Eleanor Mallow was the daughter of Commander Matthew Davenport, a British military officer, who enrolled in the British Army during the American Revolutionary War.

Considered a brat, Eleanor lived a life that was heavily regimented in a military fashion by her Templar father. Because her devotion to the Templar Order was so absolute, she attempted to hide her identity and carried out missions against the Assassins, though Matthew secretly knew. Young, strong, and malleable, she was considered the fascist type that the Templars admired.

In 2012, her genetic memories were used as an Animi Avatar by the entertainment branch of the Templar company Abstergo Industries, to influence the general public via the Animus games console, under the title of the Red Coat.