lils, Lily (by Damon)
* Nena (by  Aphrodite)
* My Love (by Klaus)
* Darling (by Kol)

### Species

* Human (Formerly)
* Vampire (Niklaus' bloodline)
* Augustine Vampire (Formerly)

## FAMILY INFORMATION

### Family Members

* Niklaus Mikaelson (Husband)
* Hope Mikaelson (Daughter with Klaus)
* Silas † (Distant Paternal Ancestor)
* Unnamed Doppelgängers Of Silas † (Distant Paternal Ancestors)
* Giuseppe Salvatore † (Father)
* Lillian Salvatore † (Mother)
* Damon Salvatore (Older Brother)
* Aphrodite Salvatore (Younger Sister)
* Stefan Salvatore (Younger Brother)
* Unborn Niece/Nephew † (via Stefan and Valerie Tulle)
* Unnamed Half-Brother † (via Giuseppe Salvatore)
* Unnamed Paternal Half-Brother’s Children † (via Giuseppe Salvatore)
* Unnamed Paternal Half-Brother’s Children’s Children † (via Giuseppe Salvatore)
* Edward Cullen (Paternal Great-Great-Great Nephew)
* Zachariah Salvatore † (Paternal Half-Nephew)
* Zachariah's Unnamed Son † (Paternal Half-Nephew)
* Joseph Salvatore † (Distant Paternal Half-Nephew)
* Joseph's Unnamed Son † (Distant Paternal Half-Nephew)
* Zach Salvatore † (Distant Paternal Half-Nephew)
* Tom Avery (Descendant)
* Sarah Salvatore (Distant Paternal Niece)
* Mikael † (Step-Father-In-Law)
* Esther Mikaelson † (Mother-In-Law)
* Ansel † (Father-In-Law)
* Dahlia † (Aunt-In-Law)
* Freya Mikaelson † (Sister-In-Law)
* Finn Mikaelson † (Brother-In-Law)
* Elijah Mikaelson (Brother-In-Law)
* Kol Mikaelson † (Brother-In-Law)
* Rebekah Mikaelson † (Sister-In-Law)
* Henrik Mikaelson † (Brother-In-Law)
* Marcel Gerard (Adopted Son)

## SUPERNATURAL INFORMATION

### Significant Kills

* Marcel Gerard (as a human)
* Mason Lockwood † (as a human)
* John Gilbert † (1st time/Revived by Gilbert Ring)
* Dr. Whitmore †
* Whitmore Family †

### Cause Of Death

* Gunshot wound to the chest  (as a human)

## PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

### Height

* 5'1" (Feet)
* 1.54 (Meters)

## APPEARANCE

### Played By

* Ariana Grande
* Jenna Ortega (Young, age 11)

### First Seen

* *Lost Girls*  (TVD)
* *Twilight: New Moon*
* *Always and Forever*  (TO)

### Last Seen

* *Twilight: Breaking Dawn: Part 2*
* *I Was Feeling Epic*  (TVD)