Stefan Salvatore

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## Biographical Information

### Born

* November 1, 1846  (Mystic Falls; Aged 17/171)

### Turned

* By Katherine Pierce on September 25, 1864  (transition initiated by Giuseppe Salvatore)

### Status

* Deceased  (Found Peace on March 8, 2018)

### Marital Status

* Married to Alex Gilbert  (until his death)

### Occupation

* Carpenter  (Formerly; Unknown)
* Nomadic Traveler  (Formerly; 1920s)
* Allies Soldier of World War II  (Formerly; 1942)
* Harvard University Student  (Formerly; 1970's)
* Ambulance Driver  (Formerly; 1990s)
* Immigrant Worker  (Formerly; Unknown)
* High School Student  (Formerly; 2009 to 2011)
* Mechanic  (Formerly; 2012)
* Cade's Soul Harvester  (Formerly)

### Titles

* The Ripper of Monterey  (Formerly)
* Stefan Cooper  (An Alternate Identity)
* Sleepy-head, Sweetness  (both by Lexi)
* Shady Stefan, Saint Stefan, Superman, Beefcake, Stefan: The Hero, Fabio, Hero Stefan, Hero Hairdo, Noble Stefan, Stef, Buzzkill Bob, Baby Bro, Brother, Lily's Little Angel, Mad Max, Baby, Ebenezer, Pal, Bunny Snacking Pacifist  (all by Damon)
* My Epic Love, Love of My Life, My Hero, My Love, My Heart  (all by Alex)
* Rippah, Old Friend, Pal  (all by Klaus)
* Kid  (by Mikael)
* Sleepy-head, Gorgeous, Sweet Pea  (all by Qetsiyah)
* My Shadow Self, Me  (by Silas)
* Toddler  (by Lucien Castle)

### Species

* Human/Doppelgänger
* Vampire (Niklaus' Bloodline/Broken) (Cured/Formerly)
* Ghost (Formerly)
* Phoenix Stone Spirit (Formerly)
* Spirit (Currently)

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Silas †  (Progenitor Of, Distant or Ancient Paternal Ancestor)
* Unknown Silas Doppelgängers †  (Distant Paternal Ancestors)
* Giuseppe Salvatore †  (Father)
* Lillian Salvatore †  (Mother)
* Damon Salvatore  (Older Brother)
* Theo Salvatore  (Older Brother)
* Giuseppe's Unnamed Son †  (Paternal Half-Brother)
* Unborn Child † (Niece or Nephew)
* Zachariah Salvatore †  (Paternal Half-Nephew)
* Zachariah's Unnamed Son †  (Paternal Half-Nephew)
* Joseph Salvatore †  (Distant Paternal Half-Nephew)
* Joseph Salvatore's Unnamed Son †  (Distant Paternal Half-Nephew)
* Zach Salvatore †  (Distant Paternal Half-Nephew)
* Tom Avery †  (Doppelgänger, Descendant)
* Arielle Labonair  (Sister-In-Law)
* Elena Gilbert  (Sister-In-Law)
* Alex Gilbert  (Late Ex-Wife)
* Sarah Nelson †  (Distant Paternal Half-Niece)
* Ariana Gilbert  (Sister-In-Law)
* Jeremy Gilbert  (Brother-In-Law)
* Jax Salvatore  (Son)
* Nina Salvatore  (Daughter)
* Lily Salvatore  (Daughter)
* Grayson Salvatore  (Nephew)
* Sarah Salvatore  (Niece)
* Stefanie Salvatore  (Niece)

## Supernatural Information

### Significant Kills

* Johnathan Gilbert  (revived by the Gilbert Ring)
* Giuseppe Salvatore
* Theo Salvatore  (as a human)
* Thomas Fell
* Honoria Fell
* Marianna Lockwood
* Monterey Victims
* Liam Grant
* John Beach
* Randy Smith
* Danah Leach
* Terrilyn Henson
* Catherine Marid
* Matthew Wagner
* Michael Reddinton
* Christian David
* Dianne Wagner
* Ashley Holliday
* Margaret Forbes
* Christopher Gilbert
* Ben McKittrick  (as a vampire)
* Bethanne  (as a vampire)
* Frederick  (as a vampire)
* Jonas Martin
* Keisha
* Samara
* Dana
* Chad
* Mindy  (as a hybrid)
* Patient  (as a human)
* Silas
* Enzo  (1st and 2nd time; as a vampire)
* Robert Williams
* Tina Williams
* Hospital Staff
* Violet Fell  (as a human/vampire)
* Arcadius
* Dark Alex

### Cause of Death

* Gunshot Wound/Loss of Blood (as a human)
* Heart Extraction (as a vampire)
* Stabbed by The Phoenix Sword (2nd and 3rd time, as a vampire)
* Incinerated by Hellfire (2nd time, as a human)

### Killed By

* Giuseppe Salvatore  (1st time, as a human)
* Julian  (1st time, as a vampire)
* Himself  (2nd time, as a vampire)

## Physical Appearance

### Height

* 5'11"  (Feet)
* 1.80  (Meters)

## Appearance

### Played By

* Paul Wesley
* Sawyer Bell  (Young, age 10)
* Luke Judy  (Young/Child)
* Ryan Dorsey  (Possessing Marty Hammond)

### Episode Count

* 127  (TVD)
* 53  (TO)
* 2  (Legacies)
* 182  (Totaled)

### First Seen

* *Pilot*  (TVD)
* *From a Cradle to a Grave*  (TO)

### Last Seen

* *I Was Feeling Epic*  (TVD)
* *When The Saints Go Marching In*  (TO)

**Stefan Salvatore** was one of the three main male protagonists of *The Vampire Diaries*. Stefan was a 171-year-old cured vampire and the distant descendant and doppelgänger of Silas. Stefan was born and raised in the supernatural town of Mystic Falls, Virginia and came of age during the time of the Civil War. Stefan was the youngest child of Giuseppe Salvatore and Lillian Salvatore. He had two older brothers, Damon Salvatore and Theo Salvatore.

Stefan had three children with Alex Gilbert before he died; Jax, Nina, and Lily Salvatore. Out of the triplets; Jax is the eldest, Nina is in the middle, and Lily is the youngest. He is also the paternal uncle of Grayson, Sarah, and Stefanie Salvatore.

During the years following his transition, despite the help from close friend Lexi Branson, Stefan has constantly battled with his bloodlust, and during the 1900s after "falling off the wagon" due to Damon's unhealthy influence, he widely became known as the Ripper of Monterey due to his inability to control his blood thirst. For a brief time, Stefan was romantically involved with the Original, Rebekah Mikaelson, and shared a close friendship with her brother, Niklaus.

After many years away, Stefan returned to his hometown of Mystic Falls to visit his distant nephew, Zach. Stefan then saw Alex Gilbert and Elena Gilbert for the first time while rescuing them after their parents' car drove off Wickery Bridge. After finding their personal records and observing her from afar, Stefan determined that Alex and Elena was definitely not Katherine. Still, he was strongly intrigued by Alex and decided to pose as a new transfer student at Mystic Falls High School to get to know her. They were instantly drawn to each other and they immediately bond, beginning a romantic relationship shortly afterwards. However, despite them becoming romantically involved.

At the end of the fourth season, Stefan ends up heartbroken when Alex leaves Mystic Falls. However, Stefan ends up being confronted by Silas, finally revealing his true form and locks him in a safe underwater.

Throughout the fifth season, Stefan loses his memories due to Qetsiyah's attempt at incapacitating Silas and suffering effects due to Silas' confrontation. Being a doppelgänger, Stefan's blood is used for a spell by the Travelers in order to resurrect their leader, Markos. During this time, he begins to grow close to Elena and they are able to form a close friendship. As things begin to spiral out of control, Stefan was unexpectedly killed by Julian, a Traveler warlock, while trying to protect Caroline, but he was resurrected after Damon, Theo, Caroline and Elena's plan to bring him back from the Other Side is a success. However after Damon and Theo fails to return, he is left devastated at the loss of his brother as the Other Side collapses. Following this, Stefan moved away from Mystic Falls and to New Orleans where he and Alex get back together.

During the eighth season, Stefan worked for Cade, the Devil. To keep him, Theo, and Damon out of Hell, he flipped his humanity switch off. While a ripper again, he attempted to murder Elena, ripping out Enzo's heart, killing him as he was in his way. He then attacks Bonnie before going after Elena, only for Bonnie to use the Cure on Stefan in revenge and self-defense. Stefan faints from being cured of his vampirism. When he awakens his emotions immediately turn back on and he feels the full weight of everything he did while his emotions were off, filling him with immense guilt. He then has to face the consequences of his actions when his compulsion on others wears off and is temporarily detained before Alex has him freed. He then sets out to redeem himself for his past actions and succeeds by killing Cade. Despite this Stefan ends up making the ultimate sacrifice when Dark Alex tries to destroy Mystic Falls with hellfire, killing both of them. He leaves the syringe full of his blood which contained the cure for anyone who may want it later in life. While in Limbo he talks to Alex who had done magic to reach him, he talks with her and ask to give a message to his children. After saying their final goodbyes Stefan finds peace and had a joyful reunion with Lexi.

Stefan's life has been fraught with constant change and various complications: from falling in love and being with Alex to mending his complicated relationship with Damon; from sacrificing his freedom for his brother's life, and suffering the guilt that came from making a split-second decision that resulted in Alex becoming thee tribrid.

He was best friends with Lexi Branson until her death (now reunited in death), he is also best friends/his wife Alex. He was also close friends with Bonnie Bennett, Caroline Forbes, Ariana Gilbert, Athena Mikaelson, and Elena Gilbert.

Throughout the series, outside forces threaten those he loved and what he most desired: a normal, human life.

Stefan was apart of the **Salvatore Family**. He also had ties with the **Petrova Family**, **Gilbert Family**, **Lescheres Family**, **Labonair Family**, and **Mikaelson Family**.

## Early History

* Human Life
* 1864
* 1912
* 1917
* 1922
* 1942
* 1960
* 1977
* 1987
* 1994

**Stefan Salvatore** was born on November 1st, 1846, on Veritas Estate in what would eventually become the town known as Mystic Falls, Virginia. He is the youngest child born to Giuseppe Salvatore and Lillian Salvatore. He is the younger brother of Damon and Theo Salvatore. In 1851, when Stefan was five years old, during a Thanksgiving dinner in the Salvatore Estate with his parents and brother, his father confronted Damon about money that was taken from his bureau, believing his oldest son to have been the thief. Young Stefan witnessed as his father burned Damon's hand with a lit cigar as both a punishment for lying and stealing. Unknown to Stefan, it was actually his mother who took the money, trying to flee from her husband with her sons. Damon mentions that in October 1852, he broke Stefan's nose trying to teach him how to throw a right hook. In 1858, his mother Lillian became very ill with tuberculosis (also known as consumption). Deciding not to spend any time with her while she was ill, he instead did whatever he could do to avoid her, such as walking into Mystic Falls and getting the tea she liked or picking out her favorite flowers. Whereas he pretended that he was doing it for her, Stefan was actually in denial about her impeding death and in fact, was afraid to see her in such a sick and grave condition. Sometime later, Giuseppe sent her away but then ended up dying. Stefan mentions that he would have given anything to have spent one more day with her before her death. Flashbacks show that Stefan felt extreme guilt for the death of Lillian. Giuseppe had sent Stefan to retrieve a remedy to help with Lillian's illness. Stefan felt guilty because he felt that he did not retrieve the remedy fast enough before Lillian was then sent away to a TB ward where she ended up dying. Unknown to Stefan, she ended up turning into a vampire. The death of his mother was something that Stefan never got over and he never really moved on from her absence. Stefan was very close to Lillian as a child, so much that Damon himself even referred to Stefan as being a "mama's boy". It's strongly indicated that Stefan was Lillian's favorite son and that between the three brothers, Stefan was the son she shared a closer bond and relationship with. After his mother's passing, Stefan lived with his father and his brothers Damon and Theo. Stefan is seven years younger than Damon and one year younger than Theo. Despite the semi big age difference between Damon and Stefan, Stefan grew up to be the best of friends with Damon and Theo and had even said that they were his best companion, despite having other friends growing up since his childhood. Going by flashbacks, it is evident that Stefan was also Giuseppe's favorite son, and that Stefan had a rather close and good relationship with his father, the complete opposite of Damon, who appeared to have had a rather strained and tension-filled relationship with Giuseppe. Personality wise, Stefan was seen to be kind, caring, compassionate, introverted, intelligent, well-spoken, responsible, dutiful, noble and an overall respectable young gentleman.

One day In 1864, Stefan was fixing a broken carriage when a man who was riding a carriage carrying Katherine Pierce and Emily Bennett had stopped to talk to him. This is when Katherine had first seen Stefan and described that she was instantly drawn to him and attracted to him. When Stefan had first met Katherine, when she and Emily had come to stay at the Salvatore Estate, he had become strongly attracted to her and eventually had fallen in love with her, as did his brother Damon. However, despite Damon's feelings for Katherine, it seemed to be evident that the younger Salvatore was Katherine's preference as it was Stefan that she had asked to escort her to the Founders Ball. One night, Stefan and Katherine had spent a passionate night together. Another night, Stefan and Katherine were spending a passionate night together when she suddenly bit Stefan. It was during that time when Stefan and Katherine were making love that Katherine revealed her true identity to Stefan and that she was a vampire. It is unknown if Katherine had compelled Stefan to forget after she had bitten him. The next morning after their passionate affair, Stefan awoke with a bloody wound on his neck, and the previous night slowly returned to him. He was clearly frightened of her, saying that her face resembled that of a demon and also told her to get away from him. To calm him down, Katherine compelled him to not be afraid of her. After hearing of the town's plan to kill the vampires, Stefan went to see his father Giuseppe and unintentionally hinted to him that he knew of vampires staying in Mystic Falls when he suggested that vampires might not be as bad as they are made out to be. During this conversation, his father tricked Stefan and drugged his alcoholic drink with vervain. When Katherine went to see Stefan that night and bit him so that she could feed on his blood as a form of foreplay, the vervain within Stefan's blood had poisoned and incapacitated her. Stefan was confused, worried and concerned about what was happening to Katherine and could not understand why Katherine appeared so sick and weakened all of a sudden. Giuseppe, hearing Katherine collapse, entered Stefan's room. He then told Stefan that he had tricked Stefan and had put vervain in his drink after Stefan had asked his father how he knew about Katherine and other vampires existing because "he did not raise his sons to be so weak. Giuseppe than urged Stefan to let the sheriff know that they have another vampire in Katherine captured and for him to go the sheriff as quickly as possible. Giuseppe then set in motion Katherine's capture, which corresponded with a town-wide vampire round-up. Later, finding out what had happened with Katherine being captured by their father, Damon was extremely devastated and furious with Stefan, as Damon had made him promise not to tell their father about Katherine. Damon ended up blaming Stefan for Katherine's capture although it was not ever Stefan's intention on hurting or betraying Damon and outing Katherine.
As a result of indirectly betraying Damon, Stefan felt extreme guilt for unintentionally being responsible for Katherine's capture and promised Damon that he would do everything he could to help Damon get Katherine back. They then planned a course of action to get around the guards who were on watch for the vampires, and eventually made it to the cage where Katherine was being held captive. They got Katherine out of the cage, but as soon as they were ready to escape with her, Damon was shot by an unknown person. Shocked and overwhelmed with grief to see his brother dying, Stefan picked up a gun to shoot whoever had shot his brother, but before he could do so, Stefan was also shot directly in the chest. He slowly lost consciousness as he watched Katherine, who lay on the ground nearby, still weakened by the vervain. Once Stefan died, Katherine returned to Stefan's body and let him know that she loves him.
The next morning, Stefan woke up confused and dazed. He searched for his gunshot wound but found he had been healed, and noticed that he was a wearing an unfamiliar, large silver ring, with a deep blue stone and the Salvatore family crest with the letter 'S' on it. Emily Bennett then approached Stefan and told him that Katherine had her make that ring for him (*and Damon*) weeks before. She explained everything that had happened since he was shot: she had found him and Damon lying dead in the woods, brought them to the quarry, and he and Damon were now transitioning into vampires. Stefan, confused, wondered how that was possible if he had never drunk Katherine's blood, but Emily confessed that Katherine had compelled him for weeks to drink her blood, while Damon drank from Katherine willingly. Stefan soon approached Damon, who recounted seeing the townspeople dragging Katherine into the church and setting it on fire. The two discussed their options, and both brothers seemingly agreed to die without transitioning, as neither one wanted to be a vampire without Katherine.
Later in the evening, Stefan began to notice that he had heightened senses, including super-hearing. He overheard his father and Johnathan Gilbert discussing the vampires being captured and destroyed, and that his father wanted to keep secret that his sons were vampire sympathizers, preferring they be known for dying nobly and bravely in the fight against the vampires. After Johnathan had left, Stefan went inside to talk to his father one last time, who was shocked to see that Stefan was "***alive.***" Stefan wondered aloud to his father that even in their death, he still felt ashamed of his sons. Giuseppe retorted with disgusted disapproval that their mother would have been extremely disappointed in her sons, were she alive to see what they had become. He then confessed to Stefan that he was the one who had shot and killed both him and Damon, shocking Stefan.
Stefan then told his father that he had not fully turned into a vampire yet and that he was choosing to let himself die instead of drinking human blood. Not taking any chances, Giuseppe tries to stake and kill Stefan. Underestimating his new-found vampire strength, Stefan threw Giuseppe against the wall, causing him to accidentally be stabbed by the wooden stake in the stomach. Overwhelmed and shocked, Stefan tried to help him, but Giuseppe refused him, disgusted by what Stefan was becoming. When Stefan pulled the stake out of his father's stomach, his bloodlust became too much for him to suppress and he tasted his father's blood, completing his transition into a full vampire.
Stefan then went to meet Damon, who had also planned to let himself die. He told Damon about how amazing it felt to be a vampire, that it was a gift; how he could willingly turn off his emotions, the pain and the guilt. Stefan had compelled a young woman to go with him to Damon, where he convinced his brother to become a vampire by drinking her blood. Damon initially refused, but Stefan would not relent, saying he couldn't let him die. Eventually Damon drank the girl's blood and told Stefan that he was right, that it felt like a whole new world being a vampire. Stefan hoped this meant they could be brothers and companions together forever, but instead Damon promised Stefan that he would make Stefan's life miserable for the rest of eternity.
Weeks after he was newly turned and still lacked control of his bloodlust, Stefan went on a rampage, killing members of the Founding Families out of revenge for what they had done to Katherine. One member was Johnathan Gilbert, though he later came back to life with the help of his Gilbert Ring. Stefan continued on a blood-drinking bender to try to make the guilt and pain of what he had done to Damon and his father go away. He compelled young women to go home with him, so he could toy with them and feed on their blood. When Damon found Stefan like this, he was upset by his brother's uncontrollable behavior and compelled all of the women to leave and to never come back. Damon tried to convince Stefan to control his bloodlust and moderate his behavior, but could not get through to Stefan until he announced he was leaving town. Desperate to keep his brother in his life, Stefan begged Damon not to leave, that he promised he would do better. Damon showed no sympathy for his brother's pleas and left, saying he would not let Stefan get them both killed, and that he would leave him to do that to himself.
One night, Stefan went to a camp where the war-wounded lay, and discreetly fed on their blood. It was there that he spotted a girl in the shadows and tried to attack and feed on her. Instead, she drove Stefan to the ground and turned out to be another, much older vampire by the name of Alexia Branson. Lexi needed a place to stay, so Stefan brought her home with him, where she found corpses drained of blood lying everywhere. Lexi told Stefan that he was a Ripper, and that there are good parts of being a vampire and there are bad parts, and that he was the bad parts. Determined to change that, she later walked with him through the camp where they had met, asking him how he felt about the suffering war victims. Stefan told her that he felt emotionally numb, that he felt nothing. She then explained that he felt nothing because he had managed to turn off the part that makes him feel, the human part of him; that in spite of the intensified pain and suffering vampires feel, love is what makes life worth living. Over the course of many decades, Lexi became Stefan's mentor, best friend and companion, and she showed Stefan the 'good parts' of being a vampire; how to live compassionately and reclaim the caring, empathetic person Stefan had been as a human. From 1864 to 1912, Stefan lived on a strict animal blood diet and no longer fed on human blood.

In 1912, Stefan returned to Mystic Falls to attend the funeral of his half-nephew, Zachariah. It was there that Stefan saw Damon for the first time in almost fifty years. Damon initially had no desire to rekindle any brotherly relationship with Stefan, but Stefan convinced Damon to join him for a drink, saying he had missed him.

Later, while at a boxing ring, Damon tried to persuade a very resistant Stefan to have a drink of human blood with him again, selecting Marianna Lockwood and luring her away from the crowd. Stefan fed on her, but quickly lost control of himself and accidentally ripped her head off, astonishing both of them. Out of extreme guilt and remorse, Stefan irrationally apologized and tried to put her head back onto her body. Stefan, angry with Damon for forcing him to drink human blood, refused Damon's offer to help him learn to control it, then ran off into the woods. Damon watched him go, concerned for his brother's well-being, though not enough to pursue him. After drinking human blood in 1912, Stefan fell off the wagon and returned to his former Ripper lifestyle.
Klaus revealed that Stefan had become notorious for his horrific killing sprees, including the massacre of an entire migrant village in Monterey in 1917, after which he became known among the vampires as the "Ripper of Monterey". 100 years later, Arcadius told Stefan that he actually attacked the village on Christmas Eve. Stefan was reluctant to believe him at first, but then Cade showed him that Seline had met him after the massacre. Instead of giving Stefan's soul to Cade, she took pity on him. After seeing how regretful he was, she altered his subconscious and made him forget, convincing him that he was worth living.

After he left Mexico, Stefan traveled to Chicago in 1922. It was there that he frequented a particular speakeasy, and one day caught the eye of a beautiful blonde vampire, Rebekah. She initially resisted his interest, but not long after that, they became romantically involved.

Stefan eventually met Rebekah's older half-brother, Nik. At first, Nik disliked Stefan because of his relationship with Rebekah. As time went on, however, they bonded over their similar family histories, as well as Stefan's penchant for petty cruelty toward humans, and became best friends who enjoyed each other's company immensely. The three of them frequently partied together at the speakeasy, enjoying booze, blood and dancing all night long.

On one such night of revelry, the club was attacked by what appeared to be the police. Discovering that the police were using wooden bullets, Stefan realized they knew there were vampires inside. He sensed Rebekah's panic when she responded cryptically "*He's here*," but before he could find anything out, Nik compelled Stefan to forget about him and Rebekah. Unbeknownst to Stefan, Katherine was in the club while the police were searching it; she spotted Rebekah's necklace on the floor and went to pick it up, but fled when she heard Stefan approaching. He in turn saw the necklace and picked it up, observing it carefully. A detective then approached him, showed him a sketch of Nik and Rebekah and asked if he had ever seen them before. Stefan told him what he believed to be the truth: that he had never seen those people before in his life.

In April of this year, Lexi found Stefan again, "dragged him off the train tracks" and started to help him recover his humanity and get off of human blood. According to Stefan's journal entries, it took the better part of a decade to do so; around 1935 he still felt cravings for human blood, but it was getting easier, and by the 1940's, still under Lexi's guidance, he continued to make progress with his rehabilitation.
Before he left for the war, Stefan, at Lexi's insistence, sought out his brother Damon in New Orleans in order to make amends with him. He approached his brother in a bar, and after an initial skepticism, Damon welcomed the reunion and seemed glad to have Stefan back in his life after thirty years apart. After Stefan told Damon about his plans to join the war effort as an ambulance driver, Damon proposed spur-of-the-moment that he could join Stefan. Unknown to Stefan at the time, Lexi talked Damon out of leaving with Stefan, citing his profligate lifestyle and how Damon's behavior would not be good for Stefan's rehabilitation. She seemed to be proven right when, after Charlotte had brought a bleeding victim back to the bar, Stefan started to lose himself at the sight and smell of human blood. Lexi's interference proved instrumental in the brothers' long estrangement, as Stefan left for the North African campaign believing Damon had abandoned him yet again.

As the elections for a new president go under way, a lady is walking alone through an alley, Stefan appears and attacks her, biting her and drinking her blood, he lets her go alive and compels her to forget everything, then a woman who seems to know everything about vampires appears and she knows who he is, she knows he is the brother of Damon Salvatore, who she is looking for. Stefan asks who she is and she tells him that her name is Maggie James, Stefan advised her to stay away from Damon as he is lost by his comportment, she confesses that she is looking for Damon only to kill him because he is a monster, so Stefan decides to attack her but only to scare her and leave the town.

Stefan returned to Mystic Falls this year along with Lexi. Stefan asked Lexi to go to New York City to help Damon get his humanity back and to get his act together.

He was in Chicago with Lexi at a Bon Jovi concert, which unbeknownst to them was Katherine watching them from afar.

In the Pilot, Stefan mentioned that the last time he saw Damon was sometime in the 1990s, 15 years prior to the Pilot. It's revealed in Season Six, that the brothers met again in May, 1994, when Stefan came back to Mystic Falls to be with his great nephew Zach. Damon, who didn't see Stefan for nearly 50 years, and has had his humanity switch shut, claimed he wanted to go straight and narrow. Stefan, who knew that Damon had sent Lexi flowers to apologize for leaving her to burn on a rooftop 17 years earlier, reluctantly let him back into his life. He thought Damon was living on animal's blood until he saw bite marks on the wrist of Zach's pregnant girlfriend Gail. It turns out Damon had weened Zach and Gail off their vervain and didn't consider feeding on his relative and a pregnant women bad, since he was keeping it all inside the house. Stefan had snapped his neck and had taken him to the shed of the boarding house, where he could take off his daylight ring, gave him time to cool off, and berate him for always ruining his life. Damon, who just missed his little brother and wanted him to go off on a road trip with him, snapped. That's when he killed all the people at the party, including Gail. He promised Stefan an eternity of misery—resentment for Stefan turning him into a vampire so he wouldn't be alone, but then not wanting to be the kind of vampire Damon became and left him all alone. Damon them left his brother. Stefan was able to compel Zach to forget about Gail and the deaths, but he couldn't hide the body count. Stefan then took Gail to the hospital, and all though the doctors couldn't save her, they saved her baby girl. He then made sure that the baby was adopted right out of the hospital by a great family, who named her Sarah Nelson. Stefan left town right after, and looked out for Sarah all her life, without Damon knowing anything, so he wouldn't jeopardize her life with the supernatural world.

## Throughout The Vampire Diaries Series

### Season One

Stefan was first seen as a mysterious, handsome and new high school student at Mystic Falls High School. He was born and raised in the town of Mystic Falls and had just moved back to town, where he lives with his nephew Zach in the Salvatore Boarding House (he lived in Salvatore Estate). Zach refers to him as "Uncle Stefan", even though Stefan looks significantly much younger. When Stefan first arrives at the high school, all the girls are irresistibly attracted him and want to gain his attention.

It is at the high school that Stefan inevitably and fatefully meets Alex Gilbert, who bears an unusual, and striking uncanny physical resemblance to Stefan's past love from 1864, Katherine Pierce. Upon meeting each other, Stefan and Alex are instantly, undeniably drawn to each other and the two instantly connect. Over a gradual period of time, Stefan and Alex bond, fall deeply, passionately in love and eventually develop a romantic relationship. According to Caroline Forbes, Stefan's favorite color is blue. Stefan wears a large, silver ring made from enchanted Lapis Lazuli stone (a stone which was enchanted by Emily Bennett back in 1864) that allows him to walk around in the sunlight without burning. Unlike Damon, who drinks human blood and feeds off of innocent people, Stefan has chosen a vegetarian diet, living on an animal blood diet.

His best friend, and supposedly one of his few friends, was a vampire named Lexi Branson. In *162 Candles*, it was mentioned that she visited him every year on his birthday, and this was the only day he allowed himself do any crazy or stupid stuff. He has jumped naked into the Trevi Fountain and he has also got drunk on a tour to the Statue of Liberty. When Damon killed her, he was furious. He was thinking about killing Damon. He instead let him off with a warning, staked him, but missed the heart on purpose.

It is revealed that it was Stefan who rescued Elena and Alex from the car crash which killed their adoptive parents he tried to rescue them too, but he was too late.

When Damon turned Vicki Donovan into a vampire, Stefan tried to teach her the ability of self control but she couldn't handle it. She ran away and went to the Halloween Party at school, but when Vicki was threatening Elena, Alex, and Jeremy's life, Stefan had to kill her. He has a bitter relationship with his older brother Damon.

They overcame some of their differences when they tried to free Katherine from the tomb, but after they opened it, they discovered she wasn't there. When Damon learned that Katherine wasn't there and that she had never really loved him he was heartbroken, leaving both Stefan and Alex to do their best to comfort him. In Let The Right One after the vampires were released from the tomb, a vampire named Frederick and some other vampires kidnapped Stefan and tortured him and tried to kill him. Harper tried to protect him, but they tied him up. He was saved by Damon and Alex.

They killed most of the vampires, but because Harper tried to help Stefan, he told Damon not to kill him. Alex gave Stefan some of her blood so could be stronger Frederick put a stick into him and almost killed him but Stefan was faster then Fredrick and killed him. But then he became addicted to human blood, and drank it behind Alex's back.

When Damon told Alex what he was doing, they got into a fight. Stefan then attacked Amber, a girl in the Miss Mystic Falls Pageant. He drank her blood and almost killed her but was stopped by Bonnie when she cast a spell on him. Damon and Alex then locked Stefan up in the basement to try to get him back to normal.

In *Blood Brothers*, Stefan felt really guilty about all the things he had done and thinks that Damon did was his fault since he forced Damon to turn into a vampire. He also told Alex how he and Damon became vampires. Stefan felt so guilty that he tried to take his ring off and was about to commit suicide, until Alex convinced him not to do it. When they came back, Damon told him two things. 1: What Damon does isn't Stefan's fault, it's Damon's. 2: Damon still hates Stefan, but not because he forced him to turn into a vampire. He hates him because he wanted Katherine all to himself.

In *Founder's Day*, when the tomb vampires was about to attack the during the Founder's Day festival, Stefan was affected by the device when John Gilbert started it like all other vampires in town. He was about to be taken by a deputy, but Alaric, Elena, and Alex came when Stefan was spotted, Alaric sent the deputy to towards another vampire instead of Stefan, saving his life. after they discovered that Damon had been taken, Stefan and Alex asked John were Damon was, he told them where they could find Damon; Stefan saved Damon with some help from Bonnie.

## Personality

* Human/Doppelgänger
* Vampire
* Without Memory

1850s (1st Time)

As a human, Stefan was compassionate, kind, noble, honorable, intelligent, athletic, responsible, academic, dutiful, and a gentleman. He was definitely seen as the 'Golden Boy' and he had the admiration and respect of the entire town of Mystic Falls and most of all, of his father Giuseppe. Stefan was also seen to be ambitious and studious and he desired to become a doctor during his human life and this was his profession or career of choice before he was turned into a vampire against his will. In his human years, when it came to love and romance, Stefan was liked, admired by and popular with women. He was seen to be chivalrous, gallant, romantic, well-mannered, courteous and polite, traits which made Katherine Pierce fall deeply for the younger Salvatore.

In regards to Katherine, Stefan was much harder to get and challenging unlike Damon, who persistently chased and pursued Katherine as much as possible. Unlike Damon, Stefan had a very close relationship with his father Giuseppe and Stefan was Giuseppe's favorite son. Stefan was also close with his mother, before she had died when he was 10 years old. Before turning into a vampire in 1864, Stefan was seen to be happy, optimistic, light-hearted, playful, mischievous and naive. He was also seen as athletic, dutiful, respectful, intelligent, scholarly, noble, chivalrous and even-tempered. Stefan was very close to his older brother Damon growing up. Although Stefan was very popular and had many male friends during his human life, Stefan always considered Damon to be his best friend and companion. Stefan was also a bit idealistic when it came to love and romance, even naive at times. This is evident in Stefan when he very quickly and easily became infatuated and fell in love with Katherine Pierce, which is evidence of his youthfulness, naivety and simplicity as a regular teenage human. Although Stefan was only 17 years old, he displayed maturity, responsibility and had a wisdom beyond his years. Because of this, Stefan always seemed to be much older than his actual age.

Present Time -2017- (2nd Time)

After Bonnie injected the Cure into him while he attempted to kill her, Stefan was reverted back to his human self. As a human again. he was overwhelmed by his guilt of all the horrible things he had done while a servant to Arcadius without his humanity, most recently killing Enzo. He attempted to make things right with Bonnie though he claimed he'd have to live with the guilt and he'd spend the rest of his life trying to make it right with her, starting with killing Arcadius. In the end, he redeemed his actions by passing along the cure within him to Damon and making the ultimate sacrifice to ensure Dark Alex, the new ruler of Hell, would be in Hell when Bonnie redirected hellfire to destroy Hell.

As a vampire, Stefan's personality became increasingly complex. Much of Stefan's personality as a human transcended into his vampire personality, although his basic human traits became significantly more heightened. Although Stefan became increasingly darker by nature due to his vampire nature, he still retained the same basic personality traits that he had as a human. As a vampire, Stefan was described as mysterious, brooding, inscrutable, intense, kind, caring, empathetic, compassionate, loving, affectionate, heroic, noble, selfless, brave, intelligent, protective, and loyal. On the dark side, Stefan can be incredibly self loathing, self-destructive, addictive, guilt ridden, martyring, unpredictable, melancholic, self-righteous, naive, secretive and judgmental. Since he turned in 1864, Stefan had always had trouble controlling his blood lust, that has often become a major problem for him throughout the course of his immortal life.
Because of his blood addiction, Stefan was a certified "blood-a-holic" (which is a term coined from alcoholic by Caroline). When Stefan consumes copious amounts of human blood, his entire attitude seems to change. When Stefan gives into his blood lust, Stefan was unstable, volatile, unpredictable, rash, reckless, careless and can become highly destructive. The "ripper" side of him usually causes him to push people away and become emotionally cold, withdrawn and distant. When Stefan lets his blood lust take over, (this was because unlike his older brother Damon, Stefan never learned how to control, his thirst for human blood), he often shuts off his humanity and his emotions to block out his suffering, guilt and pain. After he was newly transformed into a vampire, Stefan was seen to be extremely dependent towards Damon. This was not the case when Stefan was a human. When Stefan was a human, although he and Damon were very close, Stefan always had an independent personality. Stefan's dependence on Damon due to his newborn vampire-ism and heightened emotions was example by a time right after he transitioned and then persuaded an unwilling Damon to complete his own transformation into a vampire.
Although Stefan was initially optimistic and happy that he and Damon were going to spend eternity together, Damon had shattered Stefan's optimism and hopes when Damon told Stefan he promised him a lifetime of misery. Over a century later, in the episode *Rose*, Stefan apologizes to Damon for betraying him and admits that he was selfish by getting Damon to complete his transition. That he did not want to be alone because he just wanted his brother by his side forever. There was a large part of Stefan and who he is deep down in his core that cares deeply and strongly for his own humanity as well as humankind. Stefan had a strong respect for humans and a strong regard for human life. Because of this, Stefan often feels immense guilt and remorse if he hurts, harms or kills a human. As the powerful witch Emily Bennett had once told him after Stefan had transitioned into a vampire, Stefan's heart was pure and good. This was what had caused most the self-loathing and brooding which had become deeply associated with Stefan's personality.
When Stefan was at his best, he was extremely caring, loving, helpful, understanding, selfless, empathetic, and compassionate. He did not like to see others suffering or in any kind of pain, whether it be physical, emotional, spiritual or mental. Stefan can be very wise and comforting to others and people can always depend on Stefan. Stefan likes to give advice, help people, and comfort others who need comforting and support. Stefan was always willing to lend a helping hand when it is needed most and he will put the needs of others before his own. He was always willing to save people, especially those who need saving the most at a particular time. He was the kind of person who tries to protect and save everyone at the same time. Stefan was also highly honorable, noble, brave, courageous, altruistic, and selfless, especially when it comes to the people he loves and cares about.
One of the most heroic, selfless acts Stefan has ever committed is to give up his entire life in Mystic Falls, including his values, morals, and his devotion to his own humanity in order to save the life of his beloved brother (Damon) when he was dying from a fatal werewolf bite. When it seems appropriate, Stefan can be very fun-loving, upbeat and humorous. He was particularly practical, charming, playful, mischievous and humorous around his close friends (such as Lexi or Caroline, for example) or people who he knows. He can sometimes be somewhat sarcastic or display a dry, sarcastic wit. His best friend Lexi often brought out the more fun, light-hearted, playful side of Stefan's personality. Stefan was usually one to shy away from dancing, because he thinks that he was a bad dancer, but admits that he was much more enthusiastic about it when he was drunk or under the influence of alcohol.
Stefan was charismatic, charming, passionate and deeply romantic and because of this, he is highly magnetic to and popular with the opposite sex. He had a very selfless, idealistic approach to love. Stefan was known to be respectful, polite, courteous, and chivalrous towards women. Because of this, Stefan had always been popular, admired and loved by the opposite sex or women since his human life. He almost always respects women's (namely Alex) choices and decisions, even if he doesn't agree with them. This is especially shown with Elena, but also with Caroline and Bonnie in particular. His deep, strong love for Alex Gilbert has highlighted how his values and outlook on life have significantly changed since he was human and how deep, affectionate, understanding and loving he can truly be. Alex's own compassion and kindness are very important to Stefan. He was often very tender, loving and gentle towards Alex but he was also extremely passionate about her. Stefan had also proven many times, that values such as respect, honesty and trust are very important to him when it comes to romance, love and relationships. Stefan often emphasizes the importance of free will, freedom, liberty, choice and respecting one's decisions.

After Tessa strips away Stefan's memories in order to take away Silas' own mental powers, his personality developed obvious changes for a brief period of time. Stefan's naturally serious and broody demeanor lessened considerably, becoming more gregarious and even easygoing. He was also more inclined to bold bluntness and his sense of humor was slightly more sarcastic as well as almost taunting, particularly to Damon and Tessa. He also showed little reluctance to dancing in public with others, a sharp contrast to his old self who felt extremely uncomfortable with dancing. Stefan's personality was able to emerge more fully into itself without all of his guilt weighing him down, prompting to show sides of himself he would have had if he had never killed so many people as the Ripper or turned Damon into a vampire.

One of Stefan's most marked differences without memory was his opinion on being a vampire and giving in to the bloodlust. Upon the discovery of what he was, Stefan expressed confusion over not feeding on people and failed to see what was wrong with it, as going as far to say since he was a vampire he should *act* like one. This was a drastic change from Stefan with his memories who had both moral and practical reservations, and consistently refrained from feeding because he feared he would lose control and kill. Without memory Stefan *wanted* to feed on people, and theorized that the reason he had lost control was an attempt to escape the constant feelings of guilt and responsibility he bore after turning Damon but that would no longer be a problem since he didn't have those terrible memories; interestingly enough, Memories Stefan had once confirmed this. Ironically, Stefan's initial naivety and desire to feed paralleled his behavior after being turned into a vampire in 1864. In both cases he had been in awe of being a vampire and sought to embrace it.

Stefan had also briefly displayed much more dismissive and almost callous behavior towards the victims he had supposedly murdered in the past since he was unable to feel sorry for things he couldn't remember. He had reacted calmly to being told he killed his own father, and showed no reaction being informed he had murdered Honoria Fell while walking past her gravestone. Stefan had also asked half-jokingly once entering the Salvatore tomb if there was anyone he *didn't* kill in their family. However, not too long afterwards he began to display remorse for the horrible person he at some point seemed to be, openly calling himself a monster and admitting that he even scared *himself* once he nearly killed a innocent girl while thinking he could handle it. This stuck true to Memories' Stefan's pattern soon after he became a vampire.

However, Stefan was not entirely different from the person he had been before the memory loss. He retained his intelligence and logical nature. Stefan still carried his caring and kind interior as well, though on the outside he was somewhat more rude and less polite than before.

After Elena rejected Stefan's attempt to kiss her and informed him she was dating his brother and that he suppose to be in love with her twin, he was thoroughly confused and hurt to know she had not told him beforehand. This caused him to display clear differences from who he was with memories albeit briefly. Feeling betrayed by this realization despite having no memories, Stefan impulsively attempted to attack Jesse and stated he saw no point in being good if he had nothing to show for it. This was a sharp difference from the Stefan who had his memories since he maintained his morals despite Alex leaving Mystic Falls and did not want to stop being good for even a moment.

Stung by this event, Stefan was cold towards Elena and Damon. He had insisted he wanted nothing to do with either of them, and he rather wanted to forge his own path away from them. Stefan had even gone as far to say the only one he truly trusted was his best friend, Caroline. Despite this, he would later clarify he did not hate Elena and still cared for her, shown when he had stood up against Tessa so she wouldn't be killed. Stefan would justify this by telling Elena he had simply followed his instincts, and would not let someone good get killed if he could help it, proving he still maintained his heroic and chivalrous disposition somewhere inside him. Elena had recognized this, and responded by noting he was still him in some ways since his first instinct had always been to protect her.
## Physical Appearance

Physically, Stefan was described to be classically handsome and athletic, with a brooding, mysterious and intense aura. Stefan had a pale complexion, broad forehead, strong bone structure (angular jawline), deep-set, forest green eyes, a straight nose and a well-formed mouth. He had straight, short, dark blonde hair which is often gelled or spiked. Stefan also had straight teeth with a heartwarming smile. Stefan is of slightly above average height, about 5'11", and he has a lean, flat-muscled and athletic physique. In regards to his clothing and fashion sense, Stefan was generally trendy and casual.

He was often seen wearing darker colors such as black, grey and dark blue, although sometimes he wears lighter colors. Stefan had also been seen wearing plaid shirts in lighter tones from time to time. He was often seen wearing t-shirts, shirts or sweaters of darker colors and in various styles (such as short-sleeved, round-necked and v-necked shirts). Stefan was a casual, yet trendy dresser and he always looks neat, clean and well put together. He often wears dark or black jeans with a belt with black, leather boots with a buckle. On occasion, Stefan will sometimes wear black leather jackets and dark sunglasses, which give him a mysterious and rebellious aura. Stefan will wear more formal clothing, such as suits and tuxedos, if he was either attending a formal gathering/event or a special occasion.

Stefan had a tattoo of a rose on his right shoulder. However, the origin of the tattoo, its significance and when Stefan got the tattoo was all unknown. He also wears a large, silver lapis lazuli daylight ring on the middle finger of his right hand in order for him to walk around in the sunlight. On his lapis lazuli stone bears the Salvatore family crest with the letter "S" for the first letter of his first name. During his human years in the 1860s, Stefan's sense of style was "Victorian" and old-fashioned. In the 1864 flashbacks, Stefan was often seen wearing long pants, overalls made of denim with suspenders with a shirt underneath, dress shirts (often white in color), dress coats, vests (of various colors), trousers (normally in beige), waistcoats, and cravats with laced-leather boots (often beige in color). Stefan's hair was styled much differently; flatter and much longer in length with a part in the side.

Although Stefan was only a 17 year old teenager, Stefan appeared to look much older than his actual age because of the fashion at the time. It was assumed that Stefan's sense of fashion changed with the times. Damon mentions to Stefan in the *Pilot* after 15 years of not seeing each other, that the 90s "grunge" look did not suit Stefan, implying that Stefan went through a grunge phase in terms of his personality, attitude and his sense of style.

## Powers and Abilities

Stefan possessed all the standard powers and abilities of a non-Original vampire. Stefan has shown himself to be an experienced fighter, able to subdue his enemies easily. As a vampire over 170 years old, this makes Stefan one of the oldest vampires shown throughout the series. Although his age allows him to best younger vampires, Stefan is highly inferior to vampires such as Katherine and Anna.

As a ripper Stefan is prone to losing control when drinking human blood, making him stronger and emotionally unstable — even to the point where Damon, an older vampire, feared him. As a ripper, Stefan once wiped out a whole village in Monterey, earning himself the title 'The Ripper of Monterey' to which even Klaus was impressed.

Stefan, unlike many other vampires, has shown the ability to resist the effects of compulsion. Much to others dismay, Stefan can become dangerous when emotionally unstable as seen in *Best Served Cold*, Stefan was able to fight on par, and best Julian a vampire over 475 years old, to the point where it was likely Stefan would of killed him if it weren't for the intervention of Lily.

Due to his lack of human blood consumption over the centuries, Stefan had become inferior to his brothers Damon and Theo. In *Pilot*, Stefan and Damon engaged in a spar upon Damon's return to Mystic Falls. Damon stated himself that Stefan gave up the fight against him when he stopped drinking human blood. Despite this, Stefan has engaged in fights with Damon numerous times since, sometimes besting him easily.

Unlike other vampires, Stefan had also shown the ability to enhance his use of dream manipulation. While most vampires are only able to cast a dream upon someone, Stefan has shown the ability to go beneath 'the surface' and interact with the subconscious manipulation of Sybil.

Furthermore, during his time working for Arcadius, he was temporarily granted the ability to return from death, even matters regarding a stake to the heart. This was an ability he shared with Damon and Theo, and was thought to be achieved through Cade's intervention post-death. Following Cade's death and Stefan being cured of his vampirism, he lost this ability along with his vampric abilities and enhancements.

## Weaknesses

* Human
* Vampire

Stefan had all the typical weaknesses of a human/doppelgänger.

Stefan had the typical weaknesses of a non-Original vampire.

## Appearances

### The Vampire Diaries

* *Pilot*
* *The Night of the Comet*
* *Friday Night Bites*
* *Family Ties*
* *You're Undead to Me*
* *Lost Girls*
* *Haunted*
* *162 Candles*
* *History Repeating*
* *The Turning Point*
* *Bloodlines*
* *Unpleasantville*
* *Children of the Damned*
* *Fool Me Once*
* *A Few Good Men*
* *There Goes the Neighborhood*
* *Let the Right One In*
* *Under Control*
* *Miss Mystic Falls*
* *Blood Brothers*
* *Isobel*
* *Founder's Day*

* *The Return*
* *Brave New World*
* *Bad Moon Rising*
* *Memory Lane*
* *Kill or Be Killed*
* *Plan B*
* *Masquerade*
* *Rose*
* *Katerina*
* *The Sacrifice*
* *By the Light of the Moon*
* *The Descent*
* *Daddy Issues*
* *Crying Wolf*
* *The Dinner Party*
* *The House Guest*
* *Know Thy Enemy*
* *The Last Dance*
* *Klaus*
* *The Last Day*
* *The Sun Also Rises*
* *As I Lay Dying*

* *The Birthday*
* *The Hybrid*
* *The End of the Affair*
* *Disturbing Behavior*
* *The Reckoning*
* *Smells Like Teen Spirit*
* *Ghost World*
* *Ordinary People*
* *Homecoming*
* *The New Deal*
* *Our Town*
* *The Ties That Bind*
* *Bringing Out The Dead*
* *Dangerous Liaisons*
* *All My Children*
* *1912*
* *Break On Through*
* *The Murder of One*
* *Heart of Darkness*
* *Do Not Go Gentle*
* *Before Sunset*
* *The Departed*

* *Growing Pains*
* *Memorial*
* *The Rager*
* *The Five*
* *The Killer*
* *We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes*
* *My Brother's Keeper*
* *We'll Always Have Bourbon Street*
* *O Come, All Ye Faithful*
* *After School Special*
* *Catch Me If You Can*
* *A View to a Kill*
* *Into the Wild*
* *Down the Rabbit Hole*
* *Stand By Me*
* *Bring It On*
* *Because the Night*
* *American Gothic*
* *Pictures of You*
* *She's Come Undone*
* *The Darkness In The Doppelgänger*
* *The Walking Dead*
* *Graduation*

* *I Know What You Did Last Summer*
* *True Lies*
* *Original Sin*
* *For Whom the Bell Tolls*
* *Monster's Ball*
* *Handle with Care*
* *Death and the Maiden*
* *Dead Man on Campus*
* *The Cell*
* *Fifty Shades of Grayson*
* *500 Years of Solitude*
* *The Devil Inside*
* *Total Eclipse of the Heart*
* *No Exit*
* *Gone Girl*
* *While You Were Sleeping*
* *Rescue Me*
* *Resident Evil*
* *Man on Fire*
* *What Lies Beneath*
* *Promised Land*
* *Home*

* *Hello, Brother*
* *Today Will Be Different*
* *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*
* *The Simple Intimacy of the Near Touch*
* *Nostalgia's a Bitch*
* *You Made a Choice to Be Good*
* *What Are You?*
* *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

* *The Big Uneasy*  (Voice/Dream)
* *From a Cradle to a Grave* (Ghost)
* *Suffering Grief*
* *Rebirth*
* *Alive and Kicking*
* *Every Mother's Son*
* *Live and Let Die*
* *Red Door*
* *Wheel Inside the Wheel*
* *Chasing the Devil's Tail*
* *The Brothers That Care Forgot*
* *The Map of Moments*
* *Gonna Set Your Flag On Fire*
* *Brotherhood of the Damned*
* *Sanctuary*
* *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*
* *The Axeman's Letter*
* *Beautiful Mistake*
* *Out of the Easy*
* *The Other Girl in New Orleans*
* *Savior*
* *A Ghost Along the Mississippi*
* *Wild at Heart*
* *Dead Angels*
* *Heart Shaped Box*
* *A Streetcar Named Desire*
* *An Old Friend Calls*
* *Alone with Everybody*
* *Behind the Black Horizon*
* *The Devil Comes Here and Sighs*
* *No More Heartbreaks*
* *Where Nothing Stays Buried*
* *Give 'Em Hell Kid*
* *The Bloody Crown*
* *Gather Up the Killers* (Mentioned)
* *No Quarter* (Mentioned)
* *Voodoo In My Blood* (Mentioned)
* *A Spirit Here That Won't Be Broken*  (Hallucination)
* *Voodoo In My Blood* (Mentioned)
* *The Feast of All Sinners*  (Spirit)

* *Alexandria Gilbert-Salvatore: Thee Tribrid* (Flashback)
* *Oh Sweet Memories Vol. 1* (Flashback)
* *Oh Sweet Memories Vol. 2* (Flashback)
* *Where You Left Your Heart* (Mentioned)
* *The Tale of Two Wolves* (Mentioned)
* *When The Saints Go Marching In*  (Spirit)

### Legacies

* *This is the Part Where You Run* (Mentioned)
* *Hope is Not the Goal* (Spirit)
* *Death Keeps Knocking On My Door* (Spirit)
* *The Boy Who Still Has a Lot of Good to Do* (Indirectly Mentioned)
* *There's Always a Loophole* (Indirectly Mentioned)
* *Screw Endgame* (Mentioned)
* *This Christmas Was Surprisingly Violent* (Mentioned)

## Name

* **Stefan** is a masculine first name of Greek origin 'Στεφανος (*Stephanos*) meaning "*crown*", "*garland*", or invested with a "*crown of martyrdom*". In turn, Stephen or Stefan comes from the Greek word "**στέφανος**", meaning "*wreath*", "*crown*", "*honor*", "*reward*", literally "*that which surrounds or encompasses*".
* **Stefan** is a very common name in Serbia.
* **Salvatore** means "savior" and is of Italian origin.

1. ↑ *Monster's Ball*