Elijah Mikaelson

**Elijah Johan Mikaelson** (***Elder Futhark:*** *ᛖᛚᛇᚨᚺ ᛗᛁᚲᚨᛖᛚᛋᛟᚾ*) is the deuteragonist of *Queen Diaries* (QD). Elijah is a original vampire he is played by New Zealand-Canadian actor, film producer, director and screenwriter Daniel Gillies.

Elijah is the husband of Katherine Pierce. He is the third child and second son of Mikael Johnson and Esther Mikaelsonhe is the son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Petrova. He is the younger-brother of Freya Estherdottir, and Finn Mikaelson-Stuart I the maternal older half brother of Niklaus Mikaelson, and Kaitlyn Estherdottir the older-brother of Rebekah Estherdottir, Kol Mikaelson, and the late Henrik Mikaelson.

The nephew of Dahlia Mikaelson-Stuart the maternal grandson of Ellie Stuart and the paternal grandson of John Olsenson. The maternal uncle of Freya and Keelin's son Finn Mikaelson II, the paternal uncle of Klaus and Qetsiyah's children Princess Amani Mikaelson, Princess Normani Mikaelson, and their yet to be born son the paternal uncle of Kol and Bonnie's daughter Maisie Mikaelson, and lastly the maternal uncle of Rebekah and Stefan's daughter Lady Lillian Salvatore II.

Throughout his long life, Elijah had several romantic relationships. In the early 11th century, Elijah and Klaus were both in love with a Petrova Doppelgänger named Tatia. Elijah accidentally killed Tatia after he became a vampire and was traumatized and horrified by the violence of his actions towards her. Elijah's mother, told him to seal the event behind a "red door" and to clean himself up. As long as he was clean, nothing of what happened behind the red door could hurt him. As such, this became Elijah's defense mechanism to cope with the horrors of his vampirism for the next thousand years.

In the 15th century, Elijah was romantically involved with another Petrova Doppelgänger, a young girl from Bulgaria, named Katerina Petrova. In the 19th century, Elijah was romantically involved with a witch named Céleste Dubois, whose death was later caused by his half-brother Klaus. In the 21st century, Elijah rekindled his relationship with Katerina Petrova aka Katherine Pierce they later dated for 2 more years and got married in 2016 their relationship has been stable so far.

Elijah Mikaelson is the third-born of Mikael and Esther's children, born in an area of the New World that would come to be known as Mystic Falls, Virginia. Elijah's parents fled from Europe, with his older brother, Finn, and a few others after the supposed death of his older sister, Freya, from the plague while Esther was pregnant with Elijah. His mother lied to him, his father and the rest of the Mikaelson family. His older sister was actually taken by his aunt. Elijah was the first of their children to be born in the New World, followed by three brothers, Klaus, Kol and Henrik, and sisters, Rebekah, and Kaitlyn known as Katie.

The loss of his first born had hardened Mikael and he proved to be a very strict father, who was feared by all his children. Elijah had a close relationship with his mother, who once mentioned to him that, when she was pregnant with him, she would have Freya sing to him. This was one of the few times Esther ever spoke of her lost daughter. In addition, Elijah was very close to his siblings, with the exception of Finn, who had never recovered from losing Freya and never taken to his new siblings as a result. Elijah was closest to Niklaus, Rebekah, and Kaitlyn, and his younger brother would often carve figurines and statuettes for his brother and sisters.

However, while Mikael was hard on all his children, he was hardest on Niklaus, whom he saw as weak. Once, when Elijah took his younger brother hunting and complimented him on the improvement of his aim (despite the fact that Niklaus had missed his target), Mikael arrived and started beating Niklaus to 'strengthen' him, threatening Elijah with violence if he tried to intervene. He carried guilt for the rest of his life for not stopping their father's beatings against his brother. Once, Mikael beat Niklaus to near death in a rage and only stopped when both Elijah and Rebekah tried to stop him. That night, Rebekah tried to kill Mikael as he slept to end his abuse of Niklaus but Elijah stopped her and considered killing his father himself. Ultimately, he didn't.

They lived among the werewolves for about twenty years and during the full moon, the humans would simply hide in the underground caves while the werewolves turned. During Elijah's early life, Elijah and Niklaus both fell in love with a woman named Tatia who lived in their village. All the villagers wanted to be her suitors including Klaus and Elijah, both of them during their time with her, argued with each other and fought each other because they both wanted her for themselves. Tatia chose Elijah to be her next husband when the time came.

One morning after a full moon, Klaus came out of the woods, holding his dead little brother Henrik in his arms. Elijah came running to join his mother as she grieved Henrik's death.

To ensure that the rest of her family would survive, Esther used a spell to make her children immortal. Mikael gave his children wine laced with Tatia's blood. Then he stabbed Elijah and his siblings through their hearts and made them drink human blood. After becoming a vampire, Elijah, along with his family, made sure that the White Oak Tree, their one true weakness, would be destroyed. However, nature retaliated against them and, for every strength, there was a weakness, none stronger than the desire for what had made them immortal: human blood. They had become the very first vampires.

Shortly after becoming a vampire, one night when Niklaus made his first human kill, it triggered his werewolf side. Klaus went on a rampage in wolf form. When he awoke the following morning he was tended to by Elijah unbeknownst to them Tatia had followed them to see what happened. Seeing all the carnage created by Klaus she ran from them in fear and was pursued by Elijah. She had tripped and fell while trying to flee and cut her hand. The blood made Elijah lose control and attack her. She tried to defend herself but was no match and was killed. Elijah brought her corpse to a shocked Esther hoping that she could save her. Esther used the rest of her blood as part of the spell used to bind Klaus' werewolf side, which resulted in Klaus' werewolf gene being dormant. Mikael also made Elijah help him in tying up Klaus so that his mother could do the spell. Elijah suppressed the memory of how Tatia actually died believing he had compelled not killed her in the woods and that Esther killed her when performing the hybrid curse.

Then one night, his mother was killed by "Mikael". After burying their mother, Elijah, Klaus, and Rebekah promised that they would never turn their backs on each other and that they would stick together as one, always and forever.

Elijah is apart of The Mikaelson Family, The **Stuart Family**, and The **Johnson Family** by birth and The **Petrova Family** by his marriage to Katherine.

## Name

**Elijah From the Hebrew name *אֱלִיָּהוּ ('Eliyyahu)* meaning "my God is Yahweh", derived from the elements *אֵל ('el)* and *יָה (yah)*, both referring to the Hebrew God. Elijah was a Hebrew prophet and miracle worker, as told in the two Books of Kings in the Old Testament. He was active in the 9th century BC during the reign of King Ahab of Israel and his Phoenician-born queen Jezebel. Elijah confronted the king and queen over their idolatry of the Canaanite god Ba'al and other wicked deeds. At the end of his life he was carried to heaven in a chariot of fire, and was succeeded by Elisha. In the New Testament, Elijah and Moses appear next to Jesus when he is transfigured.**

**Because Elijah was a popular figure in medieval tales, and because his name was borne by a few early saints (who are usually known by the Latin form *Elias*), the name came into general use during the Middle Ages. In medieval England it was usually spelled *Elis*. It died out there by the 16th century, but it was revived by the Puritans in the form *Elijah* after the Protestant Reformation. The name became popular during the 1990s and 2000s, especially in America where it broke into the top ten in 2016.**

**Johan is a Scandinavian and Dutch form of Iohannes, the Latin form of the Greek name Iōánnēs (Ἰωάννης), from the Hebrew name Yochanan (יוֹחָנָן‎), itself derived from the extended form Yehochanan ( יְהוֹחָנָן‎), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious". It is uncommon as a surname. Its English equivalent is John.**

**Mikaelson *(Elder Futhark: ᛗᛁᚲᚨᛖᛚᛋᛟᚾ)* is of Scandinavian origin and means "Son of Mikael".**

**Other spellings of the name Mikaelson include *Michaelson, Michelson, Mikelson, Michaelsen*.**

**The name Mikael comes from the Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (Mikha'el), which translates as the question "Who is like God"?**

**The name Mikaelson is a patronymic surname, or a name constructed using the father's given name and a suffix indicating either "son" or "daughter". Strictly speaking, Rebekah would have taken the patronym Mikaelsdotter, or "Daughter of Mikael", in earlier times, but during the 19th century, Scandinavian naming conventions began to evolve, such that families preferred to take a family name rather than a patronymic surname. Mikaelson is an example of a patronymic surname that was "frozen" to become an inherited family name. Iceland is one country where the practice of using patronymic surnames still exists, whereas inherited family names are now mandatory in other Scandinavian countries.**

**Stuart is a surname which was also adopted as a given name, traditionally for men. It is the French form of the Scottish surname *Stewart*. The French form of the name was brought to Scotland from France by Mary Stuart, in the 16th century.**
**The surname Stewart is an occupational name for the administrative official of an estate. The name is derived from the Middle English *stiward*, and Old English *stigweard*, *stiweard*. The Old English word is composed of the elements *stig*, meaning 'house(hold)'; and *weard*, meaning 'guardian'.**

**In England prior to the Norman Conquest, a steward was an officer who controlled the domestic affairs of a household, especially of a royal household. After the Conquest, the term was used as an equivalent of *Seneschal*, a steward of a manor or estate.**

**A variant form of the given name is *Stewart*. Pet forms of the given name are *Stu*, *Stew* and *Stewie*.**

## References

1. ↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/elijah
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan\_(given\_name)#:~:text=Johan%20is%20a%20Scandinavian%20and,Its%20English%20equivalent%20is%20John.
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaelson#:~:text=Michael-,Meaning,Hebrew
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart\_(name)#:~:text=The%20name%20is%20derived%20from,weard%2C%20meaning%20%27guardian%27.