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devauer · 3 years

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𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍: family dynamics.

*these dynamics are subject to change if/when i write with Kol’s family members but in regards to people outside of these specific dynamics this is how I interpret their relationships

𝐌𝐈𝐊𝐀𝐄𝐋: As a child growing up Kol was both terrified of Mikael and in awe of him. Mikael was strong, powerful, respected among their community and had been victorious in various conflicts with neighbors and against Saxons. He heard all of the tales of Mikael's conquests and triumphs and he wanted to be just like him in that regard. However, Mikael was also extremely abusive, particularly towards Klaus and Esther. He ruled their household with an iron fist; Kol remembers being afraid to even breathe too loudly out of fear of Mikael's violent outbursts. As Kol got older he became spiteful and resentful of Mikael. He hated how afraid Mikael made him, he hated how powerless and helpless he felt whenever Mikael attacked Klaus and he hated how their entire family cowered in the face of Mikael's anger. Kol's spite and resentment of Mikael drove him to become obsessed with becoming strong and powerful so as not to be afraid anymore. He turned himself into a weapon, with sword, shield and axe, with bow and spear, and with his magic and as he became stronger, faster, and more skillful with magic, Kol would often act out in order to prove to himself that he was not afraid of Mikael anymore. This determination to be fearless carried through to when Kol became a vampire as well. Even when on the run from Mikael with his siblings, Kol was often determined to confront Mikael. Kol still has a deep hatred and fear of Mikael and when he found out about Mikael's death, he was relieved.

𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑: Kol has very few memories of intimacy with Esther. The majority of his memory of her is the way that she favored Elijah, Klaus and Rebekah, how she would dote on Klaus and teach Rebekah how to hone her magic but what he remembers the most is how often Esther would berate, belittle and degrade him, how she would constantly compare him to either Finn or Elijah, how she would always make him feel as if he was not enough. Kol never felt particularly liked or loved by Esther growing up and as he got older he determined that Esther was indifferent to his existence entirely. As a teenager, Kol grew to despise Esther as well. He considered her weak, neglectful and cold and she was largely removed from the ongoings of his life thereafter, he only interacted with her when he felt like he had to or because he felt pressured by his siblings to be civil. Despite these feelings, he was horrified when Klaus told them that Mikael had killed her. Over a thousand years of being a vampire, living his life free of parental oversight caused Kol's resentment of Esther to peak when she was resurrected, irritated that he was expected to listen to her after living his life so long without her involved. Her betrayal only escalated Kol's feelings of anger, severing whatever lingering feelings of care that he had for her.

𝐃𝐀𝐇𝐋𝐈𝐀: She was a stranger to him so he felt nothing but anger towards her after she targeted his siblings.

𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐘𝐀: Finding out that he had an older sister was a shock as neither Mikael, Esther or Finn spoke about her. Kol has mixed feelings about Freya, in large part he still considers her to be a stranger and an outsider as she hasn't lived or experienced the past thousand years alongside them. When she first appeared, Kol distanced himself from her, unwilling to accept her as family despite Freya's efforts in becoming more familiar with him. When Freya and Elijah sacrificed Davina to save them from Lucien, Kol's anger towards Freya grew tenfold. She was a stranger to him, a stranger that he had been willing to trust with someone he considered precious and she betrayed that trust. Over the years and since Davina's resurrection, Kol's resentment has faded somewhat. He's civil, even friendly with her, he appreciates her wit, her humour and her power as a witch and should she ever ask him for help, Kol is willing to come to her aid, but he has not learned to trust her again.

𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐍: As a young child, it was Finn that Kol latched himself to. Mikael was frightening and abusive, and Esther was neglectful and indifferent, so it was Finn that Kol would go to for comfort, security and guidance. He followed Finn around wherever he went, he would sneak into his bed at night when the thunderstorms raged or the winters were fierce, he would mimic and mirror Finn, trying and oftentimes failing to be just like him. As Kol got older, he stopped doing this but out of his siblings, he was always closest with Finn. Despite the way that their personalities, views and opinions clashed. Finn was dignified, obedient and calm, while Kol was boisterous, rebellious and temperamental. While they were polar opposites, they seemed to work well together in large part because Kol respected Finn above anyone else. When they became vampires, Kol relied heavily on Finn's morality and judgement in order to control his own impulses and bloodthirst. Finn was able to ground Kol in ways that none of their other siblings were able to and while Kol might have hated it, Finn constantly reminded Kol of his humanity. When Finn was daggered Kol made numerous attempts to find and undagger him, and to convince Klaus to release him to no avail. Eventually as the centuries passed, Kol stopped trying. Convincing himself that sleeping was a mercy. When they were both undaggered and Esther returned, Kol made an effort to reconnect with Finn but when Finn sided with their mother, that betrayal hurt and cut deeply. After Finn was killed by Elena and Matt, Kol avenged him by killing Matt and mourned his death.

𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐉𝐀𝐇: Kol feels most insecure around Elijah. Growing up Elijah always appeared as the favored son by both Mikael and Esther and by his other siblings so he always represented an impossible standard to Kol which led to Kol often challenging Elijah into petty games, competitions or dares in order to beat him while growing up. Once Kol grew into a young adult, these feelings subsided somewhat and Kol was able to see Elijah with more clarity than he had as a child and as a teenager, though he still felt some jealousy and inadequacy, he cared for and respected Elijah deeply. Kol has a desire to earn Elijah's approval and love, mostly he just wants Elijah to like him though this usually causes Kol to lash out and leads to self-sabotage as Kol doesn't like that he wants these things from Elijah. Over the centuries Kol has however grown to resent Elijah, particularly his relationship with Klaus and Rebekah, as without Finn as his support base, Kol has felt consistently isolated, alienated and rejected from their triumvirate, these feelings only growing after the numerous times in which Elijah helped Klaus dagger him. When Elijah helped Freya sacrifice Davina to the New Orlean's Ancestors, Kol's anger towards Elijah increased into aggressive arguments, violent outbursts and grudging silent treatments. Despite this, Kol still cares for Elijah and will not let anything happen to him.

𝐊𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐒: As children and even teenagers, Kol and Klaus didn't spend nearly as much time together as they should have. Growing up neither Kol or Klaus shared in the same interests, leaving very little for the pair of them to bond over. Kol also despised the way that Esther would dote on Klaus and it wasn't until Kol was a young adolescent that he really recognized the hatred that Mikael felt towards Klaus or understood the abuses that Klaus suffered at their fathers hand. As a teenager, Kol tried to connect with Klaus through combat training, joining Klaus on hunts and training in sword and shield, and even spear. It wasn't until Kol was a young adult that he grew to appreciate Klaus' other interests, such as art, and had Klaus design and pin one of Kol's very first tattoos. When they became vampires and Klaus began to change, becoming angrier, vengeful and malicious, they developed a playful but malicious rivalry. Competing against one another, bonding over kills, their savagery and wildness, especially in the early years against the Christians. Despite their apparent closeness, they shared too many similarities after their transformations. When together, they become incredibly destructive, when they aren't fighting or hurting others, they are fighting and hurting each other. Kol and Klaus are able to get along for a short period of time, but inevitably they end up butting heads and few people survive when it happens. Like Elijah, Kol wants Klaus to like him and he wants to feel connected to him, but after centuries of resentments, betrayals, grudges and lost competitions, there is also a deep and conflicting anger and resentment that Kol feels towards Klaus. Regardless, he still cares about him and Kol will still help him if Klaus asks him to.

𝐑𝐄𝐁𝐄𝐊𝐀𝐇: As his younger sister and being six years his junior, Kol feels understandably protective over Rebekah. Growing up, he tried to be there for her but was quite easily overshadowed by both Elijah and Finn and Kol struggled to determine what kind of relationship he wanted and could have with Rebekah as she already had three very protective and caring older brothers to look out for her. Eventually, Kol settled on being Rebekah's enabler. Where their brothers would shelter and protect her, Kol was the one who encouraged her to do as she pleased, whatever interests or desires that Rebekah had that might have been frowned upon, Kol would help her achieve them. If Rebekah wanted to learn to hunt, he taught her, if she wished to learn how to be a shield-maiden, Kol helped her, if she wanted to leave the village and explore, Kol would go with her. Together they were mischief, daring and reckless. When they became vampires this did not end, Kol encouraged Rebekah's playful maliciousness and her vindictiveness and was something of a bad influence on her until Rebekah came into her own. After Finn was daggered, Kol considered Rebekah to be the sibling he was closest with, which made Rebekah's betrayal of him that much more painful. Kol holds a deep-rooted grudge over this betrayal as he felt that Rebekah chose Klaus and Elijah over him, further driving Kol to feel isolated, alienated and rejected by his own family. While he is still somewhat prickly towards Rebekah, she will always be his little sister and he will always love her. If she calls on him, Kol is willing to help her.

𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐑𝐈𝐊: As the youngest of their brood, Henrik got all of the attention from their parents and siblings alike and while Kol did possess some jealousy because of it, he loved his youngest brother dearly. Kol was fiercely protective of Henrik, whenever Henrik did something wrong or took a prank too far or even by accident did something that he might be punished or scolded for, Kol was always willing to take responsibility, even if it meant that he had to endure severe punishment. When Henrik was killed, it was one of the last moments that Kol ever wept, devastated by the loss of his brother. Despite over a thousand years having passed since the day that Henrik was killed, Kol still remembers it vividly and still finds it an extremely difficult memory to recall due to the emotion that it elicits.

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐄𝐋: They do not like each other in the slightest. When Kol first met Marcel he perceived him as a threat to his own relationships with Klaus and Elijah. Kol felt as if Marcel was replacing him and resented the amount of attention, care and interest that Klaus and Elijah showed to him while simultaneously being disturbed at how similar Marcel was to their deceased brother Henrik. Kol lashed out, forcing Klaus to choose between him and Marcel when he threatened to transform Marcel into a vampire when Marcel was only fourteen. Klaus chose to dagger Kol and Kol has held a grudge against both Klaus and Marcel for it ever since. As adults, they still can't stand each other, while they have a begrudging tolerance of one another's existence purely because of their relationships with the people they're both close to, such as Rebekah and Davina, they rarely seek the other out to interact and only work together when they share a common goal. Otherwise they avoid one another as much as possible.

𝐇𝐀𝐘𝐋𝐄𝐘: Kol likes Hayley well enough. She's strong, intelligent, loyal and brave, things which Kol respects. However, while Kol might like her, they don't particularly enjoy each other's company. Their relationship is somewhat tense, swapping banter, insults and arguments that can occasionally go too far as they still don't quite know each other well enough to know where each other's boundaries or trigger points are. Kol at least attempts to be civil with Hayley for the most part but still considers her to be something of a stranger. Despite this, Hayley is one of the only people who hasn't betrayed him so he is more willing to agree, work with and listen to Hayley without an attitude in comparison to his siblings.

𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐄: Kol struggled with Hope's existence for a long time, uncomfortable with having such a helpless, defenseless and innocent creature inserted into his life and for a while Kol wasn't able to be around Hope at all. Hope represented a life that Kol and his siblings were no longer meant to have, she was a young, innocent little girl surrounded by violent, aggressive monsters and her simple existence constantly reminded Kol of his life when he had been human, of a life that had been stolen from him and reminded him of the person that he could have been had he never become a vampire. Kol slowly warmed up to Hope as she got older and while he does feel protective over her, he distances himself from a caregiving role in her life because he does not feel suitable for the role. He does not treat her with kid-gloves. He respects her decisions and her choices even if he might not agree with them, he respects her boundaries and is more willing to act as support rather than adviser and is there only when she needs him. He doesn't question or berate her, and he doesn't judge her and while this means that he is reliable if Hope ever calls on him for help, it also means that he is not as emotionally close with Hope as perhaps he should be.

#♤ — crack open the rib cage & see what’s inside. 「 headcanon. 」#very long post im sorry

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psychotickol-a · 6 years

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PRE-VAMPIRE KOL

794-818 AD, the Viking Age

the Original Family are still human

Kol has a reputation among his people, the English and French as Kol the Blood Drinker

Kol is the fourth son of Esther and Mikael, younger brother to Finn, Elijah and Niklaus, and the older brother of his sister Rebekah and youngest brother Henrik. He's young, ambitious and impulsive. Married at fifteen, he's a prodigy with magic and accompanies his father on raids on the West (England and France).

Kol worships the Norse Gods and is a fierce and reputable warrior. There are many tales of his savagery and prowess in battle and rumors that say that he is Bodir reborn or that he is god-touched. Kol sails often between what will be known as the Americas and his former home Denmark often, building his own reputation and striving to one day annihilate the Kings of England.

VAMPIRE HISTORY

10th-19th centuries

this verse is for period threads

any interactions that happen after Kol has been turned into a vampire but before his final daggering in the early 19th century

Kol is one of the first vampires in existence, living in the dark spaces of history, Kol and his siblings have been advisers to Kings and Queens, conquering heroes and hellish invaders. Kol has traveled the world and spends his time learning various forms of magic and ritual across the globe, etching what he learns onto his body in ritual tattoos and is one of the only members of the Original Family to venture out into the world on his own without his siblings.

Like his brothers and sister, Kol is being hunted by his vampiric father for his crimes committed as a vampire, this is what forces Kol to remain in the dark, in the shadows, rarely able to remain in one place for long. Kol's bloodthirst and hunger for battle and death is insatiable that often puts him at odds not only with those around him, but his siblings as well.

VAMPIRE DIARIES DIVERGENT

The Vampire Diaries seasons 3-4 divergence

this verse is for anything following the Mikaelson ball up until his imprisonment at the hands of Bonnie Bennett

Kol is accumulating to the 21st century

Undaggered after a century of endless darkness, Kol awakens into the 21st century and is reunited with his brothers and sisters. Kol does not hesitate to begin making up for his lost time in annoying his siblings and tormenting his enemies however after confronting his mother, Esther, and his eldest brother, Finn, for their schemes in wiping out all vampire kind, Kol leaves Mystic Falls. Kol promises his siblings to come to their aid should they need him but chooses to explore the new age on his own but returns soon after Finn's death in order to enact his revenge.

With Elena off limits, Kol goes after the next best thing. Kol Blood Eagle's Matt Donovan and leaves his corpse outside the Gilbert residence before Klaus asks him to babysit Jeremy Gilbert in Denver. When Kol beats Damon it's only the cherry on top of an already satisfying quip of vengeance.

Kol eventually returns to Mystic Falls to help his sister find the Cure for immortality but turns on his siblings when he attempts to stop the rise of Silas. In his efforts to kill Jeremy Gilbert, Kol burns the Gilbert residence to the ground and prowls the surrounding area for the Gilberts until Bonnie, using Expression magic, traps Kol within a prison world.

Bonnie, able to channel Kol through this mirrored prison world is able to tap directly into Kol's sireline, allowing Jeremy to wipe out over a third of Kol's sired vampire line in a single blow without having to kill Kol and even sparing thousands of other vampires. Jeremy completes his Hunters Mark and their search for the Cure is renewed.

IMPRISONED

The Originals seasons 1-2 divergence

any threads that take place while Kol is trapped within his prison world

Kol has the ability to "Astral Project" his consciousness using Dark Objects found in his prison world

Imprisoned by Bonnie Bennett for attempting to kill the Gilberts, Kol finds himself isolated from the real world, completely alone in a mirror universe of the real world. As an Original vampire Kol can survive without blood far longer than the average vampire but he knows that time is not on his side and that eventually he will desiccate. Kol travels across this mirrored universe and finds copies of the Dark Objects he had witches craft for him in the 14th century and uses these objects to attempt communication with his siblings only to witness Rebekah working alongside the Gilberts, Elijah has abandoned him and Klaus shows no signs of avenging him as he had promised. Furious, Kol begins to attempt to find his own way out of his prison.

Kol would eventually find a way to the real world when the Veil falls, allowing him to feed on living people once more and once again attempts to kill Elena Gilbert. Before he can succeed however, Bonnie, now dead and a ghost visiting the real world due to the veil having fallen, banishes him back to his prison.

Kol eventually uses Dark Objects to commune with a powerful witch in New Orleans, a young girl with a direct link to the ancestral magic that runs through the city, Davina Claire. Kol communicates with the witch, teaching her spells, enchantments, curses and rituals, working with her in order to squash his siblings under heel.

When Esther manages to revive herself in the body of a witch, she attempts to convince Kol to help her stop his brothers and sister, promising to place Kol's spirit within a body of a witch and free him from his prison. Kol rejects her offer, refusing her aid as he has no desire to be her pet dog. Esther reaches into Kol's prison world and destroys the Dark Objects in his prison, effectively cutting him off from the world for good and trapping Kol in an endless expanse.

Davina eventually manages to pull Kol from his prison world but the act is only temporary as the spell is not enough to pull all of him through and thus Kol begins to be torn apart between worlds. Kol confronts his siblings in a maddened state of fury and grief before finally having that dance with Davina and getting his siblings to promise to help him. Davina is forced to banish Kol back to his prison world or risk Kol facing a true death.

Due to the prisons instability following this event, Kol finds himself able to move between his mirrored world and the Afterlife, putting him in direct contact with the ancestors of New Orleans. Kol finds himself at war with the dead until he is finally freed from his prison after Davina aided the Strix in unlinking Klaus' sireline.

THE ORIGINALS DIVERGENT PT. 1

The Originals seasons 3 divergence

threads that take place in this verse are set during the events of the last two seasons of the Originals but is highly canon divergent

any interactions while Freya, Elijah, Kol and Rebekah are living within Freya's conjured dream world also takes place in this verse

Finally freed from his prison, Kol works closely with Davina and even reunites with his siblings against their enemies whom have come to New Orleans to take revenge against Klaus. Throughout these events Kol proves an invaluable asset but his warnings and advisement's are often ignored or shut down. Kol also faces another trial of his own, during his time with the dead witches of New Orleans, they manages to place a curse of hunger on him. His lack of control and his quick temper proved so out of character that Kol knew that something wasn't right. Discovering the curse and knowing that it would only be lifted if he killed Davina, Kol asked her to dagger him.

While the action stalled the curse, the ancestors were determined to strike Davina down once and for all. Kol was awoken and the curse forced him into a blind and uncontrollable rage and an unquenchable thirst in which Kol killed Davina Claire against his own wishes.

Kol mourned the loss of Davina, having grown to care deeply for her and worked to find a means of resurrecting her and protecting her from the New Orleans ancestors. His efforts proved a waste however as he and Davina were betrayed by Freya and Marcel.

This severed the efforts made by Kol and his siblings in rectifying their past affronts to each other, Kol lashed out, turning on his siblings in anger.

However blood proved thicker than water, as in the end Kol fought against Marcel and was bitten. Poisoned, Freya managed to seal them within another world to save their lives and Kol finds himself once again, trapped within a prison now forced to live with the very people he holds responsible for Davina's death.

Eventually returned to the land of the living after five years, Kol's anger has tempered slightly but is instantly reminded of his pain when they return to New Orleans to save Klaus from Marcel. (under co)

THE ORIGINALS DIVERGENT PT. 2

Pre-season 4 & post-season 4 of the Originals

this verse focuses on interactions after the Original family is forced to separate due to the hollow and during the events of season 4 of the Originals

this verse is currently under construction as I haven't actually watched season 4

After their forced separation, Kol travels in large part while within the company of Davina Claire, taking her to see the world. During their travels, they create new alliances and contacts with covens and individual witches all over the world, studying magic and sharing what knowledge they have to further those they find. Eventually, Kol and Davina's paths diverge from one another and the pair separate on good terms, as Kol was incapable of fully committing and how he was unable to give Davina the true love that they both know that she deserved, Kol wished for her to find someone who could well and truly be the soulmate and the love of her life that she needed.

Kol remained in contact with his siblings, his relationship with his family repaired after a thousand years of strife and pain. He also remained in contact with Hayley and Hope, though not nearly as much as Rebekah or Freya, Kol always answered her call.

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LEGACIES

set pre & during Legacies

this verse is under co

After the deaths of his brothers, Elijah and Klaus, Kol falls into a devastating spiral of rage, grief, hunger and madness. Having believed that his siblings would always be there, his foundation for his entire life was destroyed in a single night as Kol was forced to come to the disturbing and heart wrenching realization that the people he believed would live until the end of the world at his side, had died and were going to die, Kol descended into a quick and brutal pit. Maddened by grief, Kol is a vengeful and uncontrollable plague, he sweeps across the planet in a biblical disaster and is satiated only when confronted by either Davina or Hope.

Hope represents the last fragments of his family and she always manages to pull him back from the darkness but these moments are fleeting and last only as long as Hope needs him. The moment that Kol is away from her, his madness returns. For Davina it is even more difficult to keep Kol anchored, his fury and blind grief broken only by intervals of clarity that leave him guilt ridden and disgusted.

This verse is under construction but it is also the verse in which Kol is at his most unpredictable and most dangerous.

#verses.

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