| “ | Katherine Pierce: My son is dead, which is my fault, a fact that will haunt me forever! And my daughter—she's gone, given away to be kept safe, and I understand why that had to happen, but it does not stop the fact that I can't hold her in my arms anymore, Elijah! Just like my first daughter, just like Nadia. And it's my fault, too, just like Håkon... I thought killing Genevieve, Monique, and even Francesca, would make me feel something, anything, but I don't feel peace, I feel nothing. Elijah Mikaelson: Katerina, this is all perfectly natural, given what you've been through- |
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Håkon Rivkah Mikaelson was an important character throughout season one of The Originals, being the tribrid son of Niklaus Mikaelson and Katherine Pierce, and the younger twin brother to Adyelya Mikaelson. He is the grandson of Ansel, Anton Petrov and Mariya Petrova (Harman), and Esther Mikaelson, as well as the step-grandson of Mikael. He is the half-nephew of Freya, Finn, Elijah, Kol, Rebekah, and Henrik Mikaelson, and the grand-nephew of Dahlia, as well as the nephew of Nedyalka Petrova, the younger sister of his mother who was thought to have been murdered by his father in 1492. He is the half-brother of Nadia Petrova, and the adoptive younger brother of Marcel Gerard via his father. Håkon is also a distant relative of Cary and Hayley Marshall.
As a result of his unique heritage, Håkon and his sister are the world's first werewolf-witch-vampire hybrid. He inherited his witch gene from both his mother and father, while his vampire and werewolf legacy come from his father, who is the Original vampire-werewolf hybrid and the son of the Original Witch. Through his mother's Harman lineage and his father's lineage, Håkon is witch and werewolf royalty.
Håkon and Adyelya were conceived in the season four finale, Graduation, though Katherine does not discover that she is pregnant until the premier episode The Originals. Furthermore, it is in Tangled Up in Blue when it is revealed that Katherine is, in fact, carrying twins (a girl and boy). Håkon, and his sister, Adyelya, were born in the season finale of The Originals, From a Cradle to a Gave, though he and his sister were kidnapped by the witches of New Orleans shortly following their birth. On the orders of his paternal grandmother, Håkon is sacrificed by the witches (specifically, Genevieve and Monique) in a sacrifice before help can show up. Just as the witches are about to sacrifice Adyelya next, Marcel saves her life, along with Klaus, Katherine and Elijah, though sadly, they were too late for Håkon.
Håkon is a member of the Mikaelson Family, the Petrova Family, and an unnamed family of werewolves. Håkon is by birthright a member of the Travelers, the North East Atlantic Pack, as well as the ruling witch coven of all other covens, the Trinity Coven, in which he descends directly from the main branch of witches in the powerful Harman Family, coming from Hecate, The Witch-Queen's direct revered and royal bloodline. He is also a member of the Helland Family, a powerful bloodline of witches, and is the only child, alongside his sister, to be fathered by the Original Hybrid.
Throughout The Vampire Diaries[]
Season Four[]
In Graduation, Niklaus Mikaelson and Katherine Pierce slept together and conceived their twins [Adyelya and Håkon].
Season Five[]
Throughout The Originals[]
Season One[]
In the Pilot/Always and Forever episode, Katherine is lured to New Orleans, specifically the French Quarter, by a false hint/lead that will help her become a vampire again, though she is unaware that the information is fake. While in New Orleans, Katherine is capture by the witches of the French Quarter Coven--that is, Jane-Anne and Sophie--who use a spell to confirm Katherine's pregnancy. This pregnancy--later discovered to actually be unborn twins by Sabine--is revealed to Katherine by Sophie, who hopes to use Katherine and her pregnancy in order to bring Klaus into to town to use him against Marcel.
Season Two[]
Season Three[]
Season Four[]
Season Five[]
In The Tale of Two Wolves and Witches, Adyelya briefly mentions to Landon that she has a brother who passed away.
Legacies[]
Season One[]
In This is the Part Where You Run, Adyelya mentions her brother to Landon for a second time, this time revealing his name [Håkon], while explaining part of her family history to Landon, and why a majority of her family isn't around anymore. Adyelya confesses to Landon that her brother actually died while he was still a newborn baby, in an awful incident involving not only him, but also herself, and how his death and knowing she'll never know him is something that will always weigh her down.
Personality[]
Håkon's true personality is unknown as he died as a newborn baby; however, in season three of The Originals, after being injected with large amounts of werewolf venom, Katherine has several hallucinations of her son, not only imagining what he looked like, but also how he would have grown up and what his personality would have been like.
Physical Appearance[]
Håkon is only shortly seen as a newborn baby. Though later on, in season three of The Originals, after being injected with werewolf venom, Katherine as several hallucinations as to what her son would have looked like had he lived and grown up alongside Adyelya.
Upon first seeing him, after giving birth to her children, Katherine weakly comments that Håkon looks like her, as he inherited Katherine's eye and hair colour, having brown eyes and little, curly wisps of dark brown hair. It is briefly noted, by Katherine herself, that while Håkon has her colouring, his facial features--from the shape of his nose, ears and eyes--are "all Klaus" as Katherine phrases it.
Powers and Abilities[]
Not much is known about Håkon's powers and abilities as he passed away as a newborn baby. However, it can be assumed that if he had lived, the development of his powers and abilities would have been similar to that of his sister's, Adyelya.
Relationships[]
Katherine Pierce[]
Niklaus Mikaelson[]
Name[]
- Håkon is of Norwegian origin and is the older modern Norwegian form of the old Norwegian first name Hákon, which means "high son"; high coming from from há (high, chosen) and son coming from konr (son, descendant, kin).[1]
- It is pronounced as "hah-kehn"
- The spelling of Håkon in Bulgarian and Elder Futhark is, respectively: Хакон / ᚺᚨᚲᛟᚾ.
- Rivkah is of an unknown origin and is from the Latin and Greek Rhebekka; which is derived from the Hebrew name ribbqāh, which means "noose" and from rabak, which means "to bind" or "to tie". This name is also borne in the bible by the wife of Isaac.[2]
- It is pronounced as "riv-kah"
- The spelling of Rivkah in Bulgarian and Elder Futhark is, respectively: Ривка / ᚱᛁᚢᚲᚨᚺ.
- Mikaelson is of Scandinavian origin and means "Son of Mikael." If Håkon was truly to follow Norse traditions, then his surname should technically be Niklausson (son of Niklaus) opposed to Mikaelson (son of Mikael).
- The spelling of Mikaelson in Bulgarian and Elder Futhark is, respectively: Микаелсон / ᛗᛁᚲᚨᛖᛚᛋᛟᚾ.
- The spelling of Håkon Rivkah Mikaelson in Bulgarian and Elder Futhark is, respectively: Хакон Ривка Микаелсон / ᚺᚨᚲᛟᚾ ᚱᛁᚢᚲᚨᚺ ᛗᛁᚲᚨᛖᛚᛋᛟᚾ.
Quotes[]
Trivia[]
- Sadly, Håkon is the third youngest Mikaelson to pass away.
- The first being Freya's unborn son.
- The second being Henrik Mikaelson.
- Sophie described Katherine's pregnancy with Håkon and Adyelya as being "one of Nature's loopholes" in The Originals.
- Håkon is several minutes younger than his sister, Adyelya.
- As Håkon is the younger brother of Adyelya, who is the first-born of their generation, that makes him the second Mikaelson to be born in their generation.
- Henriikka is the third Mikaelson to be born in their generation, though she is the first of her bloodline.
- Nik is the fourth Mikaelson to be born in their generation, and like Adyelya and Henriikka, he is also the first of his bloodline, being that his unborn sibling via Freya died in the womb.
- Håkon is also the second Mikaelson to be born in his bloodline, as Adyelya is the first.
- Elijah believed that Håkon and Adyelya, even before they were born, were the keys to reuniting his family; as such, he swore to protect them, no matter what.
- Håkon and Adyelya were able to heal Katherine from her injuries in Girl in New Orleans.
- Both Katherine and Klaus blame themselves for the death of their son.
- In From a Cradle to a Grave, shortly after saving Adyelya and before Klaus takes his memories of the twins, Marcel confesses to Klaus that he is at fault for the death of Håkon because he wasn't quick enough in saving the twins.
- Klaus tells Marcel that saving Adyelya was more than enough.
- In Rebirth, Katherine destroys the nursery Klaus made for Adyelya and Håkon in her grief and rage.
- However, it is later rebuilt before Adyelya returns to The Compound.
- Katherine has a hallucination of what her son, Håkon, would have looked like had he grown up alongside Adyelya in season three of The Originals.
- Her hallucinations are a result of being injected with large amounts of werewolf venom by The Strix.
- Adyelya has said that she will always be haunted by the fact that she missed the chance to know and grow up alongside her brother, Håkon.
- Klaus likes to paint and draw Håkon.
- Håkon is the first newborn baby to to die in the TVD/TO/LGC universe.
- Katherine wears a necklace, a Mikaelson crest locket, which is shaped like a heart, that has a small, folded-up painting of Håkon—painted and given to her by Klaus—inside it.