Valerie Tulle

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## Biographical Information

### Occupation

* Member of the Gemini Coven  (Formerly)
* Nurse in a Sanitarium  (Formerly) (1850s)
* Prisoner  (Formerly)
* Member of the Heretics (Formerly)

### Titles

* Matilda Pettigrew  (suggested identity/by Elena)
* V-Card Valerie, Debbie Downer  (Both by Damon)
* Val  (by Damon, Theo, Stefan, and Nora)

### Species

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

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Athena Mikaelson  (Vampire Companion/Adoptive Mother)
* Unnamed Father †
* Unnamed Mother †
* Lillian Salvatore †  (Vampire Companion)
* Unborn Child †  (with Theo Salvatore)
* Oscar †  (Vampire Companion/Adoptive Brother)
* Nora Hildegard  (Vampire Companion/Adoptive Sister)
* Mary Louise  (Vampire Companion/Adoptive Sister)
* Beau †  (Vampire Companion/Adoptive Brother)
* Malcolm †  (Vampire Companion/Adoptive Brother)
* Artemis Mikaelson  (Adoptive Younger Sister)

## Supernatural Information

### Significant Spells

* Siphoning  (various)
* Water Flow Spell  (with Mary Louise & Nora)
* Pyrokinesis  (various)
* Repulsion Spell  (on Elena)
* Illusionary Cloaking Spell  (various)
* Locator Spells  (various)
* Pain Infliction  (various)
* Gemini Progeny Locator Spell
* Gemini Surrogate Spell  (Failed)
* Talisman Creation Spell
* Creating a Focus of Magic  (with Alex and Bonnie)
* Phoenix Scar Transference Spell  (on Damon; failed)
* Soul Swap Spell  (on Theo)
* Protection Spell  (on Josie and Lizzie)

### Significant Kills

* Herself
* Many unnamed people
* Stu (Teen Guy)
* Teen Girl
* Oscar  (1st Time/Body and Soul)
* Julian  (Indirectly/Assisted Theo/2nd time; as a vampire)

### Cause of Death

* Suicide  (Drowned/Laudanum Overdose; as a siphoner)

## Physical Appearance

### Height

* 5'8"  (Feet)
* 1.73  (Meters)

## Appearance

### Last Seen

* *One Way or Another*  (TVD)

**Valerie Tulle Mikaelson** is a recurring character in the seventh season of *The Vampire Diaries*. She is the first living member of the Heretics as of *Days of Future Past*. She was first seen in *A Bird in a Gilded Cage*, stuck in the 1903 Prison World along with Lily Salvatore, Oscar, Nora Hildegard, Mary Louise, Beau, and Malcolm.

## Early History

### Human Life

Valerie was a member of the Gemini Coven who was cast out of the coven because she was a Siphoner.

### 1858

She was a nurse in Lily's TB ward, and there the two met and bonded. Following Lily's transition to a vampire, she left the ward with Athena and Lily.

### 1863

"*His face went cold. I couldn't fight him off, I couldn't stop him. Julian beat me savagely, and when it was finally over, my baby was dead.*"
—**Valerie** about **Julian**
She met Theo in 1863, they were quite taken with each other though, seen as she was traveling with Lily, she should not have had any interaction with him. However they fell in love with each other and slept together in the short amount of time they knew each other and she became impregnated with Theo's child which she miscarried when Julian beat her up in order to stay with the group. On the ship across the Atlantic Valerie regained consciousness knowing Julian lied about her attack. Valerie didn't tell Athena or Lily the truth behind it or about the baby. Valerie then committed suicide and became the second witch-vampire hybrid.

### 1903

Valerie and the Heretics traveled from England, back to America on a ship. Lily found a friend, who was dying of consumption. 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 that same day, over and over again.

### 1903-2013

After spending many years in the prison world, they eventually began to run low on blood. They had already drained every butcher on foot. The Heretics made a sacrifice and let themselves desiccate so that their leader, Lily could live on.

## Physical Appearance

Valerie is an attractive young woman with blue eyes and long, blonde-brown hair. Unlike her fellow allies and close friends, Nora and Mary Louise, Valerie appears to rarely use any makeup and is seen wearing tomboyish clothes, with some accessories added.

## Powers and Abilities

Valerie was originally born as a Siphoner, a witch with no personal power, meaning that she could only practice magic by siphoning it from another source. She does seem to have extended knowledge about magic as a former member of the Gemini Coven which she practices with an amulet imbued with magic. Despite having no power of her own, Valerie displayed a skill in cloaking spells, a trademark of her coven.

However, after becoming a vampire, she retained her siphoning abilities, allowing her to function as a witch-vampire hybrid. As such, she possessed all the standard powers and abilities of a siphoner-witch non-Original vampire hybrid. She has since shown considerable skill in magic by burning down the town square with Nora and Mary Louise. She also cast a long-lasting spell on Elena that ensured that her skin burned anyone who touched her. She could also cast pain infliction spells strong enough to hold down vampires as old as Julian with little difficulty. She displayed talent in a array of locator spells, like when she located Alaric's unborn children, previously thought to be dead. She also located Oscar easily and later found Rayna, at Damon's request. By using Rayna, Valerie was able to discern Theo's location through visions drawn from Rayna's connection to all of her previous vampire victims. Later on, she located Rayna yet again and found Ambrose, who was in possession of Theo's body at the time.

Valerie has shown herself to be quite adept in Spells and Rituals, showing a comprehensive knowledge of many spells of the Gemini Coven, such as powerful cloaking spells that she has used several times, such as when she concealed Julian's death at Theo's hands. She even managed to perform a powerful spirit transfer spell, originating from the Gemini coven, and as such requiring two witches to perform while Valerie managed to perform it alone (though not without being weakened in the process), which is another testament to her great power. It is also revealed that following the night that Julian beat her to the point of her unborn child's death, Valerie attempted several powerful spells to save her child's life, however even as a Heretic her magic wasn't great enough nor did she have an entire coven to work with, as such she was not strong enough to preserve her child's life. One of these spells was a strong Gemini spell used on pregnant Gemini witches whose lives are in danger in order to transfer their unborn children to another individual and preserve the lives of the next generation.

She also showed knowledge about different magical symptoms and is even skilled in creating magical talismans by fueling them with magic. She also performed a powerful spell on her own for a while and later with Bonnie that created a focus of magic greater than Caroline's vampirism, in order to attract Alaric's unborn children.

## Weaknesses

Valerie 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

* *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*
* *I Carry Your Heart With Me*
* *Live Through This*
* *Best Served Cold*
* *Mommie Dearest*
* *Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me*
* *Cold as Ice*
* *Hell Is Other People* (Mentioned)
* *Postcards from the Edge*
* *This Woman's Work*
* *Moonlight on the Bayou*
* *I Would for You*
* *Days of Future Past*
* *I Went to the Woods*
* *One Way or Another*
* *Somebody That I Used to Know* (Indirectly Mentioned)
* *Gods and Monsters* (Mentioned)

* *It's Been a Hell of a Ride* (Indirectly Mentioned)
* *We're Planning a June Wedding* (Mentioned)