Elizabeth Bellanger

## Background

Born in West Virginia, Elizabeth Bellanger lost her parents at a very young age. She went to live with her Aunt Tina who raised her, but Elizabeth never felt close to her. She traveled abroad to study Zoology in Edinburgh. She originally hoped to be an illustrator for Biology textbooks. During her Master's degree program, Elizabeth lived in a shared dorm and her flat mate, Makenna, quickly became someone close to her. Elizabeth was apprehensive but eventually worked up the courage to ask to paint Makenna, who agreed happily to the idea.

One day, without any notice, Makenna disappeared. Elizabeth was sick and stayed at the dorms, and Makenna gave her a "Get Well Soon" card, but disappeared right after. After asking around and calling to no avail, Elizabeth decided to call Makenna's parents, leading to the launch of an investigation for the missing Makenna. About a week later, Makenna's body was found in a ditch with no blood left in her mauled body. From the official evidence available, Makenna had been brutally slashed and then chased by someone/something for miles, ending up in the ditch where she was found, which happened to be miles from the college but not outside of Edinburgh. Unsatisfied without a true answer as to how this happened, Elizabeth phoned around Makenna's family and finally spoke to a family member willing to tell her what they knew. Makenna's body had been sliced and torn apart, spread throughout the ditch.

After doing some further research, Elizabeth came across the tale of The Lithe of Lennox, a shape-shifting creature that would taunt and trap its prey in a false-reality maze. As the tale went, The Lithe was known for possessing razor-sharp talons or claws which it used to dismember its prey, then it took a single trophy: One of the victim’s eyes. It would take the eye back to its lair, and dip the eye in a vat of molten glass. There are various theories as to what The Lithe does with the eye, though, none more likely than the other.

Still haunted by the murder of her friend, Elizabeth finished her degree and was soon thereafter offered the job with VINCULA, which she accepted, and moved back to the states.

## Role

Elizabeth is the team's Cryptozoologist and, after the events of Season 2, is made the new team lead for the Breacher Team. She is usually the one who sketches field drawings of the creatures they encounter throughout their explorations.

## Personality

Both headstrong and sensitive, Elizabeth tries not to let anything get to her. If it does, she does what she can to keep others from knowing about it. She will isolate herself from the group when feeling particularly upset about something, leading to strife amongst the Breachers. She can be vindictive and calculated, doing things to make situations work out the way she wants them to. While good-intentioned in her actions, she can also act a bit selfishly from time to time. She feels particularly protective over Alyx Yard. She can get very excited when it comes to her area of expertise, though.

## Quotes

* "I'm Elizabeth, Elizabeth Bellanger? VINCULA recruited me for my specialty in zoology -- specifically with cryptozoology, though?"
* "This is going to be *exciting*! New species found within *minutes* of entry, this--this is just *exciting*!"
* "Terrifying... but oh so thrilling! I wonder what it looks like?"
* "Yeah… Just getting a few sketches done with the last of this glow stick. Not great for color compositions… you know, with the neon green… but I can get the penciling done…"

## Trivia

* During table reads, the voice actors for both Elizabeth and Cassius are the most rambunctious of the group and will ad-lib insults to one another in character during scripted conversation.