Niklaus Mikaelson

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## Biographical Information

### Turned

* By Esther Mikaelson in Autumn 1001  (Through The Immortality Spell)

### Occupation

* Nobleman  (1002-1700's) (Formerly)
* Artist
* Alpha of his Hybrid Pack  (Formerly)
* Member of the North East Atlantic Pack
* Co-Leader of the New Orleans Vampires  (Formerly)
* Prisoner  (Formerly)

### Species

* Hybrid  (Werewolf untriggered, Witch, untapped; Originally)
* Original Vampire  (Formerly)
* Original Hybrid
* Spirit  (Currently)

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Ansel †  (Biological Father)
* Mikael †  (Step-Father)
* Esther Mikaelson †  (Mother)
* Dahlia †  (Maternal Aunt)
* Freya Mikaelson  (Maternal Older Sister)
* Finn Mikaelson †  (Maternal Older Brother)
* Elijah Mikaelson †  (Maternal Older Brother)
* Kol Mikaelson  (Maternal Younger Brother)
* Rebekah Mikaelson  (Maternal Younger Sister)
* Henrik Mikaelson †  (Maternal Younger Brother)
* Freya's Unborn Son †  (Nephew)
* Marcel Gerard  (Adopted Son)
* Keelin Malraux  (Sister-In-Law)
* Davina Claire  (Sister-In-Law)
* Hope Mikaelson  (Daughter)
* Lizzie Mikaelson  (Adoptive Niece)
* Josie Mikaelson  (Adoptive Niece)
* Selena Mikaelson (Adoptive Niece)
* EJ Mikaelson (Grandson)
* Andrea Mikaelson  (Granddaughter)
* Scarlet Mikaelson (Adoptive Great-Niece)
* Nik Mikaelson  (Nephew)
* Athena Mikaelson (Adoptive Great-Niece)
* Blade Mikaelson  (Grandson)
* Artemis Mikaelson  (Granddaughter)

## Supernatural Information

### Cause Of Death

* Stabbed through the Heart  (as a werewolf/witch)
* Staked with a White Oak Stake  (as an Original)

### Killed By

* Mikael  (as a werewolf-witch hybrid)
* Alaric Saltzman  (body only)
* Elijah Mikaelson  (as an Original hybrid, with his consent)

## Physical Appearance

### Height

* 5'11"  (Feet)
* 1.80  (Meters)

## Appearance

### Played By

* Joseph Morgan

**Niklaus Mikaelson** (***Elder Futhark:** ᚾᛁᚲᛚᚨᚢᛋ ᛗᛁᚲᚨᛖᛚᛋᛟᚾ*) was an Original vampire and a werewolf, making him the Original Hybrid. He was the biological son of Ansel and Esther Mikaelson, the step-son of Mikael, and nephew of Dahlia. Klaus is the maternal younger half-brother of Freya, Finn, Elijah, and the maternal older half-brother of Kol, Rebekah, and Henrik Mikaelson. Klaus was the uncle of Freya and Mathias' unborn son, Freya and Keelin's son, Nik, and adoptive uncle to Rebekah and Marcel's daughters Lizzie, Josie, and Selena. Klaus is the father of Hope, whose mother is Hayley, and the adopted father of Marcel Gerard, an orphan boy he rescued and eventually turned into a vampire.

For over a thousand years, Klaus had been trying to break a curse placed on him. He created the myth of the sun and moon curse in order to find the moonstone and the Petrova Doppelgänger, both of which were needed to break the actual curse. His goal was to liberate his werewolf side so he could sire his own super species of werewolf-vampire hybrids.

In 1492, he finally got the chance to break his curse when he met Katerina Petrova, the final piece necessary to break the curse. However, Katerina managed to foil his plan to use her in the sacrifice by turning into a vampire. For the next 500 years, Klaus searched for a way to break the curse without the doppelgänger, forcing generations of witches to help him. During his search for a way to break the curse, Klaus hunted down his family and neutralized them. He also hunted Katerina, who had escaped him and stolen his moonstone. However, it should also be noted that he was also on the run from his step-father, Mikael, as Klaus had an abusive childhood.

Besides his family, during the 1920's, Klaus formed a strong bond and brotherly relationship with Stefan. He then met with the vampire, Caroline Forbes, and starts to care about her, eventually falling in love with her and tried to win her love, and after a long time they were friends. In New Orleans, he had a father/son bond relationship with Marcel whom he works with in ruling New Orleans until Klaus discovered his treachery for bringing Mikael to New Orleans. They reformed their friendship when Marcel saved his daughter and they worked together to bring down their enemies. He also cared for the bartender Camille O'Connell, with whom he had fallen in love before her death.

**Klaus** was primarily a member of the **Mikaelson Family**, and a member of an unnamed **family of werewolves**. He was connected to the **Labonair Family**, a royal werewolf family via his daughter, and a member of the **North East Atlantic Pack** as well as an unnamed **witch family**.

## Powers and Abilities

As an Original Vampire, later the Original Hybrid, Klaus is the second strongest of the Original Vampires, second only to his step-father. His Werewolf side has given him additional powers and advantages the others do not possess, making him the one of the most physically powerful immortal beings in the world. Although stronger than his maternal half-sibling due to his werewolf heritage, some of his siblings have been shown to be willing to fight with him with no fear, with Elijah actually able to do so on almost even terms, Elijah seems to have no difficulty trying to start and end fights with Klaus, usually having the upper hand on Klaus himself for a short period of time; before the latter turns the tables on Elijah. Klaus' step-father being notable for surpassing him and whom he initially feared greatly; made worse when Mikael had possessed the White Oak Stake.

Klaus' powers improve with the consumption of human blood, assuming his werewolf form or utilizing his lycanthropic enhancements and the full moon. It is shown that Mikael was slightly stronger than Klaus, and it should be noted that Mikael was still affected with werewolf venom and Papa Tunde's Blade, therefore not even at full strength yet still demonstrated superior strength than his son. With the death of Mikael, Klaus was at the time the single most physically strongest being around, however, after Lucien and Marcel took the serum and become the Beasts, they had outmatched him in sheer power. Klaus currently remains the second strongest.

Even before Klaus became an Original Vampire, later the Original Hybrid, he was a fairly skilled swordsman, even though he rarely uses a sword, due to his supernatural powers, Klaus' swordsman skills have not diminished.

Klaus has shown to be an expert fighter even when unarmed; When Marcel's army took him on, despite being overwhelmed to begin with, he was able to fight them, almost evenly and overpowered most of them, through his fighting skills and original hybrid powers. In that single fight, he killed roughly twenty four non-Original vampires single-handedly, showing his skills as a combatant even further. Klaus is far less calm, composed, and strategic in battle than Elijah but has a better mind for coming up with long term plans and back ups, being nearly always one step ahead of his enemies. Due to his long existence, Klaus has seen countless battles and is very experienced in battle. Klaus was able to take out six evolved werewolves without any difficulty, when he faced off against Hayley and Jackson, although he had some difficulty taking them both on at the same time, he ultimately got the upper hand; overpowers and defeats them.

His supernatural attributes aside, Klaus' greatest asset is his sharp intellect. His penchant for strategies and forming contingencies way ahead of time, despite the fact that Elijah's penchant for strategies and forming contingencies surpasses his, Klaus has outsmarted Elijah on more than one occasion, Klaus is able to discern a great deal of whatever or whoever is presented to him after only a few keen observations, he was able to figure out that Hope would be sacrificed at the cemetery because it was where the Harvest and the Reaping took place as well as the location of the ancestral witches' burial place, He was able to deduce that his mother was possessing Cassie, he also came up with a plan, to make it look like he has turned against his maternal half-siblings and Hayley, after Elijah daggered him, and after Hayley tried to take his daughter Hope away from him, in order to gain Dahlia's trust to take her down. According to Dahlia, Klaus is arguably the most intelligent of his maternal half-siblings with Elijah occasionally rivaling him.

## Weaknesses

Klaus has some of the typical weaknesses of an Original Vampire and a Werewolf.