Eleanor's Vitals |
Name: Eleanor Francis Wickham |
Race: Human Psychic |
Shortdesc: 5'9", long blonde hair, green eyes, 30s. |
Position: Public: Detective Sgt. - Homicide (Forensics Specialist) - CPD |
Fame: Daughter of a 30 year CPD veteran. |
Temperament: Workaholic, highly professional, reserved. |
Themesong: Hometown Glory - Adele / Dream - Priscilla Ahn |
Anna Torv as Eleanor Francis Wickham
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Info
WARNING: This information should be considered OOC Knowledge unless one has the IC means to access it.
General:
Eleanor lived in Chicago from the age of five, through finishing college, in a single parent home. Her father, Frank, was a beat cop in the Chicago PD, who became a detective and retired after 30 years of service. She went to public elementary and high school (Class of 1994), and then attended Loyola University's Forensic Science program with a minor in Biology (class of 1998). She then moved to San Diego. She returned in the fall of 2007 and worked for the Chicago PD as a CSI specialized in forensics. She was transferred to Homicide Division a year later and assigned as the partner of Detective Sgt. Brian Hadley. On March 29, 2010 she was promoted to Detective Sergeant .
Police:
The Chicago PD members especially those in the CSI, Cold Case, and Forensics groups, would know she was a member of the San Diego PD for 9 years, five of those spent with their RPIT group as a detective. She is heavily trained in Forensics, preternatural sciences, and the occult and her files would note she is a Clairvoyant Sensitive. She spent most of her childhood and formative years in Chicago. Her father is retired now but was a member of the Chicago PD for 30 years. She spent a year helping with forensic applications on Cold Cases before coming into her recent position as a Homicide detective. During that year, she helped solve a nine year old cold case of a victim murdered by a Vaudun controlled zombie, the raiser of which was paid by the victim's ex-boyfriend to murder her. She received a commendation for her work on this case. After the Origami Killer Case of 2010, she was promoted to Detective Sergeant. She has received some notable awards, the Lambert Tree Medal for her work on the 2010 ghouls influx cases, and the FOP Distinguished Service Award and Blue Star for the Origami Killer case.
Lukoi:
Former Human Vargamor of the Spirit Rock Pack. Eleanor is a Clairvoyant psychic who was appointed by the Ulfric, Monty, in March of 2010. She departed the pack after he was Usurped in absentia by Jacob Kramer. She is on good terms with Robert Moye, current Ulfric of Chicago, and they have worked cooperatively on law enforcement cases affecting the pack. She is the human mate of Monty Harris, who has returned to membership within the Spirit Rock Pack.
Personality
Eleanor is a workaholic who is extremely organized and works best under someone who is not lax or overly casual. She is an excellent leader when it comes to forensics, but knows she is not an expert in other types of field work and willingly defers to those who are. She still holds a heavy bias against Vaudun practitioners, and has a sincere loathing of zombies and ghouls (and maybe a bit of fear of them), although she's come to accept most other preternaturals in general. When on duty she tends to come off as coldly polite, although she might be more properly viewed as rigidly professional. She is slightly less uptight off duty, but even those who become friends find it rare to see her really unwind and have fun. Her sense of humor is a little lacking at times, but it's balanced by a strong sense of compassion, especially for those most in need.
She relaxes best when working, and discussing work or her fields of expertise. She is least comfortable when discussing personal relationships. She doesn't openly advertise her psychic ability, but she disclosed it to the police department when she joined, so it is in her file, accessible to her superiors on the force. Those she will share it with readily are those who are struggling with their own abilities. She had a lot of help from her mother to be able to accept herself as being more than human, and she tries to pay that forward. Professionalism is her personal creed, and she will rarely breach that except in cases where adherence to protocol puts those she cares for at risk. The only time she seems to let down her walls is when she is off duty, or mentally or physically exhausted. Much of what she presents even at those times is what she's decided for herself is a proper amount of sharing to be sociable.
Most people who know her don't remember her having many romantic relationships. She dated some in high school, and had a six month long college romance that ultimately failed due to her lack of effort to sustain it. She was always more interested in her studies and her work than any kind of non-family relationships. Because of this, she's a bit of a hard nut to crack when it comes to friendship, let alone anything more. It isn't impossible to do, but don't expect her to be painting your toenails and gossiping overnight. The one person who did manage the long and arduous trials to getting close to Eleanor is Monty Harris, whom she has been romantically involved with since January of 2010.
She lives modestly and conservatively. She is very close to her family members residing in the city, and her boyfriend. Her father is a retired detective and has a single family home there. Eleanor visits him frequently, and they have dinner together weekly. Beth, the eldest of her step-siblings via her mother, moved to Chicago a year before Eleanor with her accountant husband George and young daughter Maddie. They see each other often, and she occasionally babysits Maddie for the couple on their sporadic date nights. What little free time she has is usually spent with [[[monty|her boyfriend]]. These are the people she is the most natural around, and whom she is most comfortable with. She is also a practicing Catholic and attends Our Lady of Lourdes regularly.
History
Eleanor Francis Wickham was born in San Diego, California, on a rainy September day in 1976. Her mother, Edith, had fallen in love with her father, Frank, shortly after he returned from Vietnam in 1974 where he served for several tours with the US Army. Edith was a hippie, and intent on healing the spiritual wounds of the soldier who chose to enter the San Diego Police Department as a beat cop. They dated for a few months, then married quickly when it was discovered Edith was pregnant with Eleanor. Her earliest childhood wasn't very memorable, and she started life loved and cared for by her parents who were still fully smitten with each other. That all came to an end when she was five years old.
That was when Frank discovered that his wife was not just a hippie, but a psychic. He was horrified at the revelation, having grown up in a family with severe bias against all things that were more than human. He divorced Edith promptly and gained sole custody of Eleanor from a court biased against a former peaceful protestor of the Vietnam War who was arrested several times for it. Frank moved them both as far from his ex-wife as he could, all the way to Chicago, Illinois, where he had transferred into the police department as a detective. Edith was given very limited contact with her daughter, and Frank rarely spoke of her.
Eleanor was raised Roman Catholic, and taught to disapprove of magic and the supernatural in all its forms, even though she seemed to sense when a person was "different" in some way. Sensing didn't equate with understanding, and she learned to not bring it up to adults. She was a bright child, and became quickly obsessed with puzzles and riddles. Her father would present them to her as a game, and bought her magazines with all sorts of mysteries to solve. With a formerly military father, she was also raised to be neat and tidy, and that everything had its place. She'd carry both these things the rest of her days.
She was a dedicated student and between financial aid, some small scholarships, and a pile of student loans, she was able to go to Loyola University and enter their Forensic Science program with a minor in Biology. It was while she was nearly finished with her final semester of college that her psychic powers began to manifest. After a childhood friend was brutally murdered, she attended the funeral and experienced flashes of things in April's past that she had no personal knowledge of: a history of childhood abuse at the hands of her alcoholic mother, breaking up with a recent boyfriend, and most importantly that her friend was killed by something that was not human. The thing had ripped her limb from limb and partially eaten her. Eleanor didn't understand what it was at the time.
Later, she subtly confronted April's brother about their mother, and he admitted that the abuse Eleanor had seen had transpired. After that, the clairvoyant flashes, usually backwards looking and triggered by the aftermath of some kind of violence (like contact with the donated corpses the students worked on), came more often. Troubled, she contacted her mother for help. Edith asked her to come to San Diego for a while after graduation so she could help her learn to hone and control her abilities.
She graduated with her Bachelor of Science degree in 1998 and with many apologies to her stunned father, she moved to San Diego to enter their police academy. She moved in with her mother and three half siblings, a sister (7 years younger) and two brothers (9 and 11 years younger respectively). Edith walked Eleanor through a series of meditations to help her get the powers focused, and to help her glean information from them that would later assist her in solving crimes. She learned what the things she sensed in others meant, and how to concentrate on the flashes of past, present and future in her clairvoyant visions to find meaning in the jumble of images.
She joined the San Diego police force as a beat cop while she continued her education in Preternatural Sciences at a community college by night, in the hopes of figuring out what the rune-marked thing was she had seen slaughtering her friend. She began building an occult library, building her knowledge of different forms of naturals and preternaturals. Eventually she sussed out that the runes on the creature was voodoo markings and determined that April had been killed by a zombie, empowered most likely by vaudaun magic and deliberately sent to kill her. She held on to that information quietly, planning to do something about it someday.
Three years into her police service, Eleanor passed the detective's exam on her first try. Her addiction to solving puzzles turned crime solving into an obsession for her, and she developed workaholic tendencies and an addiction to caffeine. The former didn't give her much time for friendships or relationships, although she got to know and became close to her half siblings, and was her sister's maid of honor in her wedding. She had learned to let her occasional clairvoyant flashes and her sensitivity assist her in the forensics of crime solving. She also developed a high level of professionalism, due to being female in her line of work, and wanting to keep a strict organized focus in her job so that if she was discovered as a psychic, it might minimize the damage to her career. She became a detective in the CSI forensics unit.
In 2002, when San Diego formed their own RPIT squad, she applied for it and came forward as a Sensitive and Clairvoyant, explaining how she could use her abilities to further her forensic investigations and consult on preternatural crimes. Her squad mates looked at her as a useful freak for years to come. A few became friends and trusted, but most of the department treated her like they were afraid of what she would see when she looked at them. People don't like to have their secrets discovered, after all. She spent over five years working incredibly hard, but promotion never seemed to come up for her due to her Captain's bias against psychics (likely because he was cheating on his wife).
Finally fed up with it after being denied a promotion for the third time, she submitted an application to join the Chicago PD's Bureau of Investigative Services in July of 2007, hopeful that with their dissolution of RPIT as it's own sub-team, and their greater leniency in working with people with supernatural abilities, she would not hit so hard of a glass ceiling. She was determined to start over in what she considered her home town and perhaps work on figuring out who was responsible for April's death. Two months later, she received word that her application had been accepted.
She sold her gas guzzling large SUV and house, packed up her things, and made distance arrangements to return to Chicago. She spent the next year working in the CPD's Cold Case Unit, applying new forensic techniques to old cases, and with great pride was able to lead the police to evidence that April's possessive former boyfriend had paid a Vaudun practitioner to send a zombie to kill his ex. The practitioner was doing murder for hire with his animate corpses, and the conviction was a positive mark on Eleanor's record. She received a commendation for her work in achieving the arrest.
This allowed her request to transfer into the Forensic Services Section to be approved, and she became a working part of the CSI teams most often assigned violent crimes.
Contacts
- Montgomery Harris — Eleanor met the handsome man in January of 2010 at Starbucks, and later, when he helped her track down a vaporizer at S-Mart when she looked her absolute worst, he still asked her to dinner. After several dates and earning one another's trust, he asked her to be Vargamor of the Spirit Rock pack, and she accepted after some time to think. They're relationship overcame a few hurdles early on, and came out stronger for it. When he had to leave town to help his family, she stepped down as Vargamor when he was usurped in absentia, and they maintained a long distance relationship. He returned in 2011 but was banished to Wauconda and she stood by him and defended his reputation to his former pack to little avail. Then their new Ulfric died and he was allowed back into Chicago and the pack by the new Ulfric, Robert Moye. On Valentine's day 2011 they recommitted themselves to one another and a future together.
- Frank Wickham — (Father) A Vietnam veteran and retired 30 year vet of the Chicago Police Department, Frank still lives in the Chicago house Eleanor grew up in, bowls in the local leagues, and has dinner with his daughter once a week.
- Bethesda "Beth" Andrews and Family — (Half-Sister/Brother-In-Law/Niece) Beth is a romance novel writer (with the horrible pen name of "Delilah Dark") who lives with her husband, George (an accountant), and young daughter Maddie (future rainbow fairy princess jockey explorer), in Chicago. Eleanor babysits for them once in a while and they are close.
- Edith Allen — (Mother) A psychic with her own fortune-telling business (including a 900 number!), Edith lives in San Diego. She keeps in close touch with all her children (whom, other than Eleanor, were named after their cities of conception), and she is responsible for teaching Eleanor control over her powers.
- Vancouver "Van" Allen and Dublin "Lin" Allen — (Half-Brothers) Eleanor's youngest siblings are her two brothers, who are still residing in California at this time.
HOMICIDE
- Detective Sgt. Brian Hadley — Eleanor's partner. The homicide detective went missing for a while, during Eleanor's transition from the cold case group to his division. She ran into him on the day of his reinstatement and came to the realization that his absence was due to someone turning him into a vampire, something he doesn't seem thrilled about. She has worked at talking him through some of his issues, and over time they have become friends, even if their differing beliefs on preternaturals make it prickly now and then.
- Detective Lt. Rowan Mac Douglas — The lieutenant is a fellow psychic, wed to Eleanor's friend Rex Wintercoat.
- Detective Electra Reese - Former Vice cop who has transferred into Homicide. Has a lot to learn but has potential.
- Detective Philippis Wallace — The lieutenant was a preter hater with a massive irrational hate of shifters especially. She and Eleanor clashed badly in philosophies. She committed suicide on February 6, 2010, after being infected by a lycanthrope.
OTHERS
- Officer Rob Adder - Former PI who went through the academy and has since been assigned as a patrol officer. He's working towards passing the Detective Exam.
- Marshal Jack Green - US Marshal and Executioner assigned to the Chicago area who Eleanor relies on when she has a writ of execution to be carried out.
- Sergeant Emerald Lee - SWAT team member. Half sister of missing Sgt. Aaron Ordando. Likes her gun. A lot.
- Ezekiel Kincaid — A chance meeting during lunch at the House of Blues had Eleanor acquainting herself with the owner of Monolith Security. The towering Fae with his moving tattoos proved an interesting enough puzzle to her. She considers him a real friend and hopes to learn some more about the fae from him.
- Sierra Knightly — A female wolf of Monty's pack, Eleanor is fond of Sierra, who seems to have enough bubbly cheer to heighten anyone's mood. She considers Sierra a friend and is more than happy to be her sounding board. She vanished shortly after Jacob Kramer assumed the title of Ulfric. Eleanor misses her.
- Dyson Weiss — Sobki of the Werecrocodiles and owner of Cafe Polychrome. Eleanor spends a lot of time in his establishment and has gotten to know the albino man. She considers him a friend.
- Rachel Winger — The teenager she arrested after she came into a bar swinging a knife around and screaming for the balls of a vampire named Derrick has graduated from person of interest to friend. Or at the very least, 'someone to look after'. She practically Eleanor's ward has been, at times, downright protective of the girl. She's eased up in more recent months but still has overprotective spikes now and then.
- Rex Wintercoat — It's not every day you see a giant white rabbit strolling into Starbucks in search of carrot cake. The Fae has always treated her with both patience and kindness. He's good people, even if he has ears like the Easter Bunny.
- Erin Altice - Munin-keeper of the Spirit Rock pack. They got along when Eleanor as Vargamor, but the pack tensions after Monty left have resulted in not seeing one another. Regardless, she likes Erin and trusts her wisdom.
- Zack Evans - Homeless kid she gave gloves to. He found a home but he seems to be more than he was now. She hasn't asked about this development.
- Logan Felhaven - A member of the Spirit Rock Pack, he was always polite her during her stint as Vargamor, and has continued to be polite during the leadership changes.
- Robert Moye - The Ulfric after Jacob Kramer allowed Monty to return to the pack, and has proven himself to be a good man, reasonable, and capable of balancing the wolf with the man. He and Eleanor are on good terms, and she has a great deal of respect for him and his methods and beliefs. They have worked cooperatively on police situations that have threatened the Pack.
- Etana Obayomi - Hyena-strain lycanthrope and victim of a serial hate crime group. Eleanor had met her before her attack and given her some gloves and a hat to keep warm. She also spoke to Robert about getting legal help for her to gain refugee status in the US and avoid deportation.
- Wes Ozmund - Stage magician. He and Eleanor chat from time to time and he's a friend of Rachel's.
- Rose Smith - Employee at Cafe Polychrome and one of Dyson's family. She sees her often at the establishment. Nice lady.
- Nero Scarcella - A 'tweaked' psychic who's powers seem out of control and making him crazy. He was a clairvoyant witness to a hate crime, but his association with several hate groups has left her suspicious and untrusting of the man.
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Recent Unfoldings
- 02.08.11: Hyde Park Murder - Rob Interview - Eleanor calls Rob in to confirm his statements in the police report, and tries to dig into some information passed to her by Emerald.
- 02.09.11: It Wasn't The Waffles - Eleanor and Hadley go to Der Luftwaffle Hause to interview Nero about the Hyde Park Shifter Murder. Nero flips out when he realizes Hadley is a vamp, and there are numerous shifters in the diner.
- 02.11.11: Not Coming Home - Eleanor is called to a fresh crime scene on Jackson Street, to find that the mob that killed Alejandra Ramos has done the same to Joliea Oldman. She does her forensics work and the urgency to find the group of now serial killers ramps up.
- 02.13.11: An Escape - Eleanor is called in to a third mob hate crime scene, out in Lincoln Park among the hiking trails, but this time the victim survived. The homeless shifter she'd given gloves to managed to fend off her attackers and escape. A break in the case? One can hope.
- 02.14.11: Obayomi Case - Robert Interview - Eleanor takes a statement from Robert after the rogue shifter involved in the hate crimes uses his name to try and lure a victim.
- 01.12.11: Best Present Ever - Monty returns to Chicago and surprises Eleanor with his intent to stay again permanently. She (and Rachel) are overjoyed and it's a happy reunion with an undercurrent of worry over the politics of the werewolves that will arise.
- 01.13.11: Backlash - Monty's attempt to return doesn't go well within the werewolf pack. There are threats made. There are precautions taken. It is an uneasy few days after.
- 01.16.11: Away With Ye! - Monty gets banished to Wauconda but ends up being allowed back when the Ulfric is murdered a week or so later.
- 06.29.10: All Good Things… - Eleanor returns from San Diego to find out that Monty has been Usurped in absentia by Jacob. After finding out the things Jake has been told and has believed, she steps down as Vargamor.
- 05.06.10: The Case of the Incorrigible Flirt - Eleanor goes to grab her early evening "breakfast" at The Basement and meets Simon and Rose. She sends the former Kincaid's way for possible work.
- 05.07.10: Committed - Rachel tells Eleanor about Rex's impending nuptials and it triggers some of Eleanor's own issues on the subjects of loyalty and commitment.
- 05.09.10: The Great Debate - Eleanor and Philippis have a run in at work which starts as a discussion about intolerance and ends up with a conduct report getting filed.
- 05.11.10: Feeding Strays - Eleanor meets one of the people Daisy cooks for, Edieron, and learns about his arrangement with the vampire Ayden. She also runs into Zack and makes him take home some food rather than relying on Ramen noodles.
- 04.01.10: Never Sick of Presents - Meg drops in again with real food, an easier weapon for Eleanor to sleep on, and she pays up the two truths she owes the detective from playing poker.
- 04.02.10: Ghoul Magnets - Rachel and Rodney both stop in to visit. Eleanor gets filled in on Rachel's current social situation, and Rodney lets her know the reason he was temporarily suspended. They all agree that ghouls suck and they run into them too often for comfort.
- 04.03.10: Contraband Meal - Rachel smuggles a steak dinner from Nick's in to Eleanor in the hospital. They discuss the fact that Mary has distanced herself from a student and Eleanor gives the girl a suggestion for a possibly more reliable teacher.
- 04.04.10: Truths and Consequences - Sierra visits Eleanor in the hospital and looks for the Vargamor's advice on her social life. In turn, she gives Eleanor some further insight into the tangled mess of her own love life.
- 04.04.10: You've Got the Touch - Hadley pays Eleanor a visit in the hospital and, after some begging and pleading, agrees to try and heal her a little again so she can be discharged before losing all sanity. This time it works, and she can be cleared to go home in the morning.
- 04.05.10: A Matter of Trust - Monty stops over at Eleanor's to check in on her now that she's home from the hospital. Over meatloaf they discuss pack matters before a call from Lexine about a newly infected wolf has them strategizing on how not to terrify the girl and ease her into her new life. Then they patch up their relationship.
- 04.06.10: Shape of Things to Come - Meg, Rachel, and Rex entertain an Eleanor on crutches at the Seventh House Cafe. Rex heals Meg's leg in exchange for her teaching him some more about the Fae, and he offers to transform Eleanor at some point so she can see what it's like to fly.
- 04.08.10: Cry Your Heart Out - Rachel visits Eleanor to tell her about her new teacher and new possible job. Then they discuss romance and love and there is a lot of crying and an assurance that the world does not revolve around penises.
- 04.08.10: Tupperware King - After Rachel recovers from their talk, Eleanor brings her to Starbucks where they find Daisy King, the new wolf in town. She gets to meet the Ulfric and Vargamor of the Spirit Rock pack and tells them a bit about herself.
- 04.09.10: Bowling For Psychics - Escaping a party for her promotion in the bar by heading to the bowling alley downstairs, Eleanor meets Samuel Kwon, the renowed psychic private investigator who has helped the CPD on a few cases.
- 04.09.10: Relations - A few hours after her party at the bowling alley, Eleanor goes to meet her old college roomie at Something Wicked, but gets stood up due to car trouble. Instead she finds Sierra with the head of the Bureau of Fae/Human Relations and finds out she's interested in speaking with Monty.
- 04.11.10: Real Time Visions - Eleanor has a vision about two men playing pool at the Basement. She heads there to eat and lo and behold, there they are, still playing. She discusses some things with Rachel and meets Travis semi-formally for the first time.
- 04.14.10: Storms on the Horizon - Rachel finds Eleanor at Starbucks on her day off. She alerts the detective to a possible threat to her safety. Later, Eleanor brings the issue to Monty to try and determine if she's really at risk.
- 04.16.10: She Has An Awful Big Foot - Eleanor and Meg meet Rachel's new boyfriend of sorts, Travis. Eleanor gives him a stern warning about messing with her pseudo-ward, and makes plans to discuss a Preternatural Think Tank with Samuel.
- 04.17.10: Mayor Haroldson - Eleanor, Rachel, and Sable tease Rodney about his recent heroics, his possible future as Mayor of Chicago, and the changes he'll institute if he's ever the man in charge.
- 04.23.10: Celebratory Strikes - Eleanor and Elizabeth go to the bowling alley at Rachel's request to celebrate her receiving her GED. A possibly magical bowling charm results in Rachel having an awesome game.
- 04.26.10: Under Where? - Rachel comes to Eleanor about an intimate problem. Meg's unnatural obsession with her underwear!
- 03.03.10: Loosening Up - Eleanor meets her sister at The Basement for a drink on a new moon afternoon, and they run into Monty. Plans for him to have dinner with her and her sister's family are loosely made, and Zachary tries, and fails, to return a pair of gloves to the stubbon detective.
- 03.04.10: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes - Discovers that Alejandro has met a woman and gotten engaged to her in a matter of weeks, and that Rachel is a burgeoning animator. Needless to say, both situations are not the first thing she wanted to deal with after waking up.
- 03.05.10: Flowers and Faith - Eleanor has to be up at dawn, which makes her cranky. She goes to the Flora and Fauna shop for coffee, and tries to patch up things between Briony and Kincaid. With that accomplished she gets a call from Rachel that Alejandro's fiancée is at Cafe Polychrome and ill. She gets a hold of the cop and arrives shortly before him on the scene, only to be shocked and appalled at his currently rather messy stigmatic state, even if it comes with a side of healing powers.
- 03.06.10: Pudding Isn't Supposed To Sound Dirty - Eleanor grabs dinner at the Blues Bayou and runs into Hayden and Amber. The latter introduces her to Lucas and the pair do their best to make her blush (like /That/'s hard!). They talk a bit about acceptance and being unusual.
- 03.07.10: Vicious Visions - Eleanor spends some time consoling and advising Rachel at the Basement despite her own inane dinner party troubles. Soon after Meg joins them she begins to receive a series of meaningless, and sometimes embarrassing visions of both strangers and acquaintances. They hit her so hard and fast that Meg has to help her get home, and she confesses her fears for those in her life.
- 03.09.10: Buried Under a Helping of Sugar - Eleanor is recovering from her night of visions, but she has a whole new nightmare to contend with when Tobias, whom she pegs as the vampire who gave Ailis the address of Monty's home, shows an interest in Rachel that might not be altogether healthy for the teen.
- 03.09.10: A Little Bit Revealing - Ashley learns Eleanor had a vision about her, Eleanor learns that Wes and Oz are the same person, and Dorian and Eleanor have a lengthy debate about the good and bad of the prison system and the role of dignity in rehabilitation.
- 03.10.10: Bad Day to Pick a Pocket - All Eleanor wants is to have her first cup of coffee of the day. An idiot pickpocket ruins that by trying to steal from a large vampire. All in a day's work it seems.
- 03.11.10: Zombie Raising For Fun and Profit - Eleanor grabs a beer in the basement and winds up in a discussion about the morality and cruelty of animation and the origins of the power.
- 03.12.10: If You'll Have Me - Eleanor goes to Monty's after prompting from her mother, and after giving Ashley some advice about being part of the pack, she explains Rachel's situation, and asks some questions of Monty before giving her decision to be Vargamor. One of those requests is to see him shift, and he obliges her. She agrees to be his Vargamor.
- 03.14.10: The Devil and Rachel Winger - Eleanor does a tarot reading for Rachel at the Seventh House Cafe, and it bodes ill for the young woman, leaving the detective worried for her.
- 03.15.10: Grant Park Ghouls - Immediately after The Devil and Rachel Winger, Eleanor and Rachel go for a walk in Grant Park and run into Hadley brooding by the fountain. Any chance to make Angel comparisons go out the window when three undead amalgamated children arrive, and bring 10 ghouls with them. Two of the children are dispatched along with a couple of ghouls before the cops decide discretion is the better part of valor and race off to get a badly injured Rachel to the hospital.
- 03.15.10: In Stitches - Eleanor sits vigil over Rachel in the hospital after the ghoul attack in Grant Park. She's joined by Meg, and then Hadley, who heals the girl's wounds and starts the rumors circulating about her too swift recovery. Eleanor learns about what type of Fae Meg is, and they intimidate a doctor into an early discharge for the teen.
- 03.17.10: Green Beer - St. Patrick's Day! Eleanor gets a green beer and an earful from Elizabeth when they disagree yet again, this time about police procedure. Then Rodney and Javier ramp up her agitation by doing things she construes as hitting on Rachel. She manages to excuse herself before she dumps her beer on anyone.
- 03.18.10: Terms and Conditions - Sierra and Eleanor catch up at Starbucks, and Eleanor gets a mini lesson in the structure of the lukoi, some of their terms, and an intro to what to expect from dominance fights and the alpha/beta system. Sierra learns that Eleanor has a rare view of her relationship with Monty.
- 03.19.10: Plague or Pie? - Eleanor shares a meal and some pie with the bubbly cabbie, Bert, and discovers what strain of shifter the woman is. They also talk about clubbing attire in an almost philosophical way. Almost.
- 03.20.10: Strawberry Jam - What starts out as a pleasant night at Cafe Polychrome turns into a situation when Rachel snaps and throws a tantrum. Then Cherish throws a more subtle one of her own. Eleanor is left uncomfortable with both situations, and then left alone.
- 03.21.10: Shake Senora - At Polychrome again, Meg's lack of cinematic viewing experience appalls Eleanor on some deep, visceral level and she begins plotting the movie education of the Fae with a John Hughes Marathon. Then she and Javier trade verbal barbs while a young street magician tries to impress.
- 03.23.10: Fireworks - Eleanor pops in to Polychrome ostensibly to pick up coffee for the Homicide department. In truth she uses it as a cover to pass along the good news that Rachel may no longer be in danger. She also gets a bit overly police-y when a couple kids talk about illegal fireworks nearby.
- 03.25.10: A Pale Shadow - Eleanor decides to move back out of Monty's place now that the danger seems to have passed. But it's because of what she sees as his unresolved issues with someone else. So she sets him free to figure out just what he wants and needs for himself without her there as a constant influence. Stupid martyr complex.
- 03.25.10: Tea and Petulance - The evening after moving back out of Monty's House, Eleanor goes to the Seventh House Cafe, looking for a drink that can help her focus on work. Instead she finds a changed Wintercoat, and a happy-go-lucky Rachel to badger her for what's wrong.
- 03.25.10: The Origami Killer - Finale - A Sting operation reveals the location of the Origami Killer, and Hadley and Eleanor lead a SWAT team to try and rescue the remaining victim before the man can do her in. Hadley saves the day, but Eleanor is critically injured. (Graphic gore warning.)
- 03.26.10: The Joys of Morphine - Eleanor survives surgery and wakes up to her partner and Rachel in her room. Hadley has trouble healing her, Rachel has trouble coping with her injury, and Eleanor has trouble not being a moron while on morphine. Ashley and Dorian visit as well.
- 03.27.10: Antarctica - Eleanor is bored bored bored in the hospital when Rachel comes to visit her again. She's also freezing from the unpleasant psychic energy that clings to places like this. There are a few tender morphine admissions.
- 03.29.10: Yay Drugs! - A short visit by Burt is followed by Meg and Kincaid coming to visit Eleanor in the hospital. There are gifts to be had, cards to be played, truths to be bet, and confessions of soap operas and knitting.
- 03.30.10: Unexpected Visitors - Zachary and Wes pop in to visit Eleanor, both a bit of a surprise but a pleasant one. She overshares a little bit under the influence of the pain killers.
- 03.30.10: The Breakfast Club - Meg brings a DVD player and DVDs to watch with Eleanor at the hospital. Monty shows up in time to set the thing up for the technophobic Fae and they watch a John Hughes movie until Monty has to leave, after an exchange Eleanor reads the worst into. Meg picks up the pieces.
- 02.01.10: Godzilla vs. King Kong - Eleanor and Monty have their second date, this time sans chaperone, and get to know each other better. It goes well enough to surprise both of them, and it seems as if more dates might be happening in the future.
- 02.02.10: Rainbow Fairy Princesses - Eleanor has to babysit her niece the morning after her date with Monty, and that requires gobs of coffee. Little Maddie charms the pants off of a bunch of people while her aunt tries to get Megan some extra work with Margot, and tries to determine what the rich new arrival to town needs protection from.
- 02.04.10: Walk a Mile in My Bowling Shoes - Eleanor heads to the bowling alley to wait for her father to finish reminiscing with his old Army buddies upstairs, and she runs into Rachel, Elizabeth, and Mourning. Despite initial tensions, and thanks to the power of bowling (or maybe clairvoyance), the vampire and the detective seem to put aside their former difference and reach a level of understanding.
- 02.07.10: Evolutions - Eleanor comes across Rachel and Ashley trying to help Wintercoat cope with his evolving predator vs. prey instincts. The three of them, and the later joining Dorian, give him some things to think about. Also, Eleanor works on getting Rachel a job.
- 02.09.10: Prima Faciae - Eleanor is in Starbucks drinking her usual liquid breakfast after sundown, when Amber and Isabel arrive. They share a table, and Eleanor gives Isabel a heads up about a statement on file regarding her client. As Hadley joins them the conversation turns to the current laws, their fairness or unfairness, and what needs to happen for them to become more moderate.
- 02.10.10: The Origami Killer - Part One - Eleanor and Hadley are called to a crime scene in a condemned house in the south side slums. A horribly mutilated corpse starts them on a macabre investigation into a ghoulishly artistic killer. (Graphic gore warning.)
- 02.11.10: Malum In Se - Eleanor has gone two days without sleep thanks to the Origami crime scene. She parks herself at Starbucks with Ashley and agrees to get the other woman in contact with Hadley; leaving her with the impression Ash has a crush on her partner. She also has an in depth conversation about how the laws need to change, and why they haven't yet, with some of the wolves and a few others. Then she asks Monty to see her home.
- 02.11.10: How To Lower Your Heating Bills - Monty keeps Eleanor company to try and get her relaxed enough to sleep. She talks to him about the Origami Killer case, and how some of the evidence is haunting her. He acts as her sounding board, gives her some wise advice, then agrees to watch over her for the night in exchange for lots of bacon for breakfast. No, actual bacon, pervs!
- 02.13.10: A Rose By Any Other Name - Ashley, Hadley, Kincaid, and Eleanor have an intense discussion about how well or unwell an RPIT-like group, all Preter-task force, or integrated groups think tank would work to help the Police handle preternatural crimes. No one can seem to come to an agreement on what would or wouldn't work, and Hadley is his usual charming self, much to Eleanor's chagrin. She plays the apologist for a while, before cluing Zeke in to why the vampire loathes himself so much.
- 02.14.10: Sisterhood of the Valentines Plans - Eleanor grabs some coffee at the Secret Garden, after planting a prank gift on her partner's desk for Valentines. She runs into some of the girls, and they decide to have a girls’ night later, since no one has a Valentines Day date.
- 02.14.10: The Lonely Hearts Club - Eleanor organizes a Valentines Day Girls' Night Out for herself and her single friends at Something Wicked, and they end up attracting a large crowd of friends and new acquaintances. There is arm wresting! There is awkward dancing! Hadley owns a sweater! There are arguments and even the unexpected use of first names!
- 02.15.10: Daddy's Little Girl - Eleanor calls Julien in to consult on the zombie Marshal Jack Green brought in after it was found wandering aimlessly on the University Campus. Julien does his animator thing, freaking Eleanor right the hell out, but it helps then figure out who the zombie was, who woke him up in the first place, and where he belongs.
- 02.16.10: Like Cats And Dogs - Eleanor gets an up close and personal look at a partial shift, and is even allowed to poke and prod at a weretigress without nasty repercussions. A pile of people chat about things ranging from preter law to the perils of dating when you're not considered normal. There's flirting, nerdiness, and Kincaid tries and fails to convince Eleanor that Hadley has the hots for her.
- 02.19.10: The Origami Killer - Part Two - Eleanor and Hadley are called to another crime scene with another horribly mutilated corpse. This time, however, the perp decides to play with them a little, and after some bad mistakes, minor injuries, and wounded pride, they begin to actually piece together a way to stop the killer. Then that goes out the window when the issues of an altruistic preternatural advocate being partnered with a self-loathing racist vampire rear their ugly head. (Graphic gore warning.)
- 02.21.10: What Makes Us Good - Eleanor runs into Rachel and gets the lowdown on the progress the girl has made since her arrest. She also learns more about how she ended up in Chicago, and what happened with Derrick.
- 02.21.10: The Truce - Running into each other in the Basement, Eleanor and Hadley are forced to interact by Ashley's machinations. It works, and after a few more heated words between them, they reaffirm that they have each other's backs. Moreover, they admit to seeing one another as actual friends.
- 02.21.10: 101 Reasons Not To Date - Monty drops by and he helps Eleanor identify a piece of art the origami killer based his last victim off of. Then they turn to discussing more personal matters, like what she should expect from being involved with him and what some of her own future plans are. They seem to decide what they have is worth the trouble it might cause.
- 02.22.10: Ignorance Is Bliss - Eleanor pops by Monty's to give him a gift for his help with the case, and finds Ailis there. She isn't shooed out when he lays out the conditions of being part of his pack, and after the she wolf is gone, they discuss concerns over the things Ellie is learning. A way to avoid trouble for it is offered, and taken under advisement.
- 02.24.10: Picking Up Strays - Eleanor adds another troubled youth to her collection when she goes to The Basement and, along with Ailis, meets Zachary Evans. She gives him some contact information and some advice about what to avoid in the city, and sacrifices yet another pair of gloves to the greater good.
- 02.25.10: How Many Donuts - A very sleepy Eleanor straggles at Starbucks for a bit in the morning hours after she gets off work. She runs into the quirky personality that is Bert Stone, and the likeable woman pelts her with puns.
- 02.25.10: Storytime - Eleanor goes to the House of Blues for her 'breakfast' and vaguely recognizes Wes as one of the people at Starbucks when the ghouls attacked. He notes he's a stage magician, has a discussion about zombies and ghouls with her, and then surprises her stupid with a positive opinion of Hadley. She pays for Rachel's dinner, then drags the girl off to the Basement to prove to Hadley not everyone sees him as a jerkass. They kind of interrupt Hadley's quest for his own breakfast in a familiar form, and awkwardness ensues.
- 02.26.10: Saucy - Eleanor chats up Charley at Dick's Last Resort, as firemen and cops are sort of brothers in arms. Then Hayden arrives and she becomes bristly and protective of her partner. The two women seem to reach an understanding before they part ways.
- 02.27.10: Cold Case - Her morning (before bed) jog is derailed as Eleanor comes upon an ambulance and a frozen body not far from the jogging path. She meets local paramedic Rodney Haroldson and the ravages of the current bitter winter are discussed while the homeless man is processed.
- 02.27.10: Moon Drunk - Eleanor stops into the Basement for a drink, and finds Hayden drunk on the nearness of the full moon and the allure of a vampire.
- 02.28.10: Cautionary Tales - Eleanor has coffee in the Secret Garden with Margot and meets newcomer Miriam. She gives each some advice, and tries to impress on them that Chicago is a dangerous place.
- 01.01.10: My Kingdom For A Vaporizer - Eleanor gets elected by the rest of her flu-stricken family to be the one to pick up their prescriptions at the S-Mart. Disheveled, in pajamas, and operating mostly as a snot factory, she runs into the handsome fellow from Starbucks and ends up invited to dinner under the pretense of buying one of Monty's sculptures as a birthday present for her mother.
- 01.03.10: Lion Taming - A very sick Eleanor intercepts an emergency call about a lycanthrope fight in the park very near to where she is staying with her sister's family. She heads out there and deals with cries of racism and prejudice while dealing with a public safety threat. She ends up arresting a werelion and a vampire with Aaron's much needed help.
- 01.04.10: The Lion In Winter - Eleanor questions Virginie, the werelion arrested in the park the night before. She susses out the reason for her out of control shift, and arranges to have the woman given the lightest of sentences and hopefully some solid help for her issues.
- 01.04.10: Drool and Deep Thoughts - Hadley catches Eleanor working in her flu-ridden condition and shoos her home. En route they discuss the difficulties of being a cop and trying to have anything resembling a normal love life.
- 01.07.10: Starbucks Ghouls - Eleanor and Hadley stop to get some coffee on the way to an investigation, and find themselves, along with fellow officers Aaron and Rowan, trying to save civilians from a horde of ravenous ghouls. Eleanor's professionalism overcomes her mild phobia towards them and a mystery makes itself known to the CPD.
- 01.07.10: Starbucks Ghouls Investigation - Eleanor and Hadley (along with a team of CSI techs and SWAT) work on collecting forensic evidence from the scene of the ghoul attack on the Starbucks in the Sears Tower. They find some disturbing things that don't seem to add up and indicate that something way beyond the norm is going on. Then they head down into the sewers to collect the rest of the victims parts and try to figure out the direction the ghouls came from and left. Instead they find a not-so-innocent "child" and a clairvoyant vision gives Eleanor time to warn Hadley of a trap.
- 01.11.10: Bowling Alley Ghouls - Eleanor plays scorekeeper for her father's bowling match. As the CPD and CFD retirees hit the lanes, so do more ghouls. She's beginning to feel like a ghoul magnet. This time a multitude of civilians assist the police in keeping casualties to a minimum.
- 01.13.10: Requestus Interruptus - Eleanor tries to convince Hadley to be her CPD partner, but before he can reply, they are interrupted by a civilian who might be able to assist the police in hunting down the ghouls with his knowledge of the sewers. A drunken Alejandro ends up being sent home to sleep it off.
- 01.14.10: The Folks Aren't Fine - Eleanor is determined to relax, so she heads to the Blues Bayou and has a drink with Rachel and Ashley while debating whether or not to approach Monty and apologize for not calling him about ordering a sculpture for her mother. After some co-workers show up that decision becomes moot as she ends up with her badge out to diffuse an escalating argument between Aaron and Ashley and Monty and Gabe.
- 01.16.10: The Playful Wolf - Eleanor has dinner with Monty and Sierra, and gets help choosing one of Monty's pieces to send to her mother for her birthday. She also warns the wolves about the ghoul problem.
- 01.19.10: The Dirt - Short but important scene. Hadley agrees to be Eleanor's partner, and they make some logic breakthroughs on the Ghoul case.
- 01.20.10: Bar Flies - Eleanor heads to the Basement for an after work drink, and runs into Monty. There is flirting. There is blushing. There is proof Eleanor is an awkward mess when it comes to having a life outside of work.
- 01.21.10: Jog the Memory - Eleanor goes for a jog after dark, and catches up with Virginie. She sees a vision of how the lioness became a shifter, and tries to encourage her to give St. Rumon another try. Then Rachel and Meg show up. Rachel gets advice on how running away is a good strategy with monsters, and Meg explains her association with Ashley.
- 01.22.10: Tea For Six - Eleanor checks out the new tea room of the flower shop near the CPD, and experiences the new owner's unique brand of magic. She's also treated to Hadley and Kincaid's unique brand of dating advice. She gives up yet another pair of gloves to yet another person living on the streets.
- 01.23.10: A Waffle For Your Thoughts - Eleanor runs into Inez again, and takes her under her wing for something to it and a chat to find out how she wound up on the streets. She points her towards a few employment opportunities, and makes sure she knows she has a safety net if she needs one.
- 01.23.10: Ghouls Statement - Julien - Julien Sterling offers to give a statement about his knowledge of the ghoul attacks to Eleanor. He raises her hackles by being a zombie raiser, she raises his by refusing to use his first name. Rowan plays referee and they manage to get the information into the system without clawing each other's eyes out.
- 01.23.10: Dirty Deeds - Eleanor, Hadley, Rowan, and newly minted detective Carlos head to Graceland Cemetery. Their intent is to take soil samples to match up to graveyard dirt recovered at the Starbucks attack, so they can definitively place any magic cast to create the massive pack to the right cemetery for trial purposes. Unfortunately their endeavors are interrupted by a shifter trespassing in the cemetery after hours, and Eleanor bargains the charge down to a ticket in exchange for her giving a statement about what she knows about the ghouls.
- 01.25.10: LaCroix Statement - Eamonn - Eleanor accompanies Rowan and Hadley to the Church of Eternal Life to take a statement from one of their educators, Eamonn, regarding a second hand threat against him from Jessy LaCroix. They learn Lane may be missing after she warned Eamonn he was in danger from the werefox.
- 01.27.10: Scaring the Civvies - Eleanor goes out for a drink, and winds up putting the fear of God (or well, ghouls) into Margot and Dorian. Or maybe they just scattered like flies because she's a cop.
- 01.29.10: Karma and the Care Bear Stare - Eleanor meets Hadley at the House of Blues for her lunch break. While trying to keep an eye on Dorian and Rachel conversing nearby, they discuss the ghouls case and their exasperation with the Mayor's need to make everyone think there is no danger in the city. She also lets Hadley know just what made Rachel snap the night they arrested her and they get into a discussion about, of all things, karma.
- 12.02.09: At Least He's Not The Tooth Fairy - Lunch at the House of Blues has Eleanor meeting her second Fae in the space of a few days. She discovers that kincaid|Zeke owns Monolith Security and determines to have his company set her half-sister and father up with systems. After hearing his story she decides to look into the 2003 cold case in which three of his agents died and which put him in a 4 month long coma.
- 12.03.09: Bloodlines - New blood, Alejandro Ramirez, turns out to be the protégé of old blood, Mikhail, who is a bowling buddy of equally old blood, Frank Wickham, Eleanor's father. A newly returned Sgt. Hadley also has something to do with blood. Drinking it, that is. The rookie is welcomed and the reason for Hadley's recent absence is made clear.
- 12.06.09: Paranoia - Alejandro comes to the crime lab after having a rough time of it undercover. He asks Eleanor to do what she can to determine if a vampire left any sort of mystical or mundane means to track him on his coat as Philippis looks on. Eleanor again advises Alejandro on keeping his prejudices on the down low.
- 12.06.09: Phish in a Barrel - Hadley gives Eleanor some tips on her handgun use at the Hope and Faith range, they make plans to talk about his recent transition, and then Eleanor phishes for information from a talented shot who is ex-military and working as a bodyguard.
- 12.09.09: Potential Versus Intent - Eleanor goes for an evening jog and meets Leanna, a young art student, in Grant Park. They also meet Jacobi, a homeless drifter, and his dog Stalin. Eleanor gives him her gloves and her card, and learns a bit of his story. She offers to help him find a way off the streets.
- 12.18.09: Fraternity Haus - Eleanor and Hadley meet for their long overdue dinner, and they serve to give each other a little bit of therapy over their specific preternatural conditions. How Hadley should approach the city's vampires is discussed.
- 12.19.09: Coffee, Tea, or Debate - Eleanor goes to the Secret Garden Cafe for a cup of coffee and finds both familiar and unfamiliar faces. She, Dorian, and Wintercoat embark on a debate about the nature of humanity, their potential, and the distinction between them and animals.
- 12.23.09: Morning Mocha - Eleanor drops into the nation of Starbucksistan for her morning cup of joe, and shares a table with Ashley and Monty due to overcrowding. Introductions are made, and Ellie's awkwardness shows around the edges.
- 12.26.09: In The Dark - Eleanor has a meeting with Kincaid to discuss the cold case that left him in a coma some years back. Her line of questioning leads down the roads he needs to dissuade her from pursuing, so he confirms her suspicions with the truth, and they agree to shelve the case, for both their sakes.
- 12.27.09: Armed With Intent - Eleanor goes to The Basement to meet her half sister for a girls' night out but gets cancelled on thanks to a 6 year old and the flu. Instead she finds Hadley and a few other familiar faces but a crazy goth girl wielding a knife and a human with a dislike of Fae keep her too busy to even enjoy her wine.
- 12.29.09: Good Cop Vamp Cop - Eleanor and Hadley question Rachel about the incident in The Basement. Eleanor susses out the trigger for her violent outburst in the club, and gets her charges and bail reduced to non-felony status.
- 12.30.09: A Walk With Stalin - Eleanor fulfills her promise to deliver Jacobi's dog, Stalin, into her father's capable hands to be cared for during the full moon. She also meets Jacobi's girlfriend, Nalio, and seems to be coming down with the flu her sister and niece were battling.
- 12.31.09: New Years Eve Plague - Eleanor tries to workout at the gym despite coming down with the flu on New Years Eve. Leanna, the young artist she met in the park some days ago, wisely talks her into going home and getting some rest instead.
- 11.30.09: Through The Looking Glass - Eleanor meets a giant fluffy bipedal bunny rabbit at Starbucks. As it turns out, it isn't a hallucination, but a Fae named Rex Wintercoat. She also runs into her co-worker, Lieutenant Rowan Mac Douglas and gets invited to dinner.
These are logs of player run events I have been ST for. Dates are the RL date they were run.
- 05.22.09: The Origami Killer - Part One - Eleanor and Hadley are called to a crime scene in a condemned house in the south side slums. A horribly mutilated corpse starts them on a macabre investigation into a ghoulishly artistic killer. (Graphic gore warning.)
- 05.27.09: Daddy's Little Girl - Eleanor calls Julien in to consult on the zombie Marshal Jack Green brought in after it was found wandering aimlessly on the University Campus. Julien does his animator thing, freaking Eleanor right the hell out, but it helps then figure out who the zombie was, who woke him up in the first place, and where he belongs.
- 05.29.09: The Origami Killer - Part Two - Eleanor and Hadley are called to another crime scene with another horribly mutilated corpse. This time, however, the perp decides to play with them a little, and after some bad mistakes, minor injuries, and wounded pride, they begin to actually piece together a way to stop the killer. Then that goes out the window when the issues of an altruistic preternatural advocate being partnered with a self-loathing racist vampire rear their ugly head. (Graphic gore warning.)
- 06.21.09: The Origami Killer - Finale - A Sting operation reveals the location of the Origami Killer, and Hadley and Eleanor lead a SWAT team to try and rescue the remaining victim before the man can do her in. Hadley saves the day, but Eleanor is critically injured. (Graphic gore warning.)
- 06.27.09: Shattered - Part One - A group of critters looking like burnt orange Gremlins (as in monsters from the movie in the 80s, not the cars), attack the Starbucks in the Sears Tower and wreak comedic havoc before meeting their doom at the hands of the patrons. All except one who escapes with a cheesy retail league softball trophy.
- 06.28.09: Shattered - Part Two - Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park is turned back on for the season, and as spectators show up to watch the first light and water show after dark, the critters do too. They steal some loose change from the fountain before all but one escapee meet a horrible, gooey end.
- 06.30.09: Shattered - Part Three - The 'Home of the Whammer' takes on a whole new meaning when the alleged gremlins attack Burger Tzar and steal his paper crowns! Flying candy bars and condiments abound!
- 06.30.09: Shattered - Interlude - Wes heads to the Preternatural Research department on campus to try and get some answers about the Gremlins. Instead he winds up having tea with the little old lady that grumped at him about his smoking habit at the Fountain lighting. The true nature of the gremlins is revealed, and a way to stop them is sussed out.
- 07.01.09: Shattered - Part Four - The gremlins show up to crash the filming of a cable access show being shot in Graceland Cemetery. The find that it's also their own last resting place after getting stomped to death by spectators waiting for the after party. One of them gets away with some bones from a grave though.
- 07.03.09: Shattered - Finale - Five of the individuals who have fought the gremlins prior, find themselves summoned to the offices of Ad Net Zips on the 102nd floor of the Sears Tower to wage war with the reassembled demon Gamosh Sanguinus. A little Fae glamour and some wise strategy leads them to victory.
- 07.05.09: Shattered - Epilogue - Wes brings old Edna a gift for her assistance in helping him and the others kill Gamosh Sanguinus.
Quotes
"Take a pit bull. A potentially dangerous dog, right? But also known for being a great and loving pet. Nature vs. nurture. A strong owner who teaches the dog right from wrong, and where the limits and boundaries lie, ends up with a dog they can safely have around their family, friends, and the public. A weak owner who doesn't train the dog ends up in court after their family pet mauls someone. The /potential/ to do harm does not equal the /intent/ to do harm."
— Eleanor to Leanna, Potential Versus Intent
"Maybe you're right. Maybe if I just think about something rote like the state capitals or the Fibonacci sequence while I fire, I can stop over-thinking the rest"— Eleanor to Hadley, Phish in a Barrel
"The thing about police work is that we have to work based on someone's actions, not their race or species. We're about justice within the confines of the law. But we have to uphold that law, even if it protects the things we don't feel have a right to exist, or are abominations."
— Eleanor to Alejandro, Paranoia
"So, was this a personal choice? Or should we be calling in a Marshal and introducing someone to the pointy end of a sharp stick?"
— Eleanor to Hadley, Bloodlines
"If I had a dime for every homicide scene I've walked the grid on, where the perp didn't have to break a sweat to get to the victim because of their excessive faith in the integrity of a deadbolt from Home Depot, I could retire now."
— Eleanor to Zeke, At Least He's Not The Tooth Fairy
"I was raised Catholic. I was taught that preternaturals were evil. It took some serious soul searching and some life experience to come to my own conclusion that evil was a choice, not a genetic mandate."
— Eleanor to Rowan,Through The Looking Glass Pt. II
Gallery
RP Hooks
I'm very open to characters having known or knowing family members of Eleanor. If you'd like to play some of them, please let me know!
- Eleanor's father, Frank, is a retired 30 year veteran of the Chicago Police Department. He was a detective and still lives in town. He raised Eleanor after divorcing his wife when their daughter was five. He is also a veteran of the US Army who did several tours in Vietnam. He and Eleanor are very close. He likely has friends and enemies who might come into play with Eleanor.
- Eleanor's mother, Edith, was a hippie during the Vietnam War. She was divorced from Frank when Eleanor was five, and went on to have three other children, a daughter and two sons. Edith is a psychic and trained Eleanor to control her abilities. She lives in San Diego but keeps in touch. She might have other psychic students who come to Chicago.
- Bethesda ("Beth"), the oldest of Eleanor's three half-sibling, is 7 years younger than her, is a romance novel writer married to an accountant named George, and has a six year old daughter named Maddie. They live in Chicago and are close to Eleanor.
- Eleanor has two younger half-brothers, Vancouver ("Van") and Dublin ("Lin") in San Diego who are 9 and 11 years younger than her.
I really, really want to do police RP. I want to help solve crimes and chase down bad guys and puzzle out clues.
- Eleanor spent 9 years in the San Diego PD, 5 of them with their RPIT squad. She likely had a few partners from being first a beat cop, then a detective. She likely also had co-workers she got along with in the Forensics lab. It's not a stretch to think other cops, or former police partners might migrate to Chicago from San Diego.
- Ellie has been in the CPD for over a year. She's worked with several departments as part of the Forensics Lab, and has dealt a lot with the Cold Case and Homicide divisions. Feel free to know her in the past in a professional sense if you are a member of the CPD.
- If you work in the crime lab I would LOVE to do some CSI-type RP.
Want to play an old friend or schoolmate from Eleanor's past, let me know!
- Eleanor is a graduate of a local Chicago high school, and Loyola University. She likely knew other students and teachers from those places. If you want to collaborate on a past school connection let me know!
- Eleanor spent 9 years in California and, despite being a workaholic, likely made some friends. If you'd like to play one and have them relocate to Chicago I'm all for it.
- Ellie grew up in Chicago from the age of five in 1981 until her college graduation in 1998. She likely has childhood and neighborhood friends who could pop up.
Hangouts
Trivia
- Awards Received:
- Ribbons/Bars
- Appearance Bar
- Lambert Tree Medal (Ghouls Case)
- Crisis Intervention Team Bar
- Department Commendation
- Fitness Bar
- FOP Distinguished Service Award
- Police Blue Star Award (Origami Killer Case)
- Special Service Award (Inter-departmental Forensics Education)
- Ribbon Appurtances
- Gold Star (For Honorable Mentions)
- Eleanor was promoted to Detective Sergeant on March 29, 2010, for her work on the Origami Killer case.
- How Not To Get Arrested By Eleanor!
- An RP Courtesy Request
- A Warning About OOC Drama