Ripper Virus

“	You feed on vampires now. I am a vampire. The only way to ensure my safety is to know how long you can last until your next fix.	”
	— Lorenzo on The Ripper Virus in No Exit

The Ripper Virus, also known as the Ripper Compound, is the chemical substance created by Wes Maxfield to transform Vampires into an Augustine Vampire. It was created through genetic alteration and blood-conditioning to transform vampires into anti-vampires that prey upon their own kind. Its prototype was modified blood known as, “Augustine Blood," which was used to turn Jesse into an Augustine Vampire. 

It has recently been used on Damon Salvatore and is the latest test subject with Jesse being the test subject prior to him, but Jesse was killed by Elena to save Damon. Some vampires (Damon) are able to control the urges by drinking blood every eight hours, any longer will result in them becoming rabid. The Ripper Virus/Ripper Compound has recently been injected upon Elena Gilbert, but was enhanced with werewolf toxin making her more rabid and deadly​​​​.   

Throughout The Vampire Diaries Series

Season Five

”You’ve heard of Pavlov? Conditioned his dog to salivate at the sound of a bell? This compound is like that bell except instead of a ding, your body will begin to salivate at the smell of vampire blood.”

The Ripper Virus was effectively the culmination of Wes Maxfield’s experimentations on vampires and their predatory relationship with humans. Wes believed that by affecting a fundamental change in the vampires’ feeding instincts, he could make the vampire race turn on itself, to make it so vampires only ever craved vampire blood instead of human blood, thereby safeguarding humans and making vampires their own worst enemy.

Although Wes was able to successfully transform a college student Jesse into a cannibalistic vampire, the process took weeks of exhaustibe conditioning, forcing Wes to the conclusion that a faster and more economical method was needed to create more Augustine Vampires the quicker. To this end, Wes kidnapped Elena Gilbert and began experimenting on her In her father‘s old clinic. After draining several pints of her blood, he spent the next several hours experimenting until finally he succeeded in creating a compound that upon injection into a vampire would turn him/her into a cannibalistic ripper vampire immediately. He then tried to make Elena his patient zero for his new “Ripper Virus” but was foiled by her and Stefan. Nonetheless, Wes had succeeded and his compound was ready for testing.

Wes eventually turned the tables on Damon Salvatore by allying with the Travellers, who incapacitated Damon and Enzo long enough for Wes to inject Damon with his Ripper Virus, turning Damon into a cannibalistic Ripper on the spot,.

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Appearances

The Vampire Diaries Season 5

• For Whom the Bell Tolls
• Monster's Ball
• Total Eclipse of the Heart
• No Exit
• Gone Girl
• While You Were Sleeping

Trivia

• It is currently unknown what effect the Ripper Virus would have on an Original Vampire or even an Immortal as both are similar vampiric entities that require blood for sustenance. Though, with Wes dead, and Elena and Damon cured, it may never be known.

Gallery

• Compound prototype: Augustine blood
• Damon injected with the virus
• Effects of the virus
• The antidote.

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See also

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