Character Relationship Map: The Reckoning

Characters

• Grace Haverstock (played by Charlotte Kirk) — protagonist

  Young widow and protagonist who survives the Great Plague. After rejecting her landlord's advances, she is falsely accused of witchcraft, imprisoned, and subjected to brutal persecution while battling...

• John Moorcroft (played by Sean Pertwee) — protagonist

  England’s most ruthless witch-hunter tasked with interrogating and punishing suspected witches. He physically persecutes Grace and embodies the era's institutionalized fear and violence.

• Squire Pendleton (played by Steven Waddington) — supporting

  A local landlord whose unwanted romantic advances toward Grace lead to her being falsely accused of witchcraft. He represents the abuse of power and societal hypocrisy.

• Joseph Haverstock (played by Joe Anderson) — supporting

  Grace’s deceased husband. His tragic death, occurring in the aftermath of the Great Plague, haunts Grace and intensifies her isolation and psychological struggle.

• Ursula (played by Suzanne Magowan) — supporting

  A fellow prisoner or local woman caught in the witch-hunt hysteria. Likely serves as a companion or shared victim within the oppressive prison environment.

Canonical Relationships

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

• Ursula → John Moorcroft (Professional Servant)

  Ursula serves Moorcroft during the witch-hunt mission.

• John Moorcroft → Grace Haverstock (Professional Witch Hunter)

  John Moorcroft is summoned as the witch finder and interrogates and punishes Grace after she is imprisoned.

• Squire Pendleton → Grace Haverstock (Romantic Unwanted Suitor)

  Squire Pendleton suggests that Grace cannot survive alone, but she refuses his offer of protection after rejecting his advances.

• Grace Haverstock → Joseph Haverstock (Family Spouses)

  Grace lives with her husband Joseph, and Joseph tells her that he knows who she truly is and loves her before his death.

Story Dynamics

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

• Squire Pendleton → John Moorcroft (Alliance Aligned Persecutors)

  Pendleton and the villagers use Joseph's death to accuse Grace, while Moorcroft later prosecutes her as a suspected witch.

• John Moorcroft → Joseph Haverstock (Narrative Posthumous Accuser)

  Moorcroft claims that Joseph's exhumed body had a noose around its neck and uses the apparent suicide as evidence against Grace.

• Ursula → Grace Haverstock (Alliance Fellow Victim)

  Ursula struggles with the cruelty of the witch-hunt mission while Grace is imprisoned and persecuted.

Story Analysis

A grieving widow resists sexual coercion, witch-hunt persecution, and institutional violence while trying to recover her daughter.

Plot Progression

1. Sickness at the Isolated Home
2. The Landlord's Threat
3. Rumors Become Persecution
4. The Witch Finder's Case
5. A Bargain Interrupted