The Original Secrets

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**The Original Secrets** is a half-season of *The Originals* that was announced in mid-to-late 2016.

## Season Summary

The Mikaelson family the first time ever in over a thousand years are separated from one another to protect the newest members of the family. The Original vampire-werewolf-witch tribrid Alex Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) tries to find a way to bring her family back together. Klaus Mikaelson (Joseph Morgan) is afraid to lose his fiancée and children because of the distance he has to be from them. Alex has always been the person who gets hurt the worst and always put her family and friends needs before her own.

Throughout the past 7 years; Alex with the help of Freya (Riley Voelkel) and Athena (Hailee Steinfeld) try to find ways on how to remove The Hollow from Klaus, Elijah (Daniel Gillies), Rebekah (Claire Holt), Kol (Nathaniel Buzolic), and Finn (Casper Zafer) and vanquish the evil and reunite the Mikaelson's making them whole once again.

## Antagonists

* The Hollow
* Xavier Ace

## Cast

* Main Cast
* Co-Starring
* Guest Cast
* Special Guest Stars

* Nina Dobrev as Alex Gilbert (13/13)
* Summer Fontana/Danielle Rose Russell as Hope Mikaelson (9/13)
* Roger Princép/Noah Centineo as Jax Salvatore (9/13)
* Alexander Calvert as Jack Mikaelson (8/13)
* Ariana Grande as Nina Salvatore (8/13)
* Selena Gomez as Lily Salvatore (8/13)
* Joseph Morgan as Niklaus Mikaelson (7/13)

- Hailee Steinfeld as Athena Mikaelson (7/13)

- Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert (6/13)

- Cierra Ramirez as Adella Mikaelson (6/13)

- Sarah Jeffery as Artemis Mikaelson (5/13)

- Vanessa Merrell as Vanessa Mikaelson (5/13)

- Veronica Merrell as Vivian Mikaelson (5/13)

- Candice King as Caroline Forbes (5/13)

- Adelaide Kane as Ariana Gilbert (4/13)

- Cody Christian as Theo Salvatore (4/13)

- Jensen Ackles as Alaric Saltzman (4/13)

- Victoria Justice as Arielle Labonair (4/13)

- Steven R. McQueen as Jeremy Gilbert (3/13)

- Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore (3/13)

- Nathaniel Buzolic as Kol Mikaelson (2/13)

- Claire Holt as Rebekah Mikaelson (4/13)

- Riley Voelkel as Freya Mikaelson (3/13)

- Kat Graham as Bonnie Bennett (2/13)

- Alexa Demie as Adelina Garcia (2/13)

- Danielle Campbell as Davina Claire (2/13)

- Tom Holland as Henrik Mikaelson (2/13)

- Casper Zafer as Finn Mikaelson (2/13)

- Christina Moses as Keelin Malraux (2/13)

- Phoebe Tonkin as Hayley Marshall (2/13)

- Charles Michael Davis as Marcel Gerard (2/13)

- Daniel Gillies as Elijah Mikaelson (1/13)

- Nina Dobrev as Katerina Petrova (1/13)

- Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore (3/13)

- Taylor Lautner as Xavier Ace (2/13)

- Kelli Berglund as Jasmine Ortega (1/13)

- Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood (1/13)

- Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan (1/13)

## Episode List

* *Alexandria Gilbert-Salvatore: Thee Tribrid*
* *From Fiancée to Wife*
* *New Members of The Mikaelson Family*
* *Despite the Mother*
* *In New Orleans*
* *Oh Sweet Memories Vol. 1*
* *Birthday Surprise Indeed*
* *Noble Elijah Isn't Noble Elijah... He's Just Elijah*
* *Heartbreak Hurts*
* *Oh Sweet Memories Vol. 2*
* *Different But The Same*