Biography
Damon Salvatore is the older brother of Stefan Salvatore and a distant relative of Zach Salvatore. He was born in the 1800s and lived in the colonial town of Mystic Falls with his brother Stefan and his father, Giuseppe Salvatore. He became a vampire in 1864. At the time of his return to Mystic Falls, Damon and Stefan hadn't seen each other in fifteen years because of their bitter and violent relationship.
Damon’s sole purpose for coming back to Mystic Falls was to free Katherine Pierce, the vampire who turned him and the woman he loved. After realizing that Katherine never loved him, Damon started working with Stefan and Katherine’s descendent and doppelgänger, Elena Gilbert, with whom he fell in love with.
Damon is also the head of the Founder's Council, along with Sheriff Forbes and Carol Lockwood, and currently lives with Stefan in the Salvatore Boarding House. For the majority of the first season, Damon was the main antagonist, but during the later seasons, he cooperates with Stefan to protect Elena.
He was bitten by Tyler Lockwood, a werewolf, after freeing him during a full moon. He was saved when Katherine brought him the Klaus’ blood.
Damon is a member of the Salvatore Family and a member of the Founder's Council.
Damon’s sole purpose for coming back to Mystic Falls was to free Katherine Pierce, the vampire who turned him and the woman he loved. After realizing that Katherine never loved him, Damon started working with Stefan and Katherine’s descendent and doppelgänger, Elena Gilbert, with whom he fell in love with.
Damon is also the head of the Founder's Council, along with Sheriff Forbes and Carol Lockwood, and currently lives with Stefan in the Salvatore Boarding House. For the majority of the first season, Damon was the main antagonist, but during the later seasons, he cooperates with Stefan to protect Elena.
He was bitten by Tyler Lockwood, a werewolf, after freeing him during a full moon. He was saved when Katherine brought him the Klaus’ blood.
Damon is a member of the Salvatore Family and a member of the Founder's Council.
History
Damon was born to Giuseppe Salvatore and an unnamed mother on June 28, 1840 in the small town of Mystic Falls, Virginia. His little brother Stefan Salvatore is seven years younger than him, and the two were extremely close. He joined the Confederate Army at some point, coming back when he was on leave to spend time at the Salvatore Estate. It is unclear when Damon first met Katherine Pierce, but he left the Confederacy and returned to Mystic Falls to spend more time with her. His father disapproved of his poor sense of duty. It was also revealed during flashbacks that Damon knew exactly what Katherine was, a Vampire, and that he willingly drank her blood. She was also shown teaching him how to stop victims, and the two kissed while she still had blood on her lips. Damon wanted to give up his human life and spend eternity with Katherine, and he begged Stefan to keep the secret from their father, who was a member of the Founder's Council and a vampire-hater. When Stefan broke that promise, and Katherine was taken away by those hunting vampires, Damon was chastised by his father for trying to save her. He was furious with Stefan, but agreed to work with him to rescue her. In the midst of their daring plan, they were both shot and killed by Giuseppe, who was ashamed his sons fell for a vampire. They both had Katherine’s blood in their systems, but Damon awakened first and went to Fell's Church, where they were burning the vampires, to witness the fire being set.
Damon awakens after dying.When Stefan awakened the next morning, Damon told him that Katherine’s death meant his reason for living was gone, and he wouldn’t complete his transition into a vampire. When Stefan returned, having killed their father and fed on him, he forced Damon to drink from a young woman’s neck, completing his transition. He was not as volatile on blood, though, and he left Stefan’s company, disgusted with how he was acting and angered that Katherine had made him into a vampire as well. Damon also received a daylight ring from Emily Bennett, who told the brothers that she owed Katherine for saving her life. She told Damon that she’d spared the vampires in the church, but Damon didn’t tell Stefan this until one hundred and forty-five years later, when he would be able to free Katherine from the church.
Damon awakens after dying.When Stefan awakened the next morning, Damon told him that Katherine’s death meant his reason for living was gone, and he wouldn’t complete his transition into a vampire. When Stefan returned, having killed their father and fed on him, he forced Damon to drink from a young woman’s neck, completing his transition. He was not as volatile on blood, though, and he left Stefan’s company, disgusted with how he was acting and angered that Katherine had made him into a vampire as well. Damon also received a daylight ring from Emily Bennett, who told the brothers that she owed Katherine for saving her life. She told Damon that she’d spared the vampires in the church, but Damon didn’t tell Stefan this until one hundred and forty-five years later, when he would be able to free Katherine from the church.
Facts
- Damon was bitten by Tyler but receives the cure.
- Damon drinks coffee.
- Damon is extremely fond of dancing.
- Damon occasionally smokes cigars.
- Damon has a closet full of black leather jackets.
- Damon's favorite swear word is "dick".
- Damon doesn't like Taylor Swift but is willing to listen to her to impress girls.
- Damon likes pickles and thinks anybody who doesn't is crazy.
- Damon's favorite alcoholic beverage is Bourbon.
- Damon's favorite clothing brand is John Varvatos.
- Damon's favorite book is "Call of the Wild" by Jack London.
- Damon read a bit of one of the Twilight books at Caroline's and hated it, while reminiscing Anne Rice's vampire novels.
- Damon has read "Gone With The Wind," a classic romantic novel.
- Damon has a Blackberry Torch 9800.
- The first powers Damon was seen using are no longer on the TV show because they were considered too supernatural. They were controlling fog, flight, and using a crow to spy on people. The crow died in the same episode as Zach, early on in season one.
- Damon is starting to revert back to his old devious ways by season two.
- In the books, Damon is constantly shown as a very strong and powerful vampire. He has many powers and it is always noted that he really is an exceptionally powerful vampire. In the show, he is still very strong, but he is not compared to others like in the books. All of his unique powers are rarely shown in the show, nor is how he is naturally powerful compared to others.
- In the books, Damon is considered by others as very dangerous, sadistic, and cruel. In the series, Damon is manipulative and cruel at first, but changes to help Elena in the search for information about Katherine and protects her from being taken by Klaus; he helps Stefan to protect Elena from constant hazards and makes a promise that will keep them safe and away from the tomb; Caroline as Damon gives his blood to her to prevent her death.
- Damon, at one point, had sexual relationships with the three first characters to have an episode named after them:
- Isobel Saltzman had a affair with him before and possibly after he turned her into a vampire. She begged him to turn her, and they seemed to revive their sexual relationship once she returned, but he was actually just playing her.
- Rose slept with him after they both got drunk. He developed true feelings for her, but staked her to put her out of her suffering after Jules bit her.
- Katherine Pierce had a sexual relationship with him in 1864. After her return, they nearly had sex but were interrupted when Katherine declared she never loved him. He believed he was in love with her, but has recently moved on.
- In the books, Damon owns a black Ferrari but in the series he drives a blue Camaro convertible.
- Damon shows friendship and loyalty to Elena and Stefan and others like Bonnie, Caroline, Alaric, and Jeremy.
- Damon and Stefan are roughly 350 years younger than their novel counterparts.
- Damon was the second vampire to be bitten by a werewolf after Rose and before Katherine, and the second to be cured, after Katherine.
- Damon is comforted by Elena in his "final moments" similar to how Damon comforts Rose in hers, both because of werewolf bites.
- In the books, Damon has the ability to shapeshift into a crow and wolf. In the series, Damon can control a crow and the mist but they were removed from the plot early on.
- In the series, Damon shares one big difference with Damon from the books: Damon in the books, loves being a vampire and he tried to return to that state when he was accidentally turned into a human; Damon in the series seems to love his hedonist life style as a vampire but, as he said to Jessica, he misses being human beyond anything else.
- Damon has kissed a Petrova Doppelgänger in two season finales. He kissed Katherine in the first season finale, and Elena in the second season finale.
- Damon has killed the most characters in the series: 25.
- Damon is the fourth character who kills Elijah, following Alaric, Elena, and Klaus.
- Damon has become friends with every character he failed to kill except Klaus.
- Damon's exact age has never been stated in the series but he tells Alaric he is in his 160s, making his age between 162 and 169.
- Damon usually wears black.
- Damon along with Elena and Stefan are only main characters who has appear in all episodes.
- He is connected by blood with both Petrova Doppelgängers: Elena and Katherine. He was turned into a vampire by Katherine's blood and Elena was turned into a vampire with Damon's blood.
- Damon often makes references to the characteristics of other characters by nicknames.
- Caroline - Blondie, Barbie
- Bonnie - Witchy
- Vanessa - Hottie
- Matt - Busboy, Quarterback
- Rebekah - Barbie Klaus, She Devil
Quotes
- Because I live in the real world, where vampires burn in the sun.
- You’re dead, dude. Get over it. It’s cool not growing old.
- I like being the eternal stud. I get to you. You find yourself drawn to me. You think about me even when you don’t want to think about me. I bet you even dreamed about me.
- Not bad. Have you been eating bunnies?
- You have two choices. You can feed and make her forget. Or you can let her run, screaming “vampire” through the town square.
- Thank god! Couldn’t take another day of the 90′s. That horrible grunge look did not suit you. Remember Stefan, it’s important to stay away from fads!
- I promised you an eternity of misery, so I’m just keeping my word.
- You’re dead, dude. Get over it. It’s cool not growing old.
- I like being the eternal stud. I get to you. You find yourself drawn to me. You think about me even when you don’t want to think about me. I bet you even dreamed about me.
- Not bad. Have you been eating bunnies?
- You have two choices. You can feed and make her forget. Or you can let her run, screaming “vampire” through the town square.
- Thank god! Couldn’t take another day of the 90′s. That horrible grunge look did not suit you. Remember Stefan, it’s important to stay away from fads!
- I promised you an eternity of misery, so I’m just keeping my word.