DONOVAN LOCKWOOD

DONOVAN tyler lockwood was born in mystic falls, virginia to tyler lockwood and carla diaz. there was nothing romantic about their connection . . . it was a night in a bar that ended up in an accidental pregnancy. carla didn't know about tyler being a werewolf ( despite the fact that he was untriggered ), so when carla found out she was pregnant? tyler knew he had to actually push for them to make things work. however, once donovan was born? carla wasn't ready to be a mother. she signed all her parental rights over to tyler, and it was officially donovan and tyler against the world.

GROWING up in mystic falls meant that donovan was always aware of the salvatore school. however, while all of his school friends thought it was just the snob school and that the salvatore kids thought they were better than everyone else? donovan always knew the truth. his father refused to keep him in the dark, and as a result donovan knew that he was an untriggered werewolf. he knew what came with that, and while it scared the hell out of him . . . he preferred knowing. it allowed him to be more careful.

GROWING up, donovan was very close with the saltzman twins ( if that flows with your portrayal ), but he started feeling the distance between them as they grew into their powers and their community and he just . . . stayed the same. as a result of this, donovan stopped hanging around the school. as he got older, he got more involved with the mystic falls high crew. he was a football playing jock who hung out with his best friend connor, and fooled around with his best friend's girlfriend dana. football quickly became his entire life. he was incredibly cocky about it, and his dad was the football coach . . . so while he was good, there were always accusations of nepotism throughout his "football career".

HOWEVER, all good things must come to an end . . . and for donovan? that end came while he and some of his friends were driving home from a football game during a thunderstorm. the roads were bad, and donovan lost control of the car. they hit a tree, and donovan's friend in the passenger seat died on impact. everything donovan knew was about to change . . . his werewolf gene was triggered, and when his father found out? he was immediately on the phone with caroline, donovan was quickly enrolled at the salvatore school . . . and he was ready to hate every minute of it.