Character Relationship Map: Altergeist

Characters

• Theresa (played by Kristina Anapau) — protagonist

  Theresa Augland is an aspiring television producer who has experienced a string of unsuccessful ghost hunts. Determined to prove that ghosts exist, she persuades winery owner Ashen Till to let her par...

• Dax (played by Mark Hapka) — supporting

  Dax leads the ghost-hunting team alongside Theresa and joins her investigation at Ashen Till’s winery. He and Theresa are expecting a baby, but they disagree about whether it was conceived during an e...

• Ashen Till (played by David Weidoff) — supporting

  Ashen Till owns King's Ransom Winery, a vineyard known as one of the most haunted places in America. Theresa persuades him to let her paranormal investigation team search the property, making him the...

• Mike (played by Alexis Cruz) — supporting

  Mike is the newest member of Theresa and Dax’s ghost-hunting group. He joins them at Ashen Till’s winery as they investigate reported paranormal activity and try to gather evidence for a more ambitiou...

• Sarah (played by Linsey Godfrey) — supporting

  Sarah is a member of Theresa and Dax’s ghost-hunting team at Ashen Till’s winery. As the investigation becomes dangerous, she is found outside, freezing and dazed, and describes the mysterious beings...

• Henry Blaine (played by Ed Corbin) — supporting
• Maya (played by Sarah Oh) — supporting

  Maya is associated with the group investigating Ashen Till’s winery. As events grow more dangerous, she goes missing, and the remaining investigators search for her while trying to understand the supe...

• Rachel Till (played by Jessica Spotts) — supporting
• Beatrice Blaine (played by Olivia Stuck) — supporting

  Beatrice Blaine is Ashen Till’s dead sister, whose death in a car crash continues to affect him. Surveillance footage recorded after her death shows a girl resembling her, raising questions about the...

• Jim Till (played by Richard Sarafian Jr.) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

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

• Beatrice Blaine → Henry Blaine (Family Relationship) — The reference does not provide enough information to define their family connection more specifically.

  Both Beatrice Blaine and Henry Blaine are named in the plot's character list, but the supplied plot reference does not state their relationship.

• Ashen Till → Rachel Till (Family Relationship) — The available reference places both characters within the Till family but does not establish a more specific bond.

  The plot reference connects Ashen to the Till family and names Rachel Till, but does not specify their exact relationship.

• Ashen Till → Jim Till (Family Relationship) — The available reference places both characters within the Till family but does not establish a more specific bond.

  The plot reference connects Ashen to the Till family and names Jim Till, but does not specify their exact relationship.

• Dax → Sarah (Professional Investigation Group Members) — They are part of the investigation group, though the reference gives no specific direct interaction between them.

  The plot reference identifies Dax as one of the group's leaders and Sarah as a member of the ghost-hunting group.

• Theresa → Maya (Professional Investigation Leader And Team Member) — Maya's disappearance becomes a serious concern for the investigating group led by Theresa.

  Maya goes missing during the group's investigation, and the surviving group searches for her.

• Theresa → Mike (Professional Investigation Leader And New Team Member) — Mike joins the investigation Theresa leads as the team's newest member.

  The plot reference says Theresa leads the group and identifies Mike as its newest member.

• Theresa → Sarah (Professional Investigation Leader And Team Member) — As the group leader, Theresa is part of the team whose investigation is disrupted when Sarah becomes disoriented and disappears.

  Theresa leads the ghost-hunting group, which includes Sarah; the group later finds Sarah outside, dazed and freezing.

• Ashen Till → Beatrice Blaine (Family Brother And Sister) — Beatrice's death and the unexplained footage resembling her deepen Ashen's distress about his family past.

  The plot reference identifies Beatrice as Ashen's dead sister and says he still has nightmares about the car crash that killed her.

• Theresa → Ashen Till (Professional Investigator And Property Owner) — Theresa secures Ashen's permission to investigate the winery, placing his property at the center of her team's work.

  Theresa persuades winery owner Ashen Till to let her paranormal investigation team search his family's vineyard.

• Theresa → Dax (Romantic Partners) — Their disagreement over the pregnancy and its timing creates tension between them during the investigation.

  Theresa is pregnant, and she and Dax disagree about whether the baby was conceived during an earlier visit to the winery.

Story Dynamics

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

• Dax → Ashen Till (Conflict Antagonistic) — Their friction adds conflict to the team's investigation at Ashen's winery.

  The plot reference says that tensions emerge between Dax and Ashen during the investigation.

Story Analysis

A ghost-hunting team's investigation of a winery grows into an unresolved encounter with a mysterious presence, troubling family history, and missing investigators.

Plot Progression

1. The Professor's Warnings — A troubled physics professor describes orbs, a little girl, and a presence that appears able to influence people. His account establishes an ominous supernatural thread before the winery investigation...
2. The Team Enters the Winery — Theresa and Dax bring their ghost-hunting group to Ashen's winery, hoping to make a more ambitious show. Theresa's pregnancy disagreement with Dax and Dax's tension with Ashen complicate the group's a...
3. Beatrice in the Footage — The investigation uncovers footage of a girl resembling Ashen's dead sister, recorded after her death. Ashen's account of the fatal crash and his continuing nightmares bring the family's painful past...
4. Evidence and Escalating Danger — Disturbing objects, an unseen presence, and an investigator's report of being lifted make the group's search increasingly frightening. Cut phone lines, slashed tires, and Maya's disappearance leave th...
5. The Missing and the Unresolved Search — The group searches for the professor and finds recordings describing powerful beings influencing humanity. Sarah is found dazed but refuses to leave, vanishes again, and the surviving group searches n...