The Faction

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## Information

### Leader(s)

* Vincent Griffith
* Declan (for the humans)
* Freya Mikaelson (for the witches)
* Hayley Marshall (for the werewolves)
* Elijah Mikaelson (for the original vampires)
* Unknown Hybrid (for the hybrids)
* Unknown Vampire (for the vampires)
* Evelyn Gilbert (for the tribrids)

### Former Members

* Marcel Gerard
* Kieran O'Connell †
* Diego † (for the vampires)
* Francesca Guerrera † (for the humans)
* Genevieve † (for the (for the witches)
* Joshua Rosza † (for the vampires)

### Species

* Original Vampire
* Tribrid
* Hybrid
* Vampire
* Witch
* Werewolf
* Human

### Last seen

* *Where You Left Your Heart*

**The Faction** is a group that manage the supernatural community in New Orleans. They represent the four main species that reside in the French Quarter: vampires, witches, werewolves, and humans. After the original hybrid Klaus returned to the city and took control, the Originals were also represented in the Faction as well.

## History

The Faction was created by Klaus at some point after he and his family arrived in New Orleans in the early 18th century. When the Faction was created, it was composed of pirates and corrupt politicians, which remained more or less the same in the centuries after its creation. Decades after Klaus and his siblings were forced to flee from New Orleans, the Faction, at the time led by Father Kieran O'Connell, established a new rule that the organization would only be run by humans, though this rule was ultimately changed to welcome representatives of all five supernatural species in season one of *The Originals*.

## Members

* Niklaus Mikaelson (founder; former leader)
* Kieran O'Connell † (former human representative; former leader)
* Francesca Guerrera † (former acting human representative; leader of the human faction)
* Genevieve † (former witch representative; leader of the French Quarter Coven)
* Diego † (former vampire representative; leader of Marcel's vampires)
* Joshua Rosza † (former vampire representative)
* Vincent Griffith (current leader)
* Declan (human representative)
* Freya Mikaelson (witch representative)
* Hayley Marshall (werewolf representative; leader of the Crescent Wolf Pack)
* Jackson Kenner (co-werewolf representative; leader of the Crescent Wolf Pack)
* Elijah Mikaelson (original vampire representative)
* Unknown Hybrid (hybrid representative)
* Unknown Vampire (vampire representative)
* Evelyn Gilbert (tribrid representative)

\*† indicates deceased

## Human Faction

The human faction was one of the most prominent members of the Faction. Initially, it was led by Kieran O'Connell; however, after his death, the leadership passed to Francesca Guerrera until her death. The current leader of the human faction in Declan, the nephew of the late Kieran O'Connell.

### The Guerrera Family

The Guerrera Family came to power in the Faction sometime around 2012, but have always had power prior to this, since Francesca was the leader of a drug ring and various other affiliates.

Their family secret was exposed in *The Battle of New Orleans*, when Camille O'Connell discovered (through Kieran's research) that her family is descendants of werewolves. At that point, Francesca and her siblings triggered the curse, took the stones for the Moonlight Rings and attacked Marcel's Army, giving and killing various vampires with the werewolf bite in the process, including Elijah Mikaelson and Diego.

They were, not too long after, killed by Elijah.

## Appearances

**Season One**

* *Fruit of the Poisoned Tree*
* *Reigning Pain in New Orleans*
* *Moon Over Bourbon Street*
* *The Battle of New Orleans*

**Season Five**

* *Where You Left Your Heart*