Buffy Summers was born in January 1981 to Hank and Joyce Summers. Buffy started her high school career at Hemery High in Los Angeles. That same year, Buffy was contacted by a man named Merrick, who was her watcher, told her that she was the Vampire Slayer. 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. Buffy became friends with Willow Rosenberg, Xander Harris, Cordelia Chase; and Oz, all of whom knew that she was the Slayer (her mother finally found out at the end of Season 2) and often helped in her fights and battles. She ended up dying at the end of Season 1 but was brought back to life by Xander because she drowned. Buffy developed a relationship with Angel, a vampire cursed with a soul; it ended when he lost his soul, turning him back into his evil vampiric self, but they got back together after his soul was restored again but, he ended up leaving her, for her own good so she could somewhat have a normal life. 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. During her sophomore year at college, Buffy 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 and her friend�s lives (false memories included) so that Buffy could protect her. Then her mother had a brain tumor removed, only to later die from an aneurysm from a side effect of her surgery. Buffy dropped out of college to take care of Dawn. In the fight against Glory, a hellgod seeking to use the Key, Buffy sacrificed her life to save Dawn's and the world. A few months later Willow brought Buffy back from the dead using dark magicks. Unfortunately, Buffy had been at peace in a heaven-like place, and being ripped out and plunked back onto earth was extremely hard on her, to say the least. In an effort to feel something, anything, she secretly took up a sexual relationship with Spike, who had fallen in love with her duringaround a year earlier. Spike didn't accept the eventual breakup very well and at one point ended up attempting to rape Buffy. A trio of nerds (Warren, Andrew, and high school acquaintance Jonathan) who believed they were villains, made themselves bothersome to Buffy and the gang, and it ended up with Warren shooting and severely injuring Buffy and a stray bullet accidentally shot Tara and killed her which destroyed Willow ( don�t worry as you probably know, Willow got better). Buffy has recently been hired at the new Sunnydale High School as a part-time counselor for troubled students. Buffy along with a small army of potential slayers ended up saving the world from the first. Buffy now lives in Italy.