Character Relationship Map: Deserted

Characters

• Jae (played by Mischa Barton) — protagonist

  Jae is a twenty-four-year-old woman released from prison after serving time for murdering her mother seven years earlier. She returns to her childhood home and reunites with her older brother Robin, t...

• Robin (played by Jackson Davis) — protagonist

  Robin is Jae’s older brother and the person who reunites with her after her release from prison. He plans to travel to the desert festival with Rosemary and joins the others after their vehicle breaks...

• Clay (played by Jake Busey) — supporting

  Clay is a good samaritan encountered after the group’s car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. He helps the travelers by towing their vehicle to a local mechanic, giving them a chance to seek repair...

• Rosemary (played by Winter Ave Zoli) — supporting

  Rosemary is Robin’s girlfriend and one of the travelers heading with the group toward the desert music festival. After the group experiments with peyote during an overnight stop, she is found dead in...

• Troy (played by Trent Ford) — supporting

  Troy is one of the men traveling toward the festival who offers the stranded group a place in the boys’ RV. During the overnight camp, he shares a semi-romantic encounter with Jae. He later comes into...

• Lizard (played by Gerry Bednob) — minor

  Lizard is the bartender serving the travelers while they wait near the local mechanic for their car to be repaired. His bar becomes the temporary meeting place where the group encounters Troy, Dax, an...

• Wade (played by Tyler Sellers) — minor

  Wade is one of the men traveling toward the desert festival who helps transport the stranded group in the RV. During the trek through the wilderness, he is bitten by a rattlesnake and becomes unable t...

• Heather (played by Dana Rosendorff) — supporting

  Heather is one of Rosemary’s friends and joins the journey toward the desert festival. After Rosemary’s death and the group’s trek through the desert, Heather remains associated with Jae after the tra...

• Dax (played by Michael Milford) — supporting

  Dax is one of the travelers who offers the stranded group transportation in the RV while heading toward the festival. After Wade is bitten by a rattlesnake, Dax stays behind to care for him and remain...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Lizard → Jae (Professional Server And Customer) — Lizard briefly interacts with Jae through his work at the bar.

  While the group waits at a local bar, Lizard serves them.

• Jae → Troy (Brief Romantic Encounter) — Their attraction develops briefly during the group's disoriented desert night.

  During the overnight camp, Jae and Troy have a semi-romantic tryst after experimenting with peyote.

• Robin → Rosemary (Romantic Girlfriend) — Robin and Rosemary are a couple within the traveling group.

  Robin is traveling to the festival with his girlfriend Rosemary.

• Jae → Robin (Family Sibling) — Jae and Robin are siblings whose shared past shapes the journey.

  The plot identifies Robin as Jae's older brother and shows them reuniting at their childhood home after Jae's release from prison.

Story Dynamics

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

• Rosemary → Troy (Social Group Companion) — Their connection is based on membership in the same journeying group.

  Rosemary and Troy travel together with the larger group toward the desert festival.

• Rosemary → Jae (Social Travel Companion) — They are members of the same short-lived traveling group.

  Rosemary travels with Jae, Robin, and the other festival-bound companions before she is found dead in the RV.

• Clay → Jae (Social Good Samaritan) — Clay provides immediate roadside assistance to Jae's traveling group.

  Clay, described as a good samaritan, tows the group's broken-down car to a local mechanic.

• Troy → Wade (Alliance Travel Companion) — Their association is established through the shared RV journey.

  Troy and Wade travel together toward the festival and later face the desert crisis with the group.

• Dax → Wade (Alliance Caregiver) — Dax assumes responsibility for Wade when Wade can no longer continue.

  After Wade is bitten by a rattlesnake, Dax stays behind to look after him.

• Jae → Heather (Alliance Survival Partner) — They share the final stage of the desert struggle.

  Jae and Heather separate from Troy, and Heather remains with Jae until Heather dies from dehydration.

• Robin → Troy (Conflict Rivalry) — Their antagonism destabilizes the group as survival becomes more difficult.

  Tensions rise between Robin and Troy during the desert ordeal.

• Troy → Dax (Alliance Travel Companion) — They belong to the same traveling party during the journey.

  Troy and Dax are among the men traveling toward the festival who offer the stranded group a ride in their RV.

Story Analysis

A former prisoner and a group of travelers struggle to survive after becoming stranded in the desert.

Plot Progression

1. Prison Release And Departure — Jae leaves prison and reunites with Robin at their childhood home. She chooses to join Robin, Rosemary, and their friends on a trip to the desert festival.
2. A Ride Into Isolation — The group's car breaks down, and Clay helps tow it to a mechanic. A repair delay leads them to accept a ride with Troy, Dax, and Wade in an RV.
3. The Night Of The Wrong Turn — The travelers miss their route and camp in the desert. Peyote use, Jae's encounter with Troy, and Jasmine's accidental battery drain leave the group vulnerable.
4. The Desert Takes Its Toll — Rosemary is found dead, and the survivors abandon the RV to seek help on foot. Wade is bitten, Dax stays with him, and Robin separates after conflict with Troy.
5. Scattered Survivors — A sandstorm kills Jasmine, Dax dies by suicide, and Heather dies from dehydration. Robin and Jae separately find possible rescue while Troy reaches the deserted festival.