Tribrid

Legacies:

* 1, 2, 3, 4

**Tribrids** are a cross-breed of three different supernatural species. The term is commonly used to describe a vampire-werewolf-witch tribrid.

Tribrids possess both the strengths and some of the weaknesses of their parent races, along with powerful attributes unique to themselves alone due to their combined heritage. For vampire-werewolf-witch tribrids, this includes being able to transform into a wolf without the full moon's influence.

## Creation

### The Tribrid

The birth of Hope Mikaelson was one of Nature's loopholes. Sophie Deveraux explained that Klaus was only able to procreate due to being the Original hybrid; he was a born werewolf, turned into a vampire by magic, as opposed to transitioning by vampire blood. Tyler also explained that when he broke the curse that kept his werewolf side dormant, certain parts were now able to trump his vampire side—like the ability to pass on the werewolf gene. At the time of Hope's conception, Hayley Marshall was a triggered werewolf while Klaus was the Original hybrid. Hope Mikaelson was born as a living witch-werewolf-vampire tribrid, having inherited the ability to practice witchcraft from her paternal grandmother Esther, her werewolf gene from both her parents, and vampire blood from her father. Though a tribrid, she was still required to activate her werewolf curse by killing another human as well as dying and transitioning into a fully activated tribrid.

Immediately after Hope's birth, Hayley was killed, but because Hope's blood was still in her system, she reawakened in transition. To complete her transition as a werewolf-vampire hybrid, she had to drink another "drop" of Hope's blood. Since becoming a fully activated tribrid, it is unclear if her blood can still create hybrids, similar to how Elena's undead blood become useless for Klaus.

## Powers and Abilities

Hope Mikaelson is the only known witch-werewolf-vampire tribrid and the full extent and limits of Hope's powers are currently unknown. According to Dahlia, Hope's werewolf temper and vampire blood would possibly taint her witch side. Furthermore, as a firstborn of her bloodline, Hope will inherit great, but unstable power. As of *See You On The Other Side*, Hope completed her transition into a fully activated tribrid, giving her access to all of her abilities.

* **Werewolf Nature:** Being part werewolf, Hope's body contains the werewolf gene that provides her with standard werewolf attributes and provides her with enhanced senses, such as hearing, sight, and smell, as well as heightened aggression. Hope even demonstrated that she can tell when someone is lying to them by listening to their heartbeat. In *The Tale of Two Wolves*, Klaus states, in response to Caroline's question, that Crescent wolves and by extension, Hope, cannot control their first transformation despite being able to control their shifts with Transformation Control as Evolved werewolves. However in *This is the Part Where You Run*, Hope explains to Landon that her ability to control her transformation stems from her tribrid status, as with other werewolf-vampire hybrids. Currently, whether it's the former or latter which grants her transformation control or additional abilities, remains unknown.
* **Vampire Nature:** Being part vampire and prior to transitioning, Hope's body naturally produced vampire blood, constantly running through her system, tainted with dark magic. As a fully transitioned tribrid, she seemingly possesses all the abilities of at least a non-Original vampire, such as compulsion. In *I Thought You'd Be Happier To See Me*, Hope compelled a vampire bartender who was sent by Triad Industries to spy on her, and later, compelled a much older vampire in *Follow the Sound of My Voice*.
	+ **Enhanced Healing Factor:** Hope can heal from injuries with a speed comparable to non-Original vampires. Her blood also retains the vampiric ability to heal others as Hope was able to heal her mother while in the womb.
	+ **Siring:** Hope's blood has the ability to turn werewolves into werewolf-vampire hybrids as long as they drink her blood before dying and after, completing the transition, such as with Henry Benoit. She can also sire vampire-witch hybrids without the need for them to drink her blood after such as with Lizzie Saltzman, having completed her transition by feeding on Rupert Vardemus.
* **Witch Nature:** Being part witch, Hope can channel vast amounts of mystical energy. According to Dahlia, as a firstborn of her bloodline, Hope has the potential for great, but destructive magic. As a fully activated tribrid, she can still practice magic and cast spells.
	+ **Channeling:** Hope has the power to invoke extra forms of energy by focusing on external forces.
	+ **Potion Brewing:** Hope has the power to brew and concoct potions, remedies and elixirs that have supernatural properties.
	+ **Spell Casting:** Hope has the power to change and control events through the use of incantations and more.
	+ **Divination:** Hope has the power to divine future, past, and present events based on extrasensory perception.
* **Werewolf Bite Cure:** Hope's blood is the only cure for a normal werewolf or a non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid venom; this ability was inherited from her father, the Original hybrid, Niklaus. Like Klaus' blood, Hope's blood cannot cure a bite from the Upgraded Original vampire.
* **Malivore Mud Bullets Cure:** Unique to Hope, as her status of being one of Nature's loopholes and a tribrid, her blood is also a curative to Malivore mud bullets, weaponized by Triad scientists. Though Lizzie could not siphon Josie's wound, Hope's blood was a curative. Her blood is also lethal to Malivore himself and what caused his ultimate destruction while possessing Landon.

## Weaknesses

* **Disbelief**: The act of denying or disbelieving in one's potential could cause Hope to inadvertently suppress her magical power.
* **Distraction**: Denying Hope from concentrating or giving full attention to her spells, may render them ineffective.
* **Emotions**: Hope's magic is subject to the influence of her emotional state and may fluctuate according to it when untrained. According to Sheila Bennett, strong emotions such as worry and anger can fuel a witch's power while emotions such as fear may prevent a witch from properly accessing their powers.
* **Herbs**: Ingestion of certain herbs can cause a witch to lose consciousness and prevent them from using magic for an undetermined amount of time. The Lobelia flower prevents concentration and the practice of magic and can be used to weaken a witch as one would weaken a vampire with vervain. Being part werewolf and vampire, she may also acquire the adverse effects of wolfsbane and vervain as well.
* **Huntress' Blood**: Consumption of a supernatural huntress' blood will cause a witch to lose their ability to use magic. Prolong exposure poisons them, leading them to get sick. When scabs appear on their body, it eventually leads to death. According to Alex and Rayna Cruz, Rayna's blood can't be reversed for anything and all the attempts to make a cure were unsuccessful. It is unknown what effect Rayna's blood would have on Hope.
* **Magic**: Hope is still susceptible to the powers of witchcraft. This is inclusive of mystical and dark objects. A siphoner can siphon the magic from a witch where prolonged exposure may lead to death, albeit perhaps prior to transitioning into a fully activated tribrid.
* **Overexertion**: The excessive use of magic could lead to disorientation, nose bleeds, unconsciousness, and if taken to the extreme, death. As a fully activated tribrid, death seems temporary.
* **Broken Neck**: Breaking Hope's neck will result in her temporary death, though she will revive a short time later.
* **Invitation**: Due to her vampire heritage, Hope, as a fully activated tribrid, is unable to enter a home without an invitation.
* **Desiccation**: Being completely drained of blood or the heart-stopping will cause a Tribrid to desiccate due to their vampire side, losing most of their strength and any ability to move. This process can be replicated artificially by magic.
* **Unique Physiology**: Being born with aspects of all three species, Hope's nature is somewhat at odds with each other. Dahlia deduces that without proper guidance, Hope's potential as a firstborn of her family's bloodline will prove destructive and unstable when mingled with vampire blood and werewolf aggression.
* **Wood**: A wooden stake through the heart will desiccate Hope and temporarily "kill" her. However, wood from a Red Oak tree can permanently destroy Hope as Nature created a balance near the site of the tribrid's birth through the sapling that she, Lizzie and Josie created. In the Therapy Box simulation, Cleo tested her theory and Hope was stabbed and immediately turned to ash. The validity of this, however, has not been tested outside of the simulation. The tree, however, was chopped down and rendered to ash.
* **White Oak Ash Daggers**: A collection of enchanted silver daggers dipped in the ash of the white oak tree will neutralize Hope when stabbed through the heart, causing her to desiccate. However, the effects are only temporary and they will wear off in a short amount of time. It's unknown if Hope directly overcame the desiccation, and pulled the dagger out, or if the desiccation slowly receded, revived and then removed the dagger. Due to her werewolf-nature, magic bonded to silver likely doesn't affect her or, in this case, only temporarily weakens her.
* **God Spear**: Smithed by Jen, it is a divine weapon forged with god magic and Red Oak ash. It is a lethal combo for Hope, provided it's stabbed into her heart. Since it's forged with god magic, it also renders her witchcraft useless. Injuries from this weapon causes the poisonousness effects of the Red oak to make its way through her bloodstream, though given Jen's claim, it is unlikely to kill her outright. This poisonousness effect can be reversed by siphoning.