Stefan had a tattoo of a rose on his right shoulder. She's so upset she suggests he just leave, and he does. Damon tries to wake him but it doesn't work. Stefan agrees to it and lets Matt take Elena. Discovering that Stefan was a ripper- meaning he only fed and hunted and has lost his humanity, Lexi took it upon herself to help Stefan regain his humanity by not turning his feelings off, where she succeeded eventually. It is a retelling of Stefan's history before and after he transformed from a wealthy, well adjusted youth to a vicious immortal. Despite his raging hunger, he fed her some of his blood and took her to her home. Terrified, she sobs that Stefan has compelled her and she can't move. As Elena attempted to shoot him with a vervain dart, Stefan tells her that he doesn't want to come back. She's angry at Stefan for not feeding her more. Then Caroline asks where is Elena and Stefan points out to her only to see her dancing with the others. Later, He stands alone in the crypt when Caroline arrives. It works. In the meantime Damon decides to use Qetsiyah's help so he could bring Bonnie back. Later, Stefan tells Caroline he made a list of how loving her changed his life. Elena is saddened and says that she doesn't have anyone anymore. Unlike Damon, who drinks human blood and feeds off of innocent people, Stefan has chosen a vegetarian diet, living on an animal blood diet. Klaus' plans are revealed in As I Lay Dying. Stefan and Valerie eventually get back together again once Stefan is forced to go on the run with her, from Rayna Cruz. Matt replies that yes, he is, and he hate that he has to threaten his friend. She initially resisted his interest, but not long after that, they became romantically involved. During the graduation Stefan talks to Alaric about Damon not having much time left until the werewolf venom kills him and Damon doesn't want the cure, he wants it for Elena. [8] In both cases he had been in awe of being a vampire and sought to embrace it. Stefan and Elena defend Caroline against Damon. 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. Stefan finally stands up, but he soon crumples back to the floor. No one knows how they escaped the car. He knows that's the mark of the Phoenix Sword and angrily asks if he made an enemy out of Rayna. Stefan asks Damon why he is trying to help him and Damn responds, "Because right now, you're all I got." Bonnie manages to find the which Aja who has come to help her and has also brought twelve witches with her which is exactly what Bonnie needs to complete the triangle. He says Stefan will never stop caring about his family, but the blood makes it easier to let go. He is a 500 plus year old vampire born during the time of The Renaissance, who was one of the Salvatore brothers that fell in love with Katherine von Swartzschild during his human life (which was the time of the Italian Renaissance) and before he was transformed into a vampire. Stefan played the position of wide receiver on the high school football team, both on the show and in the novels. Later Stefan contemplates turning the switch off until a vision of Elena convinces him to keep on fighting. Stefan had compelled a young woman to go with him to Damon, where he convinced his brother to become a vampire by drinking her blood. Paul WesleySawyer Bell (Young, age 10)Luke Judy (Young/Child)Ryan Dorsey (Possessing Marty Hammond) Stefan then tells him about Elena's compulsion which shocks Damon but he still has faith that the moment they will meet, everything will be okay again. The baby cries again, and Katherine goes to the crib. Stefan, unlike many other vampires, has shown the ability to resist the effects of compulsion when it comes to matters regarding Elena Gilbert, much like his brother. When they walk out of the house only Stefan turns back to see the flames while Damon and Elena keep going. Later, when Stefan regains consciousness, Damon attacks him and Stefan is unconscious again. He is roughly 350 years younger than his novels counterpart. Then Enzo picks up the stake, explaining he doesn't want to kill Stefan. a page break off and goes through the air, she tries to reach it but Stefan stopped it before it went too far. He continues, showing her a real memory of him and her mom. He is invited to the party that Caroline and Elena are organizing but he refuses to go to the party. The remorseless man choked on his own blood as he clawed at his neck in an attempt to stem the flow. It is unknown if Katherine had compelled Stefan to forget after she had bitten him. Later, Caroline's mom walks in as Stefan walks out but she faints and Stefan is there to catch her. Klaus elaborates that Rebekah had in fact been in love with the hunter, and during that time had learned many of the brotherhood's secrets. Stefan Salvatore was one of the two main male protagonists of The Vampire Diaries. In The New Deal, it is revealed that Stefan is hiding Klaus' family coffins with the help of Bonnie. While Jeremy sketches the tattoo, Klaus finishes telling Stefan the story about the Five, and how they daggered all of the Original siblings. Later, Stefan is lying in a car and Caroline comes and lies down beside him, she is saddened by Tom's death and tells him that she is a failure because she couldn't do it, Stefan tells her that he knew that she couldn't do it because she is good, then Caroline tells him that Enzo killed him. In this scenario, Stefan is often compared to, Stefan is the first vampire to be bitten by an, In 1912, Stefan was living on a strict animal blood diet, controlling his urges for human blood. Stefan was engaged to a girl named Rosalyn Cartwright before he met Katherine. During this time, he begins to grow close to Elena again and they are able to form a close friendship. In The Next Time I Hurt Somebody, It Could Be You. Much to others dismay, Stefan can become dangerous when emotionally unstable as seen in Best Served Cold, Stefan was able to fight on par, and best Julian a vampire over 475 years old, to the point where it was likely Stefan would of killed him if it weren't for the intervention of Lily. He drank her blood and almost killed her but was stopped by Bonnie when she cast a spell on him. Stefan was a casual, yet trendy dresser and he always looks neat, clean and well put together. Stefan is reunited with his mother Lillian, thanks to Damon and Elena causing his humanity to turn back on. Later Katherine is looking in the mirror and Stefan arrives, she tells him she is dying and if he thinks she may have some redemption to what Stefan replies that 147 years is a long time to forgive in one night, Katherine looks crushed and when she is about to leave he stops her and takes her hand, telling her that he sorry that she are dying, Katherine leaves the room. She brings Elena and shows her how to get him to feel something, by torturing him. Stefan describes himself as a loner and doesn't feel that he always fits in. However, despite Damon's feelings for Katherine, it seemed to be evident that the younger Salvatore was Katherine's preference as it was Stefan that she had asked to escort her to the Founders Ball. Later, At the hospital, Caroline talks to Stefan about their feelings for each other. Sitting on her mom's hospital bed, Caroline learns from Stefan how to live in someone else's memories. Stefan then tells her that all that he did to get the cure was for her and it is her choice of being who she wants and then he returns it to Elena. In the novels, Stefan is born in Italy and is foreign with an Italian accent at the beginning of the series. He easily recognized it once he came to school that it was the presence of Elena. Stefan calls Connor and reveals he knows about the Hunter's Mark, yet Connor refuses to free the hostages until all of the vampires are dead and hangs up. Humans don't stand a chance against a vampire. Caroline and Stefan are talking privately as they walk to a separate section, where Sloan and the other Travelers are. Stefan is really upset because as long as Rayna is alive and Stefan has that scar, he can't be with his girlfriend because there are kids involved. He is the youngest child of Giuseppe Salvatore and Maria Antonia Salvatore (ne Bentiviglio). Although his age allows him to best younger vampires, Stefan is highly inferior to vampires such as Katherine and Anna. 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. Stefan tells Damon that Alaric is going to kill him when he finds out that Damon compelled him. Stefan's life has been fraught with constant change and various complications: from falling in love and being with Elena to mending his complicated relationship with Damon; from sacrificing his freedom for his brother's life to growing apart from Elena after her transition to a vampire, and suffering the guilt that came from making a split-second decision that resulted in Elena becoming a vampire. 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. They then continue their relationship (albeit physically only) as they go on a killing spree. While they talk Damon calls Stefan and asks how is Elena. Stefan is of slightly above average height, about 5'11", and he has a lean, flat-muscled and athletic physique. Seeing that the bomb is about to go off, Stefan grabs the injured Jeremy and hurls them both over an overturned table for cover. Stefan and Damon's past is revealed in a flashback to 1864, where they both fell in love with a woman named Katherine Pierce who looked exactly like Elena. Later, Elena arrives at the cabin where Stefan is, she is worried about him because she believes he has been sleeping with Qetsiyah. Katherine tragically took her own life when she was distraught over the rift she . With vampire speed, Stefan grabs Connor and leaves. The Armory has her now. Stefan goes up against Beau and nearly gets staked but is saved as Lily arrives and commands them to stop. He responds that he doesn't and suggests that they go to the dance together even if it's cancelled. Stefan was left behind to believe that Valerie just used him and eventually moved on from her. Zach refers to him as "Uncle Stefan", even though Stefan looks significantly much younger. ", In Heart of Darkness, it is revealed that Elena is going on a trip to Denver with Damon due to Stefan's idea that she figure out her feelings for Damon. Elena stays at Stefan's old apartment, hides from Klaus and Stefan who hides from Elena before he takes a wine. After heart-to-heart chat, Stefan sees the bear's ear. Later Stefan leaves the bar in Tennessee. After hearing of the town's plan to kill the vampires, Stefan went to see his father Giuseppe and unintentionally hinted to him that he knew of vampires staying in Mystic Falls when he suggested that vampires might not be as bad as they are made out to be. A detective then approached him, showed him a sketch of Nik and Rebekah and asked if he had ever seen them before. In 500 Years of Solitude, Stefan is in the hospital worried about Katherine. During the sacrifice he tries to exchange himself for Elena's aunt Jenna Sommers as the vampire but Klaus refuses saying he has plans for him. Height Maria tries hitting the brakes, but it nothing happens. Later, Stefan is sitting on a picnic table all alone, until Caroline comes to talk to him, he is very sad and tells to her that he lost them both, the two people he has known longest in this world, she ask to him if he is talking about Lexi and Stefan tell her that she never came out and that neither did Markos and that he know that's not a coincidence. Stefan explains to Tyler and Caroline that the bullets were specially carved, and that if he were a normal vampire instead of a hybrid, he would be dead. Elena mentions her appreciation that he still at least lets her make her own decisions. They go to a bar and Stefan asks for Elena's daylight ring then and then gets down on one knee and proposes to Elena Williams (an alternate identity). Instead, she drove Stefan to the ground and turned out to be another, much older vampire by the name of Alexia Branson. He wants to celebrate her first feed, but Elena is less enthusiastic, reminding him that it kind of made her sick. He moves into Caroline's house who tells her he can't give up on the cure- or Elena. Stefan says that they could judge Katherine all they want but they keep repeating their own history and their mistakes just like she is. For a brief time, Stefan was romantically involved with the Original, Rebekah Mikaelson, and shared a close friendship with her brother, Niklaus. Caroline starts overthinking about Valerie, but Stefan tells Caroline he has no feelings for Valerie anymore, only for her. She also brought along Stefan to help with the dorm decorating and Caroline is surprised but still lets him in. Later on, Stefan and Klaus are standing outside talking about Esther. 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. She does not give an answer, and Stefan finds a spelled coffin. Elena is confused and asks him how does he remember this. But, his history as a Ripper proves otherwise. On that night, Damon frames Lexi for the death of a local boy and the police apprehend Lexi. He then calls Elena and Damon and tells them there are three hostages in the Grill, having heard Matt and April's voices as well as Jeremy's. She says that there is no science here, only magic and that they need to find Bonnie because she'll be able to bring her brother back. Stefan says, aloud, "Goodbye, Katherine" and Elena walks in and asks if she's gone. The elder Salvatore also adds that Elena doesn't know the real reason behind this trip and Stefan says that when she understands she'll bolt. Stefan was first seen as a mysterious, handsome and new high school student at Mystic Falls High School. They see an eighteen wheeler pass by. She says if she could do anything to help she would, but the spirits won't allow her to use magic. Later, Caroline is with Stefan waiting for him to wake up, when he wake up Stefan teases her calling her "Rebekah" and she cares for him, then he call her "Lexi" and she realizes it's a joke, Stefan asks her if the spell worked and then arrives Enzo, he thanks her for her call and says it's time to go, Stefan ask her what is happening and Caroline says as Sloan was going to fry his brain to kill his doppelgnger and that she wasn't about to let that happen, so she have volunteered to help Enzo deal with it, that mean kill him. Later, Stefan and Caroline are sleeping cuddled, Stefan taking her hand, they wake up to hear strange voices and they out of the car. Valerie reveals that Lily was the one that gave Kai the idea to put Elena under the sleeping spell. When Stefan consumes copious amounts of human blood, his entire attitude seems to change. After that, they started to make out - dream Elena knocked some mail off the counter, and real Elena broke the glass she was holding. Then he goes to the Tyler's welcome party and meets Katherine, who is pretending to be Elena. As he is pressed up against the police car, Stefan looks in the mirror and sees Marty's reflection. In the past, it shows Elena's father asking him to save his daughter and Stefan's confusion as he sees her face. She asks Stefan why he's inflicting so much pain on himself for such a hateful person. Damon and Stefan realized that they have a new secret weapon: Bonnie. Unfortunately, Klaus then used compulsion one last time and ordered Stefan to turn his emotions off. Stefan then helps Caroline turn hers back on by showing her one of his last memories with her mother. She says she was longing for her children and depressed. The younger Salvatore asks where she has hidden the headstone, but she refuses to tell him as he has already betrayed her twice. In Plan B, Stefan jumps into a well to try and find the moonstone that Mason hid, but didn't realize the water was full of vervain and he couldn't move, his face and body beginning to burn; Elena comes down to rescue him. They go to look for her in the forest but can't seem to find her. In The Last Dance, Stefan attends the 60s Decade Dance with Elena after Klaus starts to send his disturbing messages. Damon is in the room with Katherine who has been torturing, Stefan asks to Damon to stop and he leave the room. He adds that nothing ever changes and it has to stop. Elena responds that Katherine has killed her brother which was unknown to Elijah. In another Elena's vision Stefan was cooking her dinner for their anniversary. [7] This stuck true to Memories' Stefan's pattern soon after he became a vampire. At the end of the episode they show Stefan as he is about to bury Silas. Stefan, confused, wondered how that was possible if he had never drunk Katherine's blood, but Emily confessed that Katherine had compelled him for weeks to drink her blood, while Damon drank from Katherine willingly. In While You Were Sleeping, Stefan arrives at the college where is Elena, he tells Elena about the seal keeping her inside and what Katherine did. then Damon hands him a paper which reads Valerie LaMarche, Stefan looks up curiously and Damon tells him she was the witch who helped break the sire bond. After that Stefan and Damon talk on the phone and Damon explains what happened and Stefan tells him that he wasn't able to stop the massacre. Elena's own compassion and kindness are very important to Stefan. At the end, Stefan is shown having a drink and he reveals to Damon that he is toasting to "control". They find Bonnie and Abby knocked out and the coffin opened. Outside, Stefan calls out Damon's name, and the hunter, Connor, gets away in his truck. Klaus calls him and soon appears at the Gilbert house. Stefan is with Nora as she is making her costume for the Whitmore party him and Caroline invited her and Mary Louise to as a distraction. He has to deal with and immortal named Silas. When it seems appropriate, Stefan can be very fun-loving, upbeat and humorous. Elena and Stefan talk about the cure and Elena says that she can't take it if it's only one dose. 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. Stefan returns the conversation to the story of the Five, and Klaus explains that Rebekah's beau, Alexander, was looking for vampires with the assumption that they could not walk in the daylight, so Klaus, Elijah and Rebekah felt safe around Alexander while wearing their daylight rings. Klaus informs her that his tattoo is invisible, and suggests they sit down to eat. Within in the house, is revealed that Elena and Stefan are needed to perform the spell for their doppelgnger's blood, they are surrounded by many Travelers that begin to perform the spell, they are stuck unable to leave because their rings of light stopped working. Elena tells him that she doesn't remember anything from his last encounter with Damon, Stefan tells her it's been three weeks since then. Valerie reveals the truth about how she really was coming back for him because she was pregnant and wanted to tell him in person. He compels the officer and the man handcuffed who reveals he is a convicted murderer. Stefan and Bonnie are talking on the phone about the death of Enzo and Caroline hears the conversation, she walks to Stefan and he hangs up on Bonnie. They talk and she says that she knows he was trying to sneak out this morning and asks him if he regrets spending the night with her. The hybrid minion then removes Jeremy's Gilbert ring and tosses it over to Klaus, who reasserts that Jeremy will help, tacitly threatening him should he still refuse. After they have completely filled a pot each, their wounds begin to heal and they are released. Katherine tells him that if she "starts to sag. They talk about Damon's self destructive behavior that night. When it's clear she's not going to stop, he snaps her neck. Katherine was the one who transformed both of the Salvatore brothers into vampires. Elena stands by the plan, insisting that she has to learn to feed without killing, especially since she almost lost control feeding on Matt. They're about to leave but Caroline asks him if they are friends, she is still upset because she thinks that Stefan doesn't trust her and if he trusts Elena more. When Stefan lost his memories for a spell, Caroline was the only person that he trusts immediately, upon learning about Bonnie's death, Stefan told Caroline that he would always be for her as she has always been for him, Caroline helped to Stefan with all his problems lately. Stefan walks in and ends the feud momentarily, however, Sarah bombards him with the fact that she is related to him. They take Luke along with them so that he is able to perform an anti-locator spell which will hide them from the Travelers. She says that she doesn't want anymore lecture and he responds that he was impressed by her actions, because she played them all very well as her intentions from the beginning were to simply find a person to feed on. Stefan also begins to develop feelings and a relationship with Caroline but things go awry when her mother is diagnosed with inoperable cancer and dies, causing Caroline to turn her humanity off and forces Stefan to do the same by kidnapping Sarah and threatening to have her killed due to Stefan being Caroline's "humanity trigger". It is assumed that the Travelers have found him. Damon barges in and says he's taking Stefan to interrogate Valerie. He asks her if this is really the memory she wants to revisit? Outside the school, Stefan and Caroline try to soothe Elena, who is still furious about Rebekah's antagonism. The younger Salvatore doesn't respond but instead says that he wanted Elena to find him when the safe find opened. When Connor starts shooting at him, Elena runs at Connor, exposing herself as a vampire. He gives her a koala corsage and then they dance. Klaus offers him a deal to save Damon from a werewolf bite: he will become his right-hand man, leaving everything including Elena and Klaus will cure Damon. Rebekah then moves onto finding out about the cure, and Stefan tells her where they can find Professor Shane. He managed to pull two people off of the bus when responsive cars drive towards him. She adds that they're crashing Bonnie's college visit, as the professor who took over her Grams' classes teaches there and invited her. One particular woman walks right over to Caroline and Stefan, she is Sloan. Caroline and Klaus keep picking on each other and Caroline asks why is Klaus even needed there to which Stefan responds that if they have to face Silas the original hybrid who can't die might definitely come in handy. Caroline compels Jesse to go and hide. Klaus is mad and yells at her while Bonnie says that the triangle is now complete. In Blood Brothers, Stefan felt really guilty about all the things he had done and thinks that Damon did was his fault since he forced Damon to turn into a vampire. He turns around to see Ivy, covered in blood. It was then that Stefan miraculously saved Elena's life, but was unable to save Elena's parents, Grayson and Miranda, who did not survive the tragedy. Finishing up, she flashes a smile and wonders why the director has no comments. Giuseppe Salvatore (1st time, as a human)Julian (1st time, as a vampire)Nora Hildegard (2nd time, as a vampire)Rayna Cruz (3rd time, as a vampire)Himself (2nd time, as a human) He is later seen with Elena, protecting her, as John falls down the stairs, dead. In O Come, All Ye Faithful, Stefan first appears at Klaus' house exchanging small talk about Klaus' 'snowflake' painting before revealing Elena is sired to Damon, and so he needs the cure now more than ever. All of Stefan's girlfriends on the show were turned into vampires. Nora starts destroying things, trying to look for Oscar. He has saved her several times and cares about her. 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. Stefan accepts and drinks the number of blood bags Klaus gives him. Stefan had called Tyler and told him to call Caroline and warn her. She sees April and decides to go say hi to her while Stefan goes to find something stronger than beer. Stefan says that she had him but the elder Salvatore disagrees by saying that her brother just died and he's not enough, not this time. Stefan suggests that they also get Matt over there at the house. Stefan asks what happened to the guy that said that Elena should embrace being a vampire. This is especially shown with Elena, but also with Caroline and Bonnie in particular. They'll both help her and then he'll use the sire bond to bring her back. Having avoided him all day, Caroline is finally forced to face him. He is looking for Maria, his wife. Stefan asks Caroline to meet them and tag in while they run. Stefan then saw Elena Gilbert for the first time while rescuing her after her parents' car drove off Wickery Bridge. 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 Salvatore Fortunately for Ray, he gets a slight reprieve when Klaus gets word that Damon has been sniffing around. Forbes comes back to life. Elena gathers what little strength she has left and manages to dip a finger in the blood and taste it, completing the transition. If you want him out of your house, you do it yourself." After Johnathan had left, Stefan went inside to talk to his father one last time, who was shocked to see that Stefan was "alive." When Stefan was a human, although he and Damon were very close, Stefan always had an independent personality. He gives everyone a raging migraine and shatters the windows, knocking Elena out cold. After being turned, he continued to be incredibly empathetic and dedicated to those he loves. Stefan stops a brunette/black haired woman from running out of her house, while being chased by Klaus. He says she's stood by him through his the multiple rehabs, the jail time, the bullfighting injury. He sits at the bar and a drink is then slid over to him. 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). Then, Stefan gets a call from Caroline, she tells him that the virus that have Damon and Elena isn't the same virus, Caroline says that Wes was working on the next phase of the virus that when Nadia was sick, he was experimenting on her blood and he figured out a way to extract werewolf venom from her blood and put it in the virus. Stefan visits Bonnie to ask her about the bullets. Katherine offers that they should work together, yet Stefan still refuses. The original brother however says that if anything happens to Katherine he'll descent upon Elena and he hangs up. Later he is in the Salvatore's mansion burning his diaries, and Elena and Damon arrive.