About The Originals
The Originals follows the Mikaelsons, the oldest and deadliest family of vampires in existence, as they return to New Orleans, the city they helped build centuries ago. At the center stands Klaus, the original vampire-werewolf hybrid, who learns that a young witch named Davina is being exploited by his former protege Marcel, the self-styled king now ruling the French Quarter. What begins as a power grab becomes something far more personal when Klaus discovers a child is on the way.
Driven by the family motto, always and forever, the Mikaelsons fight to reclaim their home from rival witch covens, restless werewolf packs, and the ambitious vampires who fill the streets. Klaus, Elijah, and Rebekah scheme and bleed for control, but every victory carries a cost, and the loyalty that binds them is tested again and again by betrayal, prophecy, and the ghosts of a thousand years. New Orleans itself becomes a character, a city of music, magic, and old grudges that refuse to die.
Across five seasons the story widens to take in love, sacrifice, and the long shadow of an immortal family trying to find redemption. It is a tale of monsters who long to be more than monsters, and of the fragile humanity they protect even as they threaten to destroy it. The series stars Joseph Morgan as Klaus, Daniel Gillies as Elijah, and Phoebe Tonkin as Hayley.