Character Relationship Map: Reside

Characters

• Madam (played by Tarika Thidathit) — protagonist

  Madam leads the spiritual center and performs a resurrection ritual that goes wrong, allowing spirits to enter the house and possessing her. She wants Soy to inherit the center and opposes Soy having...

• Dej (played by Ananda Everingham) — supporting

  Dej arrives at the spiritual center and helps drive a spirit out of Madam, warning that it still roams the house and may possess someone else. He believes the ritual awakened dangerous spirits. His re...

• Prang (played by Natthaweeranuch Thongmee) — supporting

  Prang is pregnant and fears for her safety while trapped at the center during the spirit attacks. Her relationship with Dej is troubled by suspicion, and she later believes he may be possessed. She al...

• Soy (played by Ploynarin Sornarin) — supporting

  Soy is at the center as the spirits threaten the survivors, and she hears a voice calling her “mother,” bringing her troubled childhood into the crisis. Kruea reveals that Soy's father abandoned her a...

• Nop (played by Peerapol Kijreunpiromsuk) — supporting

  Nop is caught up in the center's escalating chaos, where possessed behavior is mistaken for deliberate violence. Madam had hired him to blackmail her and drive a wedge between her and Dej, but he says...

• Kruea (played by Jarunun Phantachat) — supporting

  Kruea is at the spiritual center when the ritual unleashes spirits, and Madam orders her to keep the front doors shut as the storm traps everyone inside. She later reveals the truth about Soy's father...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Kruea → Soy (Keeper Of Family History) — Kruea discloses painful family history that changes Soy's understanding of her childhood.

  Kruea reveals to Soy that Soy's father abandoned her and later killed her mother, explaining that Soy had been told a gentler story.

• Madam → Soy (Power Mentor And Intended Heir) — Madam's plans for Soy's future conflict with Soy's personal and family life.

  Madam wants Soy to inherit the spiritual center and opposes her having a family.

• Madam → Nop (Professional Employer And Hired Blackmailer) — Madam uses Nop to try to disrupt Prang and Dej's relationship, but Nop does not complete the scheme.

  The revelations establish that Madam hired Nop to blackmail her and separate her from Dej.

• Nop → Prang (Romantic Unfulfilled Blackmail Plot And Love) — Nop's feelings for Prang prevent him from carrying out Madam's plan against her.

  Madam hired Nop to blackmail Prang and separate her from Dej; Nop says he could not go through with it because he loves Prang.

• Dej → Prang (Strained Romantic Partners) — Their relationship becomes increasingly distrustful as the possessions and attacks intensify.

  The account describes Dej and Prang's relationship as strained by suspicion and accusations; Prang later suspects Dej may be possessed.

• Madam → Kruea (Power Order Giver And Assistant) — Kruea follows Madam's instruction while the people at the center are trapped by the storm.

  After becoming possessed, Madam orders Kruea to keep the front doors shut.

Story Dynamics

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

• Dej → Madam (Narrative Spirit Exorcist And Possessed Person) — Dej temporarily frees Madam from possession, but warns that the spirit remains in the house.

  Dej arrives and helps drive the spirit out of Madam.

Story Analysis

A failed spiritual rite traps a divided group with roaming spirits and exposes secrets that threaten their trust.

Plot Progression

1. The Misfired Summoning — Madam attempts a ritual to summon a spirit back into a body, but stray spirits enter and possess her. A storm disables communications and flooded roads trap the people at the center.
2. A Spirit Still at Large — Dej helps drive the spirit out of Madam but warns that it remains in the house. He suspects the spirits are preparing bodies for a stronger presence, while attacks and possessions spread.
3. Family Wounds and Suspicion — Soy hears a voice calling her mother, and Kruea reveals painful details about Soy's family history. Fear and mistaken interpretations of possessed behavior strain relations among the survivors.
4. Secrets Divide the Survivors — Prang suspects Dej may be possessed, and the group learns that Madam hired Nop to blackmail Prang and separate her from Dej. Nop admits he did not follow through because he loves Prang.
5. A Warning Without an Ending — Madam's plans for Soy and Prang's suspicion about the corpse used in the rite add to the group's conflicts. Madam calls an urgent meeting and warns that the resurrection ritual is dangerous, but the g...