Eleonora

Eleanora crossing nearby sanctuary in 2287

## Eleonora (Nora)

Eleonora Esposito
Married

Eleonora Farano

34
Actual

244

Nathaniel (Nate)

Vault 111
Currently

Commonwealth Minutemen

Lawyer
Currently

Minuteman General

**Eleonora** or **Nora** for short is the Fallout 4 protagonist in the Fallout: Shadows of the Past canon. In comparison to the traditional Anti-Institute Minuteman oriented female Sole Survivor. Nora had alternative plans on dealing with the institute. While being the potential director had its perks, she realized that no matter who she worked with. She would be their pawn, so instead used the Minutemen to storm the Institute and capture it. Rather than destroying it. However in it's societal structure place she restored the Commonwealth Institute of Technology. This did not go over well with the Brotherhood of Steel as well as the Railroad. Thus she began a war against them in the Commonwealth. She is also fully aware of the presence of what is known colloquially in Boston as the Enclave.

## Background

### A Lawyer, A Wife, A Mom

Growing up on a border town with Massachusetts, Eleonora was constantly hopping the bus fare to Downtown Boston. Despite not being a native she would continue to do so, eventually meeting Nathaniel Farano, A highschool aged military cadet. The two fell into a relationship together but the prospects of their relationship were halted when news of the War in Anchorage had broken out. Nate went off to war and Elenora continued her education, eventually becoming a Lawyer when she passed the BAR exam roughly a decade after highschool.

When Nate finally returned the couple eloped for some time before getting married after they had discovered that Eleonora was pregnant. Nathaniel was the person to suggest the name Shaun after a cousin who had died in the Linden Street Slayings by the Pint-Sized Slasher. It wouldn't be too long until Shaun was born in 2077. Tensions in the world were increasing when due to Nate's military status he was selected to be a Vault Resident of the nearby Vault 111. Eleonora fearing for the safety of the family being held best in the Vault encouraged him to take this opportunity which Nate did. When that fateful day came, they would be safe.

On that fateful day in 2077. Just a week shy of Halloween on a quiet day. The family were relaxing when the Vault-Tec representative showed up to finish the signing of the paperwork for their Vault Registration. After finishing it, it wasn't long before the news broke of the bombings of many of America's major urban centers. Alarms rang out from the silence alerting residents to the imminent danger. Running with her family, the group managed to slide into Vault 111. There they were given new suits and told to de-contaminate further in cryostasis pods. Frozen against their knowledge and will it would be another hundred and forty odd years till they were opened again. Eleonora could see with only hatred in her eyes, her Child being taken from her Husband. Then not long after her husband being murdered. She wanted revenge on the man who murdered her husband.

### Awoken to Fight

Not only would Eleonora be awoken once but twice. The last memories besides the ones of the bombs would be seeing her beloved die in front of her and her Child missing. When she finally could move around she rushed through the Vault. Killing freakishly large roaches and gearing up with the equipment left behind. She was familiar with firearms due to her husband's military career. Taking a 10mm pistol and a Pip-Boy she ventured to see the world above.

Eleonora would immediately see the destroyed ruins of the world and of Sanctuary. Meeting with her original Mr. Handy robot named Codsworth. Surprised to see him still functioning she spoke to him briefly. Codsworth actually remembered her as well. 210 years later they were re-united in the ruins of the home they both once shared. Codsworth mentioned that the local town of Concord had inhabitants however he fled after being pummeled by sticks. That is where Eleonora headed.

### Lawyer to General

Rising to the occasion, upon arrival to the New Concord. Eleonora was met with bullets. Taking action quickly she got into cover as a sharp shooter helped clear some of the hostiles. Moving up into the old museum she would rescue the survivors of a group called the Minutemen. Leading the group back to Sanctuary. There they would build up a new settlement.

[Rest of Fallout 4 Generic Minuteman Plot to be told later]

### Deals with the Devil

Emerging Victorious in the Battle for the Commonwealth against Shaun and the Institute. Nora did not destroy everything and with the loyalty of the minutemen. She would take over the Institute against the objections of nearly all of her companions. Despite his moral objection, Preston Garvey did not leave her like the others had. Instead staying to be a vigilant eye and to perhaps formulate a coup. Within weeks of her victory she had noticed an increase of disappearing Institute Scientists. A breakout in her laboratory wouldn't be tolerated. Getting to the bottom of this dilemma. She recruited intelligence agents from all the former factions into the Commonwealth Culper Ring. Based on the Spy ring used by George Washington during the Revolutionary War. Her agents had concluded that an  Enclave agent had taken the Institute Scientists to the city of Chicago. While not much could be done to deter this action. Communications began when the so-called President of the United States, Daniel Parker had messaged Eleonora. Meetings were held in secret. There Hayden Trench, Daniel Parker, Preston Garvey, and herself began talks on what the exact motivations of the espionage were.

Negotiations went south very quickly. Accusations were thrown. Culminating in name calling. Eleonora clearly felt she was dealing with the old world again. However there were some deals made. Not all were followed but an entrance towards friendliness was started. The So-Called Enclave who demanded to be called the Federal Remnants of the United States of America. Agreed to not release the suspected biological drug in the Commonwealth. This was noting that due to the main antagonist being the Midwestern Brotherhood of Steel. It would be ill-effective against the chem reluctant members of the East Coast Brotherhood of Steel. The Minutemen agreed to allow certain Institute Scientists escape. However some communication and the aide of Enclave Scientists would be used. These special scientists would be immune from her judicial reign. The Enclave provided functional power to the Institute and assisted in operations security for the entire project and war front.

## Personality

Eleonora is a publicly righteous woman who aims to make herself morally correct by all arbitration in open. She is face value, a friendly but tense person. She tends to speak little of the gossip of the world less she be forced to fix it. Instead she practices herself the last civilized 'Judge' in a world completely foreign and uncivilized from her past. She is extremely quick to judge a person by their ideology and has little room for those who have no significance to her plans. Occasionally she will put up with dissent but only in the way that it manifests her as a 'just' ruler. Within her inner circle she is considered a hypocrite of sorts as she practices immoral behavior in private often using her power as she pleases in defiance of her public attitudes towards the world. In fact much of her private conversation would have one come to the conclusion that perhaps her morale code is in reality 'Might Makes Right'. Which is often a message she attempts to dissuade others from taking when governing.

## Ideology

Eleonora having re-vitalizing the Minutemen into an army under her image. Despite the origins of a volunteer militia, this new Minutemen acts like a former American Militarized State Police in most aspects and a National Guard on others. The intent for the organization is simple. Keep order. The order of the day is the order from the 'Judge' as she has been called. With this authority she acts as the true arbiter of equality. Calling upon the leftover resources to be distributed in accordance to the needs of the people and not necessarily the market. However she never steps as far as any sort of communistic or full on socialistic government market. Instead keeping the ideology to a mixed status. Social issues take most precedent and Eleonora is quick to put down any bigotry, intolerance, and hate. Leading to conflicts with the likes of Diamond City and the Brotherhood. To her the accumulation of firearms presents trouble and so with the mind of caution in circumstances, she has opted to reduce gun violence by banning many types of firearms that are deemed too deadly. She will put the facade of the Second Amendment but does not follow it to the letter. Many of these decisions coming to her from her days in the courts of old America.