Grayson Gilbert

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## Biographical information

### Occupation

* Physician
* Member of the Town Council
* Vampire Hunter
* Member of Augustine

### Species

* Human
* Hybrid (untriggered Werewolf, untapped Witch; Originally)
* Spirit (Currently)

## Family information

### Family Members

* Irene † (Distant Paternal Ancestor)
* Inadu's Mother † (Distant Paternal Relative)
* The Hollow † (Distant Paternal Relative)
* Johnathan Gilbert † (Paternal Ancestor)
* Samantha Gilbert † (Paternal Ancestor)
* Christopher Gilbert † (Paternal Ancestor)
* John Gilbert † (Younger Brother)
* Miranda Sommers-Gilbert † (Wife)
* Jenna Sommers † (Sister-In-Law)
* Jeremy Gilbert (Son)
* Elena Gilbert (Adoptive Daughter/ Niece)
* Adrianna Gilbert (Adoptive Daughter/Niece)
* Damon Salvatore (Adoptive Son-In-Law/Nephew-In-Law)
* Hope Mikaelson (Adoptive Granddaughter/Grand-Niece)
* Alexia Salvatore (Adoptive Granddaughter/Grand-Niece)

## Physical appearance

### Height

* 6'2" (Feet)
* 1.88 (Meters)

### Eye color

* Blue

**Grayson Gilbert** was Jeremy Gilbert's father, Elena and Adrianna Gilbert's uncle/adoptive father, and the husband of Miranda Sommers-Gilbert. On May 23, 2009, Grayson and Miranda drowned after their car ran off Wickery Bridge and into the lake. He died in place of Elena. It is later revealed that Grayson was a vampire hunter and led the Founder's Council through difficult times like Mikael's arrival - having plans if the council were ever to be compromised - and that he was also a member of the Augustine Society, and like the Whitmore family he tortured and experimented on vampires.

**Grayson** was a member of the **Gilbert Family** and the **Labonair Family**. He was a vampire hunter and also a member of the Town Council and the Augustine Society.

## Early History

Grayson learned at an early age about the existence of vampires, possibly from his father, and he told his younger brother John all about it. They both grew up firmly believing all vampires are evil and must be destroyed. Grayson and John had read every journal written by Johnathan Gilbert, their ancestor from 1864. From the journal they learned much of the town's secret history, and eventually Grayson and John both wore the Gilbert rings. As an adult he became a doctor and had a clinic on a property that he and his wife Miranda owned. Late one night, Grayson's brother John brought Isobel, his pregnant lover, to Grayson's office. Grayson agreed to deliver the babies, and together with his wife adopted them and named them Elena and Adrianna. Grayson protected them all his life from the world of vampires until he died.

The twins later learned that their parents had knowledge of the existence of vampires, and even possessed weapons to hunt and kill vampires, hidden behind a false wall in a closet at their lake house.

The night Grayson and Miranda died, Elena and Adrianna had ditched family night and had gone to a bonfire party with their friends. Elena had gotten into a fight with her boyfriend and called her parents to pick her up. On their way home from picking her up, their car went over the Wickery Bridge, trapping the three of them underwater. Miranda quickly lost consciousness, but although Elena and Grayson were still alive, they were unable to open the car doors to escape. Grayson ultimately drowned after refusing help from Stefan Salvatore until he had rescued Elena. When Stefan came back for them, they were both dead. Elena has felt some responsibility for their death, as the reason they were out driving that night was to pick her up. Later, when John explains the Gilbert rings to Jeremy, he confirms that the ring didn't work to save Grayson because he did not die a supernatural death, the only kind from which the ring could have protected him.

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

### Book 3

Grayson and Miranda's deaths were seen in a flashback.

### Book 5

Elena sees a picture of her father with her deceased college roommate Megan and asks why Megan has a picture with him.
Later, it is learned from Wes Maxfield that Grayson was a member of the secret society Augustine and Wes somehow knew Grayson.

Adrianna sees a photo of her father in the Whitmore House, revealing he was in fact an Augustine member who tortured vampires like the Whitmores.

It is later revealed that he helped Megan with a disease with vampire blood and that he is the inspiration for what Wes is doing to the vampires.

## Name

* **Grayson** is of Old English origin, and the meaning is "son of the gray-haired man".
* **Gilbert** comes from English (Norman origin), French and North German: from Giselbert, which comprises of gisil "pledge", "hostage", "noble youth" + berht "bright", "famous".

## Trivia

* Grayson's personality is in many ways the opposite of his brother's, John, personality.
	+ Grayson and Jenna had a friendly relationship and often exchanged words without restriction. Grayson is very loving with his family and he is doing his best to protect his family from the supernatural.
	+ John and Jenna have a negative, cold, unstable relationship and Jenna openly shows her hatred for him. John usually tries to live with his family, but often, Jenna, Elena, Adrianna, and Jeremy showed their displeasure by family moments with him.
* He was a member of a secret society known as Augustine and had ties with Wes Maxfield.