Aurora de Martel

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## Biographical Information

### Born

* 10th Century (Southern France, Age Unknown/1017+)

### Occupation

* Noblewoman (1000s)
* Member of The Trinity
* Prisoner (Formerly)
* Ally to the McCall Pack

### Title(s)

* My Sweet Aurora, Rory, Darling, My Love (all by Tristan de Martel)
* Lady Aurora (by everyone in her human life)
* Stupid Girl, Sweet Girl (both by Rebekah)
* Rebekah Mikaelson (Fake Identity)
* She-Devil, My Dearest Aurora, Banshee (all by Elijah)
* Vindictive Lunatic, My Love (both by Lucien Castle)
* Wicked Little Cricket (by Klaus)

### Species

* Human (Originally)
* Vampire (Rebekah's Bloodline) (Currently)
* Original Tribrid (Formerly, by possessing Hope)

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Count Martel † (Father)
* Countess de Martel † (Mother)
* Tristan de Martel † (Older Brother)

## Supernatural Information

### Significant Sires

* Countless people over the centuries
* Two Unnamed Vampires
* Three Unnamed Vampires †
* Camille O'Connell †

### Significant Kills

* Herself
* Many Unknown People
* Many Unnamed Monks
* Alexis
* Camille O'Connell (indirectly; as a human)
* Madison

## Physical Appearance

### Height

* 5'3" (Feet)
* 1.60 (Meters)

## Appearance

### Played By

* Rebecca Breeds
* Danielle Rose Russell (Possessing Hope)

**Aurora de Martel** was a major recurring character and secondary antagonist who first appeared in the first episode of the third season of *The Originals*. She is the younger sister of Tristan de Martel and daughter of Count Martel. She is the first vampire ever turned by Rebekah Mikaelson, and one of the Trinity.

**Aurora** is a member of the **De Martel Family**.

## Personality

* Human
* Vampire

When she was still human, despite being born into a noble family, she was nothing like her father, brother, or other noblewomen. Aurora was kind, caring, selfless, compassionate, sympathetic and moral. However, despite being kind and caring, Aurora was very obsessive about becoming a vampire to be with Klaus. One night, after being declined once again, Aurora tried to take her own life by slitting her wrists. She also suffered from bipolar disorder, which caused her to have manic episodes of depression, happiness, anger, etc.

Aurora is described as a beautiful and enigmatic vampire who is, at times, sexy, seductive, witty and free-spirited. But due to her bipolar disorder, which is heightened as a vampire, she can also be malevolent, dangerous and extremely violent in an instant. Her disorder caused her to have episodes that were extremely manic and dangerous. In her lightest moments, she's the flame that draws men to her like moths; in her darkest, she'll kill those same men without a second thought. She has a childlike air to her and appears to have a close relationship with her brother Tristan, despite him keeping her captive in a monastery as a result of her disorder.

Aurora is also manipulative and calculating. She uses her cunning mind to work around any situation to meet her own ends. Aurora has very low self-esteem, and leans on those around for that boost of esteem. This can be shown when Klaus mentions Camille and she becomes jealous and believes that Cami is in the way of her and Klaus' relationship, and takes matters into her own hands. She can be very cruel and cold-hearted towards those that she thinks have wronged her, as shown when she compelled Cami to kill herself in front of a sleeping Klaus. Even after this, she justified her actions as an act of love for Klaus. She then justified her later actions as revenge towards Klaus for rejecting her. She seems to have no regard for human life, finding it a means to an end. Aurora has also shown herself to be a master at manipulation. She was able to manipulate Hope into killing members of the Triad, without being immolated herself.

Despite her flawed personality, Aurora loves passionately and with her whole heart and soul. She is also extremely loyal to her family, lover, and sire. Despite everything that Tristan did to her, she still stayed by his side and even fought for him against the Mikaelsons. She tried to save her brother by killing Elijah, as this would end her brother's torment of drowning repeatedly, and was heartbroken when she failed to save him. She stole Rebekah's body to ensure that Rebekah - and herself remained safe, as Aurora's life is tied to Rebekah's.

Her ability to not only hold a grudge, but seek retribution for the wrongs done to her, is incomparable. She hatched an elaborate plan to lure Klaus' daughter, Hope, into a trap so she could get revenge on the Mikaelson family. Aurora cannot separate Hope, who was not involved in the 1,000 year feud, from the rest of the Mikaelson's, showing a fixation on the family. Aurora wanted a Mikaelson to pay for what was done to her, and chose Hope because she's the daughter of Aurora's once great love. She preyed on Hope's lack of knowledge about her family history and her cockiness. She purposefully made herself appear as insignificant as the other foes to challenge the tribrid when in reality, Aurora is a brilliantly meticulous foe with a carefully crafted plan.
## Physical Appearance

Aurora has green eyes and straight red hair with thin eyebrows and a wide smile that is quite endearing. She looks quite youthful, with her slim features and bone structure. Lucien has also described her as having eyes a person could get lost in just from one look. Also, Klaus called her "exquisite" when he first laid his eyes on her. She is seen wearing stylish, dark-colored clothing that is very expensive and modern. She enjoys accessories and wears them often, along with heavy make-up.

As a human, she is seen with her hair very long and often in tiny braids. She either wore it up or down, but often paired with a light-colored dress and minimal make-up.

## Powers and Abilities

Aurora possesses all the standard powers and abilities of a non-Original vampire. But being over a thousand years old, she was one of the strongest vampires in existence, second only to the Original vampires. Aurora was the second member of the Trinity to be turned after Lucien, making her the second strongest of the group until Lucien became the Beast.

She had a very high resistance to aneurysm spells due to her time at a Buddhist monastery for an unknown amount of time. Her resistance to pain infliction spells is impressive considering that she found Freya's attempt to hurt her amusing. Aurora seemed to be a skilled operator of mind compulsion. This power is one of the things she enjoys the most about being a vampire. Aurora has been seen to be skilled in sword fighting, able to defend herself and also attack. However, it is shown that her skills were inferior to that of her brother Tristan de Martel. Her fighting skills were more than a match with Hayley; an non-original werewolf-vampire hybrid. Her reflexes are fast enough that allowed her to shoot both Klaus and Elijah in a blink of an eye, without them being able to react.

Through unknown means, she claimed that she, Lucien and Tristan could not be compelled anymore.

She has shown great strength by snapping Hayley's neck and throwing her a considerable distance across the room. Her physical strength was also more than a match for the newly-turned Camille.

## Weaknesses

Aurora has the typical weaknesses of a non-Original vampire.

## Name

* **Aurora** is a feminine name of Latin origin. The name means "the Dawn." It stems from Roman mythology, Aurora the goddess of dawn.
* **Martel** is one of Britain and France's most famous and historic surnames. It derives from the French word "martel" meaning "hammer".