Life After Legacies: Here's Where Everyone In The #TVDU Ended Up

The series finale of Legacies earlier this month brought The Vampire Diaries saga to an end after 13 years on The CW... for now. And in those 13 years, we've loved (and loved to hate) some truly iconic characters.

Regardless of whether the franchise continues beyond Legacies — for the record, series creator Julie Plec says a fourth series is in the works, it's "just a matter of when" — these characters' stories have reached their conclusions, if even just for now.

Read on for a breakdown of where 30+ key players from The Vampire Diaries, The Originals and Legacies ended up — including new insight from Plec and Legacies showrunner Brett Matthews — then drop a comment with your thoughts. Who were your favorite characters? And which would you watch in a hypothetical fourth series?

The researcher-turned-educator is getting back to his roots. After stepping down as headmaster of the Salvatore School in Legacies' series finale, Alaric left to explore the world and write the definitive history of the supernatural creatures he has encountered.

"To see him outside the bounds of the school would have been interesting," Matthews tells TVLine.

Though Bonnie occasionally provides off-screen assistance to the Salvatore School (remember when she spelled those rings for the nyad in Legacies' first season?), this overworked witch wisely keeps her distance from the institution's day-to-day affairs.

Per the series finale of The Vampire Diaries, we know that Bonnie is making good on her promise to Enzo that she'll see the world — and the spirit of her vampire lover is never far behind.

Cami's death on The Originals was among the franchise's most heartbreaking fatalities, so we were relieved to see her reappear as a helpful spirit in the series finale — as was Klaus.

The character we're now officially dubbing "the closer," Caroline returned for the final seasons of The Originals and Legacies, playing a major role in both.

After traveling the world recruiting new students (and occasionally providing emotional shelter for her daughters), Caroline finally returned to the Salvatore School in Legacies' series finale, taking over as its new headmistress. Actually, make that interim head mistress. She made that part very clear.

And that's good news for Cleo. The muse-turned-fury had a vision of herself as the Salvatore School's headmistress, and judging by the enormous smile on her face, we think she liked what she saw.

"It's not a next-week thing, but when Cleo saw a glimpse of her future, that is where she saw herself," Matthews tells TVLine. "One day I do believe Cleo will be the headmistress of the school, and that's exciting to imagine."

Though it's unclear what Damon is doing for work these days (is "smoldering" considered an employable skill?), we know that he currently resides with his wife Elena in Mystic Falls. Legacies gave us a glimpse of their (very familiar!) home, where they hosted Josie Saltzman while she briefly attended public high school.

Damon is also now human, following Stefan's decision to inject his brother with the cure in The Vampire Diaries series finale. That's how Damon and Elena had their daughter, Stefanie Salvatore, named in memory of her hero-haired uncle.

Plec tells TVLine that Stefanie was "very much at the top of our white board as a character that we were planning on introducing" if Legacies had been renewed for Season 5.

Danielle Campbell's character never physically appeared after The Originals ended, but when Kol reunited with the Mikaelsons in New Orleans for Klaus' funeral on Legacies, he mentioned that "Davina was gutted she couldn't come." So at least we know that she and Kol are still married, following their rollercoaster of a courtship.

After waking from her two-season slumber on The Vampire Diaries, Elena continued her medical education, married Damon and opened a private practice in Mystic Falls — some of which we learned in the final season of The Originals. Additional updates came via Legacies, including that Elena and Damon live in town with (at least) one daughter named Stefanie. Though nothing is official, Plec says she imagines that #Delena has several children in the Legacies timeline.

Last seen turning to ash and dissolving in the heart of New Orleans, Elijah's physical whereabouts weren't confirmed on Legacies, whereas it was explained that Klaus' ashes were collected and placed in an urn for Hope.

For a potential update, we turn to Matthews, who says he imagines that the Mikaelsons siblings "would have recovered [Elijah's ashes] simultaneously, and that would be more of a familial decision for where those belong. If they went through the trouble to get Klaus' ashes, they would have also done the same for Elijah. They were just weaponizing Klaus' ashes in that moment."

After sacrificing himself in the Super Squad's battle against the vengeful god Ken, this human-pukwudgie hybrid found himself in Limbo, where he volunteered to assist the Ferryman (aka Landon) for all eternity. But that plan changed when Landon needed to send Hope a message from Klaus in Legacies' series finale; Ethan agreed to cross over into Peace in order to make the connection.

Especially considering Freya's tumultuous upbringing, it's truly a joy to bask in the glow of her happy ending. As confirmed via multiple appearances on Legacies, Freya is still happily married to Keelin — whom we saw her wed in The Originals' final season — and is thinking about sending her son Nik, named after Klaus, to the Salvatore School when he comes of age.

Hayley's final appearance came in the last episode of The Originals, as her spirit watched over Hope while she painted. She was rarely mentioned on Legacies — certainly not as often as Klaus, that's for sure — but you'll be heartened to know that Hayley was supposed to make some sort of appearance in the spinoff. It just didn't come together.

"It becomes hard in terms of budget, schedule, etc.," Matthews tells TVLine. "I would have loved to see Phoebe Tonkin as Hayley again. There would have been a lot of great things to do there, but it never quite came together in terms of scheduling and whatnot. That's probably the character, first and foremost, I [wish we could have gotten back]."

Arguably the glue that holds this franchise together, Hope was conceived on one show (The Vampire Diaries), born and raised on another (The Originals), and died on a third (Legacies), only to be resurrected as the most powerful being in the world.

So, what's a tribrid to do after saving humanity and losing her boyfriend to Limbo? For now, Hope is determined to keep the Salvatore School up and running, and to nurture future generations of presumed villains.

This is one character whose ending we never could have predicted. The former alpha bully is now exploring the world with his boyfriend (!) Ben, a demigod who opened his eyes to all sorts of new and exciting possibilities. As for the whole "alpha" thing, Jed formally named Finch the new pack leader when he discovered that he's no longer a werewolf.

The death of Jeremy and Elena's aunt (at the hands of Klaus, no less!) feels like another lifetime ago at this point. And speaking of other lifetimes, we learned in The Vampire Diaries series finale that Jenna — along with John Gilbert and Elena's adoptive parents — all found their way to Peace. Yay!

Though this once-emo hunter only returned for a single episode of Legacies, Elena's brother — er, cousin? — remains on the Salvatore School's payroll, willing to lend a hand whenever needed.

Before there was Ben and Jed, there was Josh and Aiden — a pair of vampire/werewolf lovers who were tragically parted when Dahlia decided to literally rip out Aiden's heart on The Originals. Fortunately, the final season saw the lovers reunited in Peace, where they remain together today.

Now that the threat of the Merge is no longer hanging over her head, Josie is free to broaden her horizons — and that includes leaving the Salvatore School to attend another supernatural academy in Belgium, where she's also guarding the god-forged spear capable of killing Hope.

Will this dragon-vampire hybrid help Cleo run the Salvatore School someday? The future remains unwritten, but for now, Kaleb is content to remain in Mystic Falls alongside his new love.

"Surprise, bitch! I bet you thought you'd seen the last of me." (OK, but imagine that in Klaus' voice. You're welcome.)

When Joseph Morgan's character literally disintegrated in New Orleans at the end of The Originals, his ashes scattered to the wind, we assumed that would be his final appearance... until the fourth season of Legacies, when we learned that his siblings magically gathered his ashes in an urn for Hope.

Physically, Klaus' ashes have been scattered in Mystic Falls. Spiritually, he's at peace. But don't take our word for it — as he told Hope in a message from the afterlife in Legacies' series finale, "The most important thing about your life is that you live it, because you are my peace."

If you told us during The Vampire Diaries that Kol would someday become the first happily married Mikaelson, we wouldn't have believed you. Yet the reformed scoundrel's appearance in Legacies' fourth season, which included a brief mention of his wife Davina, proved just that.

Just when we finally accepted that this former milkshake slinger was actually a phoenix (fire wings and all!), he went and got himself a new gig: Limbo's eternal ferryman. Legacies' series finale found Landon stripped of his emotions, essentially ending his relationship with Hope by default.

"There would have been a lot of story there in terms of how he could support his friends from Limbo," Matthews says of Landon. "Does he find his way back? Does he get his emotions back? ... Even with dulled emotions, Landon is still a deeply feeling person, so it would have been a cool thing to explore."

Another character we've known since birth, Lizzie spent four seasons on Legacies (plus a few appearances on The Originals) learning how to keep her mental health in check. To see her end the franchise (for now) as an immortal heretic in a stable relationship, we can't help but feel a little bit proud. OK, a lot proud.

Once determined to win control of New Orleans, this smooth-talking vampire shifted his sights to winning Rebekah Mikaelson's heart. And he succeeded. As we learned during the couple's visit to Legacies in Season 4, not only are they still together — they're married!

The ultimate Mystic Falls townie, Matt and his baby blues batted their way up the local ladder, ending The Vampire Diaries as sheriff. Our final update on Zach Roerig's character came in Legacies' second season, which revealed that he is now the mayor.

The only character in this franchise to face both Gorilla Grodd and Ghostface in a single night (albeit in his nightmares), MG was always the voice of reason when things got intense at the Salvatore School — which is why we weren't surprised when Lizzie Saltzman finally saw the light in Legacies' last handful of episodes, confessing her love to him and making their long-overdue relationship official.

Upon developing a fatal supernatural condition in Legacies' third season, Rafael was placed in a prison world with his family, where they could be suspended in time forever. Despite a brief appearance in Season 4, Rafael remains there to this very day. The bright side? Hope did remind him that "a prison world is only a prison if you're alone." So... there's that.

The vampire formerly known as "Barbie Klaus" found her Ken in Marcel Gerard, who accepted her proposal in The Originals series finale. Even better, the couple actually followed through with it this time, as revealed when they visited Legacies in Season 4. Though she hasn't done so yet, Rebekah still presumably plans to take the cure for vampirism and begin a family of her own someday.

After sacrificing himself to send Katherine to hell once and for all in The Vampire Diaries' series finale (noble until the end!), Stefan found Peace, where he currently resides alongside BFF Lexi. The finale also confirmed that Stefan will be reunited with Damon in Peace, but that won't happen for a few more decades. Hopefully.

Considering Vicki and Tyler were together when The Vampire Diaries began, it's only fitting that they're now together forever, albeit under radically different circumstances. These rebellious teens — one of whom became a vampire, the other a hybrid stockbroker — are now eternal townies, watching over their loved ones in Mystic Falls.

Though we never saw Vincent after The Originals series finale, during which he agreed to father Freya and Keelin's baby, a shoutout in Legacies' fourth season revealed that he still resides in New Orleans — and remains very much in the Mikaelsons' orbit, whether he likes it or not.