Mu mujyi wa New Orleans, umuryango w’abadayimoni b’amaraso uzwi nka Mikaelson urakomeza guhangana n’ingaruka z’amateka yawo. Klaus, Elijah, na Rebekah ni abavandimwe bafite imbaraga zidasanzwe, ariko ubucuti bwabo buragenda busenyuka bitewe n’amabanga, ubugambanyi, n’amarangamutima atavugwa.

Mu gihe abanzi bashya baturuka mu miryango y’amaraso y’aba Mikaelson, intambara iratangira hagati y’abashaka kwihorera n’abashaka kurinda umuryango. Hayi, Davina, Marcel n’abandi baragerageza guhitamo uruhande, ariko buri cyemezo gifite ingaruka zikomeye.