Ellie Rose/History

A detailed chronological summary of the life of Ellie Rose.

Backstory
Ellie Rose was first found in the snow by guards at The Wall, the world's biggest prison complex containing some of the most cunning and notorious criminals. The guards from The Wall took Ellie to the complex and imprisoned her there (what she did to warrant this imprisonment is unknown, but Galeforce implies that she and Henry both have a long record of crimes, which may hint that she committed crimes against the Canadian government ). This happened around the same time as Henry's imprisonment, as she is still in a holding cell at the start of Fleeing the Complex. She then helps Henry escape imprisonment in the Convict Allies and Ghost Inmate endings.

Fleeing the Complex
Ellie is first seen at the start of the game, sitting on the floor in the same cell as Henry, and she looks miserable ,waiting for a transfer to their new cells. Grigori Olyat, Dmitri Johannes Petrov's right hand man who was supposed to guard them, turns around. After that, Henry sees his chance to escape, and he can ask her help to reach a hatch in the ceiling to escape. When this is done, he has to choose whether continue himself or pull off a ladder and grab her.

Convict Allies
Ellie helps Henry reach a hatch in the ceiling that leads to a ventilation shaft. Henry unfolds a nearby ladder and grabs her. They crawl out of the vent and synchronize a take-down of the two guards blocking the door. When they reach the security office, Ellie uses the force to lift Henry on the ceiling, so he can access the office through a hatch and open the door for her. However, Henry accidentally releases the other convicts by accident. It sets off absolute chaos, with convicts spreading all over the place. Eventually, they end up cornered by three armed guards. Ellie uses a taser to shock Henry, who then quickly shoots them with a Sniper Rifle. Then she takes two of their hats and uses them to distract two more guards out of an elevator. They go in it, and they make their way to the Yard.In the Yard, Grigori, who lost them out of his sight and caused the breakout, catches Ellie and holds her hostage, but Henry saves her, making a face that distracts Grigori long enough for the stolen Humvee to hit him. He then hitches a ride on a motorcycle but is tackled by Dmitri Johannes Petrov, the warden of The Wall. Ellie then jumps on the motorcycle and rides off to somewhere where she takes a metal stop sign. Before Dimitri can kill Henry, Ellie attacks him with a sign, knocking him out. Henry climbs on the motorcycle along with her and they escape the prison.

Ghost Inmate
If Henry chooses not to return and help Ellie after reaching the hatch, she remains behind in prison. She is disappointed, and a line of text states that 'Ellie will remember that'.

Other choices
If the "Play Dead" option is taken, Ellie reacts to Henry's fake death but does nothing else. If the "Wait for Transfer" option is taken, Ellie is taken from the holding cell to, presumably, her own cell, while Henry is waiting. If the "Charge Tackle" option is chosen, she is not even seen.

Completing the Mission
Ellie can appear in a variety of different scenarios. She appears in five pathways; all four that involve Convict Allies as a starting point (Toppat King, Triple Threat, Pardoned Pals/Toppat Recruits and Capital Gains) and one that involves Ghost Inmate as a starting point (Toppat Civil Warfare).

Toppat King
After escaping The Wall, Ellie and Henry head to the Toppat Launch Site. Impressed with what she's seeing, Ellie decides to join the Toppat Clan. Henry meets up with Reginald Copperbottom and Right Hand Man, finding out that the former leader had taken up leadership in his absence, something Henry isn't all that content with. Ellie introduces herself to Reginald and Right Hand Man, and asks what they're up to. Reginald informs Henry and Ellie that the Clan went along with the plan to launch the Toppat Orbital Station into space. Their preparations are interrupted when the Government launches an assault on the launch site. Reginald sends Ellie and the Right Hand Man to the rocket, while he and Henry stay behind to initiate the launch sequence.

The government locates Henry and Reginald, launching an ambush. A Government helicopter manned by Liam Rogers armed with Gatling guns corners the duo. Reginald urges the Toppat leader to come up with a plan on-the-spot. Henry uses a wrist strapped grapple hook to hijack the helicopter, throwing Liam off of it. Reginald remains behind in the tower and is surrounded by soldiers. To save him, Henry leaves the controls to use the machine gun and shoots down every soldier cornering Reginald. As Reginald is saved from the Government, the helicopter loses control and leads Henry to bail out before it crashes. Upon landing, Henry spots three soldiers nearby planting an EMP bomb on the launch pad in order to cripple the rocket. Henry uses a flute to summon a bird that takes him to the soldiers and allows Henry to snatch the bomb away.

Soon, the soldiers shoot down the bird, sending Henry to the ground. He lands right next to the Right Hand Man as they are now surrounded by Government soldiers. The Right Hand Man gives Henry his guns, jumps high in the air, and then activates his laser eye directly on Henry to make him spin while the laser shoots, hitting all the surrounding soldiers. From afar, an impressed Reginald witnesses Henry and the Right Hand Man's teamwork. With one minute to take off, Ellie catches up in a military jeep and offers the two to hitch a quick ride toward the rocket. On the way up, Major Hershell Panzer (in a mech suit) and his platoon are blocking their path. Henry climbs on the hood of the jeep and punches Hershell in the face, knocking him out cold. However, this action causes Henry to fall out of the jeep while Ellie and the Right-Hand-Man make it to the rocket as it launches. Ellie pleads the two others to get Henry, in which Reginald promises her to keep the door open as long as he can. As the rocket is taking off without him, Henry is in shock and panics. Henry climbs into an abandoned tank, drives upon a palm tree, and fires at the ground, launching himself up quickly to the rocket.

The tank almost reaches to the rocket door, allowing Henry to dismount and barely make the jump. Reginald is able to catch Henry in time, but then floats the idea of betrayal to reclaim his position as Toppat Leader. Nonetheless, he brushes the notion aside due to the fact that Henry has placed himself on the line to defend the Toppat Clan from the Government. In that regard, Reginald is shown to have great respect for Henry and claims the latter worthy to be the leader of the Toppats. The Toppat Orbital Station completes its journey into space. While a few Toppats members got left behind and arrested by the Government, their new space station allows the remaining clan members to raid any place on Earth with ease. Ellie is officially recruited into the Toppat Clan as Henry's Right Hand Lady, while Reginald and his Right Hand Man remain to be top operators of the clan, performing several successful operations.

Triple Threat
Ellie and Henry, having recently escaped from the Wall, are picked up by Charles from the outskirts of The Wall, and the three quickly become close buddies due to Ellie now being a friend of Henry's, which Charles claims that any friend of Henry's is a friend of his. Charles says that he was allowed to pick them up but General Galeforce had to sanction the pick-up, so in return, the three must do a mission in order to take down the Toppats to make up for it. Henry and Ellie agree as it is the least they could do as the General is helping them. The two then fly away. On the way to the Toppats Missile Base, Charles briefs them on the situation, saying that whatever was left of the Toppats has set up base somewhere in the middle of the Dogobogo Jungle. They are planning to send a space station into orbit and they are going to succeed in getting away if they do so their goal is to stop them from launching it. Charles also explains that the general has pulled out all of his main forces as he trusts that Henry and Charles can pull this off since Henry and Charles worked well together in the past. Ellie decides to join in too, saying that she and Henry make a good team too. Charles then says that with the three of them, they will have no problems "completing the mission", with Ellie asking Charles why he said it like that.

The three arrive at the missile base with two hours before the launch. Charles tells them that he cannot get any closer or he might get shot down. Henry and Ellie decide to make their way towards the base themselves.

Using jetpacks, they fly towards the SAM turret, where they crash into it. Somehow they survive and destroys the SAM turret smoothly, allowing Charles' helicopter to proceed unimpeded. They then must figure out a way to reach the rocket as it is about to take off soon. Using a barrel from Donkey Kong, they get inside the barrel and fly their way towards the sky. Charles then quickly arrives as Henry and Ellie need to act quickly.The two end up inside a cannon attached to the helicopter. They are then fired into a window, where they successfully infiltrate the rocket. Unfortunately, they end up inside the cafeteria, where they are surrounded by dozens of Toppats. They then cause a diversion, where they start dancing to a beat. The Toppats slowly get interested and the entire cafeteria begins to dance as well, not noticing Henry and Ellie sneaking away. Unfortunately, the rocket takes off, with the three needing to figure out a plan before the rocket makes it into orbit.

Henry tells them his plan, with them agreeing on it while Henry and Ellie make their way to the cockpit. The two incapacitate Sven Svensson, the captain for the rocket and current leader of the Toppats, with Henry setting a new course for the rocket. The two then bail out of the rocket through a window, where they free-fall until they reach Charles' helicopter, who was also falling due to him disabling the blades so Henry and Ellie could reach the helicopter and climb in. In the nick of time, Charles reactivates the blades and flies away. As Charles asks where they sent the rocket, it turns out Henry sent it crashing into the Wall. Ellie then tells Charles to call them in case they have any more jobs to do together, with Henry agreeing.

Toppat Recruits
Having escaped the Wall, Ellie and Henry are on the run from Dmitri Johannes Petrov and Grigori Olyat. They make their way to the Dogobogo Jungle and the Toppat Launch Site, where Ellie hopes she and Henry can join the Toppats. When they arrive, however, they find the Wall guards waiting for them. Worse, General Galeforce chooses this exact moment to launch an attack against the Toppats to stop them from launching their Orbital station, starting The Toppat Raid. Henry and Ellie crash their motorcycle on a car. With the two being surrounded by two opposing factions, they use Rope and Wings. With them attaching the rope to the wings, they use it to escape to the rocket. A helicopter knocks the rope over, and Henry and Ellie land inside the launch tower in the process. Konrad Bukowski and Calvin Bukowski jump after them from the helicopter and capture Ellie while Henry sneaks away. To save Ellie, Henry uses a time machine. Henry travels 2 years into the past and disrupts the Bukowski twins' attempt to enlist in the military by throwing a rock at them, starting a fight. The two are discharged by their instructor and therefore are no longer present.Henry and Ellie climb up to the top of the launch deck, but a Wall guard sees them and informs a tank driver. The tank shoots a missile on the bridge, and a part of it collapses. Henry is about to fall in the process, but there's still time to catch him. Henry lands on a music block and jumps up to the bridge normally Henry and Ellie reach the rocket, and they encounter Reginald Copperbottom and the Right Hand Man. Reginald recognizes Henry as the man who stole the Romanian Ruby from them, but also acknowledges the two outlaws' skills. He then allows Henry and Ellie to join if Henry returns the said ruby. Then Dmitri and Grigori show up to demand Henry and Ellie to surrender. And to top it off, Charles Calvin arrives with his helicopter, sees Henry, and asks him to help take out the Toppats.

Now caught between three factions, Ellie and Henry must choose who to side with or try and escape alone, and ultimately decide to side with the Toppats. Henry and Ellie signal to Reginald and Right Hand Man, who toss them assault rifles, allowing them to fire on Dmitri and Grigori. The RHM uses his pistol to disable Charles' helicopter rotors, forcing him to retreat. While the rocket is launching into space, Dmitri is able to recover from his gunshot wounds and punches Ellie before confronting Henry. Furious about his ruined reputation due to Henry's involvement with the riot back at The Wall, Dmitri attempts to kill Henry once and for all. Throwing a punch, Dmitri misses, and Henry seizes him before throwing Dimitri off the rocket, where he falls to his presumed death. The rocket completes its journey into space. Ellie recovers from her wounds and the two are officially recruited into the Toppat Clan by Reginald on the promise of returning the Romanian Ruby. During the recruitment ceremony, some Toppats display a grudge towards the two.

Pardoned Pals
Having escaped the Wall, Henry and Ellie Rose are on the run from Dmitri Johannes Petrov and Grigori Olyat. They initially plan on joining the Toppat Clan (see above for details), but eventually side with the Government in an attempt to get themselves pardoned. Henry signals to Charles, who pilots his helicopter closer to the rocket and both board it. Charles orders all remaining Government units to fall back from the rocket. Manning the helicopter's mounted turrets, the convicted duo destroy the rocket's support beams, which causes the vehicle to topple and explode, killing many from The Wall and the Toppat Clan. The Government emerges from their battle, victorious. At the jungle base, General Galeforce is surprised to find Henry and Ellie in alliance with his forces, considering that both are wanted convicts, alongside Henry's betrayal during the Airship mission. Despite this, Galeforce acknowledges their contributions and agrees to pardon them. Now free from their lengthy criminal records, Ellie and Henry celebrate with a toast.

Capital Gains
After Ellie and Henry have escaped from The Wall, Henry tells Ellie he has a tank which he stole from the Toppat Clan when capturing Reginald Copperbottom. Surprised and impressed, Ellie suggests that they could use it to rob the Toppat Clan as she states that she's "running low on cash." Through her contact, she learns that a train is transporting all of their valuables to the Toppat Launch. Ellie and Henry intercept the convoy and crush one of the vehicles with the tank. From the other vehicles, Toppat Members open fire on them. One of them, Fred Worst, even uses a machine gun that fires swords. Henry shoots the tank's cannon at the approaching tunnel, causing it to collapse.

Fred initially taunts Henry for his apparent poor aim, but once he notices the now-blocked tunnel, he radios Mr. Macbeth to stop the train. However, he is unable to slow down in time and the train collides with the terrain. At the launch site, the Right Hand Man hears about the train crash and rushes off to the crash site. Meanwhile, as the train and all of the Toppats are taken care of, Henry and Ellie find the wrecked money cargo and wonder how to transport the loot inside of it. Henry and Ellie inflate the Fulton balloon that lifts the cargo up into the sky, with them on it Before Henry can decide how to continue, the Right Hand Man lands on the car and confronts the two. Henry and Ellie engage the Right Hand Man in physical combat, locking him into an inescapable combo before finishing with a "Stickmin Punch" from both Henry and Ellie. The energy released from the punches obliterates the Right Hand Man's body, leaving only his cybernetic legs intact. Now safe from the Toppats, Ellie transmutes the scrap legs into a rocket booster, allowing them to sail away with their payday.

Toppat Civil Warfare
Three days after escaping from The Wall undetected, Henry returns to the Toppat Airship to resume his duties of the Clan. However, unbeknownst to him, an embittered Ellie managed to escape from The Wall on her own as well and has hitched a ride on Henry's vehicle leading to the Airship. Henry is surprised to see Ellie, who introduces herself to the Toppat Clan and reveals to them that Henry had abandoned her to rot in the prison complex after exploiting her trust for his own gain. Spotting an opportunity to reclaim power in the Clan, Reginald calls Henry out for his lack of honour and begins to rally his clanmates to the effort of overthrowing him from Clan leadership.

During the denouncement ceremony, Geoffrey Plumb and Thomas Chestershire voice their opposition to the change of leadership, only for the Right Hand Man to order any of Henry's loyalists to be sent to the airship brig. Henry is sent to the plank during the ceremony, but when Reginald approaches him to reclaim the leader's top hat, Henry throws him overboard, forcing the Right Hand Man to fly away from the airship to rescue him. Ellie and other Toppats quickly respond by drawing assault rifles on Henry as the former commands him to jump. Henry jumps off the plank, to Ellie's delight, but then uses a helicopter rotor in his hat to fly back to the Airship, and later escapes with help from Geoffrey, Thomas and Dave Panpa. After Henry's escape pod killed Reginald and the Right Hand Man, Ellie takes control of the rest of the Toppat Clan.