Elena Gilbert

Species
* Human/Doppelganger (curently)
 Turned
 Born
 Gender
 Titles
* Robert Frost,Stone Prinsess,Baby,Judgy (By Damon)
 Cause of Death
 Killed By
* Rebekah Mikaelson (as human/indirectly)

## Early Life

Elena was born on June 22, 1992 in Mystic Falls, Virginia to John Gilbert and Isobel Flemming who both flee town a few days after Elena was born. John's brother Grayson and his wife Miranda, who desperately want to have children but are having difficulties conceiving, adopted Elena following her birth. Because Grayson's a doctor, he's able to tamper with the birth records, making himself and Miranda appear as Elena's biological parents on her birth certificate. If anyone ever becomes suspicious, they have the birth certificate for documentation proof. She later gets a younger "brother," Jeremy, who is also her biological cousin.

#### 1999

When Elena was seven, she lost her ball in the basement of the Gilbert Building, and almost came across one her father's experiments for the Augustine society after she heard screams, possibly from an unknown vampire. Just as she was about to open the basement's room, she was stopped in time by her father before she could enter the room. Elena at one point tried to decide which of her friend Caroline's traits were the most annoying, her control freakishness or her delusional positive nature. Elena told Stefan that in the second grade Caroline had Elena help her build a Barbie castle.

#### 2007

In December 22, 2007, Elena is fifteen years old and a freshman at Mystic Falls High School and is also helping her town prepare for the Mystic Falls Lighting of the Tree Ceremony. While making hot chocolate, Bonnie threw a snowball at Elena and revealed that her father is taking her on a trip, meaning that Bonnie will miss Christmas with her friends. Caroline also got excited when Elena revealed that she was going to convince her parents to let Bonnie stay for the holidays as they've never spent an holiday apart from each other.

#### 2008-May 2009

During her sophomore year, Elena has a relationship with Matt Donovan, her oldest friend with whom she formerly shared a crib with. At a bonfire, the two of them get into an argument where, afterwards, she calls her parents to pick her up. While waiting to be picked up, she meets Damon Salvatore who originally confuses her with Katherine. He tells her she wants a love that consumes her as well as passion, an adventure, and even a little danger when she admits she doesn't know what she wants. Damon then compels her to forget their meeting. Elena's parents then arrive to pick her up.

After leaving the bonfire with her parents, their car unexpectedly drives off Wickery Bridge. Stefan Salvatore,
 who is nearby, hears the crash and saves an unconscious Elena at Grayson's insistence. Stefan's unable to save her parents and takes Elena to the shore where she's found with everyone believing Elena somehow made it out of the car and made it to shore. Afterwards, she breaks up with Matt and she and Jeremy begin to live with their aunt, Jenna Sommers, who became their legal guardian.

After her parents death Elena shut out Jeremy and everyone else out to deal with her parents deaths. She and Jeremy moved into Elizabeth Forbes house for a awhile as Jenna wasn't yet up to the task yet. Liz took her and Jeremy to school as well tried to cook for them but wasn't good at it either like her adoptive mother/aunt Miranda.

Unseen, during the events of Season One and December 22, 2009, Elena would be aware of vampires at this point and would have also known about Bonnie's witch heritage. She and Bonnie were watching Elizabeth Forbes speech during the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony, until Caroline revealed the disappointing gift that Stefan Salvatore gave her.

## During The Vampire Diaries

#### Season 1

 Elena discovers Stefan's bad relationship with Damon and tells him that
 they're not going to work out. She leaves the Night of the Comet party
early, upsetting Stefan, but later shows up at his house. They watch the comet together and kiss.
Elena tries to convince Bonnie to accept Stefan, as she has
reservations about him. At a dinner with Stefan, Bonnie, Damon and
Caroline, Elena discovers that Katherine died and both Stefan and Damon loved
 her. Damon encourages Elena to quit the cheer squad as she no longer
loves it and she convinces Stefan to try out for the football team. At a
 pep rally, Stefan gives Elena a necklace. Damon tries to compel her to kiss him but she slaps him.
Elena attends the Founder's Party
 with Stefan. Damon apologizes to her and admits he's trying to punish
Stefan by lashing out. Elena promises not to get in the middle of it.
Frustrated when Stefan won't open up to her, Elena turns her back on
him, only to apologize when she sees bite marks on Caroline and
confronts Damon.
Three days later, Elena relays her concerns about her relationship with Stefan to Matt. When Stefan arrives, a man claims to know who Stefan is. At a car wash, Elena meets the man again and he claims that he saw Stefan, who has not changed, in 1963. Elena convinces Logan to let her into news archives. She sees Stefan on camera and goes to his house, demanding to know what he is.
Stefan tells Elena that he's a vampire
 but that Damon is the one who was killing. He confesses that Katherine
was the one who turned them both in 1864 and tells her that Damon has
turned Vicki Donovan into a vampire. Elena promises to keep his secret but breaks up with him, causing her extreme emotional pain.
Elena visits Stefan to see how Vicki is. When Elena tells Vicki that she can't see Jeremy anymore, Vicki attacks and threatens her. Elena takes Jeremy to a Halloween Party
 to take his mind off Vicki, unaware that he plans on meeting her there.
 Elena finds them together and Vicki, furious, bites her so Stefan
stakes her. Elena slaps Damon, blaming him. Later, Elena asks Stefan if
he can erase Jeremy's memory of Vicki's death. He says he can't, but
Damon volunteers instead. Elena tells Stefan that she still has feelings
 for him.
Bonnie tells Elena that she's a witch. Elena realizes that she still has feelings for Stefan, but when she goes to tell him she meets Lexi Branson and assumes they have begun a relationship.
 Stefan later arrives at Elena's house and tells her that Lexi's a
vampire and his oldest friend. He invites her to Caroline's party, but
she refuses only to turn up later by herself. Lexi tells Elena that
"when its real, you can't walk away." Elena and Stefan later witness
Damon kill Lexi, but when Stefan tries to kill Damon, Elena confesses
that she still wants to be with him but he can't kill Damon. He rebuffs
her.
Elena watches Bonnie throw her talisman away and is shocked when it resurfaces in Bonnie's bag. Elena tries to repair Caroline and Bonnie's friendship. Caroline suggests holding a séance for Bonnie's ancestor Emily.
 When Emily possesses Bonnie, Caroline brushes it off as a joke but
Elena calls Stefan to warn him. Elena observes Damon almost kill Bonnie
in his attempts to stop Emily from destroying the crystal. Elena later
tells Bonnie all about vampires.
Stefan tells Elena that he's leaving town
 to protect her. She's hurt by this. Stefan tells her that Logan's a
vampire and that he has taken Caroline hostage, however, when Caroline
is freed safely Elena offers to drive him home despite his ability to
get home himself. When they arrive at Stefan's house, she confesses her
love for him and he kisses her. They sleep together for the first time
but, when he leaves to get her some water, she finds a picture of
Katherine and discovers she looks exactly like her. She drives away from
 him, hitting a man on the road who then gets up and attacks her as she screams.
Damon saves Elena and, after freeing her from the wreckage, she says
"I look like her" before passing out in his arms. He carries her away
and, when she wakes up in his car, he tells her that they're going to
Atlanta. She ignores a call from Stefan and accepts Damon's offer to
have fun for "five minutes". They arrive at Bree's Bar and Elena meets Bree, a witch and former flame of Damon's. Elena and Damon bond and Elena ends up getting drunk. Whilst taking a phone call from Jenna outside, she's kidnapped by Lee.
 When Damon goes to save her, Lee beats him up and almost kills him
until Elena persuades him not to. Lee tells her that he was Lexi's
boyfriend and leaves, sparing Damon in Lexi's memory. Damon returns
Elena to Stefan and she demands the truth from him. He tells her that he
 saved her from the crash, learned she was adopted, and that he loves her. They kiss. Elena later confronts Jenna about the fact that she's adopted.
The night before the 50's Decade Dance,
 Jeremy invites a pizza guy inside, unaware that it is Noah. Noah later
attacks Elena, but Stefan arrives in time to chase him off. Damon gives
Elena the chance to attend the dance as bait, and she accepts. Whilst
there, she receives a phone call from Noah who threatens to kill Jeremy
if she doesn't leave the dance. Elena runs away and is able to fend him
off until Stefan and Damon arrive. They interrogate him and discover
that he's only following Elena because he was in love with Katherine,
and he points them in the direction of Emily's grimoire before they kill him. Stefan later tells Elena that he has promised to help Damon use the grimoire to release Katherine from a tomb but it was a lie. Elena promises to help him.
When the vampires capture Stefan as revenge for being the reason they were locked away, Elena, Damon and Alaric help to save him. Elena helps Stefan escape and feeds him her blood as he is too weak. He then kills Frederick. Elena later consoles Matt after Vicki's body is found and he accepts her comfort in favor of Caroline's.
Elena asks Stefan to escort her to the Founder's Ball and, after
witnessing Stefan's new out of control nature, he confesses to her that
he's having trouble with his bloodlust.
Bonnie returns to town following her grandmother's
 death and tells Elena that because she blames Stefan and Damon for her
death, she's not going to make Elena choose. Stefan agrees to be Elena's
 escort in the pageant. However, Damon tells her that Stefan is addicted to human
 blood and is out of control. Elena and Stefan get into a fight, and
Stefan disappears. Damon steps in as Elena's escort and they dance
together. Damon, Elena and Bonnie find Stefan about to kill Amber
 but Bonnie stops him. Later, Elena confronts Stefan but he attacks her.
 Realizing what he's become, he breaks down in her arms, and she injects
 him with vervain.
 Elena and Damon lock him in the basement. Elena and Damon begin to bond
 and Elena tells Stefan that she has faith in him, letting him out and
giving him his ring. When she discovers he has left without his ring,
planning to kill himself, she finds him by the quarry. She convinces him
 to keep fighting for her and they kiss.
When Elena's biological vampire mother
 arrives, demanding a meeting with Elena, she demands to go on a killing
 spree otherwise. She talks to Elena and reveals she wants the device
 which Damon has. Elena begins to cry and Bonnie sees her, but walks
away. The next day, Bonnie shows up at her door and apologizes. Bonnie
agrees to deactivate the device before giving it to Isobel and Elena
convinces Damon that it will work. Elena gives the device to Isobel,
thanking her for being a disappointment, and Isobel tells Elena that
Damon's in love with her. Jeremy discovers that Elena has been lying to
him and erased his memory about Vicki, making him act very cold towards
her.
On Founder's Day, John
 activates the device and Elena and Alaric hide Stefan to protect him.
They discover that Damon has been caught and Stefan goes in the burning building
 to find him. Elena confronts John about being her biological father,
and tries to follow Stefan, but Bonnie stops her, dimming the flames so
that Stefan can rescue Damon.
Elena returns home
 to discover that Damon is already there. Damon thanks Elena for being
the reason Bonnie decided to save him and they end up kissing only to be
 caught by Jenna. She tells Elena to come inside, where she finds John.
John tells her about the truth behind his feelings for Isobel and hatred
 for vampires. Elena then cuts off John's fingers and stabs him,
revealing herself as Katherine. The real Elena returns home, telling
Stefan over the phone that somebody stole her things, and hears
Katherine and John.

## Relationships

### Jeremy Gilbert

"*Look, Elena. You're my sister and I love you, no matter what you choose.*"
—Jeremy to Elena in *Graduation*

Jeremy is Elena's biological cousin/adoptive brother. Although Jeremy
 and Elena are biological first cousins, they've been raised together as
 siblings. After their parents die, they wanted to help and protect each
 other. Once the two of them became more aware of the supernatural
activities and entities of Mystic Falls,
 Elena and Jeremy worked to keep each other and their other loved ones
safe. Although they sometimes were led apart, they still seemed to
retain their closeness as siblings. They loved each other and were
always willing to risk their lives to save one another. They had a bond
that no one could ever break. After becoming a vampire, he still loves
her regardless of what she is. They continue to protect each other
seeing that they are what they have left each other. Losing her younger
brother crushes her and causes her to turn her emotions off. But thanks
to Bonnie, he was brought back to life.

### Damon Salvatore

"*I don't have a choice, baby. You are, by far, the*
greatest thing that has ever happened to me in my 173 years on this
Earth. The fact that I get to die knowing I was loved not just by
anyone, but by you, Elena Gilbert. It's the epitome of a fulfilled life.

—Damon to Elena in *Home*

Damon Salvatore is Elena's boyfriend, soulmate, best friend, and Stefan's
 impulsive elder brother. As the series progressed, they fell in love
with each other. Damon is a 173 year old immortal who is described as
seductive, cocky, acts arrogant, impulsive, dangerous, and charming.
Elena first met Damon when he was in Mystic Falls
 looking for his object of obsession for over a century, Katherine
Pierce. He then talked to Elena but afterwards, compelled her to forget
their meeting. Elena then met Damon again at the Salvatore Boarding
House when she went to look for Stefan. After a while, she started to
view Damon as self-centered, violent, sociopathic and cruel, especially
when she found out that he continuously abused and used her close
friend, Caroline Forbes against her will. She was horrified to discover
that Damon was also behind all of the murders and unusual "animal"
attacks in Mystic Falls. Originally, Damon disliked Elena and was rather
 apathetic about whether Elena lived or died. Damon was drawn to Elena,
mostly due to the fact that Elena bears an uncanny resemblance to the
object of his obsession for over a century, Katherine. Although Damon
and Elena often bicker and don't get along, Elena began to slowly warm
up to him as she got to know him, befriending him in the process. But
she still kept her distance due to Damon's constant immoral and
impulsive behavior. Damon and Elena's friendship deepens with time and
the two become closer, Damon fallen for Elena and Elena developing
feelings for Damon. Damon once told Elena that he loved her, but that he
 didn't deserve her, but Stefan does. He then compelled her to forget
his confession afterwards. As opposed to Stefan, Damon is seen to be
extremely selfish when it comes to Elena, willing to put the life of
Elena's before anyone else's, including Elena's loved ones. But
throughout the series, he has grown and changed, protecting not only
Elena, but her family and friends as well. Elena and Damon became closer
 than ever, and the sexual tension between them increased as Elena's
emotions were heightened. During Season Four,
 Stefan ends his relationship with Elena because of her no longer
fighting the feelings she has for Damon. Elena admitted to Damon that he
 was the reason for her breakup with Stefan and with Jeremy
 trying to kill her, Elena was forced to move into the boarding house
with Damon. Stefan moved out when she moved in because of the awkward
situation and relationship between her and Damon. Damon and Elena made
love for the first time and became a real couple the night she moved in
with him. During their romance, Damon has never given any indication
that Elena would “lose” him, under any circumstances really. Quite the
opposite, he promised never to leave her again. The passion they share
is hard to define. Damon once again had the opportunity to prove his
worth and show Elena his humanity. She brings out the good side of him —
 that he doesn't have to kill for fun and drink blood from innocent
people. This humanity makes it only harder for Elena to hide her true
feelings for Damon. She cares very much about him. Throughout, she
maintains a rocky relationship with him but they manage to overcome
anything. She once again confessed her love for him after the sire bond
was broken in the season finale. At the start of Season Five, having had the perfect summer together they were determined to make their long distance relationship work while she attended college.
 Their happiness was short-lived, however, as Elena and Damon's
relationship was repeatedly assailed by a seemingly endless number of
difficulties. They had to come to terms with Stefan's summer-long
imprisonment and the revelation of Bonnie's death, all the while having
to deal with Silas and Qetsiyah's struggle for dominance. Things were further complicated by the Augustine Society and a vengeful Katherine Pierce's machinations as well as the threat posed by the Travelers and their leader, Markos.
 These events among others had devastating emotional impacts on Damon
and Elena and led them to question the wisdom of their relationship.
Despite all this and having numerous arguments, separations, breakups,
and reconciliations, they never denied their love for each other.
Ultimately, their love and the notable support of Stefan allowed them to
 come back together once again before the season's end. After losing her
 soulmate, Elena has currently been struggling with the empty void in
her life that Damon should fill. Resorting to drug induced hypnotism and
 selective memory loss has proved to be a dangerous and heartbreaking
coping mechanism for Elena. She later compels away all the good memories
 of Damon through Alaric. To her surprise when Damon is brought back to
life, she feels nothing but disgusted by him and does not believe she
was ever in love with him. But Damon's efforts to bring back Bonnie
impress her and they rekindle their love for each other.

### Stefan Salvatore

"*"You know the life that we had, I mean that was*
amazing too. It wasn't a spell or a prophecy, it was real. We fell in
love on our own. We had ups and downs, we fought... we changed, both of

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us.  We grew apart, but that is real; I mean that's life... I'll always
love you, Elena."*"*

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—Stefan to Elena in *Resident Evil*

Stefan Salvatore is Elena's close friend and ex-boyfriend, as well as
 Damon's younger brother. Stefan is a 166 year old immortal who is
described as handsome, athletic, mysterious, brooding, kind,
compassionate and thoughtful. After returning home to Mystic Falls after
 years of being gone, Stefan unexpectedly "met" Elena on May 23, 2009,
after he heard Elena and her parents' car accident while he was out at
Wickery Bridge. The Gilbert's car had submerged deep into the water
under the bridge, where Elena and her parents were facing death by
drowning. It was then that Stefan miraculously saved Elena's life,
although unfortunately, Elena's parents, Grayson and Miranda, didn't
survive the tragedy. After the accident, Elena spent months wondering
how she made it out of the accident and believed that her survival was a
 "miracle". For the next four months, Stefan remained in Mystic Falls,
while studying Elena's background from afar. Stefan investigated Elena's
 background in order to find out whether or not Elena was really
Katherine Pierce due to Elena's uncanny physical resemblance to her.
Stefan eventually discovers through the info that he has researched and
gained, that Elena is not Katherine and Stefan is relieved by this. He
slowly starts to fall for her from afar and he stays in Mystic Falls
because he has to know her. Elena fatefully and unexpectedly meets
Stefan for the first time at the beginning of the new school year
outside of the Men's washroom. Elena is undeniably drawn to Stefan and
the two have an instant, deep and indescribable connection. Stefan and
Elena begin to bond and slowly start to develop a romantic relationship.
 They both realize that they share many qualities, hobbies, traits,
values and beliefs in common. As Elena and Stefan start falling deeper
in love with each other, Elena unexpectedly discovers Stefan's deep,
dark secret: Stefan is a century old vampire with a mysterious past.
Although Elena is at first scared of Stefan and what he is, Elena
eventually accepts Stefan's vampire-ism. As opposed to Damon, Stefan is
known to respect Elena and honor her choices and wishes, even if he
doesn't agree with them. Stefan and Elena no longer have a strong love
and connection. There have been many different obstacles over the course
 of the series that have tried to come between them. Some of these
obstacles include Stefan's brother, Damon, Stefan's blood addiction
issues, the unexpectedly events in Mystic Falls, Klaus, Rebekah, the
Originals, Katherine Pierce, John Gilbert, Stefan's Ripper phase and
most recently, Elena's new found vampirism. When she reveals she is in
love with Damon. Elena admitted she was no longer in love with Stefan
because of feelings that he treats her like a project and looks at her
like a broken toy and that she can't be with someone like that. They
have moved on from each other and remained good friends. Stefan and
Elena both struggle during the months after losing Damon.

### Alaric Saltzman

"*Taking care of you and Jeremy has been the closest I've ever come to the life I've always wanted.*"
—Alaric to Elena in *Do Not Go Gentle*

Alaric is Elena's step father and guardian. They became close when Alaric started dating her aunt Jenna.
 Alaric was also her history tutor. Alaric taught Elena how to protect
herself from vampires and how to fight. Alaric became the legal guardian
 of Elena when her aunt Jenna was killed by Klaus.
 As Elena didn't have much family left, Alaric was there for her and
Jeremy. Alaric along with Damon, protected Elena from the dangers that
surrounded them. Elena was devastated when Esther
 turned Alaric into an Original resulting into him not completing the
transition. But Esther took control of Bonnie and made her feed him her
blood so that the transition would complete. Alaric then took Elena
hostage so he could lead Klaus there to kill him. Elena realized that
their lives are connected meaning if she dies, he dies. The moment Elena
 had died, Alaric died in Damon's arms and Elena came back as a vampire.
 During season four, she had mourned him and amends were then made. She
was reunited with him when he was brought back to life in the Season Five finale, due to Damon and Bonnie's sacrifices.

### Bonnie Bennett

*Main article: Elena and Bonnie*
"*I know you think now, that you can't have a normal*
life, that you need to be here for everyone, but you don't. Everyone
will find their way.*"*

—Bonnie to Elena in *For Whom the Bell Tolls*

Bonnie Bennett has been best friends with Elena since childhood.
Bonnie is also a close friend of Caroline Forbes. Bonnie has mentioned
that she and Elena are so close they're like sisters, and she would die
for Elena in an instant without hesitation. Throughout the series,
Bonnie is protective of Elena, even risking her life to ensure Elena's
safety and protection. Elena used to joke about Bonnie's "supernatural"
or psychic powers until Bonnie eventually discovered she is descended
from a long line of powerful witches, inheriting the gifts herself.
Although Bonnie has always been supportive of Elena, after Elena began a
 relationship with Stefan Salvatore, a vampire, Bonnie and Elena begin
drifting apart. Their friendship was strained when her Grams died after
being weakened by a preforming a powerful spell to help the Salvatore
brothers release Katherine Pierce. From the episode Isobel
 and onward, their friendship has remained relatively consistent and the
 two remain best friends. Ever since Jeremy died and Elena turned off
her humanity, Elena ruined her friendship with Bonnie by almost trying
to kill her. When Elena got her humanity back, she and Bonnie are now
back to being best friends and have a strong friendship. They are also
roommates with Caroline in college. However, the Other Side began
collapsing which to its destruction and taking down Bonnie as well.
Bonnie died with Damon who was still trapped on the Other Side and Elena
 was greatly devastated.

### Caroline Forbes

"*I'm really glad that you're here.*"
—Caroline to Elena in *I Know What You Did Last Summer*

Although Elena and Caroline had been friends since childhood,
Caroline's constant insecurities as a human, which made her jealous of
Elena at times, had created and maintained a friendly rivalry between
the two. When Caroline became a vampire, her insecurities went away, and
 their relationship improved a lot as a result. When Elena became a
vampire herself, however, she broke up with Stefan and started dating
Damon instead. And because Caroline could never accept this, as she
never liked Damon and always saw Stefan as the better brother, their
friendship degraded considerably. Later, it further degraded after Elena
 turned her humanity off, to the point that they are were enemies: Elena
 tried to stake Caroline, and will do everything that she can to ruin
the prom dance that she carefully planned. That problem seems to be
fixed in the latest episode. Now they are back to being best friends and
 has upgraded tremendously. They were roommates in college.