77 Ninja 77 created the original Elites back in May 23, 2008. Ninja brought the army to great power, rivaling even ACP at one point. Eventually, he retired and a stream of leaders followed. In the end, the 1st Generation finally gave in and died. Many months later, Lordcody56 made the 2nd Generation. Unfortunately, it was not very successful. Next, Godplaya123 and Supperz1 created the 3rd generation, but was remade due to it being deleted during the 5th generation. Over the summer of 2010, the 3rd generation Elites have been acknowledged as a disappearing army. Due to troubles with leadership, the inevitable downfall of this once great army came swiftly.
It rocked Club Penguin armies as it went up the Top 10, reaching Major sizes in just four to five months without merging. However, as every army experiences this, the 3rd generation fell as well in August. Then Flames181, also unsuccessful, made the 4th generation. The 5th generation, created by Trickster and Npeppersn, followed shortly after. It was again very unsuccessful, as it died in the first week of creation.

About a year or two passed by without the Elites, until two penguins named 57to and Khimo came along, reviving the Elites once again and creating the 6th generation. This was probably one of the more successful generations, lasting approximately half a year and reaching up to 2nd place on the CPAC Top 10 List. However, all good things as we know them must end. About a week later, the 7th generation was created by Step Up 646 and Momo941. This generation lasted for quite a while as well, until they eventually lost hope once againm and hopefully the last generation of the legendary Elites carrying on the glorious legacy that is Elites.