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    by kiki, she/her, 28+, intj.    

    TL;DR.     minors and non-rp blogs dni. mature topics will appear here, but nothing taboo. basic etiquette and human decency please: no weird or gross behaviors, and be respectful. moots may "bug" me however and whenever, feel free to ask for my discord! please don't use fancy fonts, all caps, or courier new font with me. cw for violence, death, blood, usfw, trauma, patricide, mature subjects. mutuals only.

    ONE.     i am in no way affiliated with klaus, joseph, or the source materials referenced here. my take on him is my own however, and my icons / edits are also mine. do not lift anything from this blog. credits: ariapsds and fossaed.

    TWO.     to be clear, klaus is a villain, though sometimes an antihero if it suits him. please refrain from assuming a relationship with him, as he won't go along with that. he has a circle of people he cares about, and everyone outside of that is simply chopped liver. unless we've plotted something out at least a little bit, he will not respond well to random people being pushy, threatening, antagonistic, too familiar, etc. klaus has a short temper, so if you have your character approach klaus in a way that could be perceived as any of the above, please be aware you are sending them to interact with an exceptionally volatile character; he is very likely to respond violently, up to and including murder. with this clearly stated in my rules, i will respond to things under the assumption that people are aware of this and accept it. if you are not comfortable with it, that's perfectly fine! that just means we need to figure out something else out / discuss things beforehand.

    THREE.     i am mutuals only, and tbh i really follow based on vibes. things that will prevent me from following: rules or posts that are off-putting (i.e. they’re aggressive, accusatory or rude etc), you post a lot of vagues, uncut and untagged posts, you have no rules or info about your character available (exceptions will be made if we're mutuals on another account). i will now write with an ian somerhalder fc, but i'd prefer going iconless / without gifs. interest trackers lowkey stress me out, so i seldom do them, and i don't interact with "like to stay mutuals" posts. just please know if i follow you, i want to write with you <3

    FOUR.     please hardblock if breaking a mutual following, and i will do the same. if i unfollowed you but you're still following me, there's a 99% chance it was a glitch. you're welcome to message me once to check.

    FIVE.     i'm not picky with formatting, and am fine with icons, gif icons, gifs etc. my writing style is rather simple, more book style rather than heavily edited. that said, i don't mind at all what format you use, but i won't try to match it if it's heavily edited; if you're okay with that though, then so am i! i can't grasp very flowery writing / purple prose, so i'm unlikely to follow anyone who writes this way. feel free to rb answered asks! continuing them in a new post is fine too.

    SIX.     i will occasionally go through my following list and unfollow blogs that have been inactive for a couple months without warning. if you become active again, feel free to unfollow and refollow me so i know you've returned and we can be mutuals again! please don't do this in an attempt to get me to follow you back - it won't work.

    SEVEN.     please lmk at any time if you need me to adjust something for your accessibility when writing with me! font size, spacing, what image i use, etc. it'll never bother me, and i want writing with me to be as easy as possible. please don't use fancy font or all caps, in replies to me; courier new font causes heavy eye strain for me, so if your carrd features a lot of it, i'm unwilling to try and read it and therefore won't follow you.

    EIGHT.     mutuals, you are always welcome to randomly send me memes - when i reblog a prompt, there is no expiration date on it. send in one (or many) whenever you feel like it! you'll never bother me, and it's the best way to get an interaction going.

    NINE.     mature content will be prevalent, including canon-typical violence that comes with the crime genre, and sexual themes. i am unlikely to tag things that go with these genres (such as blood and violence). seeing as they will make frequent appearances, it may be better for you not to follow me if these subjects bother you. i enjoy exploring dark themes, and am game to write just about anything; that said, i will never write rape/non-con, pedophilia, incest, etc. all sexual content will be tagged with usfw or suggestive.

    TEN.     i will not write with underage muns. i am not very comfortable writing with underage characters either, and will likely not do it. exceptions will be made for immortal muses, and for muns i'm familiar / comfortable with.

    ELEVEN.     i don't participate in callout culture, but simply ask that anything of that nature is tagged. i am not interested in policing what other people write or who they write with; if i don't like something, i simply don't engage with it. i am also not interested in drama of any sort, save for if it directly involves me, so unless someone is truly dangerous and there's evidence of that, please leave me out of it. i'm simply here to write and have fun.

    TWELVE.     i'll be first to admit that i live to ship and ship to live, so please let me know if you’re interested in shipping with klaus! i would love all sorts of dynamics for him. as for romantic shipping, i'm very open to that as well, chemistry really being the only prerequisite i have. however, it's important to note: klaus is not kind or loving, at least not in a normal way. any romantic ships with him would be complex and highly likely on the toxic side, as he is bound to be overly possessive and obsessive. klefan is my main ship, but i am open to most others. klaroline would require heavy plotting. ships i am not interested in writing romantically (subject to change): klayley, klaus x genevieve, klaus x aurora.            mutuals are welcome to approach me about a potential ship at any time.

Bonds.

important note. i will seldom do exclusives for canon characters, and i expect the status of mains and / or exclusives to be mutual!

Dossier.

    BASICS.    

full name.    niklaus mikaelson.
aka.    klaus, nik, the hybrid, the original hybrid, the big bad wolf, klaus the mad, etc.
date of birth.    early april, bronze age.
age.    mid 20s / 6000+.
zodiac.    aries.
gender.    cis man.
pronouns.    he + him.
occupation.    varies, but always an artist and menace.

    PSYCHE.    

mental. c-ptsd, antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, paranoid personality disorder, + narcissistic personality disorder, all undiagnosed. explanation.
physical. excellent. even if he didn't do exercise regularly, as an original, he would still be immensely strong & fit.
phobias. autophobia, mild claustrophobia.
eyesight. perfect.
drug use. nothing currently.
alcohol. he's an alcoholic.
diet. he eats fairly well, but does enjoy indulging in some of the less than healthy cuisines of new orleans from time to time.
+ traits. charismatic, adaptive, shrewd, fun-loving, suave, daring.
- traits. cruel, barbaric, unpredictable, willful, vain, greedy.
hogwarts house. slytherin.
enneagram type. type 8, the challenger.
moral alignment. chaotic neutral.
mbti. entj, the executive.

    PHYSICAL.    

faceclaim.    joseph morgan.
hair.    curly.
hair color.    dirty blonde / brunette.
eyes.    dark blue.
height.    6'5.
build.    tall and muscular.
skin.    smooth and runs hot (106°F).
blood type.    ab negative.
scent.    velvety sandalwood, earthy, musk with a base note of rich amber and dark, warm vanilla.
dominant hand.    right.
scars.    a line a couple inches above his heart (and a matching one on his back) from when mikael pinned him to a tree with his sword while sparring.
tattoos.    a feather on his left bicep that fades into birds across his left collarbone. a half sun on his right wrist to match the half moon on stefan's (@salvatoraes) left wrist.
piercings.    his left earlobe.
notable features.    his height, dimples, his intense gaze, the mark of ansel around his right bicep.

    SEX / ROMANCE.    

romantic orientation.    demiromantic.
sexual orientation.    bisexual.
sexual role. heavily dominant, but has the potential to be a switch if he's with someone he trusts.
libido. normal to low when he's single, very high when he has a lover.
love language. words of affirmation and quality time.
relationship habits.    if becoming interested in someone, he tends to take fancy to them quickly, an attachment forming fast. he is possessive, overbearing, quick to be jealous, and just the most all the time. but he does make for a very devoted lover, refusing to sway from his chosen person. continued.

    FAMILY.    

parents.    ansel and esther. mikael, stepfather.
siblings.    freya, finn, elijah, kol, rebekah, henrik.
children.    hope mikaelson.
pets.    a malamute named prince.

    BOOK CANON.    

full name.    klaus.
age. 6000+.
birthplace. somewhere in europe.
species.    old one.
occupation. nomadic traveler.
eye color.     'electric' blue.
hair.    platinum blonde / nearly white.
skin.    pale and smooth, runs cold.
affiliation.    the old ones, himself.
moral alignment. chaotic evil.
warning: actually insane, do try to avoid him.

    BACKSTORY.    

ㅤmany millennia ago, there was a couple in love by the names of silas and qetsiyah. in a bid to be together forever, qetsiyah, an extraordinarily powerful witch, created the immortality spell. silas betrayed her by giving the elixir to his true love amara, the two of them becoming the world's first true immortals. centuries later, another powerful witch used a modified version of this spell and the blood of amara's doppelgänger to protect her family from the threat of werewolves. however, the spirits retaliated against her for this, and she had turned her family into the bastardized version of the immortals - original vampires. (the rest of this essentially follows canon, so i won't blather on; but basically, everything happened much further back.)ㅤdue to his mother forcing his wolf side into dormancy, klaus spent the next six thousand years trying to break the curse suppressing his wolf. this proved to be exceedingly difficult however, as new doppelgängers were an exceedingly rare commodity. even with the fictional sun and moon curse in place, he rarely heard even a whisper of one existing. he finally struck gold upon finding katerina petrova in the 1400s, only for her to ruin his plans. infuriatingly, he had to wait even more centuries for another chance. upon finding elena gilbert, he made certain to cover his bases, and finally broke his curse, becoming the true original hybrid he was always meant to be.

    EXTRAS.    

what does your heart look like?ㅤiced over, out of the sun. your heart is very lonely, isn’t it? is your fortress of ice self-made? are others afraid of you, or are you afraid of them? are you afraid of hurting them, or of being hurt? vulnerability and connection can be frightening, but that’s no reason to shy away from their light, to tuck yourself small into corners, to build up frigid walls to keep yourself from feeling. you will heal when you allow yourself to draw closer to the flames and thaw.
how do you need to be touched?ㅤyou crave a hug that cracks your ribs… the feeling of your wandering soul being crushed back into the bones that can’t seem to hold it. you need a hand gripping yours so tightly you almost fear it may leave a bruise, a reminder that you are here. and that you are not alone.

    HEADCANONS.    

• headcanons,
• study,
• aesthetic,
• images.

    PERSONALITY.    

with this ( ... ) immortality came a terrible hunger.
ㅤand no one felt this hunger more than niklaus.due to klaus' status of being a hybrid and an original (and possibly also due to his untapped witch potential), he has to drink far more blood than the average vampire to sustain himself - but no matter how much he feeds, he never truly feels satiated. he can easily go through numerous victims in mere moments, as he tends to feed in a frenzy, likely in part to his werewolf side. while self control is likely something he could have perfected by now, he's never seen any reason to; partially due to his lack of true empathy for his victims, and partially because he already believes he's a beast, so why bother? this enduring hunger can be seen mirrored in aspects of his personality as well, such as his perpetual paranoia and his infinite craving for affection.

ㅤㅤㅤin your paranoid mind, nobody can be trusted!
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤwhere does it end?
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤthere is no end!klaus' boundless paranoia is already well-known in canon, so i wanna talk more about him both craving and fearing affection, along with his deep-seated dread. klaus has committed many great sins, but most of them stem from two main thoughts: ❛❛ he doesn't feel safe, and doesn't know what to do about it. ❜❜ & ❛❛ is that what this is about? you just don't want to be alone? ❜❜ he has been persecuted, abused, beaten and hunted by his own 'father' for his entire life, along with constantly being belittled and insulted by him. while klaus has worked so hard to earn the infamy to become the monster under the bed of other monsters, he himself has been haunted by a monster he deeply fears for a thousand years. and while mikael hunted all of them, his deranged hatred of klaus above the rest was exceedingly clear. and so klaus needed to be stronger, meaner, needed to have an army and even more power for when mikael inevitably returned. but even with all that, he never truly feels safe. and so his endless quest for more power only continues, even after mikael is dead. in his mind, there will always be the next enemy that comes for him, and he needs to be ready.

ㅤㅤyou are klaus mikaelson!ㅤyou are the most ruthless,
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤwicked beast to ever live!and yet, he wants nothing more than to experience unconditional love, but it invariably seems to be out of his reach. he's always expected this from his family, no matter how unrealistic that is. he tends to view romantic interests for his siblings as threats (when it comes to rebekah especially), as he knows them being in love will lead to them leaving. in his mind, he should always come first to them, and anything less is an insult and a threat to their family. and though his siblings are often justified in standing against him, these are betrayals he feels deeply every time; he tends to be unwilling to see any fault of his own that lead to these betrayals, instead viewing it as an attack. and while elijah and rebekah have shown to stick by him the most over the centuries, they've both still chosen others over him and betrayed him at different points, and his twisted mind struggles to see anything beyond those slights. so while he desperately seeks love and loyalty, he fears being vulnerable and experiencing the inevitable moment they leave him or choose another over him. his own family (of course starting with his parents) have consistently done this over the course of his life, so how could he expect differently of those not bound to him by blood?ㅤㅤyou are a cruel, wretched thing, and unworthy of anyone's love.many say klaus feels nothing at all, including himself - but in reality, he feels far too much and too strongly. he deeply loves his siblings, but doesn't believe they love him the same (their father didn't, so how could anyone else?), fears them abandoning him, and so he daggers them. he doesn't believe he can inspire or earn the loyalty he covets, so he forces it. he is one of the most powerful creatures who ever lived, and yet he's never powerful enough to assuage the fear daddy dearest instilled in him - the fear of mikael himself, the fear of no one ever truly loving him, the fear of being alone for all time. he's never loved enough to make himself feel worthy of it; having hope was the closest he ever got, but even then, the fear of becoming his father and tainting her with the evil he held within himself shadowed his relationship with her. the beast within him forces him to feed like he's starved, but he can never feed enough to feel fully satiated. klaus has a gaping maw of hunger deep within him that affects every part of him, and he doesn't know how he'll ever fill it - or if he even can.

Lore.

    VAMPIRE SIDE.    

    WITCH SIDE.    

due to being a descendent of a very powerful witch bloodline, klaus is able to practice expression despite being a vampire. in the process of becoming a vampire, his witch side was ripped from him. he thought that side of him was lost forever, creating much of his resentment and animosity he has towards witches. they had a connection to what he had lost, and that bothered him. it wasn't until he discovered the existence of expression that the door to witchcraft was reopened to him. it is a form of magic that is not bound by the laws of nature, and thanks to his connection to such a prominent and massively powerful bloodline, the ability to use expression is available to him.expression is a form of extremely dark and powerful sorcery that supposedly draws on energy that is so malicious it would demolish the world if it were ever called into existence. unbiased details and history of expression remain unknown; however, according to a witch named nandi, the forces of expression are considered so powerful that many witches discredit it as magic, for it expands beyond the limitations of both ancient and modern witchcraft. some believe expression is neither benevolent nor malevolent, but instead a neutral source of power that is not monitored by nature, and thus can be used however a witch sees fit.so far, it's been seen that a witch would need to draw power from very dark and / or notable events happening nearby to use expression, such as sacrifices. however, due to klaus' age, strength and being a powerful being like the original hybrid, he's able to draw plenty of power from himself. in addition, due to how often he takes lives, he draws energy from them as well. still, he can definitely overextend himself, causing harm to himself up to and including temporary death.it is currently unknown what all expression is capable of, though it seems to be near limitless. it is heavily affected by the emotions of the wielder, and this is both a benefit and a detriment to klaus, given how emotional he is already. he can draw a lot of power from his emotions, but his outbursts can easily make the expression go out of control, which can be dangerous to those around him.he has not been using this ability for long, and is still very much learning how to use and control it. due to the dark nature of expression, it's not as though he can go to other witches and ask to learn how to use it. it's a very much learn as you go process, and due to the danger it poses to others, he practices in secluded or abandoned areas.his eyes are blue while using expression, and dark veins very similar to the ones that appear under his eyes when showing his true vampire face appear over much of his body.

    WEAKNESSES.    

    WEREWOLF SIDE.    

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ♡ art by malka-lisitsa ♡

    WEAKNESSES CONT.    

Verses.

    ARC ONE.    

    au tvd;        follows canon with a few notable changes, as follows:• klaus meets the newly turned stefan (@salvatoraes) when living in italy in 1509, and helped him adjust to immortality, along with falling deeply in love with him. they became lovers and lived together until klaus had to flee from mikael again, but his love for stefan has remained with him since then. this applies for all tvdu based verses, unless writing with a different stefan.
• klaus kills damon for interfering with the sacrifice, and thus stefan never comes to him for a cure and he doesn't force stefan to come with him. elena is saved by elijah's elixir, and all the people damon needlessly killed after that survive.
• klaus returns to mystic falls when he learns why he can't make any hybrids, and as a way to smooth things over, agrees to a deal with elena. he accepts collecting 10 pints of her blood over so many months, and only turning werewolves willing to become hybrids. as a result, he chooses candidates carefully, and doesn't force any of them to turn. he is now the alpha of a true pack, a pack that he cares about and that care about him. he and his pack live in mf until they leave for nola at the start of to.
• i would love it if he's never daggered his siblings, but don't want to force that change on anyone. so please let me know if you'd like to explore that!
• he and elijah don't die - instead, they split the hollow up again into numerous dark objects, spreading them in very obscure places around the globe; deep in the amazon, at the bottom of oceans, buried in the vastness of deserts, etc.
• i won't be watching legacies, but am happy to plot how to fit him into that show.
• i don't ship canon klaroline / don't acknowledge him pursuing her for so long, or them sleeping together. details.

    ARC TWO.    

    canon tvd;        follows canon much more strictly up to end of the originals, with only these changes: klaus and elijah don't die, they trap the hollow in dark objects placed in obscure locations around the globe, and my klaroline changes. if you are unfamiliar with his story, you're welcome to follow this link to his wiki page. wiki link.

    ARC THREE.    

    the books;        living in a german village, he turned katherine back in the late 15th century after a maid begged him to help her dying young mistress. nothing more is known about klaus' whereabouts when, one day, in 1491, katherine returned to the german village to find him. the two then spent the next five centuries together. klaus was rather cruel to her, teaching her to become a significantly tougher, stronger vampire, and over time with his influence, she becomes power-hungry and insane, utterly losing her childlike innocence and naiveté. at some point, however, katherine eventually attempts to kill klaus, evidently believing that she has succeeded. he received word of katherine's death in 1992, and headed to fell's church for revenge; and so began his reign of terror on the small town.• klaus is very different in this verse; he is insane, cruel, cares for nothing and no one other than himself. he genuinely makes show klaus look like a well-adjusted saint; do not expect any sort of kindness or goodness from him in this verse. he will not put up with disrespect, and will react violently if challenged. please do not have your muse be snarky with him and not expect him to react ten fold.

    ARC FOUR.    

    supernatural;        klaus is the alpha vampire, aka the progenitor of the species. it is unknown exactly how old he is, but he mentions he was "the thing in the dark" when humans first built fire, as well has having lived through "continental divide", implying he's hundreds of thousands, if not over a million years old. in general, he's mainly focused on ruling the vampire race, but his goals and what he's doing can vary by the season. very open to plotting, this doesn't have to be his story for this verse!

    ARC FIVE.    

    twilight;        follows twilight lore. klaus is one of six originals, who were all turned or created by unknown means over five thousand years ago. however, once the volturi began to come to power, aro used his coven of gifted vampires and the help of several powerful witches to lock the originals away. they were too powerful, too cruel, and aro could never have world domination while they walked the earth. they have been entombed ever since; until now. klaus has been stirring, and has finally resurfaced after millennia. he is as vicious as ever, and now deeply vengeful towards the volturi. his personality is essentially the same as is in his main verse, and he's a vampire gifted with weather manipulation.

    ARC SIX.    

    humanity;        klaus is human, has always been human, and was born in the 1980s. i'm not all too sure what exactly i'd do with him in this verse, but it'd be fun to see him as a complete antitheist of his usual self. well, his ego is likely to be very similar, he just won't have the same power to back it up.

    ARC SEVEN.    

    crime;        klaus is essentially a mobster oc; he can be human again in this verse, or some supernatural creature. he's a high up member of the mafia, with the personality and cruelty to match. much of his canon stuff applies here, such as the abuse he suffered due to his stepfather, mikael.

    ARC EIGHT.    

    apocalyptic;        a general verse for when interacting with muses set in apocalypse universes or sources. before whatever apocalyptic event hit, klaus had a family; a wife and a daughter. he lost them both, and is most likely currently surviving on his own. he's probably much more somber than in his regular verses, not finding the humor in really anything like he used to.

    ARC NINE.    

    tomb raider;        klaus is a fellow tomb raider, and probably has some level of rapport with lara and the other characters. he could be on trinity's side, or more likely working only for himself. he still has his devil may care attitude.

    ARC TEN.    

    baldur's gate 3;        he's most likely a companion, but can also be written with as tav. he's both a high elf sorcerer vampire (or a spawn, whichever is easier / makes more sense) and the dark urge. he can either be found on the nautiloid in the beginning, or in withers' crypt; having freshly killed and fed upon the looters (but hiding that fact). he's very similar to his main verse, but more quiet and twitchy due to his durge status.

    ARC ELEVEN.    

    au tvd based off canon;        following mikael's demise in s3 and the mystic falls gang's failure to kill klaus as well, bonnie enacted plan b: she cast a spell that wiped his memories of his life as a vampire, sending his mind back to when he was still human. he finds himself in new orleans, in a world that looks completely different from what he knows and clearly missing a large chunk of time. he's alone until he spots katherine, latching onto her as she is familiar to him even without his memories. the original hybrid remembers nothing of his life as being the monster among monsters, and has essentially returned to who he was when he was human - simply with power and a deep-seated rage he doesn't know what to do with. he won't recognize anyone but his family, having at most an odd feeling of familiarity with anyone he met after becoming a vampire. he will be confused and almost childlike, his usual arrogance nowhere to be found.atm, i'm selective with whom i will write this verse with; really only muns i'm comfy with. you're free to ask, but please don't take it personally if i'm not down for it!! <3