cordelia.chase
You could say that Cordelia is a lot like the girl next door -- sweet, sensitive and always eager to help those less fortunate than herself. Of course, if you did say that, then you never met Cordelia Chase.
The Cordelia of Sunnydale was as self-absorbed as they come, and she ruled her high school with an acid tongue and a wicked fashion sense. Her greatest pleasure came from keeping her lesser high school peers under her heel -- that is, until she fell for one. Xander and Cordy definitely weren't a match made in heaven, but their relationship and the dangers it brought with it (proximity to Buffy the Vampire Slayer) introduced Cordelia to the real world -- the gritty, hard-knock, demon-filled real world.
Upon graduation, Cordelia headed for L.A., filled with starry aspirations and no longer supported by her tax-evading father. A local wealthy vamp almost prematurely and permanently extinguished Cordelia's dreams of fame and fortune. Luckily, she was rescued by her old acquaintance, Angel.
