Elena Gilbert

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## Biographical Information:

### Born

* August 1, 1992 (New Orleans, Age 18/39)

### Turned

* By Lorelei Gilbert's blood on November 6, 2010  (administered by Meredith Fell)

### Title(s)

* Twinie, Sister (Both By Lorelei)
* My Baby Girl (By Constance)
* Nurse Gilbert, Nurse Smith
* Human Blood Bag, Stupid Human Girl (Both by Stefan)
* Doppelgänger Bitch, Doppelgänger Wench (All by Rebekah)
* Love, My Lovelies  (By Klaus to *Elena*, Jules, Lore, and Jenna)

### Species

* Hybrid  (Werewolf, Witch) (Formerly)
* Tribrid/Doppelgänger  (Vampire, Werewolf, Witch) (Lore's Bloodline) (Currently)
* Ghost (Briefly/Formerly)

### House

* Mystic Falls, 2104 Maple Street, Gilbert House (Currently)

## Family Information:

### Parents

* John Gilbert (Biological Father/Adoptive Paternal Uncle; Deceased)
* Constance Labonair (Biological Mother/Adoptive Paternal Aunt)
* Miranda Sommers (Biological Aunt/Adoptive Mother; Deceased)
* Grayson Gilbert (Biological Uncle/Adoptive Father; Deceased)
* Unknown Parents-in-law (Deceased)

### Siblings

* Lorelei Gilbert (Younger-Twin-Sister)
* Jackson Kenner (Late-Brother-in-law)
* Niklaus Mikaelson (Brother-in-law)
* Jenna Mikaelson (Niece)
* Miranda Kenner (Niece)
* Alexandria Mikaelson (Niece)
* Håkon Mikaelson (Nephew)
* Henrik Mikaelson (Nephew)

### Other Relatives

* Amara (Distant ancestor; Deceased)
* Amara's Family and Relatives (Distant Ancestors; Deceased)
* Inadu's Mother (Distant Maternal Relative; Deceased)
* The Hollow (Distant Maternal Relative; Deceased)
* Tatia (Maternal Ancestor; Deceased)
* Tatia's Child (Maternal Ancestor; Deceased)
* Mr. Petrov (Maternal Ancestor; Deceased)
* Mrs. Petrova (Maternal Ancestor; Deceased)
* Katerina Petrova (Doppelgänger of, Maternal Ancestor)
* Emersyn Petrova (Maternal Ancestor; Deceased)
* Nadia Petrova (Maternal Ancestor; Deceased)
* Nadia's Child (Maternal Ancestor; Deceased)
* Johnathan Gilbert (Paternal Ancestor; Deceased)
* Christopher Gilbert (Paternal Ancestor; Deceased)
* Samantha Gilbert (Paternal Ancestor; Deceased)
* Mary (Adoptive Maternal Ancestor; Deceased)
* Beth (Adoptive Maternal Great-Grandmother; Deceased)
* Jenna Sommers (Adoptive Maternal aunt; Deceased)
* Logan Labonair (Maternal Uncle; Deceased)
* Callie Labonair (Maternal Aunt; Deceased)
* Mikayla Labonair (Maternal Aunt; Deceased)
* John Labonair (Maternal Uncle; Deceased)

## Loyalty Information:

### Bestfriends

* Stefan Salvatore (Former Bestfriends, Moved Away)
* Caroline Forbes (Bestfriends)
* Tyler Lockwood (Formerly Friends, He Kidnapped He Sister)
* Matt Donovan (Formerly Friends)

### Affiliation

* The Gilbert Family
* The Petrova Family

## Supernatural Information:

### Significant Spells

* Telekinesis (Various)
* Pyrokinesis (Various)

### Cause of Death

* Drained of Blood (First Time/As A Human)
* Drowned (Second Time/As A Hybrid)
* Explosion (Third Time/As A Tribrid)

### Killed By

* Niklaus Mikaelson (First Time/As A Human)
* Rebekah Mikaelson (Second Time/As A Hybrid)
* Damon Salvatore (With Her Consent) (Third Time/As A Tribrid)

## Appearance Information:

### Played by

* Nina Dobrev
* Kayla Madison (Young)

### Last Seen

* *I Was Feeling Epic* *(TVD)*

**Elena Jenna Constance Smith** (née **Gilbert**, born **Eloise Adalee Labonair**) (Bulgarian:**Елоиз Адали Лабонер**) was the former main female protagonist of *The Vampire Diaries*. She was a guest character on *The Originals* and is a recurring guest character on *Legacies*.

At the beginning of *The Vampire Diaries* series, Elena and her sister, Lorelei Gilbert appears to be regular human girls, but is then revealed to be Petrova doppelgängers. In the middle of Season Three, episode Bringing Out The Dead, Elena triggers her wolf curse turning her into a werewolf-witch hybrid. In the season finale, she became a tribrid despite never wanting to be one.

Elena was born in New Orleans alongside Lorelei into one of the two ruling families of the Crescent Wolf Pack, the Labonair Family. Her maternal aunt and uncle were killed by Richard Xavier Dumas. Marcel Gerard was able to get Elena and Lorelei out of town as quickly as possible after they were born. The two were then taken in by their biological paternal aunt and uncle, Miranda and Grayson Gilbert.

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 16 years old. Her life also changed drastically as she and her friends are 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 and a damsel in distress.

Elena is best friends with her twin sister; Lorelei Gilbert; Bonnie Bennett; Caroline Forbes; Matt Donovan; and her ex-boyfriend Damon Salvatore She was also close friends with her sister's ex-boyfriend, Stefan Salvatore. Her actions and beliefs throughout the series have been most influenced by her relationships with the Salvatore brothers, as well as by her antagonistic relationship with Katerina Petrova.

Elena is the wife of an unknown man, the daughter of Constance Labonair, and John Gilbert She is also the adoptive daughter/biological niece of Grayson Gilbert and Miranda Sommers, the daughter-in-law of unknown parents the older twin sister of tribrid, Lorelei Gilbert the adoptive-sister of Jeremy Gilbert the brother-in-law of Niklaus Mikaelson, the aunt of Jenna Mikaelson, Miranda Kenner, Håkon Mikaelson, and Henrik Mikaelson.

In Season One, Elena was still coping with her parents' death along side her sister, Lore (Lorelei). Not long after school has started again her sister tells her that Stefan and Damon Salvatore are, in fact, 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 and Lore bears a striking physical resemblance. In the process, Elena discovers a shocking truth - she and Lore were adopted, and their real parents are John Gilbert, their "uncle", and and Constance, Alaric's ex wife her "uncles" wife.

In Season Two, both Elena and Lore learns that they're Katherine's doppelgängers, which explains their identical appearance. Because of this, an Original Vampire, Klaus, wants to use her and Lore 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, and killing Lore turning her into a Tribrid.

After Jeremy's death in Season Four, Lore wanting to ease her sisters pain told her that both of them would turn their humanities off so they didn't have to feel all the guilt. After a brief time, she and Lore were finally able to regain their 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 virus, 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, Markos. 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.

Elena also visited New Orleans with her friends to make sure that Lore was alright. That was when she found out about Jackson Kenner's death; her sister's werewolf husband and that her sister was pregnant as Lore didn't know her self after that she heads back to Mystic Falls. Damon comes back to life she admits it's been six months and she's not in love with him anymore but fell for her long-time friend whom we never meet but we know he's last name is Smith as she changed her surname after they get married.

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 as she knew she'd have eternity after her best friend was gone. She bids goodbye to her friends and loved ones before parting ways but knows that she will see Damon, Stefan, Lorelei, Caroline, and the others again one day.

In Season Five of *The Originals*, Elena shows up to the Mikaelson Boarding School having hearing about the death of her twin sister. She goes to New Orleans with her brother Jeremy . She says her goodbyes with her nieces; Jenna Mikaelson, Miranda Kenner, Alexandria Mikaelson, and her nephews; Håkon Mikaelson, and Henrik Mikaelson.

For most of her life, Elena lived at 2104 Maple Street, in the Gilbert family house with her family. During the fourth season, she briefly moved to the Salvatore Boarding House, when her brother, Jeremy, became a member of The Five and developed an uncontrollable urge to kill vampires, making it impossible for them to live together. Later in the season, after Jeremy’s death, Elena lets Lore burn down the Gilbert house. After that, she lived in the Salvatore Boarding House for several months, before moving to the Whitmore College dorm after college the house was rebuilt.

In Season Five, she began attending Whitmore College and in Season Six, she majored in pre-med, wanting to become a nurse.

As Elena was placed in a sleep by Kai Parker, she would have remained that way until Bonnie died. However, Bonnie later found a way to wake her, and she reunited with her friends. Elena said her goodbye to Stefan, Lorelei, Niklaus, Jenna, Alexandria, Miranda, Håkon, and Henrik , before living a long and happy life with her then boyfriend , whom she married. Elena achieved her dream of being a nurse while her sister a doctor.

Elena is apart of **The Gilbert Family**, **The Labonair Family**, **The Petrova Family**, and **The Smith Family** by her marriage to an unknown man she is by birth right , a member of **The Crescent Wolf Pack**.

## Name

* **The German girl's name Eloise means “famous warrior” This name belongs to one of the most famous children in literary history Countless kids have read and been charmed by the character Eloise, a mischievous girl who lived at New York's fabled Plaza Hotel**
* **With Hebrew origins, Adalee is a gorgeous girl's name meaning “God is my refuge” This name is rather unique with only 360 baby girls being blessed with the name in the United States in 2020 Adalee is related to the Hebrew and old Germanic name, Aalia**
	+ **Labonair may be derived from Bonaire This interesting name has a number of possible origins, each with its own distinct derivation Firstly, the surname may be of Old French origin, derived from the Old French term "bonnaire", from the phrase "de bon(ne) aire", meaning "of good bearing or appearance", and adopted into Middle English as "boner(e), bonour", gentle, courteous, handsome, thence used as a nickname for someone thought to embody these qualities The surname from this source is found particularly in England and Scotland; one Thomas Boner was the first of the name to be recorded in Scotland as a charter witness in Aberdeen in 1281 Secondly, Bonner may be an Irish (County Donegal) translation of the Gaelic "O'Cnaimhsighe", descendant of Cnaimhseach, a byname meaning "Midwife". Finally, the surname may be of Welsh origin, as an Anglicized form of the patronymic "ab Ynyr", son of Ynyr, a personal name derived from the Latin "*honorius*", honoured**
	+ **Elena is a Bulgarian, Rumanian, Russian, Italian, Greek, Spanish and Norwegian form of Helen, Elena means “torch” (from ancient Greek “helénē/ἑλένη”) and “beautiful”, “light”, “bright” and “shining” (from ancient Greek “hēlios/ἥλιος” = sun/sunlight/sunshine) The name is as well derived from ancient Greek “selēnē/σελήνη” meaning “moon”**
	+ **Jenna** **A short form of Jennifer, which is a Cornish form of Guinevere, from the Welsh Gwenhwyfar, from gwen, meaning "white, fair" and hwyfar, meaning "smooth, soft"**
	+ **Constance is a female given name that derives from Latin and means "constant" Variations of the name include Connie, Constancia, and Constanze Constance Pronunciation /ˈkɒnstəns/ Gender**
	+ **Gilbert is a surname of Germanic origin The English-language surname is derived from Giselbert, a medieval personal name composed of the following Germanic elements gisil ("*pledge*", "*hostage*", "*noble youth*") and berht ("*bright*", "*famous*").**

## References

1. ↑ https://www.thebump.com/b/eloise-baby-name
2. ↑ https://www.thebump.com/b/adalee-baby-name
3. ↑ https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Bonaire
4. ↑ https://charlies-names.com/en/elena/
5. ↑ https://www.babycentre.co.uk/babyname/1006739/jenna
6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance\_(given\_name)#:~:text=Constance%20is%20a%20female%20given,Gender
7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert\_(surname)

## Powers and Abilities

### Hybrid

She possessed fighting abilities to defend herself against vampires as she trained under Alaric and Damon. She knows how to stake vampires and also the traits of a vampire hunter. Elena also possesses the abilities of the doppelgängers, meaning her blood can be used for various spells, particularly the magic stripping spell. Elena is also a Doppelgänger which means her blood in an unlimited (while she's alive) source of power for witches and siphoners as well. Other than that she possessed the abilities of a werewolf-witch hybrid.

### Tribrid

Elena posses all the standard powers and abilities of a non-Original Vampire, werewolf, and witch.

## Weaknesses

### Hybrid

Elena possessed all the typical weaknesses of a werewolf-witch hybrid.

### Tribrid

Elena is powerful but if not used carefully she can destroy a city if her magic is going un-watched. Furthermore, as a possessor of the werewolf gene and part vampire, Elena will experience bouts of severe aggression. As a hybrid of all three supernatural species, the full extent and limits of Elena's weaknesses are currently unknown.