Character Relationship Map: See

Characters

• Baba Voss (played by Jason Momoa) — protagonist

  Chief of the Alkenny tribe who marries pregnant Maghra and adopts her children. Unable to father his own, he becomes their protector and leads his people against the Payan Kingdom's army during a witc...

• Queen Sibeth Kane (played by Sylvia Hoeks) — protagonist

  Ruler of the Payan Kingdom who orders a witch hunt for Jerlamarel due to his heresy of possessing sight. She commands the royal army to pursue him and his offspring, placing her in direct conflict wit...

• Maghra (played by Hera Hilmar) — supporting

  A pregnant woman who seeks shelter with the Alkenny tribe in the mountains. She is the biological mother of Jerlamarel's children and becomes a central figure in the tribe's struggle for survival agai...

• Tamacti Jun (played by Christian Camargo) — supporting
• Kofun (played by Archie Madekwe) — supporting
• Tormada (played by David Hewlett) — minor
• Haniwa (played by Nesta Cooper) — supporting
• Wren (played by Eden Epstein) — supporting
• Lord Harlan (played by Tom Mison) — minor
• Ranger (played by Michael Raymond-James) — minor

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Maghra → Queen Sibeth Kane (Sisters) — Their sisterhood is entangled with a struggle over political authority, family safety, and Sibeth’s increasingly dangerous decisions.

  "Season 3 identifies Queen Sibeth Kane as Maghra\u2019s sister. Their relationship is repeatedly strained by Sibeth\u2019s political demands, includin...

• Maghra → Kofun (Mother and son) — Maghra’s maternal bond with Kofun combines protection with her insistence that he take responsibility for his own family.

  "Maghra is Kofun\u2019s mother. In Season 2 she is overwhelmed when he reaches Pennsa and they reunite; in Season 3 she urges him to accept responsibi...

• Maghra → Haniwa (Mother and daughter) — Their relationship is grounded in Maghra’s protection of her daughter and Haniwa’s later efforts to help protect Maghra and the city.

  "Maghra is Haniwa\u2019s mother and refuses to abandon her family in Season 1. In Season 3, Haniwa brings Maghra a key and a map that reveal a way to...

• Baba Voss → Haniwa (Adoptive father and daughter) — Baba Voss’s protective relationship with Haniwa persists even as she is separated from him and faces danger of her own.

  "Baba Voss adopts and protects Maghra\u2019s children. In Season 2, he travels to find Haniwa, who is being held in the city; in Season 3, they reunit...

• Baba Voss → Kofun (Adoptive father and son) — Baba Voss acts as Kofun’s protective father and moral guide, while Kofun’s safety remains one of his central concerns.

  "Baba Voss adopts Maghra\u2019s children and protects them. In Season 2, he teaches Kofun that killing cannot be judged by sight alone; in Season 3, t...

• Baba Voss → Maghra (Married partners) — Their marriage and shared commitment to protecting the children make them the family’s central parental partnership.

  "In Season 1, Baba Voss shelters Maghra and marries her; he protects her children and leads the family through repeated threats."

• Maghra → Lord Harlan (Political marriage) — Their marriage is presented as a political arrangement rather than a romantic relationship, with the protection of Maghra’s children as a stated purpose.

  "Maghra marries Lord Harlan in Season 2, and she describes the marriage as a political alliance intended to protect her children. Season 3 again prese...

• Kofun → Haniwa (Siblings) — As twins, they share the defining experience of being sighted and remain connected through the family’s repeated separations and reunions.

  "The series identifies them as Maghra\u2019s twins. They face the consequences of their sight together, and in Season 3 they reunite with Baba Voss an...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Baba Voss → Queen Sibeth Kane (Opponents) — Their conflict is driven by Sibeth’s pursuit of the sighted family and Baba Voss’s determination to protect it.

  "Sibeth\u2019s Witchfinders and royal forces pursue Baba Voss\u2019s family in Season 1. In Season 3, Sibeth\u2019s political and military actions aga...

• Tormada → Baba Voss (Military adversaries) — Baba Voss tries to prevent Tormada from using the bombs to destroy Pennsa and expand military control.

  "Tormada controls explosives intended to change the balance of power. In Season 3, he confronts Baba Voss, his forces secure the bombs, and the group...

• Tamacti Jun → Queen Sibeth Kane (Former royal commander turned accuser) — Their relationship shifts from royal command and service to open accusation and opposition.

  "Tamacti Jun serves Sibeth\u2019s campaign in Season 1. In Season 2, he returns and accuses her of destroying Kanzua and murdering the people who serv...

• Haniwa → Wren (Allies) — Wren assists Haniwa during her captivity, and their later presence in the same group connects them in the effort to warn Pennsa.

  "In Season 2, Wren tends to Haniwa while she is held in a guarded room and reveals the circumstances of her captivity. In Season 3, both are among tho...

• Kofun → Queen Sibeth Kane (Captive and political adversaries) — Their connection shifts from personal access at court to a dangerous encounter after Kofun is captured and brought before the queen.

  "In Season 2, Queen Sibeth spends a day with Kofun. In Season 3, soldiers capture him and bring him before her after she has formed an alliance with T...

• Baba Voss → Ranger (Allies) — Ranger is part of the group cooperating with Baba Voss against the threat to Pennsa.

  "Season 3 places Ranger with Baba Voss and others who must reach Pennsa and warn Maghra before Tormada\u2019s attack."

• Tormada → Haniwa (Opponents over the bombs) — Haniwa opposes Tormada’s plan by joining the effort to destroy the weapons and protect Pennsa.

  "In Season 3, Haniwa joins Baba Voss and others who learn where Tormada\u2019s weapons are stored and set out to destroy them before they can be used....

Story Analysis

Across three seasons, a family’s struggle for safety grows into a political and military conflict over sight, power, and weapons capable of devastating a kingdom.

Plot Progression

1. Season 1: Flight and Family — Baba Voss shelters and marries Maghra, then protects her children as the family faces pursuit and distrust. Hidden books and messages connect the twins to their biological father, while the journey to...
2. Season 1: Family Under Siege — The family is driven from its settlement and faces the apparent loss of Maghra. The Witchfinder’s demands and the political crisis around Sibeth deepen the conflict, while the House of Enlightenment b...
3. Season 2: Captivity and Reunion — Haniwa is held secretly, while Baba Voss searches for her and tries to guide Kofun. Maghra’s political marriage and Kofun’s reunion with her bring the family’s private struggle into Pennsa’s public cr...
4. Season 2: War and Confrontation — The peace summit fails and Sibeth declares war. Tamacti Jun’s return turns the court crisis into open accusation, while the season builds toward the battle and confrontation between Baba Voss and Edo.
5. Season 3: The Bomb Threat — The possibility that sight may return is connected to a struggle for power, and Tormada’s explosives introduce a threat capable of devastating the kingdom. Baba Voss reunites with his children and tri...
6. Season 3: Pennsa Under Attack — Tormada’s forces secure the bombs, and the group races to warn Pennsa. Sibeth joins forces with Tormada, the city is bombarded, and Haniwa’s map offers a route for citizens to escape through the tunne...