50 Fun Facts About Legacies

Which network aired Legacies from 2018 to 2022?

It was the third show in The Vampire Diaries Universe, all of them CW productions.

Legacies is a direct spinoff of which earlier series?

That makes Legacies a spinoff of a spinoff: The Originals itself branched off The Vampire Diaries in 2013.

Who created Legacies and wrote its pilot script?

Plec co-created The Vampire Diaries with Kevin Williamson, but ran The Originals and Legacies without him.

In which year did Legacies premiere?

The premiere came five months after the series order and just months after The Originals ended.

How many seasons of Legacies were made?

The cancellation was announced in May 2022, barely a month before the finale aired.

How many episodes of Legacies aired in total?

A COVID shutdown cut season 2 short at 16 episodes, which is why the total is not a round 80.

Who plays Hope Mikaelson in Legacies?

She first played the teenage Hope in the final season of The Originals before carrying the spinoff.

Who is Hope's werewolf mother?

Hayley conceived Hope after a one-night stand with Klaus in Mystic Falls during The Vampire Diaries season 4.

Where does Hope study in Mystic Falls?

The name echoes Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, which is no accident: its headmaster compared himself to Professor X.

Who is the headmaster of the Salvatore School?

Alaric began The Vampire Diaries as a vampire-hunting history teacher and ended up running a school for the supernatural.

Hope is the first of which kind of supernatural being?

Witch, werewolf and vampire bloodlines meet in one person, which is why so many villains want her.

Which actor plays Alaric in Legacies?

Davis is the only Vampire Diaries lead to go the full distance, appearing across all three shows in the franchise.

Alaric's twin daughters are Lizzie and who?

The twins were introduced as babies on The Vampire Diaries and as young teens on The Originals.

Who plays Lizzie Saltzman?

Boyd is British, born in Switzerland and raised in Oregon, and trained at LAMDA in London.

Who plays Josie Saltzman?

She left midway through season 4, and in 2023 dropped the stage name Bryant for her birth name, Kaneshiro.

Josie's biological mother Jo Laughlin belonged to which coven?

The Gemini coven's signature is the merge, a ritual in which twins fuse and only the stronger survives.

Lizzie is named after the late mother of which character?

Caroline carried the twins as a surrogate and co-founded the Salvatore School with Alaric.

Who plays Landon Kirby?

He debuted as Landon in the twelfth episode of The Originals' final season before Legacies was even ordered.

Where did Landon work when he was first introduced?

The Grill was the franchise's favourite hangout, and Matt Donovan tended its bar for years on The Vampire Diaries.

Which vampire power fails to work on Landon, hinting he is not human?

The reveal that he is a phoenix, able to return from death, comes much later.

MG is the nickname of which vampire student?

He works as Alaric's student aide and spends much of the show struggling not to become a ripper.

Who plays MG in Legacies?

Fouse was among the first actors announced for the pilot in March 2018, alongside Boyd, Bryant and Shahghasemi.

Rafael Waithe is what relation to Landon Kirby?

The two came up together in the foster system, and Rafael's newly triggered curse is what brings them to the school.

Who plays Rafael Waithe?

Smith left the regular cast after season 3 and went on to play Damon Sims in All American: Homecoming.

Alaric's actor placed the role somewhere between Professor X and whom?

Headmaster of a hidden school for gifted youngsters, mentor to a chosen girl: the comparison writes itself.

Kaleb Hawkins is caught doing what banned practice?

The school keeps its vampires on animal blood, a rule Kaleb treats as optional.

In season 4, Kaleb becomes half-what creature?

A dragon was the very first Malivore monster to attack the school back in season 1.

Malivore turns Ethan Machado into which mythical creature?

Pukwudgies come from Wampanoag folklore; on the show the transformation gives Ethan phasing and teleportation.

Cleo Sowande is revealed to be which mythical being?

Her gift is inspiration, which Malivore exploited for centuries before she reached the Salvatore School.

Ryan Clarke works for which company tied to Malivore?

Triad fed supernatural creatures into the Malivore pit for decades, erasing them from memory.

Which Malivore creature has the power to bring back the dead?

Played by Ben Geurens, he became the show's most durable villain, insisting on the definite article in his name.

Sebastian, the season-2 vampire played by Thomas Doherty, is over how many years old?

He died as a teenager, so he spends six centuries looking like a high-schooler, which the school takes in stride.

Alexis Denisof plays which temporary headmaster?

Denisof is best known as Wesley on Buffy and Angel, so he is no stranger to running a supernatural school.

Chris Wood returns in season 2 as which Vampire Diaries villain?

The episode is literally titled 'Kai Parker Screwed Us', which tells you how the twins feel about their uncle.

The twins' mother Jo was murdered by her own what?

He killed her at her own wedding to Alaric on The Vampire Diaries, one of the franchise's nastiest twists.

Which Vampire Diaries star was announced at Comic-Con 2018 to direct an episode?

Wesley had already directed several Vampire Diaries episodes while playing Stefan Salvatore.

Steven R. McQueen reprises which role in the third episode?

Elena's little brother shows up as a seasoned hunter, saving Rafael and Landon from a werewolf hunter.

Who voiced Caroline, uncredited, in 'Salvatore: The Musical!'?

King finally appeared on screen as Caroline in the final season, after years of the twins only phoning her.

Why did season 2 production shut down in March 2020?

Only 16 of the ordered 20 episodes were finished, so episode 16 was hastily rebranded a spring finale.

Claire Holt returns in season 4 as which Original vampire?

Hope's aunt Rebekah was the one who hid baby Hope after Klaus faked her death on The Originals.

Joseph Morgan returns in the series finale as which character?

Hope's father had died at the end of The Originals, so his appearance was saved for the very last episode.

Which Georgia city stands in for Mystic Falls?

The town square has hosted the franchise since The Vampire Diaries season 1 and still runs Mystic Falls tours.

Mystic Falls is set in which U.S. state?

The fictional town sits in Virginia, while The Originals moved the action south to New Orleans.

Hope's actress earned a bachelor's degree in what field while filming?

She studied online at Berkeley College between shooting days and went straight on to an MBA.

Lizzie later becomes what kind of vampire-witch?

Heretics were introduced on The Vampire Diaries season 7: siphoner witches who keep their magic after turning.

Ken, played by Luke Mitchell in season 4, is what?

The final season pivots from Malivore to Greek-flavoured gods, with Ken kept in stasis by a college student.

Ben, the demigod played by Zane Phillips, is also known by what name?

Like his namesake who stole fire, he is punished for defying the gods and has an unusual effect on monsters.

Instead of a full pilot, what did Plec deliver to the CW in 2018?

The short presentation was enough: the CW ordered Legacies to series two months later, in May 2018.

Josie's actress now uses which birth surname instead of her old stage name?

She chose the stage name Bryant at age 11 and announced the switch back on Instagram in November 2023.

How many season-3 episodes were held back for season 4?

Twenty were filmed, but the late COVID start meant the season aired only 16 and the rest opened season 4.