Mind Compulsion

> "It's pretty nifty, all I have to do is look into your eyes. It is a shame that it doesn't work on blind people."
>
> -Conri Tlanta

**Mind Compulsion** is an ability of Immortals, Werwolf-Witch Hybrids, Immortal Werewolves, Immortal Witches, Original vampires, vampires and hybrids to control the mind of another simply through eye contact. Witches and sirens can also use this power though spells and physical touch, respectively, to facilitate a similar action. Thus far each species have been shown to have the ability to erase the victim's memories or even alter them to the point where something is completely different about them.

Compelled beings usually follow the instructions given to them by the person who compelled them to the best of their ability, sometimes even those that would otherwise be beyond their "normal" capacity (i.e. being forced to forget a very recent and otherwise unforgettable experience, cause them to develop new skills, and even create new personalities). Needless to say, this ability plays a vital role in keeping the existence of vampires (and by extension, other supernatural races) hidden. While most vampires use compulsion with verbal commands, this is not heeded as a necessity. However, this method of compulsion has not been used since. Silas however seems to easily do these feats without eye contact or verbal commands when he wants, and can even get into the minds of the Original vampires. Danae and Conri Tlanta, as well as their sired species are able to compel any creature, with the exception of Original vampires, each other, and people with blindness.

## Methodology

* **Immortals** can compel the minds of any species with the exception of supernatural hunters and passengers.
* **Original vampires** can compel both humans and non-Original vampires, but not their fellow Original vampires (as Rebekah pointed out to Kol).
	+ When an Original vampire dies, their compulsion wears off. This can also be achieved if they are neutralized with the White Oak Ash Daggers; this principle still applies if an Original vampire is revived by having said dagger removed later.
* The laws governing compulsion of Original vampires also apply to Enhanced and Upgraded Original vampires.
	+ However, with Vincent's aid as a witch, Marcel Gerard was able to compel Elijah, an Original vampire.
* **Non-Original vampires** can only compel humans.
	+ Non-Original vampires seem to be aware that they are being compelled while under the effect while humans aren't. However, they are, by no means immune to it, unless they have vervain in their system.
* Due to her status as a tribrid, Hope Mikaelson is able to compel other vampires; this is an exception seen only in Hope despite her status as a non-Original vampire.
* **Witches,** Supernatural Hunters, and Werewolves cannot be compelled by Original or non-Original vampires. However, Silas had the ability to compel witches as demonstrated when he did so to Qetsiyah and Bonnie.
* **Werewolf-Witch Hybrids** are able to compel nearly every creature on earth, due to their status as partial Immortals, only a step below Silas in power over the mind.
* **Hybrids** can be compelled by Original vampires due to their vampire side.
* Compulsion doesn't work if the victim is on vervain.
	+ Vampires who ingest vervain can still compel others without the vervain nullifying the effects.
* Some humans can train themselves to be immune to compulsion.
* When someone is compelled, a new compulsion cannot override a previous compulsion.
	+ It is, however, possible to plant a new compulsion for so long as it does not conflict with the previous one. As users grow older, their mind compulsion skills evolve and mature.
* When a human who has been compelled in the past dies and is in transition to a vampire, they will remember everything they were compelled to do or forget.
* When a vampire who has taken the Cure and becomes human again, they can also remember everything they were compelled to do or forget by an **Original Vampire.**
	+ Anyone who was compelled by a vampire who has taken the cure will remember everything they were compelled to do or forget.
* Compulsion can be stripped away by the the Magic Purification Spell.
	+ A witch can also strip away the compulsion placed upon a vampire or human, though the process is painful and can be slow depending on how much or how deep the compulsion is rooted into the victim.
* A siphoner is able to remove compulsion by siphoning the magic of the compulsion allowing the person compelled to be free from compulsion.
* Compulsion seems to be tied to the user's spiritual essence.

## Species who use this ability

### Immortal

Immortals are the strongest creatures on both shows mentally. They can appear as anyone and can compel without eye contact and even if the target is on vervain. Also they can compel a mass of people at once. They can inflict immense mental pain on targets such as when Silas convinced Klaus he was stabbed by the White Oak Stake.

### Witch

Witches are able to achieve effects similar to compulsion through magic. The witch Maddox on one instance, controlled the actions of Carol Lockwood including what she spoke, making her mimic his actions like a puppet. After he was done, she did not understand why she did what she did. Several spells have also been used to make people forget, fall under a suggestible trance state and give false visions. Davina Claire once demonstrated the ability removing compulsion, however the process is extremely painful.

### Original Vampire

Original Vampires have the same powers of compulsion as any vampire however they can compel any non original vampire so long if the vampire is not on vervain. They cannot compel each other though.

### Werewolf-Witch Hybrid

Werewolf-Witch Hybrids have the same level of compulsion as Original vampires, as they are unable to compel Originals, nor each other, but are able to compel every other creature on earth, at the same level as Silas, even if the victim is on vervain, because they do not have the same weaknesses as vampires, due to having consumed the Immortality Elixir.

### Immortal Witch

Immortal Witches have the same level of compulsion as they did as mortals, but are able to compel the same way that vampires and hybrids do, because of their immortal side.

### Immortal Werewolf

Immortal Werewolves have the same mental compulsion capacity as their witch counterparts, but have a strong resistance to compulsion, due to their strong resistance as mortals, being unable to be compelled by anyone other than Immortals, which includes their sires, the Werewolf-Witch Hybrids.

## Trivia

* Compulsion appears to only work via eye contact or at a very close range, though more proficient users can perform it at a limited distance away from their victims, as almost every compulsion performed so far has occurred with the vampire using compulsion having their head right next to their victims as they compel them.
* Since Compulsion works by causing the recipient to be subservient to the specific commands issued to them by the compeller, and that the compeller can only issue any number of commands at any given time, it is possible to find flaws in the compulsion by exploiting loopholes.