| “ | "When It All Came Down To It, It Was Always You & Me. It's Always Been You & Me." | ” |
— Samantha to Elena in Original Sin
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Samantha "Sam" Elizabeth Mikaelson (née Cohen; born Gilbert) was one of the female protagonists in The Vampire Diaries and was a former main character in The Originals. She was born a witch in The Vampire Diaries, but she was later turned into a hybrid in The Originals. She was describe as ''gorgeous, but tough as nails and also very protective".
Samantha was the mother of the first naturally born tribrid, Hope Mikaelson, the daughter she had with the Original Hybrid, Niklaus Mikaelson. She was also the wife of the late Elijah Mikaelson and the mother of the first naturally born witch-vampire hybrids, Elyse and Jonathan Mikaelson.
Samantha is a member of the Cohen Family, the Gilbert Family. She also has ties with the Mikaelson Family. Samantha is by birthright, the leader of the Unity Coven.
Early History[]
Throughout The Vampire Diaries Series[]
The Originals Series[]
In Always and Forever, Sophie tells Elijah about Samantha and her pregnancy, and she has her coven bring her out to Elijah. Elijah asks for a moment alone with Samantha where he then explains his family's past; how they were turned into vampires and Klaus turned out to be a Hybrid. Later on, Elijah finds Klaus and learns about the baby and Klaus still isn't agreeing to cooperate. Sophie reveals more details about the spell Jane-Anne had cast before Marcel killed her. In reality, it had tied Sophie's life to Samantha's and Sophie demonstrates this by cutting her finger and Samantha immediately has the same wound. After finally convincing Klaus to agree to help Sophie, Elijah has Sophie and her coven release Samantha to him by giving them Jane-Anne's body. After taking her to their old home, Elijah promises to always protect Samantha and the baby. In Tangled Up In Blue, Samantha asks Klaus and Rebekah what is the plan to overtake Marcel. Klaus tells her she needs to stay in the house for her own safety since Marcel still knows there's a rogue werewolf out who killed his nightwalkers. At night by the pool she sees a wolf, but Sabine comes and offers Samantha to find out the gender of the baby. Samantha finds it's going be a girl and Sabine goes into psychic fit chatting in a strange language. Samantha attempts to translate it on Google, but doesn't find anything. While the audience is informed that the baby will kill the witches in the future which puts a plan in motion to make that never happens.
In Girl in New Orleans, Agnes convinces Samantha to see OB/GYN in the Bayou. During the consultation Samantha learns that her daughter is healthy and Samantha notices that she knew it and that her daughter is already like her. At the end of the consultation Samantha hears a wolf and understands that Agnes leads an ambush against her. Samantha manages to escape and kill witches who want to kill her and her baby. But they are shot in the chest and at her awakening Rebekah can't find Samantha. She calls Klaus and both look for her. When they find her she is completely healed - healed by her baby and Klaus takes her home after having sworn to slaughter all the witches.Personality[]
Samantha is at times immature, impulsive and tends to speak before she thinks, which can get her into trouble. She is a highly skilled manipulator with extremely questionable morals, she has proven she is willing to do anything to get what she wants (including betraying those she claims to care about); even at the expense of others' lives. She has gone so far as to help orchestrate a mass murder (of 12 witches she called friends) for no other reason than to simply get the name of her father. At times she is shown to value her friends but on the other hand, with only a small amount of remorse, is willing to sacrifice those friends to achieve her ends. Her unstoppable passion to find her paternal family suggests an inner vulnerability that she often covers up with provocative or immature remarks and behavior. In her own way she is terrified of Klaus, Samantha tries to hide this but Klaus always manages to see right through her.
In The Originals, Samantha's personality is further explored. Her determination to learn more about where she came from seems to be the reason for her behavior in the past. She has become stronger and more reliable, especially to her most powerful friendships through the whole series is Davina Claire. Her impending motherhood has also made her more tender and dedicated to keeping her child safe. She has also expressed a desire to raise the child alongside Klaus. She is able to handle herself very well despite her delicate state, even holding her own against threats like Mikael.
However, Samantha is also a hypocrite, when she learnt from Tyler that Klaus is (supposedly) that their child's blood can make hybrids, and he plans to use their child's blood once she is born to make an army of hybrids to take over New Orleans, as she quickly condemned him for this supposed action of his, however, she once used Tyler for her own selfishness, even if it was to find out where she came from, and who her family is, which indirectly resulted in Tyler's mother's death, as well as ruining his life.
Samantha has a deep hatred for the witches of the New Orleans, partly because they used her for their own selfishness, as well as the fact that a member of their coven Céleste Dubois, cursed the Crescent pack, and mainly because the witches tried to kill her unborn child.
Physical Appearance[]
Samantha is a strikingly gorgeous female hybrid with light olive skin, brown eyes, and dark brown hair. Her hair is shoulder length and is usually worn loose, though sometimes is pulled up in a ponytail, a half up, or rarely, a french braid. She is tall with an athletic but slim figure.
According to Rebekah, Hayley's daughter, Hope, looks just like Hayley.
Her style is natural, edgy and relaxed, favoring an earthy color palette with plaid and floral prints. Often she pairs soft, feminine pieces such as fashionable dresses and skirts with leather or denim, such as belts, boots, or jeans. She has been seen to wear many accessories such as large, dangle earrings, long pendants, necklaces and a variety of rings. On occasions, such as the Miss Mystic Falls Pageant, she chose to dress up in a more formal style. Towards the end of her pregnancy, she wears a lot of dresses.