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The Vampire Slayer (Non Player Character) Not much is known about Kennedy before her arrival in Sunnydale. What is known is that she was born into a rich family and has a half-sister. She was a Potential Slayer, and was identified at an early age as one. She received training from her own Watcher in various weapons and fighting techniques, in case she was ever called. She was especially proficient in the use of a crossbow. When the First Evil declared war on the Slayer line and the Watchers Council (and humanity itself) in 2002, it put Kennedy in danger. Kennedy's watcher was killed by the Harbingers, but soon afterward, Rupert Giles took Kennedy along with potential Slayers Molly and Annabelle with him to protect as he returned to Sunnydale to inform Buffy and her friends of what was happening. Kennedy proved to be better trained than the others in the group of newcomers, and had the attitude to go with her training. Though she was concerned and even afraid all the while, she favored decisive action rather than bickering and letting the fear get the best of her. She also set her sights on Willow, and began to flirt with her, in both subtle and not-so-subtle ways. When Giles took the other potentials into the desert to commune with the spirit of the first Slayer, Kennedy faked a cold and stayed behind so she could ask Willow out on a date. Willow reluctantly agreed, and went to the Bronze with her. There they spoke and flirted, with Kennedy proving herself to be as bold when it came to romance as she was with her training. Following a rather innocent goodnight kiss, Willow's image became that of Warren Mears, the man who killed Willow's old girlfriend Tara. Kennedy, determined to help Willow, went along as Willow sought out the old U.C. Sunnydale wiccan group. They were surprised to find Willow's old friend Amy Madison among them, who claimed to be recovering from her own magic problems. As Willow's conditioned worstened, she found that she was starting to act like Warren as well, and ran off. Kennedy soon deduced that Amy's concern was a ruse, and confronted her. Amy admitted to hexing Willow, and teleported Kennedy back to Buffy's house, where Willow threatened Kennedy with the pistol, saying their kiss had made her forget Tara for a moment. Kennedy realized this was all stemming from Willow's guilt and to help her move on, Kennedy kissed Willow again, returning her to normal. Some days later, Kennedy was given a leadership position by Buffy, and let Kennedy take charge of their basic training. Soon after, after Buffy was pulled into a portal, and to get her back, Willow had to drain some energy from Kennedy and Anya to power her spell. The move worked, but Kennedy was upset over being used by Willow in such a way. However, she soon came to grips with it. Later still, Kennedy was slightly injured in a battle with Caleb, the First's chief minion, a fight which claimed the life of two of the potentials, and cost Xander an eye. In the aftermath of this disasterous battle many of the potentials came to blame Buffy, and Kennedy's became the chief voice in calling for a vote to put Faith in charge. As a result, Buffy left for the night. That same evening, in order to gain more information about the First Evil, Faith used Kennedy as bait to capture one of it's Harbingers. Although Willow had reservations about loosing control, Kennedy was able to talk her in to making love for the first time since Tara's death. The following morning, Buffy went back to the vineyard where they had battled Caleb, and soon found exactly what was hidden there. Buffy pulled the ancient, scythe-like weapon from solid rock, something which Caleb himself could not do. She prepared to attack Caleb, but the First hinted that her friends were in danger. At the same time, Faith led the potentials into the sewers, where the captured Bringer had indicated they were forging weapons. The whole thing proved to be a trap when Faith found a concealed bomb. In the resulting explosion, Faith and several of the potentials were injured, and a handful were killed. Kennedy took charge of the survivors and helped find the unconcious Faith. Before the group could escape, a trio of Turok-Hans attacked. Kennedy was about to be killed by one of the ancient creatures when Buffy suddenly lept into the tunnel and dispatched all three Vamps with the scythe. Buffy then helped the survivors return to her house, where she put Giles and Willow to work to find info on the scythe. Soon, Buffy left the house to find out more about the weapon she had claimed, and battled Caleb in the process, killing him. later that night, Buffy developed a plan designed to defeat the First and its army. As Willow prepared to put Buffy's plan into motion, Kennedy remained by her side through the night, promising to keep the powerful witch grounded in the battle that was to come. Buffy named Spike her Champion when she gave Spike an amulet brought to her by Angel the evening before. The next morning, Buffy led the potential Slayers and her friends in an attack on the Hellmouth itself. She had the others to protect the exits, and then led the potentials into the seal. Kennedy kept Willow grounded, as she tapped into the scythe and cast a spell that empowered all the potential Slayers on earth with full Slayer strength. Afterwards, Kennedy, now a Slayer, took the scythe back to Buffy, and joined the battle herself. There, she fought bravely at the side of Buffy, Spike, Faith and the rest of the potentials who had become Slayers, despite being severely outnumbered. Above, Anya was killed by a Harbinger, and several of the Slayers, including Amanda, fell in the battle as Buffy was herself gravely wounded, but fought on. Then, Spike's amulet activated, tapping into the vampire's soul, and trapping him directly beneath the seal in a shaft of light that drew rays of pure sunlight into the vast cavern. The rays fanned out and completely destroyed the Turok-Han army. Buffy's team retreated as Spike stayed to finish the job, causing the collapse of the hellmouth, the destruction of Sunnydale, and his own death. The survivors in Buffy's group escaped in a school bus and made it out of town at the last moment, where they stopped to look back and reflect on their victory, and the fact that they not only saved the world again, but this time changed it as well. Kennedy has gone on to help the others in their efforts to rebuild the Watchers Council, and to help find and train the new Slayers.
When Willow's spell turned Kennedy into a fully-fledged Slayer, she became a formidable fighter, and arguably the most powerful Slayer out of the group of potentials.
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