Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer share an important detail about the finale that could shape opinions on Eleven's fate.

At the time, “The Rightside Up” hadn’t yet come out, so I didn’t know that the only characters that would die would be Vecna/Henry Creel, Kali and Eleven, who is presumed dead, but really her fate is up in the air. Here’s what Ross Duffer told us about killing characters:

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Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer spoke with Deadline about crafting the series finale of the beloved Netflix series

Stranger Things’ delivers a dramatic ending with series finale “The Rightside Up,” leaving the final fate of Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) ambiguous—but there are clues.

What happened to Eleven in the Stranger Things finale? Here's what happens to Eleven and what the Duffer Brothers said about her fate.

Starting with the very first episode of Stranger Things, the series creators Matt and Ross Duffer used Dungeons & Dragons to both foreshadow the show’s biggest villains and explain their powers. The protagonists refer to themselves as “the party” and the metaphors have been laid on so thick there was even speculation the series finale would reveal that the entire show was actually just a fantasy cooked up by the group’s Dungeon Master,

Stranger Things has now ended, and though it gave a definitive ending to Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), fans of the show will see her again after the series finale. After five seasons full of action, suspense, mysteries, and 1980s nostalgia, Stranger Things has come to an end, and it did its best to give proper endings to its main characters.