JAMES RAMSEY | 24 | HUMAN/HUNTER | CHARLIE HUNNAM | OPEN

It’s about time someone dropped a house on you.

THE PAST:

James Ramsey was born to kill witches. There’s no other way abound it. Both his parents were witch hunters and their parents before them. In fact, legend has it that his family was crucial in running the witches out of Salem, Massachusetts in the first place. Both his parents were witch hunters and from a very young age, they instilled a hatred of the supernatural and a military-like discipline in their son. The family never stayed in one place long, instead hopping from town to town seeking out witches and leaving destruction in their path. Unlike the hunters who made an effort to set up house and assimilate themselves into the community in order to keep their true nature hidden, the Ramsey family stayed only long enough to get the job done before moving on in search of their next targets. It didn’t matter to them how powerful the witches were, even the slightest hint of magic was worth wiping out. They didn’t care if they were exposed because by the time anyone connected the dots, they’d be long gone.

Six years ago, when James was 18, his parents were killed while attempting to get rid of an entire circle of witches. They’d been foolish enough to think that they had the situation under control when all evidence pointed in the opposite direction. James himself wasn’t with them at the time, having already moved on to the next town. Despite the fact that it was his parents’ cockiness that got them killed, James’ hatred of witches is now fueled not only by childhood teachings but by the desire for revenge, too. And while he hasn’t been able to find the exact witches that killed his parents, he doesn’t really care. One witch is as good as another and he plans to wipe them all out, anyhow. Unlike many witch hunters, since his parents deaths James makes no effort to work with other hunters, preferring to do things his way and never having to explain himself to anyone else. Where many people would look for answers if they were in his shoes, James has no use for answers. Nothing will bring his parents back, but at least this way he can make anyone like the witches who killed them pay.

THE PRESENT/SUPERNATURAL EXPOSURE:

Mystic Harbor Hills had always been on the Ramsey family’s radar, though before now none had ever made it there. While generally fearless, there was something about the town that made them avoid it. It wasn’t the stories of the fire that killed almost an entire circle nor was it the fact that if the stories of their family was true, the witches in town would have a grudge that lasted hundreds of years. It was something more unsettling than that, though they couldn’t identify what it was. Now, with his parents dead, James has decided to stop avoiding the town and start doing what should have been done there years ago. His desire to purge the town of witchcraft is even more intense now that he’s realized that John Blackwell’s spawn have taken up residence. Where most witches inspire little reaction other than hatred in him, they make him uneasy as he knows that they must be up to something more than it seems. He just doesn’t know what and doesn’t particularly care.

This time, James is forced to be more careful than he ever has in the past. He knows the exposure of the supernatural is no hoax, though he can’t figure out why the witches weren’t exposed as well. It’s clear that in the town loyalty is at a premium and he knows that if he moves too quickly or starts with the wrong target, he could have all the supernatural in town coming for his head. But unlike most of the hunters in town, James has an advantage. Where they’re essentially blind until one of their targets slips up, James knows exactly who his targets are. In fact, he has a nice little list of all the witches in town, including the ones that don’t want to admit it. There is a slight issue with his plan to lay low, though. During his travels, James’ path brought him into brief contact with both Jake Armstrong and Benjamin Ackerley. Annoyed with both of their inaction and chalking it up to  yet another reason you should never trust a witch, James is hoping that he can convince the two of them that he intends to abide by the uneasy truce between the witches and the hunters that has been in place since the circle unbound.

RELATIONSHIPS:

Family: Linda and Richard Ramsey (Deceased)

Friends: Marcel Doucette, Niall Quinlan, Meredith Fell

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AARON PORTER | 18 | WEREWOLF | JAKE ABEL | OPEN

“I’m sorry I can’t be the right kind of monster for you.”

THE PAST:

Aaron Porter, a local of Beacon Harbor is also one of the rare werewolves who was born with the werewolf gene. People tend to be drawn to him, though he tends to keep himself fairly closed off from others. At sixteen, Aaron had gotten into a heated argument with one of his classmates in Harbor High. The argument spilled outside of school and into unfamiliar territory for Aaron. At first it was verbal attacks and then it became physical. It was only the two of them in that abandoned warehouse and when the brick was about to smash into Aaron’s skull, the desire to live took over and something snapped in him. Somehow, the brick ended up in Aaron’s hands and without thinking of it, he slammed it against the side of the other boy’s head. Once what happened set in, he ran as fast and as far as he could. He had anticipated the wait of the murder to hit the news and for the police to knock on his door. But days turned into weeks and weeks into months. It was as if the whole thing had never happened and Aaron was off the hook. 

Still, it was a heavy burden to bear and Aaron continued to withdraw from the world around him. His only goal was to survive the rest of the year and then get out of Beacon Harbor and away from the memories. But Aaron knew there was only so far he could go and still be safe. He wasn’t sure if there were many others like him in the world, but he knew that there had to be some in Mystic Harbor Hills. After all, the town seemed to have the same trouble with animal attacks that Beacon Harbor did. If anything, it was worse there. And if there were worse things running around than him, then maybe someone there would have some answers.

THE PRESENT/SUPERNATURAL EXPOSURE:

He has recently moved to Mystic Harbor Hills and is curious to see if there are any others who were born with the werewolf gene. He still keeps being a werewolf a secret to his parents as he doesn’t suspect them of carrying the werewolf gene. Assuming it skipped a generation, Aaron feels the need to keep it a secret to protect them. After all, if they do happen to have any answers, then just by asking the questions they’d know what he had done. While Aaron tends to pretend like nothing bothers him, to face the disappointment of his parents would just be too much to deal with.

Aaron couldn’t care less about vampires and witches, seeing them as a necessary evil and a nuisance. Rather, he wants to know more about what he is and all the details of those like him. For years he heard stories of families that used to be tied to his, names like Lockwood and Hale, though he can’t bring himself to ask the questions. After all, if they were simply family friends from years gone by, he’d be exposing himself unnecessarily. More than that, though, while desperate for answers, Aaron isn’t sure he actually wants to hear them. Despite the fact that Derek Hale has tried to make contact with him and make him part of his pack, Aaron resists doing so. For some reason, Derek makes him incredibly uncomfortable and Aaron is suspicious as to what his motivations are. More than that, Aaron is beginning to wonder if it’s Derek’s doing that he got away with murder.

RELATIONSHIPS:

Family: Steven and Margaret Porter

Friends: Scott McCall, Matt Balcoin, Elizabeth Higgins, Isaac Lahey

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BRANDON HUNTER | 20 | HUMAN | GEORGE BLAGDEN | OPEN

“Look, I’m a normal guy who wants to lead on a normal life. Whatever just happened, I don’t want to know.”

THE PAST:

Brandon Hunter has lived in Florida since birth, and has seen everything the sunny state had to offer. When he was eighteen his mother was brutally murdered by a creature - the police said it was an animal attack, but Brandon suspected something else. Even while he didn’t quite believe the story of the animal attack, all the other possibilities seemed ridiculous to Brandon. He was an only child and his father had walked out on them when he was three. When he was cleaning out his mother’s things, he found her journal containing drawings and explanations of werewolves and vampires in a small town called Mystic Harbor Hills. Desperate to figure out what had happened to his mother and figure out the crazed ramblings of her diary, Brandon packed his bags and moved to Mystic Harbor Hills.

In Mystic Harbor Hills, his aunt took him under her wing and promised to protect him no matter what. If Brandon’s suspicions weren’t already present, they were when he found the same journal his mother had in his aunt’s house. There were scribbles of vampires and werewolves living in a forest in Mystic Harbor Hills called Hills Woods, and Brandon pried even more, wanting to understand all of this gibberish. Unfortunately, his aunt caught him and told him that her and his mother used to do these drawings from their nightmares; none of it was true. Brandon trusted his aunt and stopped prying into the strange occurrences around town. If his aunt said that his mother died from an animal attack and there was nothing more to it, he had to believe her. Never mind the fact that eerily similar attacks have been happening around Mystic Harbor Hills and Brandon couldn’t think of a single animal that lived in both places.

THE PRESENT/SUPERNATURAL EXPOSURE:

With the supernatural being exposed, Brandon isn’t quite sure what to believe. Logically, he still finds the whole thing completely ridiculous but in the back of his mind he can’t help but remember the suspicions he had when he first moved to town. Faced with the fact that his mother was possibly killed by a supernatural creature and that his aunt has been lying to him, Brandon wishes that the supernatural had never been exposed. Or he does in moments where he’s willing to accept that there might just be some truth to the rumors, at least.

Continuing to not completely believe what’s happening around him, Brandon has made his mind up to at least try to get to the bottom of what’s going on. It isn’t easy, though. Even though he’s been living in town for two years now, Brandon is still an outsider in a lot of ways and people seem to have a way of closing off whenever he gets too close. For the time being, he’s trying to win the trust of those who seem to constantly be in the middle of the town’s weirder occurrences. He’s doing his best to win over people like Elena Gilbert, Faye Chamberlain and the Balcoin siblings. Given the stir that was created when he came to town, Brandon is also angling to get closer to Marcel Doucette, though he’s been having better luck with Alexander Price. He isn’t sure what he expects, but he’s hoping that somehow one of them will lead him to the truth. Especially the truth about the werewolves.

RELATIONSHIPS:

Family: Maria Hunter (deceased); Rachel Hunter

Friends: Alexander Price, Noel Balcoin, Elena Gilbert, Elliot Harris

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“Let’s get this straight. You leave before I wake up, no feelings will be involved. If you don’t agree with the terms, leave now.”

THE PAST:

Elliot Harris is the cockiest man the small town had ever seen. Basically, he lived off his father’s money and everything is always taken care of for him. In fact, the guy had never even done his own laundry before. Despite how much his parents want him to marry and settle down, Eli is a complete womanizer - different girl every night and he can manage to get them out of their dresses with only one wink from across the room. The only thing that he doesn’t do is relationships. He doesn’t love anyone but himself and the thought of being in love terrifies him.

Upon his twenty-first birthday, his father gave him a warning. If he does not calm his partying ways in a year, he will get sent off to somewhere far from Los Angeles. Shaking his head at his dad’s threat, Eli called his bluff and all was well. Or at least, thought it was. A year later, he learned the hard way that Mr. Harris was being dead serious. After turning twenty-two, he had two choices. He could either stay in LA with no money, or move back to Mystic Harbor Hills, his childhood home. He tried to make the first option work, though with few real skills it wasn’t easy and didn’t last very long. Reluctantly, he packed his belongings and headed home to face the music.

THE PRESENT/SUPERNATURAL EXPOSURE:

Eli continues his old habits in Mystic Harbor Hills, even with his parents trying to force him to break them. Rather than terrify him, the news of the supernatural interests him. Which of the people he grew up with are hiding a secret and for how long has he been in the dark? Oddly, his fascination also makes him start to care for others. He’s begun to find that as he’s tried to dig to find the truth about the people around him, he’s been forced to get to know them. And rather than being the sad sacks he thought when he high tailed it out of town, they aren’t all that different from him. Unlike the rest of the town, Eli doesn’t see the supernatural as outcasts or something to be feared and tries his best to relate to them. After all, they’re people who don’t quite fit in and he’s never really fit with the small town life, either.

When he met Alexander Price, the two formed an instant friendship. It didn’t take long to figure out that there was something more than just regular charm at work with Alexander and after confronting him about it, Eli learned the truth. Through their friendship, Eli has begun being introduced to the various vampires in town and what began as curiosity developed into a variety of odd relationships. While Eli still doesn’t know too much about the werewolves in town or even who any of them are, he’s doing his best to figure it out. Recently, he’s overheard mention of witches in conversations between the vampires. If it were anyone else, he’d write it off as paranoia but he knows that if the vampires are discussing them, this isn’t the case. More than anything, the prospect of witches fascinate him and he’d do anything to get his hands on one and find out just what they were capable of.

RELATIONSHIPS:

Family: Son of Connor Harris and Leila Harris

Friends: Alexander Price, Damon Salvatore, Brandon Hunter, Abigail Curtis

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ALEXANDER PRICE | 21 (197) | VAMPIRE | EDDIE REDMAYNE | OPEN

“I have been alive for almost two hundred years, you do not get to push me around like I am some rag doll.”

THE PAST:

Unlike most vampires, Alexander Price wears the fact that he is a bloodthirsty animal with pride. He isn’t ashamed of what he is, viewing it as a gift and not a curse. He’d rather be somewhat alive than fully dead, but he doesn’t run around and flaunt it. He’s actually wary of humans, knowing about the existence of hunters and can feed on animal blood when the need arises. He’s practical and likes to be in control, absolutely hating it whenever someone tells him what to do or when to do it. His hatred stems from his past relationship with Alexia Branson. He had been perfectly content with her while she reprimanded him and constantly forced him to do things such as feeding on animal’s blood. Throughout the relationship, he did everything he could to make her happy, but the two eventually called it quits because they were too different and he was tired of being controlled. The two have not seen or spoken to each other since the day they separated.

Unlike most in Marcel Doucette’s company, Alex wasn’t turned by Marcel or Klaus. He fell into Marcel’s company shortly after ending his relationship with Lexi and despite his resistance to following instructions or playing by anyone’s rules but his own, they pair formed an uneasy friendship that developed into almost a brotherly bond. For almost a century, Alex has been at Marcel’s side through thick and thin. Occasionally they find themselves at each others throats, but it’s nothing that they can’t find a way to solve.

THE PRESENT/SUPERNATURAL EXPOSURE:

While Alexander would do just about anything for Marcel, he isn’t particularly thrilled with the decision to move to Mystic Harbor Hills. He knows in the small town he won’t have the freedom that he did in New Orleans and that he’s going to be on a much tighter leash regarding his behavior. Alexander is also less than pleased that he wasn’t left behind to run the city in Marcel’s stead, though he will admit that he’s intrigued by the Mikaelsons. His path had never crossed theirs before, though like many, has heard more than a few stories about them. He doubts, however, that any of them will be able to live up to their reputations.

Alexander has formed a fast friendship with Elliot Harris and sees a bit of himself in the other boy. It came as a shock when Elliot confronted him about being a vampire, but rather than consider him a threat and ending his life right there, Alexander told him the truth. For whatever reason he feels like he can trust Elliot, though should he do anything to betray that trust action will be swift. While Alexander has been bringing Elliot into the know regarding vampires, he also hopes that the other boy will be useful in collecting more information about what’s going on around town. He’s not quite sure what Marcel’s plans are just yet but it can never hurt to have as much information as possible and it isn’t so easy to get in a town where you aren’t feared as they were in New Orleans.

RELATIONSHIPS

Friends: Elliot Harris, Marcel Doucette, Brandon Hunter, Amelia Rhodes

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