The Sun and the Moon Curse The Sun and Moon curse was first mentioned in Bad Moon Rising by Vanessa Monroe, who explained it to Elena, Damon and Alaric. Rose revealed that the blood of a human Petrova doppelgänger, ergo Elena, was needed to break the curse.
Doppelgängers, also known as Shadow Selves or Mortal Shadow Selves, were a supernatural occurrence that were created by Nature. After Silas and Amara became true immortals by consuming Qetsiyah's immortality elixir, they violated the natural law that all living things must die.
The real curse was the hybrid curse: a curse placed on Klaus, an original vampire, to keep his werewolf side dormant. To break the curse, Klaus needed to sacrifice a werewolf, a vampire, and a doppelgänger, aka Elena. Thanks to some clever plot maneuvering, Elena lived to see another day after the curse was broken.
Powers. Shapeshifting: Doppelganger has the ability to turn into anyone, without the need for physical contact.
The Doppelgangers are Born
Over centuries, identical versions of Silas and Amara have been born and drawn to each other. The Travelers' leader, Markos, casts a spell on the two bloodlines of the doppelgangers to always find each other.
Tatia is the first doppelgänger of Amara, while Elena is the last. Both were killed by being drained of blood, by a Mikaelson brother—Elena was killed by Klaus while Tatia was killed by Elijah.
The Hybrid Curse was a curse placed on Niklaus Mikaelson by his mother, Esther, in an attempt to keep his werewolf side dormant and limit his power to that of an Original Vampire.
Their immortality had violated Nature's law that all living things must die, and so the doppelgängers came to exist as versions of Silas, Amara, and Ismene that could die.
Doppelganger, also known as Deathvoid, is a Demon composed of shadow that takes the same shape of his foes by refracting light in various directions. He is encountered as a boss in Devil May Cry 3 and Devil May Cry HD Collection.
As for why they escaped, Adelaide and the Tethered doppelgängers want the Untethering, which involves killing their aboveground counterparts and possibly taking their places.
On the night of the full moon, Klaus had Greta take Elena to the quarry in order to begin the sacrifice ritual. The final act of the sacrifice was to feed on the doppelgänger to her death. Klaus followed through with the sacrifice and fed on Elena's blood until she died and successfully broke his curse.
Last night, Vampire Diaries fans watched as Elena Gilbert was put into a magical coma when Kai linked her life to Bonnie's. So as long as Bonnie is alive, Elena can't be, which means that Elena went into a 60-plus year sleep in order to allow her best friend to attempt to find happiness.
After Elena was turned into a vampire, her blood became useless to Klaus and he could no longer create more hybrids.
Tatia (1st Petrova Doppelgänger): Tatia was born during the 10th century AD and lived in what would be the United States during the 10th century and was a contemporary of the Mikaelson Family.
It is revealed that Elena is a Petrova Doppelgänger(like Katherine and Nadia), which is thus responsible for her being identical to her ancestor, Katherine Pierce (née Katerina Petrova). This also has the implication of making her a supernatural creature.
Klaus is far more powerful than Silas because he's physically the second most powerful thing walking the planet (behind the Beast of the prophecy). Silas wasn't even as strong as a vampire, he's barely stronger than a human.
How likely is it that you actually have a doppelgänger? According to one study, the likelihood of two people sharing the exact facial features is less than 1 in 1 trillion. Put another way, there is only a one in 135 chance that a single pair of doppelgängers exists on our planet of more than 7 billion people.
Watch: Finding Your Doppelganger
Believe it or not, scientists say that statistically, every person has roughly SIX doppelgangers out there in the world. That means there are seven people with your face, including you, out there.
Powers and abilities
The Doppelganger's abilities are very similar to Spider-Man's, including superhuman agility, stamina, reflexes, and speed. While Spider-Man's superhuman strength limit is around 10 tons, the Spider-Doppelganger's superior strength can press approximately 65 tons.
Believe it or not, scientists say that statistically, every person has roughly SIX doppelgangers out there in the world. That means there are seven people with your face, including you, out there.
But does everyone have a doppelganger? There's a fairly decent chance of it, actually, thanks to the limited number of genes that influence facial features.
With Google way ahead of others in terms of image recognition, it's better to stick to Google Lens. All you have to do is to add your clear headshot and browse through the Visually Similar Images to find possible matches. This means that if your doppelgänger has uploaded their image on the Web, you can find them.
Jessica Vitalis is the author of The Wolf's Curse. She is a full-time writer with a previous career in business and an MBA from Columbia Business School. An American expat, she now lives in Canada with her husband and two daughters. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Most of the second season of The Vampire Diaries, The Originals' parent show, saw Klaus trying to unlock his werewolf side with a ritual, but while he finally managed to do so, fans of both series never actually saw Klaus transition on screen.
According to Rumplestiltskin, the curse came from the Black Fairy, who created it in order to protect her infant son from a prophecy.