Character: Elijah Mikaelson. Page 2

At first we were human. A thousand years ago. Although our mother was involved in black magic, we were an ordinary family trying to survive in a difficult time. And, anyway, we were happy. Until one night, our youngest brother was killed by the greatest evil of our village. People turning into wolves during the full moon. Our family was devastated. And Nicklaus more than anyone else. Desperate to protect the rest of us, our father forced the mother to appeal to the black forces to make us stronger. Thus was born the first vampires. But with this speed, strength, immortality came the unbearable hunger. No one felt this hunger more than Niklaus. When he killed the first time, he found out who he really is. He wasn't a vampire.
- He was also a werewolf. This is the curse of the werewolf - it appears when you kill them.
- Niklaus was the result of an indiscretion our mother. She kept an affair with a werewolf, same as you. Angry at the betrayal, my father forced our mother to cast a spell that would suppress the wolf side of Nicklaus, denying all connection with his real nature. <...> I do not condone his behavior, but you have to understand that our father chased him, pursued us for centuries. Every time we had happiness, we had to run, even from New Orleans, where we were happy the most. Shortly after Niklaus broke the spell that kept him from becoming a hybrid, he killed our father. I thought it would make him happy. But he became angrier than before. I hope this baby will help my brother to find happiness. And save him from himself.