Eleanor Birchler

Eleanor Birchler is a main character and a survivor of RMC's Who We Become.
== Overview ==
Eleanor was born to an upper-middle class family based in Connecticut, becoming an older sister when she was about 5 to her younger brother Christian. She never had any particular struggles or bad things happen during her childhood - her parents were happy together, she had friends in school and she didn't struggle academically either. Life had always been good for Eleanor, however from a young age she was somewhat blinded to the struggles some other people had - for example, her parents sent her to a private school in her town so she never knew people who weren't raised like her. 
This carried on all throughout her teenage years as well, with her parents also putting a large pressure on her for academic performance since they both held degrees in well-respected fields. Her hard work paid off, graduating high school as Valedictorian, and going on to study History at Yale University - being fully supported financially by her parents. College was the same as before, being surrounded by snobs who had never worked a proper day in their lives - and Eleanor was the same, having never had a real job either. Why would she need a job when her parents paid for everything? 
After graduating from Yale, she then went to go study at an unnamed law school in Atlanta which is where she was when the apocalypse originally began. It's unknown how, but eventually during the early days of the apocalypse - Eleanor went to Woodbury for protection. Before the main group appeared, she spent her time eager to help out in any way she could - mainly spending her time looking after people's children while they did their own jobs. This is where she's seen for the first time on screen in early season 2 before she became a part of the main group & cast. 
Both of her parents and her younger brother's status is unknown at this point in life, although she's optimistic that they're all still alive in Connecticut.
Eleanor died in the prologue of season 5, having given birth to her baby and then being bitten in the neck by a walker. August then shot her in the head so she didn't reanimate.
== Personality ==
Eleanor holds an ESTJ personality type.
An extroverted and friendly face, she finds it easy to talk and make friends with people. Eleanor holds a strong morality within her judgement, meaning that she will speak up if she doesn't think something is right and will try to act in a 'morally good' way - although this trait is becoming less significant as the series goes on. She cares a lot about the people in her group and will do anything to make sure that people are okay, trying to be a reliable figure within the group. 
However, Eleanor can be rather stubborn and uncomfortable to change - but she's learning to cope with it better as time goes on. She also sometimes struggles to express her emotions properly, leading to breakdowns - like with her yelling at Mallory after she was saved from being a hostage or her reaction to Nick leaving and Tylers comments towards her usefulness. 
She's a sweetheart at her core, but she has realised that those traits don't fit what she needs to be right now - leading to a development of a colder and more new-world appropriate 'shell'. This is seen for the first time during season 4, when Eleanor somewhat manipulates Chuck to tell her about Tommy & Anthony while holding a switchblade to his throat. 
== Killed Victims ==
* Anthony Jeffries.
* 3 unnamed bandits.
* Several walkers.
* Several unnamed cannabals.
== Trivia ==
* Eleanor was originally only a supporting character in Season 2, being promoted to the main cast for Season 3.
* Eleanor's backstory was somewhat based off of Rory Gilmore (Gilmore Girls), Shiv Roy (Succession) and Izzie Stevens (Greys’ Anatomy).
* Eleanor originally wanted to study medicine, but was put off by the amount of maths there was in biology - so she focused on essay subjects instead.
* Eleanor's dream job was to become a Medical Lawyer after law school.
* Eleanor was inspired by songs like; Uptown Girl, The Blonde & After The Storm.
* Eleanor's writer originally wanted to have her killed off in S2, but then changed her mind and that's why she's still around.
* Eleanor’s favourite musical artists are Lana Del Ray, Paramore and Kate Bush.
* Eleanor is one of the few known characters who went to college.
* Eleanor had been in two known relationships during her screen time: One with Nicholas Hayes and the other with August Todd.
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