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Season 1

The first part of the season focuses on the introduction of the vampires,

specifically the lives of the vampire brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore

who return to their birth town after a long period of absence, Stefan wanting to be the first to conquer the heart of Elena, and Damon wanting to revive his long-

lost love Katherine, Elena's doppelgänger, trapped in a tomb. It also

deals with Victoria "Vicki" Donovan's transformation into a vampire and her

death. Later, Anna makes an appearance. She is a vampire who came to town around the Night of the Comet, and

planned to open the tomb to save her mother Pearl, but accidentally also frees

the other vampires in the tomb.

The second part of the season introduces the released tomb vampires, although Katherine isn't among them. They end up meeting up

with Pearl and Anna, who are housing all the tomb vampires to "take back" their town.

John Gilbert is also introduced, who is Elena's biological father, and plans to use using the

Gilbert device to destroy all the tomb vampires. The season concludes with the celebration of the town's founder's day,

ending the battle of the tomb vampires and greets the final return of Katherine.

During the Season, several characters discovered the secret of the brothers

Salvatore:• Elena learns Stefan and Damon are vampires

in Episode 5's You Are Undead To Me.• Bonnie learns it in Episode 9's History

Repeating.• Caroline learns it in Episode 3's Friday Night

Bites but then is compelled to forget.• Vicki learns and is turned into a vampire in

episode 6's Lost Girls.• Jeremy learns in Episode 18's Under Control.• Alaric already knew.• Paralleling the 1st book trilogy, Damon is the

main antagonist during this season.

Season 2

The second season focuses mainly on the arrival of Elena's doppelgänger Katherine Pierce and on her reasons for returning to Mystic Falls. It also introduces werewolves. Tyler's werewolf uncle, Mason Lockwood,

arrives after the death of Tyler's father and tells Tyler about the so-called "Lockwood

curse" in their family. To activate the werewolf gene, the person must kill

someone. Katherine turns Caroline into a vampire, so as to have a spy against Stefan

and Elena. Katherine's main reason for returning to Mystic Falls is to find the

moonstone, with the help of Mason, who is killed by Damon. Katherine calls in a favor from a witch named Lucy to get the stone. Lucy casts a spell so that when Katherine is

hurt, it also affects Elena.

Klaus, the oldest vampire in history, is now hunting Elena. Elijah has made a deal with

Elena to protect her loved ones, because he wants to use her as bait to lure Klaus and kill

him. Jules, a friend of Mason, tells the Lockwoods that he never came back to

Florida and is missing. Alaric is suspicious and calls Damon to the Grill. Jules reveals

that she is a werewolf. Damon tells Jules she won't find Mason and to leave town. Jules breaks into the Salvatore mansion in wolf form and attacks Damon, but Rose pushes

him out of the way, getting bitten instead. As Rose succumbs to the effects of the bite, Damon stakes her, giving her a peaceful

death. Uncle John's return to Mystic Falls comes as

an unpleasant surprise to Elena, Damon, Jenna, and Alaric. John reveals to Damon that

the only way to kill an Original is with a dagger dipped in white ash wood.

Season 3

Over the course of season three, more about Klaus and The Original Family

will be revealed as will his motives for wanting Stefan on his side. Stefan becomes darker, Damon and Elena

struggle with the guilt of their growing bond even as they work together to

bring Stefan back. Caroline and Tyler grow closer, causing a war between

their two families. Ghosts from Jeremy's past have a message for him, and begin to affect his relationship with

Bonnie.

Season three opens the door to learn more about Klaus and The Original Family as his motives for wanting

Stefan on his side are finally revealed. As Stefan sinks deeper into the dark side, Damon and Elena struggle with

the guilt of their growing bond even as they work together to bring Stefan

back home. The ghosts from Jeremy’s past have a powerful message they’re trying to deliver to him, not to mention

the impact they’re having on his relationship with Bonnie Bennett; as Caroline and Tyler grow closer, a war

erupts between their families.

Season 4

Season Four begins with the knowledge that everything is in transition. Elena faces her

worst nightmare when she awakens after the accident and finds she must now endure the

terrifyingtransition to become a vampire – or face

certain death. Stefan and Damon are torn even further apart over how to help Elena

adjust to a life she never wanted, and everyone has to cope with the chaos

Alaric created when he outed the vampires and their supporters to the Mystic Falls

Council and local church leaders. Despite everything that has happened to them, as Elena and her friends enter into the final stretch of high school before graduation

sends them off on different paths, they feel the bond to their home town of Mystic Falls

take on a deeper meaning when a new mysterious villain is introduced who seems

intent on destroying it.

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