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Tyler Smallwood
Tyler Smallwood
Biographical information
Born
Turned
  • June 6th, 1992
Marital status
  • Single
Physical description
Species
Gender
  • Male
Height
  • 6'5 to 6'7
Hair colour
  • Reddish-Sandy
Skin colour
  • Fair
Family information
Family members
Affiliation
Victim
Loyalty
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"You're going to be dog meat, Salvatore."
—Tyler threatening Stefan Salvatore[src]

Tyler Smallwood (b. 1974) was a werewolf and the only son of Mr. Smallwood. A resident of Fell's Church, Virginia, Klaus helped Tyler trigger his werewolf gene by assisting him in killing Sue Carson and feeding him her blood. He later had sex with, or possibly raped, Caroline Forbes, his ex-girlfriend, which made her pregnant with twins. Though he was presumably unaware of this, he fled the town after Klaus's death.

Biography[]

Early life[]

Tyler was born in 1974 to Mr. Smallwood in Fell's Church, a lawyer, and a member of one of the founding families.[1]He enjoys a privileged life thanks to his father's wealth.[2] He grew up as a spoiled, selfish, entitled child, due to his father having a high status in Fell's Church, as they were descended from one of the town's founders, Jacob Smallwood. He often remarks that the Smallwoods were the real founders of the town instead of the Fells, and is also very prone to anger. Tyler is a direct descendant of the Smallwoods that were present at the founding of Fell's Church. Tyler's family, the Smallwoods, is one founding family of Fell's Church; there appears to be some deep-seated resentment on the part of the Smallwoods over the history of the town's creation. Tyler seems to think that his family is more responsible for the founding than the Fell family, after which the town is named. Tyler takes Elena to the graveyard, where she sees his grandfather's grave. Tyler tries to force himself on Elena, but Stefan saves her. Tyler has been antagonistic towards Stefan and Elena ever since. He is later revealed to be a werewolf; it was dormant until he knew how to begin the werewolf gene. Tyler eventually develops a relationship with Caroline Forbes. He is the father of Caroline's unborn babies.

Founders' Day plot[]

Life as a werewolf[]

Physical description[]

Tyler is said to be attractive.[3] He has reddish-sandy hair[4][5]and a ruddy complexion,[6] Tyler is described to be very tall and he is very broad in appearance.[7]He has big white teeth and is described as fleshy.[8] Tyler is described as animalistic.[9][10]

Werewolf Appearance[]

""His voice was thick with saliva, and his red tongue lolled among the rows of long canine teeth. His face wasn't a face anymore. It jutted out grotesquely into a muzzle, and his eyes were yellow, with slit-like pupils. His reddish-sandy hair had grown over his cheeks and down the back of his neck. A pelt. His breath was so hot, and it smelled feral, like an animal. The nails he was digging into her wrist were stumpy blackened claws. Although he still stood of two feet, his body was humped and strangely distorted.""
—Description[src]

Tyler in his werewolf form is entirely different his human form. As a werewolf, Tyler takes on the appearance of a bipedal werewolf. Later on once Bonnie, Stefan, Meredith, and Matt were fighting Klaus and Tyler, Tyler was described by Bonnie as looking even more like an animal than he did in the graveyard.

Personality[]

Tyler is cocky, hot-headed, jealous, competitive, brash, impulsive, reckless, spoiled, self-assured, and a bully. He is a student and an athlete at his high school, playing on the high school football team, along with Matt Honeycutt, who plays the position of quarterback and Stefan Salvatore, who plays the position of wide receiver. Tyler sees himself in the role of alpha male, and seems to have no qualms about forcing himself on women. He is known for his arrogance, chauvinism, entitled attitude and his aggressiveness towards a number of other characters within the series, particularly any man from whom he may meet competition. His best friend was Dick Carter, who also played on the high school football team.

Relationships[]

Family[]

Caroline Forbes[]

Elena Gilbert[]

Meredith Sulez[]

Dick Carter[]

Behind the scenes[]

Etymology[]

Appearances[]

Notes and references[]

  1. The Awakening
  2. (The Awakening - Chapter 4)
  3. Meredith: And he's not bad looking. (The Awakening - Chapter 4)
  4. Dark Reunion
  5. Jerking the sandy-red head back by the hair. (Dark Reunion - Chapter 9)
  6. His normally ruddy face had gone pale. (Dark Reunion - Chapter 10)
  7. Elena: And Tyler was about twice as broad. (The Awakening - Chapter 3)
  8. Dark Reunion
  9. The Awakening - Chapter 4
  10. Dark Reunion - Chapter 10
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