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Klaus eventually stabbed her, but she had unknowingly ingested vampire blood, and when faced with the choice of dying or becoming what she despised, Esther chose the latter. She offered each of her children the opportunity to abandon their Original bodies and become mortal, allowing them to live out normal human lives. Esther inhabited the Harvest Girl Cassie, and Esther's ability to jump into other bodies made her difficult to kill. On season 1 of The Originals, Rebekah, Elijah, and Klaus consecrated Esther's remains, linking her to the Ancestors of the witches of New Orleans. Before Alaric made the transition, he stabbed Esther. She made another attempt by turning Alaric Saltzman into an Original whose sole task was to hunt down and kill Klaus and his siblings. Without the power of the Bennett ancestors, Esther could not complete the spell. Her plan failed when Damon Salvatore killed Abby Bennett. Her sole purpose for returning was to kill the monsters she created and cure the world of vampirism. Esther's body was preserved by a powerful Bennett witch named Ayana, and Esther channeled the Bennett witches into reuniting with her children after spending 1,000 years on the Other Side.

After lying to Klaus about his birth father's identity and suppressing Klaus' werewolf side, Klaus strangled his mother for her betrayal. No character cheated death more than Original witch Esther. Some characters, like Jeremy Gilbert, Bonnie Bennett, and Alaric Saltman, remain alive in The Vampire Diaries universe (Damon and Elena are among those referenced on The Vampire Diaries second spinoff, Legacies.) Jenna Sommers, Stefan Salvatore, Camille 'Cami' O'Connell, and other main and supporting characters eventually perished for good, many of whom originated on The Vampire Diaries. Both shows often shocked viewers by killing off beloved characters and using plot devices like the Gilbert Ring, the Other Side (a supernatural purgatory), vampirism, and witchcraft to bring them back from the dead. The Originals stayed true to the canon established by The Vampire Diaries as well as expanding upon it.

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RELATED: The Originals: Why Marcel Hates Using His Full Name The Originals explored the dysfunctional family dynamics of the Mikaelsons as Klaus reclaimed the stranglehold he once had on the city of New Orleans and its supernatural inhabitants, navigated the challenges of fatherhood, and battled enemies both old and new. Season 4's episode 'The Originals,' served as a backdoor pilot and established the driving storylines for season 1 of the spinoff. The remaining Mikaelson siblings Rebekah, Kol, and Finn, their mother, Original witch Esther, and their father, the former Viking warrior-turned-vampire hunter, Mikael, made their first appearances during season 3.

Season 2 of The Vampire Diaries introduced Elijah Mikaelson and his brother, Klaus, who served as a primary antagonist throughout his time on the series.