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Rae is a 21-year-old university student who runs a struggling paranormal vlog. Skeptical but ambitious, she hopes to explore local occult legends to boost her channel's popularity. Her curiosity accidentally pulls her into a dark, supernatural underworld that she is unprepared to face.
Romantic Interest of Leon
Best Friend of Inaya
Target of Jeremiah Hadleigh
Acquaintance of Victoria Hadleigh
Target of Kent Hadleigh
Daughter of Richard Lawson
Target of Deep One
Leon is a 400-year-old demon bound in servitude to the Hadleigh family. Forced to carry out a cult's dark bidding and patrol the university campus, he masks his captivity behind a cruel and predatory exterior. When his path crosses with Rae, his predatory instincts clash with an unexpected desire to protect her.
Kent is a wealthy local figure and the ruthless leader of the Libiri cult in Abelaum. He commands immense power through his possession of an ancient grimoire and a protective amulet. Obsessed with waking an ancient god known as the Deep One, he eagerly sacrifices human lives to achieve his goals.
Captor of Leon
Father of Victoria Hadleigh
Father of Jeremiah Hadleigh
Father of Everly
Husband of Meredith
Enemy of Rae Lawson
Worshipper of Deep One
Jeremiah is Kent's son and Victoria's twin brother. Behind the façade of a wealthy university student, he is deeply immersed in the Libiri cult's violent practices. He enthusiastically participates in his father's dark rituals and sets his predatory sights on Rae.
Son of Kent Hadleigh
Twin Brother of Victoria Hadleigh
Predator of Rae Lawson
Enemy of Leon
Murderer of Marcus Kynes
The Deep One is an ancient, malevolent god trapped within a collapsed mine. It saved three miners during an 1899 disaster and now demands the souls of their descendants as repayment. Gathering a cult of human worshippers called the Libiri, the entity communicates through haunting dreams.
Worshipped by Kent Hadleigh
Worshipped by Jeremiah Hadleigh
Predator of Rae Lawson
Consumer of Marcus Kynes
Victoria is Kent's daughter and part of a wealthy, influential family. Outwardly enthusiastic and welcoming, she eagerly integrates Rae into her social circle. Beneath her friendly veneer, she is trapped in a deadly competition with her twin brother to appease their father's cultish demands.
Twin Sister of Jeremiah Hadleigh
Daughter of Kent Hadleigh
Half-Sister of Everly
Acquaintance of Rae Lawson
Friend of Inaya
Inaya is Rae's steadfast, supportive childhood best friend. Unaware of the supernatural horrors lurking in Abelaum, she lives a normal life managing local book inventory. She inadvertently sets off a chain of dark events by gifting Rae an ancient, handwritten text.
Best Friend of Rae Lawson
Friend of Victoria Hadleigh
Juniper is a young woman burdened by a tragic past involving the Hadleigh family's dark rituals. Years ago, she narrowly escaped being sacrificed to the Deep One. She navigates the supernatural world with a fierce desire for vengeance against the cult that destroyed her family.
Zane is a demon and an associate of Leon who operates in the human world. Pragmatic and observant, he often serves as a sounding board for Leon. His own allegiances are tied to a dangerous human with a vendetta against the Libiri cult.
Everly is a witch and the daughter of Kent Hadleigh from an affair. Reluctantly pulled into her father's dark gatherings, she possesses magical abilities that make her a wildcard in Abelaum's supernatural conflicts. She operates independently of the main cult.
Callum is a powerful Archdemon bound to protect Everly. As an Archdemon, he outranks standard demons in the hierarchy of Hell, possessing immense physical strength and magical capabilities. He acts as a formidable enforcer for the young witch.
Protector of Everly
Opponent of Leon
Marcus is a young man whose lineage makes him a target for the Libiri cult. As a descendant of a survivor saved by the Deep One, his life is violently claimed by the Hadleigh family as payment to their dark god. His death sets the supernatural events of the town into motion.