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| “ | Esther Mikaelson was two things: a genius witch and an overprotective matriarch. | „ |
| ~ Kol to Davina. |
| “ | Go on, strike me, I imagine you've been waiting a thousand years to do so. | „ |
| ~ Esther to Mikael. |
Esther Mikaelson (Elder Futhark: ᛖᛋᚦᛖᚱ ᛗᛁᚲᚨᛖᛚᛋᛟᚾ) is a major antagonist in The Vampire Diaries and its spin-off series The Originals.
She was a powerful witch and the mother of the original vampires Klaus, Elijah, Finn, Rebekah, and Kol. She was also the wife of the viking Mikael, the sister of Dahlia, and the mother of the witch Freya.
She created the original curse that turned her children into immortal beings known as vampires to protect them from werewolves, but upon realizing she had also turned her children into monsters in doing so, Esther spent the rest of her life trying to reverse the curse and turn them into human beings again. After her death, she became an ancestor spirit and leader of the New Orleans Witch Coven.
In The Originals, she ordered the assassination of Klaus and Hayley's daughter; Hope Mikaelson, because of a deal she made with her sister, Dahlia, whereas she will get a fertility spell provided that Dahlia recieves every firstborn of her descendants and if she fails, Dahlia will come after Esther and her whole family. In a way, this makes her a complex antagonist and, along with her husband Mikael, they are the archenemies of their illegitimate son, Niklaus Mikaelson.
Esther was mainly portrayed by Alice Evans, though while possesing the bodies of other witches she was portrayed by Natalie Dreyfuss and Sonja Sohn. Her young versions were portrayed by Hayley McCarthy and Morgan Hinkleman.
History[]
Early life[]
A thousand years ago, Esther and her family where mortals. Unable to conceive a child with her husband Mikael, Esther make a deal with her sister Dahlia, a powerful witch, looking for a fertility spell. In exchange for being able to continue with her other children, she gave her firstborn daughter Freya to her. Eventually, when Mikael went to battle, Esther had an affair with the werewolf Ansel and they had a son; Klaus. When Mikael discoverd, he killed Ansel. Esther was ultimately devoted to her family and would do anything to protect them. When her youngest child Henrik was killed by werewolves, she decided to turn her remaining children into vampires as a way of protecting them. Klaus would have become a hybrid if not for the witches keeping his werewolf side in dormat. In retaliation, Klaus eventually killed Esther.
The Vampire Diaries[]
Esther was awakened by Bonnie Bennett and her mother in the 21st century and joins forces with Finn to destroy his siblings. Esther managed to link the siblings together and then cast a spell to remove Finn's immortality, which would make all of the originals humans again, and Esther would kill Finn and all of her children with him, finally freeing them from their curse. However, her plan was foiled when Damon Salvatore turned Abby Bennett into a vampire, severing Esther from the power of the Bennett Coven. With Finn still magically linked to his siblings, Matt Donovon managed to kill him with the white oak stake, but not before Klaus forces Bonnie to break the link between Finn and his siblings, preventing the others from dying along with him. Esther was later killed by Alaric Saltzman after turning him into an enhanced original vampire to kill her children.
The Originals[]
It is revealed that she made the order on the murder of Klaus and Hayley's child.
In the finale, it is revealed that she has possessed harvest witch, Cassie and Finn has possessed an African-American warlock named Vincent Graffith.
In the next season, she has made a deal with Francesca, that she will make the werewolves moonlight rings and prevent vampires from entering the French Quarter. Her other son, Kol, is possessing a witch names Kaleb.
Cassie/Esther never cared about Francesca anyway. Esther controls the werewolves of New Orleans and when she has a meeting with Klaus in the cemetery, Klaus insults Esther in front of Cassie (not realizing that Esther is possessing her) and when Cassie lectures Klaus, the anti-villainous protagonist realizes that it is his mother and he tells Elijah, who has told Klaus about Mikael's return.
Esther and Finn then have a dinner with Klaus and Elijah, Klaus gives Esther a cold-hearted piece of his mind, blaming her for being the main reason of what he is today, as well as her children being monsters and Esther later possesses the protagonist's ally, Lenore Shaw (who has made a spell of putting a symbol on a hand to show when that person is being possessed by Esther) and Esther offers Hayley a proposition-to possess a mortal so that she can go back to being a werewolf and have a family of her own (and even politely introduced herself) and when Klaus and Elijah arrive, Esther reveals most of her motive-she offers Klaus and Elijah the chance to be reborn by possessing/taking the life of a mortal and leave their vampirism so that they can be a "family again".
She then disappears, causing destruction to the place. Esther then reveals her full motive to Finn-she wants Klaus and Elijah to rejoin their family but as witches by possessing mortals and leave their vampirism and she will make their lives hell, hurting the ones they love until they become so desperate that they will end up taking her offer and because she "loves" them, she will do that.
Her and Finn then take teenage werewolves to turn into werewolves by night so that they can give more power but one of the werewolf Alphas, Aiden wouldn't want that because his younger brother is one of those boys so he teams up with Oliver, Hayley, Elijah and Marcel to transport them back to the bayou, where they'll be safe and they succeed but Esther sends the werewolves to attack Elijah and Oliver but they kill them. However, Finn and Elijah battle but when Elijah is about to kill Finn, Esther weakens him by stabbing him with wood and she holds him hostage in the cemetery.
Esther then psychologically abuses Elijah's mind by making him a monster, trying to kill Hayley/Tatia, and revealing about a Petrova doppelgänger that he loved, Tatia and how she died and Elijah thought that Esther killed her but she reveals that Elijah killed her and he brought her to Esther and Esther erased his memory of him killing her. She then makes Elijah have nightmares of how he is a "monster".
In the next episode, Klaus and Esther meet and Klaus expresses his hatred for Esther and Esther still tries to convince him to take the life of a mortal and become a werewolf and when Klaus tells Esther about Mikael's return, Esther promises that she will kill Mikael and Klaus saves Elijah and tells Esther that he hates her so much because she tried to kill his daughter Hope and we see a flashback of why Esther wanted to kill Hope-back in the day, she had an older sister named Dahlia and Esther struggled too have children and Dahlia was more powerful than Esther and agreed that she will perform a fertility spell for Esther, on one condition-that she kills the firstborn if every firstborn that her descendants and family tree has, as she did with Esther's first child, Freya and if she doesn't, the she'll go after her and her whole family, even her children. Therefore Esther was afraid that Dahlia would come after her family, so this makes her a true neutral character and Dahlia is possibly the bigger bad. Finn knows this and he understands. Esther has brought Klaus' father, Ansel back to life so that Klaus can reunite with his father but Klaus doesn't want anything to do with him.
He kills him and sends it as a message to Esther, breaking her heart and Marcel, Josh, Cami, Aiden and Hayley have ensnared Finn and Kol and this upset Esther, as Finn truly understood Esther. This was an act of going after everything she loves. As revenge, Esther kidnaps Cami so that she can make her Rebekah's vessel and she has traced the whereabouts of Rebekah, but not the child.
Finn tells Klaus about why Esther was after Hope and Kol chooses to join Klaus on his fight against Esther, while mommy's boy Finn still remains loyal to Esther and Klaus traps him in a coffin.
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Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Dark Magic: Esther is known for being one of the most powerful sorcerers in The Vampire Diaries universe. She has great knowledge about dark and forbidden magic and has a large arsenal of spells, curses and magical traps. Centuries ago, Esther created some of the enchanted amulets and talismans; like the necklace that weakened Klaus's werewolf side, the moonlight rings, as well the daylight rings to protect her children from the sun. Even though she was a spirit in the afterlife, Esther managed to cast a spell from the other side to make Vicki Donovan a corporeal ghost in the world of the living. She then used the young witch Bonnie Bennet to wedge open a doorway between worlds, allowing several spirits to return to Earth. She was eventually consecrated as a New Orleans witch, becoming an ancestral spirit of the New Orleans Witch Coven.
- Power absorption: Esther can drain power from the sun, the lineage of other witches and even the white oak tree to obtain more power and immortality.
- Spell Casting: Esther knew how to cast spells without any incantations, like when she trap Klaus and Elijah and with a wave of her hand, she caused a earthquake to disorient her children, also controlling many starlings to allow her to escape.
- Cursing: Esther created the curse who turned her husband and children into the world's first original vampires. Later, she bound Klaus with the hybrid curse, locking away his werewolf side.
- Ressurection: One thousand years after her death, Esther managed to resurrect in her original body by channeling the Bennett Bloodline. After her second death, she became an ancestor spirit and was able to possess Cassie, the last Harvest girl being resurrected. Using ancestral magic, she also performed the same spell in her deceased sons Finn and Kol, putting their souls into the bodies of the witches Vincent and Kaleb.
- Possession: As a ancestral spirit, Esther can possess any living being, and use them as her hosts while also manifesting her supernatural powers through them.
- Telekinesis: Using her telekinesis, she was able to incapacitate Matt and Jeremey at the same time and break Klaus' neck.
- Biokinesis: She was able to give Klaus an aneurysm that caused him to bleed. She was also able to bring Kol to her knees and make him bleed until he obeyed her.
- Memory manipulation: Esther can search memories to obtain specific information, as well as to erase or restore and alter the memory of others, reprogram other people's minds and put others to sleep.
- Astral projection: Esther was able to astral projecting herself to talk to Mikael safely.
Former Powers;
- Vampirism
- Superhuman strength
- Superhuman speed
- Superhuman durability
- Superhuman endurance
- Mind control
- Immortality
- Regeneration
Abilities[]
- High-level intellect/Expert manipulator: As a high ranking witch with centuries of experience, Esther has displayed great intelligence, and is an expert in manipulation, using her skills to force her opponents to make the exact choices she desired them to make.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Esther is a Persian name meaning "Star".
- Esther has brutally died four times through the series.
- Not only did Ester somewhat be the inventor of dark magic, she also contributed to the creation of the original vampire species.
