Witches & Magic · Era IV, Mystic Falls, 1864
Emily Bennett & the Tomb
Katherine's handmaiden and a Bennett witch. She faked Katherine's death in the church fire and sealed the other twenty-six vampires beneath it — not killed, just desiccating for 145 years, held under a spell keyed to a comet. It is the errand that brings Damon home in 2009.
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- Emily's grimoire and her spells run half the plot of the first season from beyond the grave.
- Her deal with Katherine is the reason Katherine is never where anyone thinks she is.
- Emily's deal with Katherine: she saves the vampires from the fire and Katherine leaves her descendants alone.
- The tomb spell is keyed to a comet passing over Mystic Falls, which is why Damon has to wait 145 years for one specific night in 2009.
- Emily is burned at the stake by the Founders. Her spirit possesses Bonnie in 2009 to destroy the talisman rather than let Damon use it.