Tyler Lockwood

The mayor’s son starts out as the school’s arrogant jock. When he accidentally kills someone he triggers his family’s werewolf curse and turns at every full moon.

Klaus makes him a hybrid and binds him through a sire bond. Tyler breaks free of it and becomes Klaus’s bitter enemy. His love for Caroline lasts several seasons.

His path is marked by loss: both his parents die, and Tyler has to decide again and again which side of him is stronger.