Elijah
- Personality
- Design
- Relationships
- Early Life
- Death
- Sanctuary
Human Design
Elijah is a young white man, with short brown hair that reaches to his ears in a messy style. While alive, he is relatively skinny, being unable to consistently take care of himself when at work or living alone with his brother. After death, he gains some weight, able to care for himself and the other spirits in the sanctuary. Elijah often doesn't care about his own appearance, often dressing in plain clothes such as t-shirts or hoodies, favoring practicality over fashion. Since he was in elementary school, Elijah's fingers have been permanently stained black due to constant possession by [NAME PENDING]. When being possessed or when recently possessed Elijah's hand stains reach up to his arms in a vein-like structure.
Psychopomp Design
This design is only seen after Elijah has been killed. Some of the traits progress over time, while others remain stagnant or only appear in certain circumstances or when under strain by other supernatural forces. These design traits tend to shift and go in and out with no rhyme or reason since Elijah has no stable physical form as a psychopomp.
One of the first changes to Elijah's 'body' after he died was seen in his hands , with his typically black hands hardened into a material similar to hooves. Each finger remains separate, but they have a hard time bending due to the toughness. Elijah also slowly become hairier, with most of his hair following human hair patterns just in a more extreme fashion. He prefers to keep his non-head hair short, but can often be seen with thick arm hair that increases slightly at the hands. His facial and head hair grow much faster than normal humans, and have a slightly gray-brown color, some patches growing in gray despite his body's young age. After about a year living in the afterlife, Elijah began to show more distinctly non-human features, growing into his role as a psychopomp. Elijah's psychopomp form bears resemblance to an alpine goat. Horns begin to sprout from his head, splitting the skin on his forehead. This growth was painful, needing special care and bandaging when growing in to prevent infection and skin cracking. In the end, his horns are about 6-8 inches long and dark gray, very similar to real goat's horns. His ears also began to grow longer and droop downwards, reaching to about his jaw. These ears are dark brown and gray, with light pink and brown on the insides. Elijah also grows a slight tail , only about a few inches long and fluffy with longer hair at the base, following the same coloring as his ears. On some occasions, Elijah will have goat fur patterns , especially on his face and arms, with dark patches on the sides of his face and a white patch above his nose. These patches are not influenced by shaving or growth of hair, since they appear on the skin for small periods of time instead of hair. These patches are somewhat random, appearing for only days or hours at a time with no known cause. In some cases, Elijah is seen with slight digitigrade legs , following the anatomical structure of goats. These legs are largely non-canon, and are entirely optional.