Blackwood Family

Christopher Mikaelson

Cary

[[ ]]

Salvatore Family

Mikaelson Mansion

**The Blackwood Family** is ancient bloodline of very powerful werewolves that goes back at least a thousand years. They are all members of the North East Atlantic Pack, that is native to America and is said to have existed since the genesis of the werewolf species.

This bloodline's known werewolves have all been powerful and noteworthy. The family's known oldest ancestor is Daniel Blackwood, and known most powerful ancestor is Christopher Mikaelson. This family has had a bad relationship/rivalry with the Crescent Wolf Pack, a pack in the Southeastern United States, since the beginning of their existence.

## History

The full history of their bloodline remains a mystery. However, at some point, a werewolf named Daniel Blackwood ascended to the role of Alpha of the North East Atlantic Pack, where he became beloved by his people and feared by other werewolf packs. It was around this time that Daniel Blackwood caught the eye of the powerful witch Artemis, who had moved to the neighboring village years with her husband Jonathan and their two sons Adam and Brandon after the "death" of their eldest daughter Alison Mikaelson. Jonathan had become distant from Artemis after the loss of Alison, which eventually led to Artemis beginning an affair with Daniel Blackwood, who she grew to love deeply, especially after Jonathan quickly became violent and abusive to both her and her children. During this time, Artemis and Daniel Blackwood conceived a child together, Christopher, and though Daniel Blackwood knew it was his son, Artemis forbade him from admitting the truth or having a relationship with his young son Christopher, instead passing him off as Jonathan's own child.

Knowing Christopher was born with the werewolf gene - which, if triggered, would reveal her infidelity - Artemis made a magical amulet for Christopher to wear in order to secretly make him physically weaker, ensuring that he wouldn't be strong enough to take a human life and activate his lycanthropy. Unfortunately, Artemis and Jonathan's youngest son, Daniel, was killed near the turn of the 11th century on a Full Moon after he and Christopher sneaked out to watch the men in Daniel Blackwood's pack turn into wolves. Unable to bear the thought of losing another child, Jonathan and Artemis made the decision to turn Jonathan and the rest of the Mikaelson children into what became known as the Original Vampires as a form of protection, as their new supernatural abilities were superior to that of the werewolves.

However, this transformation also came with an unintended consequence - an insatiable hunger for human blood. After Christopher accidentally made his first human kill while feeding shortly after he was turned into a vampire, he triggered his werewolf curse, revealing his true nature to his family and becoming the world's first werewolf-vampire hybrid. The revelation of Artemis's infidelity coupled with the realization that Daniel Blackwood's pack had also been responsible for Daniel's death, Jonathan went into an unstoppable rage due to the heightened emotions that came with being a vampire. He went on a rampage and slaughtered over half of the werewolves in the village, including Daniel Blackwood himself. However, it has been insinuated that at least one of Christopher' paternal half-siblings survived Jonathan's massacre and continued Daniel Blackwood and Christopher' bloodline, as Christopher continues to have distant werewolf relatives living in the present day.

## Early History

After Grace Marshall sent Brandon and Samantha Mikaelson to the Bayou to protect her family, Brandon and Samantha found Cary, a werewolf who had traveled to New Orleans in anticipation of the birth of Christopher and Grace's child. The two saved Cary from being attacked by Diego and the other vampires, which is when Brandon recognized a ring Cary wore on a chain around his neck as previously belonging to their mother, Artemis Mikaelson. This leads them to realize that Cary is one of Christopher' living blood relatives through his biological father Daniel Blackwood. living out in the bayou where Brandon recognized a ring on him that belonged to their mother which somehow got into possession of her lover's family.

## Family Members

* **Daniel Blackwood:** Daniel Blackwood was the Alpha of the North East Atlantic Pack in the late 10th/early 11th century.

* **Daniel Blackwood's child/children**: Daniel Blackwood presumably had at least one more child, and possibly multiple, who survived Mikael's rampage and carried on their father's werewolf bloodline.
* **Christopher Mikaelson**:Daniel Blackwood's son with Esther, he is the Original Hybrid and the most powerful immortal/supernatural being on earth, which also makes him the most powerful member of this family.
* **Cary:**: A direct descendant of Daniel Blackwood, and a distant relative of Christopher and Alexandra.
* **Alexandra Bloodmoon**:Daniel's granddaughter and Christopher’ daughter, she is the world's first hybrid of three supernatural species (werewolf, witch, and vampire).

Daniel BlackwoodChristopher MikaelsonAlexandra Bloodmoon
## Relatives

* Theodore Mikaelson: Christopher' step-father, he was one of the Original vampires and one of the most powerful Vampire Hunters of all time. He was also known as Theodore Mikaelson the Destroyer.
* Diana Strucker: Christopher' maternal aunt, she was one of the world's most powerful witches.
* Katherine Mikaelson: Daniel's lover, who was the mother of Christopher. She was a Witch with whom Daniel had an affair, and Christopher was the product of their love together.
* Genevieve Salvatore-Deveraux: Genevieve (born Andréa Labonair) is a werewolf who had a one-night stand with Christopher. Genevieve had become pregnant with their daughter Alexandra Mikaelson after their tryst. It was Alexandra's hybrid blood (which she inherited from her father Christopher) that ultimately turned Genevieve into a hybrid after Alexandra's birth and Genevieve's subsequent murder. Because of this and her status as the mother of Christopher' child, she became an honorary member of this family. She is currently the Alpha of the Crescent Wolf Pack.