Zach Salvatore

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## Biographical information

### Born

* 20th Century (Mystic Falls, Age Unknown)

## Family information

### Family Members

* Silas † (Distant Paternal Ancestor)
* Silas' Unknown Family and Relatives † (Distant Paternal Ancestors)
* Unnamed Doppelgängers of Silas † (Distant Paternal Ancestors)
* Giuseppe Salvatore's Family and Relatives † (Paternal Ancestors)
* Giuseppe Salvatore † (Paternal Ancestor)
* Damon Salvatore (Distant Paternal Uncle)
* Adrianna Gilbert (Paternal Aunt, via Damon)
* Stefan Salvatore (Distant Paternal Uncle)
* Rebekah Mikaelson (Paternal Aunt, via Stefan)
* Giuseppe's Unnamed Son † (Paternal Ancestor)
* Zachariah Salvatore † (Paternal Ancestor)
* Zachariah Salvatore's Unnamed Son † (Paternal Ancestor)
* Joseph Salvatore † (Paternal Grandfather)
* Unnamed Paternal Grandmother †
* Joseph's Unnamed Son † (Father)
* Unnamed Mother †
* Tom Avery † (Paternal Relative)
* Gail † (Former Lover/Mother of his child)
* Sarah Salvatore † (Biological Daughter)
* Alexia Salvatore (Paternal Cousin, via Damon)

## Physical appearance

### Eye color

* Blue

**Zachary "Zach" Salvatore** was Stefan and Damon Salvatore's distant nephew and also the father of Sarah Nelson (Salvatore). He was a descendant of Stefan and Damon's half-brother. He was also a member of the Town Council (their supplier of vervain) and was killed by Damon Salvatore.

**Zach** was a member of the **Salvatore Family** and a member of the **Town Council**.

## Early History

### 1994

Zach invited Damon into the Salvatore Boarding House for the first time, resulting in Damon meeting his pregnant girlfriend Gail, who he later feeds on and murders. The baby Sarah survived and was adopted right out of the hospital after Stefan compels him to forget the child and her mother.

## Throughout An Epic Kind of Love Series (Part 1)

### Book 1

Zach Salvatore was a distant nephew of Stefan and Damon Salvatore. He lived alone at the Salvatore Boarding House until his vampire uncle, Stefan Salvatore, came to live with him after a short visit. He was unhappy about this, especially after a number of "animal attacks" occurred in town. He also didn't like the presence of Stefan's brother, Damon Salvatore, who came to Mystic Falls due to the fact that he followed his brother to torment him.

Zach showed Stefan that he had been growing vervain in the basement and they could use it to stop Damon from hurting anyone else. They failed at the first attempt but Stefan managed to spike Caroline Forbes' drink with vervain, thus weakening Damon when he bit her. Zach later visited the basement where they had Damon locked up. Zach told him that he had vervain in his system for several years and it wouldn't help to kill him and drink his blood. Damon tried to strangle Zach until Stefan saved him.

Throughout Zach's time in Mystic Falls during Book 1, he and Damon had a violent relationship (on Damon's part). Zach encouraged Stefan to find any way to kill Damon.

Damon showed he had influence over Adrianna and got her to free him. Zach tried to stop her from freeing him but he was too late and Damon snapped his neck, killing him. Later, Stefan found Zach's body and realized what Damon had done.

In the present day, it seems unsure whether anyone knows of Zach's death besides Stefan, Damon, Adrianna, and Elena. Damon told the Town Council that Zach had gone away and he continued to supply the Council with Zach's vervain, taking over Zach's responsibilities with the council.

## Personality

Zach was not happy about having both Damon and Stefan in town as there were animal attacks occurring at the time. He seemed to have an aversion to vampires and seemed interested in getting rid of them as he was a member of the Town Council and was their supplier of vervain. He got along better with Stefan than Damon.

## Physical Appearance

Zach had a medium build and a tall stature, wearing various different colored clothing. He had light brown hair and light blue eyes.

## Name

* **Zach** is a nickname for Zachariah and can be a shortened form of Zachary. Zach is a Hebrew name and it means "*The Lord remembers"*.
* **Salvatore** is Italian and means "savior".

## Trivia

* Zach Salvatore didn't like vampires and the reason why he didn't have a family was because of the risk pf them dying or getting turned into a vampire by Damon.
* Zach nearly did start a family of his own, but Damon ruined it by killing his girlfriend Gail and he never had a chance to raise his child, Sarah, since he thought she was dead.
* Zach refers to Stefan as "***Uncle Stefan***", while Stefan (*in his secret identity as a high school student*) tells people that he lives with his Uncle Zach.
* Zach was the vervain supplier for the Town Council.
* Zach favored Stefan over Damon.
* Zach was named after his ancestor Zachariah Salvatore.