Tribrid

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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 Original hybrid; he was a born werewolf, turned into a vampire by magic, as opposed to transitioning by vampire blood. 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 heritage 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, and eventually drank another drop of Hope's blood to complete her transition as a werewolf-vampire hybrid. It has been proven that tribrid blood is a powerful binding agent similar to doppelganger blood. This eliminates the need for doppelgänger blood during the transition, though only the tribrid's blood can finish the transition of a new hybrid, thus the hybrid race still depends on a single and rare supernatural creature. 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.

It was later learned in Legacies that Max Taylor is also a Tribrid. But she was killed by Ken in battle.

**Powers and Abilities:**

* **Werewolf Gene:** 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 Gene:** 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 normal 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. She can also sire vampire-witch hybrids without the need for them to drink her blood after.
* **Witch Gene:** 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 Beast.
* **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; this was proven when her blood healed Josie's wound. Her blood is also lethal to Malivore himself and what caused his destruction.