Character Relationship Map: Awoken

Characters

• Robert (played by Erik Thomson) — protagonist

  Medical instructor who co-discovered an illegal basement sleep lab with Karla’s father. He hosts the experiment to save Blake but secretly aims to summon the demon Iddimu as a savior for his own child...

• Karla (played by Sara West) — protagonist

  A medical student and insomniac whose brother suffers from Fatal Familial Insomnia. She initiates the illegal sleep lab trial, uncovers hidden tapes revealing a demon named Iddimu, and leads the final...

• Blake (played by Benson Jack Anthony) — supporting

  Karla’s brother, who developed Fatal Familial Insomnia after witnessing his parents’ murder. He exhibits demonic behaviors and is eventually possessed by Iddimu. With Karla’s help, he fights the entit...

• Patrick (played by Matt Crook) — supporting

  Karla’s ex-boyfriend and a pharmacist who reluctantly joins the sleep lab group. He helps Karla review the hidden tapes, learns the truth about the demon, but is subsequently killed by Robert.

• Sarah (played by Melanie Munt) — minor

Canonical Relationships

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

• Robert → Blake (Professional Experiment Host) — Robert controls the medical experiment centered on Blake.

  Robert hosts the secret sleep-lab trial in an attempt to save Blake from Fatal Familial Insomnia.

• Karla → Robert (Professional Student And Instructor) — Robert's academic authority enables Karla's involvement in the experiment.

  Karla is a medical student, while Robert is her instructor who proposes the illegal sleep-lab experiment.

• Karla → Patrick (Romantic Ex-partners) — Their former romance creates resentment before they reconnect during the investigation.

  Patrick is explicitly described as Karla's ex-boyfriend, and Karla is initially angry that he abandoned her while she was helping Blake.

• Karla → Blake (Family Sister) — Karla is Blake's protective sister and primary rescuer.

  The plot identifies Blake as Karla's brother, and Karla refuses to leave him behind during the final exorcism.

• Robert → Sarah (Professional Trial Supervisor) — Robert previously supervised the experiment conducted on Sarah.

  The recovered footage shows Sarah's sleep trial being overseen by Robert, Karla's father, and a Catholic priest.

• Sarah → Blake (Family Mother) — Sarah's condition provides the historical pattern for Blake's possession.

  The plot identifies Sarah as Karla and Blake's mother, while Blake later displays behaviors identical to those seen in Sarah's footage.

• Sarah → Karla (Family Mother) — Sarah is Karla's mother whose failed trial becomes a central mystery.

  The plot identifies Sarah as Karla and Blake's mother and describes Sarah's earlier sleep trial.

Story Dynamics

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

• Robert → Patrick (Conflict Killer) — Robert eliminates Patrick to preserve control of the ritual.

  During Karla's attempted exorcism, Robert interrupts the ritual and kills Patrick.

Story Analysis

A desperate attempt to cure inherited insomnia uncovers a demonic cycle that threatens both a family and an illegal medical experiment.

Plot Progression

1. A Brother Without Sleep — Karla struggles to save Blake after his parents' deaths and the onset of Fatal Familial Insomnia. Robert offers an illegal basement sleep trial as their only apparent hope.
2. Evidence Beneath the Campus — The trial group discovers a hidden room containing footage and a journal from Sarah's earlier experiment. Blake begins repeating the frightening behavior shown in the recordings.
3. The Locked Trial — A participant dies during a trance, and the remaining group learns that the basement is locked. Karla and Patrick investigate the tapes while the experiment becomes increasingly lethal.
4. The False Savior — Further deaths reveal the demon's connection to insomnia and Robert's prior knowledge. Robert's childhood trauma explains why he views the entity as a savior.
5. Exorcism and Aftermath — Robert attacks the exorcism and kills Patrick, but his attempt to control the demon ends in suicide. Karla helps Blake expel the entity, although her own insomnia remains a warning.