History:

Elías was born in a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to María Coelho Fonseca, on April 16, 1990. His father, Trevor Williams, was a rising actor who was shooting in Brazil when he met María, but when the movie was done shooting Trevor, went back to north America leaving María pregnant, and to raise the baby without a father.

María cared deeply for her new son Elías, and her mother Cobrina, but could not afford the new baby without another job. When she was working her mother, took care of little Elías, in their small apartment. His grandma would tell him about Brazil when she was a little girl and the stories her grandmother once told her.

Elías had no contact with his father until he was six, though whether the letters his mother had written to Trevor or his fathers stagnant career helped to inspire his sudden desire to see his son, Elías never figured it out.

But a few months after his birthday he got his first visit with his father. For the next several years the new family was very happy, his Trevor bought a new house over looking downtown Rio de Janeiro, hired a maid, showered them with gifts.

The next few years while his father could not find a job, he took Elías and his mother to many different countries, living there for a few months before movingsome place new. María did not want her son to grow to far from Brazil, and sent him to live with his grandmother for a few weeks a year.

Elías loved living with his grandma, during the days he would be out in the city with his friends, playing capoeira, hiking in the amazon. His activities with his friends was not altogether legal, with his friends he caused a lot of trouble for the police in Rio, however his grandmother managed to keep his secrets.

The good times would not last though, when his father was called by one of his contacts in England, he sent his wife back to Brazil while he went to see an old friend. A few days later he called his family, he was being called back to making movies. He flew out a few times during the next year, but his visits shortened, and then his phone calls stopped. When his career took off again so did his paternal instincts.

His grandmother soon became ill as she grew older, while unknown to Elías his mother was getting weaker, as she hide all signs from her son that she had ovarian cancer. His mother encouraged him to spend time with his friends, while she went to the hospital.

His mother was a strong woman, she would never let her weakened state show to him, she would not let herself be weak for her son after loosing his father. It was María's love for Elías that kept her going through the treatments, but the cancer was stronger and spread.

Nearing Elías's sixteenth birthday, he woke to find his mother in the kitchen breathing weakly and leaning against the counter, she smiled and waved him off to wake his grandmother. When he came back his mother was on the kitchen floor, he could not rouse her out of it. She was taken to the hospital, Elías stayed by her bedside everyday.

She drifted in and out of conciousness, the drugs dulling the pain, but keeping her very tired. He spent his birthday with her, holding her hand. He also spent the next three months with her as her body continued to weaken, until it could not function on its own. The doctors could do nothing for her, they could only keep her sedated, comfortable, while she slipped away. The cancer took her shortly afterwards, Elías never heard from his father, and he never wanted to again.

His grandmother was all he had now, she did all she could to comfort him, even while she too was was grieving for the loss of María. She knew too well the pain of loosing a parent, so she convinced him that he should do something to celebrate his mothers life, to help him deal with his sorrow, and to help him releash the anger with the lack of interest his father showed during the last months that María lived. Cobrinha knew many of the greatest capoeira maestres when she was young, she played in many rodas, or capoeira games, and she was able to contact the maestres' schools and organize a huge gathering of all the schools in Rio de Janeiro.