Nora Hildegard

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## Biographical Information

### Turned

* By Athena Mikaelson  (between 1863-1903)

### Occupation

* Member of the Gemini Coven  (Formerly)
* Prisoner  (Formerly)
* Member of the Heretics (Formerly)
* College Student (Briefly; Formerly)

### Species

* Siphoner  (Originally)
* Hybrid  (Vampire, Witch) (Athena's Bloodline) (Currently)

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Athena Mikaelson  (Vampire Companion/Adoptive Mother)
* Unnamed Family †
* Unnamed Mother †
* Lillian Salvatore †  (Vampire Companion)
* Valerie Tulle  (Vampire Companion/Adopted Sister)
* Oscar †  (Vampire Companion/Adopted Brother)
* Beau †  (Vampire Companion/Adopted Brother)
* Malcolm †  (Vampire Companion/Adopted Brother)
* Mary Louise  (Vampire Companion/Wife)
* Artemis Mikaelson  (Adoptive Younger Sister)

## Supernatural Information

### Significant Spells

* Siphoning  (various)
* Water Flow Spell  (with Valerie and Mary Louise)
* Telekinesis  (various)
* Shamanistic Resurrection Ritual  (on Julian, with Mary Louise and Beau; on Theo, with Bonnie)
* Cloaking Spell  (various)
* Pain Infliction  (various)
* Creating a Focus of Magic  (with Beau, Mary Louise and Valerie)
* Locator Spell  (on Rayna, with Bonnie)
* Phoenix Stone Destruction Spell  (with Mary Louise)

### Cause of Death

* Unknown  (as a Siphoner)
* Explosion/Destruction of the Phoenix Stone  (as a Hybrid)

### Killed By

* Athena Mikaelson  (as a siphoner)
* Herself  (with Mary Louise's help and consent)

## Appearance

### Episode Count

* 17 (TVD/Including 1 voice footage episode)
* 1 (TO)
* TBA (Totaled)

**Nora Hildegard Mikaelson** was a member of the Heretics who is in a romantic relationship with fellow member, Mary Louise. She was first seen in *A Bird in a Gilded Cage* while stuck in the 1903 Prison World with Lillian Salvatore, Mary Louise, Valerie Tulle, Oscar, Beau, and Malcolm.

Nora sacrificed herself to help Mary Louise destroy the Phoenix Stone once and for all, which caused an explosion and killed the fiancées. She was resurrected by Athena Mikaelson, her adoptive mother.

## Early History

Nora was a member of the Gemini Coven who left the coven because she was a siphoner. She had a very good relationship with her mother, until this discovery and then she turned her back on Nora, breaking her heart. This, and her sexuality which was frowned upon during that era was probably why her family wanted to kill her. The attempt on her life failed due to the intervention of Malcolm. She would then meet Athena Mikaelson, the Original Heretic who later turned her into a siphoner-witch non original vampire hybrid.

### 1903

In 1903 England, Nora, Mary Louise, Beau, and Julian are attacked by Rayna Cruz. Beau is wounded and Julian is killed by the Phoenix Sword. Afterwards, the Heretics, along with Lily Salvatore, escape on a ship bound for New York Harbor. Nora and the Heretics traveled from England to America on a ship. Lily found a friend (Enzo), whom was dying of consumption, the same condition that Lily herself had. Lily took pity on him and turned him into a vampire intending him to be a new member of the family. Just before docking, Lily and the Heretics drained and killed everyone on the ship. On the docks, they were confronted by the Gemini Coven and were sent to the prison world, where they were cursed to relive the same day over and over.

### 1903-2013

After spending years in the prison world, they eventually began to run low on blood due to Lily being a Ripper. They had already drained every butcher shop within walking distance. The Heretics made a sacrifice and let themselves desiccate so that their co-leader, Lily could live on.

## Personality

Nora was turned in her mid 20s and was in a relationship with Mary Louise, due to the attitude of that era, she was forced to keep her relationship a secret for all the years before their imprisonment until their release into the twenty-first century where their relationship is accepted, however, while Nora adapted exceptionally quick to the current era, Mary-Louise remained conservative and reluctant, putting a strain on their relationship. Nora also has a passion for trying new things, which again was counter to Mary Louise's attitude. Nora is also shown to have more of a heart and more of her humanity than her ex-lover, as she is seen going to college with ordinary humans, doing charity for children and even trying to make friends with some of the mystic falls gang. However, as a vampire that has been killing for years and had no need of restraint before, she is quick to use violence if she feels disrespected or threatened.

## Physical Appearance

Nora is a gorgeous young woman who looks to be in her early 20s, with dark, medium length wavy brown hair and hazel eyes.

## Powers and Abilities

Nora was originally born a siphoner, a witch with no personal power, meaning she could practice magic only by siphoning it from another source of power. However, after becoming a vampire, she retained her siphoning abilities, allowing her to function as a witch-vampire hybrid. She does seem to have extended knowledge about magic as a former member of the Gemini Coven. Her skill in magic is evident when she and Mary Louise cloaked a moved around a music box to toy with Caroline and subsequently caused it to explode. She was also able to remove the boundary spell placed around Caroline's room on Lily's request whilst downstairs relatively quickly. Nora later demonstrated significant power when she, with Mary Louise and Beau resurrected Julian, Lily's lover by reuniting his corpse with his spirit, due to the fact that his soul was preserved inside of the Phoenix Stone. She later performed the same spell again with Bonnie to reunite Stefan's soul with his body as a way of apologizing for having "killed" him in the first place with the Phoenix Sword. Later on, along with Beau, Mary-Louise and Valerie, they cast a spell that would create a focus of magic to attract Alaric's unborn siphoner children.

After spending three years in the Armory's captivity, Nora's magical and vampiric abilities were severely weakened. Her strength as a vampire was below average as she was easily subdued by Enzo, a younger vampire. This is due to the fact that she hardly fed on blood during her time in the Armory. Her magic was also weakened as Enzo managed to break through it after a struggle. This is due to the fact that Nora's main source of magic was her vampirism from which she siphoned power, yet she hadn't fed in three years thus was very weakened. Still, she was able to recover quickly from a pill that blocked her magic and easily performed a cloaking spell later on. Finally, in combination with Mary Louise's magic, they were able to destroy the Phoenix Stone, causing a massive explosion that killed both of them before being resurrected.

## Weaknesses

Nora had the typical weaknesses of a siphoner-witch. After dying and completing her transition, she has the typical weakness of a siphoner-witch non-Original vampire hybrid.

## Appearances

### The Vampire Diaries

* *A Bird in a Gilded Cage*
* *I Never Could Love Like That* (Flashback)
* *I'd Leave My Happy Home For You*
* *I'm Thinking Of You All The While*

* *Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take*
* *Never Let Me Go*
* *Age of Innocence* (Mentioned/Laughter heard in background)
* *I Carry Your Heart With Me*
* *Live Through This*
* *Best Served Cold*
* *Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me*
* *Cold as Ice*
* *Hell Is Other People* (Indirectly Mentioned)
* *Things We Lost in the Fire*
* *Postcards from the Edge*
* *This Woman's Work*
* *Moonlight on the Bayou*
* *Days of Future Past* (Death)
* *I Went to the Woods* (Corpse)
* *One Way or Another* (Mentioned)
* *Somebody That I Used to Know* (Mentioned)
* *Kill 'Em All* (Mentioned)

**Season Eight**
* *An Eternity of Misery* (Mentioned)
* *It's Been a Hell of a Ride* (Indirectly Mentioned)
* *We're Planning a June Wedding* (Mentioned)

### The Originals

* *Gather Up The Killers* (Indirectly Mentioned)
* *The Feast of All Sinners*

## Name

* **Nora** is feminine name of Irish origin (Nóra). The name could mean "Honor" from the Latin Honora or "Light" from the Greek Eleonora. It is a shortened variation of many names that end with -nora. Also, in Japanese, **Nora** means stray.
* **Hildegard** is derived from the Germanic elements "Hild" ("Battle") and "Gard"("Enclosure"). Saint Hildegard was a 12th-century mystic from Bingen in Germany who was famous for her writings and poetry and also for her prophetic visions.
* **Mikaelson** is Scandinavian and means "Son of Mikael".