The Vampire Diaries uses the latter route, introducing fans to the concept of the Old Ones the first and most powerful of the vampire species, from which all other vampire lineages claim descent.

In recent years, out-there, creative or trendy baby names were all the rage — now it seems like the classic, old-fashioned ones are popular again. According to Jennifer Moss, founder and CEO of ...

Inhabited by a Great Old One, he committed unspeakable acts in the name of the Esoteric Order of Dagon. Now free, he is in search of a way to go back in time to reverse the horrors wrought upon ...