Stranger Things
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Jane was born with special psychokinetic abilities; Jane's mother, Terry, was experimented upon in the controversial government program known as "MKUltra", which by accident or by
Dr. Martin Brenner's design, affected Jane in the womb. Upon her birth, Jane was immediately kidnapped by Dr. Brenner, and brought to Hawkins National Laboratory.
She was also known as ELEVEN, one of the test subjects of Dr. Brener.
Max was originally from California, and had a keen interest in skateboarding from a young age. Following her mother's divorce and remarriage to
Neil Hargrove in 1984, Max and her erratic stepbrother Billy moved to Hawkins, Indiana.
Will was a shy, artistic boy from Hawkins, Indiana who loved to play Dungeons & Dragons with his three best friends, Mike, Lucas and Dustin. However,
Will's life turned upside-down on November 6, 1983, on the way home from his friends' latest D&D campaign, Will crossed paths with a humanoid predator.
In 1983, when Mike's best friend, Will, mysteriously went missing, he and his other friends, Lucas and Dustin, made it their mission to find him. However,
while searching for Will, they stumbled upon an escaped girl named Eleven instead. Mike soon discovered that she knew something about Will's disappearance and enlisted her help in finding him.
During their time together, Mike and Eleven formed a strong bond and quickly grew to like each other.
When Lucas's best friend, Will, mysteriously went missing in 1983, he and his other friends, Mike and Dustin, made it their mission to find him. However, while searching for Will, they stumbled upon a mysterious girl named Eleven instead. Lucas was suspicious of Eleven's behavior and actions, and believed she was taking advantage of Mike's hospitality; he also doubted the apparent supernatural circumstances behind Will's disappearance. A rift grew between the kids, prompting Lucas to investigate Hawkins National Laboratory on his own; however, this only made Lucas realize that Eleven was trying to protect him and his friends from the threat of government agents, and the dangers that lurked within Hawkins Lab.
Dustin was somewhat of a typical "nerd", and had a rare genetic disorder (cleidocranial dysplasia) that prevented his teeth from developing properly,
making him a prime target for bullies. He arrived in Hawkins in fourth grade, growing a strong bond with Mike, Lucas and Will and becoming best friends.
A student at Hawkins High School, he was best friends with Tommy H and Carol Perkins and the boyfriend of Nancy Wheeler. When Nancy's best friend, Barbara Holland, disappeared in 1983,
she became distant and Steve thought she was cheating with Jonathan Byers. Following a few ignorant actions, Steve had a change of heart, told his friends off, and set out to make things right.
In November 1983, after Will mysteriously disappeared, Joyce was certain that he was communicating with her through the lights in her house. Despite everyone treating her as if she was having a mental breakdown, Joyce refused to believe that Will was dead, even after his alleged corpse was found. Through cooperation with her friend and local police chief Jim Hopper, Will's friends, and Jonathan, she eventually uncovered the circumstances of her son's disappearance and entered the Upside Down to rescue him.
Hopper was Chief of Police in the small, sleepy town of Hawkins, Indiana, where he used to live out a carefree existence, though forever haunted by his past. After an old friend, Joyce Byers, reported that her son, Will, had mysteriously disappeared, Hopper's life became infinitely more complicated. He began to unravel a conspiracy involving the nearby Hawkins National Laboratory, discovering the lab had conducted experiments that accidentally opened a gate to an alternate dimension. During their investigations, Hopper and Joyce met Eleven, the escaped child test subject who unwittingly opened the gate using special psychokinetic abilities.
A fearsome humanoid creature aligned with the Upside Down, Vecna had humble origins as the human Henry Creel. Originally from Rachel, Nevada, Henry and his family moved to Hawkins in 1959, with his parents hoping the change would help him move on from his troubled past. However, after the Creels arrived at their new home, young Henry discovered he had developed special psychic and psychokinetic abilities. Motivated by a malign influence, Henry used his powers to psychologically torture his family, eventually killing his mother and sister. After Henry's father, Victor, was falsely presumed to be the killer, Victor was imprisoned and driven further into madness.
