Character Relationship Map: Severance

Characters

• Steve (played by Danny Dyer) — protagonist

  A member of the Palisade Defence sales team who actively helps his colleagues during the lodge attacks. He assists in prying open a bear trap, tends to the injured Gordon, navigates a minefield with M...

• Maggie (played by Laura Harris) — protagonist

  A Palisade Defence employee who becomes a central survivor. She helps tend to the injured, discovers the underground prison, arms herself to fight the killers, survives a minefield crossing, and ultim...

• Richard (played by Tim McInnerny) — supporting

  The aged manager of the dilapidated lodge who initially hosts the sales team. He later guides Maggie and Steve through a deadly minefield before sacrificing himself by detonating a landmine to elimina...

• Harris (played by Toby Stephens) — supporting

  A member of the sales team who shares legends about the lodge's dark history. He is sent to locate the bus but returns after the crash, where he is subsequently decapitated by a masked killer.

• Jill (played by Claudie Blakley) — supporting

  A sales team colleague who recounts the lodge's history as a reeducation center. After locating the abandoned bus, she is captured, tied to a tree, and burned alive by the killers.

• Gordon (played by Andy Nyman) — supporting

  A sales team member who serves a suspicious pie and is severely injured when stepping into a bear trap. He is later dragged away and killed, with the Palisade logo carved into his chest.

• Billy (played by Babou Ceesay) — supporting

  A member of the sales team who helps attempt to free Gordon from a bear trap. He is later shot and killed by a killer while hiding in a sub-basement prison cell.

• George (played by David Gilliam) — supporting

  The group's boss who is discovered partying at the real lodge. He attempts to defend the survivors with a prototype missile launcher but accidentally destroys a passing jet before being killed himself...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Jill → Steve (Professional Team Colleague) — They are coworkers caught in the same attack.

  Jill and Steve are both members of the Palisade Defence sales group at the lodge.

• Harris → Steve (Professional Team Colleague) — They share the same corporate team and crisis.

  Harris and Steve are members of the Palisade Defence sales group traveling to the lodge.

• George → Billy (Power Boss) — George is Billy's organizational superior.

  George is the group's boss, and Billy is listed as a member of the sales team.

• George → Jill (Power Boss) — Their connection is an employer-group hierarchy.

  George is the group's boss, while Jill is described as a sales team colleague.

• George → Harris (Power Boss) — George occupies the managerial position above Harris.

  George leads the sales group, and Harris is identified as a member of that sales team.

• George → Gordon (Power Boss) — Their relationship is based on the company's hierarchy.

  George is the group's boss, while Gordon is described as a sales team member.

• George → Maggie (Power Boss) — George is Maggie's organizational superior.

  George is the sales group's boss, and Maggie is identified as a Palisade Defence employee in that group.

• George → Steve (Power Boss) — George holds managerial authority over Steve.

  George is explicitly identified as the group's boss, while Steve is a member of the Palisade sales team.

Story Dynamics

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

• Maggie → Billy (Alliance Fellow Survivor) — They briefly cooperate while seeking shelter.

  Maggie and Billy hide together in a sub-basement prison cell after Gordon is found dead.

• Harris → Jill (Social Storytelling Colleague) — They contribute competing versions of the lodge legend.

  Harris and Jill each tell the group different accounts of the lodge's history and its connection to Palisade nerve gas.

• Richard → Maggie (Alliance Guide) — He protects Maggie during the escape route.

  Richard guides Maggie and Steve through the minefield and explains that he cannot step off the mine safely.

• Richard → Steve (Alliance Guide) — Richard's knowledge helps Steve cross the minefield.

  Richard guides Steve and Maggie through the minefield after stepping on a Palisade-made land mine.

• Steve → Billy (Alliance Rescue Partner) — They cooperate in an unsuccessful rescue attempt.

  Steve and Billy work together to pry open the bear trap holding Gordon.

• Maggie → Gordon (Alliance Caretaker) — She provides direct care during the group's crisis.

  Maggie tends to gravely injured Gordon in the cellar while discussing how the group can survive.

• Billy → Gordon (Alliance Rescuer) — Billy actively attempts to save his injured colleague.

  Billy joins Steve in failed attempts to free Gordon after Gordon steps into the bear trap.

Story Analysis

A corporate retreat becomes a brutal survival ordeal tied to Palisade's violent historical legacy.

Plot Progression

1. A Road Into Isolation — The Palisade sales team travels to a remote Hungarian lodge for team building. A fallen tree and the driver's departure leave them isolated before they discover the lodge's disturbing history.
2. Warnings Beneath Dinner — Conflicting legends, Russian Palisade files, and a human tooth make the lodge increasingly threatening. Jill then sees a watcher outside, confirming the group's suspicion that they are not alone.
3. The Roadside Massacre — The group finds the dead driver and suffers Gordon's catastrophic bear-trap injury. Their attempted escape ends in a bus crash, followed by Harris's decapitation and Jill's burning.
4. Prison Beneath The Lodge — The survivors barricade themselves in the cellar, but Gordon is dragged away. The underground prison exposes the lodge's violent past, and Gordon and Billy are killed.
5. Fire, Mines, And Escape — Maggie kills one attacker, but more armed killers surround the survivors. Richard sacrifices himself in the minefield, George is killed after his missile destroys a jet, and Steve and Maggie finally e...