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Damon Salvatore (TV Show)
Information
Born

  • June 28, 1840 (Age 24/178)
Turned

  • September 25, 1864 by Katherine Pierce

Status

  • Undead (Resurrected)

Occupation

  • Confederate Lieutenant Soldier of the American Civil War (1864)
  • Prisoner of Augustine (1953-1958)
  • College Student (Formerly)
  • Leader of the Founder's Council (2010)
  • Co-Leader of the Mystic Falls Gang (Currently)
  • Prisoner (Formerly)
Species

  • Human (Originally)
  • Vampire (Niklaus' Bloodline) (Currently/Broken)
  • Ghost (Formerly)
  • Augustine Vampire (Formerly/Cured)
  • Phoenix Stone Spirit (Formerly)

Gender

  • Male

Family Members

  • Silas ✝ (Oldest and Distant Patriarchal Ancestor)
  • Unknown Doppelgängers of Silas ✝ (Distant Patriarchal Ancestors)
  • Giuseppe Salvatore(Biological Father)
  • Lillian "Lily" Salvatore ✝ (Biological Mother)
  • Stefan Salvatore (Biological Younger Brother)
  • Tom Avery ✝ (Patriarchal Descendant)
  • Sarah Salvatore (Patriarchal Great Niece)
Supernatural Information
Significant Sires

  • Charlotte (1942)
  • Isobel Flemming † (2007)
  • Vicki Donovan † (2009)
  • Caroline Forbes (2010)
  • Bill Forbes † (2010)
  • Abby Bennett Wilson (2010)
  • Elena Gilbert (2010/Cured)
Significant Kills

  • Samantha Gilbert (1st time)
  • Joseph Salvatore
  • 12 Humans (For Valerie LaMarche)
  • Charlotte (as a human)
  • Maggie James
  • Isobel Flemming (as a human)
  • Gail
  • Joanne Harris
  • Darren Malloy and Brooke Fenton
  • Jason Harris
  • Unnamed female camper (The Vampire Diaries: A Darker Truth)
  • Unnamed male camper (The Vampire Diaries: A Darker Truth)
  • Unnamed male camper
  • Unnamed female camper
  • William Tanner
  • Zach Salvatore
  • Tony, Summer, and Jared (Vicki's Stoner Friends)
  • Vicki Donovan (as a human)
  • Logan Fell (as a human)
  • Lexi Branson (as a vampire)
  • Bree
  • Samantha Gibbons
  • Jeremy Gilbert (revived by Gilbert Ring, 1st time)
  • Alaric Saltzman (revived by Gilbert Ring, 1st and 3rd time)
  • Mason Lockwood
  • John Gilbert (revived by Gilbert Ring, 1st time)
  • Rose-Marie (mercy kill)
  • Jessica Cohen
  • Luka Martin
  • Maddox
  • Greta Martin
  • Abby Bennett Wilson (as a witch)
  • Will (as a vampire)
  • Matt Donovan (revived by Gilbert Ring, 1st time)
  • Dr. Whitmore
  • Kristoff
  • Rene
  • Whitmore family
  • Aaron's parents
  • Sarah Whitmore
  • Aaron Whitmore
  • Joey (as a vampire)
  • Farmer John (as a vampire)
  • Wes Maxfield
  • Whole Traveler Clan
  • Markos (2nd time)
  • Elena Gilbert (as a vampire)
  • Himself (as a vampire)
  • Colin Phelps (as a vampire) (mercy kill)
  • Kai Parker (as a hybrid)
  • Malcolm (as a hybrid)
  • Ellis
  • Cooper
  • Kyle
  • Unnamed Vampire
  • Sampson
  • Rayna Cruz (temporary)
  • Beau (as a spirit/vampire possessing Lewis, 2nd time)
  • Many Vampires who escaped Phoenix Stone
Cause of Death

  • Gunshot Wound (1st time/as a human)
  • Explosion (2nd time/1st time as a vampire)
  • Stabbed (3rd time/2nd time as a vampire)
Killed By

  • Giuseppe Salvatore (as human)
Appearance
First Seen

  • Pilot
Last Seen

  • I Was Feeling Epic
Physical Appearance
Height

  • 5'10" (1.78 m)
Hair Color

  • Black
Eye Color

  • Light Blue


Damon Joseph Salvatore is one of the two main male protagonists of The Vampire Diaries. Damon was originally the tritagonist of the series with Elena being the protagonist and Stefan being the deuteragonist. After Season Six and as of Season Seven (after Elena Gilbert's departure), Damon has replaced Stefan as the series' deuteragonist and Stefan has replaced Elena as the series' protagonist and point of view character. Damon was born June 28, 1840 in Mystic Falls, Virginia, U.S.A. He was a major antagonist in the first part of Season One. Damon is the first born son and the oldest child born to Giuseppe Salvatore and Lillian "Lily" Salvatore. He is the older brother of Stefan Salvatore and the older paternal half brother of an unknown Salvatore brother. Damon was originally human but was turned into a vampire in the year 1864 by Katherine Pierce. At the time of his return to Mystic Falls in 2009, Damon and Stefan hadn't seen each other in fifteen years due to their bitter, tumultuous and violent relationship.

During the 1950's, Damon was captured and tortured by the Augustine Society, which was led by the Whitmore family, who experimented on vampires for a "bigger purpose". During his five years of captivity, he meets another prisoner, Enzo, with whom he became best friends and prison mates with. Eventually, the plan the two made failed at a critical moment and thinking Enzo "died" because of him, Damon turned off his humanity to suppress the guilt and sadness that he had felt. He sought revenge, an act of hunting down every member of the Whitmore Family over generations, which he finally ended after killing Aaron Whitmore. 

Damon's sole purpose in coming back to Mystic Falls was to free Katherine Pierce, the vampire who turned him and whom he deeply loved. After realizing that Katherine never loved him, his love for her faded as his friendship with Elena, Katherine's descendant and doppelgänger, grows. Due to her impact on him and the strengthening relationship with his brother, they begin working together to protect Elena, along with her friends and family. Before his death, and at the beginning of Season Five, he lived with his brother Stefan, his girlfriend Elena (when she wasn't away at college), and her brother Jeremy Gilbert in the Salvatore Boarding House. 

In Season Three, Damon filled the role as a deuteragonist in the first half of the season due to Stefan falling prey to Klaus. 

Throughout the series, his bond with Elena continuously grows and they eventually fall in love with each other. Shortly after her death and subsequent transition into a vampire, Elena's feelings for Damon are heightened (through the sire bond) which makes her admit her love for him and they start a romantic relationship in Season Four. 

In Season Five, he discovers Enzo's undead status and they become friends once again however once "Elena" breaks up with him, he puts an end to his diabolical plan against the Whitmore Family and is then injected with a dangerous compound by Wes Maxfield, causing him to become an Augustine Vampire and the only one in existence. He was later cured, thanks to Enzo, Stefan, and Caroline's actions. Due to the Other Side collapsing, Damon gave up his life to save his loved ones and this particularly caused Elena, Stefan, and Alaric much grief.

In Season Six, Damon discovers that him and Bonnie are trapped in a 1994 Prison World, and they work together to find a way back to Mystic Falls. They also form an alliance to take down Kai. During this time, he is able to form a healthy friendship and a strong bond with Bonnie, and they are able to move on from their past and become very close friends. After returning home, he learns that Elena has erased all her memories of their relationship and he attempts to win her back. Damon soon learns of Liz's sickness and soon after, she passes away in the hospital in front of him, leaving him devastated and is soon reunited with Bonnie who made it out of the prison world and shows him a video of a mysterious lady, who turns out to be his mother Lillian. He manages to bring her back with the help of Kai. He had the cure for vampirism which was given to him by Bonnie as a gift for informing her about magic in Nova Scotia from Qetsiyah's tombstone for Silas through an atlas, as he wanted it for Elena. He then gave Elena the Cure and she became human once again.

His best friends are Elena Gilbert, Alaric Saltzman and Bonnie Bennett. He was close friends with Elizabeth Forbes until her death. He is also formerly best friends with Lorenzo "Enzo" St. John, with whom he is currently enemies with and shares an antagonistic relationship (mostly over their issues concerning Lillian and especially Bonnie).  

Damon is a member of the Salvatore Family.

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