Character Relationship Map: Cassadaga

Characters

• Lily (played by Kelen Coleman) — protagonist

  Protagonist, a deaf woman who travels to Cassadaga to teach, attend university on a scholarship, and grieve her deceased sister. She becomes the target of a haunting and uncovers a serial killer's sec...

• Mike (played by Kevin Alejandro) — protagonist

  A divorced father and local resident who becomes Lily's boyfriend. He assists in the investigation but abandons her when his ex-wife weaponizes Lily's haunted behavior for a custody battle.

• Claire (played by Louise Fletcher) — supporting

  A wealthy town matriarch who funds Lily's scholarship and allows her to stay on her property. Unaware that her grandson is being framed and her greenhouse houses the killer's operations.

• Christian (played by Rus Blackwell) — supporting

  The primary antagonist. A greenhouse builder who is secretly the grisly serial killer turning victims into marionettes. He frames Thomas, murders Officer Hall, and attempts to kill Lily.

• Thomas (played by Lucas Beck) — supporting

  Claire's grandson who is wrongly suspected of stalking and murdering Jennifer. He attacks Lily but is arrested for drug possession and the frame-up, later cleared when the true killer is revealed.

• Mother (played by Janine Klein) — minor
• Boy (played by Garrett Boyle) — minor
• Officer Hall (played by Lucius Baston) — supporting

  A local police officer investigating the murders. He correctly identifies Christian as the killer but is murdered during his interrogation.

Canonical Relationships

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

• Christian → Claire (Professional Greenhouse Builder) — Christian has a work relationship with Claire connected to the greenhouse.

  Lily meets Christian while he is inspecting a greenhouse he built for Claire.

• Lily → Mike (Romantic Boyfriend) — Their romance becomes an important source of support and later emotional pain.

  Lily begins dating Mike, a divorced father of one of her students.

• Mother → Boy (Family Mother) — Mother and son are connected through a deeply damaging childhood confrontation.

  The boy is discovered by his mother while wearing a dress and playing with a doll.

• Claire → Thomas (Family Grandmother) — Thomas is identified as Claire's grandson and lives within her household.

  Claire allows Lily to live on her property with herself and her grandson Thomas.

Story Dynamics

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

• Christian → Officer Hall (Conflict Murderer) — Christian kills the investigator who identifies him.

  Officer Hall deduces that Christian is the true murderer, and Christian murders the officer during the interview.

• Christian → Thomas (Conflict Framer) — Christian's operation causes suspicion to fall on Thomas.

  Thomas is initially suspected, but the police discover that he is not the killer after Christian's crimes are exposed.

• Christian → Lily (Conflict Serial Killer Targeting Victim) — Christian targets Lily as the intended next victim of his murder ritual.

  Christian abducts Lily and plans to turn her into his next marionette.

• Lily → Thomas (Conflict Adversary) — Thomas becomes an immediate physical threat before the police clarify that he is not the killer.

  Thomas attacks Lily in the greenhouse after she discovers drugs and a corpse there.

• Claire → Lily (Alliance Benefactor) — Claire materially supports Lily's education and relocation to Cassadaga.

  Claire provides Lily with a university scholarship and allows her to live on her property.

Story Analysis

A grieving teacher follows supernatural visions into a murder investigation and confronts the killer behind a marionette workshop.

Plot Progression

1. Arrival Beneath a Shadow — Lily arrives in Cassadaga to teach, study, and grieve her deceased sister. Claire provides her with a scholarship and a place to stay.
2. The Spirit's Warning — Lily begins dating Mike and visits a psychic. A brief spiritual connection becomes a warning that a female spirit has attached itself to her.
3. Clues in the Haunting — Christian tells Lily about a previous scholarship winner who disappeared under suspicion surrounding Thomas. Lily and Mike investigate while the haunting restricts her ability to leave town.
4. Secrets Beneath Glass — Mike abandons Lily during a custody conflict, but her visions reveal the greenhouse as the center of the mystery. She finds drugs and a hidden corpse there.
5. The Marionette Maker — Thomas is arrested but is not the killer. Officer Hall identifies Christian, who kills him, abducts Lily, and pursues her into the final confrontation.