Editing Elpidios

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[[File:ACOD_LotFBSH_Kassandra_Elpidios.png|thumb|250px|Kassandra holding a baby Elpidios]]
'''Elpidios''' (born c. 422 BCE) was the son of the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] and her lover [[Natakas]].

As a result of his parentage, Elpidios had Spartan and Persian ancestry. His paternal grandfather was [[Darius]], and his maternal great-grandfather was [[Leonidas I of Sparta]]. Elpidios would also become the ancestor of [[Amunet]], one of the [[Hidden Ones]]' founders.

==Biography==
Elpidios was born around 422 BCE, when Kassandra, Natakas, and Darius decided to stop running from the [[Order of the Ancients]] and settle in [[Dyme]], [[Achaia]]. Natakas and Kassandra married and bought a house on the cliffs above Dyme.
When the Order arrived in full force to finally defeat them, Natakas was killed and Elpidios was captured, much to the dismay of Kassandra. Kassandra followed the Order ot [[Messenia]] and eventually hunted down [[Amorges]] with the help of Darius. Before dying to Darius [[hidden blade]], Amorges revealed the location of Elpidios. He was being raised and nurtured by the son of [[Artaxerxes I of Persia|Artaxerxes]] on an island south of Messenia .<ref name="Bloodline">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – ''[[Legacy of the First Blade: Bloodline]]''</ref>

Elpidios was later handed over to Kassandra, who learned her child's whereabouts from Amorges before his death. Owing to her lineage as a [[Tainted One]], Kassandra came to the conclusion that Elpidios would never be safe with her and thus made the decision to let Darius take away Elpidios somewhere safe.<ref name="Bloodline" />

Darius became a guardian to Elpidios, taking him to [[Egypt]] to lead a new life. Elpidios would eventually become an ancestor to Aya of [[Alexandria]] and her son [[Khemu]].<ref name="Bloodline" /><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>

==Trivia==
*The name Elpidios (Ἐλπίδιος) is derived from the Greek word [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ἐλπίς ἐλπῐ́ς] (''elpís''), which means 'hope'. Elpidios subsequently means 'hope, hopeful'.
*If [[Alexios]] is chosen as the playable protagonist instead of Kassandra, he is placed as Elpidios' father while Natakas' sister [[Neema (Persian)|Neema]] serves as his mother.

==Gallery==
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ACOD Elpidios & Darius.jpg|Darius and Elpidios in Egypt
ACOD Elpidios.jpg|Grown-up Elpidios
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==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – ''[[Legacy of the First Blade]]''
**''[[Legacy of the First Blade: Shadow Heritage|Shadow Heritage]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Legacy of the First Blade: Bloodline|Bloodline]]''

==References==
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