Eloi was a male crossbreed cat with deep blue eyes and partial Siamese features that welcomed Francis into the community of cats living underground after Francis was orphaned. Even though the community had not a real leader, Eloi was clearly an influential cat among them.
Role in Francis' Life[]
Eloi is mostly described by Francis himself in the sixth book, Schandtat. He was an acculturated mentor for Francis and also as a fatherly figure for him. Eloi is an important person in Francis's life, responsible for giving Francis a cultural education of high level.
As the cats living underground with him and Francis, Eloi read lots of books and was used to the plants grown inside the caves that were consumed with scent's inhalation as a soft drug.
Eventual Fate[]
Apart from Francis, Eloi was the sole survivor of the massacre of the community of underground cats they were living with. For years Francis believed Eloi to be one of the victims of the mass murder and the truth about his fate was only revealed only to Junior. However, while some shadows were lifted, there is no clear revelation about the ultimate fate of Eloi, and his son Morlock told simply that Eloi was "murdered" before his birth.
It's known that after he left the underground cave where the cats' community was killed, he had mated with a she-cat. Later he seems to have been murdered and Morlock, his son, remained close to the underground cave as a guardian of the mass-grave so that he could be close to the father he had never seen.