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name | Eileen Delyth Eicheln
goes by | Eileen, Edie
birth date | January 27, 1989, in Chicago, IL, USA; currently 26

credentials | University of Chicago, BA '11 (Biology & Marine Science); University of Chicago, MS '13 (Integrative Biology; Neurobiology)
research | PhD candidate; marine biology
occupation | internship at the Shedd Aquarium

parents |
- Edgar Eicheln; father, deceased in a car crash in 1994; ofthelions
- Reina Silver Kagan Eicheln; mother, deceased in a car crash in 1994
- Deborah Silver Behr; maternal aunt, primary caretaker from the age of 5 onward
- Adam Behr; uncle, primary caretaker from the age of 5 onward
siblings |
- Elisha Kagan; half-brother from Reina's first marriage to Jonah Kagan, ten years older; cipherspeak
- Audrey Behr; biological cousin, three years older

other significant relations |
- Avery Hamilton; friend and pastry chef; sugarandspiced
- Charlie Nagendra; long-distance friend; coldslither
- Daniel Prochazka; bio-friend and Leon's boyfriend; alchemically
- Hadyn Novak; 'brother-in-law' partnered with Elisha; maskofhearts
- Jordan Novak; friend and Hadyn's brother; falsepretences
- Leon Shaw; science-friend and Kagan employee; mightbeclever
- Zoë Fox; friend and Hadyn's half-sister; headfollowheart

timeline
1989 - born at Northwestern Memorial Hospital to Edgar and Reina Eicheln
1994 - Edgar and Reina killed in car accident; taken into custody by Adam and Deborah Behr
1998 - Elisha enlists
2002 - Elisha returns to Chicago
2004 - Audrey leaves for school
2005 - detained and held for property damage and battery; formal charges dismissed
2007 - enrolls undergrad at the University of Chicago
2008 - begins interning at Shedd
2011 - achieves BA; enrolls in masters at University of Chicago
2013 - achieves MS; continues toward PhD

factoids |
- Has had pet cuttlefish since childhood, all named Asher; is up to Asher XI at this point
- Habitually wears an octopus necklace her father purchased for her not long before his death
- Is a natural polyglot; a native English speaker who also speaks fluent Arabic, German, French, Italian, Mandaring Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, as well as reads Ancient Greek, Biblical/Classical Hebrew and Latin
- Falls at about a 2 on the Kinsey scale
- Is an Aquarius and a Yin Water Rooster
- Favourite colour is pink, smell is cinnamon and time of day is dawn