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"My name's Eleanor Briarwood (Elle, pronounced like Ellie, for short). I'm a necromancer that's resurrected my husband, Booster. We play a bunch of shitty games and bicker like an old boomer couple."[1]

Eleanor Briarwood, Elle (pronounced like "El-lee") for short, is an independent English speaking Virtual Youtuber. She is the co-host of weekly gaming new's show, Necro News alongside her resurrected ghost husband, Booster. The pair also do gaming and variety streams on YouTube and Twitch. They are known for playing strange and niche games, both old and new.

Personality[]

Elle is very calm with a soothing voice, often seen disapprovingly shaking her head at her husband's louder and rambunctious personality. She is known to have a very dry sense of humor and is quick with snappy remarks.

Appearance[]

Elle has black, hair with curled tips held up in a loose, claw-clip ponytail. She wears a mini top hat and a skull ribbon in her hair. Her sclera are black with golden irises and she wears red, semi-rimless, glasses. Her outfit is an elaborate, ghost, skull and bone adorned, floor length gown with a slit up to the top of her thigh on the side. She is often depicted with a leather-bound tome, described by Elle as her "Little Book of Murmurs/Mumbles".[2]

History[]

Debut[]

Elle originally debuted 3 January 2021 alongside her husband, Booster, as a part of Season 0 of the now defunct Jusagi Consultation Corp/Isekai Inc.

Necro News[]

Necro News is Elle and Booster's weekly gaming recap and news show on Youtube. The first episode on their channel was posted 4 July 2022[3]. Each episode consists of straight-to-the-point gaming news and new releases of the week. Also included in the show is the "Buried Alive Banger" segment, in which they highlight an underrated game.

Niche Gamer[]

The precursor of Necro News, Niche News, was the weekly news recap show starring Elle and Booster on Niche Gamer's YouTube Channel. The show came about as a collaboration between the streaming couple and Niche. The first episode was posted to Niche Gamer's channel 3 April 2022. The series came to a close after 8 episodes, things did not work out and the show was rebranded and moved over to Elle and Booster's main channel.[4]

NewsDrop[]

After releasing a few episodes independently, NecroNews became affiliated with Kawa Entertainment's NewsDrop branch after its creation in August 2022. While operating under NewsDrop, Elle and Booster also hosted the Kawa Game Awards in December 2022, with Elle providing the award for Kawa Game Awards GOTY; a trophy drawn in MS Paint. [5] On 16 March 2023, NewsDrop announced that NecroNews would be parting from Kawa and continue the show independently. [6]

Mascots and Fans[]

  • Fans of both Elle and Booster are called Boo-mers
    • Their YouTube membership ranks are called Skeleton Crew, Undead Interns, and Ghost Writers
  • Elle's former name for her fans was Ellcolytes
  • Elle and Booster's real life pets are depicted as various undead creatures and used as mascots for the channel.
    • Mona is a skeleton cat
    • Plagg is a ghost cat
    • Murphy is a zombie dog

Quotes[]

  • "For any boomer jokes, yeah I'm 200 years old, so... Fuck you."
  • "Welcome to Necro News, the show where we cover the hottest gaming news from the last week."

Trivia[]

Name[]

  • The name "Eleanor" is originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal name Aliénor. It was the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages.[7]
    • It is also often believed that the name "Eleanor" was derived from the Greek name "Hellen" which means "shining light"
  • "Briarwood" derives from briar wood; Briar is the burlwood of the white heath tree, which grows in the region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.[8]
    • Briar is known for its use in making tobacco pipes

Lore[]

  • According to Elle, Booster died early into their marriage before she resurrected him as a ghost. [4]
  • During their 2022 Birthaversary stream, it is shown that Elle runs a Necromancy veterinary clinic called "Second Chance". The clinic's purpose is to give animals who died too soon a second chance.[9]
    • The clinic serves both living and departed animals.
    • Elle is shown with a ghost girl assistant named "Bimbster"; a parody gender-bent character of Booster.

Miscellaneous[]

  • Elle, in real life, is a Veterinary Nurse
    • Her least favorite clientele to work on are Shiba Inus because of their temperament.
  • Elle is a big fan of Metroid-Vania games.

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