Kol Mikaelson

Kol Mikalson (Elder Futhark: ᚲᛟᛚ ᛗᛁᚲᚨᛖᛚᛋᛟᚾ) is a major recurring character on The Originals. He also had a recurring role in the third, fourth and fifth season of The Vampire Diaries, where he served as an antagonist and anti-hero. Kol is also the main protagonist of the short web series The Originals: The Awakening.

Kol is the third son of Mikael and Esther. He is the younger brother of Freya, Finn, Elijah and older brother of Rebekah and Henrik and the younger half-brother of Klaus. He is the uncle Freya and Mathias' unborn son, Klaus and Hayley's daughter, Hope, and Freya and Keelin's son, Nik.

Throughout his life, Kol struggled emotionally with his status as the black sheep of the family, and the belief that his siblings considered him to be more of a nuisance than their own brother. He was shown to be rather spiteful and jealous over Marcel Gerard, whom he perceived was treated more like family than he ever was. As a result of this insecurity, Kol often lashed out violently which earned him a dangerous reputation and on occasion, the ire of his siblings. In reality, his bad behavior is revealed to be simple cries for attention.


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Season One
The first flashback scene consisted of their in  in the 18th Century. Niklaus, Elijah and Rebekah lured a ship's crew onto their own, and while there, the crew discovered two coffins. It was then revealed that Kol was actually neutralized. After killing most of the crew, Elijah compelled the last crew member to ship their "luggage" to shore.

In Long Way Back From Hell, in flashbacks to the year 1919. Rebekah is surprised when her witch friend Genevieve tells her that she likes Klaus, saying that she had not expected Genevieve to want a 'bad boy.' She then says to Genevieve that if she likes bad boys, she would love her brother Kol. Rebekah then begins to tell her that Kol is not with them anymore after a family feud, possibly a reference to Kol's daggering early that century. Rebekah tells her that there is someone she wants to contact, who she has not seen in a long time. The nature of the conversation leads Genevieve to think that Rebekah wants her to contact Kol, but Rebekah tells her she thought of contacting her father Mikael.

In Farewell to Storyville, Kol was seen in a flashback where he and his siblings played, running and jumping on Finn, showing that they were happy. Klaus later mentions that he was the only one who was a victim of Mikael's abuse, while Finn, Elijah, and Kol were not. Klaus also mentions that he loved all of his siblings, even Kol who he was at odds with sometimes over the centuries.


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In Rebirth, Kol first appears as Kaleb at the record store, flicking through records while Davina is talking to Joe. When Davina catches sight of him, Kol continues to watch her carefully as he leaves. He later runs into Davina again the next day, holding some records and commenting about how it is sad that the store isn't trading that day, but worse for her because they stocked lots of the Ancient Icelandic Folk music she was into. Davina insists it was for someone else before Kol offers her his hand and introduces himself as Kaleb. He tells her that she has a cool name but a terrible taste in music and Davina seems smitten with him.

Later, Esther and Finn are talking and Finn comments about how human bodies are so weak and that he forgot what it felt like to feel vulnerable. Kol appears and tells his mother that he loves his new body and is sure that Davina does too. Esther chastises him for being childish before sitting both of her sons down and informing them that they have a family reunion to plan.

In Alive and Kicking, Kol continued to possess the body of Kaleb, keeping an eye on Davina for his mother. He went with his mother and Finn to watch as moonlight rings were being created for their planned army of werewolves. Later, using his persona as Kaleb, he went on a date with Davina, learning about her past and discovered that they had both shared a controlling mother. When Davina left the table for a moment, he was confronted by Finn who told him to hurry it along. Kol cheekily told him that he was using his own charms to get the information they needed. Suddenly the bar was filled with werewolves who tried to attack Davina. Kol tried to defend her but was tossed aside with ease in his new body. Mikael suddenly arrived, having been summoned by Davina who had a magical leash on him since reviving him. Kol could only watch with shock at the sight of his father being alive and viciously slaughtering the werewolves for Davina. Elijah soon arrived, just as surprised by Mikael being alive. When Davina used her magic to send Mikael away, Elijah saw Kol but didn't recognize him due to his new body. Later, Kol attacked Finn, blaming him for bringing the werewolves to the bar. Esther stepped in, telling him that the werewolves showed up under her orders. Kol furiously showed her that he could have died, saying he hadn't gotten a scar in a thousand years and if this was the new life she had planned for him, he wanted out. Esther used her magic to make Kol's head hurt and nose bleed, forcing him to his knees and threatening him, saying that he should be grateful and submissive to her.

She then asked him how all of those werewolves had been killed, questioning him on what weapon Davina had used to save herself. Kol, despite knowing full well that Mikael had returned, refused to tell her what he had seen. He said that he had been knocked unconscious during the struggle, keeping his father's return a secret from his mother.

In Every Mother's Son, Kol was said to be tracking Davina, forcing him to miss the family dinner that Esther had planned for Klaus and Elijah. During that dinner, there was an empty seat at the table, causing Klaus and Elijah to question who it was for. Finn teased that it was meant for their youngest brother. Klaus brushed him off, not accepting that Kol would follow their mother's plan as Finn had done but Finn used Kol as an example of how strong of an argument Esther had, saying that she had convinced even the wildest sibling to join her cause.

In Live and Let Die, Kol helped his mother with a tracking spell to find Davina, who had eluded him. Their attempts were unsuccessful due to Davina somehow blocking her from being found. Later, Davina called Kol, still not knowing his true identity, asking him to come to her and telling him that she'd text him her location. Kol went to the cabin and helped treat her sprained ankle. He began to ask about what she was planning with her spells but rather than force it out of her, he told her she could tell him what she was up to whenever she was ready. While Davina was sleeping, Kol snuck into the room Davina kept the white oak stake in and found it but was confronted by Mikael. Mikael grabbed him and threatened to kill him before Kol told him that he was a witch and he could turn off the magic of Davina's bracelet if he didn't harm him. Mikael let him go, agreeing to the deal.

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n Beautiful Mistake, Freya got into contact through magic with Rebekah who was in Morocco, having gotten into touch with a witch who might have known how to bring back Kol. Freya and Rebekah rejoiced at the potential of his return, reuniting the family. After Rebekah was ambushed by The Strix and her witch body was killed, returning her to her original form, Elijah told her to come back home for safety. She remained adamant to not leave when she was so close to the answers of Kol's resurrection, reminding Freya of her promise to Kol. They went to the witch's shop where Rebekah found a scroll that said they'd need Kol's ashes and the blood of two siblings to bring him back. The witch that she planned to meet appeared and turned out to be working with The Strix. Rebekah was daggered with a weapon that neutralized her, having been the only one with the spell to bring Kol back.

In Wild at Heart, after Davina had been offered the spell to revive Kol by The Strix, she decided to try and contact Kol's spirit in order to verify if the spell was real. With the help of Josh, Davina went into the ancestral realm where the spirits of the New Orleans witches reigned. Having been consecrated as a New Orleans witch when he died, Kol's spirit dwelled there as well. Wandering aimlessly at first, Davina was suddenly pulled into an alley when she came face to face with Kol. Initially not recognizing his true appearance, having only known him in the body of Kaleb, Davina was shocked to see him. Kol was ecstatic to see her but warned her about the ancestors, who would not be happy that she had come. With the ancestors nearby, Kol took her hand and they fled from the alley.

Bringing her to an isolated bar, Kol immediately kissed her but found that she withdrew from him. He initially assumed that she preferred how he had looked before but she assured him that that wasn't it, telling him she was just adjusting to how different he was. Kol tried to remind her of their previous relationship by dancing with her as he had right before he died. The dance worked and Davina told him she liked his true face just fine. However, she noticed that he had a bruise under his eye and wondered what was happening to him during his time with the ancestors. Kol told her not to worry about it; just that it was a dark place. Davina showed him the spell that could bring him back to life but Kol brushed it off after examining it, claiming it was a fake. Davina asked him why he was lying and reminded him that he could live again; with Kol lamenting that living again was what he wanted most. However, Kol didn't want to be revived by that spell, as he knew how dangerous it was and that it was one from The Strix. He told her to find another way as nothing was worth what The Strix would make her do in return.

Before they could continue the conversation, the ancestors had tracked them down. They tried to get Davina back to her body but were confronted by the spirit of Kara Nguyen, who Davina had ordered to be killed during her time as Regent. Kol tried to protect Davina but was tossed aside by Kara's magic. They were saved by Ariane, one of the Strix's witches who could perform the spell for Kol. Ariane could help Davina cross back to the land of the living but Kol would have to be left behind. Kol accepted it and stayed behind to hold off the ancestors while Davina escaped.

In Dead Angels, Ariane reveals that Kol is being tormented by the Ancestors to Davina.

In Heart Shaped Box, Davina realized she needed Kol to help her figure out the final ingredient for the spell that would de-link the sire lines from the Originals. Using a candle that would allow her to speak to Kol as long as it was lit, Davina summoned Kol's spirit and he was happy to see her but disappointed to see she had joined the Sisters. She assured him it was a means to an end but their reunion was interrupted by Aya. Kol was familiar with Aya, surprised that she hadn't been killed yet. Aya told him he would remain a ghost unless he helped them with the final ingredient to the de-linking spell. Kol said he'd talk, but only to Davina.

As Davina tried to figure out the missing ingredient, Kol tried to lie and tell her that it was impossible but she could tell he wasn't being honest. He tried to convince her to stop trying, understanding she was attempting to bring him back but promising her it wasn't worth it with the price she'd have to pay. Through deduction, Davina realized it was the heart of an unsired vampire that was needed. Kol pleaded for her to stop but Davina and the eavesdropping Sisters realized it was Hayley's heart that they needed. While the Sisters attacked Hayley, Kol told Davina to use the candle and Kol's spirit to knock herself out and her connection with the Sisters would bring them down too. Davina took his advice and was knocked out. Kol crouched beside her, lamenting that it was definitely their worst date ever. When Davina awoke, Kol sat beside her and said watching her sleep was the best experience he had had in months. He told her he appreciated her efforts to bring him back but that Aya never kept her promises. When Davina confessed her love for Kol, she kissed him just as the candle went out and he vanished.

In A Streetcar Named Desire, after Davina Claire successfully unlinked Klaus from his sireline, the spell and amount of magic drained from Klaus created a Nexus Vorti. Davina, having saved the blood of both Elijah and Klaus from the de-linking spell, used the blood of the two brothers, along with Kol's ashes, as the ingredients for the spell to bring Kol back. This was the same spell Rebekah wanted to use before Aya had her witch destroy it to spite Rebekah. Once combined, Davina channeled the new Nexus Vorti energies for the power to cast the spell, and successfully resurrected Kol Mikaelson as an Original Vampire. Kol smiles at Davina and tells her he always had faith in her.

In An Old Friend Calls, Kol awoke after being asleep for three days following his revival, saying that his body being reconstructed from ash had taken a lot out of him. Davina was overjoyed to see him standing but he revealed by putting his hand in sunlight that he had returned as an Original Vampire, his original body brought back to the state it was prior to his first death. Davina was concerned, having only ever really known Kol as a witch. Kol knew that Davina had heard the stories about how he was a violent lunatic as a vampire but assured her that he'd be able to control himself now that he had a reason to be better. He asked her to make him a new daylight ring so they could pay his family a visit, despite her concern that Klaus would kill her for breaking his sireline.

When they arrived at the compound, Klaus immediately attacked Davina but was thrown off by Kol, who greeted his brother with a cheeky smile. Klaus was shocked by his brother's return and Elijah and Freya soon joined him, all in disbelief. Davina explained that she had revived him thanks to the power left over from Klaus' sireline breaking. Klaus embraced his younger brother happily, while Kol and Elijah awkwardly greeted each other. Kol also met Freya, having heard the story of his long-lost sister. Kol was updated on Klaus's worry that his sireline would come for him now that the line was broken, however, Davina wasn't allowed in the family discussion, much to Kol's annoyance. However, he promised he would make it up to her later. Kol rejoined his family and was offered a glass of fresh blood by Klaus but he grudgingly accepted, trying to stick with blood bags and avoid fresh blood so he could control himself better for Davina. Using his extensive knowledge of magic, Kol provided Freya with a spell that could be used to find Cortez for Klaus, as well as showing that his other sired vampires were far from New Orleans. However, when Cortez sent a message to the other sired vampires that there was more white oak, Kol and Freya watched as their spell revealed that they were moving toward New Orleans. While drinking blood again, Kol spent a quiet moment with Freya, reminding her that they had met a century beforehand when he was unaware of her identity. Freya assured him that Rebekah tried her hardest to revive him and Freya was glad to see he was trying to be a better person for Davina.

Kol later went to Davina to have their date that he had promised her. After telling her that it wasn't his time as a witch with magic that had changed him, it was meeting Davina. The two of them shared a romantic night, having sex for the first time. However, Kol woke up in the middle of the night, hoping to feed on a blood bag he brought but found he had already emptied it. Kol, desperate and falling victim to his own insatiable bloodlust, left and fed on an innocent woman. He was interrupted though, by the sudden appearance of Finn, who had seemingly returned from the dead. Finn commented that there was never hope for Kol since he had no self-control. Kol stood in shock, with his mouth still covered in blood.

In Alone with Everybody, Kol told Elijah about his discovery that Finn was back. While Kol wanted revenge for Finn murdering him, Freya stressed that it was an opportunity to repair what was broken in the family. Kol was unconvinced, trying to explain to her how Finn had tried to kill them all in the past and had succeeded in killing him. When Finn entered, he and Kol threw taunts at one another until Lucien had to briefly restrain Kol from attacking Finn. Elijah suggested that they find a way to get along, as they would be stuck in the compound together until the last of the white oak was found.

When Kol tried to vent his frustrations about Finn to Davina, she tried to distract him but he almost fed on her, unable to control his blood lust. After overhearing Fin wanting to be allowed to be put into a witch body and leave, Kol drank a glass of blood in solitude when Elijah entered, stressing the importance of not going after Finn. Kol refused angrily, furious that Finn could even potentially get a happy ending. and Elijah realized that Kol wasn't able to control himself. Kol admitted that since he had returned, the rage and blood lust had been difficult to keep under control, as he had never really cared about trying to the first time he was a vampire. Now that he had Davina, he needed to learn how to control it. Kol tearfully mused that perhaps that's what their family would always be doing; hurting those they loved.

When Davina tried to get retribution for Kol herself, she used a spell to lock Finn inside of his body as a vampire, so he'd be unable to jump into another one as he planned to. Finn fought back against Davina before Kol intervened. The two engaged in a furious fistfight that culminated with Kol throwing Finn through a glass door and preparing to set him on fire. Elijah and Freya arrived and convinced Kol not to do it. Kol grudgingly agreed but told them he'd rather take his chances outside with the risk of being killed with the white oak than have to stay with them. Kol left angrily with Davina behind him.

In Behind the Black Horizon, Kol and Davina discovered that Freya had been abducted by Lucien, who had been secretly plotting against the family for 900 years. After bringing the information to Elijah and Finn, Kol was furious to find them wanting to go after her themselves, seeing it as them trying to clean up the mess they made after not destroying the white oak bullet as they should have. Davina convinced Kol to stay behind with her and to help track down Freya, using the blood connection between Vincent and Finn. Kol knew that they'd need one of his dark objects to help so they went to Cami, whose family had collected all of them over the decades. Kol demanded she give back what her family stole, but she refused. Kol grew vicious at her defiance but Davina, growing agitated by his increasingly hostile behavior, got him to leave. Davina believed he was just struggling to adjust to his vampire body but Cami seemed to think it was a similar behavior to when her uncle was cursed.

After successfully tracking using the dark object to find Freya, Kol and Davina learned about Lucien upgrading himself into something even more powerful than them. In his anger, Kol shattered a nearby mirror. Davina spoke up that she was concerned about his behavior and that he wasn't acting like himself. Kol retaliated by asking her which self he should be acting like, recounting his various states of being over the years; a witch, a vampire, a ghost, a spirit possessing a witch body, and now a vampire again. He spat that she may think he was cursed, but maybe it was just everyone else getting involved in his business. He then angrily ran away, leaving her to examine the blood he left on the mirror.

When Finn lay in agonizing pain from Lucien's bite, Kol relished his brother's suffering, believing it to be any other werewolf bite where he would eventually work it out of his system. He even joked that maybe Lucien's bite was twice as lethal and could even kill Finn if they were lucky, prompting Freya to slap him. Kol nearly lashed out at her in anger but was stopped by Elijah. When Klaus' blood failed to heal Finn and his condition only grew worse, his body dying, Kol stopped teasing and reminded them that Davina had locked Finn inside of his body, not allowing them to save him by putting his spirit into another one. He could do nothing but stand by and watch as his eldest brother died for a final time, with no Other Side or way to put his spirit into the Ancestral Plane to bring him back. After Finn died, the siblings said their goodbyes to him, dropping his ashes off of a bridge. Kol gave a conflicted farewell, saying how he loathed Finn for centuries and still did, but understood the torment and hoped his brother found some peace in the abyss.

In The Devil Comes Here and Sighs, Kol went to the jazz club with Davina, the only place in the city where magic couldn't be used, blocking The Ancestors' influence on him. Kol immediately felt the hunger dissipate and Davina took him to speak with Vincent. Vincent asked Kol questions about his time as a spirit in the ancestral plane, trying to determine if Kol had heard anything useful about The Ancestors' plans. The Ancestors appointed a new Regent, realizing Vincent was turning on them and with Van as the new Regent, they began to chip away at the spell of the jazz club, their power reaching Kol again. Kol began to feel the hunger and when he did, his neck was snapped by Marcel.

Marcel took him to an isolated area, telling him that the safest thing to do for Davina's sake was to leave the city. Kol's rage took hold of him and he grabbed Marcel by the throat in a blind fury. When Marcel finally got through to Kol, Kol agreed that it was the safest solution. He drove out of New Orleans, still feeling the hunger but it vanished the moment he crossed the city line, out of The Ancestors' reach. Kol happily rejoiced at being free but suddenly his body began to desiccate. Kol, in extreme pain, as his body turned on him, was forced to run back into New Orleans. The moment he came back, the desiccation stopped and the hunger returned, trapped and unable to flee thanks to The Ancestors.

In No More Heartbreaks, Kol went back to the jazz club as it remained the only place The Ancestors couldn't influence him. Davina found him, furious that he had left. He told her he had no intention of coming back but The Ancestors refused to let him leave the city. After Cami was bitten by Lucien, Davina wanted to confront him but Kol warned her against it, as Lucien was far too dangerous. When Davina refused to listen and went to talk to Lucien, Lucien assured her that he wouldn't kill her as she wasn't his to kill, telling her to talk to Kol about it. When she went back to Kol, he revealed that The Ancestors had made it so he wanted nothing more than to kill her. In order to protect her until he could be right in the head, Kol revealed a dagger he had gotten after his revival, to ensure Klaus wouldn't dagger him. Musing how much he hated being daggered but how much he loved Davina, he gave her the dagger and guided her hand until the dagger impaled him. He desiccated and fell to the ground, neutralized.

Later, after Cami died from Lucien's bite, Davina sat near Kol's daggered body, wanting to be able to talk to him. The entire city began to quake as The Ancestors' influence broke through even the jazz club's defenses, Davina looked around in concern while the dagger in Kol's body began to remove itself, rising from his chest. When Davina turned back to Kol, he had vanished. Calling out to him, Kol appeared behind her, no longer daggered and rabid with murderous hunger. He attacked her, biting her in the neck and feeding on her excessively. When Kol pulled himself away, he snapped out of his blind hunger and realized what he had done. He tried to feed Davina blood but she was too far gone. Kol held her tight, tearfully telling her to wake up but she wouldn't. The Ancestors plan had worked: Kol had killed Davina.

In Where Nothing Stays Buried, in St. James' Infirmary, a distraught Kol remained with Davina when Marcel arrived, demanding to know what Kol was still doing in New Orleans. Kol tearfully explained that the Ancestors forced his actions and he had even tried to be daggered to protect Davina but it didn't work, swearing that he loved Davina and never wanted to hurt her. Marcel, enraged, attacked Kol and declared that they were going to bring her back. Vincent arrived shortly after and wearily told the pair that they needed to consecrate Davina's body they could attempt to resurrect her from the Ancestral Plane. Kol refused initially, knowing that the Ancestors hated Davina and would attempt to destroy her, but backed down when Vincent told him that they would find a safe place for her. When it was suggested they need a powerful witch like Freya to help, Kol was uncertain about asking his family for help since Klaus hated Davina but Marcel was determined and demanded they prepare her body.

When Kol and Marcel arrived at the Mikaelson Compound, they found some reluctance initially but their protests convinced Klaus to offer their help. Klaus led Kol away from the courtyard to get him cleaned up, knowing the recent pain of his own love's death and not wanting Kol to have to experience that pain. Freya prepared a protection circle to draw Davina's spirit into, to keep her safe from the Ancestors while they tried to resurrect her. Learning that an Original is needed in order to sustain the spell, Kol volunteered immediately, wanting to make sure Davina would be safe but his offer was rejected, as he had already been marred by the Ancestors' magic. Kol pleaded to Freya to make sure the spell worked, to which she tried to assure him that it would. Vincent consecrated Davina's body while Freya summoned her spirit to the protection circle, just in time to save her from the Ancestors' wrath. Davina and Kol tried to touch but were prevented from the magical barrier between them. Davina explained what happened in the ancestral plane and Kol gravely reiterated his knowledge about the "La Gemme Vital", a curse that the Ancestors attempted to shred Davina's soul with before she was summoned. Kol left the compound, leaving Davina behind with the promise that he'd get her back.

Kol helped Vincent in snatching Van, whose magic as the Regent would be needed to revive Davina. They went back to the compound only to find Marcel just waking from unconsciousness and the protective circle empty. Marcel explained that Freya and Elijah jumped him and broke Davina's protection. Kol, in utter disbelief, questioned why his siblings would do that and then focused on getting Davina back now that they had the power to do so. However, after several attempts to revive her, Van gravely told them that the Ancestors must have gotten to her first and that her soul isn't there to revive. A devastated Kol begged Davina's lifeless body to wake up before scornfully demanding that Van try again.

When Van refused, citing that it was impossible, Kol dubbed him expendable and prepared to kill him but was convinced to spare him by Vincent, as it wasn't something Davina would have wanted. Despite that, not long after, a grieving Kol appeared to Van in the cemetery, needing to put the blame on someone for the failure. He numbly explained that Davina was the one thing keeping him from being his previous chaotic self. Kol then proceeded to attack Van and drained him dry, killing the Regent without a second thought. In a futile act of vengeance on the Ancestors, Kol knocked over an altar in a blind rage.

In Give 'Em Hell Kid, Kol attended a small service in the cemetery for Davina along with Marcel, Josh, and Vincent but couldn't bring himself to say any words for her, too distraught by her loss. He stood silently by as Marcel declared that Kol's siblings needed to answer for the part they played in Davina's loss and he would make them answer. Kol confronted Freya about how she used the Ancestors to kill Lucien even though they had to sacrifice Davina's spirit to do it. Freya tried to convince him that it was the only way to stop Lucien and the prophecy of their downfall, which she still wasn't certain was really over. Kol brushed her off, angrily telling her that he hoped the prophecy was right and that they all rotted in hell for betraying his trust again. He began to storm off when Davina asked where he was going. He told her he was leaving since there was nothing left for him in New Orleans. When Freya tried to convince him that family was enough reason to stay, Kol spitefully told her that she may have looked for her family for centuries but he never wanted her. He then left her to go prepare for his departure.

While packing, Kol was startled by a sudden appearance of Davina and a vision that he is stabbed in the neck and screaming apologies to her. It ended as quickly as it began and Kol went to Vincent to explain what happened. They discussed Vincent's plan to destroy the ancestral plane, cutting off the Ancestors' influence in the living world. After Kol explained that Davina was trying to contact him and that parts of her soul must still remain, Vincent agreed to let Kol help defeat the Ancestors. They went to the cemetery where Vincent used his magic to send himself and Kol to the ancestral plane, preparing the magical bomb to destroy the ancestral well.

They conjured Davina's spirit to appear and she sent Vincent back to the living world to be alone with Kol, knowing that the bomb going off would destroy her along with the Ancestors. Once alone, Kol and Davina tearfully said their goodbyes. Kol told her about the first time he saw her and how she had changed him before they declared their love for each other one last time. After a final kiss, Kol woke up in the living world before fleeing from the cemetery as Davina destroyed the ancestral plane. Kol turned back, telling her to give them hell.

In The Bloody Crown, Freya shared her worries with Kol that despite Lucien and the Ancestors' defeat, something still wasn't quite right. They looked over the enchanted world map that displayed Klaus' former sireline to find that many of them were fast approaching New Orleans now that they were no longer linked to Klaus. Kol believed Freya's paranoia was warranted and gathered weapons, including Papa Tunde's blade, explaining to Klaus and Elijah that he could use a good fight. Elijah reminded him that no vampires could enter their home as long as the deed was still in Freya's name but Kol thought it was cowardly to hide in their home while their enemies gathered at the gate. Almost immediately after, there was a disturbance and the three brothers headed toward the source. Downstairs, they found vampires pouring in from all sides, surrounding them. Marcel revealed himself, saying he never thought it would come to this but the Mikaelsons forced his hand. Having turned himself into the Beast the prophecy spoke up with Lucien's serum, Marcel threatened the brothers but Kol was just amused, asking him if he was going to put on a show. When Marcel persisted with the threats, Kol told him that he understood his pain at Davina's loss but it would break her heart to see what he was doing. Kol went so far as to call Marcel's actions an insult to Davina's memory which enraged Marcel enough to attack him. Kol tried to beat him with Papa Tunde's blade but was overpowered by Marcel's new power. Marcel bit Kol in the neck with his poisonous bite, broke his neck, and then threw him across the room, defeated.

Rebekah intervened but not before Elijah had also been bitten by Marcel. The two wounded brothers are taken to Lucien's penthouse by Klaus. Already suffering from the effects of the bite and in a pained panic, Kol admitted he believed they were going to die, remembering what the same type of bite had done to Finn and since nothing could cure them. Klaus assured his dying little brother that he wouldn't let that happen. Kol asked to at least be put to sleep so he wouldn't have to feel the agonizing pain. Freya, suffering from a different poison, tended to Kol with a cloth while he started suffering delirious and guilty hallucinations about Davina. In his crazed state, Kol started to strangle Hayley before being restrained by Elijah. Using Klaus as an anchor, Freya put all of them - herself, Kol, Elijah and Rebekah into a deep sleep that would allow time for Hayley to find cures for each of their ailments. Freya put their consciousnesses in a Chambre de Chasse, making their minds rest in a beautiful house in the country. Once there, Kol looked around with relief, knowing that beggars couldn't be choosers.

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In Gather Up the Killers, after spending five years asleep while Hayley searched for a cure, Kol was awakened along with his siblings after Freya used venom from all seven werewolf packs to make a cure for Marcel's bite. Upon being awakened, Kol and Rebekah immediately went to feed.

In No Quarter, Kol joined his family in regaining their strength by feeding on a group of prisoners and their corrections officers. His last victim was a particularly loud screamer that Kol fed on until Elijah asked him to hurry up, which Kol obliged. When they discussed rescuing Klaus from Marcel's captivity, Kol was hesitant, having already died twice and not in any mood to give Marcel another chance at a third. He suggested that they draw Marcel out of town and then rescue Klaus but Elijah was adamant on freeing their half-brother as soon as possible, even if it meant burning all of New Orleans to the ground. Somewhat reluctantly, Kol followed his siblings' lead in going back to New Orleans.

Later, once they had returned to the city and learned Klaus was in a section of the tunnels beneath the compound, they used Josh to let them into Rousseau's where there was an entrance to the sewage tunnels that lead underneath their old home. Not wanting Josh to warn Marcel, Kol contemplated killing Josh to be certain but instead stayed behind while his siblings went into the tunnels and Rebekah was distracting Marcel in the cemetery. As such, he could keep an eye on Josh while also protecting them from being flanked in the tunnels. Once alone, Kol looked at a picture of Davina in the bar and expressed anxiousness to leave the city forever, not wanting to stay after Davina's death. Josh, having been Davina's best friend, tried to comfort him by telling him about his late lover, Aiden. Kol listened while Josh told him that it would eventually get easier, much to Kol's annoyance. When Josh received a coded text from Marcel, Kol grew suspicious and angry, threatening Josh that he would slaughter and burn everyone he knew if anything happened to his family. After learning that Marcel knew the Mikaelsons were all there, Kol snapped Josh' neck and commented that he only spared him from death because Davina liked him.

Knowing Marcel was aware of their plans, Kol rushed to Rebekah, who had been incapacitated by wooden crossbow bolts in the cemetery. Once there, Kol found Sofya standing guard with another of Marcel's vampires. After tearing out her accomplice's heart, Kol scared Sofya away after threatening that she would end up just the man whose heart he had just extracted. and pulled the crossbow bolts out of Rebekah. When Sofya's reinforcements arrived, Kol began fighting them, easily overpowering the younger vampires. Rebekah joined in and the two dispatched them quickly. After savagely beating a vampire in front of Davina's grave, clearly distressed by where they were, Kol again asked to finally leave New Orleans.

Kol and Rebekah waited outside of the tunnels for their siblings to return, with Kol being anxious that Marcel was ripping their family apart. Rebekah thanked Kol for coming to rescue her as Klaus, Hayley, Freya, and the freed Klaus appeared. Marcel arrived and threatened the entire family. Kol, frustrated by Marcel's persistence, told him to get over not being a Mikaelson since he never was one. After a discussion with Klaus, Marcel decided to spare the Mikaelsons on the condition that they never return to New Orleans. When they went back to Hayley's house, Kol looked at photos of Davina on Josh's phone before snapping the phone.

In Haunter of Ruins, Kol tried to convince his family to get as far away from New Orleans as possible, not liking that they were staying at Hayley's house. Despite his suggestions and Freya's support, Klaus made it clear that he wanted to have a day to spend with Hope in peace without running. Kol was visibly irritated by the decision but backed down as Hayley brought out Hope and Kol met his niece, now seven years old, for the first time. Later, Rebekah found Kol feeding on a compelled servant at the house wanting to be alone. He expressed annoyance about being trapped again in a house together with his siblings just as he had been for five years in the Chambre de Chasse, not wanting to be stuck with his siblings all the time since all it did was bring about paranoia and violence between them. Kol told his sister that he was tired of being stuck in the same cycle with his family while someone like Davina would have done something with her life if she had been alive.

Having given his reasons to Rebekah for not being content staying with his siblings, Kol left but told Rebekah to say goodbye for him. When Klaus learned of Kol's departure, he affectionately referred to him as a selfish git but Rebekah explained that Kol had died twice and then spent five years in a dream world, though Klaus wondered what Kol was chasing after now since he had a history of splitting off from his siblings. When Kol found a car on the side of the road, he discovered Rebekah had killed the driver and decided to leave with him, up for an adventure. She told him that someone had to keep him out of trouble before they drove off together, both expressing interest in spending time away in Saint-Tropez.

In Voodoo in My Blood, the spirit of Davina inside the Ancestral Plane asked how Kol was, as she was unable to see him since he was no longer in New Orleans. Klaus responded that Kol was spending time in the French Rivera, but joked that he would return once Klaus told him how lovely Davina was even in death.

In Phantomesque, Kol and Rebekah partied in the French Rivera with a number of other vampires, feeding openly on humans at the club they were attending. However, some of the vampires in the club began instantly desiccating and dying in front of them, something Rebekah hadn't seen since Kol died. They realized that it meant an Original had died and deduced that it could only be Elijah. They traveled back to New Orleans to find Klaus mourning for Elijah, who had been used as a sacrifice to bring back The Hollow. Kol wanted to dispense with any idle chat and slaughter those who had killed his brother.

Kol went with Klaus and Rebekah to find the rest of the Hollow's followers and the rosebush weapons that had been made from Marcel's blood, which were lethal to Originals. They tracked down a group of the Hollow's witches and killed most of them, though Kol interrogated one, reminding the witch that he was the worst of the Mikaelsons. The witch mentioned the Ancestors' return, which shocked Kol. Realizing Klaus had kept a chance to see Davina again away from him, an enraged Kol throttled his brother before storming away.

Kol gathered some of his dark objects and brought them to the Harvest Girls, hoping to exchange the dark objects if they would allow him to speak with Davina. Despite his offer, the Harvest Girls refused his request and told him that they didn't like doing favors for vampires, especially Mikaelsons. Kol reminded them that he had a good history with witches, even being the one to teach them to create dark objects in the first place. When they continued to refuse and went so far as to say that he would never see Davina again, Kol grew angry and threatened them. However, they used their magic to incapacitate him, snapping his neck, and left him on the ground of the cemetery while they took the dark objects for themselves.

Later that night, while he was still at the cemetery paying his respects at Davina's grave, he received a call from Rebekah telling him that they had successfully contained Elijah's spirit in Freya's pendant. When Rebekah told him that she planned on staying in New Orleans to see the battle against the Hollow through, she asked if he would do the same. Kol refused before hanging up but was suddenly met by the Hollow herself, in her true form. The Hollow offered to bring Davina back to life if he would serve her but Kol refused. The Hollow revealed Davina, much to Kol's surprise, contained within a magical circle. The Hollow showed Kol that she had linked herself to Davina, meaning if the Hollow died then so would the young witch. Kol could only helplessly listen as the Hollow told him that he would have to serve her if he truly cared about Davina.

In A Spirit Here That Won't Be Broken, Kol met up with Davina in the church attic, ecstatic that she was alive again but she reminded him that it was only so long as the Hollow was. Despite his feelings for her, Davina urged him to not worry about her and destroy the Hollow but Kol responded that losing her broke him and he wasn't going to let it happen again. When Davina reminded him that it meant betraying his family, he wasn't deterred, saying that betraying his family was his specialty. He went downstairs where he was met by the Hollow. Kol was annoyed that she couldn't let him have more time with Davina before he had to do her dirty work, but she ignored him and explained that now that she was mortal, her only protection from his family was a totem that she drew power from. She instructed him to guard her totem until she was done with his family since protecting her life also meant protecting Davina's.

When Rebekah called Kol to track down whoever was guarding the Hollow's totem, he played along and told her he would help her exterminate the Hollow's servant, keeping possession of the totem himself. Rebekah and Marcel arrived at an abandoned house where the totem was supposed to be to find Kol. He told them it wasn't there and that he already checked the house. When they questioned him and wanted to continue searching the house, they were suddenly trapped by a dark object on the ceiling. Realizing Kol had betrayed them, Rebekah asked her brother why he was helping the Hollow but he only told her he was truly sorry before fleeing, leaving Marcel and Rebekah trapped.

Kol took the totem to Davina, who suggested he destroy it. Kol refused unless they could figure out another way to ensure Davina's survival and safety. They remembered a spell that could be used to break links, and Kol realized they just needed one powerful witch to cast it. He prepared to leave, telling Davina to take his car and leave if he wasn't back by midnight. She protested, but he made her promise she would before he left. The witch he had in mind to break the link was Hope so he spoke to Hope at the compound, while Klaus and Hayley were busy hunting down the Hollow and the totem. He told Hope that when he was her age, he liked to perform magic when he was bored. When she told him that she wasn't supposed to perform magic with strangers, he assured it was okay since he was family. She asked why he left then, and he explained that he had been sad and didn't want to make everyone around him sad too. He gave her a rope to perform the spell to unlink Davina from the Hollow. Hope was happy to try to help when she realized he was doing it for love.

When Kol heard Klaus coming in, he told Hope to focus on the spell while he'd be right back. He met Klaus downstairs and told him that he had his reasons for helping the Hollow but Klaus refused to hear them, too angered by his brother's betrayal. The two fought and Kol told him that the Hollow brought Davina back and was linked to her, asking for time to save Davina before they killed the Hollow and that they owed Davina that much. During the fight, the Hollow's totem fell out of Kol's jacket and could only helplessly watch as Klaus destroyed it in front of him. Klaus revealed one of the white oak daggers, much to Kol's terror. However, despite his fear, Kol accepted that he would be punished but only asked to have a little more time, just to know if Davina was still alive. After revoking Kol's place in the family, Klaus brought the dagger down on his brother but Kol managed to hold back the dagger with his bare hands. He begged Klaus not to do it yet, telling him he'd gone one thousand years without knowing love or peace and he finally found it with Davina. He then asked Klaus if he would have done it differently than he had if it was Camille. While Hope successfully unlinked Davina from the Hollow and Hayley killed the Hollow's body, Klaus decided to spare Kol from being neutralized again.

Kol reunited with Davina at his car, where she was waiting with Josh. She was relieved to see that he wasn't dead or daggered and he told her luckily Klaus was feeling merciful. He and Davina tried to decide where they would go now to try and find some sort of normal life. When Davina suggested anywhere, Kol replied that they would go everywhere. Kol thanked Josh before getting into the car and together, he and Davina drove off to parts unknown, leaving the chaos of New Orleans behind.

In The Feast of All Sinners, Kol arrived in New Orleans once again after seeing numerous messages from his family. To save Hope from the dark magic consuming her, Kol and his siblings each took a part of the Hollow into themselves, knowing that they would have to keep the power far away and separate to opposite ends of the world. Once the ritual was complete, and Kol now had a portion of The Hollow in him, Kol was the first to hastily leave when the proximity to one another started to strengthen The Hollow's power. Afterward, Kol was in San Francisco, California asking a jeweler to make his paragon diamond into a necklace, earrings, and a massive engagement ring. He received a text from Davina and told her he was on his way with gifts, planning to propose to her.

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In, Where you left your heart, Kol and Hope spoke to each other on the phone, and she confided some of the struggles she was having to him. When he learned she was grounded, he scoffed at the idea, saying that no one could ground a witch. To comfort his niece, he told her not to worry too much since the best people were black sheep, referring to himself. Hope asked if Kol had been in contact with her father but Kol told her thankfully he and Klaus hadn't seen each other since it would only strengthen their contained portions of the Hollow if they had. He reassured her that some crisis would come to New Orleans and bring Klaus and the family back together at some point.In, Kol was pulled into a while he was naked, and waiting for Davina to come home, and was reunited with his siblings inside of the astral recreation of the Mikaelson compound. Annoyed at once again being forced out of contentment and into their family drama, Kol questioned if Klaus had pissed off any witches lately. Freya determined that must be responsible, and would most likely be shipping the Mikaelsons' bodies to the far corners of the world while their minds remained in the astral world.A door appeared, and Kol determined that it was representational magic that could only be unlocked by keys that were connected to each of them. Kol decided to look for his with the amnesiac Elijah, to keep him separated from Klaus. As they searched, Kol showed Elijah a trunk Elijah kept of his personal possessions, hoping it could help Elijah remember his lost memories. Elijah questioned why Kol had never visited him at his bar in France, while Klaus and Rebekah had. Kol told him that they had never had much in common besides their looks, and then went on to inform him that Elijah's role in Davina's death may have played a part. Elijah asked if he had ever apologized for that and Kol said that he had, in his own way, and all that mattered now was that Davina was back.After finding his key, Kol realized that there was a room in the Chambre De Chasse that hadn't existed in the real world for a century, so Hope couldn't know about it and have recreated it, meaning she wasn't working alone. Kol confronted Freya, reminding her that he had shown her that room at the Christmas party in 1914. Freya revealed she helped Hope distract the siblings so Hope could remove the Hollow's dark magic from them, and finally allow the family to be reunited. Hope's plan worked, as the Mikaelson siblings felt the dark magic being drawn from them, causing them an incredible amount of pain, but successfully removing the remnants of the Hollow from them, and transferring it to Hope.When they all found their keys and opened the door to escape, they found themselves in Elijah's psyche, a hallway of doors, and each had a door to leave. Kol was quick to open his door and get back to reality and his wife. He emerged in the physical world inside the church, his siblings' unconscious bodies surrounding him. When his siblings all came through their own doors, Elijah had regained his memories and Kol watched somberly, barely holding back tears, as his brother took in all of the pain and anguish that plagued him, including the recent death of .In, Kol answered a knock on his door to find Klaus. Surprised by his brother's visit, Klaus revealed that he was actually looking for Davina, who he believed could help Hope, whose condition had grown worse since transferring the Hollow's dark magic to herself. Davina tried to help their niece, by concocting a spell that Kol didn't recognize, despite his vast magical knowledge. She explained it was a transcription spell, along with Esther's grimoire to hopefully find an antidote for Hope. Kol, impressed as ever by her, asked her to remind him never to piss her off. However, the spell failed, destroying their plan to help Hope.As Freya and Keelin's wedding approached, Kol agreed to conduct the ceremony. He explained that he had been ordained by a monk in the 13th century as well as on the internet hours before the wedding just to be safe. He spoke during the ceremony about how happy he was for his sister, and how Mikaelson events sometimes meant dinner and sometimes meant daggers, and he was happy this would be a more peaceful occasion. He proclaimed Freya and Keelin as married and celebrated with his family afterward, dancing with Davina.In, Kol came to his family's aid after Klaus transferred the dark magic killing Hope into himself. However, Kol was annoyed by Klaus' unilateral decision, seeing it as just more of Klaus's melodrama. Rebekah argued that their brother's death was not melodrama but Kol was unconvinced, reminding them of how many times Klaus had avoided his end. Kol joked that Klaus was a cockroach that would outlive them all, even though they were immortal. Kol, not thinking Klaus would care if he was there to see his death, left to go back home. As he drove away from New Orleans, he was stopped by Rebekah standing in the middle of the road. They got into an argument, with Rebekah claiming Kol was running like a rodent when his family needed him. Kol countered that she was unable to accept happiness and moving on, too caught up in the toxicity of their family. He reminded her that Klaus had daggered them countless times and maybe they should be celebrating if he was really going to be gone. Despite Rebekah's protests, Kol told her that he never bought into "always and forever" and she furiously stormed away, ashamed of how her brother was acting.However, as Klaus prepared to end his life with a white oak stake to destroy the dark magic inside him, the Mikaelsons planned a final meal together to celebrate Klaus' life. Kol had a change of heart and returned for Klaus' last supper, much to his siblings' surprise. Kol said he didn't want to dishonor Klaus' sacrifice, despite Klaus always having been an ass. Klaus appeared behind him and embraced him, telling Kol that he always secretly adored his youngest brother. Kol enjoyed the dinner with his family and then Klaus told them all how honored he was to have had them all, despite how he had tormented them in the past. Klaus left to die on his own terms, and once he was gone, Elijah told Kol and the others that he planned to die alongside Klaus, having fulfilled his life's ambition of Klaus' redemption. Kol hugged Elijah, stunned and saddened to be losing both of his older brothers. Elijah told Kol that if he didn't keep an eye on Hope, he would come back to haunt him.