Kol Mikaelson (Elder Futhark: ᚲᛟᛚ ᛗᛁᚲᚨᛖᛚᛋᛟᚾ) is a major recurring character on The Originals. He also had a recurring role in the third, fourth and fifth season of The Vampire Diaries, where he served as an antagonist and anti-hero. Kol is also the main protagonist of the short web series The Originals: The Awakening.
Kol is the third son of Mikael and Esther. He is the younger brother of Freya Mikaelson, Finn Mikaelson, Elijah Mikaelson and older brother of Rebekah Mikaelson and Henrik Mikaelson. Kol is the younger half-brother of Niklaus Mikaelson and the husband of Alex Gilbert Mikaelson.Father of Greyson,henrik,koraballa,bree and kol jr and the step father of jason Gilbert Lockwood Mikaelson and the uncle of Hope Mikaelson and an unnamed nephew.
Throughout his life, Kol has emotionally struggled with his status as the black sheep of the family, and the belief that his siblings considered him to be more of a nuisance than their brother. He was shown to be rather spiteful and jealous over Marcel Gerard, whom he saw was treated more like family than he ever was - and as such, Kol often lashed out violently and boldly, earning him a dangerous reputation and on occasion, the ire of his siblings. In reality however, his behavior is revealed to be simple cries for attention. He fell in love with alex when elijah undaggared,him he ran away and she found him, they found out that they are soulmates so they got married alex and kol they found out that alex can have immotal children. They had their first child greyson but he grew up really fast then a year later they had two set of twins,so Alex put a spell,on them so they would grow like normal children after a few months alex and kol are expecting a little girl kol says when he's with his wife and children he feels loved.
During the fourth season of The Vampire Diaries, Kol feared the return of Silas and was adamant about stopping him. He antagonized the Mystic Falls Gang and was proposed a truce by Elena Gilbert. However, the truce was a setup to kill Kol and it ultimately led to his demise at the hands of Jeremy Gilbert in A View to a Kill. In the fifth season, Kol was seen on the Other Side as it was slowly collapsing due to Markos' emergence. He encountered Matt Donovan and expressed fear for himself and the other supernatural beings of the Other Side. Kol told Matt to warn everybody who was alive.
Kol was able to escape the destruction of the Other Side as seen in the second season of The Originals. His mother, Esther managed to resurrect him and place him into the body of a young witch named Kaleb Westphall. He temporarily aided his mother and recently resurrected brother, Finn, but quickly followed his own agenda. Alex told him to leave her and move on find someone else to live and He ended up pursuing a relationship with the young witch Davina Claire but it was later seen in alex,premonition that she and kol would be back together even after they tried breaking their soulmate bond Esther Mikaelson told them that they were made for each other and no matter what they do they will always find their way back to each other, they can't resist each other. He then, joined his brothers Klaus and Elijah and wife and son alex Gilbert Mikaelson And Gregson Mikaelson, where he ultimately helped them defeat Esther and their father, Mikael once and for all. However, in retaliation for assisting his brothers in killing their mother, Finn hexed Kol with a deadly spell in Sanctuary. He consequently died for the second time in I Love You, Goodbye, surrounded by his family and "girlfriend". Moments before Kol's death, Grayson, Alex and Rebekah promised to bring Kol back. While looking for ways to bring back Kol, Davina briefy reunites with Kol in the Ancestor's realm to confirm if a spell of The Strix's can bring back Kol. Although it can, Kol is worried of the consequences of the spell before Davina departs.
In A Streetcar Named Desire, Kol is successfully resurrected in his true form as an Original Vampire by Davina. In An Old Friend Calls, Kol reunites with all of his siblings and children and wife/soulmate except for Rebekah, who is daggered for her own safety due to the curse afflicted on her by the Cursed Stake.
In Behind the Black Horizon, it was revealed by Davina that the Ancestors had corrupted the spell the brought him back to life.
Kol is a member of the Mikaelson Family.