Character Relationship Map: Narcopolis

Characters

• Frank Grieves (played by Elliot Cowan) — protagonist

  Frank Grieves is a former addict and police officer who discovers an unidentified body at Ambro headquarters. His investigation leads him to Eva Gray, the time-travel conspiracy, and the danger surrou...

• Eva Gray (played by Élodie Yung) — protagonist

  Eva Gray is an unidentifiable young woman whom Frank Grieves rescues from an apparent assassination attempt. She reveals that she is a time-traveller from 2044 and explains why she has no DNA record....

• Sidorov (played by Jonathan Pryce) — supporting

  Sidorov is a scientist whom Eddie Rankin knows and who may be able to identify the unknown drug found in the unidentified body. After Frank Grieves pays Rankin's debt, Sidorov agrees to investigate, b...

• Nolan (played by Robert Bathurst) — supporting

  Nolan is Frank Grieves's superior in the police force. He rejects Frank's investigation, orders him to target street dealers, and later helps Ambro's operation against him. However, Nolan eventually f...

• Todd Ambro (played by James Callis) — supporting

  Todd Ambro is the leader of Ambro and the principal force behind its time-travel drug program. He explains that Ben is needed to perfect the flawed drug, orders pressure and torture against Frank Grie...

• Ben (played by Louis Trefgarne) — minor

  Ben is Frank Grieves's nine-year-old son and the key to Ambro's time-travel research. The unidentified body is revealed to be Ben's adult version, while Ambro seeks Ben because his future development...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Nolan → Todd Ambro (Power Coerced Subordinate) — Nolan operates under Ambro's influence but ultimately recognizes that Ambro threatens him too.

  Ambro puts pressure on the police, and Nolan participates in Frank's capture. Nolan later says Ambro will kill him as a security threat and proposes e...

• Eva Gray → Ben (Temporal Future Connection) — Eva and Ben are linked through the future timeline and Ambro's temporal experiment.

  Eva states that she is a time-traveller from 2044, while Ben becomes central to perfecting the time-travelling drug and appears as an adult in 2044.

• Todd Ambro → Ben (Power Exploitation Target) — Todd seeks to control Ben as the key to stabilizing Ambro's technology.

  Todd explains that Ambro needs Ben because Ben will perfect their time-travelling drug. Ambro's forces also attempt to kidnap Ben.

• Frank Grieves → Sidorov (Professional Investigative Client) — Frank pressures Sidorov for scientific evidence about the time-travelling drug.

  Frank pays off Rankin's debt to Sidorov and asks the scientist to identify the unknown drug. He later returns early to demand answers from Sidorov.

• Frank Grieves → Nolan (Professional Superior And Subordinate) — Nolan uses his police authority to obstruct and control Frank's investigation.

  Nolan is Frank's superior and orders him to focus on street dealers instead of investigating the unidentified body. He later captures Frank after conf...

• Frank Grieves → Ben (Family Father) — Frank is Ben's father and becomes determined to protect his son's future.

  Frank realizes that the unidentified body is the adult version of his nine-year-old son, Ben. Later, in 2044, Frank speaks directly to his now-adult s...

Story Dynamics

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

• Todd Ambro → Eva Gray (Conflict Pursuer And Target) — Todd's forces pursue Eva because of her connection to the future and the drug.

  Eva is targeted for assassination by unknown forces, and Ambro's security forces attack Frank while he transports her. Reinforcements later remove Eva...

• Todd Ambro → Frank Grieves (Conflict Primary Antagonist) — Todd's organization systematically obstructs, attacks, captures, and interrogates Frank.

  Ambro attacks Frank while he transports Eva, orders the police to torture Ben's location from him, and treats Frank as a security threat.

• Sidorov → Todd Ambro (Conflict Victim And Persecutor) — Todd treats Sidorov as expendable while exploiting his scientific expertise.

  Todd Ambro orders Sidorov's kidnapping and later demonstrates the flawed drug by killing Sidorov and sending his body elsewhere in time.

• Frank Grieves → Eva Gray (Alliance Protector) — Frank repeatedly risks himself to protect Eva from Ambro and other pursuers.

  Frank rescues Eva after discovering that unknown forces have targeted her for assassination. He later tries to hide her and transports her away from A...

Story Analysis

A police investigation into an unidentified body exposes Ambro's time-travelling drug and creates a tragic temporal loop involving Frank and Ben.

Plot Progression

1. The Body Without a Future — Frank discovers an unidentified body at Ambro headquarters and finds the word "Morlock" connected to it. Nolan attempts to redirect him toward ordinary drug enforcement.
2. Evidence Under Erasure — Rankin identifies an unknown drug in the corpse, but Ambro destroys the body before it can be examined. Frank's continued investigation leads him to Eva, a woman targeted for assassination.
3. The Visitor From 2044 — Frank follows Rankin's lead to Sidorov and confronts the scientist for answers. Eva reveals that she is a time-traveller, forcing Frank to reconsider the meaning of the Morlock clue.
4. A Son Out of Time — Ambro attacks Frank and removes Eva after drugging her. Frank then realizes that the unidentified body is the adult version of Ben, linking his family to Ambro's experiment.
5. The Loop Closes — Ambro captures Frank and explains that Ben is needed to perfect the time-travelling drug. After Nolan frees him, Frank injects himself, meets adult Ben in 2044, and returns to discover his own body.