Stefan Salvatore
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Stefan Salvatore was one of the two 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 an older brother, Damon Salvatore, who is also a cured vampire and whom he shared a strained relationship with, stemming from the appearance of Katherine Pierce in which they fought over while human.
During the years following his transition into a vampire, despite the help from close friend Lexi Branson, Stefan has constantly battled with his bloodlust, and during the 1900's 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 Elena Gilbert for the first time while rescuing her after her parents' car drove off Wickery Bridge. After finding her personal records and observing her from afar, Stefan determined that Elena was definitely not Katherine. Still, he was strongly intrigued by her 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 formed an immediate bond, beginning a romantic relationship shortly afterwards. However, despite them becoming romantically involved, numerous obstacles began to come between the two, making Stefan and Elena struggle to be together. They grow distant after Elena's transition, and later break up due to Elena's heightened feelings for Damon. He later discovered that this is due to the creation of a sire bond between Elena and Damon after Elena's transition to a vampire. He then embarked on a journey to Nova Scotia with Elena, Shane, Damon, Bonnie, Jeremy, and Rebekah to seek the the cure that can help break the sire bond.
At the end of the fourth season, Stefan ends up heartbroken when the sire bond between Elena and Damon is broken and Elena still decided to choose Damon over him. Stefan decides to leave town and start over elsewhere. However, Stefan ends up being confronted by Silas, finally revealing his true form, who locks him in a safe underwater.
Throughout the fifth season, Stefan loses his memories due to Qetsiyah's attempt at incapacitating Silas. Stefan also slowly finds closure with Katherine as she helps him overcome his demons. Being a doppelgänger, Stefan's blood is used for a spell by The Travelers in order to resurrect their leader. During this time, he begins to grow close to Elena again and they are able to form a close friendship. As things begin to spiral out of control, Stefan was unexpectedly killed by a Traveler warlock, while trying to protect Caroline, but he was resurrected after Damon, Caroline and Elena were able to bring him back from The Other Side. However after Damon fails to return from The Other Side, he is left devastated at the loss of his brother. Following this, Stefan moved away from Mystic Falls and tried to start over and move on from the loss of Damon. Unfortunately for Stefan, he ended up being dragged back to Mystic Falls due to unexpected drama.
During the eighth season, Stefan worked for Cade the Devil. To keep both him and Damon out of Hell, he turned his humanity off. While a ripper again, he attempted to murder Elena in her coffin. He then attacks Bonnie before going after Elena again, only for Bonnie to use the cure, taken from Elena's blood, on Stefan in revenge and self-defense. Stefan faints from being cured of his vampirism.
As a human again, he was overwhelmed by his guilt of all the horrible things he had done while a servant to Cade 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 Cade. In the end, he redeemed his actions by passing along the cure within him to Damon and making the ultimate sacrifice to ensure Katherine, the new ruler of Hell, would be in Hell when Bonnie redirected hellfire to destroy Hell.
During the years following his transition into a vampire, despite the help from close friend Lexi Branson, Stefan has constantly battled with his bloodlust, and during the 1900's 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 Elena Gilbert for the first time while rescuing her after her parents' car drove off Wickery Bridge. After finding her personal records and observing her from afar, Stefan determined that Elena was definitely not Katherine. Still, he was strongly intrigued by her 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 formed an immediate bond, beginning a romantic relationship shortly afterwards. However, despite them becoming romantically involved, numerous obstacles began to come between the two, making Stefan and Elena struggle to be together. They grow distant after Elena's transition, and later break up due to Elena's heightened feelings for Damon. He later discovered that this is due to the creation of a sire bond between Elena and Damon after Elena's transition to a vampire. He then embarked on a journey to Nova Scotia with Elena, Shane, Damon, Bonnie, Jeremy, and Rebekah to seek the the cure that can help break the sire bond.
At the end of the fourth season, Stefan ends up heartbroken when the sire bond between Elena and Damon is broken and Elena still decided to choose Damon over him. Stefan decides to leave town and start over elsewhere. However, Stefan ends up being confronted by Silas, finally revealing his true form, who locks him in a safe underwater.
Throughout the fifth season, Stefan loses his memories due to Qetsiyah's attempt at incapacitating Silas. Stefan also slowly finds closure with Katherine as she helps him overcome his demons. Being a doppelgänger, Stefan's blood is used for a spell by The Travelers in order to resurrect their leader. During this time, he begins to grow close to Elena again and they are able to form a close friendship. As things begin to spiral out of control, Stefan was unexpectedly killed by a Traveler warlock, while trying to protect Caroline, but he was resurrected after Damon, Caroline and Elena were able to bring him back from The Other Side. However after Damon fails to return from The Other Side, he is left devastated at the loss of his brother. Following this, Stefan moved away from Mystic Falls and tried to start over and move on from the loss of Damon. Unfortunately for Stefan, he ended up being dragged back to Mystic Falls due to unexpected drama.
During the eighth season, Stefan worked for Cade the Devil. To keep both him and Damon out of Hell, he turned his humanity off. While a ripper again, he attempted to murder Elena in her coffin. He then attacks Bonnie before going after Elena again, only for Bonnie to use the cure, taken from Elena's blood, on Stefan in revenge and self-defense. Stefan faints from being cured of his vampirism.
As a human again, he was overwhelmed by his guilt of all the horrible things he had done while a servant to Cade 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 Cade. In the end, he redeemed his actions by passing along the cure within him to Damon and making the ultimate sacrifice to ensure Katherine, the new ruler of Hell, would be in Hell when Bonnie redirected hellfire to destroy Hell.