[ EXTENDED CAST : character tropes ]

ALEXANDER CALVERT as Corey Pierce
" Born as an Adult. "

" this is different...i don't think it'll be that easy this time. we've never dealt with anything this powerful before. i don't think we're all going to come out of this thing alive. "

JOSEPH MORGAN as Klaus Mikaelson
" The Unfettered. "

" i have been searching for my son for five centuries. i will not desert him. "

NINA DOBREV as Katherine Pierce
" Even Evil has Loved Ones. "

" i would rather not help you [the mystic falls gang], but somehow you matter to my son, and it's in my best interest to help you. after all, i want my son on my good side. "

NINA DOBREV as Elena Gilbert
" Doppelgänger. "

" you are not your parents, corey. what they have done and continue to do doesn't change that. you are one of the best people that i know. "

PAUL WESLEY as Stefan Salvatore
" Friendly Neighborhood Vampire. "

" corey stuck by me every time i struggled with my humanity switch, every time i became the ripper. i will never desert him no matter what he's going through. "

IAN SOMMERHALDER as Damon Salvatore
" Lovable Rogue. "

" you know, for someone who's been around for five hundred years, you'd think that you would know how to correctly tie your tie. "

CANDICE KING as Caroline Forbes
" Took a Level in Badass. "

" your mother is missing again and your biological father is trying to ritually sacrifice one of your friends who is the doppelgänger of your mom. you've got a lot going on. "

KAT GRAHAM as Bonnie Bennett
" The Reliable One. "

" despite you being part vampire, you're still one of my best friends. us witches have to stick together, even if you're only part witch. "

JENSEN ACKLES as Alaric Saltzman (recast)
" Vampire Hunter. "

" my two best friends are immortal beings that are hundreds of years older than me and yet i'm considered the adult? "

STEVEN R. MCQUEEN as Jeremy Gilbert
" Troubled, but Cute. "

" none of you seem to trust me, you all baby me because i'm elena's younger brother. at least corey and ric have offered to teach me how to defend myself! "

MICHAEL TREVINO as Tyler Lockwood
" Jerk Jock (with a Heart of Gold). "

" i'm not sired to him, i'm only sired to klaus. have you guys even considered the fact that i care about corey because he's my friend? "

ZACK ROERIG as Matt Donovan
" The Token Human. "

" you're the son of two of the scariest people in the world, and you are afraid of spiders? "

CLARK BACKO as Julianna
" True Companion. "

" despite the fact that you're hundreds of years old, people treat you like you're a child. it must be that cute baby face you got. "

KEIYAN LONSDALE as Mason
" The Dead Lover. "

" i love you and i'm so proud of you. i'm proud of us. and i know now that you're going to be okay. i can finally be at peace. "

DANIEL GILLIES as Elijah Mikaelson
" The Noble Demon. "

" then you'll become everything you hate, mikael. would you truly do the same that mikael did to us to your own son? "

CLAIRE HOLT as Rebekah Mikaelson
" Action Fashionista. "

" the irritably high levels testosterone in this room is suffocating me. my sweet nephew is the only man i can stand right now. "

YOUNGER HENRY CAVIL as Kol Mikaelson (recast)
" The Black Sheep. "

" i was once a witch as you are now. i can spot potential when i see it and you, my dear nephew, have the ability to become one of the greatest witches of all time. with my help, of course. "

CASPER ZAFER as Finn Mikaelson
" The Devoted Acolyte. "

" you remind me of our younger brother, your uncle henry, from when we were all human. perhaps that's why even myself and kol seem to be so taken by you. you remind us of a time when we were happy. "

ALICE EVANS as Esther
" Greater-Scope Villan ".

" i watched you grow up as i was trapped on the other side. i watched you become the fine young man that you are today and i am proud. "

SEBASTIAN ROCHE as Mikael
" Hunter of His Own Kind. "

" you can pretend all you want boy, you are just like your father. you are a monster just like him. "