Finn Mikaelson

Finn

## Finn James Mikaelson

**Finn Mikaelson** (***Elder Futhark:** ᚠᛁᚾᚾ ᛗᛁᚲᚨᛖᛚᛋᛟᚾ*) was a had a recurring role in the third season of *The Vampire Diaries*, where he served as a minor antagonist and anti-villain. the husband of Stefanie Finn was the first son and second child of Mikael and Esther the step-son of Ansel He is the younger brother of Freya, and the older brother of Elijah, Kol, Rebekah, and Henrik and the older half-brother of Niklaus and Aryia the brother-in-law of Keelin, Katherine, Bonnie, and Stefan the half-brother-in-law of Kiana and Barrett the uncle of Mikael, Sheila, and Henry the half-uncle of Ariana, Aria, and Ansel Freya and Mathias' unborn son.

Out of all of his siblings, Finn had the closest relationship with his mother. It was shown in the third season of *The Vampire Diaries* that he was strictly loyal to his mother and believes that her intentions are the best, as he was willing to sacrifice himself to kill all his younger siblings. Finn's behavior and attitude were what his siblings dislike about him the most. However, he eventually rekindles a relationship with his former girlfriend, Sage and had a change of heart. That reunion was unfortunately short-lived, as he was killed by Matt Donovan in *The Murder of One*.

Finn is the second child and eldest son of Mikael and Esther. The young boy was born into a happy family, with his father and mother doting on him. He was very close to his older sister, Freya, with whom he used to climb trees when they were planning mischief. Esther used to call them *Huginn* and *Muninn*, after the pair of ravens who served as messengers for Odin in Norse mythology.

However, when Freya was five years old, their family's happiness was shattered when Dahlia, Esther's older sister, came to take Freya. This was part of the deal the two sisters had made when Esther asked Dahlia to make her fertible by using magic. In exchange, Esther had promised every first born of every generation until her line ended. When Esther tried to oppose her, Dahlia threatened to take every one of her children, including Finn and the unborn Elijah. Finn was traumatized by his aunt and by the loss of his sister. When Mikael returned from battle, Esther told him that Freya had died from the plague.

Determined to protect the rest of their children, Mikael and Esther, accompanied by Finn and Esther's witch friend, Ayana, left Europe for the Viking colonies in the New World and set up in the village that would one day become the town of Mystic Falls. Their neighbors were werewolves who accepted the new family and allowed them to live with them.

Eventually, Finn's brother, Elijah, was born and four more siblings joined the Mikaelson family: Niklaus, Kol, Rebekah and Henrik. However, despite the close bond of the new family, Finn was never close to his new siblings. He had never recovered from losing Freya or from the burden of the secret he shared with his mother. In addition, Freya's loss had hardened Mikael and he was never again the man or the father he had once been, despite Finn's hopes.

Once, when his younger half-brother Klaus didn't come to dinner, Esther questioned her children on his whereabouts. While Elijah refused to tell, Finn gladly told his mother of Klaus' location. When Esther talked with little Niklaus out in the woods Finn watched them and smiled. Sometime later, Finn retrieved a starling necklace Esther had given Klaus that he had lost. Esther made Klaus thank Finn.

When his brother Henrik was killed in an incident during the full moon after he and Klaus sneaked out to see the wolves, their father Mikael had Esther turned them into the first group of vampires (using the Immortality Spell) in order to prevent the tragedy from happening again.

However, the object that granted them their immortality, the White Oak Tree, could also take it away. To prevent anyone from making a stake from the tree, the family burnt the tree to the ground. However, they would have other weaknesses including the flowers that grew at the base of the tree, a silver dagger dipped in the ashes of the tree that could neutralize them temporarily and they would always have a constant desire for human blood.

During one such feed, Klaus killed a human which triggered a werewolf curse he carried, revealing Esther had an affair with a werewolf. Enraged, Mikael killed his wife's lover and his family, triggering the war between their races that would last centuries.

Esther placed a curse on Klaus to prevent him from becoming a true hybrid, as that would make him invulnerable to what harms both vampires and werewolves. In revenge, Klaus attacked their mother, killing her for what he considered betrayal and blamed it on their father. After that, Finn, with his four younger siblings, left for Europe.

In *Bringing Out The Dead*, after his brothers Elijah and Niklaus where fighting, Elijah revealed that Finn had been in a coffin for almost 900 years. Later on that night, Elijah had resurrected his brother Finn, along with Kol and Rebekah by taking the White Oak Ash Dagger from his chest in order to help them kill Klaus. Together with his siblings, they took out their rage on Klaus before declaring that they would be a family without him. Finn was shocked when he saw his mother arrive, having been freed from her coffin too.

In *Dangerous Liaisons*, having had his hair cut and his shoes polished, he is seen at the Original Family Mansion alongside Kol and Rebekah. Finn spent most of the time with his mother at the ball, helping her with the preparations for the spell that would bind all of them together. Finn met with Elena Gilbert and introduced himself to her and said that his mother is waiting for her and that she needs to come alone. Finn then joins his siblings at the stairs while Elijah speaks for his family.

Finn is then with his mother until Elena comes and then he leaves, leaving Elena and his mother to have a little privacy. Finn was the only one who knew about Esther's plans for the spell to kill her children. After his mother and Elena talked, she put Elena's blood in some wine glasses, then served it to all of her children, which they all drank. Right after Damon Salvatore and Kol fell from the balcony, the rest of the Originals went to watch as Damon snapped his neck. Esther argued with Elijah while Finn waited outside the door. Elijah later left, and Finn and Esther could continue what they had started.

Finn then asked his mother if she had second thoughts and Esther responded she wasn't having second thoughts, it was just that Elijah was so moral, making her feel a little guilt, but not enough to waver from her convictions. Finn convinced his mother she was doing the right thing and when it was time, he would be ready to die. Esther then used Finn's blood to link him together with his siblings. When it was done, Esther said to Finn that they are now one.

In *All My Children*, Finn and Esther met with Bonnie and Abby Bennett. Finn helped preparing for the spell with his mother Esther and the Bennett witches. Esther explained that the spell she was casting would make her children human again and that her brave son Finn would sacrifice himself and with his death, the Originals would be no more. Abby questioned why Finn wanted to sacrifice himself, and Finn replied: "It's not a sacrifice, it's a gift." Then later on, Finn was neutralized through Kol who was daggered by Alaric Saltzman.

Later on the evening, while he was ready to be sacrificed, Klaus, Elijah and Kol arrived to interrupt them, allowing Damon and Stefan to kill Abby, thus making the spell undo-able. When the three brothers came to confront their brother and Esther, Kol commented on Finn that he was her favorite son, Esther stated Finn knows virtue that Kol can't even imagine. Then when Damon turned Abby into a vampire, Esther couldn't do the spell, so Finn grabbed his mother and they both fled.

In *Break On Through*, it was revealed by Rebekah that Finn and Sage were lovers, and that he turned her so they could be together forever. After Sage got into Rebekah's mind to figure out that she was looking for the remaining wood from the second White Oak Tree, Sage threatened to stop Damon from getting the wood as it was a way Finn could be killed. Damon said he would not go after Finn to Sage while neglecting to mention Finn would die with Rebekah, which Sage learned from Damon's mind for herself that the Original's were linked. Sage helped Rebekah to protect Finn. Damon threatens Sage by saying that once he finds a way to kill the Originals, he's starting with Finn.

In *The Murder of One*, Klaus appears as Finn is walking down the street. Klaus asks Finn where their mother is and Finn states she is trying to find a way to end their lives and he will sacrifice himself all over again. Klaus tries to convince him into helping unlink them, but Finn says he has no wish to become unlinked, only to see his brother dead. Klaus tells him he won't be able to see him dead since if he dies so do the rest. Finn was getting tired of the conversion and told Klaus to bother someone else, but Klaus responded why should he when he can bother his big brother.

Then when Klaus realizes that he can't convince Finn, he threatens to dagger him and put him in the same box in which he rotted for 900 years. Finn replied: *"What happens to one, happens to all. You might not feel the effect of the dagger, but you will lose your precious Rebekah."* Finn then tries to run from Klaus, but is stopped by Rebekah. Klaus then appears and uses force to take him down and bring him back to Mystic Falls, where Finn reunites with Sage. They reminisce about old times, Finn saying to Sage: *"I assumed after 900 years, you would have moved on."* Sage then tells him that she took care of herself, but she never stopped loving him and then convinces Finn to go on living.

Later on, they go to Grill where they share a drink and Finn drank his first tequila, while Stefan is spying on them. Then, a vampire named Troy came by and greeted Sage. Sage revealed that she turned him and told Finn not to be upset with her. Finn told her: *"Exactly, Sage. I turned you. My passions overtook my morals."* Sage tells Finn that her passions overtake her morals on a regular basis and tells him it is living life to the fullest. Matt then puts vervain into their drinks and Stefan lures them outside.

Finn and Sage went after Stefan, and Stefan was about to stake Finn with a White Oak Stake, but Sage stopped him and told Finn to get the stake. Then, after Stefan fails, Elena and Matt suddenly appears at the Grill backdoor. Elena shoots him with a normal stake to stall him, and Matt stakes Finn in the heart with another White Oak Stake, not knowing that Bonnie broke the binding spell seconds before they succeeded, making Finn's death useless to kill Klaus, and tragic in that they killed the only Original that had never antagonized them nor wished to. About an hour after Finn's death, Sage and Troy mysteriously died, with Stefan, Caroline and Elena realizing that once an Original dies, so does every vampire descended from their bloodline.