Buffy Summers
was born in January 1981 to Hank and Joyce Summers, making her twenty now. As a
child, she went through a phase during which she idolized ice-skater Dorothy
Hamill, and was close friends with her cousin Celia until she died.
Buffy started her high school career at Hemery High in Los Angeles, where she was a popular cheerleader; in 1996 she was elected Prom Princess and Fiesta Queen. That same year, Buffy was contacted by a man named Merrick, who told her that she was the Chosen One, the Vampire Slayer. Though Buffy was skeptical, it was true; Merrick was her Watcher. But Merrick was killed, and in Buffy's attempts at slaying, she managed to burn down her high school gym. Around that time, Joyce and Hank finalized their divorce, and Buffy moved with Joyce to 1630
Revello Drive in Sunnydale. She enrolled at Sunnydale High School, where the
school librarian, Giles, informed her that he was her new Watcher. Though
reluctant, Buffy was sucked full force into the life of a Slayer. Buffy became
friends with Willow Rosenberg, Xander Harris, and to some extent, Cordelia
Chase; and later with Willow's boyfriend Oz, all of whom know that she is the
Slayer (as does her mother, finally) and often help in her endeavors. Buffy
developed a relationship with Angel, a vampire cursed with a soul; it ended when
he he lost his soul, turning him back into his evil vampiric self, but they got
back together after his soul was restored again. Ultimately, Angel eventually
realized that as Buffy got older, their relationship would be doomed, and he
left her, for her own good. During her freshman year at UC Sunnydale, Buffy
roomed with Willow and developed a relationship with Riley Finn. After about a
year together, Riley left Buffy and Sunnydale, feeling that Buffy didn't need
nor love him. During her sophomore year at college, Buffy survived several
family crises — first she discovered that her 14 year-old sister (introduced
in Season 5) isn't actually her sister, but is a mystical "Key" just
recently turned into human form and placed into Buffy's life (false memories
included) so that Buffy could protect her. Then her mother had a brain tumor
removed, only to later die from an aneurysm arising as a side effect from her
surgery.
In the final fight against Glory, a hellgod seeking to use the Key,
Buffy sacrificed her life to save Dawn's and the world.
