Klaus Mikaelson

The Big Bad Wolf, Coward, Beast, Hideous Creature, The Deathless Vermin, Abomination, Degenerate, Bastard, Boy  (by Mikael)
Evil Hybrid, Dick  (by Jeremy)
The Bastard Child, The Wolf King, Klaus the Mad  (by himself)
Nik  (by Emilia and Rebekah)

### Species

Werewolf-Witch  (originally)
Original Vampire  (formerly)
Original Hybrid  (currently)

## Relationship Information

### Family

Ansel  (biological father)
Esther  (mother)
Mikael  (step father)
Dahlia  (maternal aunt)
Emilia Mikaelson-Salvatore  (paternal younger half-sister)
Freya Mikaelson  (maternal older half-sister)
Finn Mikaelson  (maternal older half-brother)
Elijah Mikaelson  (maternal older half-brother)
Kol Mikaelson  (maternal younger half-brother)
Rebekah Mikaelson  (maternal younger half-sister)
Henrik Mikaelson  (maternal younger half-brother)
Hope Mikaelson  (daughter)
Marcel Gerard  (adopted son; disowned)
Alec Lightwood  (brother-in-law)
Davina Claire  (sister-in-law)

### Romance(s)

Hayley Marshall  (baby momma/fling)
Caroline Forbes  (fling)

## Supernatural Information

### Significant Sire(s)

Mary Porter
Lucien Castle
Marcel Gerard
Jenna Sommers
Tyler Lockwood
Mindy
Tony
Daniel Warren
Nate
Dean
Kimberley
Chris
Adrian

### Significant Kill(s)

Esther
Original Members of The Five
Petrova Family
Isobel Fleming
Jules
Jenna Sommers
Elena Gilbert
Tyler Lockwood
Mikael

### Cause of Death

Stabbed Through The Heart  (as a werewolf-witch)

## Book Information

### First Appearance

*It's The Work Of The Angels*  (mentioned only)
*Welcome To Mystic Falls*

The following page contains **spoilers** for *Raziel's Daughter.*

**Niklaus "Klaus" Mikaelson** is a main character of *Raziel's Daughter*.

He is an Original vampire and a werewolf, making him the Original Hybrid.

Klaus has a soft spot for all his siblings, and shares an extremely close bond with his paternal half-sister, Emilia Mikaelson-Salvatore, and his daughter, Hope Mikaelson. He is also friends with Stefan Salvatore and eventually warms up to his brother-in-law, Alec Lightwood.

## **Background**

Niklaus Mikaelson was born to Esther and Ansel in a small village that would eventually become known as Mystic Falls, but was raised by his step-father Mikael, both believing he was his true father. Niklaus has one half-sibling fathered from his biological father, Ansel, and six half-siblings fathered from his step-father Mikael, a Viking warrior and wealthy landowner who moved with his wife, Esther, to the New World after their home village was devastated by a plague. Mikael believed his beloved first born daughter Freya was a victim of it, not knowing she was taken by Esther's sister Dahlia as payment for a fertility spell to let Esther have children. Klaus was close to his family with the exception of Mikael. Mikael was inordinately hard on Klaus, having become an aggressive, violent, and strict man after he thought Freya died, always trying to teach his children to survive so he would not lose another child. In Klaus' case, Mikael was abusive to him for his impulsive and reckless behavior, justifying that his punishments would make Klaus stronger, but Mikael was only ever disappointed in everything Klaus did and beat him repeatedly throughout his mortal life. Elijah said that, as a mortal, Klaus was full of love and wanted to be loved in return.

After becoming an Original Vampire and werewolf hybrid upon triggering his werewolf gene, his amplified temper and emotions, along with the psychological damage of Mikael's cruelty, turned Klaus into a violent and cruel person, much like his step-father Mikael. Many years before, his mother had an affair with a man from their neighboring village, whose inhabitants were known to be werewolves, men who transformed into wolves on the night of a full moon.

## **Personality**

When Klaus was just in the early stages of being a hybrid, he slaughtered six villagers. Which afterwards, he was devastated and cried into Elijah's shoulder. After finding out that Mikael is not his biological father, he was shocked and betrayed. Klaus is continuously described as being cruel, sadistic, careless, paranoid, reckless, impulsive, short-tempered, aggressive, volatile, unpredictable, slightly unreasonable, narcissistic, manipulative, jealous, obsessive and competitive. Though he shows little to no regard for human life in general, Klaus feels guilt and remorse for most of his actions, he just does not show it, and he also has morals.

Despite his negative traits, Klaus has shown to be very protective of his younger half-sister Rebekah, who stayed by his side for centuries, and he is not pure evil, he is just sadistic. Unbeknownst to any, Klaus was not the son of Mikael, but the son of an alpha werewolf named Ansel, in another village which made Klaus aggressive, violent and angry.

When he became a vampire, all these emotions were heightened and Klaus' temper became worse than ever. Years of humiliation and physical/emotional abuses at Mikael's hands and Esther's indifference, coupled with her rejection of him as her son, led Klaus to kill his own mother in revenge and for betraying him. After this, Klaus shut off his humanity to any but his family, killing any who crossed his path. Vengeful and power-hungry, he will stop at nothing to achieve his ends and remove those who stand in his way. However, Klaus does not believe that death is a punishment as seen when he denies Katherine death, instead keeping her alive so that she will suffer for having betrayed him. He will also place usefulness before pleasure and keeps people alive when it suits his needs.

Klaus also has a sense of honor and will not go back on his word although, he will always look for loopholes in the deals he makes.

## **Physical Appearance**

Klaus is an attractive man. His height is 5'11 (1.80 cm). Klaus possesses curled dirty-blond hair and dark blue eyes that contrasts with his pearl-white skin. His physical appearance is that of a man between 19-21, despite being over 1000 years old. As a vampire and a warrior (from the 10th century), he is well-built. Klaus possesses a delicate and yet masculine face, possibly due to the fact that he was a nobleman between the 11th and the 18th century.

Klaus' clothing style is quite casual, usually seen wearing shirts, jeans and jackets, although he can also use a more classic and refined outfit if the situation requires it (ex: the ritual of the moonstone; the Original ball thrown by Esther). He uses accessories, such as leather bracelets or necklaces as seen in most of his scenes on both shows.