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meet MARSDEN AUGUSTUS LEE.

Hey, isn’t that MARSDEN AUGUSTUS LEE. I thought they went away for the summer? Did you hear they might be a HUMAN? What I do know for certain is that they’re 32, and they’re TENACIOUS and SECRETIVE. They’re originally from CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA, and have been in FENRIRSWOOD for TWO MONTHS living in SUNE’S HARBOUR. I wonder if they still work at VELVET as an ADULT ENTERTAINER. Best if they stay safe for now.

Ever since he was a young boy, Mars expressed an intense talent and love of dance, specifically excelling in ballet. It grew into a somewhat obsession of his parents who encouraged his dreams while accumulating their own visions of awards and acclaim, proud to help their child excel in his chosen talent so they pushed him. Aggressively. Not stopping to consider how much they might be pressuring him to be perfect, to not stop working to achieve his goals, to stop at nothing until he was the best. They pulled him out of school and got him a private tutor for his studies and paid for additional private ballet lessons with a well known instructor in order to further encourage his talents. He was molded and propelled into the perfect specimen for ballet performance, becoming a professional ballet dancer by the age of seventeen, part of a notable and well respected dance company in Chicago. 

When he was eighteen he married his sweetheart and for a few years, remained in this way, dancing, being married, pretending he was happy, pretending that he wasn’t suffocating. By the time he reached twenty-two years old he was so burnt out he could barely function or think for himself, exhausted with the façade of living for everyone else other than himself and so made a very drastic decision to leave it all. He quit the ballet company. His parents accused him of wasting his talent, of wasting their time and money, of throwing his life away. He got his nose pierced. He dyed his hair black. He got his first tattoo. He did everything he could to alter his appearance and ensure he could never be welcomed back into the ballet company, burning bridges of every prior connection, not caring about the proverbial smoke or who got hurt by the flames. His wife left him. His parents never forgave him. At least his older sisters still spoke to him but soon too those relationships got strained and one day he just left again, this time with a one way flight to Europe. 

For years, he traveled, seeking out what sort of man he wanted to be, not knowing who he was because for the first twenty-two years of his life he’d been living for other people. Everywhere he went, he met new people, strangers who became friends who became memories, little pieces of the world trickled into his soul and it wasn’t so exhausting anymore and for the first time in years, he started to feel like he could breathe again and he started to see the old passion he once had for dancing. After some time, he got tired of traveling and settled for a few years when an old hook up reached out. She was pregnant. A paternity test later and it was confirmed he was the father. She had already made the decision she wanted to give the child up for adoption and didn’t expect anything from him but felt he should at least be aware of it. Marsden surprised her by saying he wanted to keep the baby. He wanted to be a father. 

His daughter, Maria Elena, is just over a year old and Mars now finds himself in Fenrir’s Wood, human himself but with the uncertainty that his daughter might grow up to be a witch like her mother.

Played by Kim. Portrayed by Andy Biersack.

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meet LIRA LUZ ARMORIM

Hey, isn’t that LIRA LUZ ARMORIM. I thought they went away for the summer? Did you hear they might be a HUMAN? What I do know for certain is that they’re 43, and they’re WELL-MEANING and ADAMENT. They’re originally from MONTREAL, CANADA and have been in FENRIRSWOOD for ONE YEAR living in SUNE’S HARBOUR. I wonder if they still work at FENRIR UNIVERSITY as a HISTORY PROFESSOR. Best if they stay safe for now.

Lira was never one to waver. Even as a child she has always been unyielding, even if her unwillingness to backdown got her pushed around in the dirt by a classmate or sent to another room for an afternoon of detention. It was not easy growing up with first-generation immigrant parents and it didn’t help that young children can be cruel. There were always the straining traditions that include strict discipline, and academic pressure. Though, being raised by immigrant parents came with numerous advantages. Lira was taught that families are tight-knit and that she is always connected to her roots, as well as being exposed to multiple cultural perspectives, this kind of background enriched Lira’s life growing up. It made her empathetic and tolerant.

It also made her curious. In school, Lira was quick to latch onto history. She learned all about her own culture, now she wanted to understand how other cultures differed or even reflected her own. She wanted to understand how people can be so different, but also be so incredibly intertwined with traditions, religion, entertainment. Just before graduating high school, Lira tells her parents that she wants to become a history major. This unfortunately does not go well. Her parents fear that it is an unreliable source of income, that it is unstable and a waste of money. They say every doubt that Lira has already pondered over. She understands the risks, but it will make her happy and she knows she would be damn good at it.

In the end, Lira parents disagree, and they give their daughter an ultimatum; become a history major and be cut off from the family or choose to pick a different path and they will gladly help with tuition. This is the only time Lira folded. She goes to Concordia University for journalism. It is not her first love that is history, but this way she still fulfills a need to live life with a curious nature and instead of reading how people changed history, Lira is able to disseminate information and to shape the public perception of key people, places, things, and events. Going into journalism isn’t much of a strategy in her parents' eyes, but at least it will give her more options to branch out into other professions.

Once finishing university, Lira moves out of Montreal and settles herself in Toronto where she bounces around and works for numerous television news stations. Unbeknownst to most of the people in her live, especially her own parents, Lira is back in university the following year. Not to keep up with her skills in journalism but taking history classes like she’s always wanted to. After a four of journalism and at the age of twenty-six, and despite enjoying it, there was still an itch that she could never satisfy. Lira spent four years earning her bachelor’s degree as a history major in her early thirties. No one suspected a thing. Her coworkers thought she enjoyed being in

the comfort of her own home instead of going out for drinks and her parents figured she was so tired all the time because as a journalist, you are working around the clock. And she was. To this day Lira doesn’t know how she was able to balance work and school. Most likely at the cost of her personal life.

Lira’s downfall comes as a blessing in disguise. She had been working on a story that was going well. Right up until Lira was purposefully given misleading information by a source, she thought she could trust. When the story ran the next morning, the backlash was swift. Perhaps it was naïve of her to trust anyone when it came to journalism, but what was done was done and Lira had to give her resignation. That was a year ago. Since then, Lira uprooted her life to take on a position at a University in the U.K when the previous history professor decided to retire unexpectedly.

As her first teaching position, Lira knows she has bitten off more than she can chew. She also hears the whispers of another coworker wondering how long she will last until Lira breaks. But they don’t know her. And Lira has only waved once in her life and although lessons has been learned, it has brought her misery. Now she was willing to go the extra mile for something she feels passionately about.

Not only that, but there has been a shift in the air ever since the bodies of those who have been murdered shown up. Lira’s rational mind tell hers to stay out of whatever is happened and to leave it to the professionals. She has been trying to convince herself that she is not a journalist anymore, and perhaps she never was. But she can’t help but wonder what is happening in Fenrir Wood’s. For now, Lira is keeping her head down, watching where she steps, and doing her best to keep out of trouble. She’s finally beginning to recover from the bow out of her last profession. Lira will be damned if she loses this one.

Played by Jas. Portrayed by Tais Araujo

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meet SUNIL KOTA

Hey, isn’t that SUNIL KOTA. I thought they went away for the summer? Did you hear they might be a HUMAN? What I do know for certain is that they’re 31, and they’re BRAVE and NAIVE. They’re originally from MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ, USA and have been in FENRIRSWOOD for 1 YEAR living in SUNE’S HARBOUR. I wonder if they still work at FENIR UNIVERSITY as a RESEARCH ASSISTANT. Best if they stay safe for now.

TW: Military mentions; Plane crash; Death/Injury Mentions

On a sufficiently cloudy night—when there were no stars—the little wooded path behind the boy’s home could almost feel like nowhere. Sunil Kota walked it often, forgetting, on nights like these, that neat homes lay just around the bend and that the dull roar in the air was from cars on distant freeways, not from prowling beasts. But the boy himself, the second oldest of four children and his parents’ first son, was a searcher by nature, bold and brilliant, although he sometimes found only the latter quality encouraged by his elders. Still, the former compelled him into the dark, into the unknown, into the endless pursuit of something just out of reach.

When his backyard plot felt too restricting, then, the public nature reserve nearby, an expanse of protected, forested land, provided ample quarries—sightings of fairies, of bigfoots, of winged demons, and of the vengeful specter of one scorned witch who wandered the roads by night. Sunil himself never caught sight of them himself, of course, but his untamable adventurous spirit would compel him to climb constantly upward, into the trees, branch by branch, flashlight in his teeth, as though only getting as high as possible would provide him an ample view.

And that ascent could only prove natural, as it was, of course, an impetus he had inherited from his own father, who had moved to the United States from India as a young boy. At eighteen, the man funded his own education through the Air Force before working briefly as an airline pilot, eventually becoming the co-owner of an FBO at a small airport in suburban New Jersey, specializing in luxury aviation charters. Sunil himself spent long days at the lounge there, watching the pilots fuel up or commandeering the bronze airplane model atop the reception desk as a toy for the afternoon. He successfully dented its wing by throwing it, with one long motion, out onto the tarmac; it did not take off flying the way he might have hoped.

But despite his sometimes-zealous nature, Sunil himself did do relatively well in school, kept focused by his mother’s attention to his studies and by his father’s penchant for discipline. He excelled, in particular, in the sciences, and by the time Sunil was a teenager, he was, likewise, working odd jobs at his father’s business and eventually earning flight hours of his own. Takeoff was exhilarating, an intoxicating, adrenaline-fueled feeling that he would cling to for much of his young life. And while, briefly, he did consider following his dad into the military, Sunil opted instead to study biology and environmental sciences at a New Jersey college, compelled, at least in part, by returning, now as a young man, to the woods in which he had grown up and seeing them (and their animal denizens) beginning to fade.

Living at home, studying, and working as a flight instructor at that same airport, Sunil strove one day to become a pilot biologist for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. He earned a master’s degree in natural resource management from a prestigious New York university and continued to work toward this goal when a new opportunity arose, largely by a twist of fate. With his family’s blessing, he thus set off for Canada to begin training for the Air Operations team of the British Antarctic Survey, the United Kingdom’s national polar research institute.

He would have to learn to ski, and that was pretty funny, he thought. But the work itself was intensive, including disaster and first-aid preparedness. And setting off, lured by the promise of new adventures in new landscapes, Sunil spent six months working in the field, shuttling the aircraft back and forth from Antarctica, doing general maintenance, and supporting the research teams as appropriate.

During this time, he struck up a friendship with one particular scientist, who became something of a mentor. Sunil was visiting her in the United Kingdom in the winter of 2022 when he, taking a pleasure flight in a rented craft, passed over a small cityship called Fenrirswood. Inexplicably, his plane abruptly veered off course, and he began losing altitude quickly.

He crash-landed in the surrounding wood, his life saved by only his own skill and by the cushions of the trees. But he was in bad shape and would have perished without preternatural intervention.

The young pilot was rescued by members of a local coven, who had been drawn by the disturbance he had caused. They gave him back his strength, asked for it bit by bit, and awed by their gifts, Sunil, scientifically-minded as he was, promised allegiance to them, feeling for the first time that he had finally discovered what he had been looking for all along, some glimpse of the true nature of things.

He remained in Fenrirswood, and with his mentor’s recommendation from his Antarctic expedition, he earned a more permanent research position at Fenrir University. He feels something of a particular calling to advocate publicly for the preservation of wolf territory and habitat.

Today, in a small plane that is rickety but his very own, kept in a hangar some ways outside the city limits, he is more than happy to be the community’s eye in the sky, scoping out intruding game hunters or helping in the search for those who have wandered out and gotten lost. Still, Sunil’s own trusting nature, the part of him that sees the good in the world and those inhabit it, has made him also foolish. He forgets sometimes that he is only mortal and easy fodder for something larger to swallow completely.

Played by Ted. Portrayed by Praneet Akilla.

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meet SOFIA VALDEZ

Hey, isn’t that SOFIA VALDEZ. I thought they went away for the summer? Did you hear they might be a WITCH? What I do know for certain is that they’re 27, and they’re LOYAL and DEFENSIVE. They’re originally from NEW PORT BEACH, CA, USA, and have been in FENRIRSWOOD for A WEEK living in SUNE'S HARBOUR. I wonder if they still work at BLACK LACE GENTLEMAN’S CLUB as a STRIPPER. Best if they stay safe for now.

TW: Murder, death, child neglect (kind of), domestic violence implication.

Through the eyes of a young woman the love Sofia's parents shared was rose coloured, her beautiful powerful witch mother and her handsome human father seemed to hold only exceptional and unending love for one another. It allowed for Sofia to feel safe and loved within her home, to trust her mother's guidance. This trust was not misguided, however, the complexities of adulthood are often lost on the young and Sofia was naively unaware of her mother's purpose on this Earth, and unaware of the coven's goals.

Ancient promises tainting modern times, Sofia's mother had made a promise to her coven as their leader, one she dared not speak to her husband or her daughter, or, eventually, her second daughter. Sofia's mother treated her differently from her younger sister. Where she was doted on and taken care of her sister seemed to suffer their mother's bursts of anger and resentment. It should have created a divide between the two girls but instead it resulted in Sofia taking care of her sister, being the loving feminine influence in her life. Sofia's guilt part of what drove her to take this role but more so than that she admired her sister's resiliency, and the charisma she held that contrasted Sofia's own. Her sister was kind and hard working at all times where Sofia could easily be cold and unmotivated.

It was on her sister's thirteenth year that her mother's intentions were revealed to her daughters, Sofia having just reached her eighteenth year herself. The girl's mother had promised the coven a sacrifice and would not renege on her duties, her sister's birth was for this exact purpose, her mother's distance something she had maintained to prevent attachment. Her intention had been to sacrifice Sofia but the potential for an heir to the coven's lineage, and the connection she'd formed with her made her rethink her plans. A new daughter, one that did not matter. She did matter though, she mattered to Sofia.

When her mother attempted to harm her younger sister, to drag her into the car to make their way to the coven, Sofia reacted without hesitancy, and though the exact events seemed a blur in reflection the results were scarred into her mind, her mother on the ground, bleeding out beside the family car. Sofia's father returned home and caught the scene, his youngest crying in the backseat of the family car while Sofia stood with her hands covered in blood. She was able to form enough words to explain but his father knew how deadily the anger of the coven could be and insisted his daughter's run.

Their father gave them some money stashed away in the home, helped them pack and soon enough Sofia and her sister were gone. Sofia having taken her mother's grimoire and whatever teachings she could find to be prepared for whatever hunt her mother's coven would potentially go on to find them. The girls hiding away in Colorado, a small town that practically had no name. It wasn't the life either had imagined for themselves, the dream of being a make-up artist to the stars fell by the wayside and Sofia did what she could to take care of her sister, as she always had, especially because her sister was so smart and driven, despite it all. The dreams she had deserved far more attention than Sofia's own.

It was perhaps this self destructive nature that resulted in Sofia spending nearly a decade dating idiots and losers who treated her with a dismissive nature, at best, and a violent one at worst. She was in the midst of one the more toxic relationships when she met someone who actually seemed to care for her and understand her pain. Another witch, someone who caught sight of the constellations littering her form at work and knew what they were, that made Sofia smile in a way she never had. However, the musician had passion, and talent, and when he told her he was leaving she didn't have the strength in her to follow, who was she to follow him and how could she trust that she and her little sister would be safe if she left all the wards and protections she had established over years? It was the hardest decision she believed she'd ever made, but one she made to protect her sister.

Not only was it a hard decision to make however but a hard one to live with. Sofia's mourning for a relationship lost to the winds of circumstance weakened her magical intentions, the protections she had remained to maintain weren't so easily held when her heart and mind were elsewhere. The coven found them, the sisters needing to run once more. Sofia was ready to find another state, somewhere else to recreate the life they already had, but her sister insisted otherwise. If the protections there were lost why not go somewhere that would actually make Sofia happy, somewhere they already had someone who would be on their side. They were UK bound.

Played by Paris. Portrayed by Alexa Demie

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meet MICAH COLE WEBER

Hey, isn’t that MICAH COLE WEBER. I thought they went away for the summer? Did you hear they might be a WITCH? What I do know for certain is that they’re 26, and they’re HUMBLE and IMPULSIVE. They’re originally from BOULDER, COLORADO, USA, and have been in FENRIRSWOOD for 1 MONTH living in SUNE'S HARBOUR. I wonder if they still work as the LEAD SINGER OF THE FORGOTTEN. Best if they stay safe for now.

His mother was an addict, she didn’t know who the father for any of her two children were so it came to be that at a young age, Micah, being the eldest, adopted the role of a parent to his younger half-sibling Emily, who was born when he was around ten years old. It was hard for a ten year old to take on such great responsibilities but he managed it, despite being called a trouble maker for all his hard work, despite him being called a thief by almost everyone in their neighborhood, but what else was a young boy to do when money for diapers and formula was sparse. There were community centers that boasted aid for those in need and Micah took advantage whenever possible. Still, by the time he was fifteen he had accrued a considerable wrap sheet of minor misdeeds.

During his high school years, Micah turned to music. The black notes on white paper became friends, tones and overtures his companions, an old guitar ‘borrowed’ from the music room at school almost permanently strapped to his back available for his fingers to strum whenever he wanted a reminder that he wasn’t alone. The only good thing his mother did for him was help with his transition and gender affirming therapy. The rest of his life was up to him so he did what most forgotten teenagers did: he found a group of other forgotten teenagers and started a band. The Forgotten. They released their emotions and frustrations with the world and the way they were treated through screaming vocals and dirty guitar riffs. The most surprising thing of all was they were good, really good, and they started to grow.

They started small, playing in backyard parties, parking lots, then lied about their ages so they could book cafes and dive bars. It started to look like maybe they had a shot at actually doing this for real and not just for fun until senior year and suddenly his bandmates were talking about universities. The band became secondary, a contingency plan in case ‘real’ jobs didn’t work out. Micah couldn’t afford university so he took up a job at the local theater while his friends and bandmates moved onto the next stages of their lives.

Micah inevitably got involved with some not so great people because sweeping up popcorn between showings for minimum wage a few hours a week was not enough to keep house and buy all the fun toys and new shoes his little sister wanted. He got really good at stealing cars and the not so great people he was involved with really paid him well to do it. He was able to afford new shoes and pretty outfits for his little sister, to take her out to all the fancy restaurants and diners they would only gawk at before, get her new notebooks and toys and pay for that summer camp she’d been desperate to go to during break. Things were looking up. Except Emily missed the bus. She wouldn’t stop screaming and crying about how she was going to miss out and Micah wanted to fix it like any good older brother would. The only problem now being that he did not have a car of his own, it was stolen, but that didn’t even cross his mind as he loaded his little sister into the passenger seat and they started racing off down the street in an attempt to catch up with the rest of her classmates.

All it took was one missed stop sign. Micah didn’t even notice the police car until he had passed it and then came the lights. Micah should have pulled over but he thought he could get away so he hit the gas. That was the second worst mistake he had ever made. The first being getting into the car with his sister to begin with. It made the news, a high speed chase that ended in disaster and death. His sister was only nine years old and was pronounced dead on impact. Micah was sentenced to four years in a state penitentiary and only allowed out for Emily’s funeral service. His mother only visited him once and that was the last time he had ever seen her.

After his release, Micah focused his attention back to music and was pleasantly surprised when his old friends and bandmates were more than eager to get the band back together. He had worked on a lot of music during his incarceration and released an EP shortly afterward, one of the songs in particular ended up going viral. They had once been a sensation in their town and now their appeal was reaching the thousands and then the tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, enough to get them signed to a label and booked for a two month tour across the States that got extended for another two months.

Now focusing on some new music and a new album, Micah and his band have settled in Fenrir's Wood after participating in a music festival in the UK.

Played by Kim. Portrayed by Elliot Fletcher.

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meet ROXANNE “ROXY” ALLEYNE

Hey, isn’t that ROXANNE “ROXY” ALLEYNE. I thought they went away for the summer? Did you hear they might be a WITCH, and have a connection to HEL COVEN? What I do know for certain is that they’re 35, and they’re LOYAL and IRRESPONSIBLE. They’re originally from BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, and have been in FENRIRSWOOD for 26 YEARS living in SUNE’S HARBOUR. I wonder if they still work at WIN GARAGE as a MECHANIC. Best if they stay safe for now.

Roxanne’s life began with an act of love and sacrifice. Her birth mother, overwhelmed by the fact she could not provide the life she wanted for her child, had to give her up for adoption.

Her early years were marked by a series of foster homes, and temporary placements as she waited for the perfect family. Her “unique qualities” made her a handful for many prospective parents, and she was close to losing hope.

Finally, when Roxanne was on the cusp of adolescence, she was adopted by a woman who saw the magic in her that other’s had missed. She recognised her unusual connection with nature and the elements. She was herself a witch, and a member of Hel coven. Under her adoptive mother’s guidance, Roxy learned to control and harness her powers, as well as communicating with the spirits.

Her adoptive mother was her guiding light, helping her navigate the world of witchcraft. However, six years ago, tragedy struck when Roxanne’s adoptive mother passed away. It was a devastating loss, leaving Roxy to continue her magical studies on her own. Determined to honour her adoptive mother’s memory and carry on her legacy in their coven, Roxy immersed herself in her studies; and often turned to the other members of the coven for advice and support.

Outside of this, Roxanne has found comfort in the mundane world. She works as a mechanic at Win Garage, where her technical skill was as impressive as her magical talents. The humming of engines, and sound of frustrated men who “couldn’t believe a woman was doing this job” only makes her want to keep going. She has also dedicated her spare time to volunteering at the local animal shelters, nurturing her deep love for animals, and ensuring they find loving and safe homes.

Roxanne is known for her laid-back personality, loyalty to her coven and her readiness to protect what she holds dear. While she doesn’t actively seek trouble, she is never one to back down from a fight if it finds her doorstep. Roxanne’s life in Fenrir’s Wood has been a mix of magic and the ordinary, and she’s almost embraced her role as a guardian of the mystical and natural.

Played by S. Portrayed by Rihanna.

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meet RUDY ALVARO PERÉZ

Hey, isn’t that RUDY ALVARO PERÉZ. I thought they went away for the summer? Did you hear they might be a WEREWOLF? What I do know for certain is that they’re 43, and they’re LOYAL and IMPATIENT. They’re originally from GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA, and have been in FENRIRSWOOD for 2 MONTHS living in SUNE’S HARBOUR. I wonder if they still work at THE MEAN DUCK as the OWNER. Best if they stay safe for now.

Moved to California when he was 4, with his older sister (6) and parents. They moved around a bit, but eventually settled in San José, California when Rudy was 10, and his parents still live there to this day.

After graduating high school, Rudy had the world at his feet. He had good grades and could potentially get into the Ivy league’s if he so wanted. However, he insisted he wasn’t ready for college and needed to spread his wings and explore first. He spent a few months travelling the United States with a group of friends, taking odd jobs here and there to pay for motel rooms and gas.

When he came home from his trip, his father very strictly told him to either get a job or go to college. He decided to go to college, went and got himself a business degree. Which, he didn’t really intend on using. He still didn’t know what he wanted to do by the time he graduated college. So, he joined the military.

Rudy was deployed and didn’t come back for months. When he did come home, he was discharged due to injuries. His hearing is reduced to the point where he can’t make out what people are saying to him when they speak at a normal volume. He has hearing aids, but he doesn’t like using them, and rather sticks to signing or figuring out other ways to communicate. He also uses a cane when out walking, due to another injury he got while in the military. He secretly wishes he never joined and refuses to talk about his injuries or his time in the military. Instead, he pretends that part of his life never happened.

Rudy had to get out of the US. He couldn’t stand it anymore. The looks of pity, the pats on his back for doing what he could for his country – it made him gag every time. He applied for the VISA and left for the UK as soon as he could. He worked odd job here and there where he could find them, but never managed to settle down properly. That was, until he was attacked by a werewolf and turned into one. He honest to God thought he was going to pass away from the injury he got during the attack, and the fever that took over him after – but he survived. But he’s confused and has more questions than anything.

He came to Fenrir’s Wood to find answers and possibly someone to help him out. He is aware of the wolves here due to the press around it, and the image in the news. He pushed all his money towards a small flat in Sune’s Harbour and The Mean Duck, using it as an excuse to come to town as he didn’t think walking through the gates asking for help on how to be a werewolf would get him very far.

Played by S. Portrayed by Oscar Isaac.

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meet SERAPHINE "SENA" DE BELAY-CANDELLA

Hey, isn’t that SERAPHINE “SENA” DE BELAY-CANDELLA. I thought they went away for the summer? Did you hear they might be a HUMAN. What I do know for certain is that they’re 30, and they’re AGILE and RIGOROUS. They’re originally from SEVILLE, SPAIN and have been in FENRIRSWOOD for 3 MONTHS living in SUNE’S HARBOUR. I wonder if they still work in CASINOS as a PROFESSIONAL POKER PlAYER. Best if they stay safe for now.

Growing up, Seraphine was surrounded by love as the daughter of an orphaned Ukrainian woman and Ethiopian adoptee. The librarian and art history professor made certain of it, but she always felt out of place in Spain. It was a pillar of lost identity that began well before her birth with her parents; it was a branch cut from its tree, yet roots sprouted from that twig. A strong foundation had been built before her story began, founded on acceptance, losses, discoveries, traumas, acceptances, and gratitude. Her parents put in the work for her. While her father had to learn to style his own hair, he taught her how to care for hers, and while her mother had no one to turn to about menstrual care, the same could not be said about Sepphie. Still, it was plain to see that her skin color was in the minority in Spain, and she had to live with certain views placed upon her.

Ballet seemed to exemplify that difference, but at the young age of 2, she never noticed it. She was merely another ballerina princess. It started with dance classes for mamás y bebés and developed into a big part of her childhood until it wasn't. The demand grew. The pressure. Never able to wear pointe shoes or tights that matched her skin tone, she grew up feeling unaccepted by her instructor and peers, and thus, feelings of inadequacy set in. Dread. Then, it grew to have been a while since Sepphie last enjoyed doing ballet. Instead, she burrowed in the library her mother worked, reading Lovecraftian tales. Dance wasn't at the forefront anymore. All of it came to a head at age 12. The Summer Olympic Games were on, and she oohed and ahhed at the gymnasts. There's where she found love in the sport, and the switch was made. It was right around the time her parents adopted her sibling.

Right as she found her footing as an older sister and gymnast, at 16, her father took up the career opportunity to teach at a top-ranking university in the UK and moved the whole family there. Here, she started to go by Sena, and it's where her love for the performing arts bloomed once more. It felt as though she had a clean slate. Still, during the summers, they'd return to Spain to visit her ever-loving grandparents for a week or two. After finishing secondary school and earning awards for her gymnastics, she went on to get her OND, but after being scouted, she left uni to join a traveling circus as an acrobat.

The atmosphere was unparalleled. It felt almost nostalgic, and a whole new world opened up to her, one of witches and werewolves. Oh my. Hints of their existence dripped and dropped, and before she knew it, nights would be spent playing poker with her circus family in their downtime. As her skill level increased, they'd groan whenever she joined, claiming it was her luck. Though, it was all about heuristics to Sena. Eventually, she began visiting nearby casinos, wherever the circus set up shop.

Years went on, and her heart began to race for a special someone. People would say it was only a matter of time, and maybe it was. They didn't plan to take their relationship to the next level, but they weren't exactly being safe about things either. They let nature take its course, and soon, she was expecting. The birth was a complicated one. It was a complete nightmare, and one week later, she and her partner left the hospital with empty arms and a deep wound. They became a balancing act after that. Deciding to give her body and mind some rest, she left the circus, her touchstone, and went full-in on poker. Sena numbed herself, playing it cool, but when she received a call about her sibling missing in Fenrir's Wood, her cage was rattled. Without hesitation, she packed her bags and moved into a hotel, visiting the nearby hospital for any sign of them.

Played by Ari. Portrayed by Berta Yázquez.

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meet JOEL EDGAR ROJAS.

Hey, isn’t that JOEL EDGAR ROJAS. I thought they went away for the summer? Did you hear they might be a WEREWOLF and are SECOND IN COMMAND to FENRIR PACK? What I do know for certain is that they’re 33, and they’re DETERMINED and SHORT-TEMPERED. They’re originally from FENRIRSWOOD living in SUNE’S HARBOUR. I wonder if they still work at FENRIR POLICE STATION as a FORENSIC SCIENTIST. Best if they stay safe for now.

He comes from a large family and has always known about the curse of the werewolves because his father was part of the main pack. According to his father, their family has a long history of werewolves who used to be involved in the now illegal practice of turning their family members. It was due to this history that when Joel and his brother were accidentally bitten by his father during the full moon that an investigation took place to determine whether it too had been on purpose or if it truly was an accident. The results were inconclusive and luckily, Joel survived despite his young age. He'd only been fourteen when he'd been bitten. His older brother, Gabriel, had not been so lucky and died a few days after the attack. Stricken by this grief, he refused to join the pack and resolved to endure the burden of being a werewolf on his own.

     In his youth, he had a sweet and secret budding relationship with Nishant. Joel's family always encouraged and accepted him for who he was, so felt confident in his desire to go public with Nishant but it was not mutual. Their breakup was incredibly heartbreaking for Joel and it was the cause of a lot of grief and torment for him. One unfortunate full moon after their messy breakup, Joel had turned while his thoughts were focused on Nishant and how hurt he was, had found him camping in the woods with friends and attacked him and severely wounded him. When he regained awareness, Joel found out what he'd done and deeply regretted it. Since then he's been especially careful so he wouldn't accidentally hurt anyone again.

     This prompted him to join the pack alongside his father and grew up with the guidance and influence of older werewolves. He did his part where he could to help the younger and newly turned werewolves as they made themselves known and studied hard so he could get a job at the police station to continue aiding the pack in maintaining a level of secrecy for their members. He is practical and has a no-nonsense attitude. The werewolf gene in him causes him to be a bit short-tempered but he's rarely cruel for no reason.

Played by Kim. Portrayed by Sean Teale.

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meet ASLI OZACAR

Hey, isn’t that ASLI OZACAR. I thought they went away for the summer? Did you hear they might be a WEREWOLF, (unaffiliated)? What I do know for certain is that they’re 33, and they’re INDEPENDENT and ANXIOUS. They’re originally from DALAMAN, TURKEY, and have been in FENRIRSWOOD for NINETEEN YEARS living in SUNE’S HARBOUR. I wonder if they still work at VELVET as a BARTENDER. Best if they stay safe for now. 

Aslı was born and raised within a small village close to the Dalaman area of Turkey. As the village grew and became a neighbourhood and beach resorts started expanding her father made his money by opening his own restaurants and grills. After years of success in growing his business and owning a few restaurants he expanded into the main cities and eventually the UK. This is when, around age 14 Asli moved with her family to the UK. Aslı struggled with the move to a new country, the language and the culture. She wasn’t successful academically given that most of her education was disrupted with the move. It created a lot of instability within her teenage years and it was the start of her anxieties which she still experiences from time to time. Her escape came in the form of books, reading fiction and feeling as if she was transported to another world and living a different life with each new book she read.

The family settled in SUNE’S HARBOUR and opened their first restaurant here before expanding out to the cities. Aslı still works in the restaurant based in SUNE’S HARBOUR from time to time to help out, as well as working at Velvet most evenings. Whilst her father travels between towns and cities where he owns restaurants Aslı chose to remain within Fenrirswood.

Aslı's passion however is in writing and her love of literature. In her spare time, she works on writing her own novel, however free time seems rare lately. Aslı was recently bitten and is finding adjusting to being a werewolf a challenge and something which she is struggling to come to terms with.

Played by Whiskey. Portrayed by Demet Ozemir.

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meet ROXANNE “ROXY” ALLEYNE

Hey, isn’t that ROXANNE "ROXY" ALLEYNE. I thought they went away for the summer? Did you hear they might be a WITCH, and have a connection to HEL COVEN? What I do know for certain is that they’re 29, and they’re LOYAL and IRRESPONSIBLE. They’re originally from BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, and have been in FENRIRSWOOD for 20 YEARS living in SUNE'S HARBOUR. I wonder if they still work at HORIZON STUDIO as a DANCE TEACHER. Best if they stay safe for now.

- Roxanne was given up for adoption the moment she was brought into the world. Her mother realised she was not capable of caring for a child, and only wanted what was best for her. However, it took a while for her to finally come to a family who she got along with, and who were able to put up with her.

- She knew quite early on she was not like other kids. She had a connection with the elements she couldn't quite explain, and it wasn't until she was in high school she learned of what she was. She learned to deal with her powers through her adoptive mother who was also a witch.

- After her adoptive mother's passing 6 years ago, Roxy took it upon herself to continue studying to become the best witch she could possibly be. She often consults the other members of the Hel Coven for help if she's stuck.

- Roxy is crazy loyal, and considers her coven her friends and to some degree family. She's generally very laid back and doesn't go out looking for trouble, but if it finds her she will fight. Along with working as a dance teacher, she sometimes volunteers at the local animal shelters to keep herself busy, but also because she really loves animals.

Played by S. Portrayed by Leigh-Anne Pinnock.

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meet REZA HARRIS

Hey, isn’t that REZA HARRIS. I thought they were away for the summer? Did you hear that they might be a WITCH? What I do know for certain is that they’re 35, and they’re CONFIDENT and INSENSITIVE. They’re originally from WASHINGTON STATE, USA, and have been in FENRIRSWOOD for 5 YEARS living in SUNE’S HARBOUR. I wonder if they still work at WIN GARAGE as a MECHANIC. Best if they stay safe for now.

death tw.

Reza was originally from Washington, USA, before moving to Fenrirswood, UK, when he was 7. He lived with his godfather, Miguel Cordero, as both his parents were presumed dead due to conflict within their community.

Growing up with Uncle Miguel wasn’t easy, as Miguel’s obsession of supernatural and occults grew day by day, so much so that he often neglected Reza’s wellbeing. Had it not for the kindness of the covens and packs, Reza would’ve starved to death long ago. Still, Reza was mostly left to his own devices, having to learn how to survive on his own. Because of this too, Reza had never received formal education, so he took it upon himself to educate himself at the local library program whenever he could.

When Reza was 13, he was brought along to most of Miguel’s ‘expeditions’ upon Reza’s own insistence and was taught a lot of things that a thirteen-year-old shouldn’t know. This didn’t matter to him, since he was always willing to learn something new, and he could spend more time with his uncle Miguel. But that too didn’t last long, as more often than not, Miguel often forgot of Reza’s existence in his tunnel vision of his own obsession.

Years passed, and resentment grew in Reza’s heart. He stormed out of their abode in Fork’s Road after their umpteenth argument. He took his readily packed bag and got onto his bike, driving off into the night with the rev of its engine signalled his parting. Despite his resentment, he still loved Miguel, though he could not bring himself to go back to Fenrirswood and came face to face with his uncle.

Until one day he received news that his uncle went missing from someone he knew back home (it was home to him as any other, he supposed), and they had yet to find Miguel for months now. After much persuasion, Reza agreed to return to Fenrirswood once again, though he wasn’t quite sure what he could do to help with the investigation since he hadn’t been in contact with his uncle since he was 17.

That was 5 years ago, and Reza still had no news about Miguel’s whereabout. Every trace had gone cold, and without new clue to lead them to the culprit or Reza’s uncle, the local police had no choice but to close the case. And in these 5 years, Reza tried to move on as best as he could, heavy guilt weighing down on him every time he thought of his uncle.

Played by Adi. Portrayed by Fattah Amin.

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meet SALIM O’SULLIVAN

Hey, isn’t that SALIM O’SULLIVAN. I thought they went away for the summer? Did you hear they might be a WEREWOLF? What I do know for certain is that they’re 37, and they’re STALWART and CRUDE. They’re originally from HOUSTON, TEXAS, and have been in FENRIRSWOOD for TWO WEEKS living in SUNE’S HARBOUR. I wonder if they still work as a WELDER. Best if they stay safe for now. 

TW: Mentions child abandonment; Death, Firearm mention; Violence

The tiny brown apartment in which he grew up, sun-soaked as it was in the summers, still teemed with darker phantoms—wallpapered walls mounted with vague photos of people and places he would never see, including an uncle for whom he had been named; a disembodied hand that knocked its way up and down the pipes each day, creating nightmares with their rhythmic thumping; and a young woman who walked the carpeted floors in worried circles by night, as if her feet could drive grooves where she had stepped, bound to this eternal path by her own mourning. And Salim O’Sullivan’s mother, called Mariam, seemed to grieve often, only when her son was not looking, caught in the throes of worry or stress. Her own family traced their roots to Palestine, to Italy, and to Malta, but she had been studying in Lebanon when she met a university student from abroad. The stranger, an older man by the name of James O’Sullivan, had been born in England, but was living in the United States, and as their new and exciting affair grew more passionate, he convinced Mariam to follow him home, to where he had recently secured a teaching position in Texas.

Their eventual wedding was small, hasty, and private, and James himself claimed he had no real family abroad to even consider inviting. But in reality, the O’Sullivan line traced its way back many generations, to a mysterious small town, a lineage James himself was the one to shatter when he, his father’s sole heir, refused to accept the customary bite of his ancestors on the eve of his eighteenth birthday. He fled his home to begin a new life elsewhere, but still, the promise of that fresh start, in the form of a little boy, never quite found itself fulfilled. While he did try to be, James was not a good father; he did not know how to be one, understanding only the impetus to forge his son into a facsimile of himself, just his own father had done and his grandfather before him. Salim, however, refused to be molded, blossoming into a quick-tempered and rebellious child who found only boredom among James’s more bookish pursuits. He discovered himself often in trouble with teachers, prone to physical fights and unwilling to cooperate in the classroom.

Mariam, however, saw the glimmers of brilliance in him, recognized the way he could fearlessly climb the tallest tree in pursuit of a lost kite, saw a shrewdness in how he could recognize a person’s true nature on sight and surround himself with those he deemed good, and delighted in his natural handiness, how he could get things working and rescue treasures from heaps of scrap and trash. She would joke to her husband late one night how funny it was that this pair of lonely academics might end up with a cowboy between them. But James did not laugh. And Salim was nearly eight-years-old when his parents finalized their divorce and he found himself being raised rather exclusively by his mother. James’s own visits were few, and the checks came less often than they were meant to.

There came times, then, when Mariam did consider returning home or asking her brother to join her in Texas, but with her son finally finding his own footing, his grades improving with a transfer of schools, and the promise of a professorial position opening at one of Houston’s universities, she ultimately stayed. As a teenager, Salim himself got involved in various shop classes, studying woodworking, cars, and even metalworking. And he seemed to understand, even as that young age, a certain innate desire to pursue a career with his hands, as if he could really get his tools and fix those goddamn knocking pipes that had kept him and his mother awake all their lives.

After attending trade school, Salim apprenticed as a welder. He was in his mid-twenties when his father passed away, and he did not cry at the funeral, which was attended largely by colleagues. Still, Salim found himself, at that time, sole inheritor of the O’Sullivan estate, a large, rambling, and evidently now empty house sitting in a far-off place called Fenrirswood. With a scoff, however, Salim shoved the paperwork in a drawer, all but forgetting it as the years began to tick by.

But coincidences began to mount, as if some otherworldly force were drawing him toward something. He would find his father’s belongings in unexpected places, see the man’s name show up in the titles of streets or buildings, and as if lulled by these synchronicities, Salim did, at the urging of a then girlfriend, join an ancestry website to begin digging into his lineage. Despite an earnest effort, however, articles proved difficult to find.

But a chance email from an anonymous address, the owner of which had apparently discovered him on that same website, posed a perplexing and impossible new notion: werewolves. "You have been cut off from yourself. The book should still be among your father’s possessions. Signed, a friend."

James O’Sullivan’s expansive library had, by then, long sat in storage, but on a whim, Salim made the trip to dig through its contents. And it was there, reading by flashlight, that he discovered a proper family history and an even more detailed history of Fenrirswood. And thus the metaphorical wolf within him allowed its hunger to first awaken.

Salim latched onto this feeling, to the promise of power, of strength, of unique distinction, a birthright almost stolen from him by a father who had not deigned to leave him anything else of actual value.

Still, he did not seek out the man who eventually turned him with the intention of being bitten, digging through web chatrooms and long outdated archives of internet cryptid forums. But he did find him. It began with an email, ignored for several weeks, to a parapsychology author, who had written about an “interview with a wolfman” in a magazine from the 1990s. That email produced a mailing address, which produced another email address. From there, one message became many, and then a phone call, a video call, and another phone call, until Salim found himself arriving, armed with a pistol, at a rural chain motel, where no one would recognize him on the night of the full moon.

In the woods behind it, Salim witnessed the stranger, an eccentric older man with a large golden (and not silver) belt buckle, transform, his own eyes flashing with fear and wonder, and really, it was his own fault, he says now, for panicking, for going on the defensive, that the wolf bound upward and sunk his teeth into his arm, only to defend itself.

Perhaps realizing what he had done upon coming to his own senses, the stranger paid to leave Salim at the motel to recover through the sickness alone, which he survived, but only barely. And even, then, Salim himself did not quite realize what had happened until he found himself transforming for the first time one month later, at a construction site at which he had been working.

And even then, although he had awoken in the wilderness the next morning, reality did not sink in until later that day, when an animal control officer appeared to ask about sightings of an uncharacteristically large “coyote” prowling about the night before.

Salim has come to Fenrirswood just recently and moved into the crumbling, abandoned house in which his ancestors once lived. The process proved easy enough, his father’s birth there, coupled with his in-demand trade, providing a clear path to proper residence. He has arrived in search of answers, for a way to control this still new gift (or curse), and is currently working as a welder for a construction and development company building up Grant’s Park.

NPC Portrayed by Michael Malarkey.

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meet REZA HARRIS

Hey, isn’t that REZA HARRIS. I thought they were away for the summer? Did you hear that they might be a WITCH? What I do know for certain is that they’re 35, and they’re CONFIDENT and INSENSITIVE. They’re originally from WASHINGTON STATE, USA, and have been in FENRIRSWOOD for 5 YEARS living in SUNE’S HARBOUR. I wonder if they still work at WIN GARAGE as a MECHANIC. Best if they stay safe for now.

death tw.

Reza was originally from Washington, USA, before moving to Fenrirswood, UK, when he was 7. He lived with his godfather, Miguel Cordero, as both his parents were presumed dead due to conflict within their community.

Growing up with Uncle Miguel wasn’t easy, as Miguel’s obsession of supernatural and occults grew day by day, so much so that he often neglected Reza’s wellbeing. Had it not for the kindness of the covens and packs, Reza would’ve starved to death long ago. Still, Reza was mostly left to his own devices, having to learn how to survive on his own. Because of this too, Reza had never received formal education, so he took it upon himself to educate himself at the local library program whenever he could.

When Reza was 13, he was brought along to most of Miguel’s ‘expeditions’ upon Reza’s own insistence and was taught a lot of things that a thirteen-year-old shouldn’t know. This didn’t matter to him, since he was always willing to learn something new, and he could spend more time with his uncle Miguel. But that too didn’t last long, as more often than not, Miguel often forgot of Reza’s existence in his tunnel vision of his own obsession.

Years passed, and resentment grew in Reza’s heart. He stormed out of their abode in Fork’s Road after their umpteenth argument. He took his readily packed bag and got onto his bike, driving off into the night with the rev of its engine signalled his parting. Despite his resentment, he still loved Miguel, though he could not bring himself to go back to Fenrirswood and came face to face with his uncle.

Until one day he received news that his uncle went missing from someone he knew back home (it was home to him as any other, he supposed), and they had yet to find Miguel for months now. After much persuasion, Reza agreed to return to Fenrirswood once again, though he wasn’t quite sure what he could do to help with the investigation since he hadn’t been in contact with his uncle since he was 17.

That was 5 years ago, and Reza still had no news about Miguel’s whereabout. Every trace had gone cold, and without new clue to lead them to the culprit or Reza’s uncle, the local police had no choice but to close the case. And in these 5 years, Reza tried to move on as best as he could, heavy guilt weighing down on him every time he thought of his uncle.

Played by Adi. Portrayed by Fattah Amin.