Qetsiyah

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## Biographical Information

### Born

* 1st Century B.C.  (Presumably Greece, Age Unknown/2000+)

### Occupation

* Member of the Travelers (Formerly)

* Member of the Spirits (Formerly)

### Title(s)

* Tessa (Present day alias)

* Miss Crazy, Qetsi-whatever (by Damon)

* Crazy Bitch (by Elena)

* Qetsooyay (by Katherine)

### Species

* Witch

* Ghost (Formerly)

* Spirit (Currently)

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Silas † (Ex-Fiancé)

* Unnamed Children †

* Ayana † (Descendant)

* Ayana's Children † (Descendant)

* The Witch of The Five † (Descendant)

* The Witch of The Five's Children † (Descendant)

* Beatrice's Mother † (Descendant)

* Beatrice Bennett † (Descendant)

* Emily Bennett † (Descendant)

* Emily's Unnamed Brother † (Descendant)

* Emily's Unnamed Children † (Descendant)

* Marie Bennett † (Descendant)

* Rose Bennett † (Descendant)

* Ernestine Bennett † (Descendant)

* Amelia Bennett † (Descendant)

* Sheila Bennett † (Descendant)

* Sheila's Unnamed Sibling † (Descendant)

* Pauline Bennett † (Descendant)

* Pauline's Unnamed Sibling † (Descendant)

* Joanna's Mother † (Descendant)

* Joanna Bennett † (Descendant)

* Abby Bennett Wilson (Descendant)

* Lucy Bennett † (Descendant)

* Bonnie Bennett (Descendant)

* Livia Bennett (Descendant)

* Sheila St. John-Bennett (Descendant)

* Parker St. John-Bennett (Descendant)

## Supernatural Information

### Significant Spells

* Talisman Creation Spell (her own talisman)

* Solar Boundary Spell (Creation, presumably)

* The Immortality Spell

* Nature Spell

* Creation of The Other Side (Bound to the Anchor)

* Creation of the Cure (as an Elixir)

* Tomb Sealing Spell (on Silas)

* Resurrection Spell (on herself)

* Daylight Protection Spell

* Dream Manipulation Spell (on Elena and Katherine)

* Advanced Pyrokinesis

* Pain Infliction (various)

* Imprisonment Spell (on Stefan)

* Mind-Linking Spell (on Stefan)

* Telekinesis

* Memory Restoration Spell (on Stefan)

* Talisman Locator Spell

* Locator Spell (for the Anchor)

* Desiccation Spell (on Amara and Silas)

* Anchor Transference Ritual (using Elena, Katherine, Amara and Bonnie)

### Significant Sires

* Silas  (through the Immortality Spell)

* Amara  (through the Immortality Spell)

### Cause Of Death

* Unknown (1st Time)

* Loss of Blood (2nd Time)

### Killed By

* The Travelers (1st time)

* Herself (2nd time)

## Physical Appearance

### Height

* 5'7" (Feet)

* 1.70 (Meters)

### Eye Color

* Brown

**Qetsiyah** (***Ancient Greek:** Θετσιψαη, **Hebrew:** קעצייאַה, **Arabic:** كاتسيا, **Syriac:** ܩeܬܣiܝܐܗ; translates as "cassia"*), known in modern-times as **Tessa**, was the most powerful witch of the Traveler subculture, as well as "one of the most powerful witches of all time". Qetsiyah is best known for creating the first Immortality Spell, and subsequently the first immortals, the Cure for immortality, and the supernatural purgatory known as the Other Side.

Qetsiyah was engaged to another witch named Silas, with whom she was madly in love. At his request, Qetsiyah concocted an immortality elixir that she had planned to share with him as a part of their wedding ceremony. However, after Silas betrayed Qetsiyah by taking the potion with her handmaiden, Amara, and his soulmate, Qetsiyah retaliated by kidnapping Amara, and using her immortal and indestructible body to bind the spell that created the Other Side. Deceived into believing that Amara was dead, she imprisoned Silas deep within a remote cave with the cure to his immortality. She believed that Silas would eventually take the cure and die as a mortal, thus joining her on the Other Side. In spite of this, Qetsiyah spent the next two millennia in her own purgatory as he refused and laid desiccated.

The Travelers eventually killed Qetsiyah, likely due to her and Silas' role in the creation of the immortality spell. The Travelers were not fans of immortality and were resentful for its creation. It's creation caused a schism in the magical community which brought about The Travelers' Curse by the witches. After her death, the Travelers took Amara's body and made sure to move it constantly so that no one would ever find it.

Centuries later, one of her descendants created the Brotherhood of the Five, tasked to find Silas and force the cure down his throat, and kill him. When her hunter's failed in their task, Qetsiyah took the opportunity to resurrect herself from the Other Side to kill Silas. Though she was ultimately not the one to end Silas' life, she eventually got her wish when her alliance with the Mystic Falls Gang which led to Stefan killing him in *Death and the Maiden*. Once Silas and Amara were dead, Qetsiyah declared herself having won and her revenge against Silas obtained. Having completed her centuries-old vendetta, she killed herself by slitting her wrists. With her vengeance fulfilled, it is believed that she finally found peace after passing through the Anchor.

**Qetsiyah** was a distant ancestor of the **Bennett Family**.