Brightborn

Brightborn is the term used to describe pureborn vampire-witch hybrids, as opposed to Heretics, who are Siphoner Witches converted into vampires. Brightborn are an exceedingly rare and near-mythical sub-species that were once deemed impossible to exist. All of this changed with the birth of the Original Tribrid, whose entry into the world produced a Nexus Vorti of extraordinary power and potency that appeared to steadily alter the very laws of magic, redefining the supernatural and changing the world for all time. They began to emerge sometime in the 1500s, an era to which Gabriel Mikaelson transported himself in order to master the powers of a weaver. His presence alone was enough to alter magic from that point onward, making the creation of the Brightborn a paradoxical event, as a small number of them revealed themselves prior to Gabriel's birth.

Brightborn can only be born of a Weaver witch and a vampire.