<P> Jack and Nolan arrange for Margaux's arrest, allowing Emily to interrogate her . Margaux reveals that Victoria is in fact alive . Emily conveys this information to Ben, who investigates the home of a deceased woman whose body was used in the "murder". He finds Victoria, but is murdered by an assassin Margaux hired, "White Gold". </P> <P> Emily escapes to hunt down Victoria, discovering that she used her mother's body in the setup . White Gold stabs Jack, which pushes Emily to her breaking point . She confronts Victoria for the final time with the intention of killing her for her crimes . Before she can fire, David appears behind her and kills Victoria, who shoots Emily in the back before succumbing to her wounds . Emily barely survives with the help of a heart transplant, which is revealed in a recurring nightmare to have come from Victoria . It is left ambiguous as to whether this nightmare is real . </P> <P> David, who has cancer, is released on compassionate grounds before dying of the disease . Months later, Emily marries Jack and they sail off on their honeymoon . In a voiceover, she remarks that karma spared her from suffering the consequences of her actions, and asks the viewer to consider her story as they embark on a journey of revenge of their own . </P> <Ul> <Li> Victoria Grayson - Emily detests and hates Victoria for her role in her father's downfall and wishes only to see her suffer, making her the ultimate target of her revenge . While Emily shows no trace of her negative feelings around Victoria, the two have a tense relationship throughout the series especially when Emily begins dating Daniel, Victoria's beloved son . Victoria's distrust of Emily goes as far as to suggest framing her for Tyler's murder because it was committed with her weapon, and contracting Gordon Murphy, who killed David, to kill Emily . Victoria later uncovers Emily's true identity and, feeling that she is responsible for the death of Pascal LeMarchal, murders Aiden . In retaliation, Emily leaves her in a mental institution . After six months, Victoria manages to escape and takes revenge on Emily by getting to her father first and feeding him lies . Emily admits that she has considered killing Victoria, but has not gone through with it because she had no intention of causing death and too many lives had been lost by that point . </Li> <Li> Charlotte Grayson / Clarke - Initially, Emily and Charlotte had no interactions, until Emily discovered Charlotte was her half - sister from Mason Treadwell's interview tapes, and they grow close . Charlotte becomes one of the few people Emily seeks to protect from her revenge scheme . Charlotte developed an addiction to oxycodone, and she attempted suicide in the first season finale, though Emily's reaction to this was never depicted . At one point, Emily attempts to console Charlotte on her porch swing by telling Charlotte a story she remembers from her childhood that she claims Amanda told her . Charlotte trusted Emily enough to tell her that Victoria was alive and in hiding . Emily is shown to realize the relationship she is missing with Charlotte by posing as the real Emily Thorne, and vice versa . When Charlotte announces her decision to change her surname to Clarke on her 18th birthday, Emily is seen smiling . Animosity develops on Charlotte's part towards Emily when she discovers her pregnancy was false, and continues in spite of Emily revealing her true identity as her sister . Charlotte is so angered that she subdues Emily in the Stowaway and sets it ablaze in an attempt to kill her . Emily decides to forgive Charlotte, who later calls on her for help when she accidentally kills a man she had slept with, who threatened her father . Taking Emily's advice, Charlotte leaves for rehab . </Li> <Li> Nolan Ross - Emily met Nolan when he released her from juvenile detention in 2002 . He gave her the Infinity Box, which contained her father's possessions and proof of his innocence . Years later, when Emily returns to the Hamptons, Nolan offers his assistance, which she initially refuses . Despite being antagonistic with him at the start, Emily finds his technical genius and ability to be quite useful, though her plans put him in physical danger numerous times . She later warms to him and accepts him as a friend and trusted ally . Nolan also acts as her conscience and tries to reason with her when he feels she is taking things too far . Nolan considers Emily to be family, going so far as to give up Nolcorp, his company, to Grayson Global to prevent a forensic investigation that would expose Emily . Nolan affectionately refers to Emily as "Ems". Some fans support a romantic relationship between Nolan and Emily . While Gabriel Mann has entertained the prospect of "Nemily", creator Mike Kelley and VanCamp are opposed to the idea, considering Nolan and Emily to have a sibling relationship . </Li> <Li> Daniel Grayson - As part of her revenge scheme, Emily planned to seduce Daniel and marry him to gain access to Grayson Global, in order to find evidence of her father's innocence . However, this is complicated by real feelings that Emily develops for him . They become engaged midway through the first season, although Daniel's decision to conceal his father's part in framing David Clarke ruins her love for him . The engagement ends when Ashley tells Daniel she saw Emily and Jack kissing . However, Daniel never quite gets over Emily, and she still views him as someone useful . They reunite, with Emily asking to take it slow, although she has a dream at one point where they engage in passionate sex . They become engaged again in season 2 and marry in the first part of season 3 . However, on their honeymoon boat Daniel discovers Emily has been using him and shoots her off in a drunken rage . Emily becomes sterile as a result of these wounds, but stays in the marriage through blackmail for a little longer . After Daniel learns Emily's real identity, they become cordially, if not exactly friendly . Daniel finally understands why she used him, although he still resents her . Daniel overhears Emily fighting with Kate Taylor and runs to her assistance, taking a fatal gunshot wound for her . In his final moments, Emily holds him and admits that despite all that happened everything that the two shared was real . </Li> <Li> Aiden Mathis - Emily met Aiden in 2006 at a New York nightclub when she was sent by Satoshi Takeda to access the kidnapper of Aiden's sister Colleen . Emily stops him from killing his sister's kidnapper twice and puts herself in physical danger to rescue him . Two years later, a flashback shows that Aiden was recruited by Takeda and that he and Emily had begun a relationship, a weakness Aiden exploited in their training . Aiden prepares to leave when Takeda locates his sister, and chooses to bring Emily, although he instead leaves her behind . This causes Emily to become embittered towards him in season 2, rejecting his attempts to reconcile . She eventually forgives Aiden and they rekindle their relationship . The two argue often, but have a deep love for one another . Aiden wishes for Emily to finish her revenge so that they can be together . This dream is shattered, however, when Victoria murders Aiden in cold blood . </Li> <Li> Amanda Clarke - "Amanda Clarke", or the real Emily Thorne, was Emily's cellmate in juvenile detention . Initially, the two often engaged in physical fights, although they later became friends at the suggestion of their warden . Emily visits her friend in juvie and they agree to switch identities in return for $500,000 . Eight years later, "Amanda" reunites with Emily when she murders Frank Stevens after he discovers their secret . Amanda then begins to complicate Emily's plans by becoming involved with Jack Porter and thus endangering him to the Graysons . Though the two have a rivalry, Amanda stands by her vow to "do anything" for Emily. Tyler later kidnaps Amanda and turns her against Emily, although she ultimately remains loyal to Emily and disappears from the Hamptons for several months . By the time she returns, she is six months pregnant with Jack's child, which breaks Emily's heart . Amanda, freshly trained by Takeda as an asset to Emily remains loyal even after she nearly loses her baby in a fall . At her son's baptism, she notices Emily's misery and believes she deserves a family like hers, a claim Emily rebuffs . Amanda desired to confess her identity to Jack, feeling guilt for stealing him from Emily, although Emily advised against it . In her dying moments, Amanda returns a locket necklace that Emily gave her years ago and thanks her for giving her a "real family". Emily is incredibly devastated after Amanda's death, which fuels her to refocus her revenge back onto the Graysons . </Li> <Li> Kara Wallace Clarke - Emily had very few memories of her mother, who she believed dead of an illness unknown to her . After learning that she is in fact alive, Emily postpones her revenge plan and goes so far as to put Amanda's life on the line to locate her mother, only to be disappointed when she finally resurfaces . As a child, Kara's psychological issues led her to attempt to drown Emily, and to keep her from danger Kara left the Clarke family, David lying that she succumbed to her sickness . Despite Kara believing Amanda is her daughter, Emily attempts to build a friendly relationship with her mother through Amanda's son . Emily even visits Victoria to give her a wedding gift, which is really a ploy to see her mother for the "last" time . While she loves her mother, Emily knows that she is a danger to those around her and convinces her to leave the Hamptons after Aiden stops her from murdering the Graysons when she learns the truth about David . As Emily watches Kara leaving, she has a flashback where her mother sings to her as a child . </Li> <Li> Gordon Murphy - As the killer of her father, Emily resents Murphy . It did not appear as if Emily was interested in identifying her father's killer until she listened into a conversation between Murphy and Conrad Grayson, which revealed their involvement in David's murder . Deciding that she will kill Murphy, the only time she has ever expressed interest in murdering someone herself, she reveals herself as Amanda Clarke to him and is brought to his secret torture chamber, where they engage in a fight, though she chooses to honor her father by not going through with the killing . This in turn leads to the destruction of the evidence Emily had accumulated when Murphy detonates the plane carrying Lydia and Victoria . Although Murphy meets with the Graysons a few times after the fight with Emily, for unknown reasons he does not reveal her identity to them . In season 2, Murphy asks Emily for tapes that will exonerate him as the "kidnapper" of Victoria, but when she asks for her mother he attempts to kill her only to be killed by Aiden Mathis . Emily later learns that Murphy is her stepfather through marriage to Kara Clarke . </Li> <Li> Satoshi Takeda - Takeda recruited Emily after she was referred to him by Warden Stiles . From what has been seen thus far, it appears that while she could often be frustrated with Takeda, she still deeply respected him . In the present day, they have more differences and argue more often . Examples of this are when Takeda chastises her for being in love with Daniel and their fight in her home when he reveals he is Tyler's murderer and that he framed Daniel and Jack . At the start of season 2, after Aiden stops Emily from intentionally drowning (as a method of remembering her mother), Takeda disapproves of her desire to find her mother as it conflicts with revenge for her father . To this, Emily replies that after she learns her mother's fate, she will take down everyone who kept them apart, Takeda included . She also angrily thinks Takeda sent her a "nanny" in the form of Aiden when he comes to the Hamptons to help her . Takeda returns to the Hamptons months later and attempts to take Aiden away after revealing his past to Daniel, for which Emily scolds him . Takeda refuses to allow her and Aiden to help him prevent the Initiative's attack . In spite of Takeda's faults as perceived by Emily, she cries bitterly upon finding his body . Emily would later learn that Takeda was using her and Aiden to avenge the death of his fiancé, an unrecorded passenger on Flight 197 . </Li> </Ul>

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