'The night veiled the pole' and two brothers, Niklaus and Elijah, broke a white oak stake in half, gripped each other's shoulders and staked each other in front of St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter, hoping to find the possibility of ultimate peace within themselves and the quieting of their demons.

But instead of becoming dust, there was a world in which the immortal vampires didn't end up dying.

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These are the stories after the last true vampire, the one called 'honorable', decided that were still traces of the 𝓢etting 𝓢un in the 𝓢ky, as an anchor of life to the heart of old New Orleans. A circumquel to the final season of The Originals.

Elijah returned back to life as an amnesiac just coming to terms with his memories. He also decided to become The Hollow's vessel, to protect his beloved wife, 𝓢ky, and the tiny new empresses of his everything: 𝓢amantha and 𝓢olveig.