Elijah is a friend of Ada’s and a Mayday operative who helps Ada and Nicole hide while they are on the run from Gilead agents. Elijah reveals to Nicole that she is not Neil and Melanie’s daughter Daisy, as she’d always believed, but rather the grown version of Baby Nicole. Elijah helps plan and coordinate Nicole’s infiltration into Gilead.
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Elijah Character Timeline in The Testaments
The timeline below shows where the character Elijah appears in The Testaments. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 23
...sitting in the living room, drinking coffee with a leathery man in his 50s named Elijah, whom they’d seen at SanctuCare. While Daisy eats cereal, they announce that they have something...
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Chapter 30: Transcript of Witness Testimony 369B
Nicole tries to grapple with what Elijah just revealed about her true identity. She feels as if her whole self and history...
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Elijah returns a few hours later with George, the street man of whom Nicole used to...
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Chapter 32
In the morning, Elijah announces that they need to move Nicole again as soon as possible. Gilead is using...
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Chapter 55: Transcript of Witness Testimony 369B
...though they’re the only people she has for company in Gilead. She misses Ada and Elijah and especially Garth, and wonders if Garth is dating anyone. Jade is especially anxious about...
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Chapter 70: Transcript of Witness Testimony 369B
...her arm is less swollen and painful. Agnes is sitting next to her, and Ada, Elijah, and Garth are there as well. Ada and Elijah tell Nicole that she and Agnes...
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