Despite The Originals ending several years ago, there are still those who wonder why brothers Klaus and Elijah Mikaelson were killed off. The shokcing moment signified the end of Klaus' redemption journey and though the deaths were clear, the reasons behind it weren't. Klaus (Joseph Morgan) and Elijah's (Daniel Gillies) deaths set up the foundations for Legacies and ensured that the two most pivotal Mikaelson siblings to the franchise would never be seen again. It also meant they couldn't be there for Hope.

The Originals expanded on the Klaus and Elijah backstory and the Shakespearean depth of their familial dysfunction: a group of siblings turned into monsters by their parents who repeatedly tried to destroy their children after realizing their mistake. Klaus was considered the most vicious, villainous, duplicitous, ambitious, and powerful Mikaelson clan member. He was given the opportunity to rediscover his humanity and repair his fractured family...