New 'Vampire Diaries' episode stills from the season 3 premiere 'The Birthday'

August 23, 2011 - The first group of stills from The Vampire Diaries for the season premiere, The Birthday, were released on Monday by the CW.

The new stills offer a deeper look into the premiere episode of season 3, giving some hints as to what will be happening when TVD returns this fall.

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As we had already seen in an earlier released still, Klaus (Joseph Morgan) and Stefan (Paul Wesley) will be having a meeting with werewolf Ray Sutton (guest star David Gallagher) in a bar, where they probably are conspiring for something.

One of the new stills in the same bar, features Klaus sitting by himself with his feet up as he stares off deviously. Then, another bar scene, shows Klaus as he points at Ray's chest in a threatening way.

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The rest of the stills are all from Elena's (Nina Dobrev) birthday party at the Salvatore mansion. The first, features Matt (Zach Roerig) and a sad looking Caroline (Candice Accola), followed by another of Caroline talking to Tyler (Michael Trevino) at the party as well.

There is also another photo of Tyler and Caroline talking, that seems to be from before the party, as Caroline looks to be getting things ready.

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Other stills from the party include one of Damon (Ian Somerhalder) as he sits drinking by himself on a wall, most likely thinking about Stefan and his turn to the dark side with Klaus. Another still shows Alaric (Matt Davis) joining Damon on the wall as they talk.

These two images lead to the previously released still, which features Elena talking to Damon and Alaric by the wall.

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Originally published on Examiner.com.