Sebastian

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## Biographical Information

### Occupation

* Pirate  (Formerly)
* Prisoner  (Formerly)

### Title(s)

* Bro  (by Kaleb)
* Teen Dracula  (by Alaric)
* Sebastian The Merciless  (History book)

### Species

* Human  (Originally)
* Vampire

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Unknown Father †
* Unknown Mother †
* Cassandra †  (Ex-Girlfriend)
* Lily Salvatore  (Ex-Girlfriend)

## Physical Appearance

### Height

* 6'0"  (Feet)
* 1.83  (Meters)

## Appearance

### Played By

* Thomas Doherty

**Sebastian** is a vampire who made his debut on the second episode of the second season of *Legacies*. He is described as being a vampire who lived in the 'golden age' of their species.

## Early History

He was sold at the age of eight by his parents to pirates. He states that he would try to escape when they would arrive at a port, but would always be found. It is also revealed that the pirates were vampires.

Sebastian is an old vampire who has been alive for over six hundred years. He describes having lived in the golden ages of vampirism; times when vampires were not afraid to feed on humans. He states that men trembled at the mention of his name.

At some point around 1585–1590, he feed on and terrorized the settlers of Roanoke he fed on so many humans that it was no longer for hunger and it was for mere sport, so much so that cobblestones ran red with blood. In Roanoke, there was a powerful witch, named Cassandra, who came to be his great love. She gave him a token to protect him from the colony leadership as they had asked Cassandra to find the monster that was that was terrorizing them. Cassandra however did love him and summoned something even worse. She summoned a croatoan something that would ferret out the lies that the Puritan hypocrites were concealing from the rest of the village. Something to keep the leadership from finding him. The croatoan however went crazy. When he found out what Cassandra was plotting, he tried to stop her because she was keeping his secret and feared that she'd become a target. To further keep Sebastian safe, she desiccated him. In that state, he watched the croatoan tear her limb from limb before she could dispel it. Unable to help her, she died.

He remained imprisoned and desiccated in the coffin for the next four hundred eighty-three years.

## Throughout Legacies

In *This Year Will Be Different*, as Lily is drawing alone like she likes to do, she notices Sebastian standing in the shadows. She assumes he must be new, but questions who he is given that she knows all of the incoming students. He asks her where he is, clearly confused. She tells him they're at the Old Mill, explaining that they are at the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted. This surprises him as he didn't know it was a school. She attempts to help him when he becomes unsteady, and he warns her to stay away from him.

She later returns to the mill to practice her magic, which prompts him to realize that she is a witch. He warns her to stop trying to locate him as he is not good for her, but in reality she wasn't looking for him.

In *You Remind Me of Someone I Used to Know*, Lily walks into her room to see that he was there, waiting for her. Sebastian tells her that he had to see her again, but can't be with her. Lily asks what he is, and he explains that he is a vampire, and Lily brushed it off like a vampire is a normal thing.

In *Since When Do You Speak Japanese?*, Sebastian appears to MG, needing help on how to win Lily's heart, seeing as he's very intrigued with her. MG was shocked to finally see him. Wade questions who MG is talking to, and Sebastian further reveals that MG is the only one who can see him.

In *Screw Endgame*, Sebastian continues to communicate with MG, as he begs for his help. Sebastian explains to MG, who relays the information to Kaleb, that he has been desiccated for centuries somewhere under the Salvatore School, however due to the recent drop of blood from the fountain, he was able to gather enough strength to reach out mentally. After MG questions why nobody else can see him, Sebastian reveals that he is currently too weak to reach out to anyone other than those of fragile mind. Reason why Lily was able to see him was not because she wasn't weak, but was because she didn't gave her guard up like she usually does, which explains why she thought Sebastian just left just few days later.

MG and Kaleb find his body, but are both unsure of what to do with it, as they have little information on why he was desiccated in the first place. They decide to consult Alaric and Alex, who tells the two that it is best to leave him desiccated, as they have no idea what they could be unleashing upon the Earth if they choose to wake him. With this, Kaleb feeds Sebastian small amounts of blood, just enough to increase his strength to the point where he can contact Kaleb mentally. Kaleb questions why he was desiccated, and he reveals that it was due to his violent nature as a vampire; behavior similar to that of a ripper. With this, Kaleb tells Sebastian that he will burn his body after the dance.

Sebastian goes to Lily and tells her what Kaleb said and she goes to the party and confronted Kaleb that she would burn him instead. Kaleb and Lily went at each others throat before she leaves, mad.

Unbeknownst to MG and Kaleb, Sebastian has increased his strength enough to reach out to Wade, and the two have a brief conversation before Wade presumably wakes Sebastian up. Sebastian attacked Wade but spared him before he goes to the dance where he gives MG one final glaring look to taunt him on how he has got his body back before leaving the Salvatore School behind.

In *That's Nothing I Had to Remember*, Sebastian is trying to regain strength because he only had little from his attack on Wade. Kaleb, Kym and MG set up a trap to catch Sebastian, offering Kym as bait. When he tries to attack Kym, they trap him and snap his neck. Lily joins in, knowing what happened and tries to talk to MG and Kaleb that Sebastian is not a bad person. MG and Kaleb tie him up in Alaric's office at Mystic Falls High School.

When the croatoan attacks, Sebastian is able to offer pivotal information about it, including what that it's after secrets. He is fuzzy on the details initially, though, until Josie casts a spell that returns everyone's memories. He remembers details about his former lover, Cassandra, including that she summoned the croatoan to find the monster terrorizing the Roanoke colony he later realizes that she was aware he was the monster, therefore she gave him a necklace to protect him. He offers the necklace to Lily as a way to kill the croatoan, and is left heartbroken after remembering that Cassandra desiccated him to protect him, but forcing him to watch her be ripped apart.

In *This Christmas Was Surprisingly Violent*, Sebastian joins Lily on the road trip to return Landon to the Salvatore School. On the trip, it is revealed that Sebastian went to Adella to get a daylight ring, which Lily was pissed that she did that, but Adella was unaware that Lily was mad at him. She brought him along on the trip only because he keeps her sane during Christmas time which she disliked a lot. He questions if the two can stop for something to eat, but Lily tells him he should've eaten before they left. When Lily tells Sebastian she saw a deer he could eat, he gets out of the car and she leaves him by the roadside.

He later catches up with her outside of Rafael's father, Walt's house. The two joke, and Sebastian takes off his shirt as he is attempting to change a tire. Lily tells him to put it back on, however the two almost kissed, but she pulls away knowing it wasn't the right time cause she got out of a relationship from Noah Steel. Later, they both just talk in the car and Sebastian tells Lily that he would like to remain at the Salvatore School as it is the only thing he has left and that he didn't want to be away from her.

In *I Couldn't Have Done This Without You*, Sebastian has began his integration to life at the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted. Alaric, however, feels that Sebastian is dangerous, and should be assimilated into student life the same way Landon was through a series of assessments. As the only one who cannot be killed, Alaric tasks Landon with carrying out the assessments.

Sebastian takes part in assessments relating to each of the factions of the school. He interacts with the werewolves during a game of dodgeball, and he becomes visibly angry when Jed manages to hit him with a ball to the face. He manages to calm himself, however, and is invited to join the future games. His next assessment is to see his interactions with the current vampire population, given his advanced age of over five hundred. MG sees this as an opportunity to oust Sebastian, and with the help of Alyssa Chang, he tries to tempt Sebastian with the sight of blood. MG is the only one truly affected by the blood, however, and Sebastian uses his advanced age and strength to restrain MG, calming him. He warns Landon of MG's attempts, referring to him as a Ripper.

Sebastian's final, and hardest test, is his interaction with the witches. Sebastian agrees to allow Alyssa use a crystal ball on him that reveals his true feeling. She begins pushing Sebastian and it becomes clear that he fears modern day society, but also that Lily will find out about his history. With this, he warns Alyssa to stop, but she continues pushing, causing him to lash out at Landon and the witches to simultaneously attack him. He flees following this, and Lily rushes to chase him, going into her wolf form. She manages to catch up to him, going into her human form also taking his jacket to cover herself up. He says that he didn't want to hurt her and leaves right after. Landon still tells Alaric that he passed all of the assessments and should be given a chance at the school. Alaric, however, is less than certain as he reads a chapter in a book titled "Sebastian the Merciless".

Sebastian, angry at the events of the day, attacks a jogger running through the woods around the school. He is stopped by Alaric, who shoots him with an arrow and warns him that he has had a locator spell on him since the minute he stepped onto campus. Alaric tells Sebastian that he is willing to accommodate him at the school as long as he follows his rules; Sebastian remarks that he is done following rules, however. Sebastian warns Alaric that Lily will not be safe at the school as long as he is alive, and the only way for her to be safe is if he is killed.

Alaric is later seen cleaning blood from his arrow in his office, however it is not made clear if he killed Sebastian or not. When Lily asks about Sebastian's whereabouts, he tells her that he chose to leave the school, and Lily breaks down, remarking that it is the best thing for her.

In *This is Why We Don't Entrust Plans to Muppet Babies*, Sheriff Mac questions Alaric over Lily's relationship with Sebastian. Alaric dismisses the conversation however, giving no clear answer to Sebastian's whereabouts or reason for leaving the Salvatore School. At the end of the episode, however, when Alaric, Alex, Lizzie, Josie, Lily, and Lia.

In *Kai Parker Screwed Us*, he sits and listens in a chair while Alaric, Alex, Lizzie, Josie, Lily, and Lia talk. He says Emma helped in putting him in the prison world and challenges Alaric, saying he may no longer be in charge since they are in a new world. Alaric stabs him through the stomach, leaving Lily to attend to him. Alex takes Lia to find the things to get out of the Prison World. Lily helps him up and he tells her he's glad she's there, despite the circumstances. He invites her to experience the world with him, which she agrees upon. Before they leave they go to Stefan's old bedroom to retrieve the necklace that belonged to Esther Mikaelson that Alex always wears. She wanted it to have a piece of her father with her. They arrive at a mansion and he shows her a dress. He watches as she walks down the stairs and they begin dancing. He tells her none of it has to end, and when she tells him she could try to talk to Alaric, he tells her that he doesn't want to leave and wants her to stay with him. After dancing, they sit and talk about how quiet it is. Sebastian tells her he finds the modern world noisy and the only thing he likes about it is her. While she tells him she can't stay since she isn't bound, he says there's another way and that she would become the full Tribrid. He wonders about her silence after much time has passed, and she tells him that while she has thought about it, but she wants to grow old and have children. He says he was afraid she would say that and what he was offering wasn't a choice. He reveals that he put poison in the wine glass and that he did what he had to do to keep her safe. He starts getting upset, telling her that she must listen to reason and he would never do anything to hurt her. He tells her to listen to him and that Cassandra didn't have a chance to become immortal, but she does. He tells her he'll make the choice for her because he loves her too much, calling her Cassandra instead of Lillian. She begins kissing him before she rips his heart out, him desiccating him in the process. She later puts his desiccated body in the backseat of a police car and starts driving to Mystic Falls. The talisman then protected Lily from dying as it siphoned the poison out of her system.

In *You Can't Save Them All*, he is seen still desiccated in the police car when Alaric, Alex, Lizzie, Josie, and Lia came to help. At night, some blood gets on Sebastian's cheek, dripping to his mouth, allowing him to regain strength. He arrives at the circle, snapping Diego's neck to save Alaric, and pushes him through a portal. Sebastian then goes to Josie and asks what needs to be done, and she tells him what the anchor needs to do. He asks her to tell her cousin about what the best man should say, with her nodding, and he places his hand on Josie, thereby becoming the anchor.

As the Prison World starts collapsing, he receives a visit from Lily as an astral projection. He apologizes for what he did to her. She talks to him, saying she now understands why he did what he did and said that she loves him. He says he loves her too before she leaves. He states he would've liked the prison world, drinking some more of his alcohol, and the world collapses not long afterwards, ultimately leaving his fate unknown.

## Personality

Sebastian has been shown to be seductive and vile. He has a long and complicated history, in which his regard for human life was almost non-existent. Some time after being turned into a vampire, he gained the title of "Sebastian the Merciless" due to his relentless killings — he eventually earned a place in the history books, which Alaric later reads.

Whilst he has shown no regard for human life, he has been shown to be quite affectionate towards those he cares about. He is shown to reminisce over his former lover, who sacrificed herself to keep him safe. When he regains these memories hundreds of years later he becomes emotional at the thought of her loss. Furthermore, his interactions with Lillian Gilbert-Salvatore have been none other than caring and passionate. He is somewhat aware of his toxicity, however, and told Alaric that Lily would not be safe as long as he is alive.

## Physical Appearance

Physically, Sebastian is a handsome and brooding man with longer than average, parted brown hair. He has piercing blue eyes and strongly defined features. His attire is a little dated, given he is over five hundred years old, but he still manages to present himself cleanly.

## Powers and Abilities

Sebastian possesses all the standard powers and abilities of a non-Original vampire.

## Weaknesses

Sebastian has the typical weaknesses of a non-Original vampire.

## Relationships

* Sebastian and Lily (Former Allies/Love Interest)
* Sebastian and MG (Former Frenemies)
* Sebastian and Alaric (Former Enemies)

## Name

* **Sebastian** is from the Latin for "venerable" or "revered".

## Trivia

* Based on the character slides, it was initially believed that he had connections with the Salvatore namesake, having known of Stefan and Damon Salvatore.
	+ It appears that this storyline was retconned, as Sebastian has no idea who either of the Salvatore brothers are; nor is he 600 years old as the slide implies.
* He is possibly a love interest of Lillian Gilbert-Salvatore.