Elijah Ayden

Elijah Ayden is the protagonist of Hell Constellation, and the former vessel of all four Code Demons, Nivaia. Elijah suffers from asthma, a trait he passed onto his son, North Ayden, absent the demons' individual added afflictions to his life.

Background
Elijah was born on July 5, 1980 at 1:20 PM in Akutan, Alaska with Shalom Ayden, a Jewish tourist father and, Meriwa Ayden, a native Southern Pacific Alaskan mother, their first son after their firstborn daughter, Hannah. At the age of four, he was chosen by Nivaia to become the temporary vessel of the four Code Demons, and so he began gnawing and teething at the skin of his wrists until he bled - a method of consuming blood for the demons seeking strength and comfort. Meriwa insisted he wore bandages and it resulted in multiple trips to the hospital until she and Shalom decided to simply pull him from school altogether.

With the demons sharing his body, Elijah was granted the frustrations of insomnia by Miheriv, the dangers of cataplexy by Kryioas, the horrors of night terrors by Hykaian, and the inconvenience of temperature insensitivity by Oeren.

January 3, 1991
Elijah (11) is removed from school due to the extensiveness of his self-harming habits.

December 5, 1991
After a summer of begging, Elijah (11) was informed by his mother that after the holidays, he may be allowed to re-enroll into school if the conditions of his self-harming eased up significantly. However, while observing her son's exuberance to return to his studies with his peers, Meriwa overlooked her worry regarding his mutilated arms and granted him his wish. On a trip to Anchorage with Shalom for Hanukkah gift shopping and decorations, Elijah runs into Authais Compton (11) in a Christmas shop. The two form an unlikely friendship as Authais "slays" him with a toy candy cane, and they bond instantly. He notices Nivaia appeared fond of him as well.

December 26, 1992
The two boys are at Elijah's (12) house as the boy is tired and ravaged with insomnia-induced sleepiness, his wounds bleeding terribly from his bandages as he's stationed fetal position against the wall outside his room in the darkened hallway with Authais (12). The human sits with him patiently, commenting on his beautiful eyes and, as if on cue, they flash red from Nivaia's influence. Authais asks Elijah if he would be his boyfriend, to which he immediately agrees to, then proceeds to cough and retch.

June 16, 1993
Visiting the shoreline with his parents, Elijah (13) spots Olivia Tsosie (11) as she's collecting shells. He approaches her curiously, inquires about her collection and compliments their colors, then her eyes, before he's called back by his mother's voice. That night, Nivaia throws him images as he's attempting to sleep - haunting desires and murderous scenes, and he wakes Authais (13) beside him as he once more runs to the bathroom to retch.

December 3, 1993
Elijah overhears from his classmates at school that Olivia (11) has a crush on him, causing Nivaia to surge with power within him, turning his eyes black, then red, then blue, then back to his normal shade. Her excitement prompts him to pursue her in consideration for a release, which Nivaia reveals to him through images of what she expected him to do to achieve her goal: she was dying within him and expected to be saved by him mating with Olivia to release one fourth of her into a new vessel. He uneasily greets his boyfriend, aware he could not deny the demonic entity's wishes.

October 12, 1994
By this point, Elijah (14) had grown paler and more depressed regarding his inability to sleep, his asthma attacks, and inability to correctly feel temperatures, weighed down by his duties given unto him by a demon, and how he must achieve them before she perishes and forces him to join her in her death. The conversation of his failing health becomes the topic of the dinner table that night. Authais (14) becomes extremely protective, eventually leading to a kiss across the table, outing the pair of them to the audience sharing the meal.

October 18, 1994
Elijah's (14) nephew, Kieron Haley, is born. He's the second person after his parents to hold him and Nivaia growls hungrily within him. He instantly hands the baby back, intimidated.

October 19, 1994
Authais (14) corners Elijah (14) about his reaction to Kieron, his haste to return him to Hannah (16) to the risk of nearly dropping him completely. In the silence of his lack of answer, he notices Elijah had been clawing at the skin atop his hand and causing it to shed blood. Authais takes his hand and holds it to prevent him from continuing, yet Elijah merely stands, the desire to come clean about his demonic entity burning him from the inside out.

He confesses in a flight of emotion that he is a demon named Nivaia, that she is dying, and powerful and demanding and influential, then attempts to clarify regarding his confusion on whether he is the demon or the vessel as he is the one committing the demonic deeds. Authais is taken aback, affirming that it seems to make everything fall into place, yet that isn't affecting his feelings towards the boy. He stands as well, brings Elijah's bleeding hand to his lips as he moves to kneel, kisses the bloodied hand, and vows that if this "Nivaia" ever harmed him, well, he's always wanted to be a dragon slayer. Authais inquires if Elijah can hear her thoughts or her voice, and Elijah explains they come across more as desires and images, and the occasional growl or menacing rumble of an unintelligible command decipherable only through familiarity of her habits and hungers, her necessities and struggles.

October 25, 1994
Elijah (14) wakes up from finally falling asleep, with screams and sweats and terrified, his parents rushing in to assist him. He's unable to fully calm for hours, only able to do so while laying with his mother. When he awakens, he sneaks out of her arms in a Nivaia-driven state, her resistance in thwarting death dwindling into desperateness to stay alive. He climbs to the roof to better catch the wind and pick up upon Olivia's (11) scent. He finds her studying at school, easily convinces her to let him over her house while her parents were working, and continues to convince her into having sexual intercourse with him.

Afterwards, Olivia as curled asleep beside Elijah, who once more sneakily separates himself from her. He is overcome with grief and regret, aware of what fate he just bestowed upon her to bear a demonic child just so he may have one fourth of his struggles removed from him. He upsets himself into an asthma attack and rushes home, only to run into Authais (14) on his way to see him. He attempts to calm his boyfriend, yet accepts the fact that he clearly didn't wish to speak about something most likely having to do with things they've been suffering from since the beginning.

Very slowly from here on out, Elijah begins withdrawing emotionally from everything and everyone, aware his only options were to suffer and die from resisting the demon's commands, or fight with every breath to listen to her and survive, unsure what would come about from her receiving what she needs.

February 6, 1995
While out past midnight, Elijah's (14) guilt finally gets to him because of Authais' (14) enthusiasm about the amazing night they had. He slows to a stop on their trek home and releases his boyfriend's hand, then comes clean about sleeping with Olivia (12). Authais's anger is a palpable and confused force, demanding to know why and when. As Elijah refuses to clarify, Authais's emotion's newfound hairsbreadth of demonic energy, granted to him by this kiss to Elijah's tainted bloodied hand, finds its release as a flash of black pupils and a small cloud of black smoke in his palms.

Authais storms away, unable to convince the other boy to fess, agreeing that they probably wouldn't work, Elijah made a huge mistake and to not bother ever looking for him because if he ever does, he won't like what he finds. Elijah takes a single step forward towards him, then halts himself, shakes his head and turns the other way to continue is demon-given mission with frustrated tears streaming down his face. He returns home to pack his things and leave Akutan until his next task is discovered. He awakens his parents with his early morning arrival and they demand to know not where he's been, but where's he off to in such a teary frenzy.

Elijah merely lies, informing them he was to report to Authais's house for a sleepover. They beg him to stay, then when they're unsuccessful, plead with him to remember his inhaler and to check in.

July 5, 1995
Elijah's fifteen birthday, and the day North and Mimi are born in the Akutan village at Olivia's (12) home. Having moved to Anchorage to live on the streets in a more populated and capable area, Elijah is curled on the top of a folded stack of cardboard boxes down a building's alleyway. He gasps himself awake as he feels the vessels, who he believes is only a single son, be born and remove Miheriv, one fourth of Nivaia from him. He sighs and flops over to look at the stars only to immediately and finally fall asleep, his insomnia transferred to his children.

September 10, 1996
After a year of complete and self-induced homelessness, Elijah (16) begins employment at a retail store.

November 11, 2000
Elijah, 20 years old, visits the shoreline as a cruise begins to take off on his lunch break and leans against the railing to watch. His eyes flit to toddler Parris Connors, the only son of a wealthy architect, shivering in his father's arms atop the main deck overlooking the sea. Oeren, another fourth of the remaining demon within Elijah, aches for Parris and informs his host that, "the child should be cold no longer." The urge to instantly gather the boy and begin the transfusion is fought against as Elijah forces himself from the docks and across the street back to his workplace. However, he is unable to make it far enough before racing back to the docks, over the railing and into the freezing ocean as the cruise ship takes off.

He climbs upon the traveling ocean vessel, soaked and absolutely freezing, dripping wet and instead of pursuing his target, he searches desperately for blankets and towels. He's discovered wandering the halls with a trail of sea water by Parris's parents who are concerned about his state, offering to assist in drying him off and warming him up. Elijah insists the shower head merely broke when he was attempting to tighten it and denies their offer. Yet the two parents are stubborn and escort him to their room, Elijah begging them to please let him go - Oeren remained fixated on using Parris as a host, fully aware the only method of a successful transfer would result in the murder of the boy's parents to limit any hostile interference.

Once alone and greeted with hospitality in their suite, Oeren coerces Elijah to raise a finger and coat the room in a blanket of thick ice, startling the parents. He proceeds to freeze them to death under the demon's influence and, once fully lifeless and human ice sculptures, crack their icy necks clean off their shoulders, heads dropping onto the plush carpeted flooring. Parris, only five years old, proceeds to merely wail and cry and scream in fear.

He nears the frightened boy and sits before him with closed eyes, allowing Oeren control for the transfer. When his eyes open once again, they are a deep blue and transfix Parris enough to calm him down and begin. Oeren freezes the entire room and once the ideal temperature is reached, he leaves Elijah through a spirit-like puff of breath and nears Parris, enveloping him, causing him to collapse immediately. Once Elijah comes to, he merely sits and begins sobbing at his actions for a few long and painful moments before he gathers the strength and manages to haul himself upright and out of the room - he knew his job was only halfway done.

Elijah spots the cameras most likely catching his previous actions and permits Hykaian to rid the hallway of their recording abilities. He makes it to the main deck, shivering for the first time, hears guests react to the murder scene in the suite. The captain is forced to return the ship to dock, Elijah unboards the vessel and returns to work as though he hadn't committed a capital crime and bestowed a demon to a five-year-old. A coworker inquires what all the hysteria was at the docks, to which Elijah denies knowing anything about as he continues to shiver and shake. His coworker merely laughs and offers him a jacket, which is accepted readily.

September 6, 2001
Elijah, now 21, finds himself speaking to the demons and asking them if they miss Miheriv and Oeren, only for Hykaian to throw the vessel an image of his young nephew, Kieron Haley. He slingshots upright, all traces of sleepiness having vanished, and proceeds to beg and plead they pick someone else, anyone but his sister's only child. Yet he finds himself returning to Akutan to visit his family under the guise of a vacation from work until after Hannah's 22nd birthday. Everyone is thrilled and confused when he's at the door, and he's complimented on his looks, they inquire about his living situation, uneasily about Authais, not having heard word or seen him since the day Elijah left that time ago either.

Hannah allows Elijah to meet Kieron once again after all these years, the boy only seven years old and extremely talented at the violin. Kieron is painting on Hannah's arm as she absently lets him. Her son dubs them "tattoos" and Elijah watches contentedly before Hykaian once more feeds him images of what he expected him to do. He immediately starts tearing up and struggling to speak, confessing that he loves her and to make sure she understood that. And finally, that he was sorry. For leaving, for hurting her, for hurting Kieron. Hykaian forces him to stand and morphs Elijah's arm into his own, a razor sharp end which he plunges into her chest.

Kieron screams and is unable to move, yet Hykaian was not finished - and instead turns his attention to the boy. He is seized roughly and his chest is torn open, not with intent to murder, but to place Hykaian himself inside. Once Kieron faints, Elijah numbly washes his hands, changes his clothes with Hannah's boyfriend's in their bedroom, then makes his way out.

October 23, 2001
Elijah visits the local clinic for a severe asthma attack and waits in the waiting room. There he sees a crying Sirius Keylren, tortured after learning his parents had perished in a car accident at just five years old. Just as he spots Sirius's emotionally distraught aunt and uncle enter the room to speak to the secretary, his remaining demons coerce Elijah to take action and lead the saddened boy from the room, abducting him. Once safely alone, Elijah places his forehead against Sirius's and begins the demonic transfer, Kryioas, his cataplexy, and a severe case of stockholm syndrome being gifted over to the kid.

April 30, 2002
Elijah manages to find an apartment for him and Sirius, and they move in. He shuts off the television as a broadcast of a missing child, Sirius Keylren, plays on it. Now demonic, the child looks severely different, yet he intends to conceal as much as he can. That night, Siri crawls into Elijah's bed, much to his distress, but allows him to regardless, aware if he pushed the child away at any given point, it could cause a rift between them and Kryioas required their closeness. Completely demon-less, Elijah falls asleep immediately and comfortably.

Elijah wakes up a few hours into sleeping to thunder and lightning, the vacancy in his soul aching. He watches the incoming storm from the window, whispering to let the hell begin. He accidentally rouses Siri and they go to the roof of the building, and Elijah, for the first time, speaks about what he's done - comes clean entirely about the demons, Authais, what he believes to be his only child living somewhere with a mother who most likely despises him for his actions, and the transfers and he's grateful to have gotten it off his chest. Siri expresses his gratitude as well, Kryioas enjoying the impending hysteria.

August 20, 2002-2010
Elijah takes Siri to his first day of school in first grade at Kasuun Elementary. He explain to Siri's teacher that he has cataplexy and was traumatized at a young age so he has attachment issues, reassures them that he can be reached if there's an emergency.

That evening when Elijah picks him up, Siri runs into his arms and refuses to let go. Throughout the years of elementary school, Siri begins to try and sneak out to find him back at home, won't let go of Elijah's hand, begins having cataplexy attacks which leads to conferences from concern raised from the teachers and staff.

By the time he is about to enter tenth grade at fifteen years old, Elijah is ready to pursue his son and pulls Siri from school entirely to begin - news reached Anchorage about a murdered priest and suspects it to be North's doing.

The Return of the Vessel
Elijah's return to Akutan to see his demonic son after fifteen years, unaware he has a twin sister and the demon most likely split in two as well.

The Gathering of Nivaia
Elijah's attempts to find the last two remaining demons, Kieron and Parris, so he may inform them of the state of the earth and their duty to protect it from destroying itself. Elijah shows them the "command center" for the universe where they will reset the codes.

The Alighting of Langsyne
Despite their training and introductions to the demonic veil, Authais reveals his girls to them in order to exponentially thwart their progress.

Athwart the Atlantic
Kieron is weakening instead of strengthening and Elijah reveals the different types of demons and how his is a contract demon - Kieron will need to find a human's soul to attach to, then consume after their contract is complete. This leads his nephew into finding a boy named London and they successfully form a contract.

Baptize in Ashes
Parris's huntress, Chace Edmond, manages to wound him and begin diseasing his demon, prompting his defense against extreme temperatures to diminish and finally vanish.

Cheval Glass
Nyx and North's romance begins

Pathos, Unveiling
Elijah removes Siri's cataplexy.

Gehenna Colloquy
North realizes he could never talk with Miheriv as the others have spoken to their demons because he needed Mimi (the other half), and he speaks to his sister, comes clean to her despite her anger he's only finally doing so because it suits his needs, yet they converge and finally meet her.

Hellbound Variance
Elijah gives into Authais's temptation and kisses him, restoring his evil demonic powers that were stored and locked away inside Authais and his anger.

Convalescence
Elijah breaks free of the evil influence and he's able to gather the boys again with the girls on their side and reset the codes of the universe.

Personality
Personality

Abilities
Abilities

Creation and Conception
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Trivia

 * Elijah's name was originally Ryuuken (竜弦) back when Hell Constellation's medium was to be a manga, and his role was the main antagonist as opposed to the main protagonist.