20s, ambitious, cynical / United States captain

Chasing rank and privilege and the public adulation afforded naval heroes, Elliott is a man of contradictions - one moment instinctively courageous, the next politically calculating. He believes in the individual and dismisses Perry’s inclusive belief in the power of the collective. Beneath a confidant presence, the violent reality of war has also unnerved him and broken his moral compass, especially after experiencing the terrible losses suffered at Fort York. It contorts arrogance into malevolence and results in actions during the battle on Lake Erie, that will forever define his life – as both a hero and a villain.