Hope Mikaelson

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## Biographical Information

### Turned

* By Killing Bill in 2026  (as a werewolf)
* By Herself in Spring of 2030  (transition initiated by Alex Gilbert with her consent) (as a fully activated tribrid)

### Occupation

* Member of the Crescent Wolf Pack  (Currently)
* Member of the North East Atlantic Pack  (Currently)
* Member of the New Orleans Witch Community  (Currently)
* Member of the Divine Coven  (Currently)
* Member of the Trinity Coven  (Currently)
* Member of the French Quarter Coven  (Currently)
* Salvatore Boarding School Student  (Graduated)
* Co-Head of the Salvatore Boarding School (Currently)

### Titles

* Jenna (Prior to Birth)
* Werewolf Princess
* My Little Girl (by Klaus and Alex)
* Beautiful Little Princess and My Littlest Wolf (by Klaus)
* Mikaelson Miracle Baby, Hybrid, The Demon Spawn, Tribrid, Little One (by Rebekah)
* The Hybrid Baby (by Sophie and Tyler)
* Baby Girl, Magical Miracle Baby, My Sweet Girl (All by Alex)
* Devil Child (by Agnes)
* The Wolf (by Céleste)
* Sweet Girl (by Camille)
* My Child and Little One (by Dahlia)
* Sweetheart (by Klaus, Alex, Rebekah and Elijah)
* Love, Bunny, Buddy, Darling, Little Witch (All by Kol)
* Littlest Mikaelson, Jessica (by Alaric)
* Hope Gilbert and Hope Marshall (Alias')
* Gorgeous (by Freya)
* Tribrid Freak, Tribrid Loner (by herself)
* Little Bird (by Aurora)

### Species

* Tribrid  (Vampire, Werewolf, Witch) (Currently)
* Berbalang  (Temporary/Cured before process was complete)
* Vampire  (Formerly, by possessing Aurora)

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Amara †  (Maternal Ancestor)
* Inadu's Mother †  (Distant Maternal Relative)
* The Hollow †  (Distant Maternal Relative)
* Mikael †  (Paternal Step-Grandfather)
* Ansel †  (Paternal Grandfather)
* Esther Mikaelson †  (Paternal Grandmother)
* Dahlia †  (Paternal Great-Aunt)
* Freya Mikaelson  (Paternal Aunt)
* Finn Mikaelson  (Paternal Uncle)
* Elijah Mikaelson  (Paternal Uncle)
* Athena Mikaelson  (Aunt, via Finn)
* Niklaus Mikaelson  (Father)
* Kol Mikaelson  (Paternal Uncle)
* Tatia †  (Maternal Ancestor)
* Rebekah Mikaelson  (Paternal Aunt/Godmother)
* Henrik Mikaelson  (Paternal Uncle)
* Tatia's Child †  (Maternal Ancestor)
* Mathias and Freya's Unborn Son †  (Paternal Cousin)
* Mr. Petrov †  (Maternal Ancestor)
* Mrs. Petrova †  (Maternal Ancestor)
* Katerina Petrova  (Maternal Ancestor/Aunt, via Elijah)
* Katerina's Unnamed Sister †  (Maternal Ancestor)
* Nadia Petrova  (Maternal Ancestor)
* Quentin Lescheres † (Maternal Ancestor)
* Sofia Lescheres † (Maternal Ancestor)
* Vivianne Lescheres † (Maternal Ancestor)
* Marcel Gerard  (Adoptive Older Brother)
* Johnathan Gilbert †  (Maternal Ancestor)
* Damon Salvatore  (Uncle, via Arielle)
* Theo Salvatore  (Uncle, via Elena)
* Christopher Gilbert †  (Maternal Ancestor)
* Samantha Gilbert †  (Maternal Ancestor)
* Mary †  (Adoptive Maternal Ancestor)
* Beth †  (Adoptive Maternal Ancestor)
* Carson Flemming  (Maternal Great-Grandfather)
* Maria Flemming  (Maternal Great-Grandmother)
* John Gilbert †  (Maternal Grandfather)
* Alaric Saltzman  (Maternal Step-Grandfather)
* Grayson Gilbert †  (Maternal Adoptive Grandfather)
* Miranda Sommers-Gilbert †  (Maternal Adoptive Grandmother)
* Isobel Flemming †  (Maternal Grandmother)
* Logan Labonair †  (Maternal Great-Uncle)
* Lilith Labonair †  (Maternal Great-Aunt)
* Jenna Sommers †  (Adoptive Maternal Great-Aunt)
* Scott Delgado †  (Maternal Cousin/Honorary Uncle)
* Jackson Kenner †  (Cousin-In-Law/Honorary Uncle, via Hayley)
* Keelin Mikaelson  (Aunt, via Freya)
* Arielle Labonair  (Maternal Aunt)
* Hayley Marshall  (Maternal Cousin/Honorary Aunt)
* Elena Gilbert  (Maternal Aunt)
* Alex Gilbert  (Mother)
* Davina Claire  (Aunt, via Henrik)
* Ariana Gilbert  (Maternal Aunt)
* Jeremy Gilbert  (Maternal Uncle/Cousin/Godfather)
* Valentina Gilbert  (Aunt, via Jeremy)
* Jack Mikaelson  (Older Twin Brother)
* Artemis Mikaelson  (Paternal Cousin)
* Milton Greasley (Brother-In-Law)
* Jax Salvatore  (Maternal Younger Brother)
* Nina Salvatore  (Maternal Younger Sister)
* Lily Salvatore  (Maternal Younger Sister)
* Stella Marshall-Kenner  (Maternal Cousin)
* Adella Mikaelson  (Adopted Younger Sister)
* Luna Lockwood (Adoptive-Sister-In-Law)
* Grayson Salvatore  (Maternal Cousin)
* Sarah Salvatore  (Maternal Cousin)
* Vivian Mikaelson (Paternal/Maternal Cousin)
* Vanessa Mikaelson (Paternal/Maternal Cousin)
* Stefanie Salvatore  (Maternal Cousin)
* Sebastian Gilbert  (Maternal Cousin)
* Victoria Mikaelson  (Paternal Cousin/Maternal Ancestor)
* Miranda Mikaelson  (Younger Sister)
* Jenna Mikaelson  (Younger Sister)
* Camila Gilbert  (Maternal Cousin)
* Vince Mikaelson  (Paternal Cousin)
* Mason Mikaelson  (Paternal Cousin)
* Issac Gilbert  (Maternal Cousin)
* Nik Mikaelson  (Younger Brother)
* Kendra Mikaelson (Paternal Cousin)
* Daniella Mikaelson (Daughter)

## Supernatural Information

### Significant Spells

* Pyrokinesis  (various)
* Pain Infliction  (various)
* Telekinesis  (various)
* Spell of Unknotting
* Astral Projection Spell
* Cloaking Spells  (various)
* Sleeping Spell  (various)
* Boundary Spells  (various)
* Prison World Banishment Spell  (with Jack, Artemis, Jax, Nina, Lily, Luna, Lia, Lizzie, and Josie, instructed by Bonnie)
* Prison World Transportation Spell  (with the Salvatore School witches)
* Spirit Confinement Reversal Spell  (on the Hollow; assisted by Freya using Finn, Elijah, Klaus, Kol, and Rebekah)
* Longevity Spell  (on herself)

### Significant Sires

* Dwayne †  (with Jack on 2011) (to hybrid; indirectly, by Tyler Lockwood)
* Unnamed Werewolves  (2026 with Jack, Jax, Nina, and Lily) (to hybrids; indirectly, by Niklaus Mikaelson)
* Lizzie Saltzman  (2030 with Jack, Jax, Nina, and Lily) (to hybrid; indirectly)

### Significant Kills

* Nightwalkers  (as vampires, with Jack, Jax, Nina, and Lily)
* Emmett  (as a vampire, with Jack, Jax, Nina, and Lily)
* Bill  (first human kill with Jack)
* Gargoyle  (with Josie, Lily, Luna, and Lia)
* Arachne  (with Artemis, Lizzie, Josie, Nina, and Lia)
* Oneiroi  (with Artemis and Nina)
* Gremlin
* Golem Landon
* Cherufe
* Blake
* Malivore  (with Jack)
* Landon Kirby  (with Jack)
* Lizzie Saltzman  (as a siphoner)
* Some of the Carnival of Vampires
* Jim
* Ken (with Jack, Artemis, Jax, Nina, Lily, and Cleo)

## Physical Appearance

### Height

* 5'3"  (Feet)
* 1.60  (Meters)

## Appearance

### Played By

* Danielle Rose Russell
* Summer Fontana  (Child)
* Rebecca Breeds  (Possessing Aurora)

### Episode Count

* 12  (TVD)
* 62  (TO)
* 67  (Legacies)
* 141  (Totaled)

### First Seen

* *Hello, Brother* (TVD)
* *From a Cradle to a Grave* (TO)
* *This is the Part Where You Run* (Legacies)

### Last Seen

* *I Was Feeling Epic* (TVD)
* *When The Saints Go Marching In* (TO)
* *Just Don't Be a Stranger, Okay?* (Legacies)

**Hope Daniella Gilbert Mikaelson** is a main character in *Legacies*, she was a former majorly recurring character in *The Originals* before being promoted to a main character in the fifth season. She was a major recurring character in season eight of *The Vampire Diaries*. Hope is the mother to Daniella Mikaelson, she is the tribrid daughter of Niklaus Mikaelson and Alex Gilbert.

She is the granddaughter of Ansel, Esther Mikaelson, John Gilbert, and Isobel Flemming; the step-granddaughter of Mikael and Alaric Saltzman; and the adoptive granddaughter of Grayson Gilbert and Miranda Sommers-Gilbert. She is also the niece of Freya, Finn, Elijah, Kol, Rebekah, and Henrik Mikaelson as well as Arielle Labonair, Elena Gilbert, Ariana Gilbert, and Jeremy Gilbert. She is the grand-niece of Dahlia, Logan Labonair, and Lilith Labonair as well as the adoptive grand-niece of Jenna Sommers. She is also a distant relative of Lana, Eve, and Cary. She is the adoptive younger sister of Marcel Gerard via her father. She is the younger twin sister of Jack Mikaelson, older half sister to Jax Salvatore, Nina Salvatore, and Lily Salvatore. She is the older sister to Miranda, Jenna, and Nik Mikaelson. Hope is also the older sister to her adoptive younger sister, Adella Mikaelson.

Due to her marriage, Stefan Salvatore was also Hope's step-father for a few years; before he sacrificed himself to save the people and town of Mystic Falls.

She was named Hope by her father, who took inspiration from his half-brother Elijah's words about his newborn child being their family's hope. Her middle name is Daniella after her mother's birth-name and she takes the surname of her father and mother.

Hope was conceived in *The Vampire Diaries* season four episode *Bring It On.* She was then born in *The Originals* season one episode *From a Cradle to a Grave*. As a result of her unique heritage, she is the second vampire-werewolf-witch hybrid. She inherited her werewolf and vampire genes as well as her witch legacy from both of her parents. Through her mother's Labonair lineage, Hope is werewolf royalty.

In *From a Cradle to a Grave*, Hope was sent away to be raised by Rebekah, in order to protect her from her father's enemies: the Guerrera Wolves, Esther, and Dahlia. Her death was faked to protect her. However, in season two's *The Brothers That Care Forgot*, Esther had found Rebekah whilst she is with Hope at the park, this is signified by the presence of starlings. At the end of the second season, Hope is living with Alex and Jackson (stepfather by marriage) in the Bayou, and by the end of the third season, she is living with Alex in Mystic Falls at the Salvatore Boarding House and at the Forbes house.

After having the Hollow's spirit separated into four members of her family, she, Alex, Jax, Nina, and Lily leave for Mystic Falls. She and her other siblings become students at the Salvatore Boarding School and as time goes by, she and her siblings become determined to see Klaus again, despite the consequences that could ensue.

**Hope** is a member of the **Mikaelson Family**, **Labonair Family**, **Gilbert Family**, **Petrova Family**, **Lescheres Family**, and an unnamed **family of werewolves**. Hope is by birthright a member of the **Crescent Wolf Pack** and the **North East Atlantic Pack**, as well as an unnamed **witch family** and **Divine Coven**, **Trinity Coven** in which she descends directly from the main branch of witches in the powerful **Lightwood Family**, and **French Quarter Coven**. She also has ties to the **Salvatore Family**. She is one of the five children fathered by the Original Hybrid.

## Physical Appearance

According to Rebekah, Hope looks like her mother. On the other hand, Klaus blissfully implies that Hope has inherited his eyes. As a baby she had dirty-blonde hair and round dark-blue eyes.

As a child she has long auburn hair and light blue eyes. Her cheeks have little freckles scattered across them. She is seen in light colored sleeveless dresses, that normally have flowers or other prints on them. Hope also has little dimples in her cheeks.

Now as a teenager, Hope has auburn hair and light blue eyes. Katherine described her as beautiful. As a Labonair, she has the Crescent birthmark on her right shoulder, just like her mother, siblings, auants, cousins, and distant relatives, Eve, Lana, and the Hollow.

In her wolf form, Hope possesses white fur like her mother and has the typical glowing yellow eyes that come with Lycanthropy. In her vampire form, Hope maintains her golden yellow eyes but gains black veins that cascade from her lower eyelids to just above her cheekbones.

## Personality

* With Humanity
* Without Humanity

Even when she was a baby, Hope was said to be a fighter. It was said by both of her parents; Alex in *Girl in New Orleans*, where she said to her doctor that her daughter was a tough one just like herself, and by Klaus when he said that both Alex and Hope were fighters in *A Closer Walk With Thee*. Both times it is implied that Hope inherited this trait from her mother who got it herself from her own uncle, Hope's maternal great-uncle. She also seems to be a very calm and happy. In *Ashes to Ashes*, Freya says that, like her paternal family, she is resilient. She is also seemingly very intelligent as she was able to use her magic to turn Camille's car on and off, despite still being a baby. Hope seems to be a kind and gentle young girl, with a sweet and innocent persona.

As a teenager, Hope is shown to be stubborn and brave as she was willing to put herself through extreme pain and possible death in order to get her mother back. Both Klaus and Katherine describe Hope as being smart, possibly too smart for her own good, like her father. It has been shown that Hope has gained one of her father's traits of doing whatever she can to protect her family. Hope is always offering to help to save those she cares about and considers family, including Marcel. However, once Hope and her siblings magically absorbs the Hollow’s soul, it nearly drives them insane because they constantly starts to hear whispers of voices in their head. The only way they can end the madness going on inside their head is by committing acts of violence. Instead of taking their anger and frustrations out on innocents, they take it out on those they deems not innocent (provided with their father's assistance). However, their desire to quell the voices by using violence and magic causes them to kill someone who is innocent, although they intended not to.

Hope struggles to forge meaningful connections with other people and make friends with the other students at the Salvatore School, not only because she's already endured a lifetime of grief and heartbreak. To her peers, she seems closed off. She is forgiving to MG when she thought he killed her boyfriend Landon.

Due to her often disastrous past, she has resigned herself to isolation, considering it the path that will provide the least heartbreak in her life. She sees loneliness as less of a burden to bear than her formative experiences of loving so deeply and losing so terribly. However, she has begun to open up more to people other than family, tediously forming friendships and entering a romantic relationship. She is slowly becoming more optimistic that she will be happy.

Hope often puts her safety and life on the line to save others, making her a true hero. She is incredibly loyal to her friends, despite her difficulties working with a team. She is independent and believes she can complete any task by herself, though she slowly becomes more willing to work with others. She and her siblings made the impossible choice to become a tribrid as a way of saving thousands of people that they would never meet, despite the consequence of having to lose someone she truly loved. She feared that becoming the tribrid would not only keep her locked in her trauma, but that she wouldn't be capable of bearing the loss or guilt over killing Landon - Malivore's true vessel. The way she lived her life earned her the option of finding peace when she died. However, she chose to return to save everyone, though her choice became more difficult when Malivore allowed Landon to resurface and communicate with Hope and Jack. With his permission, she and Jack were forced to kill Landon to put an end to Malivore's reign of terror. The act caused her to instantly flip her humanity switch. After a reunion with her family for Stefan's funeral, Hope admits the loneliness she feels from her family's lack of visits, her desire to be close to her family, and allows her flickering humanity to breakthrough. She realizes that her intelligence, deep love and loyalty that she has for her loved ones is what makes her Klaus's daughter.

After wise words from Landon on her fate being the one who lives, and learning a valuable lesson in Limbo, Hope returns with a new perspective. She realizes a need to be a team player and accept that she can't always be the martyr or hero. She also repairs her friendships and embraces her newfound status.

After defeating Ken and finding closure with Landon, Hope sees a message from her uncle Stefan to her siblings that he's been at Peace. Hope smiles, happy that her siblings know Stefan is okay. With her family by her side, Hope prepares for the next chapter of her immortal life as she finds love and happiness again.

After being forced to kill the self-proclaimed love of her life, Hope's humanity switch flipped by itself to spare her the overwhelming emotions that would have followed. Hope admits that she feels free after turning it all off, as though she can finally be who she wants and go where she wants. Her life has been a cycle of love, lose, grieve, repeat, but that's all gone now. She also has lost her desire to be around those who previously cared for her but her twin and maternal younger siblings. To accomplish this, she and her siblings brutally attack Alaric to send a message to her friends and family not to come after her. She also states that she is her father's daughter, accepting that fact for the first time.

Her careless and reckless attitude continues, as she seeks to have fun and experiment with her new vampiric nature. Her sense of freedom allows her to dance with a bar patron, drink alcohol, and enjoy feeding in public. She and her twin tortures a Triad Industries henchman using darts, a callous display of apathy. Hope's dedication to her family is also gone, as she doesn't want Rebekah's help or any of the other family to come for them. She turns away from them as she refuses to make the same mistakes her father did - caring about family or love. While cutting Rebekah out of her life, Hope gives her Mikaelson crest necklace back to her. However, she's finally free to live her life the way she chooses, a fact that seems to propel her choices. She blatantly puts the life of the now-human Ryan Clarke in danger for her amusement.

The only emotions Hope does seem to express is boredom, brutal honesty, and rage. She quickly tires of MG's attempts to turn her humanity on, but endures the school's efforts due to their pact. She grows bored when Cleo reads Landon's final letter, even lashing out at her and Finch. Hope fights Finch when she and Ethan attempt to attack her and Jack. She and Jack expresses a desire to kill them for their indiscretion. On the flip side, Hope remains incapable of harming those she truly cared for when her humanity was on, an obeservation Josie points out. She doesn't kill Alaric but severely wounds him, spares a tender-aged Pedro from her brutal honesty, and doesn't kill Josie despite the recent attack from Dark Josie. Knowing that Josie won't give up in her attempts to "save" her and Jack, Hope and Jack traps Josie's subconscious in the therapy box instead of killing her, which demonstrates a sense of loyalty and some depth of care.

The longer Hope's humanity is off, the more ruthless she becomes. She purposefully defeats a werewolf alpha via decapitation to inherit control over his pack, who are loyal to Triad Industries. If the pack speaks against Triad a hex will burn them alive. Despite knowing this, Hope uses her new alpha status to force them to talk. When Hope's arrogance gets the better of her, Aurora tricks her into switching bodies. Hope is forced to work with Lizzie, who gives an emotional speech while trying to kill her. Hope pretends her humanity turns on so she can trick Lizzie into helping her get back into her body. She successfully manipulates Lizzie into giving her information about the Red Oak stake, and then crosses the proverbial line by snapping her neck to prove a point. After siring Lizzie, Hope realizes that she's made rash choices because doesn't care about what happens to herself or anything, for that matter. She uses the sire bond to force Lizzie to be her partner in crime.

After Lizzie betrays her, Hope grapples with her humanity as emotions constantly threaten to surface. She is bitten by a cursed clown which forces her to revisit the worst thing she's ever done - the night she transitioned into a tribrid and killed Landon. Her humanity takes the form of Hope from that night and calls the humanity switch a coping mechanism, since humanity Hope will also be the better version of Hope Mikaelson. As her humanity flickers, her family rallies together to spark any humanity in their niece. She tries to push them away, but is ultimately reminded of their love and how much they sacrificed for her. This allows her humanity to appear, outsmart her, and ultimately stake her in a symbolic display of decimation. Despite this, humanity-less Hope stays present in her subconscious, threatening that she isn't disappearing that easily.
## Powers and Abilities

As a hybrid of three supernatural species - a witch, a werewolf, and a vampire; the full extent and limits of Hope's powers are currently unknown.

Hope, her mother, her siblings, and cousins are Nature's loophole that could be used against Malivore. Due to this, they can remember those that she previously knew and have been consumed by Malivore as well as heal others with her blood that have been shot with weaponized Malivore bullets.

* Witch-Nature
* Werewolf-Nature
* Vampire-Nature

Hope is a witch-hybrid, having inherited her witch gene from her father, the son of Esther Mikaelson and her mother, Alex Gilbert. According to Dahlia, as a firstborn of their bloodline, Hope has inherited great, but devastating power. Dahlia also notes that Hope's magic will be tainted by Klaus' and Alex's vampire blood as well as the aggressive wolf temperament. Despite this, Genevieve states that Hope's magic is strong enough to fuel the French Quarter Coven's ancestral power for generations, while one of the Hollow's acolytes reiterates this sentiment when he states that Hope and her siblings might be the greatest witch the world may ever know.

As a baby, Hope demonstrated heightened awareness of the impending explosion at her family's house and she used her magic to temporarily turn off Camille's car (as they were on their way there) to protect herself and Camille. She then used it again to turn the car back on.

After five years of being hidden from the world with her siblings, Hope has been able to heal insect wings with no formal training, with her bracelet removed. She's also had a connection to the Hollow, drawing her sigil, the Ouroboros, though whether that was an inherent connection or the link that was used in an attempt to sacrifice her, remains to be known. Her connection to New Orleans soil, despite not being a Harvest girl or apparent knowledge of the Ancestors, allowed her to communicate with them, where as non-witches could not. It is worthy to note that Hope has detected these events while still wearing her bracelet that blocks her power. In *Keepers of the House*, while other children were unconscious as a result of being tied to a spell that was draining their energy, Hope was able to retain her consciousness like her siblings until her magic sealing bracelet was removed by Klaus. In *High Water and a Devil's Daughter*, Hope managed to counter the boundary spell cast by her aunt Freya on Marcel. She and her siblings would later use their telekinesis to break the salt circle that bound the spirit of Davina to the mortal plane, sending her back to the Ancestral Plane, and returned their father back to his body.

Seven years later, Hope has improved control over her magic as a teenager; however, such control is lost during bursts of anger. She has also shown skill in creating her own spells with her siblings, such that she and her siblings created a spell combined with a cloaking spell that she, Jack, Jax, Nina, Lily, and Adella performed on Alex and Hayley, as she and her siblings were the one to kidnap them and lure Klaus back to New Orleans. She and her siblings claimed that it was the "perfect" cloaking spell and that it would keep them safe; despite this claim, they were kidnapped again.

While she, Jack, Jax, Nina, and Lily were the Hollow's vessels, containing both spirit and Dark Magic, there magic was amplified by that of the Hollow, as she whispered to them in her attempt to corrupt them. During this time, their telekinesis and pain infliction seemed to be amplified as purging their pain, by using their magic, seemed to be the only course of treatment.

Two years later, now with the Hollow expelled from her body, her magic seems to have become more stabilized and in her own control. However, she, Lily, and sometimes Nina continues to use Dark Magic. She and Lily performed a Death Spell that wounded Dragon, that caused her to revert back into to her human form.

Unlike every witch that transitioned into a vampire, Hope did not lose her ability to practice magic when she became a full tribrid. She was, however, unable to access her magic when she was in transition which left her vulnerable. After feeding, she regained access to her magic, in addition to her vampire and werewolf natures.

Hope is also part werewolf, having inherited the werewolf gene from both of her parents. Prior to triggering her curse, she displayed some increased agility and grace, above that of a normal human. Since she has triggered her werewolf gene, she has gained all of the powers of lycanthropy. In *The Tale of Two Wolves*, with Hope's first transformation with her siblings looming, Caroline questions that Crescent wolves could control their transformations. In response, Klaus states that the first transformation is a rite of passage and cannot be controlled. This implicates that her werewolf nature as an Evolved Werewolf with the ability of Transformation Control. However, in *This is the Part Where You Run*, Hope states to Landon that her ability to control her transformation stems from her tribrid status, as like with other werewolf-vampire hybrids.

Currently, whether it's the former or latter which grants her transformation control, or additional abilities as an evolved werewolf, remains unknown. Additionally in *The Tale of Two Wolves*, Klaus explains that during werewolf transformations, the pain will make one want to delay the shift because that is all they believe they can handle. However, should one let the pain in, then it cannot break oneself. Following Klaus' instruction, Hope has accepted the pain during her transformation, thus it allows her to fully transform within a few minutes instead of a few hours. Despite that the werewolf curse was originally casted upon Native American witches, preventing them and their descendants from using magic, Hope's lycanthropy does not negate her ability to practice magic; further reasoning about this has not been elaborated upon.

Upon completing her transition into a fully activated tribrid in *See You On The Other Side*, Hope gained the ability to transform from human to wolf form within seconds while magically maintaining her clothing. Her transition also included an energy wave that rippled over her body as she transitioned from one form to another, a trait that is not present in other werewolf transformations.

Before becoming an activated tribrid, Hope possessed a few vampiric traits, specifically her blood. Her blood was able to help heal her mother while in the womb as well as she's able to heal herself, such as when she sliced open her hand and stabbed her foot with a trash picker. Her blood can be used to sire new vampires and hybrids, the latter being an ability possessed by the Original Hybrid, her father and the Original Tribrid, her mother as well as to heal vampires from a werewolf bite.

After completing her transition, Hope was still able to practice magic, as she created a sword out of her blood. Her true form did not alter much, as she maintained her golden eyes. Hope now is truly immortal and can only be killed by a red oak stake from the Red Oak Tree. Hope showed great proficiency in utilising her vampire powers. At the Carnival of Vampires, Hope showed her ability to compel fellow vampires. Previously, this has only been possible by an Original vampire.
## Weaknesses

According to Dahlia, firstborns of her family's bloodline inherit great power; however, it is unstable and will damage and, ultimately, kill the witch if they are not taught to contain it. Furthermore, as a possessor of the werewolf gene, Hope will experience bouts of severe aggression.

As one of the hybrid of all three supernatural species, the full extent and limits of Hope's weaknesses are currently unknown.

Emmett claimed that Marcel's advanced werewolf venom can take down a hybrid, an Original, and *even* Hope Mikaelson, her siblings, and her cousins. However, he gave no evidence as to why it would or could be lethal to Hope, her siblings, or her cousins; nor has this been proven to be true.

While searching for a way to kill the tribrid, Cleo Sowande allegedly saw a weapon powerful enough to kill Jack and Hope as well as their siblings, cousins, and mother, though Cleo didn't elaborate as to what it was specifically. Similar to that of her biological family, Hope can be daggered and temporarily desiccated by the white oak ash daggers. However, she cannot be daggered for long without resurrecting due to her tribrid nature. This is a feat that even the original vampires were unable to do, as someone else had to remove the dagger for them.

## Relationships

### Alex Gilbert

"*Hope, you're my daughter. You and your siblings gave me something I have always wanted...a family."*
—**Alex** to **Hope**
*Main Article: Alex and Hope*
Alex is Hope's mother and it is shown various times that Alex strongly loves her daughter. When she first discovered she was pregnant, she attempted to abort the baby by ingesting wolfsbane, but when she couldn't resolve herself to do it she was attacked and she realized that she wasn't just protecting herself but the baby as well. She then learned that she will have a daughter. As time passed, Alex grew concerned that because she had a loving family and hopes that her daughter too will have it too. This is shown when Genevieve and the Harvest girls kidnapped Hope, and tried to kill her. Alex was there and fought for her daughter, and got her back. She also demonstrated the aptitude to know where her daughter is, even if she is hidden by a spell. Alex made a promise to herself and Hope that she (Hope) would grow up safe and loved (like herself). She kept this promise by choosing to send Hope away with Rebekah to keep her safe from those that would wish her harm in New Orleans. After a few months apart they were reunited. Hope is now living with her parents and family in The Abattoir.

### Niklaus Mikaelson

"*We all waited for you for years. You never came.*"
—**Hope** to **Klaus** in *One Wrong Turn On Bourbon*
*Main Article: Klaus and Hope*
Klaus is Hope's father, and even though at first he refused the child in *Always and Forever*, he soon accepted her and was determined to not be like his step-father to his child. He even told Alex that the cycle of the pain will end with their baby. After that, he did everything he could to make sure she was kept safe and was shown to be happy when he learned the baby would be a girl. He wants to protect her at all costs and hopes to be in her life someday when it is safe for her. He is not giving up on being in his daughter's life quite yet. He is also dedicated to being a better father to her than his step-father was to him. His love for his daughter brings out the best in Klaus, best seen in his reconciliation with both Rebekah and Marcel. With the child being born, Klaus is becoming the man he used to be. After some time apart from his daughter, she returned home. However, he remains paranoid as he worries about her safety.

Because of her mother telling her about her father Hope deems Klaus her "fairytale prince".

### Rebekah Mikaelson

*"I see myself in Hope. I think she'll be a mini me, which I'm okay with."*
—**Rebekah** to **Alex** about **Hope**
*Main Article: Rebekah and Hope*
Rebekah left town before Hope's birth but soon returned when Klaus asked her to protect his daughter. Klaus told Rebekah that despite their differences, there was nobody else he would trust more with the life of his daughter. Rebekah left New Orleans with Hope and became her guardian; she often told Hope stories of her birth and how her parents sent her away to be safe. Rebekah and Hope returned to New Orleans after Esther found them.

### Landon Kirby

*Main Article: Landon and Hope*
Hope first met Landon in 2026, and frequented where he used to work in Mystic Falls; Mystic Diaries. They grew to be friends and it was clear they shared a connection more than that of friends. However, Landon moved away from Mystic Falls they lost contact for two years. They reconnected when Landon's foster brother turned into a werewolf and Landon decided to be there with him, against Hope's advice, leading to Landon learning about the supernatural. To keep him from danger, Alaric decided to have him compelled and sent away; however, Landon betrayed Hope and the school by stealing a supernatural knife after the compulsion failed. Hope planned on confronting him about his betrayal, even armed with a death spell, but Alaric later rebuked her for this. Landon genuinely explained that the supernatural knife caused him to lie to Hope, but she didn't believe him. Despite what Landon had done, he was provided shelter at the Boarding School and putting their differences aside, he was willing to help Hope and school to investigate the missing reports of two Mystic Falls high schoolers. She attempts to save their friendship by starting a genuine conversation, but he cuts her off by explaining that he wished she had his back and that she just blamed him for everything that happened despite it not being his fault. Their back-and-forth prodding comes to head, when Hope, asked by Alaric, has to conduct a series of magical tests on Landon to determine whether he's supernatural. The tests, however, prove negative. She eventually forgives him for hurting her, but later, when seeing Landon off, he says he's not surprised she voted 'no' to keep him at the school. However, they resolve their issues when Hope gives him a magical compass and sends him to New Orleans in the hopes to locate his birth family and they share a heartfelt kiss. After Landon activates the magical compass, indicating that he was in trouble, Hope tracks Landon to Kansas and his birth mother, Seylah Chelon. With Landon safe from immediate harm, they reconnect, though before things get too physical, they're interrupted by Alaric. They eventually make their way back to the Boarding School where Hope asks Landon to be her boyfriend, to which he says yes. After this, Hope initiates another kiss.

### Other Relationships

* Klaus, Alex, Jack, Hope, Miranda, Jenna, and Nik (Parents and Siblings/Allies)
* Jack, Hope, Jax, Nina, Lily, Miranda, Jenna, and Nik (Siblings/Half-Siblings/Allies)
* Stefan and Hope (Step-Daughter and Step-Father/Honorary Uncle-Niece/Former Allies)
* Damon and Hope (Uncle-Niece/Allies)
* Theo and Hope (Uncle-Niece/Allies)
* Elena, Jack, Hope, Jax, Nina, Lily, Miranda, Jenna, and Nik (Aunt-Nieces/Aunt-Nephews/Allies)
* Elena and Hope (Aunt and Niece/Allies)
* Kol and Hope (Uncle and Niece/Allies)
* Freya and Hope (Aunt and Niece/Close Bond/Allies)
* Ariana and Hope (Aunt and Niece/Allies)
* Arielle and Hope (Aunt and Niece/Allies)
* Hayley and Hope (Honorary Aunt-Niece/Allies)
* Finn and Hope (Uncle and Niece/Former Enemies)
* Camille and Hope (Former Guardian and Ward/Former Allies)
* Marcel and Hope (Adoptive Sister and Brother/Close Friends/Allies)
* Davina and Hope (Aunt and Niece/Friends/Allies)
* Dahlia and Hope (Great-Aunt and Great-Niece/Former Enemies)
* Hope and Henry (Friends/Former Classmates/Former Allies)
* Roman and Hope (Former Friends/Former Classmates/Ex-Boyfriend)
* Hope and Lizzie (Friends/Former Frenemies/Classmates/Allies)
* Rafael and Hope (Good Friends/Classmates/Former Frenemies/Allies)
* Hope and Penelope (Classmates/Former Allies)
* Hope and MG (Friends/Classmates/Allies)

## Appearances

### The Vampire Diaries

* *Hello, Brother*
* *Today Will Be Different* (Voice)
* *You Decided That I Was Worth Saving*
* *An Eternity of Misery*
* *Coming Home Was a Mistake*
* *Detoured On Some Random Backwoods Path to Hell*
* *The Next Time I Hurt Somebody, It Could Be You*
* *We Have History Together* (Mentioned)
* *The Lies Will Catch Up To You*
* *It's Been a Hell of a Ride*
* *We're Planning a June Wedding*
* *I Was Feeling Epic*

### The Originals

* *From a Cradle to a Grave*

**Season Two**
* *Rebirth*
* *The Brothers That Care Forgot*
* *The Map of Moments*
* *Gonna Set Your Flag On Fire*
* *Brotherhood of the Damned*
* *The Devil is Damned*
* *I Love You, Goodbye*
* *They All Asked For You*
* *Save My Soul*
* *Exquisite Corpse*
* *Night Has A Thousand Eyes*
* *When the Levee Breaks*
* *City Beneath The Sea*
* *Fire with Fire*
* *Ashes to Ashes*
* *For the Next Millennium*
* *You Hung the Moon*
* *I'll See You in Hell or New Orleans*
* *A Walk on the Wild Side* (Mentioned)
* *Beautiful Mistake* (Mentioned/Photos)
* *Out of the Easy* (Mentioned)
* *The Other Girl in New Orleans*
* *Savior*
* *A Ghost Along the Mississippi* (Mentioned)
* *Wild at Heart*
* *Dead Angels* (Archive Footage/Mentioned)
* *Heart Shaped Box* (Mentioned)
* *A Streetcar Named Desire* (Photo)
* *An Old Friend Calls*
* *Alone with Everybody*
* *Behind the Black Horizon* (Mentioned)
* *The Devil Comes Here and Sighs* (Mentioned)
* *No More Heartbreaks*
* *Where Nothing Stays Buried*
* *Give 'Em Hell Kid* (Archive Footage)
* *The Bloody Crown*

* *Gather Up the Killers*
* *No Quarter*
* *Haunter of Ruins*
* *Keepers of the House*
* *I Hear You Knocking*
* *Bag of Cobras* (Mentioned)
* *High Water and a Devil's Daughter*
* *Voodoo in My Blood*
* *Queen Death*
* *Phantomesque*
* *A Spirit Here That Won't Be Broken*
* *Voodoo Child*
* *The Feast of All Sinners*

**The Originals Secrets**
* *Miracle Babies*
* *Alexandria Gilbert-Salvatore: Thee Tribrid*
* *From Fiancée To Wife*
* *In New Orleans*
* *Mikaelson Baby...I Think Not*
* *Birthday Surprise Indeed*
* *Noble Elijah Isn't Noble Elijah...He's Just Elijah*
* *Oh Sweet Memories Vol. 2*
* *Different But The Same*

* *Where You Left Your Heart*
* *One Wrong Turn On Bourbon*
* *Ne Me Quitte Pas* (Mentioned)
* *Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea*
* *Don't It Just Break Your Heart*
* *What, Will, I, Have, Left*
* *God's Gonna Trouble the Water*
* *The Kindness of Strangers* (Flashback)
* *We Have Not Long To Love*
* *There in the Disappearing Light*
* *Til the Day I Die*
* *The Tale of Two Wolves*
* *When The Saints Go Marching In*

### Legacies

* *This is the Part Where You Run*
* *Some People Just Want To Watch The World Burn*
* *We're Being Punked, Pedro*
* *Hope is Not the Goal*
* *Malivore*
* *Mombie Dearest*
* *Death Keeps Knocking On My Door*
* *Maybe I Should Start From The End*
* *What Was Nina Doing In Your Dreams?*
* *There's a World Where Your Dreams Came True*
* *We're Gonna Need A Spotlight*
* *There's a Mummy on Main Street*
* *The Boy Who Still Has a Lot of Good to Do*
* *Let's Just Finish the Dance*
* *I'll Tell You a Story*
* *There's Always a Loophole*
* *I'll Never Give Up Hope*
* *This Year Will Be Different*
* *You Remind Me of Someone I Used to Know*
* *Since When Do You Speak Japanese?*
* *Screw Endgame*
* *That's Nothing I Had to Remember*
* *It Will All Be Painfully Clear Soon Enough*
* *This Christmas Was Surprisingly Violent*
* *I Couldn't Have Done This Without You*
* *This is Why We Don't Entrust Plans to Muppet Babies*
* *What Cupid Problem?*
* *You Can't Save Them All*
* *There's A Place Where The Lost Things Go*
* *Life Was So Much Easier When I Only Cared About Myself*
* *Facing Darkness is Kinda My Thing*

* *We're Not Worthy*
* *Goodbyes Sure Do Suck*
* *Salvatore: The Musical!*
* *Hold on Tight*
* *This is What It Takes*
* *To Whom It May Concern*
* *Yup, It's a Leprechaun, All Right*
* *Long Time, No See*
* *Do All Malivore Monsters Provide This Level of Emotional Insight?*
* *All's Well That Ends Well*
* *You Can't Run From Who You Are*
* *I Was Made To Love You*
* *One Day You Will Understand*
* *This Feels A Little Cult-y*
* *A New Hope*
* *Fate's A Bitch, Isn't It?*
* *You Have to Pick One This Time*
* *There's No I In Team, or Whatever*
* *We All Knew This Day Was Coming* (Death)
* *See You On The Other Side* (Resurrection as a Tribrid)
* *I Thought You'd Be Happier To See Me*
* *You're A Long Way From Home*
* *Someplace Far Away From All This Violence*
* *You Will Remember Me*
* *I Can't Be the One to Stop You*
* *The Story of My Life*
* *Follow the Sound of My Voice*
* *Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost*
* *Was This the Monster You Saw?*
* *The Only Way Out is Through*
* *Everything That Can Be Lost May Also Be Found*
* *I Wouldn't Be Standing Here If It Weren't For You*
* *Into the Woods*
* *By the End of This, You'll Know Who You Were Meant to Be*
* *This Can Only End in Blood*
* *Just Don't Be a Stranger, Okay?*

## Name

* **Hope** is a feminine first name of English origin referring to a positive expectation or to the theological virtue of hope.
* **Daniella** is an Italian feminine form of **Daniel**, meaning God is my judge.
* **Gilbert** comes from English (Norman origin), French and North German: from Giselbert, which compromises of gisil "pledge", "hostage", "noble youth" + berht "bright", "famous".
* **Mikaelson** is of Scandinavian origin and means "Son of Mikael".
	+ If Hope was to truly follow Norse traditions, her surname should technically be **Niklaussdotter** (daughter of Niklaus) as oppose to Mikaelson (son of Mikael).