Tyler Lockwood

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## Biographical Information

### Born

* February 10, 1992  (Mystic Falls, Age 18/53)

### Turned

* By Killing Sarah in 2010  (Werewolf)
* By Niklaus Mikaelson in 2010  (Hybrid)

### Occupation

* High School Student  (Graduated)
* Football Player  (Formerly)
* Member of Jules' Pack  (Formerly)
* Member of Klaus' Pack  (Formerly)
* Alpha of his Hybrid Pack  (Formerly)
* College Student  (Formerly)
* Militia Recruitment  (Formerly)

### Titles

* Ty  (by Alex, Matt, Vicki, and Hayley)
* Wolf Boy  (by Damon and Klaus)
* Lockwolf  (by Hayley and Damon)
* Little Orphan Lockwood, My first Hybrid, Poor Lad, Disappointment  (all by Klaus)
* Tween Wolf, Copernicus, Idiot, Lockwood  (all by Damon)
* Kid  (by Marcel)

### Species

* Werewolf  (Originally)
* Hybrid  (Vampire, Werewolf) (Niklaus' Bloodline; Broken)
* Ghost  (Formerly)

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Jacob Lockwood †  (Paternal Ancestor)
* Benjamin Lockwood †  (Paternal Ancestor)
* Nancy-Marie Lockwood †  (Paternal Ancestor)
* Barnette Lockwood †  (Paternal Ancestor)
* George Lockwood †  (Paternal Ancestor)
* Marianna Lockwood †  (Paternal Ancestor)
* Richard and Mason's Unnamed Father †  (Paternal Grandfather)
* Richard and Mason's Unnamed Mother †  (Paternal Grandmother)
* Richard Lockwood †  (Father)
* Carol Lockwood †  (Mother)
* Mason Lockwood †  (Paternal Uncle)
* Caroline Forbes  (Wife)
* Gracie Lockwood †  (Paternal Relative)
* Jeffery Lockwood-Hamilton †  (Paternal Relative)
* Lizzie Saltzman  (Step-Daughter)
* Josie Saltzman  (Step-Daughter)
* Luna Lockwood  (Daughter)

## Supernatural Information

### Significant Kills

* Sarah  (first kill)
* Dwayne  (as a werewolf/hybrid)
* Unnamed Traveler  (in Elizabeth Forbes' body)

### Cause of Death

* Broken Neck  (as a werewolf)
* Heart Extraction (as a hybrid)

### Killed By

* Klaus Mikaelson  (as a werewolf)
* Damon Salvatore (as a hybrid)

## Physical Appearance

### Height

* 5'9"  (Feet)
* 1.75  (Meters)

## Appearance

### Episode Count

* 96 (TVD)
* 4 (TO)
* TBA (Legacies)
* TBA (Totaled)

### First Seen

* *Pilot* (TVD)
* *Bloodletting* (TO)
* *TBA* (Legacies)

### Last Seen

* *I Was Feeling Epic* (TVD)
* *The River in Reverse* (TO)
* *TBA* (Legacies)

**Tyler Lockwood** is a former main character, protagonist, current hybrid on *The Vampire Diaries*, who played for the football team at Mystic Falls High School. Tyler was also an antagonist/anti villain of the episode *Bloodletting* of *The Originals*, where Tyler carried out his vendetta against the infamous Klaus Mikaelson.

He was the son of Richard and Carol Lockwood, and the nephew of Mason Lockwood who is also a werewolf. He was initially portrayed to be arrogant, selfish and a bully. But after triggering the family curse which turned him into a werewolf, he has learned to tone his behavior down. Before this revelation, he was referred to many times as a "*dick*," by both his best friends; Matt Donovan and Jeremy Gilbert. He was shown to have an athletic build, and great strength as a human. He also had a short temper and became angry very easily. He didn't understand why he behaved the way he did, at least until Mason came to visit after Richard Lockwood's death.

Initially after becoming a hybrid, he was extremely grateful to Klaus for taking away his pain of turning every month. However, he soon becomes angered at the prospect of being sired to him after he bites his girlfriend, Caroline Forbes. He manages to break the sire bond and continued to help other hybrids break the curse of being sired. This came at a price once Klaus found out about his actions, as Klaus murdered his mother and last remaining family member. Since then, he swore revenge on Klaus for his actions.

He had an on-and-off relationship with Vicki Donovan until her death and after he triggered his werewolf curse, starts to fall for Caroline after she helps him on a Full Moon, despite her relationship with his best friend, Matt, at the time. His relationship with Caroline has gone through the rocks over the series yet it fell apart after he chose to avenge his mother in favor of staying in college and being with her.

After a failed attempt to kill Klaus and Alex's children, he was imprisoned in The Garden until released by Rebekah as a "parting gift" to Matt and in *500 Years of Solitude* returns to Mystic Falls.

**Tyler** is a member of the **Lockwood Family** and the **Apisi Werewolf Bloodline**. Through his marriage he is a member of the **Forbes Family**. He also has ties to the **Saltzman Family** through his step-daughters.

## Early History

Tyler was born to Mayor Richard and Carol Lockwood on February 10, 1992, in Mystic Falls, Virginia. After discovering that the werewolf gene runs through his family, Tyler was scared to become a werewolf himself and his fears became true when he accidentally killed Sarah and triggered the curse. Caroline Forbes, a vampire who wasn't his friend, offered her support to him, helping him through his first transformation and preparation for his new life. Tyler eventually fell for Caroline, but questioned their relationship when Jules, another werewolf and Mason's friend, told him that Caroline and three other vampires, Stefan, Theo, and Damon Salvatore, killed Mason. Finding out that this was true, Tyler felt betrayed and leaned towards the werewolf brethren. He hesitated to help Caroline when she and the Salvatore's were at the brink of death, which hurt her, causing her to cut off their friendship. He was the one who revealed Mason's plan to break the curse to Jules and her boyfriend Brady. He then helps them find the moonstone and the doppelgängers. Stefan reveals to Tyler that Jules and Brady had lied to him and that Elena and Alex would die in the ritual to break the curse. He releases Stefan and Alex in her wolf form kills Brady during which time the rest of the pack is killed by Elijah and Athena. He then decides to leave town with Jules, the only survivor, with a promise that she wouldn't lie to him anymore. After receiving a phone call from his mother telling him that she had an accident and was in the hospital, Tyler and Jules returned to Mystic Falls. They were both captured by Maddox and Greta Martin, witches working for Klaus, and were to be used in the sacrifice that would make Klaus a vampire/werewolf hybrid. Tyler and Caroline, who had also been captured for the sacrifice ritual, were rescued by Damon, who was later bitten by Tyler during his transformation. Tyler and Caroline eventually start a relationship, which becomes rocky when he becomes Klaus' first successful hybrid. His life is made much easier when his transformations cease to happen unwillingly and Tyler becomes very respectful of Klaus, trying to sabotage his friends' plots against him, which is later revealed to be due to a sire bond.

## Personality

Prior to triggering his werewolf nature, Tyler had a very aggressive, arrogant and selfish personality. He was in a relationship with Alex Gilbert before he cheated on his then girlfriend Vicki Donovan. Tyler behaved like this because of his werewolf gene. In Season 2, when his uncle Mason came to town, he learned how to control his anger and tone down his behavior. But after discovering that his family carried the werewolf gene, Tyler was scared to become a werewolf himself.

His fears came true when he accidentally killed Sarah and triggered the curse. Tyler felt guilty for killing Sarah, and when he discovered Caroline Forbes was a vampire they became friends. She along with Alex helped him get through his first transformation. After this, Caroline became his friend then girlfriend. His aggressive trait seemed to calm down once he triggered the curse, and he was able to start trying to live a normal life.

When Tyler became a hybrid he started being his old self and he became very loyal to Klaus because he took the pain of transforming away. In Season 4, Tyler put his friends and family before himself and really cared about Caroline, in *Memorial*, he showed great sacrifice and bravery in Pastor Young's funeral when he interrupted the chant and stood on the stage to get the hunter's attention and give his friends especially Elena a chance to escape from Connor's trap. However, in Season 5 of *The Vampire Diaries*, and Season 1 of *The Originals*, the suffering Tyler has gone through, being enslaved to Klaus and having Klaus murder his mother, has caused Tyler significant emotional pain and a dark change in his personality. He has become obsessed with vengeance, an ironic fact considering his obsession is targeted at Klaus. He is shown to have little regard for what gets in his way, going so far as to attempt to murder Alex's unborn babies solely due to what Klaus might do with them. Also, he has shown subtle signs of being at least partially suicidal, trying to goad Klaus into killing him. Klaus believes that this is due to him losing so much, to the point where he believes he has nothing left.

## Physical Appearance

Tyler has tanned skin, short black hair and dark brown eyes. His height is 5'9". Tyler has a muscular and toned body. Like all werewolves, his eyes will turn yellow when he becomes very angry. In his werewolf form, Tyler's fur is black and his eyes are yellow. In human form, Tyler often wears black jeans with a t-shirt and a jacket. On special occasions, such as parties, he wears a black suit. In Season Two, he starts wearing leather jackets. His style has matured over the course of the series, using darker colors looking much more attractive. In Season Eight, Tyler is seen wearing more mature, darker clothing with a black leather jacket. He has also grown out a beard and stubble.

## Powers and Abilities

Tyler possessed all the standard powers and abilities of a non-Evolved werewolf. After he was turned and successfully completed his transition, he possessed all the standard powers and abilities of a non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid. Being the first successful non-original werewolf-vampire, Tyler was more powerful than non-Original vampires in his age group, but was not as strong as those of greater age as shown in *Homecoming* when he was easily overpowered by Damon.

## Weaknesses

Tyler has the typical weaknesses of a non-original vampire werewolf hybrid.

## Appearances

### The Vampire Diaries

* *Pilot*
* *The Night of the Comet*
* *Friday Night Bites*
* *Family Ties*
* *Haunted*
* *The Turning Point*
* *Fool Me Once*
* *Let the Right One In*
* *Under Control*
* *Isobel*
* *Founder's Day*

* *The Return*
* *Brave New World*
* *Bad Moon Rising*
* *Memory Lane*
* *Kill or Be Killed*
* *Plan B*
* *Masquerade*
* *Rose*
* *The Sacrifice*
* *By the Light of the Moon*
* *The Descent*
* *Daddy Issues*
* *Crying Wolf*
* *The Last Day*
* *The Sun Also Rises*

* *The Birthday*
* *The Hybrid*
* *The End of the Affair*
* *Disturbing Behavior*
* *The Reckoning*
* *Smells Like Teen Spirit*
* *Homecoming*
* *The New Deal*
* *Our Town*
* *The Ties That Bind*
* *Dangerous Liaisons* (voice Only)
* *Heart of Darkness*
* *Do Not Go Gentle*
* *Before Sunset*
* *The Departed* (Possessed by Niklaus Mikaelson at the end of the episode)

* *Growing Pains* (Possessed by Niklaus Mikaelson until the end of the episode)
* *Memorial*
* *The Rager*
* *The Killer*
* *We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes*
* *My Brother's Keeper*
* *We'll Always Have Bourbon Street*
* *O Come, All Ye Faithful*
* *After School Special*
* *Into the Wild*
* *Down the Rabbit Hole*
* *Stand By Me* (Mentioned)
* *Bring It On* (Voice Only)
* *Because the Night* (Mentioned)
* *American Gothic* (Mentioned)
* *Pictures of You*
* *She's Come Undone* (Mentioned)
* *Graduation* (Mentioned)

* *I Know What You Did Last Summer* (Voice Only)
* *For Whom the Bell Tolls*
* *Monster's Ball*
* *Handle with Care* (Mentioned)
* *500 Years of Solitude*
* *The Devil Inside*
* *Total Eclipse of the Heart*
* *No Exit*
* *While You Were Sleeping* (Mentioned)
* *Rescue Me*
* *Resident Evil* (Possessed by Julian at the end)
* *Man on Fire* (Possessed by Julian/briefly takes control of his body)
* *What Lies Beneath* (Possessed by Julian/briefly takes control of his body)
* *Promised Land* (Body Only; possessed by Julian)
* *Home* (Body Only; possessed by Julian/Death)

* *I'll Remember*
* *Yellow Ledbetter* (Mentioned)
* *Welcome to Paradise*
* *Black Hole Sun* (Mentioned)
* *The World Has Turned and Left Me Here*
* *Do You Remember the First Time?*
* *Fade Into You*
* *I Alone*
* *Christmas Through Your Eyes*
* *Woke Up With a Monster*
* *Prayer For the Dying*
* *The Day I Tried To Live*
* *Stay* (Mentioned)
* *Let Her Go*
* *I Never Could Love Like That*
* *I'd Leave My Happy Home For You*
* *I'll Wed You in the Golden Summertime*
* *I'm Thinking Of You All The While*

* *Never Let Me Go* (Mentioned)
* *Age of Innocence* (Flashforward)
* *I Carry Your Heart With Me*
* *Mommie Dearest* (Mentioned)
* *Things We Lost in the Fire*
* *Postcards from the Edge* (Mentioned)
* *This Woman's Work* (Mentioned)
* *Moonlight on the Bayou*
* *I Would for You* (Voice Only)
* *You Decided That I Was Worth Saving*
* *An Eternity of Misery* (Body Only)
* *Coming Home Was a Mistake* (Resurrection)
* *We Have History Together*
* *Nostalgia's a Bitch*
* *You Made a Choice to Be Good*
* *What Are You?*
* *The Lies Will Catch Up To You*
* *We're Planning a June Wedding*
* *I Was Feeling Epic*

### The Originals

* *Bloodletting*
* *The River in Reverse*
* *High Water and a Devil's Daughter* (Photo/Mentioned)
* *Voodoo in My Blood* (Mentioned)

**Season Five**
* *God's Gonna Trouble the Water*
* *The Kindness Of Strangers* (Indirectly Mentioned)
* *The Tale of Two Wolves* (Indirectly Mentioned)
* *When The Saints Go Marching In*

### Legacies

* *Mombie Dearest* (Mentioned)
* *Maybe I Should Start From The End* (Mentioned)
* *There's a World Where Your Dreams Came True* (Mentioned)
* *I'll Tell You a Story* (Mentioned)
* *There's Always a Loophole* (Indirectly Mentioned)

## Name

* **Tyler** is a unisex name of English origin. The meaning of the name is "tile maker".
* **Lockwood** is of English origin and means "enclosure forest".