Original Vampire (Earth 99)

The primordial vampires are the first vampires.

## Powers and Abilities

* Super Strength: They are able to kill most beings on Earth 99. They are able to decapitate other species with a single blow of their bare hands, shatter windows and doors with small objects, and single-handedly rip out the hearts of younger vampires and other creatures with little to no effort.
* Super speed: They can run miles in a few minutes and can easily catch up with any kind of creature, supernatural or not. Their reflexes are similarly enhanced. It is not known if they grow faster over time. Lucien proved to be incredibly fast, more so than an original.
* Super senses : Original vampires have extremely sharp senses of hearing, sight and smell.
* Immortality : Original vampires are immortal. They do not age physically and are immune to all diseases, toxins, poisons, and human illnesses or physical conditions. The only physical weapon that can bring permanent death to an Original is the White Oak stake , and the only other substances are toxins from the advanced werewolf toxin contained in the bite of an Upgraded Original vampire, and the similar toxin from the enchanted thorns grown by The Hollow from the blood of an Upgraded Original.
* Regeneration: They can heal most damage in seconds.
* Invulnerability: No original vampire has ever been dismembered in the entire series, which means their durability is nearly invincible. Wood does not seem to weaken them, though it often incapacitates them for several minutes when they are stabbed in the heart until they recover.
* Intensified emotions : Original vampires experience emotions more than humans. Emotions such as love, joy, and happiness are intensified for vampires, allowing them to live life more intensely. This ability allows the original vampires to feel emotions at their peak, regardless of their age. They were shown to experience emotions as strongly today as they did 1,000 years ago.
* Emotional Control : Original vampires have a limited amount of control over their own emotions. Emotional control has been found to diminish over time. It is not known if the original vampires still have the ability to completely "turn off" their emotions.
* Mind Compulsion : Primal vampires can control and influence the thoughts, emotions, behaviors, actions, and memories.
* Telepathy : Primal vampires have the ability to enter the minds of others as long as their minds are stronger than themselves, although as primal vampires they have one of the strongest minds in the world. Normally, this ability works tactilely and the vampire needs physical contact to function successfully. However, Elijah has been shown to mentally communicate with others at close range, sending distress calls and mental images. Klaus and Elijah were also shown sharing their memories with others.
* True Face: The true face of an Original Vampire is the appearance he hides beneath his normal human face. When an Original Vampire's true face is revealed, the sclera of his eyes turns blood red, dark veins appear under his eyes as blood pumps vigorously through them, and their canines extend into razor-sharp fangs.

## Weaknesses

* Sunlight : Sunlight burns an original vampire, but cannot kill it. All members of the original family have lapis lazuli rings to combat this. Klaus is not affected by sunlight because he is a werewolf-vampire hybrid.
* Dehydration : Complete blood loss or cardiac arrest causes an original vampire to dehydrate like any other vampire, losing most of its strength and ability to move.
* Invitation : To enter a house owned by people, they must be invited by a living person who officially lives there or the authorized person. Once invited, the invitation cannot be revoked. Should an original vampire be in the house without being invited, for example in a dehydrated state, it will become disoriented and begin to suffocate after recovery.
* Witchcraft : Witches can perform a variety of spells that can have a variety of effects on an original vampire. For example, there is a spell that can be used to cause supernatural hearing with burning sage.
* Physical Trauma: While any physical trauma can slow down an original, minor ones like cuts and bruises are essentially ineffective due to the healing factor of an original vampire.
* Vervain : Vervain prevents original vampires from forcing anyone who has ingested or worn it. Plants and other forms of vervain also burn them on contact, but they heal very quickly if not exposed for a long time.
* Werewolf Venom : Although Werewolf Venom cannot kill primordial vampires, it greatly weakens them and incapacitates them, causing them to experience hallucinations based on their memories. The effect is temporary and lasts only a few hours. .

* Wood : A wooden stake through the heart dries out an original vampire and "kills" it temporarily. The White Oak wood, however, can permanently destroy an original vampire. Once staked with this wood, the stake ignites into flames and engulfs the original's body, turning both to ash.

* White Oak Ash Daggers : A collection of enchanted silver daggers dipped in White Oak ash neutralizes an Original Vampire when stabbed through the heart. If the dagger is removed, it must be dipped in White Oak Ash again to neutralize the original vampire. Otherwise, it will have no effect and the original vampire will awaken within a few hours.