Who is silas in the vampire diaries?

Answer 1

Silas is a former warlock who became the first immortal being in the world. According to him, he was responsible for creating and casting the first Immortality Spell on himself.

He is the most powerful immortal being, and overall the most powerful supernatural being in the series and also a distant relative of The Salvatore Family.

Over 2,000 years ago, Silas was an extremely powerful warlock who wanted to create a spell for immortality. He asked his best friend Qetsiyah, who was also an extremely powerful witch, to assist him in creating the spell. She agreed, expecting Silas to make her immortal as well, as she was in love with him and hoped they could be together forever. However, Silas intended to give the gift of immortality to another woman.

Qetsiyah was enraged when she discovered Silas did not plan to spend eternity with her. Out of revenge, Qetsiyah murdered Silas' lover, created a cure for immortality, and imprisoned him with the cure on a desolate island deep in an underground cave. Qetsiyah had hoped that Silas would take the cure, eventually die of starvation or thirst, and be trapped on The Other Side, a purgatory for supernatural beings that she created in order to spend eternity with him. Silas knew this was her intention and chose to dessicate instead. For two millennia, Silas had lain buried, awaiting the day when someone would free him.