Daniel Blackwood

**Daniel Atticus “Dan” Storm** is a mentioned character on **The Midnight Rose**.

Daniel was a werewolf and the former Alpha of the North East Atlantic Pack with whom Grace had an affair with and made for him the first Moonlight Ring. He was the biological father of King Christopher, and also father-in-law to Queen Ariana, as well as at least one other child whose descendants sired Cary, and the grandfather of Prince Maximilian,  PrincessAurora; he was also an ancestor of Cary.

## Early History

Daniel lived in the 10th century, the leader of a pack of werewolves in the land that would one day become the town of Mystic Falls. A powerful chief, Daniel followed what are now known to the wolves as the 'old ways'. These include a more warrior-like culture for the members of the pack and embracing one's wolf form by killing a human during the 'Blood Moon'. The pack would also hold the life of its own as more sacred than anything.

At some point in the late 900's, a new family came to the New World: the Viking Thomas and his wife, Grace Mikaelson, a witch. They came with their friend, a powerful witch named Ayana, and their two children: Adam and Landon. The death of their first child, Nicolette, from the plague led them to their exile from Europe. The new family quickly integrated themselves into the life of the village, with Ayana becoming the village healer. This peaceful coexistence would continue for several years to come.

However, the death of Nicolette had driven Grace Mikaelson and her husband apart. As Thomas continued to shun his wife, Grace Mikaelson begun to take an interest in the young werewolf leader of the village. She would later tell their son Christopher that he was greatly admired by his pack and the others for his leadership. Grace Mikaelson quickly found herself falling in love with Daniel, feelings he reciprocated. They began an affair, one which resulted in the birth of Christopher.

However, although she did not regret her decision or her love for Daniel, Grace Mikaelson knew that should Thomas learn of their affair that he would kill them all in his rage. Instead, she ended her relationship with Daniel and returned to Thomas so that he would believe that Christopher was his son and not the son of another. Christopher' birth renewed Thomas's hope of a family and Grace Mikaelson would later have three other children by him: Dominic, Theresa, Daniel named after him.

However, Grace Mikaelson's love for Daniel remained strong for she apparently started working on a ring which would allow the wolves from no longer having to turn on the full moon. However, before she finished working on it, another death struck the Mikaelson family: Daniel was killed by the turned wolves the night he and Christopher went to see them turn, against the laws of the village. Another child's death led Thomas and Grace Mikaelson to try and protect their children through magic. Grace Mikaelson cast a spell which made her children into the first of the vampires. The bloodlust of this new species led them to slaughter half the village in their hunger.

When Christopher made his first human kill, his werewolf side was triggered, making him the first hybrid. Thomas discovered that he was not his son and, in his rage, he slaughtered Daniel, his family, and half the village's werewolves before forcing Grace Mikaelson to suppress Christopher' werewolf side. Daniel's death and the massacre of his family and pack, was the first seed for the war that started between vampires and werewolves, a war that continues to the present day.

He was first mentioned by Landon He told Elena about the true nature of Christopher. Christopher is from another bloodline apart from the originals. After Thomas found out that Grace had an affair with this man, he killed him and his entire family, which started the war between vampires and werewolves continuing to this day.

Elena and Theresa discuss the origins of the vampires. Thomas confirms that he was the one who murdered Christopher' biological (werewolf) father, his family and half the village when he learned of Grace's affair.

Landon finds out that Christopher' father was the Chief of his pack. This information was given to him by Cary, a descendant from Christopher' father. He carried a ring around his neck that caught Landon's attention. It was a ring that belonged to their mother, Grace. The legends of the pack state that long ago a chief of theirs had fathered a child to a very powerful witch. This child, a son, changed in to something the pack had never before seen, something werewolf and vampire. Now the descendants of Christopher' father have come to Alicante to witness the birth of Christopher and Olivia's daughter.

He was mentioned by his son Christopher to Jackson, the werewolf leader of the Crescent Wolf Clan. Christopher mentioned that his mother was a very powerful witch and during her time with his werewolf father, she created a Moonlight Ring for him to be free from his curse and give him power that he could only access while being a wolf on a Full Moon. Christopher also reveals that the ring was found on his father's direct descendant, Cary.

In The Big Uneasy, Christopher enlists Cary to help him find out what stone the Moonlight Ring of his father housed.
Christopher told Olivia that his brother Daniel was killed by one of the werewolves from his father's pack. Daniel's death and revealing of Grace's affair enraged Thomas who killed Christopher' father.

It is revealed through flashbacks, that he is Christopher' real father. Grace admitted to Christopher that she pulled him out from the Other Side right before it collapsed. In order for him to be the father that Christopher never had. Daniel tells Christopher he was pulled from The Other Side four moons ago, and knows nothing of Grace's plan.
He is following Christopher through the woods as he searches for an orchid, Christopher realizes that he's being followed and tells Daniel to leave him alone but instead he offers to help. He tells Christopher that he was forbade from seeing him by Grace, Daniel tells him that's why he waited because one day he knew that he would activate his wolf gene and need his real father but before he could help Christopher, Thomas kills him. He tells Christopher that he had watched him for centuries from The Other Side and that he knows what Christopher truly wants and he also tells him that he doesn't need to be afraid of him. Him and Christopher are now sitting around a fire, he tells Christopher that he wants him to take Grace's offer and become a werewolf, he also tells him that he knows Evie is still alive, so Christopher kills him because he wants to protect Evie.

## Personality

Daniel was a very strong, forgiving, and noble man. Despite knowing of the horrors his son had committed, he still wished to know him and bring him into his life. Daniel was also very devoted to his fellow werewolves, not wanting them to kill each other, even if it just meant the death of one he didn't even know. Daniel embraced his werewolf nature, delving into what it truly meant to be a wolf. As a father, he saw the best in Christopher, not believing that his son would kill him.

## Physical Appearance

Daniel was a man with short, dark slightly graying hair and facial stubble. He had blue eyes, a tall stature and medium build. Usually wearing flannel shirts, Daniel often wore his quiver of arrows on his back.

## Powers and Abilities

Daniel possessed all the standard powers and abilities of a werewolf. He also appears to be an expert swordsman as he was able to handle an entire group of werewolves armed with Moonlight rings all by himself.

## Weaknesses

Daniel had the typical weaknesses of a werewolf.

## Relationships

### Christopher Mikaelson

Daniel and Christopher' relationship began centuries ago. Christopher first met Daniel when he found the father's deceased body impaled. Christopher was clearly heartbroken when he found his father's body, the father he never knew. In modern day, Grace resurrected Daniel from the crumbling Other Side and attempted to win over Christopher by using his biological father against him. Christopher clearly wanted to get to know Daniel and spend his time with him as a true son, but once Daniel revealed that he knew that Hope Mikaelson was still alive, Christopher was forced to end Daniel's life. In spite, Christopher boasted to Grace that he was glad to end Daniel's life, but that was clearly untrue.

### Grace Mikaelson

Grace began an affair with Daniel during the time after Nicolette's "death." Grace found passion within Daniel and her affair with him, but she ended it when she was revealed to be pregnant with Daniel's child. Daniel wanted to be there for her and the child, but Grace forbid it because of Thomas and her husband's violent ways.