He tells Elena that the best thing for them to do is to go to their graduation and with Jeremy thinking the same thing, they go to their graduation. Instead, she drove Stefan to the ground and turned out to be another, much older vampire by the name of Alexia Branson. Title(s) Stefan was a casual, yet trendy dresser and he always looks neat, clean and well put together. Stefan agrees to move out all of the residents of Mystic Falls in exchange for the Heretics to live in his home. She also brought along Stefan to help with the dorm decorating and Caroline is surprised but still lets him in. His best friend, and supposedly one of his few friends, was a vampire named Lexi Branson. He tells her that if she wants to have fun they should go somewhere more privately. Stefan still refuses to leave without his brother, same goes for Elena when she joins them, but Bonnie grabs her, forcing her through. Stefan nods and begins to cry. Stefan ask to her that she have the antidote to the ripper virus, and she answer that yes thanks to Enzo. After that they go downstairs and Damon asks him questions about there past to make sure Stefan really got all his memories back. Katherine disputed this and insisted both of their feelings were genuine, she had only compelled him to not be scared of her. Stefan says he wants to have dinner with Caroline that night. There is no indication that he killed 1 person a day, given there have been a majority of time jumps during The Originals in which it is unlikely he killed anyone. An unseen person removes the chains and the lock that bind Stefan to the table. They come to an empty field which Stefan claims that he has been to before the first time which he investigated the Gemini coven. In Growing Pains, Stefan and Damon are with Elena when she first wakes up in her bedroom. Stefan loves literature and loves to write, especially in his journal. Katherine chose Stefan over Damon, while Elena has chosen Damon over Stefan. He retained his intelligence and logical nature, shown when he figured on his own he had once dated Elena and had come back to Mystic Falls because of her as well as pointing re-enacting their first meeting would not make him remember her. Klaus asks if he loves Caroline and Stefan asks "Why? He tells Stefan that he is no longer stone because every spell has a loophole as nature require balance and when the witch that turned him into stone died he was free he also revealed the mystery of himself by telling Stefan how he created the immortality spell and as he could not die, nature had to find balance so it created a shadow self of Silas that could and when Stefan asked of he was another one of the Tatia doppelgngers, Silas changed his face into Stefan's and revealed that Stefan it is his true face and Stefan is his doppelgnger. 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. When Damon says that Elena already has given up on him, since she knew that Augustine vampire can't control their bloodlust, and still cut herself, and when he feed on her she essentially asked Stefan to kill him to save herself. Unable to control his bloodlust, he spent over 10 years slaughtering his way through North America - including a stint with Klaus and Rebekah in the 1920s - until Lexi pulled him back from the edge. This seems to effect Stefan. Desperate to save Elena, Stefan quietly plots with Rebekah. Stefan is quiet but he seems hurt by the news. He was particularly practical, charming, playful, mischievous and humorous around his close friends (such as Lexi or Caroline, for example) or people who he knows. Stefan is on the phone with Caroline, having spoken to Tyler about his own sire bond, she reveals hybrids are sired due to being grateful to Klaus, and Stefan seems upset when she adds there is no vampire equivalent for the reasons behind a sire bond. He also adds that probably Silas followed them from the island and now he's stealing blood so that he could get his strength back. Stefan tells Caroline to let Sarah go, but instead, she told Liam to cut out Sarah's heart. At the realization that Mason Lockwood was a werewolf, he even tried to protect her. He absorbs information very easily and is able to memorize events and dates at the top of his head as seen in. Caroline discovers that Stefan already flipped his switch, so she snaps his neck, kicks down the door, and escapes. He explains to her that even if killing Enzo won't bring Ivy back, he thinks it'll help him get over Damon and he will be able to leave Mystic Falls. Now, Stefan is still teaching Lily to drive. Damon mentions to Stefan in the Pilot after 15 years of not seeing each other, that the 90s "grunge" look did not suit Stefan, implying that Stefan went through a grunge phase in terms of his personality, attitude and his sense of style. Beau casts a spell and high frequency noise causes Stefan to fall to his knees. Stefan responds that he knows that but he doesn't want to be the one to break it to her, at least not until Bonnie is safe and Damon comes back to use the sire bond and convince her that everything is going to be okay. Three years later, Stefan enters a storage compartment containing two coffins in the New York harbor. Caroline reluctantly agrees. Terrified, she sobs that Stefan has compelled her and she can't move. He has a bitter relationship with his older brother Damon. Stefan was very close to his older brother Damon growing up. Stefan was able to sense Elena's mind long before he met her in person and he sensed her presence immediately after arriving in Fells Church. Damon meets Stefan who tells him to stop causing problems. Stefan and Caroline figure out that Katherine is in Elena's body. Stefan finds Valerie and starts pulling the splinters out. Hearing a noise down the end of the corridor, he starts to text Caroline yet Rebekah soon shows up, pushing him against the locker, stating she wants the cure. He explains that Qetsiyah was in his room last night and brought back his memories as an act of revenge for his betrayal. In reality, Stefan is the first to get out of the stone and he tells Matt, Bonnie and Caroline that he had to let go to get out. Stefan jokes, saying, "Who gave you that horrible advice?" Stefan helps Elena and later takes her home. At the same party, he finds Caroline and Tyler fighting, he steps between them and pushed Tyler to the wall to protect Caroline as he sees to Tyler threatens her with starting to turn into his wolf form. Elijah however says that Rebekah despises Katherine and that she'll put an end on her the moment she doesn't need her anymore. He's worried about Ivy making herself a target for Tripp if she doesn't learn how to control herself. They lose track of Mary Louise and Nora. Stefan adjusts his shirts to see a 'X' shaped mark on his chest. After finding her personal records and observing her from afar, Stefan determined that Elena was definitely not Katherine. No one seems to be inside. At the end of the fourth season, Stefan ends up heartbroken when the sire bond is broken and Elena still decided to choose Damon over him. During his human years in the 1860s, Stefan's sense of style was "Victorian" and old-fashioned. He played the position of wide receiver on the high school football team. Stefan's name means "crowned" or "crown of martyrdom". Damon decides that it's time to play "never have I ever", Elena does not agree but Caroline is enthusiastic about the idea and they begin to play. But after Damon's death he decides to break all his connections with his old friends, including Caroline, and start over, breaking her heart in the process. As Stefan and Damon leave and walk in the woods Stefan says "I love her, Damon," and Damon says that he does as well. Caroline tells him that Damon is off the rails and all his victims are decapitated and their skin is desiccated, which leads Stefan to conclusion that Damon is feeding on vampires. After the talk with his brother Stefan manages to find the third spot with Bonnie and the witches. Stefan says, "Some girl I use to date," as tears form in his eyes. Stefan then shows Bonnie the special bullets that he took out of Tyler and tells her that the bullets burn to the touch. Tyler starts a fight, ending with him accidentally stabbing Matt. Katherine is playing smart and doesn't want to tell them so the original sister steals her phone and Elena sees that Katherine has a meeting with someone with the initials EM at two pm. Stefan just gets up and walks away. She knocks him out and locks him in the county Jail. Stefan apologizes before nodding to Jeremy, who then decapitates Chris with a meat cleaver. On the way to the party, Stefan and Elena describe Caroline to Liam. He was about to be taken by a deputy, but Alaric and Elena came when Stefan was spotted, Alaric sent the deputy to towards another vampire instead of Stefan, saving his life. Stefan explains that it took him a while to get used to animal blood, but it gets easier over time. Lily tells him that Julian is nothing like Stefan's father. Stefan tells her that he didn't tell her the truth about Enzo because he know that they had a weird little chemistry thing, Caroline laughs telling him that he's delusional and Stefan then admits that he didn't want her to think any less of him. In the present, Stefan apologizes again, saying he 'shouldn't blame him for the sire bond' and asks if Charlotte may still be in New Orleans, then leaves to see 'how literal the sire bond is', after Damon reveals he told her to count all the bricks. Three days of suffering hasn't changed Caroline's mind. Stefan shows up at the school in search of Rebekah, checking his text messages for any word from Caroline. Later, Stefan watches as Damon and Elena begin to dance but as the waltz shifts to a sequence that switches partners, Elena runs into Stefan. As Elena attempted to shoot him with a vervain dart, Stefan tells her that he doesn't want to come back. Stefan and Elena defend Caroline against Damon. He looks at her longingly and says, "That's just in case there is no later," and then finally leaves. He had an older brother, Damon Salvatore, who is also a cured vampire and whom he shared a strained relationship with, stemming from the appearance of Katherine Pierce over whom they fought whilst human. Stefan tries to get back with Elena, but she refuses and decides to wait until she makes sure that she and her loved ones are safe first. Unknown to Stefan, it was actually his mother who took the money, trying to flee from her husband with her sons. Damon asks what is he talking about and Stefan answers that he's done and he can't keep reliving his life like this. Rebekah forces Stefan into the library where she quickly delves into finding out how far they have gotten into finding the cure. This statement seems to have an emotional impact on Stefan. She sees April and decides to go say hi to her while Stefan goes to find something stronger than beer. Stefan doesn't want to risk getting caught, but Tyler decides to reveal himself by going up to the podium. The brothers are taken by the sheriff and her deputies. Enzo doesn't believe him. Stefan Salvatore was one of the two main male protagonists of The Vampire Diaries. Stefan realizes that Qetsiyah wasn't making a daylight ring for him. Stefan doesn't seem to know who she is, and tells Enzo that he wasn't the one who killed her, because he wasn't a Ripper in the 60s, Enzo doesn't believe him, and he makes Liv attack Stefan and Elena with a spell, causing their heads to ache. Stefan has been engaged twice, once to Rosalyn Cartwright and another time to Bridget Sutherland. Although he appears to care for her, he still cannot forget her past deeds. In The New Deal, it is revealed that Stefan is hiding Klaus' family coffins with the help of Bonnie. Unknown to Stefan, she ended up turning into a vampire. Later, back at the boarding house, Stefan thanks Damon for not telling Elena about the cure, and that by killing Connor she may have lost her only chance to be human again. Finally, Stefan snaps his neck. He also appears to be writing in his diary for the first time in a while. In Man on Fire, Stefan is with Elena at the Grill, helping her with her studies, they tease each other and in that moment Bonnie arrives, who is worried about what is happening on the other side. Valerie clears up that notion quickly. This limits their communication with each other. She flips the car in reverse and hits the petal. Matt pretends to console Elena while she feeds from his neck. Stefan convinces a shocked Elena that she needs to stay behind, promises he'll get Jeremy and the others out alive, kisses her and leaves. While in Limbo he talks to Elena and informs her of his death and sacrifice before giving her a message to Caroline who he had just married on the day of his death. Stefan apologizes to her about his behavior but Caroline seems to not want to do anything with him anymore. Damon asks Stefan if he's in love, before seeing that Stefan isn't because is he was in love wouldn't need to ask Damon about it, then advises him to bail now before Caroline gets hurt, just not today, "give her today". Stefan wants him to compel Ivy to pull it together and go live a normal life somewhere without him. Believing he is drunk, the police officer has Marty (Stefan) perform a sobriety test. Stefan finally lets go of his anger and comforts her before he asks her to go somewhere with him. From the hospital, Elena calls Stefan, worried that her feelings will come back for Damon if she sees him. Stefan then went to meet Damon, who had also planned to let himself die. Elena goes down the well in order to find the cure while Stefan is helping his big brother. Elena, who continues to weaken without blood, confesses that the reason she was on the bridge was because she was coming back for Stefan, and that no matter what happens, it's the best choice she has ever made. Damon tries to free him from his binds but they are magically bound to him. Stefan and Valerie meet at a fair and immediately take a liking to each other. After much heartbreak, between Caroline losing her mom and Stefan trying to prove himself worthy of their friendship, which blossomed into romance, they become romantically involved and are currently in love. Jo still is able to give directions to uncovering the house's cloaking spell. As a vampire, Stefan was described as mysterious, brooding, inscrutable, intense, kind, caring, empathetic, compassionate, loving, affectionate, heroic, noble, selfless, brave, intelligent, protective, and loyal. When he returns, they clink glasses before Charlotte arrives, with a bloody corpse in her arms. He goads the man into bashing him over the head with a beer bottle and then takes his beating until he's bloody on the floor. However, he later tells Damon that he did it to get freedom from Klaus, not because of any feelings for his brother. Stefan says to her to unlock the doors, but they can't do it, suddenly, the pedal pushes itself down and the vehicle moves forward. They are interrupted by Damon and Bonnie. Stefan the goes out to Elena while Damon traps Katherine in the tomb. Stefan says that they have to save Bonnie but Klaus doesn't agree with that because he doesn't want them to fulfill Silas' wish. Then, they are tied to chairs by people compelled by Enzo, who has threatened Liv with killing her brother. She adds that they're crashing Bonnie's college visit, as the professor who took over her Grams' classes teaches there and invited her. The doppelgnger gives her the cure and runs away using her vampire speed. As the summer ends, Blake starts his junior year of high school. Elena then tells Stefan that even though there will be struggles, the important thing is that she will get to live and be there for everyone she loves, including him. Driving home and wanting a snack, Caroline deliberately gets pulled over, but by none other than Sheriff Forbes. After that, they give Elena their house to protect her from vampires. Stefan gives Katherine one last peaceful dream. Stefan's scar had reopened that morning. Valerie is driving but is stopped by Damon. The original brother however says that if anything happens to Katherine he'll descent upon Elena and he hangs up. It was also during this time that Stefan became human again when Bonnie gave him the cure after he killed Enzo as he struggled with his guilt he planned to leave Caroline until he realized he wanted to spend what years he had left as a human with her. He calls Elena, but when she picks up he remains silent, Elena realizes who is on the phone. She asks Stefan what's wrong with him as in the 20s he used to be 'fun'. Stefan then looks down to realize his hand shaking. Stefan asks what, Elena smiling? Unfortunately for Stefan, he ended up being dragged back to Mystic Falls due to unexpected drama. Damon says that she was scared thinking that she Bonnie was going to kill her, Stefan says fear and Damon says its a pesky human emotions and Stefan says that's plan C make her life a living hell Damon talks about Silas and Stefan says that he still needs Bonnie and that she's no pushover and she's not going to let him manipulate her anymore, Damon said not underestimate his talents because he fooled both of them and as Stefan closes the door to the cellar Damon asks how did Silas get to him Stefan says that he lead him out to the woods claiming he saw Silas and staked him Stefan asks Damon how did Silas get to him, Damon jokes and says that he talked about his hair and he figured it had to be Stefan, Stefan replies "funny" and looks at Elena and Damon asks if he's coming Stefan says "Yeah" and leaves. The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get, starts from where the previous episode ended. Ever the perfect manpire, Stefan tells her: "You live your life, you heal, and in the meantime, we're friends." Then Damon and Jeremy arrives, Stefan tells Jeremy, head back with Matt, that they need eyes and ears in Mystic Falls, and then says to Damon and Elena to take Jeremy's car and that he will going to wait there for Caroline and Bonnie. Klaus says that the missing blood from the hospital is not that much big of a deal and that it could have been Elena or even Stefan who stole it. She kisses him, testing if he has any feelings for her, and is disappointed, asking him if he would ever love someone like his previous girlfriend (Elena). In that time Stefan steals Amara away and drags her to the woods. Supernatural information It is assumed that the Travelers have found him. All he had to do was stall her and Damon said that he didn't have a pony to distract her. Liam responds with yes, however, he says it's not the biting he was thinking of, and Stefan realizes that Caroline had healed Liam and compelled him to forget what really happened. Stefan invites himself along because that just so happens to be where the real Sarah Salvatore lives. After Elena has freed Elijah from the dagger, Stefan respects her wishes and lets her try to talk with him alone and soon after is seen protecting Jenna from Klaus who is still in Alaric body. He adds that Silas needs to die and put them all out of their misery. Later, Stefan and Damon arrive in New Orleans and Stefan says he hasn't been back since 1942. Stefan then goes and helps Caroline pack up her house and then goes and packs up the grill. He compels her to leave and never come back. The witches eradicated it from the world a century before for its anti-magic/anti-witch properties. He takes her to the hospital. He did not like to see others suffering or in any kind of pain, whether it be physical, emotional, spiritual or mental. Stefan however says that it's neither of them. He spins Damon's coffin around just in time as arrows hit the lid. She tells him that he is better but Stefan tells her that he has to go, he goes and leaves her alone with Jesse. Elena then wakes up looking to them a bit confused, it is then revealed that Katherine injected Elena's body with the enhanced Ripper Compound that Wes had made making Elena a vampire ripper just like Damon. In that moment Rebekah wakes up, Damon tries to kill her but she catches the knife he threw at her and with that they realize that she's still a vampire and the fake cure was probably just some blood with vervain in it. Julian startles them and tells her they must leave. During the years following his transition, despite the help from close friend Lexi Branson, Stefan has constantly battled with his bloodlust, and during the 1900s after "falling off the wagon" due to Damon's unhealthy influence, he widely became known as the Ripper of Monterey due to his inability to control his blood thirst. Damon begins to speak loudly waiting for Enzo's reply, Enzo is looking at them as a ghost, Caroline says that it doesn't make any sense because if Enzo wanted to kill Elena, drowning her wouldn't have worked, Enzo tells that she is smart and he see why they like her so much. Elena is confused and asks him how does he remember this. He says he won't stop her, but instead explains exactly what will happen, and in the end the guilt of killing Rebekah and her entire bloodline isn't worth it. He wakes up as Elena comes inside his room and wakes him up. Elena needs only one of them and it's better for her that one to be Stefan because he wants her to take the cure. Otherwise, I don't need to know, I don't want to know.". Stefan soon approached Damon, who recounted seeing the townspeople dragging Katherine into the church and setting it on fire. He says she's stood by him through his the multiple rehabs, the jail time, the bullfighting injury. Back out of the dream, watching over Elena, Caroline asks Stefan if he'll be okay because she won't. Stefan's compelled everyone in the bar so Ray is all alone - and refusing to give up the location of his pack. Rebekah admits that Stefan is actually fun tonight and he responds that he can't listen to the 80's music without thinking of Lexi. 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. Damon, on the other hand, is more of an extrovert. After they had flirty banter over the quality of her writing, they say their names at that moment a car almost hit to Stefan and wakes of his vision, all was a dream about an alternative life with Elena. Stefan looks troubled by this, but knows better than to try to intervene. In the tenth episode he goes into the cave to save Jeremy from Katherine. Stefan had a horse during his human years named Mezzanotte, which means "midnight" in Italian. He suggests that the bullets might just be steeped in vervain, but asks Bonnie if she has ever seen the writing on the bullets before. By that time however the Salvatore brothers have also find Katherine and Rebekah at the diner. Elena said that it was her father who'd turned on the porch lights to put an end to their first kiss. Stefan calls to Caroline, he too tells her about having visions of Elena and thinks he is going crazy, Caroline tells him that he isn't crazy and that something is happening because Elena too is having similar visions. Stefan, Damon, and Valerie are in a car together. Then they start talking about Markos and his travelers, Stefan says that they're not just going to let her take Tyler but Maria say that Tyler is gone for good and that Julian in Tyler's body he belongs with her. They start to talk about Elena and Damon relationship, and what they have to do with Markos, Stefan tell Damon that he will get Elena home safely but Damon want them both safe. ", In Before Sunset, Stefan appears the most upbeat he has been all season. Stefan helps Katherine to discover what is happening to Matt and what are the intentions of Gregor, Nadia's boyfriend . Caroline asks what he mean by "special" but Sloan interrupts telling her that it is none of their business. Stefan asks his brother what will happen when they find Elena, how are they going to make her come back home when they have in mind that she has also an original vampire on her side. In The Last Day, Stefan respects Elena's decision on using the Elixir that Elijah has to save her. Later, Stefan is walking around outside Mystic Grill on the phone with Klaus, trying to negotiate getting Klaus' hybrids on board with his plan. Damon then tells him that Lily plans to have them fractured and they make a plan about having a fake fight, while Stefan distracts her and Damon can look for the last member of the Heretics. Caroline says that Elena wouldn't come back to them because she lost everyone she cares about. Stefan takes away all the blood and gore of the scene, and all the bodies and then leads her to a crib, with a crying baby in it. Despite this, Stefan has engaged in fights with Damon numerous times since, sometimes besting him easily. Katherine says that she won't do that because the cure is the only way for her to get her freedom back. The news is on. He says he is Stefan Salvatore and they have a small chat until he becomes convinced that he is still inside of the Phoenix Stone. Elena brings up Damon and their trip to Denver but Stefan stops her saying, "If you and I find our way back to each other, you can tell me if you want to. At the Grill, Lily almost loses control. They discuss recent events, acknowledging that now they all know about the cure and will have to work together going forward. Before Nadia has a chance to read it, Stefan discovers the note. In the novels, Stefan was named after the first Christian martyr, St. Stephen.