| “ | 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 Hayley |
Elijah Mikaelson is the deuteragonist villain of The Originals as well as the third oldest of the Original Vampires (particularly the siblings) he is the younger brother of Freya and Finn, the older brother Kol, Rebekah and older half-brother of Niklaus, as well as the youngest son of Mikael and Esther. He was a villain in the second season of The Vampire Diaries before becoming one of the supporting protagonists. He then became the deuteragonist of the spin-off, The Originals, and aids his half-brother on his fight for redemption.
He was portrayed by Daniel Gillies, with Perry Cox as his younger self.
History[]
Early life[]
Elijah was born on 977/978 A.D., in Mystic Falls. When he and his brothers were humans, they both had fun together by battles with swords, much to their father's disapproval. However Elijah and Klaus' relationship became estranged when they both fell in love with the same woman; Tatia.
Becoming a Vampire[]
Elijah and his brothers were turned vampires by his mother Esther; through the Immortality Spell in Autumn 1001. After their mother died, Elijah made a pact with Rebekah that they would always stick by Klaus, always and forever.
In the year 1114, they came across a vampire hunter named Alexander and the Brotherhood of the Five. Alexander and his brothers neutralized four original vampires, but were released (except Finn) by Klaus.
378 years later in 1492, they met a woman named Katerina Petrova, the first doppelgänger of Tatia. Klaus planned to sacrifice her, while Elijah started to have feelings for her. After Katerina's escape, the relationship between Elijah and Klaus was broken for a while.
The Vampire Diaries[]
During 2010, Elijah was helping Elena Gilbert 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 eventually Elijah was un-daggered by Damon Salvatore. Later, Elijah had undaggered all of their remaining siblings, but when they were about to leave Klaus for good, their mother appeared. Elijah tried to figure out his mother's motives and once he did, Elijah, Klaus and Kol confronted their mother and their brother, Finn. Elijah left Mystic Falls, while Klaus attempted to locate their lost brother Finn. Later, Elijah came back to bargain with Elena for Klaus' body. After Klaus "died", Elijah left again. Once Elijah had possession of the cure, he met with his half-brother again. He later handed his half-brother the White Oak Stake, asking him to spare Katerina, but Klaus refused. Elijah has began to repair his relationship with his younger half-brother and believes he will find Klaus' redemption through his daughter Hope, Elijah's niece.
The Originals[]
Unfortunately, Elijah's relationship with Klaus takes a turn for the worst, though it was not a very healthy one to begin with due to Elijah constantly betraying Klaus for his own selfishness, when Elijah chose to believe Tyler's lies over Klaus, that he is (supposedly) aware that his child's blood can make hybrids, and he plans to use his child's blood once she is born to make an army of hybrids, to take over New Orleans. He falsely accused Klaus of only caring about his unborn child, so he can use her to sire more hybrids, unfortunately, he finds out the hard way that he was wrong, and unintentionally damages his relationship with Klaus. Elijah repairs his relationship with Klaus when he apologizes to him for accusing him of only caring about his unborn child so he can used her to sire more hybrids, despite the fact that their relationship is now repaired, Elijah is barely on speaking terms with Klaus.
Unfortunately, their relationship becomes worse when Elijah daggered Klaus and allowed Hayley to try and take Hope away from him, in retaliation Klaus kills his girlfriend Gia, and daggered him with Papa Tunde's Blade, their relationship becomes estranged/broken after this, as Elijah wants nothing to do with Klaus in general any more, for supposedly constantly driving their family away, however, in truth, it is the other way around, as Elijah drives Klaus, by constantly betraying his half-brother for his own selfishness.
To be added
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Original Vampirism: In addition to the various mental and physical benefits that vampires are heir to, they also possess the ability to turn others into vampires as well. Each new vampire is traditionally subservient to the one who "turned" them.
- Enhanced Senses: A vampire's senses are enhanced far beyond those of a normal human being.
- Enhanced Vision
- Enhanced Hearing
- Enhanced Sense of Smell
- Immortality: So long as vampires continue to consume blood, they will not age beyond the physical state they were in when they first became a vampire.
- Invulnerability: Vampires are invulnerable to most forms of injury. Bullets, blades and blunt objects do little to no damage to a vampire's body.
- Regeneration: In addition to being virtually indestructible, whatever damage a vampire does in fact suffer can be healed through the consumption of human blood.
- Superhuman Strength: A vampire's strength level is several times that of a normal human being and they are considered superhuman.
- Superhuman Speed: A vampire's speed level is several times that of a normal human being and they are considered superhuman.
- Superhuman Reflexes
- Superhuman Stamina: So long as they continue to consume human blood, a vampire can function tirelessly without rest or relaxation. However, a vampire's stamina wanes the closer it is to sunrise.
- Hypnosis
- Enhanced Senses: A vampire's senses are enhanced far beyond those of a normal human being.
Abilities[]
- Genius Level Intellect: To be added
- Tactical Analysis/Leadership: Elijah is a highly intelligent individual, an excellent tactician and leader
- Hand-to-Hand Combat: To be added
Weaknesses[]
- White Oak Stake: To be added
Relationships[]
Marcel Gerard[]
The two are reluctant allies and frenemies and they do not get along (not that similar to the one between Damon Salvatore and Bonnie Bennett, who do show some caring for each other yet they are not that much of good friends, more like frenemies). Elijah sometimes criticizes Marcel and they are family (Klaus adopted Marcel) when Marcel was a human, the two used to get along until Elijah sacrificed his relationship with Marcel so that Marcel can bond more with Klaus.
Trivia[]
- Along with Niklaus, Rebekah, Hayley and Marcel, Elijah's alignment is neutral, but mostly on the good side.
