Thomas Avery, nicknamed Tom, was a descendant of Silas' doppelgängers and a member of the Avery Family.
Biography[]
Early History[]
Thomas lived in Atlanta, Georgia with his family. After graduating and attending college, Thomas worked as a paramedic and married a woman. However, their marriage was short when his wife died after giving birth to her son Sam. Thomas was saddened by her death and blamed himself for not saving her. After giving his son to be adopted by his brother Alfred who was already married to a woman Sarina and had two sons, Thomas continued to live the rest of his About four months ago (around the same time Silas died), he was kidnapped by a witch named Hazel (who was working with Luke and Liv Parker). Hazel put him in a magically induced coma to cloak him from the Travelers.
Vampire Diaries[]
In While You Were Sleeping, he is seen in visions when Sloan and The Travelers link Stefan to him in order to locate him.
In Rescue Me, he is found and rescued by Caroline Forbes and Lorenzo. Caroline snaps Enzo's neck in order to prevent him from killing Tom. Caroline then takes him to a diner and compels him to tell her about his life. Confirming he is a good person, she compels him to run, far from The Travelers and Enzo. Before he can leave, however, Enzo catches up to them and snaps his neck, killing him. Rather entering the Other Side, Thomas found peace and moved on to the Afterlife.
Physical Appearance[]
Physically, he is described to be classically handsome and athletic. He has a pale complexion, broad forehead, strong bone structure (angular jawline), deep-set, forest green eyes, a straight nose and a well-formed mouth. He has straight, short, dark blonde hair. He is of slightly above average height, about 5'11", and he has a lean, flat-muscled and athletic physique.
Personality[]
Thomas seemed like a kind and compassionate young man. He cared about what happened to others and from what was shown, it seems that he doesn't like seeing people in pain or dying. Tom's skills as a paramedic are so great that even one of the doctors working with him admitted he was the best paramedic he had ever met, even though they didn't get along.
Name[]
- Tom is a masculine name of English origin. It is a short version of the name Thomas, which is a name of Greek origin. The meaning of the name Thomas is "twin". Ironically, Tom is a "twin" or doppelgänger of Stefan and is one of Silas' doppelgängers.
- Avery is a traditionally masculine name of English origin. It is an English translation of the name Alfred, which is of French origin. The meaning of the name is elf counsel or ruler of the elves. Today the name is used on both boys and girls and is common as a surname.
Appearances[]
Season Five[]
Trivia[]
- He worked in Atlanta as a paramedic.
- He was the only known doppelganger who was not aware or told of his supernatural origins.
- This also makes him the only doppelganger not to meet his other doppelgangers (i.e Stefan).
- Thomas' compassionate personality is evidence that doppelgangers born in different time can share similar personality. Since we've seen Katherine always being the opposite of Elena.
- He is the only known doppelganger of Silas to not follow the name pattern of the name beginning with S.
- With the exception of Tatia, who is the only doppelganger who hasn't appeared at all in the series yet, Thomas has appeared in the least amount of episodes out of all the known doppelgangers.