Atticus Salvatore

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**Atticus "Steve" Adam Salvatore** is guest character on **The Midnight Rose**.

Atticus is son of William and Malia Salvatore, and older brother to Sam and Elizabeth Salvatore. He is also the father to Stephanie Salvatore and uncle to Genevieve as well as Luna and Willa.

Atticus was a 178-year-old vampire and distant descendant of Silas.He was born during the 1800s and lived in the colonial town of Mystic Falls with his brother Sam, his father, William Salvatore, and also with his mother Lillian Salvatore until her death in 1858. He became a vampire in 1864. At the time of his return to Mystic Falls, Atticus and Sam hadn't seen each other in fifteen years due to their bitter and violent relationship.

In the 1950s, Atticus is captured and tortured by the Augustine society, led by the Whitmore family, who experimented on vampires for a "bigger purpose". During his five years of captivity, he meets another prisoner, Enzo, with whom he became best friends with. Eventually, the plan the two made failed at a critical moment and thinking Enzo "died" because of him, Atticus turned off his humanity to suppress the guilt and sadness. He sought revenge, an act of hunting down every member over generations that left one alive to carry on the family name until he finally killed the last descendant in the Whitmore family, which ended with Aaron Whitmore's death.

Atticus's sole purpose in coming back to Mystic Falls was to free his sire Katherine Pierce from a tomb she was never in. Atticus deeply loved her after 145 years. After realizing that Katherine never loved him, his love for her fades as his friendship and love for Elena, Katherine's descendant and doppelgänger, grows. Due to her impact on him and the strengthening relationship with his brother, they begin working together to protect Elena, along with her friends and family. He lives with his brother Sam, girlfriend Elena (when she wasn't away at college), and her brother Jeremy Gilbert (after Elena burned their house down) in the Salvatore Boarding House.

Throughout the series, his bond with Elena continuously grows and they eventually fall in love with each other. Shortly after her death and subsequent transition into a vampire, Elena's feelings for Atticus are heightened which makes her admit her love for him and they start a romantic relationship.The relationship is complicated when they realize that, due to the fact that it was Atticus's blood that turned Elena, she is sire-bonded to him, so nobody is sure whether Elena's feelings for Atticus are real or because of the sire bond, but most of the people they know insist that, once the sire bond is broken, Elena will return to Sam. When Jeremy dies, Elena turns off her emotions; after she turns them back on, the sire bond is broken and Elena reveals that her feeling for Atticus were real and she's still in love with him.

He discovers Enzo's undead status and they become friends once again however once "Elena" breaks up with him, he puts an end to his diabolical plan against the Whitmore Family and is then injected with a dangerous compound by Wes Maxfield, causing him to become an Augustine Vampire and the only one in existence. This injection would cause him to crave vampire blood and he would not be able to stop feeding until he had killed. He was later cured, thanks to Enzo, Sam, and Savannah's actions. Due to the Other Side collapsing, Atticus gave up his life to save his loved ones and this particularly caused Elena, Sam, and Alaric much grief.

Atticus and Bonnie are trapped in a 1994 Prison World, which Atticus initially believes is his own personal hell, as they are continually reliving a day from his history that Atticus believes is the worst thing he ever did. Bonnie is convinced her grandmother sent them there and there is a way out. They work together to find a way back to Mystic Falls. They also form an alliance to take down Kai. During this time, he is able to form a healthy friendship with Bonnie, and they are able to move on from their past and become friends. When Bonnie has a chance to send him home, leaving herself alone with Kai, she does so. Atticus initially believes Bonnie was killed in the process, but when he realized she's still alive, he becomes determined to find a way to bring her back. After returning home, he learns that Elena has had Alaric compel away all her memories of their relationship and he attempts to win her back. Atticus soon learns of Liz's sickness and soon after, she passes away in the hospital in front of him, leaving him devastated. He is soon reunited with Bonnie who made it out of the prison world and shows him a video of a mysterious lady, who turns out to be Atticus's mother. Bonnie had managed to escape the 1994 Prison World by going to Nova Scotia and regaining her magic through Qetsiyah's calcified blood in Silas' tombstone. She also picked up the Cure for vampirism and gave it to him, who in turned gave it to Elena. He expressed the desire to take the Cure with her too and become human. Kai placed Elena into a sleeping curse and tied the spell to Bonnie's life, which was supposed to keep the now human Elena in a mystical coma until Bonnie dies; until then Elena would remain asleep. Atticus was devastated by this and said a difficult goodbye to Elena as they locked her in a coffin while his best friend, Bonnie, lived out her remaining days.

Bonnie managed to break the spell, allowing Elena to wake up, while not killing herself in the process due to the spell, and Atticus being able to reunite with her. In the final flash forward, the newly human Atticus married Elena Gilbert and they lived a long and happy life together before passing away and finding peace.

His best friends are Elena Gilbert, Alaric Saltzman and Bonnie Bennett. He was close friends with Elizabeth Forbes until her death. His friendship with his sister-in-law, Savannah Forbes, has improved they now consider themselves as close friends. Atticus was also best friends with Enzo from the time he first met him, until the latter was killed by Sam, despite the two occasionally being at odds.

**Atticus** is a member of **The Salvatore Family** and was a member of **the Town Council**.