Doppelgänger

Doppelgängers, also known as Shadow Selves or Mortal Shadow Selves, were a supernatural occurrence that were created by Nature, after the Smitheyos Family, and the Valez family gathered in matrimonial marriage, and performed rituals to make their magic stronger. This violated the natural law that everyone has a weakness, their power violated that law, so nature found a balance. Making weaker, versions of themselves.

There are only two doppelgänger "lines" that rippled throughout history, colloquially known as the Smitheyos doppelgängers and the Valez doppelgängers. Nickolas Johnson, Andras Bela, and Edward Herron being Brandon's doppelgängers, while Ingrid, and Samantha being Estrids' doppelgängers.

Creation
" Brandon: When my family performed rituals to make my matrimony stronger, it violated the laws of nature. Everyone has a weakness, so nature found a balance by making a weaker shadow self.

Grayson: doppelgängers"

In the early 5th century, two members of very powerful witch families were married, and during their marriage, the coven elders performed rituals to make them stronger. Amplifying their witchcraft, and their powers. This violated the laws of nature that everyone must have a weakness. So, nature created weaker/mortal shadow selves. The addition of the magical rituals could have caused the siphon gene to become prevalent in the family

5th century, A.D
over 1500 years ago, two powerful members of witch families gathered together in marriage to bond their families together. During their marriage the coven elders performed many rituals to make their magic stronger, by bonding their two families together, they would forever be the most powerful families in history. This violated the laws of nature that everything must have balance, and a weakness. So nature made weaker/mortal shadow selves. After Brandon died their marriage broke, ending their powerful lives. Brandon still retained his power and lived on in the Ancestral well. With his newfound power, every 200 years Brandon would block the magic, that held him in the well, allowing him to break free and walk the earth for a day.

Estrid died many years later, ending the powerful witch line. However, 1500 years later, a young witch named Ingrid, was born and she soon became just and possibly more powerful than Estrid ever was.

10th century A.D
in the 10th century, Brandon walked the earth (cloaked as his older brother Blake) found his first known doppelgänger; Nickolas Johnson, Brandon turned him, and he became the first vampire of Brandons sireline.

Powers and Abilities

 * Blood: Doppelgängers, being mystical and recurrent, are sources of great magical power.
 * The blood of a doppelgänger can be used to link supernatural beings with the help of magic conducted by any witchTheir blood can also be used to bind an extremely powerful curse or spell or to use as a power source in spells that require more magic than the witch in question possesses on their own.
 * Their blood can also be used to bind an extremely powerful curse or spell or to use as a power source in spells that require more magic than the witch in question possesses on their own.

Weaknesses

 * Magic: Doppelgängers are still susceptible to the powers of witchcraft. Given the right spells, casting a spell on one doppelgänger will affect that of another.
 * Mortality: Despite their mystical occurrence, doppelgängers share similar weaknesses as humans (e.g. age, decapitation, disease, heart-failure, suffocation, etc.).