Elena Gilbert
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Elena Gilbert was the former main female protagonist of The Vampire Diaries. At the beginning of the series, Elena appears to be a regular human girl, but is then revealed to be a doppelgänger to the vampire Katherine. In the Season Three Finale, she became a vampire despite never wanting to be one. In I'd Leave My Happy Home For You, she takes the cure to become human again.
Elena had been struggling to live a normal life ever since her adoptive parents, Miranda and Grayson Gilbert, died in a car accident when she was seventeen years old. Her life also changed drastically as she and her friends became caught up in the supernatural world that surrounds them and are forced to face powerful supernatural enemies.
Elena was described as a star student. She was popular, sporty, smart, compassionate, empathetic, caring and friendly. She could be very vulnerable but also incredibly strong.
Elena is best friends with Bonnie Bennett, Caroline Forbes, Matt Donovan, Damon Salvatore, and Stefan Salvatore. Her actions and beliefs throughout the series have been most influenced by her on-and-off romantic relationships with the Salvatore brothers, as well as by her antagonistic relationship with Katherine Pierce.
In season one, Elena was still coping with her parents' death when she meets a mysterious new student at Mystic Falls High School, Stefan Salvatore. Elena and Stefan fall in love with each other. However, not long after that, Elena discovers that both Stefan and his brother, Damon, are vampires. She also becomes aware of the existence of Katherine Pierce, the woman who turned the Salvatore brothers into vampires in 1864, and to whom Elena bears a striking physical resemblance. In the process, Elena discovers a shocking truth - she was adopted, and her real parents are John Gilbert, her "uncle", and Isobel Flemming, Alaric's wife.
In season two, Elena learns that she is Katherine's Doppelgänger, which explains their identical appearance. Because of this, an Original vampire, Klaus, wants to use her in a sacrifice to break an ancient curse. Despite Elena's and her friends' best efforts, the sacrifice takes place. Her biological father, John, sacrificed his own life to keep Elena alive and human. However, Klaus killed Elena's aunt Jenna, after turning her into a vampire, leaving Jeremy her only blood relative left alive.
After Jeremy's death in Season Four, at Damon's command to ease her pain, she turned off her humanity so she wouldn't have to feel guilt. After a brief time, she was finally able to regain her humanity after a surprising plan was carried out by Damon and Matt.
During the events of Season Five, Elena's body was also possessed by Katherine, who was attempting to escape her fate caused by the effects of the cure. It took a while for Elena's friends to discover Katherine's deceit and when she died, she left a 'little present' in the form of infecting Elena's body with a deadly toxin, but this was later cured. She and Damon got back together near the end of the season, but it was short-lived. After Stefan's shocking death, in order to bring him and others back from The Other Side, Damon, Elena and Caroline devised a plan, involving Olivia Parker performing a spell that the Travelers had used to bring back their leader. However, the spell was interrupted before Damon could pass through the Anchor, Bonnie, and as The Other Side began to disintegrate, Elena and her friends were left heartbroken by their impending deaths.
During Season Six, Elena decided to cope with Damon's death by using drugs to hallucinate. However, these drugs enhanced her blood thirst and she decided to erase her memories of loving Damon.
After the memories of their relationship were erased, she began to see Damon as the selfish and arrogant person who killed her brother. Soon after, Damon came back to life and she decided to give him another chance. She began to fall for him again after seeing him attempt to rescue Bonnie from the prison world, and they start their relationship again. She later learns of the cure that Bonnie brought back from the prison world and takes it, in the hopes of becoming human again so that she could have a family and a future with Damon to look forward to.
Things go well until Kai ruins Jo and Alaric's wedding and casts a sleeping spell on Elena, linking her life to Bonnie's. She makes a sacrifice to let Bonnie live out her life until it is her turn. She bids goodbye to her friends and loved ones before parting ways but knows that she will see Damon, Stefan and Caroline again one day.
Because of the sleeping spell placed on her, Elena would have remained asleep until Bonnie died. However, Bonnie found a way to wake her, and Elena was reunited with her friends. Elena was able to say goodbye to a dying Stefan, before living a long and happy life with Damon, whom she married. Elena achieved her dream of being a doctor, and later died of old age and found peace, reuniting with her adoptive parents, Grayson and Miranda, her aunt Jenna and biological father, John.
Elena had been struggling to live a normal life ever since her adoptive parents, Miranda and Grayson Gilbert, died in a car accident when she was seventeen years old. Her life also changed drastically as she and her friends became caught up in the supernatural world that surrounds them and are forced to face powerful supernatural enemies.
Elena was described as a star student. She was popular, sporty, smart, compassionate, empathetic, caring and friendly. She could be very vulnerable but also incredibly strong.
Elena is best friends with Bonnie Bennett, Caroline Forbes, Matt Donovan, Damon Salvatore, and Stefan Salvatore. Her actions and beliefs throughout the series have been most influenced by her on-and-off romantic relationships with the Salvatore brothers, as well as by her antagonistic relationship with Katherine Pierce.
In season one, Elena was still coping with her parents' death when she meets a mysterious new student at Mystic Falls High School, Stefan Salvatore. Elena and Stefan fall in love with each other. However, not long after that, Elena discovers that both Stefan and his brother, Damon, are vampires. She also becomes aware of the existence of Katherine Pierce, the woman who turned the Salvatore brothers into vampires in 1864, and to whom Elena bears a striking physical resemblance. In the process, Elena discovers a shocking truth - she was adopted, and her real parents are John Gilbert, her "uncle", and Isobel Flemming, Alaric's wife.
In season two, Elena learns that she is Katherine's Doppelgänger, which explains their identical appearance. Because of this, an Original vampire, Klaus, wants to use her in a sacrifice to break an ancient curse. Despite Elena's and her friends' best efforts, the sacrifice takes place. Her biological father, John, sacrificed his own life to keep Elena alive and human. However, Klaus killed Elena's aunt Jenna, after turning her into a vampire, leaving Jeremy her only blood relative left alive.
After Jeremy's death in Season Four, at Damon's command to ease her pain, she turned off her humanity so she wouldn't have to feel guilt. After a brief time, she was finally able to regain her humanity after a surprising plan was carried out by Damon and Matt.
During the events of Season Five, Elena's body was also possessed by Katherine, who was attempting to escape her fate caused by the effects of the cure. It took a while for Elena's friends to discover Katherine's deceit and when she died, she left a 'little present' in the form of infecting Elena's body with a deadly toxin, but this was later cured. She and Damon got back together near the end of the season, but it was short-lived. After Stefan's shocking death, in order to bring him and others back from The Other Side, Damon, Elena and Caroline devised a plan, involving Olivia Parker performing a spell that the Travelers had used to bring back their leader. However, the spell was interrupted before Damon could pass through the Anchor, Bonnie, and as The Other Side began to disintegrate, Elena and her friends were left heartbroken by their impending deaths.
During Season Six, Elena decided to cope with Damon's death by using drugs to hallucinate. However, these drugs enhanced her blood thirst and she decided to erase her memories of loving Damon.
After the memories of their relationship were erased, she began to see Damon as the selfish and arrogant person who killed her brother. Soon after, Damon came back to life and she decided to give him another chance. She began to fall for him again after seeing him attempt to rescue Bonnie from the prison world, and they start their relationship again. She later learns of the cure that Bonnie brought back from the prison world and takes it, in the hopes of becoming human again so that she could have a family and a future with Damon to look forward to.
Things go well until Kai ruins Jo and Alaric's wedding and casts a sleeping spell on Elena, linking her life to Bonnie's. She makes a sacrifice to let Bonnie live out her life until it is her turn. She bids goodbye to her friends and loved ones before parting ways but knows that she will see Damon, Stefan and Caroline again one day.
Because of the sleeping spell placed on her, Elena would have remained asleep until Bonnie died. However, Bonnie found a way to wake her, and Elena was reunited with her friends. Elena was able to say goodbye to a dying Stefan, before living a long and happy life with Damon, whom she married. Elena achieved her dream of being a doctor, and later died of old age and found peace, reuniting with her adoptive parents, Grayson and Miranda, her aunt Jenna and biological father, John.