TEXT: [ Flashback: Southern France, 1002 A.D. ] [SCENE_BREAK] Klaus (V.O.): In the beginning, we were so naive. Our mother had made us into beasts that fed on blood, but immortality was beyond our grasp, compulsion a trick we had yet to learn. Klaus (V.O.): All we knew was a fear of being hunted. That and a terrible hunger. Klaus (V.O.): So we ran... as a family... and when we needed to... as a family... We fed. (Neighing) Elijah: Kol, are you quite done? Kol: Ahh. Oh, bother, Elijah! Is all of this truly necessary? Elijah: Brother, the road is a major thoroughfare. If the bodies are found, word of our presence will spread to Mikael. Rebekah: We have run through autumn and winter, through sleet and snow. Are we cursed to forever live in fear of our father? Finn: I should say yes sadly. Elijah: Finn, please. Niklaus. Rebekah: Do we have any idea where we're running to next? Kol: Why not just do what we've all thought of doing? Split up! Klaus: We swore a vow! Kol: Your vows haunt me more than father himself! At least he can't chase us all. I say we take our chances. Finn: Perhaps Kol is right. Kol: Thank you, Finn! Yeah, I've always said eldest is the most intelligent. Finn: Stop talking! Finn: I take no Joy in our assent, but I do wish to sleep in a bed, to bathe in a bath, to feed of proper food. Elijah: No, brother. Niklaus is right. We made a vow. Elijah: Family above all. Elijah: Always... forever. [SCENE_BREAK] [ Present day - Mikaelson Compound ] [SCENE_BREAK] Klaus: Always and forever indeed. [SCENE_BREAK] Freya (V.O.): "My dear Rebeka
SUMMARY:
Months after following their violent and deadly showdown with the powerful witch Dahlia, a rift continues to divide brothers Klaus and Elijah, while Freya searches for a way to heal their fractured bond and return their family to the way they once were. Meanwhile, Klaus' suspicion piques when he learns that an old vampire friend named Lucien has arrived to New Orleans with a mysterious agenda involving the Mikaelson's remaining sire lines. Elsewhere, Elijah questions whether he can truly forgive his brother for his mounting offenses, while Hayley struggles with being cursed to her wolf form in the bayou. In the French Quarter, Vincent and Cami assist Detective Kinney after a series of gruesome discoveries are made, leading them to believe they may have a serial killer on the loose. Finally, Marcel, who has regained control of the French Quarter once again, tries a new strategy to recruit vampires, while Davina, who is now Regent to the New Orleans witches, makes a decision that will find her and Marcel on opposite sides of an escalating conflict.