Elena Michaels

Elena Michaels is the first known female werewolf in the world, the fiancée of Clayton Danvers and the ex-girlfriend of the late Philip McAdams. She is the sister of Elisa Michaels and the sister-in-law of Nicholas Sorrentino as well as the aunt of Lily, Dominic, Natalya and Clayton Sorrentino. In the flashforward she had married Clay and the two had twins, Katherine and Logan Danvers.

Biography
Elena was orphaned at a young age when both of her (adoptive) parents died. With no living relatives, she was placed in the state care system and lived with foster families along with her sister, Elisa. At some point as a child her and her sister were molested by a neighbor, Victor Olson and reported him to the authorities. He was later charged, she testified against him and was sent to prison.

After graduating from high school, Elena attended college. To pay for her college, Elena applied to be an assistant to an anthropologist professor, Clayton Danvers. They fell in love and quickly became engaged. Clayton brought Elena to Stonehaven where his adoptive father, Jeremy Danvers, lived. Jeremy was in the middle of a turn when Elena heard a noise and looked toward the woods. He thought Elena saw him so he ordered Clayton away so he could kill her, because one of many strict rules werewolves adhere to is that if a human knows about werewolves they must be killed. Clayton not wanting this to be his lover's fate, bites Elena so she can have another chance at life. However, biting her was a huge risk for both of them. There had never been a female werewolf, therefore women were thought to be generally not strong enough to survive the change: getting stuck mid-change or mentally unstable from it eventually always led to their deaths.

Somehow Elena survived and now is the only female werewolf, but Elena, not knowing the truth behind why Clayton bit her broke off their engagement.

Her sister came looking for her and witnessed Logan changing. Jeremy was going to kill Elisa so Clay turned her.

Elena Michaels moved away from Stonehaven in Bear Valley, NY to Toronto where she had met Philip McAdams. She tried to live a normal human life away from her pack especially her ex-fiance, Clay.

Personality
Elena is a smart, kind and honest person.

She struggles with finding balance in her life, attempting to leave behind her painful past at Stonehaven and embrace the life she's created in Toronto.

Physical Appearance
Elena is a slender, tall woman with a werewolf's typically athletic build, standing at around 5'6". Furthermore, she has blue eyes and blonde hair that is mid-back length.

When she is in her wolf form, she becomes a blonde wolf. Her wolf appearance is similar to that of a husky or another big dog.

Abilities
Being a werewolf Elena possesses all the basic abilities of her kind such as being physically stronger and faster than humans, possessing heightened senses, prolonged youth and the ability to shift into a wolf. Evidence of this strength was shown when she easily broke the arm of Thomas LeBlanc. It is stated several times by Jeremy that Elena is the pack's best tracker. Elena also possesses heightened senses, which she displayed when she was able to hear the conversation between Philip's sister and mother at the awards ceremony. She has also shown to possess an even greater sense of smell than that of others in the pack and is the best tracker among them. An ability that is unique to her is that she can prevent the change mid-transition, which no other werewolf has been able to do.

Clayton Danvers
Clayton is Elena's soul mate. He is the one who turns her into a werewolf. At the beginning of the series she hates him and doesn’t want anything to do with him. She blames Clay for what happened to her, until Jeremy told her he was gonna kill her and that Clay did it to protect her which grants him forgiveness, but it also makes her resent Jeremy in return.

Philip McAdams
Philip and Elena were dating when she lived in Toronto. Unlike Elena, he was human. He didn't know about the pack, werewolves, or other supernatural forces. Elena wanted to have a normal life with him and forget who she really was. She saved him however he saw her run into a wolf as a result. Before he could fully wrap his head around the supernatural world he was brutally murdered by Malcolm.

Elisa Michaels
Elisa and Elena share a close bond even though they don’t tell each other everything.

Nick Sorrentino
Elena and Nick have a brother-sister relationship, which is really cute. He is often found teasing her.

Etymology

 * Elena is a feminine name of of Greek origin meaning "sun ray or shining light".
 * Michaels is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Michael".