I expected that the tall guy would be a high ranking member of SIN from the getgo. But Elijah really turned out to be an enigma.
1) If he was a student at R&X, H.E.R.O. would probably ask him to find out who the superhuman that killed Kenny was instead of putting Alexis there. So it's probably part of his cover.
2) On the other hand, he looks very young. From the patreon post I thought he would be younger than MC.
3) He is a confirmed Lieutenant of Team Cthulu which makes him a level 5.
4) Bernhardt has been a superhuman for at least 50 years, probably more. That would make his children 50-60 yo at the least. Elijah is unlikely to be his son unless he is adopted.
So what's up with the guy:
Info from Clark
1) Clark seems to think that time is an important catalyst for power. He says to Ella that she didn't have her powers for even a decade.
2) Clark believes that he is the weakest of the 12 HERO level 5 superhumans.
3) Clark and Alexis are probably the first to use the evolution serum. Clark says that he becomes a "guinea pig for this shit".
Info from Xanthe
1) Evolution through exposure can only be done twice.
2) Xanthe is not willing to use the serum back to back because he believes that it will cause monsterification.
Timeline
1) Alexis & Clark vs Ella happens on day 13
2) Jake's infiltration happens on day 52 but a month also passes in real time, so it's fair to assume that 2-2.5 months have passed since the serum was used for the first time.
3) Crossreferencing with Lisa, Elijah would have to already be level 5 at the time of the infiltration.
Indications from Captains
1) All captains look to be at their late twenties or older.
Nyx and Lucius look the youngest, I'd say around 28-32.
Malik and Henri look a bit older, around 32 to 40, Henri looks a bit younger than Malik.
Bernhardt looks like 40+
The odd part is that Malik, Bernhardt and Henri, the 3 superhuman who have been level 5 the longest, look older than Nyx and Lucius who supposedly reached their fifth recently. Their age differences are not that big to explain this.
Level 4 is supposed to slow down age, while level 5 stops it completely.
There are probably some inconsistencies here. Langdon looked Bernhard's age before his ascension, but as a superhuman he barely looks like 35. Jared on the other hand looks older than he was as a human.
So I can think of 4 explanations assume the above are true:
Explanation 1)
Elijah is very young, perhaps a bit older than MC, but was turned at a similar age to Ella's children.
He is the grandson of Bernhardt
He was probably at his third evolution at the start of the game and got 2 doses inbetween Kenny fight and Jake's infiltration.
Explanation 2)
Similarly to explanation 1, but he managed to reach his 4th before the Kenny fight and he only got one dose of the evolution serum.
Explanation 3)
Elijah is Gunvald's son. He is around 50-60 yo, got turned very early and also reached his 4th sometime around 18yo. I find this explanation unlikely.
Explanation 4)
Elijah circumstances don't really matter because he has a power that allows him to look that way. He could be a son or a grandson and we couldn't theorize based on his appearence.
Perhaps if I crossreference with other info on the timeline this will be made clearer but it's enough for now.
Edit: Also.. Blue hair, different colored eyes. What is going on here?
