Character Relationship Map: Howl

Characters

• Joe (played by Ed Speleers) — protagonist

  Train guard forced into an extra shift. He takes charge of stranded passengers, helps barricade the train against werewolves, and ultimately sacrifices himself to save Ellen, later transforming and ki...

• Kate (played by Shauna Macdonald) — protagonist

  A standoffish passenger. While a werewolf grabs her, Adrian kicks her out of an open train door to save himself, leading to her death by the pack.

• Adrian (played by Elliot Cowan) — supporting

  An assertive passenger who initially tries to kill the transforming Jenny but is subdued by Joe. He later betrays Joe and Ellen by trapping them to escape, only to be killed by a newly transformed Joe...

• Ellen (played by Holly Weston) — supporting

  The train's tea-trolley operator. She reluctantly assists passengers, discovers the driver's body, helps reinforce defenses, and escapes to the station on foot after Joe stays behind to sacrifice hims...

• Ged (played by Duncan Preston) — supporting
• Matthew (played by Amit Shah) — supporting

  A bookish passenger who helps barricade the train and keeps watch outside. He locates Nina being eaten by a werewolf and is subsequently attacked and killed himself.

• Driver (played by Sean Pertwee) — minor
• Jenny (played by Ania Marson) — minor
• Nina (played by Rosie Day) — supporting

  A teenage passenger. While answering a phone call on the roof, she is pulled out by the creature. She is later found being devoured alive by a werewolf in the forest.

Canonical Relationships

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

• Ged → Jenny (Family Spouse) — Their couple relationship becomes tragic when Jenny transforms.

  The passengers are introduced as an elderly couple named Ged and Jenny, and Jenny later transforms and kills Ged.

• Joe → Driver (Professional Coworker) — They are railway coworkers caught in the same emergency.

  Joe is the train guard on the same service whose driver leaves the train to inspect the emergency stop.

Story Dynamics

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

• Matthew → Nina (Alliance Rescuer) — Matthew responds to Nina's apparent call for help despite the danger.

  Matthew hears Nina calling for help in the forest and goes to find her, discovering her being eaten by a werewolf.

• Adrian → Kate (Conflict Self-Preserving Betrayer) — Adrian sacrifices Kate for his own survival.

  When the creature grabs Kate, Adrian kicks her out of the open train door to protect himself, causing her death.

• Adrian → Jenny (Conflict Threat And Victim) — Their conflict is driven by fear of Jenny's transformation.

  Adrian tries to kill Jenny because he believes a werewolf bite will transform her, but Joe stops him; Jenny later transforms and attacks Adrian.

• Ellen → Jenny (Alliance Caretaker) — Ellen helps care for Jenny after the creature's attack.

  Ellen is part of the group that returns Jenny to the train and bandages her bitten leg.

• Joe → Matthew (Alliance Team Leader And Watchman) — Matthew supports Joe's survival plan as an external lookout.

  Joe organizes the passengers' defenses while Matthew keeps watch outside during Billy's attempt to repair the fuel line.

• Joe → Kate (Alliance Protector) — Kate is among the passengers under Joe's protection.

  Joe takes charge of the stranded passengers and helps defend them against the creature, including Kate.

• Joe → Jenny (Conflict Protector And Threat) — Joe tries to contain Jenny before ultimately stopping her transformation.

  Joe has the others tie Jenny up after her werewolf symptoms appear, then kills her when she transforms and attacks Adrian.

• Joe → Adrian (Conflict Adversary) — Their conflict develops from a moral dispute into direct betrayal.

  Joe knocks Adrian unconscious when Adrian tries to kill the transforming Jenny, and later Adrian traps Joe and Ellen to escape.

• Joe → Ellen (Alliance Teammate) — They become the central survival partners aboard the train.

  Joe and Ellen work together to investigate the driver's body, protect the stranded passengers, monitor the train, and escape the werewolves.

Story Analysis

A stranded train guard leads a desperate group against werewolves, ultimately sacrificing himself so Ellen can escape.

Plot Progression

1. Midnight Train Breakdown — Joe begins an unwanted extra shift while Ellen works the tea trolley. The train stops in a remote forest, and the driver is killed after investigating a trapped deer.
2. The Forest Retreat — The passengers learn that a storm has made rescue impossible and persuade Joe and Ellen to lead them toward Eastborough. They discover the driver's mutilated body and retreat as the creature attacks J...
3. The Carriage Siege — The group loses communication because of the damaged antenna and tries to repair the leaking fuel line. Nina is pulled from the train, Paul is killed, and the survivors finally kill the first creature...
4. Transformation And Betrayal — Matthew identifies the creature as a werewolf, while Jenny's infection worsens and Adrian attempts to kill her. More werewolves arrive, Matthew and Nina die in the forest, and Adrian sacrifices Kate t...
5. The Last Escape — Jenny transforms and kills Ged before Joe stops her. After the train fails again, Adrian traps Joe and Ellen, Billy dies defending them, and Joe sacrifices himself so Ellen can reach Eastborough.