The Originals: Why Klaus & Elijah Were Killed Off In The Series Finale
On the TV series The Originals, a spinoff of the popular show The Vampire Diaries, brothers Klaus and Elijah Mikaelson were killed off, a move that signified the end for Klaus' redemption journey. Klaus and Elijah's deaths set up the foundations for Legacies, which in turn is a spin-off of The Originals. The five seasons of The Originals ran from 2013 to 2018 on the CW, centering around the very first vampire family, referred to as the «Originals,» The Mikaelsons. Two of the central characters of the show, Klaus and his elder brother Elijah, first appeared during The Vampire Diariesseason 2, with the other members of the Mikaelson family – siblings Kol, Finn, and Rebekah, and parents Esther and Mikael – debuting during season 3. The spinoff relocated the family to the city of New Orleans, with particularly Rebekah, Klaus, and Elijah becoming fan-favorite characters.
The Originals expanded on the Mikaelsons' backstory and the Shakespearean depth of their familial dysfunction: a group of siblings turned into monsters by their parents who repeatedly tried to destroy their children after realizing their mistake. Klaus was considered the most vicious, villainous, duplicitous, ambitious, and powerful Mikaelson clan member. He was given the opportunity to rediscover his humanity and repair his fractured family thanks to the miracle tribrid baby he conceived with Hayley Marshall: a daughter named Hope.
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Elijah saw fatherhood as the only way for Klaus to receive what he had lacked his entire life — unconditional love. However, an ancient evil known as the Hollow introduced during season 3 threatened Hope and the Mikaelson legacy. The family's many efforts to protect Hope
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