| “ | She raised me because I was treated unfairly! Cheated of all but the smallest portion of my life! Elijah, I can understand such cruelty coming from him, but I always thought of you as being the compassionate one! What did I do to deserve you turning your back on me? Were you afraid of Niklaus? Are you still? Or perhaps jealousy is what kept me locked in a box? You coveted the duties of the eldest brother, in which case you had near-on a millenium to fix the problems of this family, and instead, produced nine centuries of failure. | ” |
Finn Mikaelson is a major recurring character and antagonist in the second season of The Originals. Finn also appeared as a recurring character and an anti-villain in the third season of The Vampire Diaries. He briefly possessed the witch, Vincent Griffith, and was an Original Vampire.
Finn is the son of Mikael and Esther Mikaelson. He is the brother of Elijah Mikaelson, Rebekah Mikaelson, Kol Mikaelson, Henrik Mikaelson and Freya Mikaelson. Finn is also the half-brother of Niklaus Mikaelson and the uncle of Hope Mikaelson and an Unnamed Nephew.
Out of all of his siblings, Finn has the closest relationship with his mother. It is shown in the third season of The Vampire Diaries that he is strictly loyal to his mother and believes her intentions are the best, as he was willing to sacrifice himself to kill Klaus. Finn's behavior and attitude is what his siblings dislike about him the most. However, he eventually rekindles a relationship with his former girlfriend, Sage and has a change of heart. That is short-lived, as Finn is later killed by Matt Donovan in The Murder of One.
Eventually, Finn is resurrected in the first season's finale of The Originals during From a Cradle to a Grave by Esther. He poses as Camille O'Connell's college adviser, but secretly works closely with his mother in effort to convince her children to be mortal again. In The Brothers That Care Forgot, Finn is captured by Klaus and is chained up. Klaus attempts to reason with him and convince him to betray Esther, but he refuses. As a result, Klaus puts him in his old coffin. Later on, in The Map of Moments, Finn is freed by Mikael and is now working with him and Esther to defeat Klaus and his allies, once and for all. He channels Mikael to become more powerful, and then later betrays Esther, after learning of her vampirism, and channels her too. Finn later reunites with his long-lost sister, Freya, and works with her to find a way to stop Dahlia. Klaus comes close to killing Finn in his witch form but is stopped by Elijah. Freya appears to help Finn from their brothers. Fearful for his life, Finn begs to Freya to save him. Freya tells Finn that she won't let anyone hurt him and traps him in her tailsman to keep him safe.
Finn is a member of the Mikaelson Family.
Pre-history
The Middle Ages
Young Finn and his siblings
Finn is the second child and eldest son of Mikael and Esther. The young boy was born into a happy family, with his father and mother doting on him. He was very close to his older sister, Freya, with whom he used to climb trees when they were planning mischief. Esther used to call them Huginn and Muninn, after the pair of ravens who served as messengers for Odin in Norse mythology.
However, when Freya was five years old, their family's happiness was shattered when Dahlia, Esther's older sister, came to take Freya. This was part of the deal the two sisters had made when Esther asked Dahlia to make her fertible by using magic. In exchange, Esther had promised every first born of every generation until her line ended. When Esther tried to oppose her, Dahlia threatened to take every one of her children, including Finn and the unborn Elijah. Finn was traumatised by his aunt and by the loss of his sister. When Mikael returned from battle, Esther told him that Freya had died from the plague.
Determined to protect the rest of their children, Mikael and Esther, accompanied by Finn and Esther's witch friend, Ayana, left Europe for the Viking colonies in the New World and set up in the village that would one day become the town of Mystic Falls. Their neighbours were werewolves who accepted the new family and allowed them to live with them.
Eventually, Finn's brother, Elijah, was born and four more siblings joined the Mikaelson family: Niklaus, Kol, Rebekah and Henrik. However, despite the close bond of the new family, Finn was never close to his new siblings. He had never recovered from losing Freya or from the burden of the secret he shared with his mother. In addition, Freya's loss had hardened Mikael and he was never again the man or the father he had once been, despite Finn's hopes.
Young Finn.
Once, when his younger half-brother Klaus didn't come to dinner, Esther questioned her children on his whereabouts. While Elijah refused to tell, Finn gladly told his mother of Klaus's location. When Esther talked with little Niklaus out in the woods Finn watched them and smiled. Sometime later, Finn retrieved a starling necklace Esther had given Klaus that he had lost. Esther made Klaus thank Finn.
When his brother Henrik was killed in an incident during the full moon after he and Klaus sneaked out to see the wolves, their father Mikael had Esther turned them into the first group of vampires (using The Immortality Spell) in order to prevent the tragedy from happening again.
However, the object that granted their immortality could also take it away, which was the ancient White Oak Tree. To prevent anyone from making a stake from the tree, the family burnt the tree to the ground. However, they would have other weaknesses including the flowers that grew at the base of the tree, a silver dagger dipped in the ashes of the tree that could neutralize them temporarily and they would always have a constant desire for human blood.
During one such feed, Klaus killed a human which triggered a werewolf curse he carried, revealing Esther had an affair with a werewolf. Enraged, Mikael killed his wife's lover and his family, triggering the war between their races that would last centuries.
Esther placed a curse on Klaus to prevent him from becoming a true hybrid, as that would make him invulnerable to what harms both vampires and werewolves. In revenge, Klaus attacked their mother, killing her for what he considered betrayal and blamed it on their father. A hundred years after this, Finn eventually met Sage and fell in love with her, to the point of giving into siring her as a vampire, something he considers morally wrong, which would turn out to be true only indirectly as Sage would go on to become ruthless and hedonistic as a vampire, even corrupting Damon Salvatore
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Finn reunited with his family in Italy and attended a party held by Alexander, a vampire hunter. He was daggered by surprise during the party. However, when Klaus (unaffected by the daggers thanks to his hybrid powers and abilities) annihilated the Five, he undaggered all of his half-siblings but Finn, as he was tired of Finn's judgmental attitude (which most likely stemmed from Finn's virtuous ways and Klaus' evil ways)
Between 12th century - 21st century
After Finn was neutralized by The Brotherhood of the Five, his brother Klaus killed them all and undaggered all his siblings except for Finn who disapproved of Klaus' immoral ways, which annoyed Klaus who then decided not to undagger him until their father had been destroyed. Finn was in his coffin for many centuries while his siblings went all over Europe. In Cadriz, Spain 1702, Finn's body was brought on to a ship by Rebekah, as per Klaus' orders as they were fleeing the city because Kol's destructive appetites drew Mikael to the town. At some point they left Europe behind and ended up in a nearby town in America called New Orleans in the early 18th century. The people of New Orleans saw their ship and entered it only to see the coffins of Finn and Kol, their siblings then killed all the humans except for one and told him to help them carry the coffins with their siblings, including Finn. Klaus brought Finn's daggered body with him wherever he moved, keeping it in its coffin. In the early 21st century, Finn's body wound up in the possession of Stefan Salvatore, who wished to use Finn and his siblings' neutralized bodies as leverage against Klaus. After a short while, Klaus reclaimed Finn's and the other coffins.
Throughout The Vampire Diaries Series
Season Three
Finn and his siblings.
Finn appeared in the episode Bringing Out The Dead. After his brothers Elijah and Niklaus where fighting, Elijah revealed that Finn had been in a coffin for almost 900 years. Later on that night, Elijah had resurrected his brother Finn, along with resurrecting Kol, and Rebekah by taking the White Oak Ash Dagger from his chest in order to help them kill Klaus. Together with his siblings, they took out their rage on Klaus before declaring that they would be a family without him. Finn was shocked when he saw his mother arrive, having been freed from her coffin too.
Finn meets Elena Gilbert.
In Dangerous Liaisons, having had his hair cut and his shoes polished, he is seen at the Original Family Mansion alongside Kol and Rebekah. Finn spent most of the time with his mother at the ball, helping her with the preparations for the spell that would bind all of them together. Finn met with Elena Gilbert and introduced himself to her and said that his mother is waiting for her and that she needs to come alone. Finn then joins his siblings at the stairs while Elijah speaks for his family.
Finn and Kol.
Finn is then with his mother until Elena comes and then he leaves, leaving Elena and his mother to have a little privacy. Finn was the only one who knew about Esther's plans for the spell to kill her children. After his mother and Elena talked, she put Elena's blood in some wine glasses, then served it to all of her children, which they all drank. Right after Damon Salvatore and Kol fell from the balcony, the rest of the Originals went to watch as Damon snapped his neck. Esther argued with Elijah while Finn waited outside the door. Elijah later left, and Finn and Esther could continue what they had started.
Esther and Finn linking all the Originals together.
Finn then asked his mother if she had second thoughts and Esther responded she wasn't having second thoughts, it was just that Elijah was so moral, making her feel a little guilt, but not enough to waver from her convictions. Finn convinced his mother she was doing the right thing and when it was time, he would be ready to die. Esther then used Finn's blood to link him together with his siblings. When it was done, Esther said to Finn that they are now one.
Finn explains that his death is not a sacrifice but a gift.
In All My Children, Finn and Esther met with Bonnie and Abby Bennett. Finn helped preparing for the spell with his mother Esther and the Bennett witches. Esther explained that the spell she was casting would make her children human again and that her brave son Finn would sacrifice himself and with his death, the Originals would be no more. Abby questioned why Finn wanted to sacrifice himself, and Finn replied "It's not a sacrifice, it's a gift." Then later on, Finn was neutralized through Kol who was daggered by Alaric Saltzman.
Finn and Esther against Kol, Niklaus and Elijah.
Later on the evening, while he was ready to be sacrificed, Klaus, Elijah and Kol arrived to interrupt them, allowing Damon and Stefan to kill Abby, thus making the spell undo-able. When the three brothers came to confront their brother and Esther, Kol commented on Finn that he was her favorite son, Esther stated Finn knows virtue that Kol can't even imagine. Then when Damon turned Abby into a vampire, Esther couldn't do the spell, so Finn grabbed his mother and they both fled.
Niklaus meets with his older brother Finn.
In Break On Through, it was revealed by Rebekah that Finn and Sage were lovers, and that he turned her so they could be together forever. Damon threatens Sage by saying that once he finds a way to kill the Originals, he's starting with Finn.
Klaus threatens to dagger Finn unless he comes with him.
In The Murder of One, Klaus appears as Finn is walking down the street. Klaus asks Finn where their mother is and Finn states she is trying to find a way to end their lives and he will sacrifice himself all over again. Klaus tries to convince him into helping unlink them. But Finn says he has no wish to become unlinked, only to see his brother dead. Klaus tells him he won't be able to see him dead since if he dies so do the rest. Finn was getting tired of the conversion and told to bother someone else, but Klaus responded why should he when he can bother his big brother.
Finn meets with his beloved Sage.
Finn and Sage.
Then when Klaus realizes that he can't convince Finn, he threatens to dagger him and put him in the same box in which he rotted for 900 years. Finn replied: "What happens to one, happens to all. You might not feel the affect of the dagger, but you will lose your precious Rebekah." Finn then tries to run from Klaus, but is stopped by Rebekah, Klaus then appears and they both uses force to take him down and bring him back to Mystic Falls where Finn reunites with Sage. They reminisce about old times, Finn saying to Sage: "I assumed after 900 years, you would have moved on." But Sage tells him that she took care of herself, but she never stopped loving him and then convinces Finn to go on living.
Stefan about to kill Finn.
Later on, they go to Grill where they share a drink and Finn drank his first tequila, while Stefan is spying on them. Then a vampire named Troy came by and greeted Sage. Sage revealed that she turned him and told Finn not to be upset with her. Finn told her: "Exactly, Sage. I turned you. My passions overtook my morals." Sage tells Finn that her passions overtake her morals on a regular basis and tells him it is living life to the fullest. Matt then puts vervain into their drinks and Stefan lures them outside.
Finn's death.
Finn and Sage went after Stefan, and Stefan was about to stake Finn with the White Oak Stake, but Sage stopped him and told Finn to get the stake. Then after Stefan fails, Elena and Matt suddenly appear at the Grill backdoor. Elena shoots him with a normal stake and Matt stakes Finn in the heart with another White Oak Stake, not knowing that Bonnie broke the binding spell before they succeeded, making Finn's death useless to kill Klaus and tragic in that they killed the only Original that had never antagonized them nor wished to. About an hour after Finn's death, Sage and Troy mysteriously died, with Stefan, Caroline and Elena realizing once an Original dies, so does every vampire descended from their bloodline.
Throughout The Originals Series
Young Finn and his siblings
In Farewell to Storyville, Finn is seen in a flashback where his siblings play together and jumps on him, showing them as happy siblings. Klaus later mentions that he was the only one being a victim to Mikael's abuse while his brothers Finn, Elijah and Kol were not. Klaus also mentions that he loved all of his siblings even Finn whom he kept daggered for 900 years in a coffin, because of his judgmental attitude to his half-brother.
Esther and Finn.
Finn and Esther's new bodies
In Alive & Kicking, Finn stood by his mother and little brother as they continued their plans for the city. Esther showed Finn and Kol her plans to create a werewolf army using moonlight rings. Later, Finn watched Kol try and get information on Davina by using a date. When Davina stepped out for a moment, Finn accused Kol of stalling, telling him if he didn't hurry it along, they'd get the information Finn's way. After leaving, werewolves attacked Davina and by extension Kol who was now vulnerable in his new body. Kol later attacked Finn, believing he had gave the werewolves the order but soon learned it was Esther. Kol released Finn and Finn watched as Esther put Kol in his place, not aware that Kol had seen vital information that he was withholding from them.
In Every Mother's Son, Finn approached Oliver at the bar, while Oliver was expecting Cassie. Finn gave him a new moonlight ring as a sign that he had really been sent by Cassie. When Oliver questioned Finn, Finn used his newly acquired magic to cause Oliver great pain to put him in his place, possibly forcing him to start to turn as his werewolf eyes started showing. Later, he went to Lenore immediately after his brother Elijah had just left her shop, needing her assistance. Finn brought Lenore to his mother, explaining to her that Kol was still tracking Davina and wouldn't be making it to the dinner she had invited Klaus and Elijah to. Esther explained that Finn's knack for persuasion was needed at the dinner so he should have the newly recruited Oliver torture Lenore. Finn assured her that he had made all the preparations for the dinner. Finn then gave Oliver his instructions to "persuade" the stubborn Lenore to talk.
Finn reunites with his brothers
When Klaus and Esther argued over who was responsible for creating the monsters her children had become, Esther jumped from Cassie's body, leaving the dinner. Elijah and Klaus furiously questioned Finn on where she went but Finn used his magic to overpower them. Finn left while they tracked Esther down in her new body where she offered to put them in new non-vampire bodies just as she had done Finn and Kol. Finn later talked with his mother about how she was going to convince his brothers to see the error of their ways and accept the new life they wanted to give them. Esther explained that they'd take everything they loved away from them so they begged her to give them new bodies.
Finn helps capture Elijah
In Live and Let Die, Finn continued to keep an eye on Cami, posing as her therapist. Later, he argued with Kol over their respective missions that had been assigned to them. Finn then went to the werewolves that were under his mother's control and brought with him new recruits, all of which were boys and teenagers who were untriggered werewolves, wanting them to murder and be triggered to make his mother's army grow even more. Later, when Elijah slaughtered dozens of werewolves to help the children escape, Finn arrived and hurt Elijah with his magic. Elijah fought back, ready to snap his brother's neck but was suddenly impaled through the back by their mother, who used her magic to disable Elijah. They then captured him.
In Red Door, Finn called Kol, asking him if he had found the white oak stake. Kol told him about Davina's plan to unlink Klaus's bloodline from him so they wouldn't die if he did and Finn said that Kol had to either find what Davina was using as a binding agent and kill the spell or kill Davina. Later, Finn found that Esther was forcing the captured Elijah to not only relive horrors from his past but also giving him false visions of hope as a way to make him accept her proposed new life in a new body.
In Wheel Inside the Wheel, Finn ordered the werewolves to have Oliver executed for his part in aiding Elijah rescue the untriggered werewolves. Later, he again spoke to Cami under the guise of her adviser, Vincent. However, he came off as overly curious about her personal life, raising her suspicions about him. She soon dug into his history and discovered, with the help of Marcel, that Vincent Griffiths was being possessed by Finn Mikaelson, Klaus's oldest brother. Cami distracted Finn while a plan was being put into place to rescue Oliver from his execution. Cami began questioning him about his personal life and his relationship to his family, not revealing that she knew his true identity. The two began psychologically analyzing one another. She initially planned on attacking him but chose not to.
Finn struck by arrows
In Chasing the Devil’s Tail, setting out to free the werewolves from Finn's control, a plan was put into action by Hayley, Aiden, and Marcel to bring him down. Using Cami as a distraction, she invited him on a date, much to Finn's surprise. His mother instructed him that it was time to bring Cami into the fold of their plan but Finn grew agitated, saying he hoped there'd be more time. When Esther persisted, Finn told her that she didn't need to get Cami by force. Later, Finn and Cami went to a jazz club when Cami suddenly vanished. Finn went outside to find her being attacked by a werewolf who escaped. Cami vanished along with it. When Finn called Aiden, accusing one of his wolves of the abduction, he met with him at the church. When Finn revealed that he knew one of the rescued untriggered werewolves had been Aiden's little brother, he attacked him, knowing that he had taken Cami. Hayley arrived, fighting Finn with the help of the werewolf, Jackson, who shot Finn with arrows. Finn lay in a heap when Cami appeared with cursed cuffs that negated a witch's magic when worn. She handcuffed Finn, revealing that she knew his true identity and that she had tricked him. Hayley brought Finn to the compound, where Kol had also been taken captive. Klaus and Elijah appeared, greeting their captive brothers.
In The Brothers That Care Forgot, Elijah and Klaus tried to convince the captive Finn and Kol to join them against their mother. Finn tried to explain to them that their mother was trying to do right by them by offering them new mortal lives and that they were fools to turn down her offers. When Finn brought up Rebekah and her unending loyalty to Klaus, he wondered where she was. When he told them that Esther was watching her and had plans for her, he was attacked by Elijah who Klaus managed to pull away. Later, Klaus tried to torture their mother's plans out of Finn but Finn remained steadfast in support of Esther. When things grew to a boiling point, Finn revealed the truth of their older sister Freya's fate and how Esther had sacrificed her to Dahlia to save the rest of the family and that if the firstborn of each generation wasn't killed, Dahlia would come back to destroy them all. When Cami showed up with puncture wounds in her back, Kol, who had taken Klaus's offer to join him, deduced that Esther was preparing her body to be a vessel.
Finn terrified by his coffin
Finn defends his morality
In The Map of Moments, Finn remained trapped in the coffin when Camille came to speak to him in hopes of convincing his mother to leave her out of it. Marcel relented to her request to see him and let Finn out, though still with the cuffs that repressed his magic. Finn sat down with Cami, no longer allowing his attraction to her distract him. When she questioned his morals, Finn grew angry and told her to look at her own morals before judging him, citing her relationship with Marcel and Klaus. He elaborated in defending his morality by explaining that he saw the world in black and white, in simple shades of good and evil. Finn said that unlike his mother, Elijah, and Cami, he didn't believe in redemption, especially Klaus's. Finn boldly proclaimed that he was trying to protect the world from the evil and impurity of vampires, saying that when he was free, he'd wipe out every vampire in the city and anyone who sided with them. Cami realized that Finn would not listen to reason and had him put back into his coffin.
Later, unseen, Finn was rescued from his imprisonment by his father, Mikael, who had made an alliance with Esther.
Finn confronts his brothers
In Gonna Set Your Flag On Fire, Finn and Mikael plotted to destroy the vampires of New Orleans. Finn believed he could put his father's strength to good use after hearing that Mikael wished to work together in their crusade. Finn went to the compound and confronted Klaus and Kol, where he demanded to know where their mother was. Klaus refused to tell him and Finn left, finding that vampires and werewolves were gathered in the compound, hoping to form a truce. Finn explained that he believed that their two species could never find peace and then cast a boundary spell so they couldn't leave the compound. He said that, given enough time in an enclosed space together, they'd come to see things his way. The spell was a powerful one, as Finn was channeling power through his father, using a sacrificial spell similar to those used by Papa Tunde. Finn then used a spell to force the vampires to grow even hungrier so they'd want to feed on the trapped werewolves.
Finn furious with his mother
After Klaus submitted their mother's location, Finn found her in a tomb but was horrified to find that she had turned into a vampire by Klaus. Despite Esther's apologies and claims to still be his mother, Finn angrily called her a hypocrite, telling her it was her morality and conviction that he had always respected. Finn furiously attacked her and used the same spell he used on his father to channel power from her, placing her next to Mikael. He somberly told his neutralized parents that they had been happy once when it was just him and Freya but because they had continued to have children, their family had been ripped apart. He threatened to destroy his younger siblings for the monsters that they were.
Finn and his brothers in the astral plane
In Brotherhood of the Damned, while Finn's boundary spell kept the vampires trapped in the compound, he performed another spell using representational magic. The spell he cast created an astral plane where he pulled in the minds of his brothers so they could all speak mentally, appearing inside of a cabin where animal heads represented each of them, a boar representing Finn. Finn revealed that within the cabin, he could not be harmed due to being its creator. Finn explained that his boundary spell would drop at sunset so the vampires inside the compound would violently feast on the people of New Orleans, finally taking the city from vampires for good. Meanwhile, Finn tried to press his brothers for answers on what Klaus was hiding, not knowing that his niece Hope was alive. However, Eljiah discovered a fault in Finn's representational magic. While Finn had seen Elijah as noble, representing him in the cabin with a stag, Elijah revealed that he wasn't so noble, admitting to the murder of Tatia long ago. The confession made Finn's spell weaken and it was broken fully when Klaus forgave Elijah, showing Finn that he wasn't the big bad wolf that Finn had portrayed him as. Finn's lack of understanding of his brothers caused his spell to break and brought their consciousnesses back to their bodies. Despite his momentary defeat, Finn made his next move, abducting Marcel and the vampires who had successfully escaped from the compound.
In Sanctuary, Finn had added Marcel and his vampires inside of his sacrificial circle, empowering him even more. Finn awoke Marcel, keeping him tied with vervain-soaked ropes. Finn tried to convince Marcel to give up whatever secret Klaus was hiding. Marcel refused, simply telling Finn that he saw his coffin two hundred years ago and that Klaus had told him they kept him daggered because he was such a bore. Finn angrily used his magic to hurt Marcel. Finn tortured Marcel until he was convinced he didn't know anything. Kol arrived, having heard that he'd taken Marcel. Though initially upset that Kol would dare come after siding with their brothers, Kol explained that he joins the winning side. When Finn remained unconvinced, Kol revealed his plan to dagger Klaus, saying he had Davina Claire wrapped around his finger and with her help, nothing could stop them. Finn realized, though, that Kol was just distracting him from Davina and Aiden sneaking inside. Finn had the captured vampires mindlessly attack them, forcing them to flee, before furiously telling Kol that he was through with his tricks. Finn placed a curse on Kol, forcing him to face his worse fear, of death. He trapped Kol inside Kaleb's body, to die in a few days time. He told him to say his goodbyes and that he wouldn't miss him. Finn then went back to Marcel and realized it was strange that Marcel was compelled to forget the specifics of Hope's death, realizing that Klaus was hiding Hope's survival.
In The Devil is Damned, Finn searched frantically for his niece, now knowing of her survival. However, he remained unsuccessful. He was suddenly confronted by his long-lost sister, Freya, and did not recognize her initially. She was amused by his confusion but quickly revealed herself, recalling their time together as children. Finn was shocked by her survival and Freya explained how she had managed to survive for centuries using magic after being taken by their aunt Dahlia. She also confirmed Finn and Esther's fear that Dahlia was still out there. Finn explained to her about Hope and how Dahlia would come for their whole family if that child wasn't killed. Freya agreed to help him track down Hope, requesting a few items from him. Finn then contact Marcel and Kol, demanding, much to their chagrin, and threatening that they get him the blood of Hope's parents, seemingly so he could perform a locator spell.
However, Finn had actually sent them on a wild goose chase, distracting Klaus and his allies long enough to go after Hope with the information he had already gotten from Freya. He went to their family's old vacation home where he found Elijah in the barn. Finn informed Elijah of their oldest sister's survival and Elijah chastised Finn for his actions. Finn attacked Elijah with his magic, impaling him with farming equipment before moving on to the house. Once inside, he saw baby toys laid throughout the house, confirming his suspicions. Finn also realized Cami had been watching Hope and called out for her threateningly, unaware that her and Hope had gone out on errands. Elijah, having recovered from the previous assault, struck back at Finn. It wasn't enough though as Finn overwhelmed Elijah and flung him through a wall. Elijah became distracted by the blood on his body and Finn knew that it was due to his past, arrogantly ridiculing his brother's need to remain clean of his transgressions. Elijah suddenly snapped out of his trance, revealing he was just biding time for the gas leak that had happened in the house to spread, telling Finn that he had disgraced their family for the last time. Finn watched in shocked as Elijah took off his daylight ring and put his hand in the sun, setting his body aflame and igniting the gas in the air, blowing up the house.
In I Love You, Goodbye, Vincent's body rested in a morgue, horrifically scarred from the explosion at the house. Freya arrived and performed a spell, reviving Finn's spirit within the body and began healing the burns that had been inflicted on her brother. Once he was healed, Freya explained that she had used her pendant to protect him and that they would have to protect each other since Dahlia would no doubt be on her way, and that she was far more powerful than Esther. She elaborated that Hope would display magic and when she did, it would serve as a beacon, drawing Dahlia to them. Cryptically, she said that once Dahlia came, she would take what was hers. Meanwhile, Finn's hex he had placed on Kol completed its task, and killed his youngest brother.Personality
Early in his life, before he became a vampire, Finn was the most obedient of the Mikaelson children. He was incredibly loyal to his mother, doing anything he could to be a good son, even at the expense of his siblings at times.
Finn Mikaelson.
Finn possessing Vincent
A year after his death and with the birth of his niece Hope Mikaelson, his mother saw an opportunity to resurrect herself along with Finn, who had always stood by her side, along with Kol, being convinced of his mother's plan. They seem to be going forward with a plan to place their other siblings in human or witch bodies and a werewolf body for Niklaus, wanting them to have mortal lives and ending their vampire progeny with their true bodies through the White Oak Stake. This plan would save her children from Dahlia's Curse, as they would be in bodies of different bloodlines than the Mikaelson Bloodline, protecting any firstborn. Finn's loyalty to Esther remains intact, following her orders with precision and without question. While still quite rigid in personality, Finn is shown to be somewhat more at ease now that he's no longer a vampire, though comments that he forgot how it feels to be so vulnerable. Since his resurrection by possessing Vincent, Finn personality has seemed to become darker as he has been shown to be more willing to harm others to prove a point or to "persuade" someone to cooperate or side with Esther, even ordering Oliver to torture a witch to cooperate with him. No longer being a vampire and in a form he is more comfortable with, Finn is a bit more outspoken than he was as a vampire, letting his emotions be seen more while still maintaining an overall reserved demeanor in comparison to his siblings. His hatred of the vampire species has festered to the point of wanting to kill all vampires along with any sympathizers who get in his way utterly without mercy. He doesn't believe in Klaus's redemption, but in right and wrong, and good and evil.
Rebekah believes that Freya is the only one of his siblings that he was close to, and believes he hates the rest of his siblings, because they judge him and find him pretentious/dull.Physical Appearance
Finn Mikaelson
Finn is a handsome and tall man who appears to be in his late twenties or early thirties, somewhere between 28-32, given the time he was turned into a vampire by his mother. He has dark brown hair, dark brown eyes and slim, but athletic figure. Finn is also the second oldest of the Original Siblings after his sister Freya.
Finn after being undaggered
When first awakened from being neutralized for 900 years, Finn still had the style of that time period, with long hair and adorned in the centuries old clothing, wearing a dark green tunic and pants in the fashion of the 1100's. Shortly after his return, he cut his hair to where it was still a bit longer in length than his siblings and usually slicked out of his face, much like Elijah's hair was during his time attempting to stop Klaus from becoming a hybrid. Finn was seen wearing dress shirts covered by gray dress coats, keeping an air of aristocracy about him though not to the extent of Elijah's dress style. Finn almost always had a severe, stern expression pasted on his face, rarely smiling while around his family, but becoming more friendly looking once he met Sage again.
After returning from the Other Side, Finn's spirit was placed inside the body of the witch, Vincent, taking on all of his physical features as his own. Even with a new body, Finn retained his style of attire.
Powers and Abilities
As an Original Vampire, Finn is considerably stronger and faster than that of any non-original vampire and is one of the most powerful supernatural beings in the the TVD/TO universe. Finn possesses all vampiric abilities, with the addition of being able to compel any non-original vampire. Unlike the rest of his siblings, Finn's combat skills have never been shown.
Since Rebirth, Finn has lost all his Original Vampire powers and abilities, due to him taking over the body of Vincent Griffith and taking all of Vincent's witch powers and abilities as his own. In Every Mother's Son, he was shown to be incredibly gifted in magic seeing how he incapacitated Klaus, Elijah and Oliver with ease. Later Finn was shown to have delved into the use of Sacrificial Magic. With this magic, Finn channeled the power of Mikael, and later Esther, to give himself even more power and was able to trap dozens of werewolves and vampires with a powerful boundary spell. With his boost in power, he was also able to create an astral plane using representational magic that he had near complete control over when inside. With his power boost, Finn was a nearly unstoppable force against anyone who opposed him, though his upgrade was only temporary, after being overloaded with magic by Kol and Rebekah, bringing him back to being only as powerful of a witch as his host body was.
Weaknesses
Finn had the typical weaknesses of an Original Vampire.
Since Rebirth, Finn has lost all his Original Vampire weaknesses, due to him taking over the body of Vincent Griffith and taking all of Vincent's human/witch weaknesses.
Relationships
EstherMain article : Esther and Finn "It was your morality, Mother! Your conviction that awed me. That's why I stood by you. That's why I fought for you! I would have done anything for you. My mother, she who gave me life. But I know that she would want for me to finish what we started." — Finn to Esther  Esther and Finn Other Relationships
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Appearances
Name
- "Finn" from the old Norse meaning "person of Finland".
Trivia
- It is said by Elijah that Finn was neutralized for over 900 years, making him the longest neutralized Original Vampire.
- In The Five, it was revealed that all the Originals were daggered by The Five in 1114. That was about 900 years ago and Finn was daggered ever since after Klaus Mikaelson refused to undagger him, having been sick of his judgemental attitude.
- Of all the Originals, Finn can be considered the noblest, most virtuous, and most moral, but also the most self righteous and unwavering in his convictions in both his Original Vampire self and his possessing witch self.
- Despite being the most moral, Finn is quite ruthless when obeying his mother Esther's orders. He had no problems torturing Lenore, Oliver, sending werewolves at Davina, and supports his mothers plan to trigger teenage werewolves curses to make them soldiers for Esther, this change in personality is similar to Mikael who was depicted in a more positive light on The Vampire Diaries.
- Another explanation is that while moral, Finn was still a viking and only had 100 years worth of life adapting to the changing times.
- While shown to never harm innocents as a vampire, as a witch he will kill and harm others associated with vampires, and enjoys killing vampires. He feels he is the hero and vampires are evil that needs to die. He feels the ends justify the means concerning collateral damage when destroying vampires and sympathizers, believing that despite his merciless ruthless actions, what he is doing is good fighting evil, and feels he is right in his plans. His personality from being an Original Vampire was more noble and moral, but as a witch he has darkened his state of mind, never realizing he is committing evil, ruthless acts, but thinking he is doing heroic and right over wrong actions.
- In All My Children, Kol speaks about Finn as Esther's "favorite son" - to which Esther replies that "(his) brother knows virtue (Kol) cannot even imagine".
- Finn is the second Original destroyed by a White Oak Stake. The first was his father Mikael.
- Finn was the first of Esther and Mikael's children to die as a vampire, as Henrik died as a human.
- Initially, Finn wanted to die to avoid living as a vampire, but after finding Sage, Finn agrees to continue to live. Unfortunately, he and his entire bloodline were destroyed in the same episode.
- Something very similar happens in Season Two of TVD, when Damon wanted to die, but Stefan convinces him to continue to exist. The same thing happens with Stefan and Elena in Season One.
- Finn wanted to die not only because Klaus would've died since they were all linked, but also because he despised being a vampire, claiming it as an eternity of shame. He chose to give up his death wish as soon as he was reunited with Sage.
- Finn was neutralized twice:
- By The Brotherhood of the Five in 1114, in The Five.
- By Alaric Saltzman (via Kol), in All My Children.
- Finn had never had any direct interaction with Damon Salvatore, Caroline Forbes, Tyler Lockwood or Jeremy Gilbert. However, his lover, Sage, had extensive interaction with Damon.
- Klaus has repeatedly stated how he found Finn more interesting lying in a box than he was as a man, rudely referring to his brother as "a lovesick fool" and a "dullard".
- Like his father, Finn was dead before the fire from the White Oak Stake burnt away his flesh. This was different for his younger brother, Kol, who was killed by the flames the stake produced, managing to run a few feet aflame before dying.
- Due to Finn's own self-disgust of vampires, he may have been on good terms with his father Mikael, who had similar views.
- It is later revealed in They All Asked For You that despite having similar viewpoints, Finn viewed his father as a monster.
- Out of the Original Vampires, Finn has had the least amount of on-screen appearances.
- Unlike his siblings, Finn's neutralized body was never shown in its coffin on-screen.
- Finn never spoke directly to his brother Elijah on-screen on The Vampire Diaries. The first time they are seen to have a conversation is in The Originals episode, Every Mother's Son.
- Out of all known vampires, Finn was dormant the second longest, at nearly 900 years. He was second only to Silas, who had been desiccated for 2000 years.
- Of his family, he was closest to his mother. This made his siblings view him as a sycophant and Esther's favorite.
- Finn is the only Original Vampire who has not shown his vampire face or fangs.
- Finn is the second Original Vampire to be resurrected. The first being his father, Mikael. Kol is the third.
- In flashbacks, it was shown that Finn had a close relationship with his siblings. It could be that at the time when they were humans, Finn loved his younger siblings and was caring towards them. However, he would put pleasing his mother before helping his siblings. After they were turned into vampires, he distanced himself from them, seeing that they became monsters.
- Finn and Mikael are the only Original Vampires not to be daggered by Klaus.
- He was brought back to life by his mother to possess a witch named Vincent.
- Finn, while he's possessing the body of Vincent, is often lovingly referred to as "Finncent" by fans.
- Michael Narducci compared Finn to Norman Bates, the main character of the film Psycho and the TV series, Bates Motel. This is due to Finn and Norman's shared closeness with their mother and both of their needs to obey and try and please her to a disturbing degree.
- In Live and Let Die, Elijah states that Finn has always been merciless, but not enough to send kids into war, so it surprises Elijah when Finn plans to have kids murder humans to activate their Werewolf curse.
- Finn states in Every Mother's Son that he expected cruelty from Klaus when discussing how he was left daggered for nine hundred years, this is indicates that Klaus became cruel and vicious within only a hundred years of being a vampire.
- Finn is terrified of the coffin where he rested for nearly a millennium.
- Due to possessing Vincent's abilities, his knowledge, and now channelling the power of Mikael, the most powerful vampire on the planet, Finn is currently one of the most powerful supernatural being in New Orleans.
- Ironically, Finn was the one responsible for Dahlia learning about Hope's existence because of his tries to kill her.
- This made sure that the baby used her magic and Dahlia sensed it, for that is the beacon for her to travel to New Orleans for take away the baby.
- Finn cursed his own brother Kol to die a lonely death.
- While Kol eventually succumbed to the curse, he however did not die alone as Klaus, Elijah, Rebekah and Davina were with him at the time.
Tropes
- And I Must Scream - Shared with family. When an Original is daggered, it leads to immediate desiccation. Also when the daggers are removed, the awakening is rather painful as well.
Quotes
- Finn (to Klaus) "You're staying behind."
- Finn (to Elena): "If you want to see my mother...you'll have to be alone."
- Finn (to Esther): "When it is time, I will be ready to die."
- Finn (to Esther): "You're not having second thoughts, are you?"
- Finn (to Esther): "You're doing the right thing, mother."
- Finn (to Abby): "My mother's released me from an eternity of shame. It's not a sacrifice, it's a gift."
- Finn (to Klaus): "I have no wish to help you. Only to see you dead."
- Finn (to Klaus): "Oh, bother someone else with your hollow charm, Niklaus."
- Finn (to Rebekah): "You're siding with him? Rebekah, he stored us in boxes!"
- Finn (to Sage): "I’m truly awed by the evolution of mankind."
- Finn (to Sage): "Exactly Sage, I turned you. My passion overtook my morals."
- Finn (to Sage): "To living life."
- Finn (Possessing Vincent) (to Esther): " May you rest in peace."
- Esther (Possessing Cassie) (to Finn): What's the fun in that. Come along, we have much to do."
- Finn: (to Esther): "Yes, Mother."
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