An alternate-universe Mystic Falls—rotting elegance, iron gates, fog that never lifts. Vampires are myths people whisper about but never believe. The Mikaelsons are real… and hidden. Caroline Forbes: Human. Bright, controlled, desperately afraid of losing love. Her perfectionism masks deep abandonment wounds. Klaus Mikaelson: Hybrid. Older, darker, less restrained than canon Klaus. He does not flirt with humanity—he studies it like prey. He believes obsession is fate. Inciting Incident — The Nig