“
He`s still in there, Elena. You just have to break through.
”
— Lexi to Elena about Stefan in Ghost World
Alexia "Lexi" Branson was a vampire and Stefan Salvatore's best friend and companion She
had known Stefan and his brother Damon for over a century. She was killed by Damon to
make others believe that she was the Mystic Falls killing vampire and was finally dead. She
was 350 years old, making her birth date around 1659 and her turning year somewhere in the
late 1680s.
In 162 Candles, it is mentioned that she visited Stefan on all of his birthdays, including once
in 1987 during a Bon Jovi concert. Lexi met Elena Gilbert, and gave her some relationship
advice in regards to her and Stefan, saying, "When it's real you can't walk away." Elena
thought of Lexi as a friend, after helping Stefan.
She came back after her death in Ghost World as a ghost to help Stefan, who got off the rails
as he started feeding human blood and loosing control again.
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Early History
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Lexi back in the days
Lexi was born around 1659 and became a vampire in her mid-twenties under unknown
circumstances. In 1864, she met a young vampire named Stefan Salvatore, who tried to feed
on her-unable to distinguish his kind from humans, discovering that Stefan was a ripper,
meaning he only fed and hunt-losing his humanity, Lexi took it upon herself to help Stefan get
as much as possible of his humanity back, generally by not turning his feelings off,
succeeding eventually when she made Stefan feel pain, love and anger, etc.
Lexi found Stefan, back to his ripper ways in April 1922 before getting him off of human
blood for good around 1935. They would spend every birthday of his together, once attending
a Bon Jovi concert, where they were, unbeknownst to them, watched by Stefan's ex, Katherine
Pierce. Lexi was not fond of Katherine. She is known to her as the other little "bitch."
Season One
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Lexi comes to Mystic Falls for Stefan's 162nd birthday, and is shocked to meet Elena, who
looks exactly like Katherine (whom Lexi, even though having never met, hated for what she
did to Stefan). She first confuses the two, but after Stefan explains the situation, she becomes
very supportive of the relationship.
<img
src="http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100701120921/vampirediaries/images/thumb/
5/52/Lexistefan.jpg/174px-Lexistefan.jpg" width="174" height="98" class="thumbimage"
/>Lexi and Stefan have fun.
Damon convinces both Lexi and Stefan to come to the Mystic Grill where Caroline's party is.
They play pool there, dance and enjoy the night. Lexi tells Elena about her on experience with
her human boyfriend. She later starts talking to Damon and wanted to know what he was
planning but he wouldn't tell her. Earlier, Damon had attacked a girl and he compelled her to
say that Lexi attacked her boyfriend. Sheriff Forbes had blocked the exit to make sure no one
could leave. The girl points to Damon who is standing next to Lexi, Forbes assumes that the
girl was picking out Lexi and injects her with vervain before several c
<img
src="http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100419152228/vampirediaries/images/thumb/
1/19/Lexideath.png/180px-Lexideath.png" width="180" height="113" class="thumbimage"
/>Lexi staked by Damon
ops carry her outside. Lexi throws the cops to the side and goes after the sheriff, but Damon
stakes her before she can get to Sheriff Forbes . She asked why he'd killed her and he said
"part of the plan" and she died.
In Bloodlines, Damon comes to visit Bree at her bar. Bree wanted revenge for her death
because it turns out that Lexi was her friend. Her boyfriend Lee, another vampire (also who
she turned), was about to kill Damon and light him on fire, but Elena stops him at the last
minute. He told her that it wasn't for her - it was for Lexi.
Season Two
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Lexi is mentioned in three episodes in the second season: Masquerade, Rose, and Katerina,
making it three episodes in a row. In Masquerade, she is mentioned by Katherine that says
she saw Lexi and Stefan at a Bon Jovi concert. In Rose, Rose says that she was a friend of
Lexi's. In Katerina, Stefan tells Caroline that Caroline reminded him of Lexi.
In The Dinner Party, Lexi makes an appearance in a flashback. Stefan is shown as a ripper in
his early vampire days. Lexi helps him get back on track and teaches him the importance of
love. She also has a short conversation with Stefan's brother Damon.
Season Three
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<img
src="http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111029134249/vampirediaries/images/thumb/f
/fe/Vlcsnap-2011-10-29-19h11m16s11.png/172px-Vlcsnap-2011-10-29-19h11m16s11.png"
width="172" height="97" class="thumbimage" />Lexi with Stefan in ghost world
She is mentioned in The End of the Affair, in Stefan's diary, revealing that she was the one
who got Stefan to kick his addiction to human blood around 1935. She officially appears in
Ghost World where, after one of Bonnie's spells go wrong, she can be seen and act freely. She
imprisons Stefan and shows Elena how to take care of him. When Bonnie destroys the
necklace, Lexi had to leave, but Elena promised her that she would help Stefan.
<img
src="http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111112201606/vampirediaries/images/thumb/
c/c3/Normal_1451.jpg/180px-Normal_1451.jpg" width="180" height="101"
class="thumbimage" />Lexi seconds before she finds peace and vanishes
She wants more time to help Stefan but Elena assures her that its okay and that she can find
peace now. Lexi departs, now finally having found peace after holding on and worrying about
Stefan. She also assures Elena that the Stefan whom Elena knew, was still inside and that she
just needed to draw him out and get through to him.
<img
src="http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111112201915/vampirediaries/images/thumb/
5/5b/Normal_0689.jpg/180px-Normal_0689.jpg" width="180" height="101"
class="thumbimage" />Lexi trying to fix Stefan
It can be theorized that perhaps Stefan and Lexi shared an even closer bond than the one he
and Elena share. Lexi was his first vampire friend and she continually saved his life and
looked out for him. Her devotion to him was strong enough that she could sense he had "gone
off the rails" again and came back as a ghost to protect and save him. Stefan resisted her
attempts to fix him to the best of his ability but she was able to get inside his mind and
somehow make him think he had gone without blood for a certain period of time that had
soon turned into years. She also used physical torture to try to bring him back and was able to
gain some kind of success before she had to leave.
Season Four
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She will make an appearance in We’ll Always Have Bourbon Street.[1]
Relationships
Lee
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Edit
<img
src="http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100525031040/vampirediaries/images/thumb/
9/9a/Lee.jpg/160px-Lee.jpg" width="160" height="160" class="thumbimage" />Lee, Lexi's
former lover
Lee was Lexi's human lover, whom Lexi eventually turned into a vampire so they could be
together forever. Lexi had mentioned him when she first met Elena, but didn't say his name.
In Bloodlines, Lee tried to murder Damon in order to avenge Lexi's death, but Elena stopped
him, telling him not to go down to Damon's level, because Lexi wouldn't want him to be like
that. Lee was a close friend of Bree, who set him up to kill Damon.
Stefan Salvatore
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<img
src="http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110531043336/vampirediaries/images/thumb/
4/48/01665104.jpg/190px-01665104.jpg" width="190" height="127" class="thumbimage"
/>Stefan and Lexi
In 1864, Lexi met young and new vampire Stefan Salvatore who tried to feed on her, unable
to distinguish his kind from human. Discovering that Stefan was a ripper, meaning he only fed
and hunt, losing his humanity, Lexi took it upon herself to help Stefan get back as much as
possible of his humanity, generally by not turning his feelings off, succeeding eventually.
Lexi found Stefan, now back to his ripper ways in April 1922 before getting him off human
blood around 1935. They would spend every birthday of his together, once attending a Bon
Jovi concert, where they were, unbeknownst to them, watched by Stefan's ex, Katherine
Pierce.
She has also said in a episode that it's not that hard to fall in love with Stefan to Elena.
Damon Salvatore
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Despite the immense love and support between her and Stefan Lexi found Damon to be vastly
irritating and only tolerated him because of Stefan.
In 162 Candles Lexi visits Stefan for his birthday .
That night while she is sleeping in one of the guest rooms Damon comes and surprises her.
She is immediately irritated and tries to avoid him to no avail. Damon asks how long she will
be in town and Lexi replies just for the duration of Stefan's birthday.
Damon continues to annoy Lexi and asks her why she is so mean to him. Lexi replies it's
because he himself is not a nice person.
Damon explains he is the way he is because he is a vampire.
Lexi shoots down his explanation by saying that he is only the bad parts of being a vampire.
Damon jokingly asks her to teach him to be good. Lexi responds by violently pinning him to
the bed in a powerful choke hold. She replies angrily that she is older and stronger than him
and threatens Damon to not ruin her visit with Stefan because if he does she will hurt him.
Damon quickly backtracks and says that he won't.
Attitude Toward Humans
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<img
src="http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120612125530/vampirediaries/images/thumb/
2/2f/323448_1257515252019_full-1-.jpg/180px-323448_1257515252019_full-1-.jpg"
width="180" height="101" class="thumbimage" />Lexi's true face before she is staked
She had a very generous nature to mortals and a regard for human life. As mentioned she did
drink human blood, but strictly from hospital blood banks, unlike Stefan when he recently
ingested human blood she was able to easily control her innate bloodlust without murdering
humans. She didn't hunt them or regard them as her playthings, but her equals. Indeed, she
was in love with a human male named Lee as much as Elena Gilbert is in love with Stefan.
Lexi dissuaded Elena's worries about being romantically involved with a vampire including
her slowly growing old with him being forever young. She turned Lee into a vampire with his
consent and wish. The only time in her brief time in the series she looked like she was about
to attack a human was in self defense when Sheriff Forbes and two other deputies captured
her with vervain and were taking her away to a quiet place to kill her. As outlined below
Damon betrayed and killed her to maintain his cover and to put the Sheriff's fears to rest.
<img
src="http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100524080809/vampirediaries/images/thumb/
1/1a/Bree.jpg/180px-Bree.jpg" width="180" height="118" class="thumbimage" />Lexi's
friend: Bree.
Lexi seemed to have the healthiest attitude of all the vampires so far. Like Damon and Isobel
she was totally comfortable with the fact that she was a vampire and craved and drank human
blood with little thought about it, but unlike them did not harm humans and regard them as
less than herself, nor did she feel any guilt about her existence like Stefan. It is a compromise
Stefan hasn't worked out with his strict 'no human blood under any circumstances' attitude and
emotional self flagellation about the feelings and dangerous desires within him.
Stefan's Diaries
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When Stefan first met Lexi, he said she gave off power. She owned a butcher shop and was
living off animal blood. Lexi didn't agree with Stefan dating Callie. She had three
companions, Percy, Buxton, and Hugo, whom were all vampires. When teaching Stefan how
to behave in public and not draw attention to himself while compelling in a Union bar, she
compelled the band to stop playing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and to play "God Save
the South" instead. She had a younger brother who was killed in a fire meant for her. In the
books, she is said to be more like Stefan's mother and very maternal towards him. She was
well respected by Hugo, Buxton, and Percy. Lexi made Stefan drink goats blood at one point.
Powers and Abilities
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Some of these powers are more potent when the vampire gets older and feeds on human
blood.
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Super Strength: Vampires are much stronger than humans and grow stronger with
time. Even new vampires who are still in transition can toss a fully grown human
across a room with great speed and force. Their strength is also more powerful then
werewolves that are not in wolf form.
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Super Speed: Vampires can accelerate their movements to cover short distances in an
instant, faster than the human eye can see. When running across long distances, they
appear as vibrating blurs of motion.
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Emotional Control: The supernatural ability to control and manipulate the emotions
of one's self.
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Dream Manipulation: Vampires can control dreams and subconscious. The vampires
can produce and modify dreams, bestow nightmares or lucid dreaming. Other effects
of this ability is the distortion of reality and trapped in the dreams.
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Heightened Senses: They can hear whispered conversations, even ones in far off
buildings, smell blood, and see in total darkness.
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Mind Compulsion: Vampires have the ability to control minds, plague people's
dreams, and alter/erase human memories.
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Immortality: A vampire stops aging once turned. Upon their transformation,
vampires then on become immune to all conventional illness, disease, virus and
infection. The only known disease or infection that can kill a vampire is a werewolf
bite.
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Healing Factor: Vampires can snap their finger bones back into place after being
broken and have been seen to fully recover from gunshots, stab wounds, and torso
impalement.
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Ability To Get In Ones Mind: Lexi showed a power in the ghost world on Stefan
where she made Stefan feel like he had not eaten for years when he was fine. So
therefore she must have the ability to get in peoples minds.
Weaknesses
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Vervain: When ingested, vervain causes a vampire to become severely weak and
feverish. Also, If a vampire's skin is exposed to vervain, it can result in burning them.
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Wood: If a vampire is wounded by wood it will cause the vampire to become severely
weak and if a vampire takes a wooden stake through its heart it will result in death.
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Fire or Sunlight: Any exposure to fire or sunlight will result in death to a vampire.
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Heart Extraction: The act of removing a vampire's heart will result in death.
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Werewolf Bite: The bite of a werewolf is extremely lethal to normal vampires.
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Magic: Witches are able to give supernatural aneurysms that cause the blood vessels
of vampires to explode.
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Decapitation: The act of dismembering or removing the head of a vampire will result
in death.
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Uninvited Invitation: Vampires cannot enter a house without being invited in. If they
are in the house without being invited in they will become disoriented.
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Vampire bloodline: All vampires were sired from the Originals, the progenitors of the
bloodline. If an Original dies, all vampire sired by them and subsequent of these
vampires will die as well.