Alaric finds them and calls out to Lizzie. Jen is sure they can't. Three years passed, and Alaric and Damon reunited. After Professor Vardemus is revealed to be a disguise used by Ryan Clarke, Alaric is reinstated in his role as Headmaster in This Christmas Was Surprisingly Violent. Jo starts to think they should elope and Alaric jokes with saying the same thing. She thanks him and he tells her he has one last confession. Hope is awake and stops him, but she hesitates. " He is the new headmaster after a lengthy search headlined by Caroline Forbes," explains Plec. In less horrifically depressing news, this week's episode also served up a big. Not being able to cast another spell is something she'd miss, particularly with Lizzie and Josie. [3] "Ric" Saltzman is a main character of The Vampire Diaries and Legacies. She tells him she's marrying an idiot and that he could've died. In This is What It Takes, Alaric is surprised and confused when Hope arrives at the Salvatore School claiming to know about the supernatural community, particularly about the existence of Malivore. He tells her he would like to have the baby and that the moment isn't a pity proposal. Wade tells her that she does damage to Ken, but he's still standing. Alaric is angry at Stefan's sentiments, believing he treated Caroline wrongly, however Stefan expresses that he was in a difficult situation back then, but has changed. He calls Jenna and apologizes for not meeting her. Alaric and Landon continue to try and figure out the sphinx's riddle, though Alaric becomes frustrated and decides to give up. He reminded him of what happened when Jo's body had been inhabited by a soul from the Phoenix Stone and said that if Stefan's soul had gone into a human body, then he had about three days to live. The sphinx steps out from behind him. If they do that, they're guaranteeing that someone's going to die. He told them that the Del Robles bloodline had ended and someone from that family was buried with the Hollow's bone they protected. Cleo is obviously an oracle and they see things that will happen. She tells him she has nowhere to go. At the end of the episode, he is seen moving back into the Gilbert House. Valerie refused so Rayna broke free to do the deed herself, knocking out Valerie. Scared by the implication, Alaric frantically called MG for an update and to give them an update also but was frustrated by the fact that the team had already split up. Tyler drives his truck through the maze, hurting many people, including Alaric. However, Josette was brutally murdered by Kai Parker at their wedding, seemingly along with their unborn children. She can't rest because all of this is her fault. Alaric receives an impromptu visit from Dorian, who was called by Josie. As Hope runs through another simulation, Alaric and the other come to her side; Kaleb, MG, and the others taking the next hits for her. She questions Landon about how he can help her. Caroline is visibly distracted by her encounter with Stefan, and Alaric tells her that they can pretend he doesn't exist; she remarks that she is fine, however. MG is already there and presents him with a specially crafted cane and they embrace in a hug. Headmaster Alaric Saltzman, McGonagall style Okay, so we know that McGonagall became headmaster after the Battle of Hogwarts and led the school for a number of years before retiring to a. He asks her how she is and the baby, and Jo pulls a sonogram out of her pocket and shows it to him. Despite the hospital's policy, Alaric paid the pathologist off to keep Jo's body longer than was allowed. His arrival has been long-awaited, and it looks like he's got some interesting plans in store for the students. In I'd Leave My Happy Home For You, Alaric is at his desk grading papers when he gets a call from Jo and she tells him that tonight is her last shift as a single woman and she can't wait to marry him. That is why he changed his mind about Hope, though he came to realize that if they could have turned out so well, so could she. Later Damon needed Alaric to enter a cave in which he can't enter. It is revealed that Jo is in the body bag as Alaric zips it up. He is a former recurring character of first half of Season One, Season Four and Season Five. Lizzie is a hybrid and she has the best chance of surviving, admittedly, it's not really much of one. Alaric was surprised and somewhat disappointed, having believed Valerie's certainty. How To Become a Headmaster. After Landon makes the first wish, Alaric isn't sent back with Landon and the Necromancer to the real world. He deserves to be trapped here with all of his regret. Speaking at San Diego Comic-Con in July, Davis confirmed that Alaric is no. As Ken subverts this plan, Alaric, MG, and Lizzie rush through the trees. Ben truthfully tells him that he does hate his father and that he was a fool to think that he could save the school from his wrath or free Jed of his curse. At some point, Isobel gave him a ring and told him to always wear it. This however only made matters worse as the dragon was unfazed and transformed into its true form and attacked again. Hope can't be the one to perform the spell. Valerie told him that when the Phoenix Stone was destroyed, all of the vampire souls inside had been released and found new bodies, some human and some vampire. Her life force drops to 40%. In Our Town, Alaric is with Elena at his house, training. However, as he goes to get her, she has already left with Jeremy. Hope warns Alaric to explain the Merge to his daughters given they have nearly figured it out or she will tell them. For too long, Alaric hasn't been consistent in that area, either because of his drinking or because his personal demons gained in The Vampire Diaries have gotten in the way. The Necromancer emerges from the crypt back to his former self. He leaves a message to Elena explaining how becoming a vampire has ruined his dating life too. While on the trip, he got drunk regularly, apparently trying to drown his sorrows away. As usual, though, the incredibly hard-to-kill Headmaster proved once again that for Alaric Saltzman, dying is something that happens to other people. Alaric has aged like a fine wine, and so has his clothing choice. Josie believes that it could not be anyone they knew as they would have keepsakes, and Alaric agrees. Liv giggles when he says the lesson is on resurrection. He believes that the Necromancer can bring him and Landon back to life and leaving him to use the third and final wish to reach Peace. He fears he must be losing his mind because he thinks Ben was telling the truth. Needing something of significance to tether to her, Alaric offered the psychic his wedding ring. She confirms that it is, though questions where they got the drawing. The choice is hers and hers alone to make. Although disapproving, they keep going. It is a spin-off of The Originals and features characters from both that series and its predecessor, The Vampire Diaries. At the end of the episode, Alaric gives Damon The Cure. Damon goads it into following him while Alaric and Elena go back to the car. As somebody who's made their fair share of mistakes, he believes that the trick to atonement is to ask the people that you've wronged how to earn it, instead of deciding for them. Alaric and Damon then arrive at the cemetery and Damon is complaining that even though they are going up against Kai together, Alaric still won't talk to him. Hope creates a barrier that throws Aurora off her feet. Ben's spirit is crushed as his cups Jed's lifeless face. This shows that Alaric will not only be watching over Elena and Jeremy, but Damon as well. Alaric often trusts Hope to handle supernatural threats that threaten the school, which also establishes a professional relationship between these two. They find a unicorn has triggered the alarm and both Alaric and Dorian are intent on killing the unicorn, however Hope is able to convince them otherwise, citing that it is a harmless unicorn. Their actions end badly, and Hope ends up trapped in the Necromancer's mind. With a description of the monster, Alaric searches through texts when MG approaches him. Stefan eventually answers Damon's call, and it is revealed that Bonnie is in trouble. Hope tells him that he'll have to take his own advice. The Necromancer laughs at the surprising new developments to Alaric's life in the mortal world. Lizzie asks about Sebastian, and Alaric tells him that Sebastian chose to leave the school. As he is talking with Seline he is interrupted by Dorian. Alaric invites Emma to get dinner with him sometime, however she reveals that she recently started seeing someone. She explains that Kaleb was supposed to be but when MG came to them with a plan to take on Hope, he didn't believe her to be so powerful anymore. Elated, Hope questions if he's keeping the school open. His bank account password is "Vampslayer". Georgie asks him why he is afraid to explore the tunnels in the vault. Alaric is angry at the whole ordeal and blames Caroline for what has happened. Alaric, however, admits that the punishment fits the crime and Kaleb is a danger to wider society should the behaviors continue. Alaric leaves and wants MG, Kaleb, Lizzie, and Josie to reconvene in the library, though only MG and Kaleb follow. He recognized Damon Salvatore as the vampire who "killed" Isobel at a party and confronted him. Hope comes out the door. Each time he died with the ring on, he'd be met by Esther Mikaelson on the The Other Side, and in the brief period before the ring revived him, she would speak with him and nurture his negative feelings toward vampires and how they had affected his life; turning Isobel and killing Jenna. Bonnie arrived, having had more nightmares from the Phoenix Stone, and asked Alaric if he had destroyed it like he said he would. Ken has arrived at the school. Alaric, Hope, and Rafael traveled to the last place Landon was seen - the charred bus off Route 29. Alaric explains the dangers they face, and that he is finally being honest with the students and will not lie about what lies ahead for them. There he and Hope encountered Landon Kirby, an old friend of Hope and the foster brother of the werewolf, Rafael Waithe. While Landon attempts to promote teamwork to figure out the riddle, the Necromancer is too angry with Alaric and decides to take a nap. MG, too. Alaric is then taken to the hospital. 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