The Vampire Diaries
Though there are many belovedThe Vampire Diariescharacters , some of the plump for players in the serial publication were truly hat . The lamia , wolfman , hybrids , doppelganger , hunting watch , and sirens were all once average the great unwashed , who due to over-the-top circumstance , become those thing that go extrusion in the Nox , which meant that the serial often award the characters in moral grizzly areas . SinceThe Vampire Diarieswas finally about retribution and forgiveness , sometimes the scary monsters saved the day . While the audience could forgive and draw a blank the worst transgression of the main characters , that was n’t true for the supporting players who betrayed the primary character . Repeated betrayal was the most common reason to detest aVampire Diariescharacter .
The series centered on Elena Gilbert ( Nina Dobrev ) and her friends and supernatural allies . She found herself repeatedly caught in supernatural power struggles - between vampire category , between doppelgangers , and even between witches . Elena and the Salvatore brother ( Ian Somerhalder , Paul Wesley ) were the principal character reference and the rooter favorites , which signify the consultation wanted to see their fib play out . fictitious character who created obstruction that endure for too long or tender up reiterate betrayals after ally with them did not get any passion .
15Isobel Flemming
Elena ’s parturition mother , Isobel Flemming ( Mia Kirshner ) , is one of the least - likedVampire Diariescharacters . It ’s revealed that she was once tie to Alaric Saltzman ( Matt Davis ) but became so infatuated with the supernatural world and so taken up with vampires that she sought after Damon ( Somerhalder ) and kip with him , coerce him to change by reversal her . She then left Alaric and soon take on Katherine ( Dobrev ) .
She was an unlikable supporting character due to her selfish and dark attitude . She purposefully hurt the people she loved to get her fashion . Isobel even went as far as to have a human relationship with Damon and prove to have Elena get the Gilbert equipment for her . She also had two lackeys who killed for her , and then abduct Jeremy to hale Elena to do her bid . In a series that lauded the bonds between the Salvatore brothers and even the Original lamia , Isobel betraying her own daughter did n’t go over well .
14Qetsiyah/Tessa
Tessa ( Janina Gavinkar ) made Damon ’s , Stefan ’s , and Elena ’s lives hard for a total of four episodes . Tessa had a long account and was regard as themost muscular hag amongVampire Diariescharacters . She created hullabaloo with the main part as she sought revenge against Silas , Stefan ’s doppelganger . Her power was immense as she was the original witch who create the first immortality spell as well as the remedy for vampirism .
Tessa was also responsible for creating the Other Side where she had hope to immure Silas for his betrayal . During her time on the show , audience understood her pain but disliked her ambition for retaliation no affair the cost . She played her hand and coerce the main quality to abide by with her demands without learning forgiveness . There ’s no big fury than a cleaning woman scorned .
13The Heretics
The Heretics instilled veneration in the main characters during their time in seasons six and seven . The Heretics were a powerful coven of loan-blend under the leadership of Damon and Stefan ’s female parent , Lily Salvatore ( Annie Wershing ) . Bonnie ( Kat Graham ) was ineffectual to aid Lily revive the Heretics in the modern - day . When Kai ( Chris Wood ) was in the Prison World , the Heretics provender on him and returned to Mystic Falls .
The intercrossed group was disliked by audiences due to their blind allegiance to Lily . Due to being turned into vampires by her , they were obligate to do her bidding even if it meant shoot down people or causing mayhem along the agency . The Heretics worked as a group but did n’t think for themselves . They might have been powerful , but they were n’t very interesting villains as a consequence .
12John Gilbert
John Gilbert ( David Anders ) was a simple deadly , but as a phallus of one of the establish families , he ’s a guy cable with top executive who try on to exert ascendence over everyone and everything while harboring intractable hatred for the undead . He was an average man who got his style through threats and determent . His arrogance was hyperbolize by his Gilbert Ring , which reserve him to face down vampire without fright of dying .
John was honest-to-god - school Mystic Falls – the last generation of found families that fecklessly combat vampires . John did hold open Elena ’s life , but his persona had simply stick around too long at the company . There were so many more interesting characters in the serial by the time John tried to make headway salvation in the eyes of the audience that it was just too former for him .
11Arcadius
The chief lineament go as far as upsetting the literal ruler of hell , the Beelzebub , Arcadius ( Wolé Parks ) . He became prominent in the eighth time of year and kick upstairs hell . Cade was the first - ever psychic who was murder by his own village . He coif off a psychic blow create an alternate dimension that became nether region . Cade was summoned by Sybil and work mayhem on Earth . He had no respect for human life and forced Damon or Stefan to kill 100 people to write Elena .
Cade was a hated lineament due to play the odds as he used Stefan ’s soul as well as Enzo ’s to threaten Damon and Bonnie . He put everyone ’s life at risk which was n’t entirely surprising afford who he actually was . He tried to fight Bonnie , in the end , to keep Damon ’s person in hell . If there ’s one thing that ’s dead on target aboutThe Vampire Diariescharacters : if they hurt fan - preferred Bonnie , the interview wo n’t forgive them .
10Klaus Mikaelson
In all fairness , powerful Original lamia Klaus Mikaleson(Joseph Morgan ) had more of a love - hate kinship with both the audience and the otherVampire Diariescharacters . At the beginning of his coming into court on the show , he was despised because he put Elena and her bonk 1 in danger to become a lycanthrope / lamia hybrid . He even went as far as turning Aunt Jenna ( Sara Canning ) and then kill her . Klaus ’s indifference to bloodshed and murder made him a notable antagonist .
As his character progressed , it was easy to feel bad for Klaus despite his killer way . Klaus was quite manipulative and ruin anyone in his path in the nictitation of an oculus . But his character slowly started to show his true emotion , exposing fragility and a desire to be loved . His character was also much better fleshed out in the twirl - off seriesThe Originals .
9Kai Parker
Kai was a self - proclaimed sociopath whose only end during season 6 was to become the head of the Gemini Coven . Kai ’s sunny disposition was hard to make up with his destructive actions and dark impulses . Kai managed to be almost likable at times thanks to his sarcastic quips , good looks , and power to play well with others ( as long as it was mutually beneficial ) which lumps him in with the the likes of of everyone from Damon to Klaus .
Because even the " salutary guy " onThe Vampire Diariesgave in to their own worst nerve impulse from time to clip , to be an unredeemable colossus way place heinous act that exceed the lowest expectations . Kai preyed on the weak and most incapacitated – the unborn babies in his sister ’s uterus . Even a prison term - out in Hell did nothing to make Kai to rethink murdering children , particularly his nieces .
8Katherine Pierce
Chased to the oddment of the world and back by Klaus Mikaelson , Katherine spent 500 years either attempting to evade the universe ’s old lamia or finding some way to appease him . Her literal legacy was being ghost with her ex-wife , and that was a serious problem since both Katherine and the aim of her affection , Stefan , were both immortal .
It was pure genius for the show ’s unspoilt girl to have the same face as one of its most flagitious villains . Katherine tried to end or smash the lives of Jeremy Gilbert ( Steven R. McQueen ) , Elena Gilbert , Bonnie Bennett , Pearl ( Kelly Hu ) , Anna ( Malese Jow ) , Jenna , Rose ( Lauren Cohan ) , Tyler Lockwood ( Michael Trevino ) and so many otherVampire Diariescharacters . Her biggest offense ? She issue forth between two loving brothers , cause over a 100 ’s worth of guilty conscience and anger . She ’s the intellect the Salvatores reunited in Mystic Falls , set up shop class , and brought about the events of the total show .
7Silas
The 2000 - year - old Silaswas season 4 ’s gravid badness who was dictated to take the cure and dismiss the veil to the Other Side , unleashing hell on Earth . A shadowy figure whose powers surpass anything find out before his visual aspect , Silas blured the line between realness and illusion to the point where the mainVampire Diariescharacters did n’t know what was real and what was not .
Season 4 ’s body reckoning was epic , and Silas either mastermind the deaths or was directly responsible for . He sentenced his " shadow ego " Stefan to month of cash in one’s chips repeatedly by drowning . Silas was the first villain to impress fear into members of the Original family , and while even the most infernal villains have a weak spot , Silas was seemingly indestructible .
6Esther Mikaelson
The Original beldame ( Alice Evans ) take up as a possible ally to Elena and the Salvatore brother since she was compulsive to kill all of her youngster during season 3 . When Plan A go bad , Esther ’s Plan B involved turn Alaric into the ultimate vampire hunter , and to make it worse , she used Elena as part of her strategy .
Not only did Elena and Jeremy miss the last stable influence and parental physical body in their lives , but Alaric ’s hunting watch instincts also root out his morality , empathy , and his affectionateness for his former Friend . Esther created this pestilence on humanity , and every attempt she made to right this wrong punished the undeserving : Alaric , Abby Bennett ( Persia White ) , Elena , Jeremy , Bonnie , and Matt ( Zach Roerig ) .
