He start talking about Damon and says that he finally had everything he wanted, that he was happy and that he should be there, he is sad because Damon and Lexi are gone for good, Stefan puts his head in between his legs and starts to cry, Caroline wraps her arms around him without saying a word. One particular woman walks right over to Caroline and Stefan, she is Sloan. Elena took care of Stefan's wounds until Damon came and she went to see how Jeremy and Jenna were. Rayna tells him that there is a plan B. It is there, where Stefan fatefully and inevitably meets Elena Gilbert. "He doesn't deserve your grief" she says. They are both sad, but Elena expresses that Stefan came into her life at a time when she needed someone and she fell for him instantly. Later Stefan leaves the bar in Tennessee. As Stefan and Damon leave New Orleans, Stefan tells him he doesn't think he will be able to let Elena go, as 'selflessness isn't a trait of his'. Word Count: 610. Damon admits that he didn't do anything to stop Rebekah but he thought that if she takes it all of his problems go away and then when she really took it he realized how badly he screwed up. Zach Salvatore had a girlfriend who was pregnant with their daughter at the time, and because Damon is Damon, he killed Zach's girlfriend and nearly killed their unborn child (but Stefan intervened and managed to save the baby). Stefan and Caroline hide from Tripp's men. They are still talking when Enzo arrives at the bar, Enzo joins them and Stefan behaves hostile to him, Enzo starts talking to them about Maggie but Stefan and Elena are confused by what Enzo is saying, then he produces a picture that Sloan gave to him and is Maggie with her head cut off, he shows it to them because he thinks that it was Stefan who killed her. The younger Salvatore reminds his brother that it will be best if they find the girls, get the cure and get out of there before Damon gets his neck snapped once again. In the novels, as humans, Stefan and Damon fight to the death with a sword. Stefan pleaded for her to stop him, then reminded Liam about their talk earlier and asked him where he was. One night, Stefan and Katherine had spent a passionate night together. Back out of the dream, watching over Elena, Caroline asks Stefan if he'll be okay because she won't. Stefan says, "Some girl I use to date," as tears form in his eyes. She's slowly getting better at this. Later, Stefan phones his brother to see how he and Alaric are doing. Stefan tells her that she's a 17-year-old girl and none of this is her fault. Throughout Season Five, their relationship progresses after a desperate Katherine, trying to escape death attempted to throw herself off the clock tower and Stefan saved her. Damon ended up blaming Stefan for Katherine's capture although it was not ever Stefan's intention on hurting or betraying Damon and outing Katherine. Stefan tries to make it sound fun by suggesting they see the world, just the two of them. On vampire watch duty, Jo and Alaric discuss their upcoming wedding, then Elena interrupts their makeout session to say she vampire-proofed the B&B. Then Enzo lets some gasoline from a car spill on the floor, because he plans to set Stefan on fire, Stefan tells to him that Damon saw something good in him, Enzo asks if he also sees that but Stefan tells him he doesn't now that Enzo has his emotions off. Stefan calls Elijah and the original brother says that Elena is safe but how long that remains depend on them. After that he managed to avoid her for years until she came back home to wish Stefan happy birthday and then all of the guilt and emotions came back rushing through him so that's why he killed her. As Caroline darts away in another direction, Elena and Stefan run through a hallway, slamming a door and trying to use their collective strength to keep hybrid-Tyler out. Out in the woods, Stefan tries to defend turning over Enzo to Tripp, but Caroline isn't feeling forgiving. Damon, however, understands her intentions and says that it was exactly what he used to do. Deciding not to spend any time with her while she was ill, he instead did whatever he could do to avoid her, such as walking into Mystic Falls and getting the tea she liked or picking out her favorite flowers. She complies, then they have a make out session that leads to more. Later, Sloan finds another Silas doppelgnger that is in Atlanta, Caroline tries to make her stop because Stefan is suffering and they have already found the doppelgnger but Sloan ignores her, Caroline is fed up of seeing Stefan suffer and she comes behind Sloan and holds a knife against her throat, Sloan tells her that the if she hurts her, the Travelers are going to kill her but Caroline says that she tell them to stop and that there's a way they can all get what they want. Unable to move he has to lie on the ground together with a tied up Elena. In the evening, the gang is playing charade and team Stefan and Elena are beating team Damon and Caroline. Stefan stays to watch over Alaric and he tells him in regards to Elena, "No matter what I go through to get her backnone of that matters if she has feelings for somebody else." Stefan knows four languages, English, French, Latin, and Italian, the later two less fluently. Rebekah, continuing to divulge information sarcastically asks Stefan why Elena would hurt him like that to which he responds 'she was sired to Damon'. In The Rager, Damon finds Stefan working on his motorcycle in front of the house and teases him about it before informing him that Connor had abducted Tyler long enough for him to extract some werewolf venom from Tyler's mouth. Stefan is an introvert. He overheard his father and Johnathan Gilbert discussing the vampires being captured and destroyed, and that his father wanted to keep secret that his sons were vampire sympathizers, preferring they be known for dying nobly and bravely in the fight against the vampires. Stefan goes up against Beau and nearly gets staked but is saved as Lily arrives and commands them to stop. In The Five, Stefan finds Damon in the living room unpacking boxes. Later, Stefan halts Elena from going after Rebekah with the white oak stake. In Homecoming, Stefan participates in the plan to kill Klaus, luring him to Mystic Falls by saying that Mikael is dead (in fact he was dead as Elena daggered him so Stefan could inform Klaus of this and not have Klaus' compulsion stop him from lying.) In regards to Damon, Stefan got Damon to feed on the blood of a barmaid by biting her neck and tempting Damon to drink. He looks up and there is a school bus on fire and screams of help can be heard from inside. Stefan tells Damon he thinks he was wrong, he definitely feels something for Caroline. Stefan meet Elena in an alternative life. At the party, Stefan finds Enzo and is ready to attack him but Enzo hears something and deflects a stake thrown by Stefan with a bag of ice in his hand. Stefan nods and walks away in sadness. Stefan switches their positions, pushing her against the wall as a means to distract her until Caroline reaches them, though releasing her when Rebekah holds up the stake, saying she already found her. Another trait he kept was his attraction to Elena. Stefan resents that Elena thought he wouldn't understand, and goes on to explain why he's angry that she fed on Damon. Stefan says that while he was drowning in order to keep himself sane he would think of the moments that made him happy. You may wish to edit it to improve the standard or quality of work present on this article. Stefan lures her into trust by admitting he would want to take the cure with Elena and be human with her, and Rebekah inadvertently admits that she buried the sword with Alexander in Italy. Caroline was disgusted and horrified by what she had done and freaked out when she saw her eyes change to black. He says that Jeremy's body is starting to decompose and that they should get Meredith over here too. Stefan was forced to be locked into the very safe he had been trapped him to for three months in an attempt to face his PTSD problems, but it was to little effort and he soon began hallucinating that was drowning all over again. Stefan reveals that he can't because he hates himself for what he did to her. She states that she doesn't understand why is he so concerned on whom does she feed or who she kills. While reading, Elena finds out that Stefan attacked Jonathan and tried to kill him but Jonathan did not die because of the Gilbert ring. In I'll Remember, Elena reveals that after four months, Stefan left everything behind to find a witch that can contact the dead, however the lead came up empty and he has now moved on and is now living in Savannah, Georgia, works as a mechanic and also has a new girlfriend named Ivy. All of Stefan's girlfriends who were main or recurring characters on the show were administered vampire blood to heal them. This is when Katherine had first seen Stefan and described that she was instantly drawn to him and attracted to him. Over the century, Stefan came to believe his love for Katherine was never real and she had simply compelled him to love her. Damon delivers towels to their room, shooting them both with vervain darts. Things escalated, and Caroline and Stefan ended up fighting and Caroline stabbed Stefan in the back with the leg of a broken chair as he was in pursuit of the phone. Later, Damon shows him Amara in her cell and explains to his brother that they can use her so that Silas could bring Bonnie back to life. When Isobel returned to Mystic Falls, Stefan and Elena wanted answers from her. Lexi found Stefan, now back to his ripper ways in April 1922 before getting him off human blood around 1935. The Vampire Diaries: 10 Worst Things That Happened To Stefan - ScreenRant Stefan is the only known vampire that seems to be able to live completely off of an animal blood diet. Stefan told him what he believed to be the truth: that he had never seen those people before in his life. He says to her, "After I bit you I never wanted to feel anything again." At first, it includes frozen diners and paperwork, then drinking to dull the resentment and unfulfilling marriage, then more misery having to live as a widower. Stefan just nods his head to her, with which he implies that the little Gilbert is gone. He rushes her to the hospital. Lily stabs Stefan in the hand and snacks on the waiter. He tells her that she will, and they go into her memory/dream thing of coming home and finding her family dead. She says that it's probably a good idea to go to her mom, because she'll know what to do. Elena gathers what little strength she has left and manages to dip a finger in the blood and taste it, completing the transition. The two seem to have an instant connection as she's able to make him laugh and pull him from his dark mood. By that time however the Salvatore brothers have also find Katherine and Rebekah at the diner. Finally, Enzo has had enough and stabs a fork on Stefan. For them, she gave her blood to Kai. She tells him she loves him and that she always will love him, at that moment, Stefan stabs her with the traveler knife. His best friend, and supposedly one of his few friends, was a vampire named Lexi Branson. Stefan finds Enzo who is about to stake Elena, they start fighting and moving away from the place. Stefan later appears and Elena hugs him. Finally, Stefan can't take it anymore and tells her that she had Alaric compel her to forget loving Damon. Amara yells devastated and kills herself too. Stefan hangs up; telling Caroline and the hybrid guards that they don't need the sword anymore. He is also Jeremy Gilbert, Bonnie Bennett, Matt Donovan, Tyler Lockwood, and Alaric Saltzman's best friend and Caroline . He now wants nothing more than to spend another day with her, and Caroline has that chance. He wakes up Damon from his sleep with a few drops of blood and they are soon dodging wooden arrows and bullets from an unknown assailant. Elijah frees Stefan and Damon, meaning that this is family business. It doesn't work. However, despite them becoming romantically involved, various and numerous obstacles begin to come between the two, making Stefan and Elena struggle and fight to be together. At the church, Stefan finds Caroline alone before the ceremony begins. Stefan spied the fight from a far and witnessed Mason's unusual fighting against Carter. He throws his bottle and to his surprise Damon catches it. Caroline, who sees them joking says "For a couple of Doppel targets, you two seem to be taking this all in stride," Stefan replies "Yea, well, a tribe of ancient wannabe witches wants to drain us of our blood and eliminate supernatural beings -- I've had worse.". And he responds that she should be scared because he knows how deep down she can fall and how difficult it is to climb back out. He informs her that the event was cancelled. They leave, but then a girl they compelled comes into the apartment with a note telling them that for every hour that Oscar is not returned, a Whitmore student will die. Family information One of Stefan's most marked differences without memory was his opinion on being a vampire and giving in to the bloodlust. Stefan begs him not to by saying that if there is the tiniest part of him that cares for him at all, then he will not walk out that door. He hangs up and enters the library where Damon is rummaging around through old papers. Under compulsion, Stefan reveals Elena slept with Damon. Stefan tells her that now they have to sleep and close his eyes, Caroline is smiling and watching him resting her head on his shoulder, she close her eyes. He starts provoking them with the idea that Elena's "choice" will shake them up a bit. Stefan responds that it is June 5, 1473. He says that since she's dying, he can "muster" some compassion for her. He tells Valerie that she passed away when he was ten. Elena is still not sure but Stefan convinces her by saying that Damon won't be able to handle it. Eventually, Mikael shows up and drives his fist through Damon's heart in an attempt to get Stefan to tell him where Klaus is, after hearing that Stefan is connected to him. Later, Elena enters Stefan's room telling him that he scared her by trying to go up to Klaus on his own. This time Caroline came to the brothers' rescue. This is news to Stefan, and Damon explains that he intends to teach Elena how to feed from humans without killing them, and that Elena needs to learn "snatch, eat, erase" now more than ever. He in turn saw the necklace and picked it up, observing it carefully. An unseen person removes the chains and the lock that bind Stefan to the table. Stefan and Rebekah arrive at Klaus' mansion and she sees Connor chained up. Stefan realizes that this was Elena's plan from the beginning-to bring too many people to the house as a distraction so that she could be free and do whatever she wants. Caroline also says that it's crazy and they can't just kill 12 people and sure as hell can't invite every monster who has ever died back into their world. Stefan's dependence on Damon due to his newborn vampire-ism and heightened emotions was example by a time right after he transitioned and then persuaded an unwilling Damon to complete his own transformation into a vampire. Later on, Elena, Damon and Elizabeth Forbes, finds the safe in the middle of nowhere. Outside, Stefan calls out Damon's name, and the hunter, Connor, gets away in his truck. During this time, he begins to grow close to Elena again and they are able to form a close friendship. While continuing to playfully practice defense techniques, Elena reassures Stefan that Damon is only teaching her how to feed, and that Stefan is really the one getting her through her adjustment period. Caroline says that Klaus should care now because he has killed many supernatural beings including vampires, werewolves and witches. Caroline starts a game of Caroline Trivia with her two former lovers and whoever wins gets to live. Damon tries to tell Stefan to control his blood lust and to accept the fact that he is a vampire. Rebekah however knows what the Salvatore brother wants and she gives him the dagger herself. Later, Stefan is talking with Caroline in the phone because he tries to help his brother to fix his relationship with the Elena, and asks Caroline a favor to help him, initially she refuses but then Caroline feels guilty about sleeping with Klaus and for this reason she agrees to help Stefan with Damon and Elena relationship. Klaus announces that Jeremy will draw the tattoo for them, though Jeremy insists he won't help him. Stefan keeps explaining and says that if Silas manages to destroy the other side altogether he can take the cure, die and pass on. They look at the professor's stuff and Stefan is amused by Rebekah's cultural knowledge. He slowly lost consciousness as he watched Katherine, who lay on the ground nearby, still weakened by the vervain. He looks hurt when Elena tells him that the old Elena died on the bridge and that he should let her go, and leaves after seeing Damon approach. He seems disappointed saying it was all for nothing and that he is back where he started. Elena observes that Stefan is awfully cheery, and he responds that he's just happy she is here. Elena seems confused by his reaction and he later tells her that she is better than Damon, that she is better than both of them. Stefan tells Jesse that he can smell the blood and he wants to drink it. Harper tried to protect him, but they tied him up. In The Simple Intimacy of the Near Touch. Caroline told Liam not to tell him, but he didn't listen and told them anyway. Unfortunately, Klaus then used compulsion one last time and ordered Stefan to turn his emotions off. He adds that nothing ever changes and it has to stop. Stefan says that they could judge Katherine all they want but they keep repeating their own history and their mistakes just like she is. Stefan had also briefly displayed much more dismissive and almost callous behavior towards the victims he had supposedly murdered in the past since he was unable to feel sorry for things he couldn't remember. Later, when Stefan regains consciousness, Damon attacks him and Stefan is unconscious again. Caroline flips the tables and stabs his instead. Because of his blood addiction, Stefan was a certified "blood-a-holic" (which is a term coined from alcoholic by Caroline). As Elena and Stefan start falling deeper in love with each other, Elena discovers Stefan's deep, dark secret: Stefan is a century old vampire with a mysterious past. Stefan tells her that he did not tell her the truth not because he distrusts her and to make her feel better tells her that there are things that he tells her that he doesn't tell Elena. Stefan then looks down to realize his hand shaking. After Beau stops the pain, Lily wonders about the deal that was made and Stefan remains oblivious to Malcolm's death until Lily tells him. When Stefan and Elena arrive at the party, it seems that most of the school is already there. While Stefan instructs Elena on using vampire speed, she is distracted by Stefan's touch. Later, Stefan and Damon arrive in New Orleans and Stefan says he hasn't been back since 1942. In All My Children, Elena calls Stefan but he declines to answer, an emotionally pained expression on his face. They bring Colin to the hospital for Jo to examine, but she's feeling less than adequate, having just failed to revive a plant. Although she was also seeing Damon, she had a clear preference for Stefan. Stefan asks he what's wrong after she pushes him away, and they see that the veins in Elena's arms pulsate and look inflamed. Bonnie tells Stefan that she has been unable to perform magic without reliving the horror of watching her Grams be tortured. Stefan finds Caroline debating which flowers to pick for her mum's memorial service. In Stay, Stefan and Caroline bring her mom's favorite things into the cabin. In Kill or Be Killed, Stefan tried to make peace with Mason who told his secret to Elizabeth Forbes, the sheriff, who went about trying to destroy the brothers. Later Caroline is in the Salvatore house, Stefan arrives and sits down to talk to her telling her that he had been looking for her everywhere, Caroline tells him that he is her friend and she need to hear what he really thinks about she and Klaus, but Stefan starts joking, making smile to Caroline, he also looks at her with a tender smile. They both question the man but are unable to figure out who he is and what he's doing there as he's compelled to kill himself, which he does by grabbing Rebekah's knife and stabbing himself. Under your skinpulsating, flowing. Caroline later freaks out about which book to pick for her mom's last literary experience, but Stefan reminds her that it's all of the days that lead up to your last one that matter more. The Salvatore brothers have arrived at Willoughby and try to find where the girls could be. Caroline says it was a Valerie-sized day full of surprises. Damon jokes that when he gets Elena back and the whole universe freaks out for keeping the doppelgngers apart, Stefan should remember he's the one who talked Damon out of doing the right thing for all mankind, Stefan agrees and smiles. Stefan responds saying, "She is a pretty special girl" and Damon agrees. He was often seen wearing t-shirts, shirts or sweaters of darker colors and in various styles (such as short-sleeved, round-necked and v-necked shirts). She says that Bonnie can use her magic to hold Kol and Jeremy can kill him and then his mark will grow as Kol's bloodline will be very big. Fortunately, Liz crossed the border just in time. He had reacted calmly to being told he killed his own father, and showed no reaction being informed he had murdered Honoria Fell while walking past her gravestone. Although Stefan became increasingly darker by nature due to his vampire nature, he still retained the same basic personality traits that he had as a human. At first Stefan is shocked, but relieved when Elena sends him a text saying Damon is okay. Matt pretends to console Elena while she feeds from his neck. Stefan and Elena defend Caroline against Damon. He takes her to the hospital. Klaus calls him and soon appears at the Gilbert house. They come to an empty field which Stefan claims that he has been to before the first time which he investigated the Gemini coven. Valerie siphons it and they open it, revealing Julian's corpse. In the meantime Elena is pissed at Damon when she understands the real reason behind his actions and teams up with Rebekah. The brothers start to fight about Damon loving Elena, after Stefan says that Damon doesn't have Elena's respect. [7] This stuck true to Memories' Stefan's pattern soon after he became a vampire. Klaus tells him that they were 'in this together' and proceeds to show him Alexander's Sword, explaining that the sword decodes Jeremy's hunter's tattoo. [7] This was a sharp difference from the Stefan who had his memories since he maintained his morals despite Elena choosing Damon and did not want to stop being good for even a moment. Stefan then rushes into the house when the out of control Jeremy attempts to stake Elena and pulls the stake from her neck. Stefan however says that it's neither of them. After being picked up by the Traveler that freed them, the trio head back to Mystic Falls in her car, Maria tells them that It was too risky to haul them out of there for herself, so she had to circle back. Lexi starts teasing Stefan about Caroline, until they watch Sheriff Forbes talking to Markos about an open bar and gathering everyone there and realize there's a plan. He had a very selfless, idealistic approach to love. Later, when he's drinking, Qetsiyah comes and joins him, but Stefan can't recognize her because of his memory loss, but Qetsiyah reminds him who she is. Valerie clears up that notion quickly. They talk but are interrupted by Enzo who grabs Ivy and then snaps her neck. In Age of Innocence, three years from now, Stefan calls Tyler Lockwood to ask if he's spoken to Caroline. Hanging up, Stefan shows Jeremy a picture of Connor's tattoo and asks where the mark is up to. He later receives a phone call from Caroline, but he ignores the voicemail and purposely breaks his phone, showing that he is still grieving. In the novels, Stefan loved Katherine for many centuries and was horribly saddened and grief-stricken over her "death". She says his "friend", Enzo made her drink his blood turning her into a vampire. Shocked and overwhelmed with grief to see his brother dying, Stefan picked up a gun to shoot whoever had shot his brother, but before he could do so, Stefan was also shot directly in the chest. He gives Stefan until the end of the day to be gone from town. Together they appear at the Original Family's mansion for dinner with Klaus and Elijah. Stefan quickly realizes who it is and immediately throws her over the couch. When she dies the final time, everyone with that mark will die too. In Our Town, Stefan's obsession for revenge, drives him to kidnap Elena in an effort to get Klaus to call off his hybrids. She is taking it very hard and crumbling right before Stefan's eyes. The two girls get the information about Katherine and leave with his car. They slide in the school corridor while Matt is sneaking behind them so that he could put her down when Stefan gets the dagger. Caroline compels Ivy and takes her upstairs as Enzo calls Stefan a coward and they throw each other around the kitchen. He then told Stefan that he had tricked Stefan and had put vervain in his drink after Stefan had asked his father how he knew about Katherine and other vampires existing because "he did not raise his sons to be so weak. They both fight because of Jeremy's death and later Katherine gets the real cure and brings it to Elijah in order to show him that she can be trusted. He asks how to outrun her, and Klaus says he doesn't outrun her by coming to a town full of vampires and tells him to get out. Lexi Branson. Stefan remains adamant until Damon reveals that Elena hasn't been able to keep any blood down, including animal blood, human blood from a blood bag and Damon's blood. He also shares the new information about Shane's involvement with Pastor Young, and supposes they might get more information out of the professor. he pushes Stefan, they begin to discuss and Caroline sneaks behind him and attempts to snap his neck, but he catches her in the act. This article has been identified as an article that needs help. Stefan agrees to move out all of the residents of Mystic Falls in exchange for the Heretics to live in his home. When it's clear she's not going to stop, he snaps her neck. Stefan often drinks alcohol to help curb his blood cravings. He introduces her to the Salvatore family tradition of a chocolate shake which is really a ploy to call her out about lying about her relation to the family. Elena gets angry and says that he should look at himself, because his whole life revolves around her and maybe he's the one who needs to turn it all off. From 1864 to 1912, Stefan lived on a strict animal blood diet and no longer fed on human blood. Stefan hears Alaric and Enzo approaching and throws another bomb at them. Klaus reminds Stefan that he is too far away to be able to cure anyone should they become infected with the venom, and charges him with finding and catching Connor, keeping him alive in order to use his tattoo. Elena says that it wasn't that hard because he wants her to get good so badly that he would hear whatever she decides to tell him. Stefan asks him how to make a bomb. After making his way through the tunnels and into the back room of the Grill, Stefan tells Matt and April to leave before he cautiously makes his way into the main restaurant, ducking behind the bar as Connor shoots at him. She asks if he saw anything else and he tells her that he blacked out after the spell. He suggest they wait to talk just because she has a lot on today. This is a special video for my. 106 "Lost Girls". Elena says that he shouldn't compare her to Katherine because she's been running for so long that she's afraid of her own shadow while she is not afraid of anything. Stefan insists that if Elena hurts someone, she will be desperate to turn the guilt off, maybe even enough to shut off her humanity. As Damon tells him of the time when he let Stefan go to war alone, for his own good rather than joining him, Stefan looks shocked. Stefan had also asked half-jokingly once entering the Salvatore tomb if there was anyone he didn't kill in their family.