| “ | "A hybrid would be deadlier than any werewolf or vampire. Nature would not stand for such an imbalance of power. Therefore the witches, the servants of nature, saw to it that my brother's werewolf side would become dormant." | ” |
— Elijah
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A hybrid is a cross-section between two species. The only known hybrid so far is Klaus, a half-vampire and half-werewolf.
History
Klaus, a vampire and werewolf hybrid
The only known hybrid, Klaus, is half-vampire and half-werewolf. Before being turned into vampires and becoming the Originals, his mother cheated on her husband and conceived Klaus by a man with werewolf genes in him. When the husband learned about her wife's perfidy, he set out and killed the man and his whole family, starting the feud between vampires and werewolves which has been perpetuated across the ages.
Being a hybrid, Klaus was much more powerful than his siblings and parents. However, witches cast a spell on him to restrain his werewolf side and stop him from changing. They bound the curse with the blood of a Petrova doppelganger and a moonstone.
In 15th century England, Klaus came across Katerina Petrova, later to be known as Katherine Pierce, a doppelganger. He wooed her and planned to use her to break the curse. However, upon learning the truth, Katerina stole the moonstone and fled. In order to get back both a Petrova doppelganger and the moonstone, Klaus spread a rumor about a supposed Sun and Moon Curse which limited the vampires and werewolves' powers. In so doing, he set both vampires and werewolves, two warring species, into searching a Petrova doppelganger and the moonstone for him.
If Klaus succeeds in breaking the curse, he will be able to change into a werewolf and also procreate, thus, giving birth to a more powerful species than vampires and werewolves, all under his command.
Powers & Abilities
The only known power that a hybrid is said to possess, apart from the inherent powers of immortality, supernatural strength, speed, senses, durability, agility, self-healing, and mind compulsion all of which are superior to both vampire and werewolf, they possess a wide array of supreme powers including:
- Procreation: Hybrids can procreate to produce new hybrids.
- Invulnerability: The only thing that can kill an Original is the silver dagger with white-oak ash. A Werewolf heals from wounds made by silver-objects. As Klaus is both, Original and Werewolf, only a powerful Witch who channel strong magic can weaken him, but that would result in them dying if they overuse their power.
- New Abilities: Hybrids gained new abilities.
- Hybrids blood can cure a werewolf bite.
- Hybrids can wield the dagger and kill an original without killing themselves in the process and transform anytime they want.
- Transformation Control: Unless Klaus was guessing, it can be assumed that he and any other hybrid he makes will go through their first transformation against their will. After that, they will have complete control of their transformation.
- Lycanthrope Enhancement: This is the ability all werewolves have to increase their powers in human form. Making their eyes change color and glow, hybrids will be able to control this ability and werewolves most likely can, but can't keep it active like a hybrid can, therefore they will have to train themselves to keep it on longer. Klaus did this when he vamped out his face to give Katherine his blood so it's not yet known if this is a normal part of a hybrid vamping out or if he did it just to do it.
- Daytime Walking: Because of the werewolf in them, a hybrid will be able to move around during the day without a magic ring like the ones Stefan, Damon and Caroline have.
- Hybrid Making: Most likely since a hybrid is a combination of vampire and werewolf, one can assume there will be two ways to make a hybrid; the vampire way or the werewolf way. The third way is to be born with the lycanthrope curse or be infected with it. As long as the curse is dormant, getting turned into a vampire and upon feeding while as a transitioned vampire will kill the victim and then the transition into a hybrid happens instantly.