Ellen
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Ellen was a seamstress during the American Revolutionary War, and resident of the Davenport Homestead.
Biography
Meeting Connor
One day, the Assassin Connor stumbled upon the frantic daughter of Ellen, who led him to a domestic dispute between Ellen and her husband, which progressed to violence on the latter's part. Upon witnessing this, Connor intervened and subdued the man with his fists, before inviting Ellen to move her tailoring business from New York to the Davenport Homestead in the Frontier, allowing her to escape her abusive husband with her daughter. She was hesitant, as it had taken her a great while to build her current tailoring business and home, but finally agreed. She neglected to bring a roll of fine silk with her, which she requested Connor to retrieve for her shortly afterwards.
Life on the Homestead
Some time later, Ellen's husband eventually tracked her down with a group of thugs and attempted to break into her new home. Seeing the danger they posed, Connor and the other residents of the Homestead came to her defense, where they engaged the louts in a brawl and emerged victorious, before threatening the men with death if they ever attempted to harm Ellen again.
In heartfelt thanks to her friends, at the wedding of Maurice and Myriam, Ellen revealed a flag she had sewn as a symbol of the Homestead's harmonious community, expressing a wish that the new nation would follow the example set by its residents. Connor humbly accepted the gift, and flew it from the church flagpole from that point onward.
One such tailored flag of her design would go on to the cover the casket of Achilles Davenport during his funeral, to which Ellen and the whole of the Homestead's residents attended to give their thanks to the "old man on the hill".
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