Cassian Mikaelson

**Cassian Mikaelson** was an Original Vampire and a Werewolf, making him the Original Hybrid. He was the biological son of Ansel Corvinus and Esther Mikaelson, the step-son of Mikael, the maternal grandson of Selene Gallio, and nephew of Dahlia. Cassian is the maternal younger half-brother of Freya, Finn, and Elijah, and the maternal older half-brother of Kol, Aaron, and Rebekah Mikaelson, as well as the full brother of Henrik Mikaelson. Cassian was the uncle of Freya and Mathias' unborn son. In the time since his death, he has become the uncle of Rebekah and Jordan Parrish's sons, Damian and Henry; and Rebekah and Derek's daughter, Andrea. He is also the father of Chance, whose mother is Hayley, and the adopted father of Marcel Gerard, an orphan boy he rescued and eventually turned into a vampire. Through Chance, he is also the grandfather of two unborn males who died before their birth, one mothered by Kayla Summers and the other carried by his son's True Mate, Jessica Parker.

## Personality

* Untriggered Werewolf-Witch Hybrid
* Original Vampire-Werewolf Hybrid

While he was still an untriggered Werewolf-Witch hybrid, Cassian had a complicated life. He was close with his half-sister Rebekah, whom he affectionately called "Bekah", and with his half-brothers Elijah and Henrik. He also had a close relationship with his younger half-brother, Kol, but he did not get along at all with his older half-brother, Finn, since childhood. However, he had a bad relationship with his overbearing step-father Mikael who was harder on him than any of his siblings. He was a victim of his step-father's physical and verbal abuse since childhood. Cassian even admitted to Rebekah that Mikael frightened him which made him constantly seek his approval without ever finding it. His mother Esther often tried to calm Mikael when he became angry with Cassian, but she never tried to stop him from humiliating or from physically/mentally abusing her son. Also as an untriggered werewolf, Cassian had the aggressive behaviour of one, but he could not act on it due to his mother making him wear a magical necklace, created to weaken his strength and thus leaving him vulnerable to Mikael's abuse. These following reasons led him to resent both his parents and possibly to be jealous of his maternal half-siblings for having their approval. Elijah pointed out that as an untriggered werewolf, Cassian was so full of love and life, and that all he ever wanted was to be loved in return, especially by his step-father. This belief that no one loved him and that he was doomed to be alone forever was the main factor that changed Cassian's personality.

When Cassian was just in the early stages of being a hybrid, he slaughtered six villagers. Which afterwards, he was devastated and cried into Elijah's shoulder. After finding out that Mikael is not his biological father, he was shocked and betrayed. Cassian is continuously described as being cruel, sadistic, careless, paranoid, reckless, impulsive, short-tempered, aggressive, volatile, unpredictable, slightly unreasonable, narcissistic, manipulative, jealous, obsessive and competitive. Though he shows little to no regard for human life in general, Cassian feels guilt and remorse for most of his actions, he just does not show it, and he also has morals. Despite his negative traits, Cassian has shown to be very protective of his younger half-sister Rebekah, who stayed by his side for centuries, and he is not pure evil, he is just sadistic. Unbeknownst to any, Cassian was not the son of Mikael, but the son of an alpha werewolf named Ansel, in another village which made Cassian aggressive, violent and angry. When he became a vampire, all these emotions were heightened and Cassian's temper became worse than ever. Years of humiliation and physical/emotional abuses at Mikael's hands and Esther's indifference, coupled with her rejection of him as her son, led Cassian to kill his own mother in revenge and for betraying him. After this, Cassian shut off his humanity to any but his family, killing any who crossed his path. Vengeful and power-hungry, he will stop at nothing to achieve his ends and remove those who stand in his way. However, Cassian does not believe that death is a punishment as seen when he denies Katherine death, instead keeping her alive so that she will suffer for having betrayed him. He will also place usefulness before pleasure and keeps people alive when it suits his needs. He has also shown a penchant for working with witches. Cassian also has a sense of humour and will not go back on his word although, he will always look for loopholes in the deals he makes.

In 1933, despite the fact that his werewolf side was dormant at the time, Cassian still held werewolves in high regard. When he discovered August Müller, a vampire, had been massacring innocent werewolves as well as spreading his beliefs about the purity of species, i.e. that vampires are the apex predators, Cassian ruthlessly killed August and his followers. Despite this, he would spare August's wife and children.

Cassian has also shown a sadistic side notably when he deals with humans or vampires who have crossed him, such as Elena, Damon and Katherine (his sadistic nature is often mistaken as psychotic) however, Cassian's hunger for power actually hides a deep fear of being alone which must stem from his step-father's treatment of him. He wants the hybrids so that he will not be the sole member of his race as Esther intended when she placed the curse on him. He also desires, beyond anything else, to be reunited with friends and family as shown by his desire to have Stefan, his one-time friend, and his family back at his side. According to Elijah, Cassian also uses his cruelty to hide his fear of being alone. He has shown to have a softer side when he is around Caroline, or a member of his family, but rarely shows it around other people. Caroline brings out Cassian's humanity. He also holds grudges against the people who try to kill him, or members of his family, and rarely lets it go. Cassian is self-preserving whenever he is in a situation where he could be killed permanently, he reveals information that keeps him from being killed, like when he told Elijah that he didn't bury their family at sea, or when he told Stefan and Damon he is the one who sired their bloodline. Cassian rarely gets made a fool out of and also doesn't like to be made a fool out of either. He is rarely caught off guard. Cassian is highly intelligent, calculating, thinks of contingencies, he (secretly) admits he makes mistakes and learns from them as well, he is always two steps ahead of his enemies. Cassian is not a very forgiving person; as he rarely forgives people in general. Despite him being the world's most physically powerful immortal supernatural being, he often pretends to be arrogant to mask his fear of being alone, he is not completely fearless, he is afraid of the White Oak Stake, because it is the only physical weapon that can permanently kill him, other than the white oak stake, Cassian is also afraid of becoming like his step-father, Mikael. Cassian has a sarcastic sense of humour and he is sarcastic even towards members of his own family. Despite his lust for power, Cassian still cares about the remaining members of his family. Despite being manipulative, he does not like being lied to or manipulated. He does not take being betrayed very well, especially if it is from a member of his family. He is not tolerant of people who disappoint him in general. He has very little tolerance for disloyalty, if any of his friends or members of his family have try to kill him, or betrayed him to his enemies who wants him dead, Cassian disowns them and no longer see them as his friends or family; like Esther, Finn, Rebekah and Marcel. Cassian is ruthless and brutal towards his enemies, as he rarely shows any of his enemies mercy. Also if anyone tries to hurt or kill a member of his family, most of them will not live to regret it.

Cassian can sometimes be cold and ill-mannered, he is also not above killing children, if they are a threat to him or his family, despite this Cassian dislikes people in general who mistreat or abuse their children; due to how he was mistreated and abuse by his step-father, Mikael. Due to the fact that he was betrayed by Esther, Cassian does not trust people in general, he only trust those who have proven themselves trustworthy to him. He wants people in general, to be loyal to him and respect him of their own free will, he does not like to compel people to be loyal to him against their free will, he only does this if he believes they are plotting against him or his family.

Like Elijah, Cassian can easily be provoked when disrespected, as he has no tolerance for those that disrespect him, like his best friend Marcel, who spoke down to him. Cassian retaliated by biting Marcel's best friend Thierry Vanchure, to teach his best friend a lesson, to never disrespect him again or there will be consequences. Although he puts up a tough demeanour, deep down Cassian cares about his family; he just has a lot of difficulty showing it. Initially, Cassian hated being a vampire, after he was turned into one, but he eventually accepted his vampire nature, although he revels/embraces both his werewolf and vampire natures, there is still some part of Cassian, that resents Mikael and Esther for turning him and his maternal half-siblings into vampires against their free will. He later admitted to Esther that he forgives her for turning them and prefers them as vampires.

During his time in New Orleans, Cassian has grown to genuinely care about his unborn child, and was deeply hurt/enraged when Elijah and Hayley falsely accused him of using her to sire more hybrids; that he violently bit Elijah in retaliation. Although, he does still maintain a twisted sense of humour about his child as he once referred to his child as "that" when discussion how to keep it and Hayley safe from Marcel. Cassian is also shown to be more mellow as he was shown to genuinely regret daggering Elijah and went out of his way to show how sorry he was, even going as far as to spare Agnes for trying to kill his unborn child just so Elijah could keep his word. It is possible that being in his former home, with his family, has caused his humanity to show more. Cassian has also shown to have matured greatly as he no longer uses the White Oak Dagger to put down his maternal half-siblings when he disagrees with them like before but instead settles things in a civil and sometimes violent matter. As the baby's birth approached, Cassian became more and more protective of both him and Hayley. He even had a nursery built right next to Hayley's bedroom so she could be near her baby. His undying love for the child is evident as he willingly sent the child away from the chaos in New Orleans so that she could grow up properly in the loving arms of her aunt Rebekah.

Even if he is cruel, we can see he still has a part of humanity which is shown when he's about to cry when he sees his dead half-brother (Kol), when he admits his love for Caroline or when Hayley is pregnant with their child and he's fighting for their safety. Unlike Elijah, Cassian is far less calm, composed, and strategic in battle. Despite his temper, Cassian is shown to be very keen as he was able to figure out that Chance would be sacrificed at the cemetery because it was where the Harvest and the Reaping took place as well as the location of the ancestral witches' burial place. Cassian does seem to care about Tyler to a degree. When he told Caroline he defeated Tyler, he left out the detail that Tyler tried to kill Hayley and his unborn child. This could be due to not wanting Caroline to hate Tyler, however, it is very likely that he just wanted to keep his child's existence a secret as much as possible, as Cassian has made many enemies over the years, (until his child is old enough to protect herself). Cassian also did mention after Stefan watched knowingly as he walked into a trap by his hybrids, he wanted to kill Stefan but he fought the urge to and mentioned it took three days to finally lose the urge to kill Stefan, when he could have ended it in an instant by killing Stefan. After his son is born, Cassian is shown to have developed strong paternal instincts since the birth of Chance. One such case is his belief a parent who trades their child for anything deserves a punishment worse than death. Cassian has also mellowed great deal a since his son's birth, so much so he, in an ironic twist of fate, restrained Elijah when he lost his temper when Finn threatened Rebekah (and unknowingly Chance) unlike before where he would just let the blood flow. Klaus's main concern is keeping his son safe now that he has returned home.

Cassian has also developed strong friendship instincts. One example was when he gave up an opportunity to kill Mikael when he threw Papa Tunde's Blade at Camille and chose to safe guard her life over killing Mikael. Although he is paranoid and mistrustful, these traits have proven to be correct on more then one occasion, like with his maternal half-sister Freya, who he does not trust to begin with, due to the fact that she resurrected his maternal half-brother Finn, and indirectly helped the latter find Chance. Since the birth of his son, Cassian has become far more mature, responsible and selfless, and far less reckless, impulsive and selfish, as Chance has brought out the best inside him. Despite this, he still can be, though to a far less extent; cruel, sadistic, vengeful, ruthless, manipulative and jealous as when he declared only he will decide what is the best way to protect his daughter, not his maternal half-siblings or Hayley, and Dahlia picked up the fact that he fears Chance will grow up to call her step-father Jackson "Daddy". Cassian is a brilliant strategist, and skilled in making people suffer, traits he inherited from his mother. however, unlike Esther, he never underestimated members of his family, or his enemies, he committed immoral acts; he killed Elijah's girlfriend Gia, and daggered him with Papa Tunde's Blade, compelled Marcel to kill Rebekah, (who is in the body of the late Eva Sinclair) if she tries to escape the compound, had Dahlia reactivate the Crescent Curse on the Crescent Wolf Pack and Hayley. All these actions of his was partly as revenge/punishment for betraying him/for trying to take his daughter away from him, and mainly to gain Dahlia's trust to take her down.

Cassian still has guilt and remorse for most of his actions, however, he still refuses to show it; but he only shows his remorseful nature towards Camille. He also still has morals and a sense of honour. After Dahlia's death, Cassian no longer has a sensitive side; as he no longer cares about what people in general think about him, particularly his maternal half-siblings and Hayley, with the exception of Chance. In his new role as a parent, Cassian has gradually begun to reveal an unexpected aptitude towards the demands of fatherhood by placing his son's needs above his own. In the act of abdicating his rule over the French Quarter and handing the reigns of control back to Marcel for the sole purpose of focusing his attention on raising Chance, Cassian exhibits a phenomenal turn-around in his priorities and power-hungry nature as well as in embracing the advent of parenthood and the experience of a new, self-sacrificing love. As a member of the North East Atlantic Pack by blood, Cassian does not get along with any member of the Crescent Wolf Pack at all, for good reason, with the exception of Aiden and Hayley, until the latter betrayed him; by trying to take Chance away from him.

Cassian is eventually warned of a prophecy by Lucien Castle (the first vampire he ever sired) that the remaining Original Vampires will fall in one year, he initially brushed it off, but realizes that Lucien may be right about the prophecy. He also realizes he has to become the ruthless hybrid he once was (prior to him fathering Chance), he joins forces with Elijah and Freya to try to stop the prophecy.

At a later date, Cassian chooses to sacrifices himself to save the rest of his family, going to his trial, for the sins he has committed over the centuries, despite knowing the fact that the trial was nothing more than a joke as Marcel and his former sireline already found him guilty before he was put on trial, condemning him for his actions that he had committed, while he claims he did it in order to protect his family. Cassian condemns them saying they would do the same thing. Cassian is upset that his friendship and family bond with Marcel had ended, as he understands Marcel's anger and vengeance, however, (silently) he cannot make excuses for his ex-best friend's behaviour, the look on Klaus's face moments before Marcel stabbed him with Papa Tunde's blade; clearly indicates that he plans to make Marcel suffer for his treachery against him and his half-siblings.

Even thirteen years after his imprisonment, Cassian's personality has not changed much as Marcel had failed to break him emotionally. Initially, he did not want to be reunited with his son, as he was afraid that he would fail Chance as his father (as he did not want him to become like him) just like he did with Marcel, despite his best efforts. After some encouragement from Camille O'Connell, a manifestation of his subconsciousness in responses to the torture of the Tunde Blade, he overcame this fear.

When an entity known as The Hollow threatened his son's life, he reluctantly returned to New Orleans to deal with this threat once-and-for all, though he gained a disdain for New Orleans, due to the fact that it reminds him of all the horrible things that had happened to the people he cares and love for, such as Camille's death. Despite this, and in an effort to change for Chance, Cassian has become far more merciful. This is evident by the fact that he gave two of the Hollows' followers a choice; they could renounce their allegiance to their master, and leave New Orleans; or they can be killed where they stand, instead of killing them out right as he normally does when there is a threat to his family.

Prior to being rescued by his family from Marcel, Cassian has developed slight PTS (post traumatic stress) as he dislikes being locked up, even if it is for his own protection. Despite this, he shows no remorse for his actions in regards to others in the same aspect, such as with Marcel, knowing the feeling of being secluded for an extended period of time.
## Physical Appearance

Cassian is an immensely handsome man, described as looking like a model with a face and body that would put even the roman gods to shame. His height is 5'11, and has a hirsute physique and muscular build, owing to his status as an Original Vampire and an ancient warrior werewolf. He possesses wavy brown hair and piercing grey eyes that compliments his pale complexion. His physical appearance is that of a young man in his early twenties, despite being over 10,000 years old. He possesses a delicate and yet masculine face, much like his son. He and Chance are said to look very much alike, to the point where they can be mistaken for siblings at first glance. It is also stated that he looks like Zeus's "younger better-looking brother."

Cassian's clothing style is quite casual, usually seen wearing shirts, jeans and jackets, although he can also use a more classic and refined outfit if the situation requires it (ex: the ritual of the moonstone; the Original ball thrown by Esther). He uses accessories, such as leather bracelets or necklaces, a habit which his son has also inherited.