Wes Maxfield

Wes Maxfield is a male character on The Vampire Diaries. He is a recurring character in Season Five. He is portrayed by Rick Cosnett.

Early History
Not much is known about Wes' early life except for the fact he earned an MD-PhD from an unknown medical school. Wes eventually came to know about the existence of vampires while working with Dr, Grayson Gilbert and Aaron's father. At a later time, he had found a six-year-old Aaron Whitmore among his slaughtered parents. After this, he began to conduct the practices of experimenting on vampires. During the summer, after the death of Sara Whitmore, Wes became Aaron's legal guardian.

Season Five
In Total Eclipse of the Heart, Wes is doing unknown experiments and is interupted by a woman named Sloan. He welcomes her but tells her these labs are of limits and that she needs to leave. Sloan refuses to move and says that she is here to help him. Wes tells her that he doesn't need it, but Sloan tells him she knows about vampires and she will be a great help.

Dianne comes into Wes' labs and asks if she can talk to him in private, because Sloan is still there. Wes tells Dianne that it is okay to talk to him infront of her because she is a member of Augusine and is infact Aaron's long lost cousin who went missing in her childhood. He is then attacked by a vampire named Enzo, who also attacks Sloan and kidnaps Dianne.

When he wakes up later on, he helps up Sloan. She asks him who attacked them and Wes tells her it was an Augustine vampire named Enzo, who was probaly looking out for revenge on him. Sloan asks if he is talking about Lorenzo Peters, which he is shocked about. He asks her how she knows him.

Personality
While generally described as brilliant by his students at Whitmore College, Wes often comes off as arrogant in his knowledge of microbiology. He is also somewhat of a disciplinarian, as he thoroughly embarrassed both Caroline Forbes and Elena Gilbert when they tried to sneak into his class as college freshmen. Wes is also shown to be very observant as he knew Aaron was drinking just by walking pass him and took his keys and gave him money for a cab.

Despite his personality, he does show some genuine concern for Aaron. However, he is willing to sometimes lie in order to protect Aaron from the supernatural.

Season Five

 * Total Eclipse of the Heart