Enhanced Original Vampire

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## Species Information

### Related species

* Human
* Vampire
* Original Vampire
* Immortal
* Upgraded Original Vampire

### Book(s)

**An Epic Kind of Love Series (Part 1):*** 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

**An Epic Kind of Love Series (Part 2):**

* 1

### Distinction

* Augmented Original vampires engineered to hunt down and kill other Original Vampires

**Enhanced Original Vampire** is a term used to describe the type of Original Vampire Alaric Saltzman became when Esther recast The Immortality Spell to turn him. She made changes such as binding Alaric's life to a doppelgänger, whereas the other Originals' immortality was granted by the White Oak Tree. This meant that he could not be killed at all, as long as Elena lived, thus meaning even the White Oak Stake or the White Oak Ash Daggers have no effect on him, as it will not even neutralize him. The only way he could die is if someone killed Elena, which is why he had to guard her life. His darker personality was enhanced as well, as Alaric's true personality is now gone completely, replaced by the psychotic vampire-hating serial killer that was created as a result of using the Gilbert Ring to come back to life too many times, along with Esther manipulating his mind every time he died.

The Enhanced Original Vampire was purified in Book 1 of Part 2 of the series, after Alaric was dragged across the border of Mystic Falls which stripped away the effects of Esther's spell that turned him into an Original. His life was saved by Josette Laughlin before he could die.

## Creation

At the end of Book 3 of Part 1 of the series, Esther modified her original spell and turned Alaric into an Enhanced Original Vampire. The spell, however, had one major addition. Since Esther's spell called for the need of the doppelgänger's blood to cast the Immortality Spell, she took the opportunity to bind Alaric's life to Elena's. Her intention for doing so was to correct her first mistake and a means of ensuring that he would have eventually died as Esther did not intend to have any more vampires roaming the earth after the Originals and their descendants have been killed. If Elena was near death or dying, then it would affect Alaric. When Elena was dying as Alaric was fighting Damon, it allowed Damon to get the upper hand, and Alaric died as soon as Elena drowned underwater, rendering Enhanced Originals extinct.

Alaric was created to hunt down and kill all of the Originals, which quite possibly could have made him superior to all regular Originals, and possibly even Klaus, the Original Hybrid. His physical strength is shown when Klaus and Alaric fight in the school and the latter gains the upper hand by breaking Klaus' wrist, slamming Klaus against a locker, and then throwing him to the floor effortlessly. After Alaric gains the upper hand, he attempts to stake Klaus with the White Oak Stake while he is on the ground, however, Klaus manages to hold Alaric to a stalemate using all of his strength. Elena, fearing the consequences that Klaus' death would bring, decides that she has to intervene to save Klaus, especially once she and Adrianna realize that Elena was Alaric's true weakness. Elena then threatens to cut her own throat to force Alaric to stand down, calling his bluff by starting to slit her throat. This causes Alaric to lose his composure, giving Klaus time to push Alaric off and leave the scene. Adrianna then takes her sister away from the school.

## Powers and Abilities

Due to the nature and purpose of the spell that created him, the Enhanced Original Vampire's powers and abilities were at least on par with, if not superior, to the Original Vampires that came before. Alaric was created to become the ultimate hunter, capable of eradicating the vampire species as a whole. Similarly, he was endowed with superhuman physical abilities such as strength, speed, agility, durability, healing, and senses as well as powers of mind control.

* **Super Strength:** The Enhanced Original Vampire was much stronger than any other human and supernatural beings even possessing enough strength to overpower Original Vampires, and even the Original Hybrid. Alaric, the only Enhanced Original that has ever existed, was able to easily overpower non-Original vampires, Adrianna, Stefan and Damon and Original vampire, Rebekah. When Klaus attacked Alaric, Alaric quickly managed to beat and throw Klaus around, though the former was able to hold him to a stalemate when they grappled for the White Oak Stake.
* **Super Speed:** The Enhanced Original Vampire was much faster than other human and supernatural beings. Alaric was slightly faster than Original Vampires, and was of similar speed to the Original Hybrid. Alaric incapacitated Damon, Adrianna, and Stefan within seconds with his superior strength and speed.