Elijah Mikaelson

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## Biographical information

### Born

* 977/978 A.D. (Mystic Falls, Age 23-24/1053+)

### Turned

* By Esther in Autumn 1001 (Through The Immortality Spell)

### Occupation

* Nobleman (1002-1700s) (Formerly)
* Historian (2010) (Formerly)
* Founder of The Strix
* Interim Leader of New Orleans (2013) (Formerly)
* Member of the Triple Crescents (Currently)
* Co-head of the Vampire Faction (Currently)

### Title(s)

* The Noble Brother
* The Honorable One
* The Noble Stag (by Finn and Klaus)
* The Noble Martyr, Monster (both by Tatia)
* The Noble Elijah, Sentimental Fool (both by Klaus)
* EM, Babe, My Noble Husband, The Love of My Life (All by Katherine)
* My Beautiful Boy (by Esther)
* Uncle Elijah (by Hope, Alexia, Lizzie, Josie, Abby, Ace, and Tali)

### Species

* Witch (Untapped/ Originally)
* Original Vampire (Currently)
* Spirit (Formerly)

## Family information

### Family Members

* Unnamed Paternal Grandfather †
* Mikael † (Father)
* Esther Mikaelson † (Mother)
* Dahlia † (Maternal Aunt)
* Freya Mikaelson (Older Sister)
* Kai Parker (Brother-In-Law, via Freya)
* Finn Mikaelson † (Older Brother)
* Niklaus Mikaelson (Younger Maternal Half-Brother)
* Caroline Forbes (Sister-In-Law, via Klaus)
* Kol Mikaelson (Younger Brother)
* Bonnie Bennett (Sister-In-Law, via Kol)
* Rebekah Mikaelson (Younger Sister)
* Stefan Salvatore (Brother-In-Law, via Rebekah)
* Henrik Mikaelson † (Younger Brother)
* Mr. Petrov † (Father-In-Law)
* Mrs. Petrova † (Mother-In-Law)
* Katherine Pierce (Wife)
* Hope Mikaelson (Niece)
* Abigail Mikaelson-Bennett (Niece)
* Aleksander Mikaelson-Bennett (Nephew)
* Thalia Mikaelson-Parker (Niece)

## Supernatural information

### Significant sires

* Tristan de Martel † (1002)
* Aya Al-Rashid †
* Many Members of The Strix †

### Significant kills

* Tatia (first kill)
* Trevor (as a vampire)
* Slater (as a vampire/compelled)
* Cody Webber (as a vampire)
* Stevie
* Daniel Warren (as a hybrid)
* Agnes
* Céleste Dubois (2nd time)
* Thierry Vanchure (as a vampire)
* Many Vampires of Marcel's Army
* Francesca's guards (werewolves)
* Antonio Correa
* Benito Correa II
* Carlos Correa
* Dominique Correa
* Vincent Griffith (1st time)
* Many Unnamed Members of The Strix
* Ariane
* Cynthia
* Marcel Gerard (as a vampire)
* Dominic (1st time)
* The Hollow's Followers

### Cause of death

* Stabbed through the heart (as a witch)
* Enchanted Thorns (as an Original)

### Killed by

* Mikael (as a witch)
* The Hollow (as an Original)

## Physical appearance

### Height

* 6'0" (Feet)
* 1.83 (Meters)

### Eye color

* Brown

**Elijah Mikaelson** (***Elder Futhark:*** *ᛖᛚᛇᚨᚺ ᛗᛁᚲᚨᛖᛚᛋᛟᚾ*) is an Original Vampire. Elijah is the third child and second son of Mikael and Esther. He is the younger brother of Freya and Finn, and the older brother of Kol, Rebekah, and Henrik, and the older half-brother of Klaus. Elijah is also the husband of Katherine Pierce, as well as brother-in-law of Kai Parker, Bonnie Bennett, Stefan Salvatore, and Caroline Forbes. He is the uncle of Hope, Josie, Lizzie, Abigail, Ace, and Tali.

Throughout his long life, Elijah has had several notable 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 late 19th century, he was romantically involved with a witch named Céleste Dubois, whose death was later caused by Klaus. In the 21st century, Elijah rekindled his relationship with Katerina, who he eventually married.

In Book 2 of Part 2 of the series, Elijah and Klaus continued to work in a combined effort to stop Esther, Finn, and a resurrected Mikael, while Elijah struggled with reawakened sins from his past. In Book 3, he made it his mission to prevent a prophecy depicting his family's downfall from coming to pass, even taking on his first sired vampire to do it. However, unknowingly, Elijah completed the prophecy himself, by killing Marcel Gerard. After the latter came back to life as the Beast from the prophecy, he bit Elijah and his younger brother Kol, knowing his bite would kill them both. He then banished the Mikaelsons from New Orleans. However, unknown to Marcel, Elijah's older sister Freya linked him, all his siblings, and Kai Parker to Klaus' life force, giving the rest of his family time to find cures for them all.

In Book 4, the Hollow used the magic from Elijah's sireline to resurrect herself. Before his death, Freya was able to transfer his soul into a pendant. Elijah was later on restored to his body. However, every vampire in his sireline remained dead. After The Hollow is defeated and everything is settled, Elijah and Katherine left New Orleans to settle in their house in Florida, though they both still remain the leaders of the Vampire Faction in New Orleans.

**Elijah** is a member of the **Mikaelson Family** and an unnamed **Witch Family**. He is also a member of the **Petrova Family** due to his marriage to Katherine Pierce.

## Early History

* Human Life
* 1002
* 1114 A.D.
* 1200-1500s
* 1700s
* 1800s
* 1900s

Mystic Falls, The Middle Ages, 10th Century

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, Virgina. 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 a sister, Rebekah.
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 has a close relationship with his mother, who once mentioned 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 and Rebekah, and his younger brother would often carve figurines and statuettes for his brother and sister.
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 the 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 Elijah and Niklaus. They argued with each other and fought 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, his werewolf side was triggered. Klaus went on a rampage in wolf form. When he awoke the following morning he was tended to by Elijah and unbeknownst to them, Tatia had followed them to see what had 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 Tatia's blood as part of the spell used to bind Klaus' werewolf side, which resulted in Klaus' werewolf gene being dormant.
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.

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.

Southern France

Elijah ran from Mikael with his siblings, fleeing to Europe where they fled along the countryside. However, Elijah stressed regulation and rules, taking up the duties of the eldest due to Finn's pessimistic view of their immortal lives. Before they had learned compulsion to help cover their tracks, Elijah made sure that they always disposed of the bodies they fed on and killed whoever knew the truth about them. He also made sure they stood together and didn't separate, reminding his siblings of their vows.

One day, they killed noblemen in a caravan and Rebekah proposed that they steal their fine clothing and take up their identities so they could live in a nearby castle. Elijah reminded her that they were in a foreign land with customs far different than they knew. When they discovered a survivor in the attack, a servant of the castle named Lucien, Elijah urged his siblings to kill him before he could make their presence known, possibly bringing Mikael to them. However, when Niklaus called for a vote, only Elijah and Kol voted to kill him, with Kol only doing it to appease his own bloodlust rather than necessity like Elijah. With Niklaus' vote, they let Lucien live on the condition that he'd help them pose as nobles and bring them to the castle. Lucien taught them manners so they wouldn't be caught when presented to Count de Martel. When they met the court, Elijah managed to convince the noble of their legitimacy and they pulled off their ruse, being welcomed into his court.

Later that year, Elijah and his siblings had managed to comfortably integrate themselves into noble society. They participated in activities of the count's court, including ax throwing competitions, and their secret remained unnoticed. However, after Lucien was taken to the dungeons for supposedly having an affair with the count's daughter, Aurora, Elijah and Klaus intended to rescue him from his punishment. However, Tristan was the one punishing Lucien, torturing him, and reminded Elijah and Klaus that as the count's son, he has a right to give punishment in whatever way he wished. When they persisted, he revealed that he knew what they were, as a survivor of one of Kol's feedings had told him about what they really were. He threatened to expose them as monsters to the entire land. Not wanting to risk the news spreading to Mikael, Elijah and Klaus stepped down and watched while Tristan scarred Lucien. After Klaus had discovered that his blood healed Lucien before Lucien was killed by a guard, Elijah comforted his brother when they prepared to burn his body. However, Lucien awoke from death, eventually transitioning into a vampire.

One night, Finn told his siblings that word had spread among the villagers of their presence. They decided it was time to run from the castle, in fear that Mikael would be coming. While they prepared to depart, Aurora, who had been turned into a vampire and had a romance with Klaus, begged Elijah to let her come with them. Elijah refused, saying that she wasn't their blood. Aurora, furious, told him that she knew things that even Elijah and the other siblings didn't know about Klaus. When Elijah demanded the truth, he learned compulsion, which forced her to tell him what she knew. Aurora told him that Klaus had killed Esther and put the blame on Mikael, lying to all of his siblings. Elijah was enraged by the truth and compelled Aurora to see Klaus for the monster that he was, which soon after led to her rejecting Klaus when he tried to take her with them. Elijah never told Klaus about his involvement in the end of their affair, as he had suppressed the memory behind the "Red Door" in his mind.
Some time later, Elijah turned Tristan into the first sired vampire of his line and then compelled him, Lucien Castle, and Aurora to think that they were Elijah, Klaus, and Rebekah so they can act as a decoy to lure their father away from them. After that, Elijah and his four siblings left France. A while after that, the five Mikaelsons settled in Tuscany, Italy.

### Italy

Elijah was in Italy along with his siblings Rebekah and Klaus, where he worried that Klaus and Kol's violent behavior was spreading word of the Original vampires and drawing too much attention. They came across a vampire hunter named Alexander who was part of a group called the Brotherhood of the Five, where he publicly executed vampires in presentations on how to kill the "demons". Their sister, however, had fallen in love with Alexander so Elijah and Klaus took advantage of the affair as an opportunity to get closer to the hunter and find out his secrets.

One day, the siblings were invited to a party at Alexander's home where they were ambushed and neutralized for the first time by White Oak Ash Daggers. Klaus was unaffected by the dagger thanks to his werewolf lineage and undaggered Elijah and the rest of his siblings except Finn.

1200s

Elijah founded the ancient vampire society, The Strix, together with his lover Aya Al-Rashid after he turned her. They founded The Strix in hopes of bringing like-minded individuals together to create a new, better world. However, not long after, his father found him and started destroying the society he had built, and Elijah was forced to flee with his siblings. Elijah had to abandon The Strix to save his family from Mikael but asked Aya to come with him. She refused, staying behind while Elijah fled and Mikael slaughtered The Strix members. By the time Elijah returned, it was too late as Tristan de Martel and Aya had taken control of the organization. Aya never forgave Elijah for abandoning the group and The Strix were slowly corrupted by Tristan into a more savage, ego-maniacal force that Elijah had ever intended it to be.

1359
According to Elijah's journal, he had begun noticing Rebekah and Klaus losing their humanity. However, Elijah hoped as their older brother he could lead them down the right path to reclaiming their humanity and carry on the family legacy. But he believed that if he fails, their family legacy would fall to ruins.

England, 1492

In England, Elijah and Klaus were noblemen in the late 15th century. In the year 1492, Elijah met Katerina Petrova, who was the Doppelgänger of Tatia, and moments later, showed her to his younger brother Niklaus. Katerina was the key to breaking Klaus' Hybrid Curse through sacrifice. While Elijah was helping Klaus achieve his goal, he started to fall in love with Katerina.
One day when Elijah saw Katerina bored, he took her outside to have fun and then they sat at a bench and talked about love. Elijah confessed to her that he didn't believe in love, but Katerina didn't believe him, saying that without love, they wouldn't have a reason to live at all. Klaus then came and interrupted, taking Katerina with him and away from Elijah. Elijah then tried to persuade Klaus to spare her life, but Klaus told him not to bother and that the ritual would go on as planned. As a result of this, Elijah got a witch to create an elixir that would ensure her survival after the sacrifice.
On the night of the full moon, Katerina took the moonstone and fled with the help of Trevor. Klaus assumed Elijah helped her because of their previous discussion about sparing her life. Elijah promised him that he would find her and Klaus responded with a promise of his own; if he did not find Katerina, he would be killed. Elijah attempted to track down Katerina but failed.

Copenhagen, Denmark, 1500s
Elijah lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, along with Klaus and Rebekah.

### Cádiz, Spain, 1700s

In 1702, Kol's violence in Cádiz, Spain drew too much attention and brought Mikael straight to the family, burning the country in his wake. While the flames drew closer, Elijah and Klaus searched for Kol while Rebekah brought the daggered Finn onboard a ship to flee from Europe. They found him in a tavern where he drank and feasted on humans carelessly. Despite their warnings of Mikael's arrival, he refused to flee. When Klaus and Elijah insisted, Kol attempted to resist them, but was subdued by Elijah as Klaus pulled out one of the white oak ash daggers and successfully daggered and neutralized Kol.

### 1713

In 1713, having fled Europe from Mikael, Elijah, along with Klaus and Rebekah, and their two daggered brothers, sailed across the world, through the Mississippi River and arrived in the French colony of Louisiana, off the shores of a town they have named New Orleans. Upon arriving off the coast of New Orleans, they slaughtered all the men who boarded their ship, but left one alive to question and carry their luggage, including the two coffins of their neutralized brothers, Kol and Finn.

1820

In 1820, Elijah, Klaus, and Rebekah were living in New Orleans at the Governor's mansion and paid him in gold to keep quiet about the existence of vampires. One day, the Governor threw a party for the Mikaelsons and Rebekah went upstairs with the Governor's son who she wanted to turn. Elijah was with a woman and having fun when Rebekah came to him with the Governor's son and asked Elijah if she could turn him, to which Elijah suggested it would be an unwise move to turn the Governor's son into a vampire.

Klaus told her no and told her that if she turned every boy she fell in love with, the humans would cease to exist. The boy then argued with Klaus and he threw him down the stairs while Elijah tried to stop it.
While the siblings were going to attend the Governor's son's funeral, Klaus saw a boy being whipped and threw an apple at the man and made him stop whipping the boy. Klaus came to the boy, named him Marcellus, and brought him into the family. Elijah saw this and told Rebekah, "*Perhaps there is hope for our brother after all*".
Later in 1820, Elijah visits the witch Céleste, who is taking a bath and is looking at Elijah. She then mentions that his brother, Niklaus, is again up to no good. He's challenging the gentry to duels as though they have any chance of a fair fight. They talk about Niklaus and kiss before Elijah goes to meet his brother.

Klaus is seen challenging a man in a duel in which Klaus is left standing as the victor and the other man is shot in the head. Elijah then becomes a little worried and asks him if it is not enough that he has slaughtered dozens in the past several weeks, and explains that words of a city littered with bodies will surely travel the oceans and asks him if he wants to bring their father upon them. Klaus tells Elijah to relax because he has sent rumors that the bodies are a result of the witches seeking blood sacrifices for their rituals. Elijah is shocked by this and asks Klaus if he has forgotten that Céleste is one of those witches that he recklessly pointed his finger at. Klaus then asks who Céleste even is.
Elijah then gives him a meaningful look and Klaus remembers that Céleste is the witch Elijah has been seeing. Elijah takes a revolver and shoots Klaus, who groans in pain. Klaus sees that Elijah cares about Céleste and warns him that they're rounding up the town's witches as they speak. Elijah then began to look for Céleste and found her lying in the bathtub, dead. Elijah touches her and lays his forehead on hers. He screams and blames himself for her death.

1821

In the year 1821, Elijah had grown close to Klaus' ward, Marcellus, encouraging and teaching him. The growing bond between Marcellus and Elijah made Klaus extremely jealous since he had been hoping to be Marcellus' mentor. Angrily declaring that he needed someone to spend time with, Klaus revealed to Elijah that he had undaggered their younger brother, Kol. Elijah was shocked and horrified by his youngest brother's awakening, rushing down to the coffins to find Kol had already killed a number of people. Elijah could only grudgingly watch things play out as Klaus and Kol joyfully spread violence throughout the city, even slaughtering an entire tenement building for fun. Elijah tried to remind them that it was careless and destructive behavior that had cost them homes in the past.

Later, Elijah found Kol tormenting Marcellus, feeding him vampire blood, and threatening to turn him, believing in his own twisted mind that it was what Elijah and Klaus wanted. Elijah defended Marcellus from Kol's sadism, grabbing his brother by the neck, only being stopped by Klaus who proceeded to dagger Kol again, recognizing that he was too wild. Elijah later confessed to Kol's daggered body that though he didn't like the daggerings, it was for the best since Kol was a bad influence on Klaus.
He also admitted that he'd have to isolate himself from Marcellus to allow Klaus to grow closer to the boy since it would make him a better person. Elijah solemnly sacrificed a close and friendly relationship with Marcellus for Klaus' benefit, treating Marcellus with indifference from that point on.

1887
In the year 1887, 52 years after being daggered by Klaus, Rebekah had finally been undaggered. Elijah helped her reintegrate herself into New Orleans' society and they went to the opera house together. It was a moment that only Elijah and Rebekah shared together.

1914

In the year 1914, Elijah attended his family's Christmas party with his siblings. During the party, Klaus gave a toast to the party-goers, revealing that he knew of the betrayal planned by their brother Kol, who had been conspiring with witches against him. Elijah, seemingly having also been informed of his younger brother's treachery, stopped Kol as he tried to flee, holding him down while Klaus daggered him.

1919

In 1919, Elijah and Klaus meet with the members of the Guerrera Family, a family of thieves and butchers according to Klaus, who says that is nothing compared to what they turn into on a full moon. Elijah told them that Mayor O'Connell was a little late but they should continue with business without him. Elijah assured them that they didn't need to be scared of Klaus as he made a promise they would be safe and Klaus told them his brother always keeps his word. Then a witch appeared and Elijah told him that the meeting was private. However the witch presents himself as Alphonz Bellatunde Delgallo and that he now speaks for the witches of the French Quarter. He tells them the witches should get their fair share and leaves with a gift to Elijah and Klaus, the Mayor's head.

Later, when Marcel returns home from World War I, he's greeted by both Elijah and Klaus. Elijah tells him it's good to have him back and that Klaus was beside himself in Marcel's absence. Klaus then tells Marcel that he and Elijah have had a little argument that Marcel might help with about a rogue witch who wants a piece of the city. Klaus wanted to kill him but Elijah wanted to negotiate. Klaus reveals that he invited the witch and Elijah told Marcel he could choose what they should do after he saw the witch. Elijah tried to negotiate with him but after all his sacrifices, Elijah decided to meet with him in a private room. However, Klaus appeared instead as Elijah only comes when they deal and Klaus comes when the deal is closed.
Later that year, Elijah is seen by both Rebekah and Genevieve, and Rebekah asks if she is interested in Elijah but she confirms she's interested in Klaus. At the bar, Elijah meets with Clara Summerlin who was possessed by Céleste Dubois at that time. She had spilled her drink and Elijah gives her his tissue and leaves her with a smile.
Six months later in 1919, Elijah and Klaus are seen with a werewolf named Lana, who's the Werewolf Queen of the Crescent Wolf Clan. Klaus talked of how werewolves, vampires, witches, and dirty-cops are happy as clams and drunk as stoats. They're celebrating to the new era-collaboration in the face of prohibition. Klaus and Elijah continue to drink until they saw Marcel and Rebekah, who Klaus knows is a couple, but Elijah told him not to cause trouble. To his surprise, Klaus allowed them to be together.

The next day, Elijah enters Klaus' room, sees Lana, and jokes of him sleeping with an enemy who is now their ally. Klaus tells Elijah they got tickets to The Opera House and asked him to tell Rebekah to bring Marcel with her. When Elijah was getting ready for The Opera, his father Mikael visited him and told Elijah that he saw the "Le Grand Guignol" piece in Venice. Elijah was shocked to see his father and Mikael assured him that he wanted to talk. Elijah was skeptical of this and Mikael told him that he was only after Klaus in the past centuries and that he was proud to call Elijah his son. Mikael then asks Elijah for his help to kill Klaus.

Elijah attacked his father in rage, only to be thrown against the wall. He tells his father that if he thinks he would betray Klaus for him, then he was a fool. Mikael then tells Elijah that he'll forgive him sentimental affections for his brother, but says that Klaus is an abomination and that they must erase him from existence. Mikael then showed him the White Oak Stake and Elijah tried to stop him. However, Mikael overpowered him and staked him with a normal wooden stake.
After Elijah woke up again, he rushed to The Opera House and saw Mikael at the stage as he was feeding from Marcel. Elijah urged his siblings to flee the scene. Mikael then burned down The Opera House and continued to hunt his children. Elijah, Klaus, and Rebekah were only a few blocks away. Elijah told Klaus and Rebekah to flee while he delayed his father for a brief time. Klaus and Rebekah reluctantly left New Orleans and their older brother behind.

Rostock, Germany, 1933

Elijah arrived in Rostock, Germany, and reunited with Klaus after not seeing him for 13 years. Elijah came with a warning to Klaus that word of his presence in Germany had spread and rumors of Mikael were spreading across Europe. Elijah explained that numerous massacres of werewolf packs had been happening nearby, but Klaus thought the purging was too systematic for Mikael. Elijah worried that Rebekah might be involved but Klaus assured him that she was still in Chicago, with a young vampire, Stefan Salvatore. Klaus deduced that the slaughters were conducted by August Müller, a fascist vampire artist that Klaus had a particular dislike for.
August admitted to the murders, seeing it as a thinning of inferior scourges. Elijah initially quelled Klaus' rage but then he pinned August to the wall, warning him not to continue since he was a runt compared to him. Elijah spared August, not wanting to expose his brother and worried that it would draw Mikael to them.
They came across one of the werewolf massacres and Elijah told Klaus that he didn't have to be the savior of the wolves, and reassured him that he accepted and loved that side of him, despite their mother's infidelity. The two argued about Elijah's inaction until Klaus brought up that he was considering daggering Elijah and stacking him on top of Rebekah, revealing that she was already daggered and the letters Elijah had been receiving from her were really from Klaus. Elijah was disheartened that his brother hadn't changed and Klaus told him to leave.
A short time later, Elijah met August's adopted daughter, Antoinette Sienna, and the two shared their mutual frustrations with their families. He told her that he compelled workers at the railway to help anyone who wants to leave Germany and she took his offer, giving her a chance to escape from her hateful father. Klaus eventually killed August, sparing the rest of his family, Greta, Antoinette, and Roman Sienna.

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## Personality

* Human/Witch
* Original Vampire

"*In the beginning, our family was human, a thousand years ago, now. Although our mother dabbled in the dark arts, we were actually just a family trying to survive in a time when it was quite difficult to do so. And, for better or worse, we were happy.*"
—Elijah to Adrianna

Elijah is a very attractive, positive, and upbeat person. He always tries to see the good in people and tries to be a friend to everyone. He lives by a code of honor and morality that has been with him since he was a witch. He valued qualities such as compassion, honor, and virtue long before his mother turned him into a vampire. Having learned to take care of his family over the years and being naturally responsible, Elijah had developed into a very free-spirited, mature, and independent person. Elijah was close with his half-brother Niklaus and his sister Rebekah. He was also a little close with his youngest brother Henrik and was devastated after he was killed by werwolves.

"*Mother made us vampires. She didn't make us monsters, we did that to ourselves.*"
—Elijah to Rebekah

Elijah is described as unpredictable, over protective, and stubborn, but also very kind, intelligent, selfless, empathetic, compassionate, and friendly. He is extremely loyal and has a loving nature. He strongly believes in trust, honesty, and loyalty, and whenever he would give his word to someone, he would keep it. Elijah has been known to break deals but only when he realized he was lied to, such as in his deal with Sophie Deveraux. He has a lot of respect and admiration for human life, which is unseen in many other vampires, and is normally very reluctant to kill anyone when unnecessary.
Elijah is known for speaking his mind and having a fierce temper, which he possibly inherited from his father, though unlike Mikael, Elijah is capable of controlling it. Elijah very rarely has tolerance for those who are disloyal or break their words to him, shown when he killed Trevor for betraying him and imprisoned Katherine for her own betrayal despite his love for her. He also has no tolerance for those that disrespect him. He has been shown to go to great lengths to make those that disrespect him suffer. For example, when Marcel disobeyed and disrespected Elijah, he killed Marcel's best friend Thierry in front of him so Marcel would suffer that loss for eternity.
Elijah is very knowledgable and deceptive in many ways. This encompasses knowledge of how to fight, wield a sword, and defend himself. He exhibits an open-minded and optimistic personality. When he meets Elena and Adrianna, he respects them for their bravery and willingness to put themselves in harm's way to protect their loved ones, which is something that Elijah himself has done for his family many times.

Elijah in general is a very emotionally hardened character and has difficulty at times handling and accepting certain emotions. This is evident when, after losing his family because of Klaus, he turns his sadness and pain into revenge against his half-brother. Elijah has mentioned before that he didn't believe in love, however, it has been shown that he does but he also believes that, at least for him, it is rare. He even mentioned that for the thousand years that he has lived he has only been in love twice; the first time with Tatia and the second time with Katerina Petrova, his current wife.
While Elijah is capable of forgiveness, some acts such as betrayal is usually considered unforgivable by him and even if the betrayer seeks atonement, Elijah has been known to mercilessly kill them. Elijah does have morals, but when a member of his family is in danger of being killed, he is forced to commit immoral acts, something he doesn't like to do in the first place. Unlike Klaus, Elijah is caught off guard more easily, even more so when he attacks his opponents in anger. Elijah is most characterized by his devotion to his cause of "redeeming" his half-brother Klaus. As such, he has, with only one known exception, stayed by his half-brother's side, and will constantly search for the good in him, no matter the situation. However, he is not unaware of Klaus' spiteful, violent nature, and is familiar enough with it to predict his younger half-brother's movements.

Elijah purposefully seeks to uphold the image of the being he most aspires to be: a well kept, honorable, moral man who is devoted to his family. However, his vampiric nature, as well as his insane devotion to Klaus, has caused this being to become little more than a facade for him to hide behind. He is just as vicious, just as conniving, just as treacherous, just as dishonorable, and just as hypocritical as his siblings. This is most blatantly shown in his claims of familial loyalty, and then standing aside and permitting Klaus to dagger and abuse them, even helping in the instances of daggering Kol.
Elijah is noted for his ability to control his more violent urges, and rarely ever so much allows his face to show his vampiric features, However, after his mother's assault on his mid, revealing the Red Door (a mental barrier of sorts that he hides the fallout, and even memories, of his most vicious deeds behind) he began to lose control and give in to these urges, despite consciously trying to control them. The presence of his wife, Katherine, seems to allow him better control over these urges as he is absolutely terrified of accidentally hurting her.

## Physical Appearance

Elijah is a handsome man who stands at 6'0" in height, and has a thin but muscular body. He has short brown hair with hazel brown eyes. His facial features are angular - high cheekbones, a strong jawline, and a straight nose. Despite being centuries old, he appears to be 23 or 24 years old. He is older than his half brother Niklaus, but is younger than his brother Finn and his sister Freya, making him the third oldest sibling of the family. Elijah is similar to his younger brother Kol in facial features, but resembles all of his siblings in a more general way.

Elijah in the present day is consistently well-dressed. His wardrobe typically consists of a dress jacket, dress shoes, dress pants, shirt, and sometimes a tie. This continues his trend of dressing well throughout the centuries. As a human, he wore more simplistic clothing, along with the other males in his family. But ever since he and his family traveled to Europe, it seems he upgraded his attire to clothing indicative of a nobleman. Elijah has also worn different hairstyles in keeping with the times. It was revealed that Esther placed in his mind the idea of remaining clean and forgetting about his victims to save him from the pain of it.

## Powers and Abilities

As the third oldest of his siblings, Elijah is the eldest Original Vampire alive and the oldest Vampiric immortal in the world, now that Silas, Amara, Mikael, and Finn are dead and Freya is mortal. As an Original Vampire, Elijah is stronger and faster than any non-Original vampire. He is one of the most powerful supernatural beings in the series, on par with his siblings, with the exception that Klaus and Adrianna are stronger and faster due to their werewolf sides. His strength is inferior to Mikael and the Beasts Marcel and Lucien.
His supernatural attributes aside, Elijah's greatest asset is his sharp intellect. His penchant for strategies and forming contingencies way ahead of time easily rivals Klaus', though he has been outsmarted by Klaus on more than one occasion. Often, Elijah is able to discern a great deal of whatever or whoever presented to him after only a few keen observations. He was able to identify Elena masquerading as Katherine when they met in Pennsylvania after seeing her daylight ring and was the first to discern that his former lover, Céleste, was in fact inhabiting the body of Sabine, and then formulated a plan with Monique Deveraux to corner her the next time Celeste jumps into another body.
Because he is much more calm, composed, and strategic in battle than Klaus, Elijah is able to fight Klaus almost evenly shortly after being undaggered by his siblings despite losing most of his strength from months without blood. His composure also enabled him to single-handedly subdue Marcel's army without getting so much as a scratch on him, evidenced by the lack of cuts on his clothes, something Klaus is unable to do. Elijah's prowess in combat even allowed him to defeat ancient vampires like members of the Strix with relative ease, even when outnumbered. Elijah has slaughtered vampires and werewolves, alike, most often by ripping out their hearts, ensuring immediate death.
Despite his prowess against Klaus and Marcel's army, he has been defeated by lesser vampires before, in fact only two, Stefan and Damon. However, they were using hit and run tactics against him, as well as using a stake gun and vervain bombs, which ended in Damon outflanking him and staking him to a door. Also, at the time, Elijah underestimated them and showed hubris, believing himself unbeatable. Elijah has not made this mistake since. Elijah also has an extremely high pain tolerance.

## Weaknesses

Elijah has the typical weaknesses of an Original Vampire. Following the destruction of the White Oak Stake, it was presumed by all Original Vampires, that they could not be killed, however, this was untrue, following the prophecy, as the Beast could kill him.

However, after the extinction of the Beast, Elijah cannot be killed.

## Relationships

### Niklaus Mikaelson

"*Family is power, Niklaus. Love, loyalty, that's power.*"
—Elijah to Klaus

*Main article: Elijah and Klaus*

Klaus is Elijah's maternal half-brother and his closest brother. When they were humans, they both had fun together by battles with swords, much to their father's disapproval. However, their relationship became estranged when they both fell in love with the same woman, Tatia. After their mother died, Elijah and Klaus made a pact with Rebekah that they would stick together as one, always and forever. They kept true to this promise and stayed together for many centuries after this. In 1492, they met a woman named Katerina Petrova, the first doppelgänger of Tatia. Klaus planned to sacrifice her, while Elijah fell in love with her. After Katerina's escape, the relationship between Elijah and Klaus was broken for a while. The two eventually reconciled and remained together for centuries after this. During 2010, Elijah was helping the Gilbert twins and the Salvatore Brothers to kill Klaus, while Klaus was preparing to break his curse. After the curse was broken, Elijah met with his half-brother and was about to kill him when Klaus revealed their family was safe and only he knew where they were. Klaus daggered Elijah once they arrived at Alaric's apartment, but Elijah was eventually undaggered by Kol and Rebekah. As Elijah, along with the rest of their siblings, is about to leave Klaus for good, their mother appeared. Elijah tried to figure out her motives and once he did, Elijah, Klaus and Kol confronted their mother and their older brother, Finn. Elijah then left Mystic Falls soon after this. He returned to Mystic Falls to bargain for Klaus' body and then he left again. Elijah met up with Klaus again and handed his younger brother the White Oak Stake, asking him to spare Katerina, and Klaus surprisingly agreed. Later, Elijah is lured to New Orleans by some witches where he finds out that Klaus was going to be a father. Elijah believes that he will find Klaus' redemption through Caroline and his daughter Hope and is currently helping him protect their family. Elijah and Klaus were the best men at each other's weddings.

### Rebekah Mikaelson

"*I am finding Elijah - whatever it takes.*"
—Rebekah to Klaus about Elijah

*Main article: Elijah and Rebekah*

Rebekah is Elijah's younger sister. His relationship with her has been very dysfunctional due to the fact that Elijah is in the habit of being very critical towards her. After she requests him to give her the cure for vampirism, Elijah agrees, provided that she go a whole day without her vampire abilities. This was mainly because Elijah knew that she couldn't do this and he didn't want his sister to become human and eventually die. He was very pleased when he realized that she no longer wanted to be human as she preferred to spend an eternity with Stefan. After finding out that Klaus is going to be a father, Elijah asks her to follow Klaus and him to New Orleans but she refuses. She eventually makes her way to New Orleans after not hearing from Elijah for three months. Once she finds him, Elijah tells her to protect the woman carrying Klaus' child, though she already intended to do so as it was her best friend. Elijah gets a warm welcome from her when he finally returns home. Elijah is very protective of Rebekah, not allowing anyone to physically harm her. He has previously stabbed Klaus with Papa Tunde's Blade to prevent Klaus from harming her with it and also would not allow Klaus to stake her with the White Oak Stake. Rebekah was a bridesmaid at Elijah's wedding to Katherine and Elijah was present at Rebekah's wedding to Stefan.

### Katherine Pierce

"*You are the love of my life, as you were 500 years ago. I love you, Katerina*"
—Elijah to Katherine

*Main article: Elijah and Katherine*

Katherine is Elijah's wife. They first met in 1492 and he recognized her as a doppelgänger of his former love, Tatia. Elijah got to know her while she stayed in England, though he knew that Klaus intended to use her for the sacrifice. However, Elijah had fallen in love with her and had consulted many witches in order to make an elixir that would ensure her survival after the sacrifice. When Katerina escaped, Elijah felt betrayed by her and started hunting her down. 500 years later, Elijah finds her stuck inside the tomb beneath Fell's Church and compels her to stay there. Some time later, it is revealed that Elijah and Katherine were working together to get the cure. During this time, they began a romantic relationship after they both admitted their love for one another. They have remained together ever since but have been separated for long periods of time due to the Mikaelsons' problems and enemies in New Orleans and Elijah wanting to keep Katherine safe from them. They are currently married to one another.

### Hope Mikaelson

"*That baby is our family's hope.*"
—Elijah to Klaus and Adrianna about Hope

*Main article: Elijah and Hope*

Hope is Elijah's niece and he has sworn to protect her, no matter what, from the day that he learned of her conception. When he learned of Adrianna's pregnancy, he firmly believed that this child would be his brother's redemption and would make their family whole again. As such, he did everything in his power to protect Adrianna and the baby. After Hope's birth, Klaus and Adrianna sent her away so they could make the city safer for her to grow up in, and while Elijah was against it at first, he later agreed to it. He was very happy to see her again after they were reunited and even relayed to Rebekah and Stefan that he couldn't imagine the joy of getting to spend every day with her. As Hope grew up they developed a strong bond, despite being separated for long periods of time. Elijah is very protective of her and is willing to do anything to keep her safe and happy.

### Other Relationships

* Elijah and Finn (Brothers/Former Enemies)
* Elijah and Kol (Brothers/Close Allies)
* Elijah and Freya (Siblings/Close Allies)
* Elijah and Caroline (In-Laws/Close Friends/Close Allies/Former Enemies)
* Elijah and Lucien (Former Allies/Enemies)
* Elijah and Celeste (Ex-Lovers/Enemies)

## Attitude Toward Humans

Elijah respects human life. He is shown to be generally gentle, kind, caring, and considerate with humans, the opposite of his half-brother Klaus, who is shown to have little to no regard for human life. As a vampire, he strongly dislikes the idea of feeding on humans and instead feeds from blood bags. Esther, Elijah's mother, however, mentions that he is no better than the others, causing him to reflect that he kills, tortures, and manipulates others to get what he wants, mainly to protect his family.

Once Elijah comes to New Orleans, he goes to the bar Rousseau's and talks with the bartender Camille about her brother and his family history. Four months later, after being revived by Davina, a powerful witch, he confesses to her that he has a terrible hunger inside after being in the coffin for 4 months, but would not feed from a child. The day after he comes home, he is reading a book while an innocent girl is bleeding out, a peace offering from Klaus. Elijah mentions that his forgiveness cannot be bought.

## Name

* **Elijah** from the Hebrew אֱלִיָּהוּ (eliyyahu) meaning "YAWEH is my God". It's the name of a Prophet who was carried to the heavens in a chariot of fire. It was a popular name during the Middle Ages.
* **Mikaelson** is Scandinavian and means "Son of Mikael".

## Trivia

* Nearly all of his love interests were killed or nearly killed by Klaus.
	+ Klaus tried to kill Katerina
	+ Klaus indirectly caused Céleste's death
* The only thing Elijah truly fears is his father Mikael, from his fear of his father growing up, a trait all of his siblings possessed. Despite other creatures being created to kill the Originals such as Alaric, Lucien, and Marcel, Mikael remains the only person to truly terrify Elijah.
* Elijah was the oldest remaining Original since the death of Mikael and his older brother Finn, and the oldest immortal being in the world since the deaths of Silas and Amara. Although his human age is never stated, it appears that he was turned when he was in his mid to late 20s.
	+ With Freya still alive and not dead as it was believed, Elijah is now the second oldest being in the world and the oldest immortal.
* Elijah is the first Original to appear in Book 2 of the series, with Klaus being the second.
* He is the first Original vampire to be neutralized by Elena.
* Elijah is the first Original vampire to be seen compelling other vampires (Slater and Katherine).
* Elijah seems to often favor extracting his enemies' hearts when dispatching them. He's performed this feat with ease numerous times, including when he killed Thierry Vanchure, along with many other vampires, werewolves, and witches. Elijah even attempted to kill Klaus this way during the breaking of his hybrid curse. Often, he pulls out a handkerchief to wipe his hands after.
* Elijah, Rebekah, and Klaus are the only characters known to have met Tatia and her two Doppelgängers as humans.
* Elijah is the first Original to be invited into the Gilbert House, followed by Kol and Klaus.
* He is the first vampire who accessed the power of compulsion. His first compulsion was also a vampire. Ironically enough, he was the first to be shown with the ability to compel another vampire.