Elena and Eliana

### Intimacy Levels

Twins, Close Family Bond, Allies; Protective of one another, Love each other, Would do anything for each other.

## Family Information

### Status

Twins; Allies

**This is the family relationships between the Immortal doppelgänger, Elena Gilbert and the Immortal doppelgänger, Eliana Gilbert.**

***They are referred to as "Elenia" by fans.***

## Early History

Elena and Eliana are the biological daughters of, Isobel Flemming and John Gilbert. They are twins.

Elena is the older twin sister to Eliana and they have been really close since birth. Elena and Eliana are opposite in talk of personality and some communication but other than that they're like the same person. She and Eliana always knew that they're stronger together and not apart and that showed in *The Vampire Diaries* and *The Originals*.

They were raised by their biological father's brother, Grayson Gilbert, and his wife, Miranda Sommers-Gilbert. After the couple adopted the twins, they renamed them Elena and Eliana. Two years later, Miranda gave birth to Jeremy.

After Grayson and Miranda picked Elena and Eliana up from a party, their car ran off Wickery Bridge. An unconscious Elena and Eliana were saved by Stefan as their parents died. Elena, Alex, and their little brother were left orphaned and left in the care of their aunt, Jenna.

## Throughout The Vampire Diaries

### Season One

On the first day of School, Elena and Eliana tried to move on from their parents death so they put on a happy face. At the back to school party, they went together to try and get some normal back to their life. Eliana and brought Vicki's body back to the party and Elena came over to help. Both twins tried to comfort an upset Jeremy, but he dismissed them. Elena tried to get Jeremy to stop seeing Vicki because she was older than him but Eliana tried to stay out of the way, despite not liking Vicki all that much. After they found out Stefan and Damon were vampires, and Stefan killed Vicki, Elena asked Damon to erase Jeremy's memories of Vicki's death but Eliana was against it at first. Elena explained that it was for the best and Eliana eventually agreed. They gradually returned to the strong bond they had once had before their parent's death. Eliana confides in Elena when they find out that they were adopted and they both wanted to know more about were they came from.

### Season Two

After hearing Katherine is back, Elena and Eliana ran to check on Jeremy who was in his room, unconscious following his failed attempt to become a vampire. Both twins attended the mayor's memorial. After Katherine uses compulsion to make Jenna stab herself to send a message to Elena, Eliana and Elena hug and she comforts older twin. Elena later showed up at the masquerade ball where Jeremy and Bonnie explained their plan to kill Katherine. After Elena and Eliana feel the injuries Damon] and Stefan, are inflicting on Katherine, Bonnie discovers they're linked to Katherine and Jeremy runs to tell Stefan and Damon before they kill them. Both Elena and Alex gets kidnapped by the vampire Trevor and brought them to a building where Rose-Marie was so that the vampires could trade the twins for their freedom from Elijah. During the sacrifice Eliana was heartbroken to see Jenna and her twin die right in front of her, so when it was her turn she took it in stride, cursing at Klaus.

### Season Three

Eliana and Elena spend all summer working to find Stefan together, their relationship is stronger than ever, as Eliana is a new vampire and needs a strong support system to get through the rough times. Elena and Eliana are constantly seen, defying their peers in search of Stefan.

### Season Four

The twins relationship is very strained this season, seeing as Eliana called Elena out for being selfish, and says she is sick of sacrificing things for her. They continue to be on edge around each other, even when Elena turns her humanity off and doesn't care anymore. Eliana and Stefan also begin a short, but eventful relationship, which angers Elena, even though she dumped Stefan, because she was no longer in love with him.

### Season Five

The twins have settled their differences, and now share a dorm together at, College. Eliana works hard to get Katherine out of Elena's body.

### Season Six

Eliana turns off her humanity, and Elena works to get her to turn it back on. When Eliana finds out she is pregnant after the death of Damon, Elena is there for her.

### Season Seven

Eliana is brought back from the dead, and wakes to her sister being in a magical coma. She grieves while raising her child, and writes letters to Elena every day.

### Season Eight

Eliana and Elena are reunited, when she and Bonnie find a spell that wakes Elena at the end of the series.

## Throughout The Originals

Season One

Elena and Eliana have a few phone calls, as Eliana visits New Orleans frequently. At the end of the season Elena, Eliana, along with Stefan, Damon, Carter, and Ignacio all take a trip together.

### Season 2

Elena and Eliana exchange a call, while Eliana is doing research on the Valor Pack in, New Orleans

### Season 5

*"I didn't get it at first, but I do now. You see the good in people. It's why you forgave Klaus. The Mikaelsons are your family too, and who would I be, if i stopped you from helping them.*"

— Elena Gilbert to Eliana