Lawrence Zhen

Lawrence Zhen is a vampire that was a member of the dreadful, he first appeared in the second book, and was a major anti-hero, and protagonist. He is vampire from Brandons bloodline. He was sent by Brandon to Mystic Falls to stop the travelers, and kill Markos. Lawrence was unsuccessful in his attempts and eventually was killed by the Magic purification spell.

Early life
Not much is known about his early life but, he stated that he was a torturer for the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.

Throughout the series
Lawrence was sent to mystic falls to kill Markos, and end the travelers. Lawrence ultimately failed, and he was killed in the process. Lawrence killed many travelers, and even fought Markos. Markos ended up snapping his neck, and leaving him in a cave. After this, he became angry and annoyed. He called Brandon many times, saying that if he doesn't find Elena and Stefan, he would personally kill Brandon himself.

While in Mystic falls, he killed many travelers, he even fought Damon pushing for him to find his brother and his lover. Once the traveler spell came into effect, he originally outran the spell, but was magically forced back into the boundary by Katherine Catlyon. She left him there to die and eventually he died of having his vampirism stripped away. Leaving him a 990+ year old victim of an assault.

Throughout the books, Lawrence was a powerful vampire who helped Rebekah in their efforts to kill Aurelia and Astrid Clara.

Powers and Abilities
Lawrence possessed all the same powers as a non-original vampire. But, being over 990 years old, this makes him and extremely powerful vampire. Even Brandon Smith (who is a 1500+ year old hybrid) was afraid of him. He was shown to be very skilled in fighting, and had extreme strength. He was able to fight Markos off (while he had consumed doppelganger blood). This makes him highly superior to vampire like Rebekah Kennedy, Jackson Fire, and Samantha Valez

Lawrence Zhen is a vampire that was a member of the dreadful, he first appeared in the second book, and was a major anti-hero, and protagonist. He is vampire from Brandons bloodline