Hybrid

Hybrids are a cross-breed of two or more different supernatural species. The term is commonly used to describe a werewolf turned into a vampire due to the fact that they were the first supernatural hybrid to be introduced in the series. However, since the werewolf-vampire hybrid's creation, there have been other hybrids, such as siphoner turned witch-vampire hybrids, werewolf-witch hybrids, and, in the unique case of Andi Mikaelson, a witch-werewolf-vampire tribrid.

Hybrids possess both the strengths and some of the weaknesses of their parent races, along with powerful attributes unique to themselves alone due to their combined heritage. For werewolf-vampire hybrids, this includes day walking and being able to transform into a wolf without the Full Moon's influence. For siphoner-vampire hybrids, they retain their ability to siphon magic and their own vampirism as a power source for their use in witchcraft; as they did not possess their own magic as siphoners; this is a skill that makes them powerful.

To become a werewolf-vampire hybrid, a werewolf must have either Klaus or Andi's Blood in their system before they are killed so they can awaken a short time later in transition. Because no regular vampire has ever attempted to use their own blood to turn a werewolf into a hybrid, it is likely that such an attempt would be unsuccessful. After a werewolf dies with Klaus' blood in their system, their transformation will be successful only if the wolf completes his/her transition by drinking the blood of a human doppelgänger. If a werewolf is turned with Hope's blood, her blood can also be used to complete their transition as well, just as a doppelgänger's blood would. So far, all hybrids have been created by Klaus; with the exception of Dwayne, Hayley, and Henry Benoit, who were created by Hope Mikaelson.

Only one hybrid, Niklaus Mikaelson, has been turned into a hybrid before triggering his werewolf gene. (This excludes his daughter Hope Mikaelson, who was born a hybrid). However, since Klaus is the Original hybrid and was turned into a hybrid with dark magic performed by his mother Esther as opposed to being turned by another hybrid's blood, it is unknown if untriggered werewolves can be turned into hybrids successfully via the normal procedure. If it were possible, the werewolf would presumably trigger their werewolf gene during their first kill as a vampire following the completion of their transition by feeding on the blood of a doppelgänger or Hope Mikaelson. However, this has never been done before and concrete details are still unknown.

If a newborn hybrid feeds on regular human blood to officially complete their transition, the hybrid will become unstable, causing them to bleed from the eyes, become rabid, and eventually die in pain. This result was demonstrated during Klaus' first attempt to turn werewolves into hybrids in The Hybrid after he sired Paige's Pack. However, it is unclear why that happens. It might be a reaction to being fed the wrong blood in transition in addition to feeling the effects of the full moon overhead. After Klaus sired Paige's pack, they all began to experience unbearable pain and profuse bleeding from their facial orifices until they either killed each other, were mercy-killed by Klaus, or dying of failed transitions combined with exsanguination.

It was initially believed that since the doppelgänger (Elena) was resurrected, that the ritual wasn't fully complete, which is why Klaus' first batch of hybrids failed in transition. Bonnie Bennett, an experienced witch, initially confirmed this. However, after Matt Donovan received a message from the ghost of his sister Vicki, who had contacted the witch who created the Hybrid Curse, Klaus realized that the Original witch had been playing him. A short time later, Klaus assumed that the original witch would never help him and gave Tyler Lockwood Elena's blood as a hunch when he awoke in transition because even if it didn't work, he'd die without a successful transition anyway. Klaus' hunch ended up being correct, and Tyler then became Klaus' first successful hybrid since Klaus broke his own Hybrid Curse.

Afterward, Klaus revealed that the Original witch who cursed Klaus had a fail-safe - the doppelgänger had to die in the ritual to turn Klaus, but her blood was needed to turn any hybrids he tried to make. This was put in place in order to avoid the creation of new hybrids if Klaus were to ever break the curse. Klaus believes it was done as the Original witch (who was later revealed to be his own mother, Esther Mikaelson) hated him.

Klaus can still turn humans into vampires, as can his hybrid progeny. Before it was revealed that Klaus' child can make hybrids, every previous hybrid has been directly created by Klaus.

It has also been revealed that Klaus, as a werewolf who was turned into a hybrid with magic rather than by hybrid blood, can have children thanks to his werewolf side. Additionally, Klaus' child's mother, Hayley Marshall was a full-blooded werewolf at the time of the child's conception, and her father is the original hybrid, so the child, Hope Mikaelson, is a witch-werewolf-vampire tribrid, having inherited the ability to practice witchcraft from her paternal grandmother Esther, her werewolf gene from both her parents and vampire heritage from her father. Immediately after Hope's birth, Hayley was killed, but because Hope's blood was still in her system, she reawakened in transition, and eventually drank another drop of Hope's blood to complete her transition to stay in her life.

It has been proven that tribrid blood is a powerful binding agent similar to doppelgänger blood. This eliminates the need for doppelgänger blood during the transition, though only the tribrid's blood can finish the transition of a new hybrid, thus the hybrid race still depends on a single and rare supernatural creature.

Historyedit | edit source

 * The Original Hybrid
 * A New Species
 * The Sire Bond
 * The Revolution
 * The New Generation


 * Aberrations of Nature
 * The Next Generation

Hybrid Casualtiesedit | edit source

 * A pack of Hybrids that were unsuccessfully turned and died from Heart Extraction, broken necks and blood loss in The Hybrid.
 * Ray Sutton was killed by Stefan Salvatore in The Hybrid.
 * Unknown hybrid was killed by Damon Salvatore in Homecoming.
 * Unknown hybrid was killed by Damon Salvatore in Our Town.
 * Mindy was killed by Stefan Salvatore in Our Town.
 * Tony was killed by Jeremy Gilbert in The New Deal.
 * Nate was killed by Connor Jordan in The Five.
 * Dean was killed by Connor Jordan in The Killer.
 * Daniel Warren was killed by Elijah Mikaelson in The Ties That Bind.
 * Chris was killed by Jeremy in We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes.
 * 12 hybrids were killed by Niklaus Mikaelson in O Come, All Ye Faithful.
 * Dwayne is killed by Tyler (2nd time) in Bloodletting.
 * Tyler Lockwood was killed by the Anti-Magic Border and then cured of being a hybrid in Home.
 * Malachai Parker was killed by Damon Salvatore in I'm Thinking Of You All The While.
 * Malcolm was killed when Damon Salvatore ripped his heart out of his chest in Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take.
 * Oscar was killed by Valerie in I Carry Your Heart With Me.
 * The Spirit possessing Oscar was killed by Enzo in Live Through This.
 * Beau was trapped in the phoenix stone by Rayna Cruz in This Woman's Work and was killed by Damon Salvatore, possessing a vampire body in Somebody That I Used to Know.
 * Mary Louise was killed in an explosion caused by the destruction of the phoenix stone, sacrificing herself with Nora in Days of Future Past.
 * Nora Hildegard was killed in an explosion caused by the destruction of the phoenix stone, sacrificing herself with Mary Louise in Days of Future Past.
 * Henry Benoit was killed when a mysterious assailant ripped his heart out of his chest in One Wrong Turn On Bourbon.
 * Hayley Marshall-Kenner was killed by exposure to sunlight and her werewolf side was bound, making her no longer a hybrid in What, Will, I, Have, Left.
 * Niklaus Mikaelson was willingly killed by his brother Elijah Mikaelson in order to finally kill the Hollow and save Hope from her in When The Saints Go Marching In.
 * Malachai Parker was killed by Alaric Saltzman in You Can't Save Them All.

Powers and Abilitiesedit | edit source

 * Werewolf-Vampire
 * Witch-Vampire
 * Witch-Werewolf
 * Original Hybrid
 * Tribrid
 * Former

Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids have the powers and abilities of both werewolves and non-Original vampires, both physically enhanced powers and abilities of mind compulsion. Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids will grow stronger with age due to their vampirism and will also increase in strength when enraged, due to their werewolf side. Their strength will also increase during a full moon.


 * Super Strength: Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids are stronger than Werewolves, Evolved Werewolves, non-Original Vampires, Supernatural Hunters, Immortals and Humans. Due to their vampire side, they also get stronger with age. The full moon will boost their strength and aggression. Older non-Original vampires may be stronger and more challenging for many newborn non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids. However, if a non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid fights a non-Original vampire closer to their age range, the non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid will win. Ray Sutton (a dying transitioning, unsuccessful non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid) was shown to be very strong and nearly killed Damon, a non-Original vampire more than 170 years old until Stefan saved him. Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids are even capable of putting up a fight against non-Original vampires well above their age range as seen when Tyler was able to gain the upper hand and bite Nadia, a 500-year-old non-Original vampire. It should be noted that Nadia did manage to overpower Tyler eventually and escape, implying that she had equal or slightly superior strength. Julian, while possessing Tyler's body, was able to fend off both Caroline and Stefan and even managed to kill the latter through heart extraction. A non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid in werewolf-form will be immensely powerful and maybe a slight challenge for even an original vampire.
 * Super Speed: A non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid's intensified quickness, agility, reflexes, and endurance makes them faster than any werewolves, evolved werewolves, non-Original vampires, supernatural hunters, immortals, and humans. Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids can use this ability in human or werewolf form. As with strength, non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids get faster with time. The full moon will increase their speed and being in werewolf form will make them even faster. Tyler was particularly fast as a non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid, being fast enough to surprise Klaus and stake him.


 * Super Agility: Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids possesses much more superhuman stamina, flexibility, reflexes, agility, and dexterity than immortals, non-Original vampires, werewolves, evolved werewolves and humans. They can move, jump, climb, and run incredibly fast without difficulty or exhaustion.


 * Super Senses: Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids have extremely keen senses of hearing, sight, touch, and smell that exceed those of non-Original vampires, werewolves, evolved werewolves, and humans. Since they're a supernatural crossbreed between werewolves and non-Original vampires, non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids have the combined senses of both species thus making their ability extremely effective. Tyler Lockwood has been seen to use his super senses on multiple occasions such as when he overheard Katherine (in Elena's body) say that Caroline slept with Klaus or when he was able to hear Nadia compelling Matt but a prime example of this ability is in "Home", when Tyler is resurrected and hugs Caroline but then he tells her that it felt different, because he was no longer a non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid.
 * Super Durability: Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids can bear a lot of trauma. They also hardly ever get tired or fatigued. Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids can take far more trauma than any non-Original vampires, werewolves, evolved werewolves and humans, without much discomfort or injury. Stakes and arrows can not kill a non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid when they are struck in the heart, they merely become unconscious, they are able to resist the bullets created by The Brotherhood better than non-Original vampires as Stefan said to Tyler, that if he was a normal vampire he would be dead.
 * Enhanced Healing Factor: Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids have the combined healing capabilities of both non-Original vampires and werewolves, rendering them practically invincible to anything but fatal wounds that can seriously impair their healing capabilities like decapitation or heart-extraction. They can recover/heal/regenerate from any injury much quicker and more effectively than any non-Original vampires, werewolves, evolved werewolves, and humans. They also seem to heal much more quickly when exposed to vervain, wolfsbane, or wood. Human blood has also known to make the healing process faster.
 * Immortality: Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids stop aging the moment they transition. They become immune to all conventional diseases, toxins, poisons, viruses, illness, infections, and injuries.
 * Day Walking: Due to their werewolf heritage, non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids are immune to the lethal effects that u.v. rays and sunlight have on non-Original vampires and original vampires. Allowing them to walk in daylight without the use of a day ring.
 * Emotional Control: Due to their vampire heritage, non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids are able to exert certain control over their own emotions, e.g. They can turn off their humanity.
 * Enhanced Emotions: Because of their vampiric and werewolf traits, non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids experience emotions more powerfully than humans and non-Original vampires. Particularly emotions such as anger, rage, aggression, and violence due to their werewolf heritage. Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids are more prone to violence and rage than non-Original vampires. However, emotions such as love, joy, and happiness are intensified for them as well, allowing them to live life more intensely. This ability allows them to feel emotions at their peak regardless of their age.


 * Lycanthrope Enhancement: Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids are capable of using their werewolf features to further supplement their powers and abilities. Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids can grow claws from their nails and werewolf fangs from their teeth even when they are still in their human forms. When Klaus was in Tyler's body, it was shown that a non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid's claws are sharp enough to penetrate a non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid's very durable skin. Also, non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids can display both sets of vampire and werewolf fangs. Their eyes also change into those of their werewolf form, presumably granting them better eyesight. Due to their werewolf heritage, a non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid's strength and speed are heightened further during a full moon and at its peak in their werewolf forms.
 * Mind Compulsion: A non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid can compel the minds of Humans. They cannot, however, compel original vampires, non-Original vampires, Supernatural Hunters, Witches or Werewolves.


 * Shapeshifting/Transformation Control: Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids have the ability to transform into their werewolf forms at will. Most of them avoid transforming at all due to the pain it causes. They have complete awareness, but they still, however, have no control of their actions in werewolf form. They can also perform partial transformations, manifesting single features of their werewolf forms. Elijah informs Klaus that he remained a werewolf for two days, even when the sun was up. Showing that a non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid can stay in werewolf form longer than a normal werewolf. As seen with Klaus when he bit Katherine, a non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid can transform partially, displaying their werewolf eyes and teeth.
 * Sire Bond: Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids seem to be sired to the source of their creation. Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids turned by Klaus had a deep sense of gratitude and commitment to him causing them to obey his every command. When Hope Mikaelson's blood was used to turn a werewolf into a non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid it obeyed Hayley's plea for help as she was still pregnant with Hope and in danger. It is later revealed that Hope's blood like Klaus' carries a powerful sire bond effect causing any non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid created from her blood to protect and obey her. A non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid is capable of breaking a sire bond if they transform into their werewolf forms an excess of 100 times in a row. Transforming so many times in a row causes them to no longer feel pain from transforming into a werewolf and they no longer feel a sense of gratitude, commitment or loyalty to their creator breaking the sire bond. Like non-Original vampires/original vampires, non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids can form a sire bond if the human they turn into a vampire has feelings for them before being turned. Although like non-Original vampires/original vampires, this is extremely rare.
 * Telepathy: Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids have the ability, albeit a weak variant, to enter the minds of others as long as theirs is stronger than them. Normally, this ability works in a tactile fashion and the non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid requires physical contact in order for it to work successfully. Hayley has also been shown sharing her memories with others. Like their physical attributes, their mental strength increases with age.
 * Dream Manipulation: Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids can control dreams and subconscious like non-Original vampires/original vampires. They can produce and modify dreams, bestow nightmares, or lucid dreaming. Other effects of this ability are the distortion of reality and trapped in the dreams.
 * Illusions: Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids have the power to trick the minds of others into seeing/feeling things that aren't actually happening.
 * Werewolf Bite: Due to their werewolf heritage, non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids and Klaus have venom which is fatal to non-Original vampires and they themselves are immune to werewolf venom. Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid venom seems to take effect much faster than a normal werewolf venom.
 * Immunity to Silver: Due to their werewolf heritage, magic bonded to silver doesn't affect non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids. Weapons made of silver might wound them, but the wound heals at super-normal rates than regular wounds.

Weaknessesedit | edit source

 * Werewolf-Vampire
 * Witch-Vampire
 * Witch-Werewolf
 * Original Hybrid
 * Tribrid
 * Former


 * Broken Neck: Breaking a non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid's neck will result in the non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid's unconsciousness.
 * The Cure: If a non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid takes the cure, they will revert back to being a werewolf again. Once taken, the cure prevents them from being immortal again, causing the body to reject vampire blood.
 * Decapitation: Dismembering or removing the head of a non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid will result in instant death.
 * Desiccation: Being completely drained of blood or the heart-stopping will cause a non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid to desiccate due to their vampire side, losing most of its strength and any ability to move. This process can be replicated artificially by magic.
 * Heart Extraction: Removing a non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid's heart will result in instant death.
 * Hybrid Bloodline: If Klaus dies, then all the non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids he created will die along with them.


 * Invitation: Due to their vampire heritage, non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids are unable to enter a home without an invitation.
 * Magic: Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids are susceptible to the powers of witchcraft. This is inclusive of mystical objects such as the Starling Necklace, Gilbert Device, Papa Tunde's Blade, and Dark Objects. A Siphoner can also siphon the magic from a hybrid.
 * Physical Trauma: Minor physical injuries such as gunshots, stab wounds, and broken bones will cause a non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid pain and also slow them down. However, this is momentary as they will heal completely within seconds. It seems physical trauma can give them pain and weaken them anywhere on the body (ex-eye gauging, drowning).
 * Poison: There are various poisons invented by Dr. Wes Maxfield and Aya, to name a few, that are capable of incapacitating or desiccating a vampire when administered. Klaus also used a poison to kill Tim that not even vampire blood could cure. It is unknown what effect any of these poisons would do if ingested by a non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrid.
 * Vervain: Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids are affected by vervain like their non-Original vampire counterparts. They can't compel anyone on vervain.
 * Wolfsbane: Non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids are affected by wolfsbane like their werewolf counterparts.
 * Wood: Wounding non-Original werewolf-vampire hybrids with a wooden weapon such as wooden bullets will incapacitate for a shorter time than a non-Original vampire.