Character Relationship Map: Asylum

Characters

• Madison McBride (played by Sarah Roemer) — protagonist

  A college freshman who discovers her dorm's dark history. She is chased by the mad doctor through a tunnel, factory, and woods, ultimately killing him by stabbing him in the head to end his curse and...

• The Doctor (played by Mark Rolston) — protagonist

  The spirit of a mad doctor from the 1939 Burke Asylum. Awakened by freshmen in a restricted dorm area, he tortures and kills several students before being fatally stabbed by Madison.

• Holt (played by Jake Muxworthy) — supporting

  A college freshman and survivor. He is chased by the Doctor alongside Madison and walks out of the forest with her, finally achieving closure for their pasts.

• Tommy (played by Travis Van Winkle) — supporting

  A college freshman with a troubled past. He is among the group of students tortured and killed by the Doctor after String and Maya.

• Ivy (played by Ellen Hollman) — supporting

  A college freshman who stumbles into the restricted area. She is tortured and killed by the Doctor alongside the other victims.

• String's Mother (played by Lin Shaye) — supporting
• String (played by Cody Kasch) — supporting

  A college freshman who is the first victim killed by the awakened Doctor in the restricted dorm area.

• Maya (played by Carolina Garcia) — supporting

  A college freshman who is killed by the Doctor shortly after String's death during his killing spree.

Canonical Relationships

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

• String's Mother → String (mother)

Story Dynamics

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

• Madison McBride → Tommy (Social Student Acquaintances) — They are introduced as fellow students in the dorm, but the account gives no specific one-to-one interaction between them.

  The plot identifies Tommy as one of the fellow students Madison gets to know.

• Madison McBride → String (Social Confidants) — They confide in one another about painful experiences before String disappears.

  Madison tells String that Brandon died a year earlier, and the two share secrets and feelings of being judged as unstable.

• Madison McBride → Holt (Alliance Survival Allies) — They endure the Doctor's pursuit together and leave the forest as survivors.

  Holt's profile says he is chased by the Doctor alongside Madison and walks out of the forest with her.

• Maya → The Doctor (Conflict Victim And Killer) — Maya is killed during the Doctor's early attacks on the students.

  Maya's profile says the Doctor kills her shortly after String's death.

• String → The Doctor (Conflict First Victim And Killer) — String's death marks the beginning of the Doctor's killing spree.

  String's profile identifies him as the first student killed by the awakened Doctor in the restricted dorm area.

• Ivy → The Doctor (Conflict Victim And Killer) — Ivy enters the restricted area and becomes one of the Doctor's victims.

  Ivy's profile says she is tortured and killed by the Doctor.

• Tommy → The Doctor (Conflict Victim And Killer) — The Doctor turns Tommy's private fears into a nightmare and later kills him.

  The plot describes the Doctor tormenting Tommy in a vision, and Tommy's profile says the Doctor kills him.

• Holt → The Doctor (Conflict Pursuer And Prey) — Holt is among the students pursued by the Doctor and survives the encounter.

  Holt's profile says the Doctor chases him alongside Madison.

• Madison McBride → The Doctor (Conflict Final Adversaries) — The Doctor pursues and terrorizes Madison; she ultimately kills him to end his curse and find closure.

  The character profile says the Doctor chases Madison through a tunnel, factory, and woods, and Madison ends the curse by stabbing him in the head.

Story Analysis

A grieving student confronts a dormitory's asylum past as the Doctor's attacks turn private anguish into a fight for survival.

Plot Progression

1. Grief Beneath the Dorm — Madison returns to college while grieving Brandon and hoping to find closure. The students learn about the dorm's history as an asylum and meet one another.
2. Secrets and Disappearance — Madison and String confide in one another, while String uses his computer skills to access restricted areas. After a terrifying encounter, String disappears and the students begin searching for him.
3. Visions and Suspicion — The Doctor's visions bring the students' private anguish into frightening encounters. The group debates whether the asylum stories are real and suspects the maintenance worker without proof.
4. The Doctor's Pursuit — The Doctor pursues Madison and Holt through a tunnel, factory, and woods. Madison stabs him in the head, and the two survivors leave the forest with a sense of closure.