The Vampire Diaries: Casting related scoop on episode 5x17 "The Night of The Bonfire" from E! Online's Kristin Dos Santos

Here's some scoop on The Vampire Diaries from Kristin Dos Santos' Spoiler Chat column, which was posted on 1/22/14.

Debra: Can't wait for the 100^th ep of Vampire Diaries, but kind of want to know what's coming up after it. I'm greedy, I know!
A new big bad! In episode 17, viewers will be meeting Markos, a charismatic but imposing leader from a faraway land. He's super dark, but people can't help but be drawn to him and he's worshipped by his followers. So Joe Carroll 2.0 basically?

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