'The Vampire Diaries' Death Toll: Characters we've loved and lost

We loved her because: Part of the show since the pilot, Carol started off as a weak-willed rich lady who stood idly by as her husband berated their son. By the end of her life, though, she was a fiercely protective mother and an ally to our vamps.

We lost her because: Klaus drowned her in the town square as an act of revenge against Tyler, after learning that Tyler had un-sired his hybrids and conspired to bury him in cement.