True Death

The "True Death" is a term that refers to the ultimate destruction of an otherwise immortal being, such as a vampire or a Maenad.

Known Causes of the True Death

 * Meeting the sun
 * Fire
 * Exsanguination
 * Decapitation
 * Staking
 * Hepatitus V

Staking appears to be the preferred method of execution for forms of Vampire Government, namely The Authority. A quick "ceremonial" type of performance is even used of presenting the ancient silver tipped wooden stake to The Guardian, which is used to carry out the execution.

Immortals Who Have Met The True Death
Before season 1:
 * Lilith - (Met the Sun by Macklyn Warlow/in retrospection in season 6)
 * Don Santiago - (Met the sun while under Antonia's curse/in retrospection in season 4)
 * Vampires Priests and Nuns - (Met the sun while under Antonia's curse/in retrospection in season 4)

Season 1:
 * Diane Hardwicke - (House fire; Burned by Royce Williams)
 * Liam McKnight - (House fire; Burned by Royce Williams)
 * Malcolm Beaumarchais - (House fire: Burned by Royce Williams)
 * Longshadow - (Staked by Bill Compton)
 * Eddie Fournier - (Staked by Amy Burley)

Season 2:
 * Stan Baker - (Luke McDonald/Bomb)
 * Paolo - (Luke McDonald/Bomb)
 * Catherine - (Luke McDonald/Bomb)
 * Godric - (Self-inflicted/Met the sun)
 * Maryann Forrester - (Maenad/Heart willingly torn out by Sam Merlotte)

Season 3:
 * Russell's Guard - (Staked by Bill Compton)
 * Lorena Krasiki - (Staked by Sookie Stackhouse)
 * Jorge Alonso de San Diego - (Decapitated by Russell Edgington)
 * Talbot Angelis - (Staked by Eric Northman)
 * Franklin Mott - (Shot by Jason Stackhouse)

Season 4:
 * Sophie-Anne Leclerq - (Snipers on the command of Bill Compton/in retrospection)
 * YouTube Vampire - (Staked by Bucky under orders from Bill Compton)
 * Luis Patiño - (Staked himself while under Antonia's control)
 * Beulah Carter - (Met the sun while under Antonia's curse)
 * Vampire on cemetery - (Shot by Tara Thornton during Battle of the Bon Temps Graveyard)
 * Blackburn - (Staked by Nan Flanagan while under Antonia's control)
 * Duprez - (Killed while fighting Bill Compton)
 * Kirsch - (Thrown into Marnie's forcefield by Bill Compton while under Antonia's control)
 * Three Nan's guards - (Decapitated by Eric Northman)
 * Nan Flanagan - (Staked by Bill Compton)

Season 5:
 * Hayes - (Staked by Nora Gainsborough)
 * Cat Ingerslev - (Shot by V-Feds)
 * Cat Ingerslev's clan - (Shot by V-Feds)
 * Alexander Drew - (Staked by Roman Zimojic)
 * Unsavory Vampire - (Shot by a group of Obamas)
 * Roman Zimojic - (Staked by Russell Edgington)
 * Dieter Braun - (Decapitated by Russell Edgington)
 * Mike Spencer - (Staked by Sookie Stackhouse)
 * Molly - (Staked via iStake by Bill Compton)
 * Elijah Stormer - (Decapitated by Tara Thornton)
 * Gondry - (Shot by Jason Stackhouse)
 * Lambert - (Shot by Jason Stackhouse)
 * AHQ Escort 1 - (Decapitated by Eric Northman)
 * AHQ Escort 2 - (Decapitated by Eric Northman)
 * Unnamed male vampire - (Shot by Alcide Herveaux)
 * Business Man Vamp - (Shot by Jackson Herveaux)
 * Kibwe Akinjide - (Decapitated by Bill Compton)
 * Russell Edgington - (Staked by Eric Northman)
 * Rosalyn Harris - (Exploded by Sam Merlotte)
 * Chelsea - (Shot by Jason Stackhouse)
 * Several dozen soldiers of Vampire Authority - (Destroyed by Jason, Eric, Nora and Tara)
 * AHQ Guard 1 - (Staked by Eric Northman or Nora Gainesborough)
 * AHQ Guard 2 - (Staked by Eric Northman or Nora Gainesborough)
 * Authority Guard Captain - (Staked by Eric Northman or Nora Gainesborough)
 * Salome Agrippa - (Staked by Bill Compton)
 * Bill Compton - (Ingested Lilith's blood and restored as "Bilith")

Season 6:
 * Authority Guard 1 - (Decapitated by Bill Compton)
 * Unnamed soldier of Vampire Authority - (Shot by Jason Stackhouse)
 * Children vampires - (Tortured and killed by the men of the Governor)
 * Nora Gainesborough - (Succumbed to Hepatitis V by Dr. Overlark)
 * Steve Newlin - (Met the sun by Eric Northman)
 * All vampire prisoners in Burell's camp who drank the Hep V stained TruBlood - (Unwittingly infected with Hepatitis V)
 * Macklyn Warlow - (Staked by Jason Stackhouse)

Unknown status

 * Colin - (He could meet the true death after leaving Pam/mentioned in season 5)
 * Authority Gate Guard - (He could survive an annihilation of The Vampire Authority/season 5)
 * Nigel Beckford - (He could have survived the annihilation of The Vampire Authority/season 5)
 * Eric Northman - (He could have survived meeting the sun/season 6)
 * Pam Swynford De Beaufort - (Missing/season 6)