Caroline Forbes
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Caroline Forbes is a vampire and one of the main female characters on The Vampire Diaries. Caroline is the daughter of William Forbes II and Sheriff Elizabeth Forbes, the wife of the late Stefan Salvatore and the sister-in-law of Damon Salvatore and Elena Gilbert. She is also the surrogate mother of Alaric and Jo's twin daughters, Lizzie and Josie Saltzman. Prior to her transition into a vampire, she was known for her insecurities, which caused her to be excessively competitive, mainly with Elena.
She has always had a strong bond with her childhood friends, Elena Gilbert and Bonnie Bennett. She became best friends with Stefan Salvatore after she became a vampire and he became her mentor. She is also close friends with her ex, Matt Donovan, whom she has known since childhood, and with Niklaus Mikaelson.
Earlier in the series, Caroline begins dating Elena's ex-boyfriend, Matt, who encourages her to become more caring, kind, and selfless. In the Season One finale, Caroline was severely injured in a car wreck and suffered internal bleeding. When Caroline's situation was looking pretty bleak, Bonnie and Elena agreed that Damon Salvatore should heal Caroline by feeding her his blood. Later, after Caroline's health had improved, Caroline was smothered to death in the hospital by Katherine Pierce, who was aware that Damon had healed Caroline, therefore knowingly turned her into a vampire. Katherine planned to use Caroline to her own advantage by manipulating her, threatening those she loved and eventually giving her to Klaus as a sacrifice. However, Damon rescues her, and the deal made by Katherine is forfeited.
Caroline's new vampire nature brought difficulty to her relationship with Matt and this eventually causes them to break up despite their love for each other. Matt's friend, Tyler, fell in love with Caroline after she helped him with his first full moon as a werewolf. After a while, she realized that she's in love with Tyler too, so they begin a romantic relationship which ended in "Monster's Ball". Klaus also fell in love with Caroline because of her beauty, strength, and intelligence. But they do not end up together.
Caroline was also forced to see her best friend, Stefan, die in front of her. When he comes back to life, she is extremely happy but also sad because Damon died to save him.
Four months after the deaths of Bonnie and Damon, Caroline has dropped out of college and has been trying to find a way to get vampires back into Mystic Falls as an anti-magic bubble has kept out all vampires. She also teamed as up with Enzo, to try and find a way bring Damon and Bonnie back to life. Caroline also hasn't spoken to Stefan after Damon's death. She finally finds Stefan with the help of Enzo, and tries to convince him to come back home. Much to her dismay, he refuses, and their friendship becomes more strained and tense.
When Damon returns, Stefan does everything he can to make up for his poor behavior, but Caroline constantly gives him the cold shoulder. However, after learning about her mother's sickness, Caroline soon mends her friendship with Stefan and unexpectedly kisses him. Soon after, Liz passes away in the hospital surrounded by Damon, Elena, Matt and Stefan.
After Caroline's mother passed away, Stefan and Caroline halted their budding romantic relationship. Caroline also shut off her emotions after her mother died, and she encourages Stefan to do the same. While without their humanity, Caroline and Stefan restart their relationship. But, once they regain their emotions, Caroline states that she needs some time before starting a relationship with with Stefan.
During the seventh season, Caroline finally realizes she wants to be with Stefan and they get together. However, when Stefan's mother and her adoptive vampire-witch hybrid children come to Mystic Falls, this complicates their relationship. After Caroline became pregnant, as a surrogate, with Alaric's twins, this causes Caroline and Stefan to slowly drift apart and break up for three years. During this time, Stefan is forced to go on the run with Valerie and Caroline continues to raise her children with Alaric.
When Stefan and Valerie break up, he tries to win Caroline back, but she is cold to him during their reunion. However, circumstances force them to work together for the first time in three years and they slowly warm up to each other again. Later, Caroline realizes that she only truly loves Stefan and the two get back together again.
In Season Eight Stefan proposed to Caroline and she said yes but they are briefly separated when Stefan agreed to turn off his humanity and work for Cade to protect Caroline's daughters Lizzie and Josie. It was also during this time that Stefan became human again when Bonnie gave him the cure after he killed Enzo as he struggled with his guilt he planned to leave Caroline until he realized he wanted to spend what years he had left as a human with her. They later marry.
It was after their wedding that Stefan sacrificed his life to save Mystic Falls from hellfire and when Caroline learned of this called Stefan leaving him a message telling him she understood his decision and would love him forever hoping that he would get her message before he died which he did. He later asked Elena to pass on a message to Caroline to tell her he heard her and would love her always before he went into the afterlife.
She has always had a strong bond with her childhood friends, Elena Gilbert and Bonnie Bennett. She became best friends with Stefan Salvatore after she became a vampire and he became her mentor. She is also close friends with her ex, Matt Donovan, whom she has known since childhood, and with Niklaus Mikaelson.
Earlier in the series, Caroline begins dating Elena's ex-boyfriend, Matt, who encourages her to become more caring, kind, and selfless. In the Season One finale, Caroline was severely injured in a car wreck and suffered internal bleeding. When Caroline's situation was looking pretty bleak, Bonnie and Elena agreed that Damon Salvatore should heal Caroline by feeding her his blood. Later, after Caroline's health had improved, Caroline was smothered to death in the hospital by Katherine Pierce, who was aware that Damon had healed Caroline, therefore knowingly turned her into a vampire. Katherine planned to use Caroline to her own advantage by manipulating her, threatening those she loved and eventually giving her to Klaus as a sacrifice. However, Damon rescues her, and the deal made by Katherine is forfeited.
Caroline's new vampire nature brought difficulty to her relationship with Matt and this eventually causes them to break up despite their love for each other. Matt's friend, Tyler, fell in love with Caroline after she helped him with his first full moon as a werewolf. After a while, she realized that she's in love with Tyler too, so they begin a romantic relationship which ended in "Monster's Ball". Klaus also fell in love with Caroline because of her beauty, strength, and intelligence. But they do not end up together.
Caroline was also forced to see her best friend, Stefan, die in front of her. When he comes back to life, she is extremely happy but also sad because Damon died to save him.
Four months after the deaths of Bonnie and Damon, Caroline has dropped out of college and has been trying to find a way to get vampires back into Mystic Falls as an anti-magic bubble has kept out all vampires. She also teamed as up with Enzo, to try and find a way bring Damon and Bonnie back to life. Caroline also hasn't spoken to Stefan after Damon's death. She finally finds Stefan with the help of Enzo, and tries to convince him to come back home. Much to her dismay, he refuses, and their friendship becomes more strained and tense.
When Damon returns, Stefan does everything he can to make up for his poor behavior, but Caroline constantly gives him the cold shoulder. However, after learning about her mother's sickness, Caroline soon mends her friendship with Stefan and unexpectedly kisses him. Soon after, Liz passes away in the hospital surrounded by Damon, Elena, Matt and Stefan.
After Caroline's mother passed away, Stefan and Caroline halted their budding romantic relationship. Caroline also shut off her emotions after her mother died, and she encourages Stefan to do the same. While without their humanity, Caroline and Stefan restart their relationship. But, once they regain their emotions, Caroline states that she needs some time before starting a relationship with with Stefan.
During the seventh season, Caroline finally realizes she wants to be with Stefan and they get together. However, when Stefan's mother and her adoptive vampire-witch hybrid children come to Mystic Falls, this complicates their relationship. After Caroline became pregnant, as a surrogate, with Alaric's twins, this causes Caroline and Stefan to slowly drift apart and break up for three years. During this time, Stefan is forced to go on the run with Valerie and Caroline continues to raise her children with Alaric.
When Stefan and Valerie break up, he tries to win Caroline back, but she is cold to him during their reunion. However, circumstances force them to work together for the first time in three years and they slowly warm up to each other again. Later, Caroline realizes that she only truly loves Stefan and the two get back together again.
In Season Eight Stefan proposed to Caroline and she said yes but they are briefly separated when Stefan agreed to turn off his humanity and work for Cade to protect Caroline's daughters Lizzie and Josie. It was also during this time that Stefan became human again when Bonnie gave him the cure after he killed Enzo as he struggled with his guilt he planned to leave Caroline until he realized he wanted to spend what years he had left as a human with her. They later marry.
It was after their wedding that Stefan sacrificed his life to save Mystic Falls from hellfire and when Caroline learned of this called Stefan leaving him a message telling him she understood his decision and would love him forever hoping that he would get her message before he died which he did. He later asked Elena to pass on a message to Caroline to tell her he heard her and would love her always before he went into the afterlife.