<P> Lucas "Luke" Parker is a warlock and Liv's twin brother . He is protective of his sister and is in the same coven as her . He is openly gay . He is a younger brother of twins Josette and Malachai Parker, Joey Parker and three unnamed deceased siblings . He was the youngest son of Joshua Parker . </P> <P> In season five, Luke was seen attending Whitmore College . He quickly found himself working with Elena and her freinds in an effort to stop Markos and the Travelers . Luke's neck was snapped by Caroline Forbes in order to motivate Liv to cast a spell to resurrect him, Stefan and the rest of their deceased friends on the rapidly disintegrating Other Side . Liv eventually revived Luke, and when he saw how the spell was draining her of her life force, he used his magic to force her to stop the spell . The two then fled, leaving Damon and Bonnie trapped on the Other Side when it collapsed . </P> <P> In season six, it was revealed that Luke felt bad for leaving Damon and Bonnie trapped on the Other Side, and started providing hallucinogenic herbs to Elena so she could communicate with Damon . Luke explained to the group about his family's dark past and how he would eventually have to merge with his twin, Liv . He completed the merge ceremony with Kai through a loophole because he didn't want to kill Liv, nor did he want Kai to do the same to Jo and take the leadership of their coven . He went into the ceremony believing that he could win, but he ended up losing the merge ceremony and his life essence was absorbed by Kai, along with his ability to possess magic (something Kai was not born with). An unintended side - effect of the merge was Kai absorbing Luke's personality traits, such as his compassion and empathy, which have tempered his own sociopathic personality . </P> <Ul> <Li> Played by Chris Wood </Li> <Li> Seasons: 6 and 8 </Li> </Ul>

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