Character Relationship Map: Eclipse

Characters

• Alex (played by Alexander Petrov) — protagonist

  Alex is the male student who meets Tanya after a phone mix-up and persuades her to watch the eclipse with him, beginning their romance. When Tanya is cursed and told she will be abandoned, he seeks su...

• Tanya (played by Diana Pozharskaya) — supporting

  Tanya is a young woman whose planned eclipse outing with her brother is derailed by a phone mix-up, leading her to meet Alex and begin a romance. At a gathering, a shaman identifies her on a televised...

• Shaman (played by Kirill Kozakov) — supporting

  The Shaman makes unsettling claims at a gathering and later identifies Tanya during Dmitriy Grigorev's televised psychic contest, declaring that she is cursed and will be abandoned by those she loves....

• Dmitriy Grigorev (played by Sergey Burunov) — supporting

  Dmitriy Grigorev hosts the televised psychic contest where a shaman identifies Tanya and declares that she is cursed. The broadcast cuts out during the prediction, but its claims continue to affect Ta...

• Rustam (played by Semyon Lopatin) — supporting

  Rustam is preparing a ritual that could give him great power. A shaman warns that love may be the only force capable of defeating his magic. When Alex volunteers to take Tanya's curse, Rustam agrees t...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Dmitriy Grigorev → Shaman (Professional Host And Contestant) — Dmitriy hosts the broadcast that gives the Shaman a platform to make the curse prediction.

  Dmitriy Grigorev hosts the televised psychic contest in which the Shaman identifies Tanya and makes his prediction.

• Shaman → Tanya (Power Curse Bearer And Seer) — The Shaman publicly identifies Tanya as cursed, and the prediction becomes a source of fear in her life.

  During Dmitriy Grigorev's televised psychic contest, the Shaman identifies Tanya and declares that she is cursed and will be left alone.

• Alex → Tanya (Romantic Partners) — Their romance begins after the eclipse-day phone mix-up; Alex later risks himself by offering to accept Tanya's curse.

  A phone mix-up connects Tanya with a male student, and their meeting becomes the beginning of a romance. Later, Alex volunteers to take the curse in h...

Story Dynamics

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

• Alex → Shaman (Alliance Seeks Supernatural Guidance) — Alex turns to supernatural advisers, including the Shaman, while seeking a way to save Tanya.

  After learning of Tanya's curse, Alex seeks help from people familiar with the supernatural and learns that someone must willingly accept the curse in...

• Shaman → Rustam (Conflict Warns Against His Magic) — The Shaman warns Rustam that love may overcome the power he seeks through his ritual.

  As Rustam prepares a ritual that could give him great power, the Shaman warns that love may be the only force capable of defeating his magic.

• Alex → Rustam (Conflict Curse Transfer Agreement) — Alex offers to take Tanya's curse, and Rustam accepts the proposed arrangement while preparing a ritual intended to give him great power.

  When the group discusses saving Tanya, Alex volunteers to take the curse, and Rustam agrees to the arrangement.

Story Analysis

A romance becomes entangled with a public curse, a supernatural ritual, and an unresolved clue about Rustam.

Plot Progression

1. An Eclipse-Day Encounter — Tanya's plan to watch the eclipse with her brother falls apart after a phone mix-up connects her with Alex. They watch the sky together, beginning a romance.
2. A Curse Goes Public — At a gathering and then on a televised psychic contest, the Shaman speaks of a betrayed woman and identifies Tanya as cursed. His prediction says her loved ones will turn away, and the broadcast cuts...
3. Seeking a Way to Save Tanya — At university, Tanya becomes frightened that the curse is affecting how others see her and her relationship with Alex becomes strained. Alex seeks supernatural help and learns that someone must willin...
4. A Ritual and a Troubling Clue — Alex offers to take Tanya's curse, and Rustam agrees. Alex participates in a televised purification ritual, suffers an apparent crisis, and later seeks to reveal the truth live; an old newspaper photo...