Why did Esther turn Alaric?

Esther later helped Alaric Saltzman develop a dark, murderous, vampire hating alter-ego. She then turned him into an Enhanced Original vampire for the purpose of hunting down and killing the rest of her children with the indestructible white oak stake she crafted with his Gilbert ring.
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Why did Esther turn Alaric into an original?

Alaric became an Enhanced Original Vampire through Esther's magic so he could kill her children with the last, and indestructible, White Oak Stake, to make the vampire species extinct before his death, his life having been linked to Elena's. This lead Rebekah to kill her to stop Alaric.
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How did Esther turn Alaric into a vampire?

Distinction. Enhanced Original Vampire is a term used to describe the type of Original vampire Alaric Saltzman became when Esther recast the Immortality Spell to turn him. She made changes such as binding Alaric's life to a doppelgänger, whereas the other Originals' immortality was granted by the white oak tree.
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What did Esther turn Alaric into?

Esther does a spell to make the final white oak stake indestructible, and she turns Alaric into an Original who can only die when Elena dies. However, Alaric kills Esther before the transition is completed and while he's still himself. Klaus then takes her body.
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Why did Esther link Alaric to Elena?

Klaus then arrived and saved Elena after realizing just how strong Alaric was. Elena stopped Alaric before he killed Klaus, threatening to kill herself, having figured out that her life force had been linked to Alaric's by Esther to ensure that he wouldn't be immortal like her children.
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How is Elena Gilbert related to Lizzie Saltzman?

Alaric Saltzman (Father) Josie Saltzman (Twin Sister) Elena Gilbert (Step-Sister via Alaric)
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Who is Alaric's alter ego?

Through overuse of the Gilbert Ring, Esther manipulated his spirit while he was on the Other Side before he would resurrect, and as a result he developed an alter ego, called The Darkness by Bonnie and Dark Alaric or Evil Alaric to others, that hated vampires and vampire sympathizers; as the Darkness, Alaric killed ...
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Why did Esther turn her family into vampires?

To protect her children from death, she made a forbidden spell and turned all the family into vampires. Although she wanted everything to be all right, Esther had to put a curse on Klaus for suppressing his werewolf side. As revenge, she was attacked by Klaus who told his brothers that their father, Mikael, killed her.
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Why does Alaric's ring stop working?

John forced Alaric to return his ring, but before he sacrificed himself for his daughter Elena Gilbert, John gave his ring to Jeremy to give to Elena (The Sun Also Rises). In The New Deal, the ring failed to completely heal Alaric when he was hit by one of Klaus' hybrids driving an SUV.
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Who is more powerful Marcel or Alaric?

Marcel had the abilities of an Original but with a much greater degree (probably stronger than Alaric).
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Does Klaus possess Alaric?

Klaus' spirit possessed Alaric while his body remained still, lacking Klaus' spirit inside of it. In Moonlight on the Bayou, Klaus now knows about Alaric coming back to life and having a family with Caroline and the twins. Klaus' daughter Hope Mikaelson currently attends Alaric's school for the supernatural.
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Why did Bonnie give Alaric her blood?

Throughout The Vampire Diaries Series

In Do Not Go Gentle, Esther Mikaelson possesses Bonnie's body to feed Alaric her blood as he is about to die in transition from dying with vampire blood in his system. He is then turned into The Darkness as a vampire, unable to grasp sanity, until he is killed when Elena drowns.
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How did Alaric stop being a vampire?

Yes so Alaric travelled over the line and his vampirism was removed by the purification spell - he was resorted back to the state he was in at his last point of being human: dying. Because Jo was a doctor however, she was able to save his life and rather than dying, he healed as any normal human otherwise would.
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Is Alaric an original in Legacies?

Alaric Saltzman (Matt Davis) of The Vampire Diaries

He also guest starred in a few episodes of The Originals before becoming one of the main characters of Legacies.
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Does Elijah fall in love with Elena?

Daniel Gillies has said that Elijah is in love with Elena on The Vampire Diaries. The 35-year-old revealed that he hopes the Original vampire will express his feelings for Elena (Nina Dobrev) at some point on the CW series.
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How did Alaric complete the transition?

Then on his way out, he runs into Bonnie, who works her magic on him so he can't stop her. Then, Bonnie goes into the tomb and forces Alaric to drink her blood, thus completing his transition.
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What's special about Alaric's ring?

However, it was revealed by Esther that the ring simply leaves one vulnerable to manipulation by the spirits on the other side, as she was the one to manipulate Alaric in order to bring out his hatred of vampires and make it so powerful that it created a split personality.
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Does Bonnie become a vampire?

Damon was pretty horrible to Bonnie in The Vampire Diaries. After all, he was the one to kill her mom and transform her into a vampire. Yet, once the two are in the 1994 prison world in Season 6, they bond and become very good friends.
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Who created the Gilbert ring?

The Gilbert Rings are one of the three Gilbert Inventions created and used by Johnathan Gilbert, back in 1864 along with the Gilbert Compass and Gilbert Device.
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How many children does Esther have Vampire Diaries?

Mikael and Esther had seven children and after their youngest died in the New World, they turned the rest of their children into vampires. They both have common goals to end vampires. Although Esther wants to rid the world of vampires whereas Mikael just wants to kill Klaus.
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Who is the oldest vampire in The Originals?

Mikael is the eldest as he turned first! Rebekah was the first to change out off all the original siblings! Not only was Mikael the oldest and strongest but since he was stronger as a mortal, that itself also amplified his strength. The show runners even confirmed that.
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Does Alaric turn good again?

In season 3, his human self was transformed into an original vampire upon his death, though this darker version of Alaric met his end too. Bonnie resurrected the nicer, more lovable, human Alaric in season 5 as the Other Side was destroyed.
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Why is Alaric unkillable?

Fandom. Can Alaric be killed ? Alaric was transformed to an enhanced original vampire which can't be killed with the White Oak Stake.
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Who was the first vampire in TVD?

The Originals are a family of siblings who were turned into vampires by their parents centuries ago. The first of the Originals to be shown is Elijah Mikaelson, introduced in Season 2, Episode 8, "Rose," with the others gradually appearing throughout the season.
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