Traveler, Doppelgänger, (formerly) Vampire(formerly) Ghost(currently) Human (formally) Gender Female Occupation Noblewoman (15th Century AD) Socialite (19th Century AD) Family Unnamed Mother and Father Significant other(s) Stefan Salvatore (ex-boyfriend, 1864) Damon Salvatore (ex-boyfriend, 1864) Elijah Mikaelson (ex-boyfriend, 2011) Children Nadia Petrova (Daughter) Relatives Amara (Ancestor; Doppelgänger of) Amaras Unnamed Doppelgängers and their relatives (1st Century AD-9th Century AD; Ancestors; Doppelgänger of the Doppelgängers) Tatia (Ancestor; Doppelgänger of) Tatias Unnamed Child (Ancestor) Nadias Unnamed Child (Presumably; grandchild) Elena Gilbert (descendant) Isobel Flemming (descendant) Nationality Bulgarian Katerina Petrova (Bulgarian: Катерина Петрова) was born into a wealthy Bulgarian family on June 5, 1473. In 1490, a very young Katerina became pregnant by an unknown man. She carried the child to term; but seconds after her daughters birth, Katerinas father took the child away. He claimed it would be better for both of them to never see one another and consequently her family disowned her for the shameful birth of an illegitimate daughter. At this time it seemed to be a devastating punishment to her crime, but later revealed it was exactly as her father said- it was for the best the infant was not subjected to the wrath of Klaus. Katerina was banished to England for her embarrassment of the Petrova family; but she quickly adjusted to becoming English. In 1492, she met Trevor. Although he was in love with her, out of loyalty he introduced her to Lord Elijah. He in turn introduced her to his younger brother, Lord Niklaus. Katerina found herself attracted to Klaus; that is until she found out who he was and what he was planning on using her for: a sacrifice to break the Hybrid Curse placed on himself. She escaped with the help of Trevor, who led her pursuers astray. Trevor directed her to go to a cottage in the woods where she would be safe; expecting his friend Rose to keep her safe. When Rose found out that Katerina had escaped from Klaus with the moonstone, she immediately realized the repercussions of Klaus and was not willing to partake in the sacrifice Trevor was so willing to offer. She locked Katerina in a room and told her that she would take her to Klaus as soon as the opportunity arose. Katerina faked her suicide by stabbing herself with a knife, saying she would rather die than go back to Klaus; but only used this as a ruse to force Rose to feed her some of her blood to heal her. As soon as Rose turned her back to confront Trevor, Katerina hung herself with a length of rope. Later, when she woke up in transition, Trevor asked why she did it and claimed he wouldve helped her live. Katerina responds by saying that he would have been able to help her run and that running was never going to be enough. Rose explains to Trevor that Katerina only used him as a means of escape. Knowing that Klaus would see their role in the escape, Rose attempted to kill Katerina with a stake. Katerina used the owner of the cabin as a shield, which resulted in her death. Katerina then gave in to her instincts and drained the little old lady, completing her transition into a vampire. She then threw the body towards Rose and Trevor and fled into the night. This happened April 6, 1492. Katerina returned to Bulgaria in the later months of 1492 to find her entire family brutally slaughtered by Klaus. She knew he had done it as revenge for her escape and subsequent transition. She was last seen in this time period weeping over her mothers dead body. 1864 Hundreds of years had passed when in 1864 Katerina arrived in Mystic Falls, Virginia, by which time she had taken the name Katherine Pierce, presumably to avoid detection by Klaus. At some point she had become friends with Pearl and her daughter, Anna, and she saved the life of the witch Emily Bennett, putting Emily in her debt. Emily forged her a special piece of jewelry with the stone Lapis Lazuli which allowed her to walk in the sun without being burned. She was taken in by one of the towns founders, Giuseppe Salvatore, having spun a story about being orphaned by a fire that killed her family. Katherine met and fell in love with his son Stefan Salvatore, though she quickly began a relationship with Stefans older brother, Damon, as well. Katherine created quite a few vampires while living in Mystic Falls, which inevitably alerted the Founding Families of their existence. Alerting Katherine to an elixir containing Vervain that Honoria Fell had asked to be sold at the apothecary, Pearl tried to convince her to leave, but Katherine refused, claiming she had a plan in motion. Her plan, it turned out, was to turn Stefan and Damon into vampires, having seduced them both during her stay at the Salvatore household. Realizing how quickly the Founders Council would take action against the vampires, Katherine struck a deal with George Lockwood: she would give him the moonstone if he would help her fake her death. Eventually, Stefan unwittingly suggested to his father that he knew a vampire, and Giuseppe guessed Katherines true identity. Giuseppe spiked Stefans drink with vervain and, later that same night, Katherine bit him. She was incapacitated by the vervain in his bloodstream, and, hearing the commotion, Giuseppe burst in to take her away. Damon later went to rescue her, and Stefan, upset that he had hurt his brother and jeopardized Katherines life, helped him in the effort. They were both killed trying to save her, shot by their own father, Giuseppe, who was ashamed his sons had succumbed to the wiles of a demon. Katherine and the other vampires were taken to Fells Church to be destroyed, but George helped Katherine escape. She gave George the moonstone, but instead of leaving right away, she turned to see Damon and Stefans bodies lying in the road. She ran to Stefan, kissed him, and promised they would be together again someday. After transitioning into a vampire, Damon was told by Emily that Katherine was trapped in the tomb beneath the church, and as a result, the older Salvatore never stopped loving Katherine as he awaited the day he would be able to rescue her. In reality, Katherine was still lying low to evade Klaus, and she kept a close eye on the younger Salvatore brother, pointing out that she had seen him in the front row of a concert in the 1980s to prove that shed always been watching over him. 1920 Sometime during the 1920s in Chicago, Katherine was seen for a brief moment observing Stefan from afar. During a police raid in a restaurant/bar, Katherine spotted Rebekahs necklace but decided not to pick it up so Stefan wouldnt see her and quickly disappeared into the shadows. While it may be possible she was keeping an eye on him, it is unlikely. Had she known of Stefans friendship with Klaus and Rebekah, she wouldve likely used this information for her benefit at some point in time and Stefan seemed to have no knowledge of her still being alive when Damon first revealed his plan to resurrect her from the tomb Katherine Pierce had the normal abilities that a Vampire has. Since she is 538 years old she has the increase of strength, super speed and compulsion. After she became human again she is as strong as Elena as shown when she staked her daughter Nadia Petrova without killing her, she also retained her accuracy and impaled her in the right place to immobilise but not kill her. Katherine had the following powers and abilities when she was a vampire. Compulsion: The ability to control somebody or their memories. Super Speed: The ability to move faster than any average human. Super Strength: The ability to be stronger than any average human Dream Manipulation: The ability to enter ones mind and control their dreams. Immortality: As Katherine is a vampire, she is immortal and cannot age. Her immortality also means that she cannot be permanently harmed physically and heals almost immediately. But she is not invulnerable to everything, i.e. vervain and wood Katherine had the following weaknesses as a vampire. Vervain: Vervain has the ability to burn a vampire on physical contact. Wearing and drinking vervain for humans insures that vampires cannot compel them and/or drink their blood, as drinking vervained human blood would burn the vampire. Wood: Wood is fatal to vampires on contact with the heart, but otherwise, it only weakens them. The Sun: Sunlight burns vampires who do not wear amulets (i.e. rings, necklaces and bracelets that have been spelled by a witch). Otherwise, the sun burns vampires, and if they do not make it out of the sun in time, this can lead to permanent death.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 08:23:18 +0000
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