full size The Originals Are Ready for the Ball in Vampire Diaries Season 3, Episode 14, "Dangerous Liaisons"

When Elijah (Daniel Gillies) came strolling into Mystic Falls, with his unmussable hair and his pocket full of window-smashing coins, we thought, this dude is badass. But it turned out Elijah had a whole family full of intimidating, unbalanced supernaturals.

You could really make a case for almost any of them as the most frightening. As a hybrid, Klaus (Joseph Morgan) is the hardest to kill, and he has quite a temper. It’s easy to get on pouty Rebekah’s (Claire Holt) bad side, and she seems to have no qualms about casual killing. Klaus was actually a little frightened of his baby-faced bro, Kol (Nathaniel Buzolic) — and at the Originals’ ball he was pretty eager to break Matt’s (Zach Roerig) hand (and worse). Of course Finn (Caspar Zafer) is dead, but there’s definitely something spooky about a guy with a death wish.

Let’s not count out the parents, too. Esther (Alice Evans) wants her children dead, and Mikael (Sebastian Roché) was basically a bully. Christmas with the Mikaelsons must’ve been a riot.

So which Original gives you chills?

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