

The narrative goal with Ellie was to have a character who hits all of the tick marks of a good Borderlands character (funny, unexpected, looks as if they could probably kill you in thirteen different ways if you got on their bad side), while also making an independent female character who looked the exact opposite of how most females tend to be represented in games. Still, Scooter is "the car guy" in our universe and it felt like anyone who introduced a new car should still be connected to him in some way. From a pure purpose level, we needed a character to introduce our new Bandit Technical vehicle, and since we were already using Scooter elsewhere in the game, it didn't make sense for him to do it. Who is Ellie? What role does she play in the story? These written answers were a group effort by the Gearbox team.
