Elijah Mikaelson

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## Biographical Information

### Turned

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

### Occupation

* Nobleman (1002 - 1700s) (Formerly)
* Historian (2010) (Formerly)
* Founder of The Strix
* Leader of The Faction (Formerly)
* Co-Leader of Marcel's Army (Formerly)
* Musician (Formerly)

### 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)
* Swine (by Kol)
* Boy (by Mikael)
* EM (by Katerina Petrova)
* Captain Condescension  (by Gia)
* My Beautiful Boy  (by Esther)
* Brutal Sadistic Monster (by Davina)
* Elijah Smith (Alias)
* E. (by Antoinette Sienna)
* Mr. Marshall (mistaken by Landon)

### Species

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

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Unnamed Paternal Grandfather †
* Mikael † (Father)
* Dahlia † (Maternal Aunt)
* Esther Mikaelson † (Mother)
* Freya Mikaelson (Older Sister)
* Finn Mikaelson † (Older Brother)
* Niklaus Mikaelson † (Younger Maternal Brother)
* Kol Mikaelson (Younger Brother)
* Rebekah Mikaelson (Younger Sister)
* Henrik Mikaelson † (Younger Brother)
* Mathias and Freya Mikaelson's Unborn Son † (Nephew)
* Antoinette Sienna (Ex-Fiancée)
* Keelin Malraux (Sister-in-Law)
* Davina Claire (Sister-in-Law)
* Hope Mikaelson (Niece)
* Lizzie Mikaelson (Adoptive Niece)
* Josie Mikaelson (Adoptive Niece)
* Selena Mikaelson (Adoptive Niece)
* Nik Mikaelson (Nephew)
* EJ Mikaelson (Great-Nephew)
* Andrea Mikaelson (Great-Niece)
* Scarlet Mikaelson (Adoptive Great-Niece)
* Athena Mikaelson (Adoptive Great-Niece)
* Blade Mikaelson (Great-Nephew)
* Artemis Mikaelson (Great-Niece)

## Supernatural Information

### Significant Sires

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

### Cause Of Death

* Stabbed through the Heart (as a witch)
* Enchanted Thorns (1st time; as an Original)
* Staked with a White Oak Stake (2nd time; as an Original)

### Killed By

* Mikael (as a witch)
* The Hollow (1st time; as an Original)
* Niklaus Mikaelson (2nd time; as an Original, with his consent)

## Physical Appearance

### Height

* 5'10" (Feet)
* 1.77 (Meters)

## Appearance

### Played By

* Daniel Gillies

**Elijah Mikaelson** (***Elder Futhark:** ᛖᛚᛇᚨᚺ ᛗᛁᚲᚨᛖᛚᛋᛟᚾ*) was a former and major recurring character. Elijah was an Original Vampire. He was the third child and second son of Mikael and Esther. He was the younger brother of Freya and Finn, and the older brother of Kol, Rebekah, and Henrik and the older half-brother of Klaus. He is also the uncle of Freya and Mathias' unborn son, Klaus and Hayley's daughter, Hope, Freya and Keelin's son, Nik, and the adoptive uncle to Lizzie, Josie, and Selena.

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, before ending it to go to New Orleans to help Klaus. In New Orleans, Elijah has developed feelings for Hayley Marshall, after he promised to protect her and the child she was carrying. Elijah respectfully kept his distance while she was married to Jackson Kenner.

He and Klaus continued to work in a combined effort to stop Esther, Finn and a resurrected Mikael, while struggling with reawakened sins from his past. He also took Gia, one of Marcel's vampires as his protégé, and eventually began a romantic relationship with until Klaus killed her.

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 and all their siblings to Klaus's life force, giving Hayley time to find cures for them all.

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. In the series finale, Elijah chose to die once again alongside Klaus when his brother sacrificed himself to destroy the Hollow once and for all.

**Elijah** is a member of the **Mikaelson Family** and an unnamed **witch family****.**

## Powers and Abilities

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 TVD/TO universe, on par with his siblings, with the exception that Klaus is stronger and faster due to his werewolf side. His strength is inferior to Mikael and the beasts Lucien and Marcel as Lucien was able to overpower him with ease when he was upgraded. It is unknown how Elijah would do in a fight against his siblings such as Rebekah and Kol, Finn, or Alaric Saltzman when he was an Enhanced Original Vampire at the time.

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', despite this, 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 at Pennsylvania after seeing her daylight ring and was also the first to discern that his former lover, Celeste, was in fact inhabiting the body of Sabine, and then later formulated a plan with Monique Deveraux to corner her the next time that 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 Damon despite losing most of his strength from months without blood. His composure also enabled to him to single-handedly subdue Marcel's army without getting so much as a scratch on him, evidence by the lack of cuts on his clothes, something Klaus is unable to do, due to his lack of composure. Due to his long existence, Elijah has seen countless battles and is very experienced in battle. He is also very adaptable as seen in Diego's attempt to flank him, which apparently failed. It is presumed Diego also tried other tactics which also failed miserably against Elijah. 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 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 as he didn't even flinch when he used his own body as a makeshift lighter after taking off his daylight ring to kill Finn.

## Weaknesses

Elijah has the typical weaknesses of an Original Vampire. Following the destruction of the White Oak Stake, it is presumed by all original vampires, that they cannot be killed, however, this seems to be untrue, following the prophecy, as the Beast can kill him.