After the murder of the Shelvay family at the hands of High Inquisitor Antinnis Tremayne, Elena was kidnapped and re-educated by the ISB. As a result of her re-education she was brainwashed to believe her brother was to blame for her family's murder due to his Jedi teaching. She became emotionally unstable as a result, but regardless of this, she was a competent and dedicated ISB agent. Her loyalty to the Empire saw her rapid ascension through the Imperial hierarchy, and she eventually became the aide of Moff Abran Balfour.