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[SUB][COLOR=CA8453]P R O F I L E[/COLOR][/SUB]
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	Elliot, more often than not called Eli, is a quiet person. Though she does not mind groups of people or conversations, she finds it much more rewarding to let other people do the talking and sit back in the shadows to watch the play unfold. Having always been someone who enjoys observation, Eli tends to notice things others don't. And others sometimes tend to not notice Eli.

	From an early age on, Eli showed a fascination for most things she encountered and would be drawn to all kinds of non-fiction books. Starting with various children's books on animals and their behaviour, Eli would read up on many themes, topics, items, things, and ideas throughout her life.

	Having a deep love for research, Eli has a desire to know more about a problem before attempting to solve it. This often leads to her delaying certain tasks until she has read up on them "enough" to tackle them - which, unfortunately, oftentimes just leads from one research rabbit hole to another and leaves the task undone for multiple weeks.

	Though libraries are her best friend, Eli is not someone who spends all her time indoors. At a young age, Eli found herself fascinated with jumping fences and climbing walls. This would result in another dedicated hobby: parkour. Though she would never do any "workout" sport of any kind freely, Elliot can't help but love the feeling of parkouring through town. While she engaged in that hobby more freely as a child and teen, she is a bit more aware of how it looks for a 36-year-old woman to jump around benches, fences, and walls in the middle of the city. Though she does still do it, she prefers to do it when the least amount of people are watching her.

	If confronted with a fight, Eli is more likely to dodge and hide and wait for an opportunity to disarm her opponent than to engage in a combat situation outright. Though she will not back down at the first sight of danger, she is not one looking to be in a physical fight either. If needed, she will back up her allies and step up for those she cares about.

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[SUB][COLOR=CA8453]D A Y S - G O N E[/COLOR][/SUB]
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	Elliot grew up in Brooklyn, New York, with two loving parents and an older brother whom she adored. Six years younger, little Elliot was fascinated by her older brother for as long as she could remember. Always tugging on his pant legs and following him around, Eli was determined to grow up [i]just like him[/i]. Of course, that is not entirely what happened. While Eli mirrored many of his habits and interests throughout their childhood when she was younger, not all of them stuck.

	Eli was an exceptional student. Always with a nose in a book - non-fiction, mind you -, Eli could have been a teacher's favorite: studying hard, writing long essays, and always quiet in class. Had it not been for her unquenchable curiosity, Eli's life would have looked very different. Instead of growing up as an outstanding student, Eli grew up as an outstanding student with a school file full of entries. Almost all of them: breaking and entering. Eli had from the earliest age felt a curiosity to know what is behind closed doors. On many occasions, she would sneak into her brother's room and her parents' closets, break into locked classrooms, and be fetched out of the gardens of various neighbours. As she grew older, Eli learned to use her skill of observation to not get caught so often.

	Being the second child of a poor household meant that Elliot grew accustomed to hand-me-downs and second-hand items. Although her parents tried their best, most money that they could scrape together would go into a fund to treat her brother's sleeping disorders. Not that they ever had enough in that fund. On her twelfth birthday, Eli and a few friends went to the mall with some birthday money her parents had scraped up. As they browsed the shelves of a clothing store, her two best friends nudged Eli to pocket a pair of sunglasses she liked but couldn't afford. Elliot refused and turned to leave - she was no one to fall into peer pressure - when she saw an old lady leave her wallet behind on one of the shelves. It was a split-second decision and she would later not be able to answer why she did it. Maybe out of curiosity? Just to see if she could?

	Without thinking, she put the money into the fund for her brother's treatment, went to her room and did what she does best: She researched. Having had no personal computer, Eli had always used libraries, a safe haven for the young girl. But no matter how much she researched, the adrenaline kick would continue to urge her to do it again. Every day she saw people having all those excessive luxuries while her family was just trying to get by. So the jar got fuller and fuller until her parents asked too many questions and it finally stopped. Instead, Eli would spend years collecting money, selling "trinkets" she stole, and avoiding the attention of authorities. Her entire thing blew up when she was 15 and her parents confronted her about the heaps of money and items they had found in her hidden spot after a long time of suspicion. The confrontation escalated, much to Eli's own fault, and her life took a swift turn. Her brother had moved out a while ago and while her parents tried their best, Eli wasn't exactly "easy" to parent. Though she stopped stealing, she did not stop getting mixed with the "wrong crowd". Still very much breaking and entering, she would spend a lot of nights in abandoned places, on graveyards, in churches, and other places. Unfortunately, that were just the places people would go for alcohol and drug abuse. Elliot gladly involved herself with some members of those crowds, staying away from the creepy and very addictive types, she engaged in some alcohol and mild drug use such as weed.

	As her teenage years passed on, Eli seemed to find her footing. She went to college and graduated top of her class. With four languages (English, German, Greek, Latin) under her belt and a degree in journalism, Elliot seemed to finally be on the right path. After college, she spent about eight years working as a journalist for various media outlets, freelancing some time, and writing blog entries about her varied research topics. It was through the press work that she met Helena.

	Truth be told, Elliot had never fully stopped keeping her fingers still. Although much stealthier now, she would still find her way into closed quarters, mostly unoccupied, and let a thing or two slip into her pockets whenever she felt the need.

	While she was working on a 'case' ("It's not a story if we're trying to unearth something, that's a case.") involving seemingly unconnected deaths, Elliot made use of one of her sleepless weeks in which she would disappear for a week or two and barely sleep, staying alive by energy drinks, coffee and ordering Indian masala, she found a vague connection. A woman named Helena. However, despite doing her best Eli could not find an address linked to the woman, and any place Eli found she had been, she seemed to not return to again. Needless to say, Elliot developed a true obsession with finding this woman, opening that "door" that seemed to be just out of reach.

	It was during an evening after a few too many sleepless nights that Eli got careless and was caught slipping a man's wallet into her pockets as she passed him by. As she turned the next corner, a black-haired woman confronted her. And so Eli met Helena Blythe. Apparently just as much a curious soul, Helena quickly managed to wrap Eli around her fingers with her mysterious bad-girl demeanor. Flirtingly offering to report Elliot to the police, Helena bargained she could use her help in return for keeping quiet.

	It took some time and convincing and some heavy questioning on both parties' ends but eventually Elliot was convinced Helena had nothing to do with those deaths she was 'investigating' and Helena was convinced Eli would provide what she was looking for. Elliot, enticed by the woman, fell quickly - and hard. And Helena opened the door to a new kind of lifestyle, one Eli had not thought she would return to. Thus began Eli's time as a true criminal.

	She quickly picked up her old skills and found a sort of teacher and companion in the strange woman. Now targeting much bigger fish, Eli and Helena made thievery their main source of income. Living in a "Bonnie and Clyde" fantasy, Elliot felt untouchable with Helena by her side. It was Helena who introduced Eli to the idea of the supernatural. Through extensive research and breadcrumbs by Helena, Elliot finally found that the world was much darker than she had thought. What followed were years of extensive research on those creatures. Eli got sucked into a web of arcane symbols, mages, monsters, faeries, ghosts, and necromancy.

	And after five years of living with Helena, the dream collapsed. Helena woke Elliot up, clearly panicked, and urged her to get out of the flat through a secret exit Elliot had not known about. As Eli fought to get Helena to answer, the woman begged her to leave, pressed a necklace into Eli's hand and promised she would explain everything. Hiding in the secret exit, Eli witnessed three vampires raging and destroying their home as they attacked Helena with questions Eli could not fully comprehend. Only when physically attacked did Helena fight back - and bared her teeth. Eli left her home that night with two truths: Helena had been a vampire all along, and she was responsible for the deaths that were occurring, the same ones that took her brother's patients as well as those she had researched five years ago.

	In fear and disarray, Eli went back to the house a week later after having heard nothing from Helena. But every evidence of her existence was gone, right down to the toothbrush. Afraid of what she might find, Eli researched more sporadically. She had moments where she would do nothing but dig for 3 months to then fall into a hole where she wanted to burn everything and never think of Helena Blythe again.

	But the truth was that she could not settle for being left in the dark. And the truth was that she had loved Helena, that she still loved Helena. And Eli knows that she is still out there. And Helena needs her help.

	It's been a year since Helena was taken and Eli has not gotten a single step closer to finding her or those who took her. It is time to invest in some help. And so Eli ended up in Baltimore, joining a Cell to hopefully figure out more about why monsters do what they do, why they exist, how they live, and why some seem so... human.[/color]

[SUB][COLOR=CA8453]M E M O R I E S[/COLOR][/SUB]
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	[u][b]Silas Myers:[/b][/u] Eli's older brother who she loves dearly but hasn't had close contact with in five-or-so years.
	
	[u][b]Helena Blythe:[/b][/u] Elliot's former lover and partner-in-crime (literally) who turned out to be a vampire responsible for multiple deaths in Brooklyn. She was kidnapped by three vampires and has not been heard from since.[/color]

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	[b]𝙸𝚗𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎:[/b] [i]𝙶𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢.[/i]
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[SUB][COLOR=CA8453]D R I V E[/COLOR][/SUB]
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	[b]𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚢:[/b] [i]𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚍𝚘, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚢?[/i]
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[SUB][COLOR=CA8453]E D G E S  &  P E R K S[/COLOR][/SUB]
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	[b]𝙻𝚒𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚢[/b]
[i]𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜-𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕-𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚛𝚢𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚠𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜. 𝙶𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚛𝚜, 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢.[/i]
	[i]- 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝙷𝚒𝚍𝚎[/i]

	[b]𝚂𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚄𝚗𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕[/b]
[i]𝙱𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚋𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖. 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢, 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚙𝚑𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝙳𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎-𝚅 𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜, 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘.[/i]	
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