Bennett Coven

**The Bennett Coven** was a powerful coven of more than a hundred witches who were primarily led by the powerful Bennett bloodline, during their residence of what would later become Mystic Falls.

Currently, the Bennett bloodline is the only known remaining bloodline of the coven, though it is known that descendants of the other witches in the coven still exist.

## Throughout the Vampire Diaries Series

### Season Two

In *Know Thy Enemy*, Bonnie Bennett went to the Witch Burial Ground and performed a spell to harness the power of 100 dead witches, unknown to her, of her ancestral coven. Once she was granted access to their magic, they warned her of the consequences of channeling their full power.

In *As I Lay Dying*, Bonnie used the séance spell to contact Emily to ask about a cure for a werewolf bite. She refuses to give an answer and tells her that Nature demands balance. The spirits forcefully ends the séance to which Bonnie tells Stefan that "they don't want us here. They think I'm abusing their power." Later, Jeremy is shot and killed by Sheriff Forbes; with his death being a human killing, his ring would not resurrect him. Bonnie and Alaric take him to the witch burial ground cottage where she claims that there is a spell to bring him back if they, the spirits, will give her the power to perform it. As she chants, she claims that they are angry at her for coming back and didn't want to help. She also tells Alaric that if she performed the spell there would be consequences. As her spell begins to wane and the candles cease, she calls out to Emily, telling her she loved him. Emily, and the coven, relents and resurrects Jeremy, bringing him back with the ability to see and communicate with ghosts.

In *The Ties That Bind*, Klaus mocks the dead witches. They retaliate in force with an aneurysm spell. Klaus goes on to threaten their living descendants and they push their magic further. Once he threatens to end the Bennett bloodline (Bonnie), the coven relents and uncloaks his family's coffins.

### Season Eight

In *I Was Feeling Epic*, the spirits of the Bennett witches reunited with Bonnie and aided her to prevent the destruction of Mystic Falls by manipulating hellfire and redirecting it to destroy Hell. Among the known witches include: Shelia, Beatrice, Lucy, Ayana, and the Witch of the Five.

## Members

Ayana †
(Spirit)The Witch of The Five † (Spirit)Beatrice Bennett †
(Spirit)Coven Member †Coven Member †Emily Bennett †
(Spirit)Sheila Bennett †
(Spirit)Lucy-S8.jpgLucy Bennett †
(Spirit)Bonnie Bennett
## Trivia

* The coven's violent death marked the Earth with power for their sacrifice which would later give them a means to act on the physical plane.
* In *Fool Me Once*, Sheila claimed that "Spirits talk", which she could have referred to her ancestral coven.
* In *Know Thy Enemy*, Bonnie channeled the hundred dead witches of her ancestral coven through spirit magic.
	+ This would include both Beatrice and Emily, who the latter was burned at the stake nearly a hundred years after Beatrice.
* In *The Ties That Bind*, Klaus threatened the living descendants of the hundred dead witches which means that relatives and other family members survived even though the coven perished, just like with Beatrice and the Bennett Bloodline.
* Damon calls the witch spirits "fickle" and "passive-aggressive", because of his daylight ring was not working when he entered the Abandoned Cottage a second time. Whether he was referring to Emily, the coven, or in general, remains to be seen.
* Julie Plec wrote the finale scene with Bonnie and her ancestors to include Bianca Lawson's Emily Bennett though, due to scheduling conflicts, she was unable to reprise the role and had to be written out.