Stefen Salvatore

Stefan Salvatore is one of the male protagonists of The Vampire Diaries. He is a 165-year-old vampire. Stefan was born and raised in the supernatural town of Mystic Falls, Virginia and after graduating, he left Mystic Falls to get away and start over. He is the youngest son of Giuseppe Salvatore and his unnamed mother. He has an older brother, Damon, who is also a vampire, an unknown half-brother and is the descendant and doppelganger of Silas. Stefan has had a love-hate relationship with Damon since 1864, when they both fell in love with Katherine Pierce, the woman who turned them both into vampires. In the 1920s, Stefan had a brotherly friendship with Klaus and was romantically involved with Rebekah Mikaelson. He was best friends with Lexi Branson until her death, and Caroline Forbes.

 Some well known facts about Stefen Salvator.

• Stefan was the very first main character heard and introduced in the series.
  • Thought if counting A Darker Truth, Vicki is really the first character to be introduced.
• Stefan is the narrator of the series. It is Stefan who is telling the story and the story is from his point of view; "For over a century, I have lived in secret; hiding in the shadows, alone in the world. Until now. I am a vampire. And this is my story..."
• Stefan was born on Veritas Estate in Mystic Falls.
• Stefan's birthday is November 5.
• Stefan's astrological sign is Scorpio. 
• Movies: Stefan's likes F. Scott Fitzgerald, especially his masterpiece The Great Gatsby; Seinfeld; I Love Lucy is his all time favorite, Loving cup episodes are the best; Scorsese, Taxi Driver.
• Stefan enjoys listening to music by; Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Kanye West and he even likes one of Miley Cyrus' songs.
• Stefan loves literature and loves to write, especially in his journal.
• As it appeared in the Pilot, Stefan seems to have a journal or diary for every year, recording all of the events and memories from each year in a journal. Stefan had even written in a journal during his Ripper phase during the 1920's.
• Stefan is very quick, intelligent and has an excellent memory. He is able to memorize events and dates at the top of his head as seen in The Night of the Comet.
• Stefan enjoys doing crossword puzzles.
• Stefan's car is a red 1963 Porsche 356B Karmann Coupe.
• Stefan owns a Harley motorcycle.
• Stefan was engaged to a girl named Rosalyn Cartwright before he met Katherine. (Stefan's Diaries)
• Stefan has been engaged twice.
• Stefan was an aspiring doctor during his human life.
• Stefan's favorite color is blue.
• Stefan plays and owns a guitar.
• Stefan is highly sentimental and likes to keep objects and souvenirs from his past as memories. Because of this, Damon has referred to Stefan as a "pack rat".
• Stefan wears his lapis lazuli daylight ring on the middle finger of his right hand. Damon wears his daylight ring on the middle finger of his left hand.
• Stefan loves football and is very good at it. He played the position of wide receiver on the high school football team.
• Stefan is an excellent cook.
• Stefan owns his own iMac desktop computer.
• Stefan also owns his own typewriter.
• Stefan speaks four languages fluently: English, Italian, Spanish and French.
• Stefan has a tattoo of a rose on his right shoulder.
• Stefan was his father Giuseppe's favorite son.
• According to Damon, Stefan attended many ivy league schools. He attended Harvard during the 1970's.
• Stefan had a horse during his human years named Mezzanotte, which means "midnight" in Italian.
• In the Pilot, Caroline says that she found out that Stefan is a Gemini, but this must be false information since his real birthday is in November, which makes his sign a Scorpio.
• Stefan has an Samsung Galaxy SIII.
• Stefan's cell phone number is 404-358-4345.
• Stefan often drinks alcohol to help curb his blood cravings.
• Stefan's aliases and nicknames include Stefan Pine, Silent Stefan, Stef, Ripper of Monterrey, Scholarly Stefan, Savior Stefan and Saint Stefan.
• In the novels, Stefan was named after the first Christian martyr, St. Stephen.
• Stefan died when he was 17 years old in human years, he transitioned into a vampire between 7 October and 27 October, 1864, a few weeks shy of his 18th birthday.
• Stefan helped both Damon and Elena's transition into vampires. In regards to Damon, Stefan got Damon to feed on the blood of a barmaid by biting her neck and tempting Damon to drink. In regards to Elena, Stefan brutally killed a guard by bashing his head against the bars so that Elena could gain access to blood to complete her transition.
• In both the show and the novels, almost all of the main female characters have displayed a romantic interest in Stefan.
• In the novels, Stefan loved Katherine for many centuries and was horribly saddened and grief-stricken over her "death". However, on the show, Stefan only loved Katherine before finding out that she was a vampire and before she had betrayed himself and Damon. He later shares an antagonistic relationship with her.
• Stefan on the show has had many love interests throughout the course of his life (both human and vampire). However, in the novels, Stefan has only claimed to have been in love twice in his 500 years of existence; first with Katherine and then with Elena.
• Katherine and Elena have both claimed to love Stefan first.
• Katherine has chosen or preferred Stefan over Damon. However, we can suppose that's because the Doppelgänger are predestined to be together.
• Stefan is the only known vampire that seems to be able to live completely off of an animal blood diet. He has most likely chosen this lifestyle due to his past issues with blood addiction.
• Canonically, Stefan has been shown to be a Ripper three times: once after he was newly turned in 1864, another time during 1912 to the 1920's and most recently in 2010.
• Stefan had been forced to become a Ripper once again by Klaus in the last episode of season 2, As I Lay Dying.
• He, Niklaus, Rebekah and Sophie Deveraux are the only characters to have permanently killed another main character (Vicki, Silas, Jenna, Alaric and Davina respectively).
• Stefan is the only character in the main trio who hasn't killed Elijah.
• Stefan and Damon's brotherhood and relationship is often compared to and mirrors [[Klaus and Elijah]'s relationship. In this scenario, Stefan is often compared to Elijah and Damon is compared to Klaus.
• In The Last Day, Stefan confesses that he has climbed Mount Everest.
• Stefan is the last vampire seen fed on by Mikael.
• In 1912, it is revealed that Damon and Stefan had a half-brother.
• Stefan is the first vampire to be bitten by an unsuccessful hybrid.
• In 1912, Stefan was living on a strict animal blood diet, controlling his urges for human blood. That was until Damon had asked him to drink human blood with him and feed on Marianna Lockwood, an distant ancestor of Tyler Lockwood. During his feed, Stefan was so overcome with severe bloodlust, that he fed to much and her head fell off. Afterwards, Stefan was shocked, appalled and disgusted with what he had just done, felt extreme guilt and remorse and tried to put her head back on. After that experience, Stefan had relapsed into his Ripper phase again and became the well-known "Ripper of Monterrey".
• Stefan's last name in the show was originally going to be "Whitmore" because it sounded American. Although, it was kept as "Salvatore" instead, which is Stefan's surname in the novels and Italian for "Savior".
• In the novels, Stefan is born in during the Renaissance period in the fifteenth century in Florence, Italy. On the show, Stefan is born in the nineteenth century period during the Civil War era in Mystic Falls, Virginia. He is roughly 350 years younger than his novels counterpart.
• Stefan's ethnic background on the show is half-French (from his mother) and half-Italian (from his father). However, in the novels, Stefan is of full Italian descent.
• Stefan in the novels speaks fluent Italian but is also fluent in English. He is able to learn new languages at an increased speed and adjust to the American customs rather quickly, so much so that his Italian accent becomes less strong.
• In the novels, Stefan is born in Italy and is foreign with an Italian accent at the beginning of the series. On the show, Stefan is born in America and is therefore, Italian-American and has no Italian accent.
• In the novels, Stefan is an aristocrat and comes from a wealthy, noble family.
• In the novels, Stefan is Catholic and has a strong sense of faith, morals and values. On the show, Stefan is shown to be particularly non-religious.
• In the novels, Stefan's best friend is Matt Honeycutt, who is the novel counterpart of Matt Donovan. In the show Stefan's long time best friends is Lexi Branson and after she dies, his new best friend is Caroline Forbes.
• In the novels, Stefan and Damon have never had a close relationship since their childhood. However, on the show, Stefan and Damon were best friends since their human lives and became rivals later on.
• In the books, Stefan's mother died a few years after Stefan was born, but on the show, Stefan's mother died when he was about 9 or 10.
• In the novels, when Stefan was a child, his mother always used to sing him a French lullaby.
• Stefan played the position of wide receiver on the high school football team, both on the show and in the novels.
• In the novels, Stefan dates Caroline but then eventually dislikes her. On the show, Stefan and Caroline are best friends. She has promised to stop him going over the rails and supports his relationship with Elena. She can be considered his "new Lexi".
• In the novels, as humans, Stefan and Damon fight to the death with a sword. But on the show, their father Giuseppe is the one who kills them by a gunshot wound.
• In terms of his characterization, Stefan is often compared to other mysterious, brooding vampires such as, Edward Cullen from Twilight, Angel (Angelus) from Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Louis de Pointe du Lac from Interview With The Vampire.
• Stefan has jet black, wavy hair and emerald green eyes in the book series.
• He, Damon, Katherine and Caroline were all bitten by a Werewolf or a Hybrid and were all cured by Klaus' blood.
• It has never been revealed or shown if he ever turned someone into a vampire before the series.
• Stefan is the only character amongst the main trio that has never killed Alaric.
• Stefan and Damon are the only main characters who have appeared in all episodes thus far.
• Even though she chose Damon in Season 4, Stefan is still in love with Elena.
• Stefan, a vampire, ironically completed the Brotherhood of the Five's mission by killing Silas.
• In No Exit, Katherine breaks Stefan's car in effort to get him in a hotel and seduce him.
• Stefan's first human doppelgänger[1] is seen in While You Were Sleeping