Sire Bond

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**A Sire Bond** is the link between the Sire and their Sired that exists within the vampire and hybrid species. The Sired complies with the direct and indirect orders of the Sire in order to show its loyalty. It is mentioned for the first time in *Smells Like Teen Spirit*, when Damon reveals Tyler is sired to Klaus, and while he says that it is very rare in vampires, it is apparently not so rare in hybrids.

## Species

### Hybrids

"*He's been sired. [...] He feels loyal to Klaus because Klaus's blood created him. [...] He'll seek acceptance from his master. It's really rare. But maybe not so much in hybrids.*"
—**Damon** in *Smells Like Teen Spirit*
Hybrids are loyal to their sire, and will seek their acceptance because their blood created them - this is called a "**Sire Bond**". Every hybrid is very loyal even when acting out of free will they can't stop doing what their sire says. Presumably, this also causes them to seek them out whenever their presence may be required.

In *Homecoming*, Tyler gets everyone to go to his house for the homecoming dance after the gym gets flooded. It is implied later on that he had something to do with it. It is revealed that he did all of this for Klaus, and that the party is not a homecoming dance so much as a wake for Mikael. When Klaus goes to Tyler Lockwood's he shows him the other Hybrids he has created, like Tony his right hand man and Mindy. Klaus says that they will protect him no matter who gets in the way. When Klaus talks to Alex (posing as Elena) that if he dies, he's made sure his hybrids will kill Damon.

Tony is later inside The Lockwood Mansion with Klaus when Mindy said that Klaus has a visitor witch she revealed to be Mikael, Klaus`s step-father, Klaus said to Tony that he knew what to do. Tony then said to the other hybrids to come with him and wait for Klaus to give the order to attack Mikael and anyone else who is with him. Tony and the other Hybrids tried to save Klaus when Damon attacked him, but Alex threw grenades (containing vervain and/or wolfsbane) at them, incapacitating them.

Meanwhile, Tyler injects Caroline with vervain, knocking her unconscious. When she wakes up he asks her what is going on. She says that she doesn't know but if she did, she wouldn't tell him due to his sire bond with Klaus. Caroline asks him why he willingly follows Klaus, as he doesn't have any free will when he does. Tyler responds that he never had free will, the full moon commanded him before, and Klaus saved him from that. The conversation ends with both parties angry at the other and the relationship in doubt.

In *The New Deal*, during the days following Stefan Salvatore's theft of his family, Klaus searched for him. When this proved to be a failure, he decided to convince Damon, Theo, and Elena to help him find them instead. Having Tyler befriend Jeremy in order to get him to be vervain-free, Klaus was able to compel Jeremy to stand in the street while Tony ran him down in an SUV.

In *Our Town*, Tyler was ordered to bite Caroline but he refuses. While Alex, Ariana, Elena, Bonnie, Matt, and Caroline were at the cemetery celebrating Caroline's 18th birthday, Tyler comes later. In the woods he talks with Caroline and accidentally bites her. Alex goes to Klaus and forces him to give her blood to heal Caroline, which he did. Tyler called Bill Forbes (Caroline's father) to return to Mystic Falls, hoping he could help him fight off his sire bond to Klaus. He chains Tyler up and orders him to turn at will. Tyler refuses but then he tries to change. Because it hurts too much and he didn't want to continue, Bill threatens that he would decapitate Tyler right now if he didn't keep on. Later, Tyler lost control, broke out and attacked Bill, almost killing him. Tyler showed up at the hospital and apologizes. Bill told him that he has to turn every day to fight the sire bond.

In *Dangerous Liaisons*, he calls Caroline, telling her he will come back when he's fixed. He's also mentioned in a conversation between Klaus and Alex, where she was telling Klaus to give Tyler his freedom back.

In *Heart of Darkness*, Tyler returns to Mystic Falls after having turned more or less one hundred times in the Appalachian mountains, thus breaking his sire bond.

In *From a Cradle to a Grave*, after Alex turns Arielle and Hayley into hybrids. The Sire Bond, fueled by sisterly instincts, enabled Arielle and Hayley to protect Alex at all cost. Eventually Alex helps them break the Sire Bond so it didn't effect their choices.

### Vampires

"*A vampire only bonds to her sire when she has feelings for him before she turns. Human feelings. Vampirism only heightens those emotions.*"
—**Nandi** to **Damon**, **Theo**, and **Stefan** in *We'll Always Have Bourbon Street*
The link between two vampires is different than the link between two hybrids. Whereas the link between two hybrids is formed out of gratitude, the link between vampires seems to be formed out of love. The bond is at its strongest when the Sire is within the presence of the Sired.

When a human loves a vampire, and is turned by that vampire's blood, they may experience the sire bond, due to the emotions that they have felt being amplified by their transition, and do their best to please their sire. Hence, sire bonds between vampires normally aren't platonic, and usually common between those of opposing sexes. The sire bond does not influence feelings, only actions.

It may be possible to break the sire bond the same way hybrids do; hybrid sire bonds are based on gratitude and is broken when they have nothing to be grateful for when they turn over and over again. As long as hybrids are grateful to their master they will be sired; this could also mean as long as vampires are in love with their masters they will be sired. Vampire sire bonds are based on love and is possibly broken when they have nothing to love anymore, i.e. switching off their humanity. It is unknown whether or not the bond is maintained if the sired vampire "falls out of love" with their master.