Upgraded Original Vampire

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## Species Information

### Status

* Endangered  (One reminds; Marcel Gerard)

### Related Species

* Vampire
* Original Vampire
* Enhanced Original Vampire
* Immortal

### Distinction

* Physically superior original vampires incorporated with a bite infused with seven strains of werewolf venom.

**Upgraded Original Vampire**, is a term used to describe the type of Upgraded Original vampire that Lucien Castle and Marcel Gerard became when a reversed engineered Immortality Spell was used to turn them. It was prophesied to be the undoing of the Mikaelson Siblings or created from the destruction of the Original Family.

This is a branch of Original species similar to the Enhanced Original vampire, like Alaric Saltzman was formerly, which was designed to be superior to that of the Originals in very specific ways; being capable of fighting, defeating, and killing normal Originals. As an Upgraded version of an Original vampire, it possesses a bite that is capable of killing an Original as it secretes an extremely potent strain of engineered Werewolf Venom with an altered predator face and more fangs. Unlike hybrids, an Upgraded Original is a vampire infused with a werewolf bite, further distinguishing the species.

The title 'the Beast' refers to the Upgraded Original vampire that was prophesied by Alexis. This turned out to be Marcel Gerard.

## Powers and Abilities

Upgraded Originals possess roughly the same powers befitting an Original vampire, but with a few modifications due to the nature of the spell that created them as well as the introduction of werewolf venom.

* **Super Strength:** They are considerably stronger than Original vampires; it remains unknown how their strength compared to the Enhanced Original. Lucien was shown to be much stronger than Elijah and Finn when they fought. Lucien even proved to be much stronger than Klaus, the Original hybrid, during their confrontations. Marcel was also shown to be stronger than the Originals and Klaus, fighting them with ease.
* **Super Speed:** They are also considerably much faster than most supernatural species seen thus far. They are quite possibly the fastest known creatures as Lucien was able to dodge Klaus' attacks effortlessly.
* **Super Agility:** They possess more superhuman agility, flexibility and dexterity than any other known supernatural species. They can move quickly, jump very high, climb and run incredibly fast without difficulty or exhaustion.
* **Super Senses:** They have extremely keen senses of hearing, sight and smell that far exceed any other known supernatural species.
* **Super Durability:** They can take far more trauma than any other supernatural species. No Original vampire has ever been dismembered, decapitated, or had their heart removed, nor has anyone attempted this, implying that their durability may be close to invincibility.
* **Immortality:** They are immortal just like any Original vampire. Unlike their strength and resilience, Upgraded Originals seem to be no more or less eternal than an Original.
* **Healing Factor:** They are able to heal much faster than any other known supernatural species.
* **Enhanced Emotions:** They experience emotions more powerfully than humans. Emotions like love, joy, and happiness are intensified for vampires allowing them to live life more intensely. This ability allows Upgraded Originals to feel emotions at their peak regardless of their age.
* **Emotional Control:** They have a limited degree of control over their own emotions though it has been stated that this control fades over time.
* **Mind Compulsion:** They can control and influence the thoughts, emotions, behavior, actions and memories of humans, non-Original vampires, and non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids.
* **Sire Bond:** Although not demonstrated among them, sire bonds can be formed when a human is turned with the blood of the vampire whom they had strong human feelings for. However, it is currently unknown if Upgraded Original vampires can create their own sireline.
* **Telepathy:** They have the ability to enter the minds of others as long as theirs is stronger than them although, as they are more powerful than Original vampires, they have one of the strongest minds in the world. Normally, this ability works in a tactile fashion and the vampire requires physical contact in order for it to work successfully.
* **Dream Manipulation:** They can control dreams and subconscious. They can produce and modify dreams, bestow nightmares or lucid dreaming. Other effects of this ability is the ability to distort perceptions of reality and being able to trap someone in their dreams.
* **Illusions:** They have the power to trick the minds of others into seeing/feeling things that aren't actually happening.
* **True Face:** Their true face is the appearance they are hiding under their normal human face. When their true face is revealed, their irises turn blood-red as dark veins appear under their eyes as blood is pumped forcefully through them; in addition, the red veins under the Upgraded Original's eyes go down further on their face similar to an Augustine Vampire. This is markedly different from the normal Original vampire's and non-Original vampire's true faces in the sense that Original vampires' and non-Original vampires' sclera turn red when the blood forcibly pushes into their eyes while their irises stay the same color. In another notable divergence from other vampire species, Upgraded Original vampires possess six razor sharp fangs; four on the upper jaw and two on the lower jaw.
* **Advanced Werewolf Bite:** They possess a bite that is deadly enough to even kill an Original vampire and consequently can kill non-Original vampires. As in the case of Joshua Rosza, he was killed only minutes after having the venom introduced into his system; however, this was due to the venom already injected within his heart, whereas when Camille O'Connell was bitten on the wrist by Lucien, she survived longer but still died quicker than a bite typical of a normal werewolf bite. Klaus' blood, though it can alleviate some of the effects of the venom, such as hallucinations, cannot cure it as the venom that was used in the Immortality Spell was a new strain created from all seven werewolf bloodlines and was designed to have no known cure. Even the blood of an Upgraded Original could not cure the venom; this was evident with Camille. It is unknown how it would affect Klaus or any non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid as Klaus' and Hope's blood had no chance of curing it. Davina, however, attempted to use Marcel's venom by introducing it directly into Klaus' blood in an attempt to sacrifice him; this implies that even though he's a hybrid, Klaus is susceptible to its fatal effects. However, Freya was able to create an anti-venom by using the venom from all seven werewolf packs and Klaus' blood along with a spell.

## Weaknesses

* **Broken Neck:** Breaking an Upgraded Originals neck will not kill them, but it will render them unconscious.
* **The Cure:** If an Upgraded Original takes the cure, they will revert back to being mortal again. Once taken, the cure prevents them from being immortal again, causing the body to reject vampire blood.
* **Desiccation:** Being completely drained of blood or the heart stopping will cause an Upgraded Original to desiccate like any other vampire, losing most of its strength and any ability to move. The desiccated beast will appear as a corpse and can only start functioning again once they feed on blood. This process can be replicated artificially by a witch casting a desiccation spell.
* **Invitation:** In order to enter any house owned by humans, they had to be invited by that person. Once invited the vampire cannot be uninvited, only if ownership of the house is changed can they be removed until re-invited. If a vampire lives in a house, other vampires can enter freely and if vampire is in the house without being invited in it will become disoriented and will begin to suffocate. It was shown that vampires can be pulled out by extreme force making them have to exit, if ownership is changed while inside.
* **Magic:** Upgraded Originals are susceptible to the powers of witchcraft. A witch with enough magical power at their disposal could harm or even kill them. Magic can also be used to trap an Upgraded Original through the use of boundary spells, and magic can also be used to desiccate them. Thus far, the only way to kill an Upgraded Original in the absence of a White Oak stake is to channel the power of the ancestors who helped make them and reverse the effects of the spell, turning them back into a non-Original vampire. This is inclusive of mystical objects such as Papa Tunde's Blade, the Cursed Stake, and Freya's Dagger.
* **Physical Trauma:** Minor physical injuries such as gunshots, stab wounds and broken bones will cause an Upgraded Original pain and may also slow them down. However, this is momentary as they will heal completely within seconds. It seems physical trauma can hurt them anywhere on the body (ex-eye gouging, drowning). Lucien showed resistance to wooden bullets.
* **Poison:** There have been various poisons invented by people, such as Dr. Wes Maxfield and Aya, that are capable of incapacitating or desiccating a vampire when administered. Klaus also used a poison to kill Tim that not even vampire blood could cure. Davina once used a spell that made her blood toxic to Klaus, paralyzing and rendering him unconscious. It is unknown what effect any of these poisons would do if ingested by an Upgraded Original.
* **Sunlight:** Sunlight will burn an Upgraded Original, but cannot kill them. Lucien possesses a lapis lazuli ring to combat this.
* **Wood:** A wooden stake through the heart will desiccate an Upgraded Original vampire and they will appear as if they were dead, but will revive within a few hours, just like the Originals.
* **White Oak Ash Daggers:** A group of enchanted silver daggers dipped in the ash of the white oak tree will neutralize an Original vampire when stabbed through the heart. If the dagger is removed, it must be dipped again in White Oak Ash to re-neutralize the Original vampire. Otherwise, it will have no effect and the Original vampire awakens within a few hours. It is unknown if the Upgraded Original can be daggered.
* **White Oak Stake:** The only weapon on earth that can permanently kill an Original vampire, it comes from an ancient White Oak Tree that existed during the time of the genesis of the Original vampires and was used as the source of their immortality. Dahlia destroyed the Indestructible White Oak Stake in *Ashes to Ashes* and revealed that an Original can slowly die by inhaling what is presumably white oak ash or splinters. In *Wild at Heart*, it was revealed that the Wooden Knight Klaus carved as a child is made of white oak wood and it was fashioned into seven wooden bullets. The last bullet was destroyed in Lucien's spell to become an Upgraded Original vampire. At current time, this wood is extinct.
* **Freya's Dagger:** A dagger that was made by Freya with the help of Keelin's expertise in medicine and biology. The dagger was made by using Freya's blood, Esther's magic, Marcel's venom, and the ashes of Lucien Castle. It holds the power to specifically kill an Upgraded Original vampire though has yet to be used.

## Unusual Weaknesses

* **Cancer:** Although vampires cannot catch diseases and illnesses such as cancer, if a human has active cancer and is turned into a vampire, the effects of the cancer will increase. The regenerative properties of vampire blood will speed up the replication of cancer cells of and exceed normal stages of the condition. This was first proven when Caroline fed a terminal cancer patient vampire blood to test if it could cure cancer. When Jo ran tests on the patient after he was turned into a vampire, she referred to his tumors as "stage 10. It is unknown what would happen if a person with cancer is turned into an original vampire. The effects on an Original vampire would be presumably the same as the rest of the species because they have the same healing powers.