Character Relationship Map: Hexed

Characters

• Matthew Welsh (played by Arye Gross) — protagonist

  Matthew Welsh is the Holiday Palace’s assistant manager, spending New Year’s Eve behind the desk and hoping to go out with Gloria O'Connor. Simon Littlefield sends him to handle Hexina, whose lies and...

• Hexina (played by Claudia Christian) — protagonist

  Hexina is a glamorous, demanding hotel guest who draws Matthew Welsh into her private troubles while pursuing him romantically. She lies about her intentions, leads him to a house, admits she has kill...

• Gloria O'Connor (played by Adrienne Shelly) — supporting

  Gloria O'Connor works at the Holiday Palace and speaks with Victor Thummell at the hotel bar on New Year’s Eve. Matthew Welsh hopes to go out with her, but the investigation later accuses Gloria of ha...

• Victor Thummell (played by Ray Baker) — supporting

  Victor Thummell is a lonely divorcee who begins talking to Gloria O'Connor at the Holiday Palace bar on New Year’s Eve. Their conversation is interrupted by hotel problems, including an angry guest wh...

• Detective Ferguson (played by R. Lee Ermey) — supporting

  Detective Ferguson leads questioning connected to the night’s violence and continues investigating the people surrounding the hotel incidents. After a gun is found during a search of Matthew Welsh’s a...

• Henry Pratt (played by John S. Davies) — minor

  Henry Pratt is the person Hexina arranges to meet after drawing Matthew Welsh into her scheme. She tells Matthew that she only wants to frighten Pratt, but once inside the house she admits that she li...

• Simon Littlefield (played by Michael E. Knight) — supporting

  Simon Littlefield is connected to the Holiday Palace’s management and pressures Matthew Welsh to handle Hexina when Matthew would rather pursue his New Year’s plans with Gloria O'Connor. His intervent...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Simon Littlefield → Hexina (Professional Guest Management) — Simon treats Hexina as a hotel-management problem.

  Simon pressures Matthew specifically because he must deal with Hexina, a glamorous and demanding hotel guest.

• Matthew Welsh → Simon Littlefield (Professional Workplace Superior) — Simon directs Matthew's professional response to the troublesome guest.

  Simon pressures Matthew to deal with Hexina while Matthew is working as the hotel's assistant manager.

• Matthew Welsh → Gloria O'Connor (Romantic Interest) — Matthew plans a possible date with Gloria before the crisis intervenes.

  Matthew hopes to go out with Gloria before Simon pressures him to deal with Hexina.

• Matthew Welsh → Hexina (Romantic Pursuer) — Hexina pursues Matthew while involving him in her criminal crisis.

  Hexina draws Matthew into her private troubles while also pursuing him romantically.

Story Dynamics

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

• Hexina → Detective Ferguson (Conflict Fugitive Subject) — Ferguson's investigation bears directly on Hexina's fugitive status.

  Hexina reveals that she is a fugitive, while Detective Ferguson investigates the night's violence and questions connected people.

• Gloria O'Connor → Detective Ferguson (Conflict Accused Associate) — Gloria becomes a suspect or implicated associate in Ferguson's investigation.

  Authorities accuse Gloria of harboring a known criminal while Detective Ferguson continues questioning those connected to the violence.

• Matthew Welsh → Detective Ferguson (Conflict Investigative Subject) — Ferguson investigates Matthew's possible connection to the violence.

  Detective Ferguson questions those connected to the night's violence and orders protection after a gun is found in Matthew's apartment.

• Matthew Welsh → Henry Pratt (Alliance Reluctant Accomplice) — Matthew is brought into Hexina's confrontation with Henry.

  Hexina asks Matthew to accompany her to the meeting with Henry Pratt.

• Hexina → Henry Pratt (Conflict Threatened Target) — Hexina confronts Henry under the stated intention of frightening him.

  Hexina arranges a meeting with Henry and claims that she only wants to frighten him.

• Gloria O'Connor → Victor Thummell (Social Hotel Acquaintance) — Their interaction begins as a social conversation at the hotel bar.

  Victor begins talking to Gloria at the Holiday Palace hotel bar on New Year's Eve.

Story Analysis

A hotel worker becomes trapped between Hexina's criminal crisis and an investigation that threatens everyone connected to her.

Plot Progression

1. Holiday Palace Friction — Matthew works a stressful New Year's Eve shift at the Holiday Palace. Victor talks with Gloria while hotel problems and Simon's demands disrupt Matthew's plans.
2. Hexina's Dangerous Invitation — Simon sends Matthew to handle Hexina, who combines demanding behavior with romantic pursuit. She draws Matthew into a meeting involving Henry Pratt.
3. The House of Hidden Evidence — Hexina admits she lied about frightening Henry and forces Matthew into a search for photographic negatives. Matthew discovers a killing and learns that Hexina considers him an accessory.
4. A Fugitive's Confession — Hexina reveals her fugitive history and recounts the fire that caused mass deaths. After missing her flight, she reappears at Matthew's apartment.
5. Police Close In — Hexina asks Matthew to dispose of a body, but he refuses. A neighbor calls police, a gun is found, and Ferguson's investigation threatens both Matthew and Gloria.