The baby cries again, and Katherine goes to the crib. She recalls learning to ride a bike with no training wheels. He was in Chicago with Lexi at a Bon Jovi concert, which unbeknownst to them was Katherine watching them from afar. Stefan knows four languages, English, French, Latin, and Italian, the later two less fluently. Matt knows this and reminds Stefan that there is nothing he can do to stop him because Stefan is a vampire and Matt is just human. He's worried about Ivy making herself a target for Tripp if she doesn't learn how to control herself. Stefan smiles and says he did have some help with it. [7] Stefan still carried his caring and kind interior as well, though on the outside he was somewhat more rude and less polite than before. Stefan sat there all day and into night, feeling like an idiot. Since he turned in 1864, Stefan had always had trouble controlling his blood lust, that has often become a major problem for him throughout the course of his immortal life. He realizes that Sarah or the pretend Sarah is fake because he has been keeping tabs on her since the day she left. Stefan goes to where all Klaus' family members coffins are held, and almost opens one before Rebekah comes in. Stefan wakes up and tries to stop Damon from going after Lily so that they could find Valerie. But in destroying the other side every supernatural being over there comes back into their world with vengeance. They both question the man but are unable to figure out who he is and what he's doing there as he's compelled to kill himself, which he does by grabbing Rebekah's knife and stabbing himself. Though it is not explicitly said by either brother, in this moment it becomes clear that they each care for each other very much. he's moving on Stefan asks her how does anyone seem to move on Caroline says that someday he'll meet someone new and fall madly in love he would have moved on without even realizing it. Stefan is skeptical and leaves him. He is a protagonist, and narrator of the series. Height Stefan picks up Jay's stake gun and turns it on Enzo, but Caroline zips in front of it before he can fire. When Stefan finds Elena, he and Damon work together to bring down another vampire called Elijah. Damon reveals the time when Charlotte killed a sailor after touching Damon's drink, having told her to 'have no mercy', he tells Stefan that was his first clue she was sired. The scene is inter cut with a scene from the night before, when Stefan argued with Damon about the best way for Elena to feed. Caroline compels Jesse to go and hide. Stefan was a 171-year-old cured vampire and the distant descendant and doppelgnger of Silas. Damon agrees but as he hangs up the phone he turns around and sees Bonnie. Stefan asks what, Elena smiling? In Man on Fire, Stefan is with Elena at the Grill, helping her with her studies, they tease each other and in that moment Bonnie arrives, who is worried about what is happening on the other side. Valerie clears up that notion quickly. He says "If I let myself care, all I feel is pain," and then leaves. Valerie opens his shirt; the wound has red streaks going out from it. She sees a figure, who she assumes to be Markos, and she starts trembling in fear. She tries to siphon the wound but it doesn't help. In Home, Stefan watches as Damon, Elena, and Caroline mourn his death until he is nearly sucked up on the Other Side and saved by Lexi. Stefan gives him a look and convinces him to get her back. Stefan seems to love literature by William Shakespeare. She decides to go but suddenly stops because she smells something and asks Stefan what is it. However, despite them becoming romantically involved, various and numerous obstacles begin to come between the two, making Stefan and Elena struggle and fight to be together. In the evening, the gang is playing charade and team Stefan and Elena are beating team Damon and Caroline. He spins Damon's coffin around just in time as arrows hit the lid. He is looking for Maria, his wife. She tries to calm Stefan but he asks if she has bags of blood, she says that she has some in the car but then Stefan disappears. Caroline then gets up to say thank you to everyone that came, and then began to sing "Go In Peace". He had nanny named Cordelia and his ex-fiance, Rosalyn Cartwright, was killed by a jealous Katherine. Silas (Progenitor Of, Distant or Ancient Paternal Ancestor)Unknown Silas Doppelgngers (Distant Paternal Ancestors)Giuseppe Salvatore (Father)Lillian Salvatore (Mother)Damon Salvatore (Older Brother)Elena Gilbert (Sister-In-Law)Elizabeth Forbes (Mother-In-Law)Caroline Forbes (Widow)Unborn Child (with Valerie)Giuseppe's Unnamed Son (Paternal Half-Brother)Zachariah Salvatore (Paternal Half-Nephew)Zachariah's Unnamed Son (Paternal Half-Nephew)Joseph Salvatore (Distant Paternal Half-Nephew)Joseph Salvatore's Unnamed Son (Distant Paternal Half-Nephew)Zach Salvatore (Distant Paternal Half-Nephew)Tom Avery (Doppelgnger, Descendant)Sarah Salvatore (Distant Paternal Half-Niece) But he shouldn't get her wrong-he's standing there and he looks good and she remember their sex and it was good sex but she just doesn't feel anything about it anymore. He stops by Whitmore college to see Elena. After Matt forces Elena to decide which brother to say goodbye to, she calls Damon and reveals that she has chosen to say goodbye to Stefan. Elena catches them and seems very upset. Stefan's ethnic background on the show is half-French (from his mother) and half-Italian (from his father). Stefan says he wants to have dinner with Caroline that night. Damon however interrupts his lecture and says that Stefan needs to be a good brother and keep Mystic Falls afloat for him. Stefan explains that this is his home and he's not going anywhere. Stefan is preparing dinner when Ivy arrives. Human/DoppelgngerVampire (Niklaus' bloodline/Broken) (Cured/Formerly)Ghost (Formerly)Phoenix Stone Spirit (Formerly)Spirit (Currently) Rebekah however knows what the Salvatore brother wants and she gives him the dagger herself. They have an enjoyable time together, where Elena teaches him some of her skills, she takes him to the Wickery Bridge to remember when he saved her from dying. Elena needs only one of them and it's better for her that one to be Stefan because he wants her to take the cure. Stefan agrees to try and get the dagger from Rebekah but first him and Klaus go to Damon as someone still needs to babysit him. Shocked and overwhelmed with grief to see his brother dying, Stefan picked up a gun to shoot whoever had shot his brother, but before he could do so, Stefan was also shot directly in the chest. Much of Stefan's personality as a human transcended into his vampire personality, although his basic human traits became significantly more heightened. Klaus offers him a deal to save Damon from a werewolf bite: he will become his right-hand man, leaving everything including Elena and Klaus will cure Damon. Stefan says that Elijah can tell him where they are and they can all talk it through. By Katherine Pierce on September 25, 1864 (transition initiated by Giuseppe Salvatore) [2] Stefan is the narrator of the series. In the meantime Damon comes back home with Rebekah and gets a text from his little brother, asking for help. Sometime later, Giuseppe sent her away but then ended up dying. In the novels, Stefan is born in during the Renaissance period in the fifteenth century in Florence, Italy. He calls out to Andie, who is up high on a beam in the studio roof. He is invited to the party that Caroline and Elena are organizing but he refuses to go to the party. Damon delivers towels to their room, shooting them both with vervain darts. As they return to Elena's home Stefan realizes that someone is bleeding upstairs. Klaus then asks how can they stop him and Stefan says that Silas has to complete the third massacre so that Bonnie could do the spell and if he's here that's what he's doing so they need to find him and stop him. His best friend, and supposedly one of his few friends, was a vampire named Lexi Branson. Then, Jamie came to protect Elena but Stefan compels him to leave. Damon arrives telling that Elena just told to him the truth. He suggests they leave the party instead, and Elena finally hands over the stake. At the realization that Mason Lockwood was a werewolf, he even tried to protect her. Elena almost loses control before Stefan comes up to the podium and leads her back to her seat. Later Stefan finds Elena and makes her dance with him and she tells him to let go or she'll bite him Stefan reminds her that he's the one that hates to dance and Elena says that she finally sees why, Stefan then asks Elena that she's only here to help Rebekah get the cure on what happens to be the most sentimental night in high school and Elena asks him if he thinks that this is her cry for help and that she'll be happy to show him what a real cry for help sounds like, Stefan asks her does she feel anything about them she says that feels nothing Stefan says that he doesn't believe her and she says that she doesn't care, Stefan start to dance slowly with her and asks her that she doesn't remember what it used to feel like when they danced and when his hands would touch her waist as Stefan slowly puts his hands on Elena's waist, Elena says no and Stefan holds her hand asks how does she feel their fingers would touch Elena says she feels nothing and then Stefan lays her down and asks her if her heart refuses to remember, Elena asks what heart and leaves, later Stefan asks Caroline to dance with him after Elena stole her dress and asks Stefan if she can kill her, Stefan notices that she found another dress Caroline says its from Klaus and Stefan says that she has him wrapped around her finger she says that if she had Klaus wrapped around her finger then she will be with Tyler and asks him about any progress with dress thief, Stefan says its affecting him a whole lot more than its affecting her Caroline asks him what does he mean he says that every time he tells himself that he's moving on there's this part of him that just can't seem to shake her, Caroline says that normal and that they were in love and that doesn't go away because he declares that As well as being shot by his own father, he has his heart ripped out, is stabbed twice by the Phoenix Sword, and sacrifices himself to the Hellfire in order to kill Katherine and save Damon. Her try at negotiating fails, and Stefan reveals himself after Connor begins a countdown to shoot Jeremy. He rushes her to the hospital. When they are on the road with Katherine and stop to tank, Katherine breaks his car, so they would be forced to wait until it is repaired. Stefan realizes that this was Elena's plan from the beginning-to bring too many people to the house as a distraction so that she could be free and do whatever she wants. Damon ended up blaming Stefan for Katherine's capture although it was not ever Stefan's intention on hurting or betraying Damon and outing Katherine. it turned out Caroline had kidnapped Sarah and compelled Liam to do whatever she said. In reference to Alaric, Elena tells Stefan that she wasn't planning on giving up on either of them. Literally. Characters / The Vampire Diaries Universe Stefan Salvatore They talk about Valerie and Mary Louise. After she leaves them she meets Sheriff Forbes at the party and they have an argument which ends with Elena trying to feed on Liz until Caroline and Stefan stop her. Stefan remained in denial of her claims, and stated that even if Katherine was right, all of his love had turned to hate. Elena stays at Stefan's old apartment, hides from Klaus and Stefan who hides from Elena before he takes a wine. Later, in Stefan's bedroom, Elena finishes leaving a message for Caroline to ask for help adjusting as Stefan walks into the room with two glasses and a bottle of champagne. Damon wants to see Elena, but Stefan refuses to fulfill his wish as the sire bond still exists and the elder Salvatore could use it to get free. Stefan had a horse during his human years named Mezzanotte, which means "midnight" in Italian. Most of the deaths were in the present, but there were a few that took place in 1864 during flashbacks and they were included in the total, but will be distinguished from present day deaths. The next morning, Stefan woke up confused and dazed. Stefan says he's angry, and he wants to kill Julian for hurting Valerie. Once he cleaned up, the family was surprised to find that Stefan looked like a perfect gentleman. ", In Do Not Go Gentle, Elena asks Stefan to the decade dance with the encouragement of Caroline. While he's trying to get it out Katherine goes behind him and pushes his head in the vervained water while she manages to get out the cure. In this scenario, Stefan is often compared to, Stefan is the first vampire to be bitten by an, In 1912, Stefan was living on a strict animal blood diet, controlling his urges for human blood. Stefan is cleaning up the mess when Ivy enters. Caroline says that they can't think about that right now. After reaching the corner, Stefan bitterly retorts that not telling Elena the truth- as Damon suggested 'is Damon speak for let's just do what's right for me'. Stefan calls Elijah and the original brother says that Elena is safe but how long that remains depend on them. ", In Before Sunset, Stefan appears the most upbeat he has been all season. She says that she thinks Damon was right, she doesn't even deserve to be loved. For them, she gave her blood to Kai. As a vampire over 170 years old, this makes Stefan one of the oldest vampires shown throughout the series. Presently, Stefan asks Lily why she sent Valerie to check on him all those years ago. Stefan later has a heartfelt reunion with Damon when he escapes the Prison World he was sent to following the Other Side's destruction. Stefan then saw Elena Gilbert for the first time while rescuing her after her parents' car drove off Wickery Bridge. Stefan follows Elena outside the school. They would spend every birthday of his together, once attending a Bon Jovi concert. Stefan has shown himself to be an experienced fighter, able to subdue his enemies easily. She smirks at Elena, at least she knows how Stefan really feels before looking back to Stefan declaring his pain is her revenge. As Tyler arrives, Rebekah provokes him into transforming, compelling Elena, Stefan and Caroline not to 'vamp run' in the hallways. In the novels, Stefan loved Katherine for many centuries and was horribly saddened and grief-stricken over her "death". She complies, then they have a make out session that leads to more. He then explains that he's actually in New York because he's trying to follow a lead to the cure. Maria thinks that Elena y Stefan are boyfriends but both talking at the same time telling that they aren't together, she assumed that for the doppelgnger prophecy. After finding her personal records and observing her from afar, Stefan determined that Elena was definitely not Katherine. Then, she's convinced that she sees an age spot on her hand, and Stefan tells her it isn't one and holds her hand. In Total Eclipse of the Heart, Stefan arrives home and finds Damon's car with Aaron's corpse inside of it. She goes to Jeremy and Bonnie who are trying to get the cure out of Silas' hands, but Vaughn is trying to prevent them from doing it. Stefan and Elena are away from sunlight and they are bleeding from a cut into their wrists and the wounds aren't healed immediately. They fill it with gas while they talk. Caroline gasps as his skin starts to desiccate, before Stefan falls to the pavement; dead. Then Bonnie gets inside while the Salvatore brothers talk outside, but both groups are actually discussing the same thing. He continues, showing her a real memory of him and her mom. As a ripper Stefan is prone to losing control when drinking human blood, making him stronger and emotionally unstable even to the point where Damon, an older vampire, feared him. He throws the stake past Stefan and into the throat of Jay, who was aiming a shotgun with wooden darts at them. Stefan is seven years younger than Damon. Stefan then gives Elena a daylight ring that Bonnie made. She says if she could do anything to help she would, but the spirits won't allow her to use magic. When his boss offers to fire him instead, Stefan compels him to bury Ivy in the woods and forget any of this ever happened and give him a raise when he gets back. He goes to Damon asking if he knew that already, and Damon admits he did. Then Caroline asks where is Elena and Stefan points out to her only to see her dancing with the others. Elena said that it was her father who'd turned on the porch lights to put an end to their first kiss. Stefan returns to the party and says to Damon they need to call the whole thing off, but Damon convinces him to change his mind. He compels the officer and the man handcuffed who reveals he is a convicted murderer. In The Day I Tried To Live, Seeing the 1994 Mrs. Cuddles, Caroline's determined to find the original, which she buried in the forest years ago. One night, Stefan went to a camp where the war-wounded lay, and discreetly fed on their blood. In the meantime Elena is pissed at Damon when she understands the real reason behind his actions and teams up with Rebekah. Lily gives her 'family' as speech that the bloodshed ends now. Stefan resents that Elena thought he wouldn't understand, and goes on to explain why he's angry that she fed on Damon. This is later found to be false. They go to look for her in the forest but can't seem to find her. Stefan was very close to Lillian as a child, so much that Damon himself even referred to Stefan as being a "mama's boy". However, Stefan was not entirely different from the person he had been before the memory loss. Rebekah resists, so Stefan asks Rebekah to forget about helping Klaus and to just help him instead. Stefan tries to assuage her fears, suggesting that the witches might just be messing with Bonnie's head to teach her a lesson. In regards to Elena, Stefan brutally killed a guard by bashing his head against the bars so that Elena could gain access to blood to complete her transition. As a vampire, Stefan's personality became increasingly complex. After that, they started to make out - dream Elena knocked some mail off the counter, and real Elena broke the glass she was holding. Stefan is about to leave but Elena asks him why she not run like she normally does and and what was the reason for Katherine to stay , Stefan tells her that for Katherine staying alive wasn't enough and that she wanted it all, she wanted him. The guy reminds Stefan that he put his brother in the hospital. Stefan is of slightly above average height, about 5'11", and he has a lean, flat-muscled and athletic physique. After she leaves, Stefan goes over and talks to the guy who was eyeing him earlier. After reaching Savannah, Stefan explains to Elena that he tries to live as human a life as possible and tells her the next step to starting over is deciding who you want to be for the next 30 years. She tries to attack Meredith but Stefan holds her tight. In regards to his clothing and fashion sense, Stefan was generally trendy and casual. Nik is there because he needs a dagger in order to put Kol down, but Rebekah refuses to give her last one to him as she doesn't want to leave herself unprotected. He didn't kill people, he only drank animal blood. Giuseppe Salvatore (1st time, as a human)Julian (1st time, as a vampire)Nora Hildegard (2nd time, as a vampire)Rayna Cruz (3rd time, as a vampire)Himself (2nd time, as a human) Stefan lets the water run in the sink so that he could prevent Elena from hearing their conversation. Stefan Salvatore | The Vampire Diaries Novels Wiki | Fandom At the end of the episode, Stefan goes to Rebekah and she explains that she didn't dagger Kol because he threatened to kill her. Valerie spits on him and tries to light it on fire, but it doesn't work. They argue about Elena going to Damon for help instead of Stefan, and Elena admits that she felt that Damon would understand. In that moment Stefan arrives and sees what has happened. Elena is very hurt and Stefan tells her that Klaus took everything from him and now all he has left is to get revenge on Klaus. She tries another tactic, compelling him to have a heart attack. Supernatural information Stefan's car is a red 1963 Porsche 356B Karmann Coupe. Elena, distracted by the bomb blast, looks up to find Jeremy; Connor takes advantage and overpowers her. Klaus, however, questions that and adds that Stefan mustn't underestimate the allure of darkness because even the purest hearts are drown to it. Stefan says that it was her humanity, everything she had left but Damon responds by saying that humanity means nothing when you don't have anyone to care about anymore. When they are in school remembering the first time they met, a student is bleeding and passes near Stefan. Elena gives into Stefan's high spirits and pops open the bottle, laughing gleefully as it overflows. Caroline says that they can't compel them to leave because the locals are on vervain from the water supply and she asks what should they do. Caroline says that as his sober sponsor she's giving him the greenlight. Elena tells him that she doesn't remember anything from his last encounter with Damon, Stefan tells her it's been three weeks since then. Stefan was supposed to be the one to take over the Salvatore family business from Giuseppe when he turned 18. During the sacrifice he tries to exchange himself for Elena's aunt Jenna Sommers as the vampire but Klaus refuses saying he has plans for him. When Elena asks to go rescue Damon, Stefan refuses and insists that they carry out the plan. In seconds the rapist was dead on the ground, eyes staring lifelessly at her. She tries to keep from cracking up as she accepts his proposal and hugs him. When Stefan asks to Damon about this Enzo arrives and says that it was his idea, he also talks to Stefan about their intentions to kill Dr. Wes. Because of this, Damon has referred to Stefan as a "pack rat". It fails. Then they hook up and agree to not include feelings or any attachments in their relationship. In The Birthday, Stefan and Klaus are in Tennessee. Stefan is later seen with Caroline and he finds Bonnie injured and hurt and finds out that she linked herself to Katherine, Caroline says she'll stay with her and Bonnie unlinks Katherine, Stefan stops Elena from killing Katherine and threatens her to leave before he kills her and Elena is angry at Stefan and asks him why did he save Katherine and he said that she was linked to Katherine so if she died Bonnie would die as well, Elena doesn't believe him asks Stefan if he still has feelings for Katherine he said it wasn't about her it about Jeremy and he also explains that killing Katherine won't take the pain away its a distraction just like beating up cinder-blocks and turning off her humanity and that loss is a part of the deal of being a vampire and the he was alive for a 163 years and he lost more lovers than he can count and it keeps hurting every single time and that Elena needs to face her grieve and he says he can help her but she refuses and punches him in the face and said it was like the cinder-block nothing. Stefan scrutinizes the special bullets, intrigued by the etchings on them. Damon & Stefan use Aaron as a leverage to save Elena from Wes. Later, back at the boarding house, Stefan thanks Damon for not telling Elena about the cure, and that by killing Connor she may have lost her only chance to be human again. Bonnie then begins coughing up blood and stumbles back into Stefan on the Other Side, forcing him through as well. The Armory has her now. Stefan tells Nadia that Katherine is dying. Stefan Salvatore - 1000+ Times He's one of the most selfless characters in the entire show, and yet Stefan still dies the most in The Vampire Diaries. He says Stefan will never stop caring about his family, but the blood makes it easier to let go. However, Stefan was also on an episode of The Originals, putting his total episode count at 172. In Do You Remember the First Time?, Tripp wakes up only to see Enzo and Stefan towering over him. While Damon is gone, Stefan and Elena are captured by the Town Council and imprisoned in a cell, along with Rebekah. He introduces her to the Salvatore family tradition of a chocolate shake which is really a ploy to call her out about lying about her relation to the family. Back in Mystic Falls Stefan has taken Bonnie to her house and when she wakes up he realizes that she doesn't remember anything that happened after her and Jeremy were trying to get the cure from Silas back on the island from the island including Jeremy's death so the younger Salvatore starts explaining her everything. The Vampire Diaries Characters, Ranked From Lowest To Highest Kill Count Stefan has a tattoo of a rose on his right shoulder. Elena is grateful to Stefan for having protected her, as he always does and then says goodbye to him. He then compelled him to kill Elena if the clock reached 0. Stefan invites himself along because that just so happens to be where the real Sarah Salvatore lives. Caroline tells him that Damon is off the rails and all his victims are decapitated and their skin is desiccated, which leads Stefan to conclusion that Damon is feeding on vampires. In that moment Rebekah wakes up, Damon tries to kill her but she catches the knife he threw at her and with that they realize that she's still a vampire and the fake cure was probably just some blood with vervain in it. Ever the perfect manpire, Stefan tells her: "You live your life, you heal, and in the meantime, we're friends." In the novels, as humans, Stefan and Damon fight to the death with a sword. He says that this party won't last because they'll either drink all the booze and get bored or Damon will come home and kill everyone. On the way to the party, Stefan and Elena describe Caroline to Liam. After this experience, Stefan appeared to come to terms with his problems more firmly. In I Carry Your Heart With Me, Damon brings Oscar's desiccated body to Stefan to try to come up with a plan to deal with it, but Stefan tells Damon that he wants no part in it and that it's Damon's problem, not his. Best 23 Stefan Salvatore Quotes - NSF - Magazine - Need Some Fun She's so upset she suggests he just leave, and he does. At the party when Katherine came he had to dance with her or she would kill someone. Elena and Jeremy's life, Stefan had to kill her. He's compelled the doctors to let him take her home so she'll be more comfortable, and he says that she won't survive the day. Title(s) Tyler takes them to the Lockwood Cellar where he tells the hybrids to keep them down there until they're ready to bring in Klaus, Stefan tries to persuade him that it isn't about revenge for them, to no avail. When Klaus tells him to let bygones be bygones, and that an eternity of bad feelings gets old, Stefan counters saying that revenge never gets old, and reveals that he stole the coffins that hold Klaus' family. The answer is probably not, but why not give it a go anyway and let us know how many you get right in the comments section below. He tells her he had to move on after two months of searching. In I Know What You Did Last Summer, Stefan have been in the safe for three months in the lake. Stefan tries to get Elena to let him go by saying that he loves her, but Lexi and Elena see through it, causing him to howl in rage and say that he wishes that he never met them. When the Veil is restored, Lexi disappears, leaving Stefan alone. Stefan responds that he indeed knows her best-she puts her hope in all the wrong places and sometimes in the wrong people. Stefan says that Elena is ruthless without her humanity and the cure is the fastest way to get her back. They both realize that they share many qualities, hobbies, traits, values and beliefs in common. Caroline lured Katherine inside the room, then the brothers attacked Katherine. The woman says that she never gets visitors and then, all of a sudden, two in a matter of days! After being released, Stefan finds Klaus at the Winter Wonderland event, when Klaus threatens to compel the truth about why he has been 'dodgy' as a distraction tool, Stefan admits that he broke into Klaus' house for the sword and that he doesn't trust him. After some conferring, they expect the Travelers will be coming for Stefan and Elena today to break the witches' curse so they can settle in Mystic Falls. Stefan tells Elena that he wishes that he could promise that everything would be okay, that he could save her from craving blood and a heightened sense of pain, but unfortunately, being a vampire will be all those things. That was until Damon had asked him to drink human blood with him and feed on, Stefan's last name in the show was originally going to be ". Damon walks up, saying "Well he already has a brothernot to be, you know, territorial or anything." Sarah and Stefan are driving away and he still doesn't believe that she is Sarah. Later, Stefan is walking around outside Mystic Grill on the phone with Klaus, trying to negotiate getting Klaus' hybrids on board with his plan. It was during that time when Stefan and Katherine were making love that Katherine revealed her true identity to Stefan and that she was a vampire. His parents died that night, but Blake and his sister survived. They start dancing and Elena goes to them, showing to be a bit jealous although she denies it. Once inside, he opens all of the drawers and cupboards looking for food. Later Stefan leaves the bar in Tennessee. After that Stefan watches the cheer leading competition where Elena plays with Caroline and lets her fall on the ground on purpose.