Elijah and Klaus (by wolxfxgirl)

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## General Information

### LabelIntimacy Levels

Family, Half-Brothers; Allies; Klaus repeatedly drove him away by daggering Elijah on and off for centuries,

### Unfortunately, in the end of the second season, their relationship becomes worse than ever, when Elijah daggered Klaus and allowed Hayley to try and take Hope away from him, in retaliation Klaus kills his half-brother's girlfriend Gia, and daggered Elijah with Papa Tunde's Blade, their relationship becomes estranged/broken after this, as they both want nothing to do with each other any more.

By the end of the third season, they reconcile.

## ***Trivia***

* Elijah and Klaus are the second closest half-siblings, after Klaus and Rebekah.
* They boht married to their first sired vampires.
* Klaus has stated that even through their bad spats, over the centuries, they have always made it through them.
* Like Klaus, Elijah didn't want Rebekah to take the cure.
* Elijah told Rebekah that he won't stop searching for Klaus' redemption until he believes that there is none left to be found.
* Elijah wanted Klaus to keep his child and raise her as a family. At first Klaus disagreed, but later he agreed, although they ultimately had to decide to send her away for her own safety.
* Both half-brothers have always sworn family above all.
* In Klaus eyes, he believes that Elijah is trying to take over his role as being a father to his child.
* In terms of strength and speed, Klaus and Elijah are almost on par with each other. Elijah is older than Klaus, but Klaus is a Hybrid. While fighting each other, there's no huge difference between their powers; however when Klaus combines his original vampire and werewolf powers, he becomes stronger, faster and more powerful then Elijah.
* In *Moon Over Bourbon Street*, Elijah was able to convince all the factions sign his peace treaty, while Klaus made his own deal with the werewolves behind Elijah's back.
* In *An Unblinking Death*, the half-brothers once again were on the same team, and chose to side with the werewolves in order to help Hayley and the baby.
* In *Wheel Inside the Wheel*, Klaus saved Elijah from Esther, and brought him home.
* Elijah allowed Klaus to feed from him in *Night Has A Thousand Eyes*.
* According to Finn, Elijah is Klaus' favorite brother.
* They know each other better than anyone else.
* Despite the fact that they have a close relationship, Elijah and Klaus do not always get along, they are sometimes hostile towards each other and argue, sometimes violently.
* Out of all his maternal half-siblings, Elijah is the one that Klaus respects the most; however that may have changed, after Elijah daggered him and allowed Hayley to tried to take Hope away from him, this is proven to be true, as Klaus is far more openly cold and hostile towards Elijah, to the point of being disrespectful.
* Although Elijah can fight Klaus on almost even terms, however, it is not enough to defeat him.
* In *Fire with Fire*, it is shown that Klaus can defeat Elijah more easily, when the latter attacks him in anger.
* Klaus hypocritically claims Elijah broke the always and forever vow, ignoring the fact that he himself has broken that vow many times before.
* By the end of Season 3 they have reconciled their relationship.