Character Relationship Map: Draug

Characters

• Nanna (played by Elna Karlsson) — protagonist

  Nanna experiences a frightening vision and receives a bundle of her old belongings before joining Hakon’s mission. She questions Are’s ailing mother about the haunting, learns how the undead may be st...

• Hakon (played by Ralf Beck) — supporting

  Hakon is a commander of the royal guard and lord of Sigtuna who leads the investigation into the missing royal cortege. He intimidates Are’s family, uses violent questioning, refuses to retreat, and b...

• Deja (played by Nina Filimoshkina) — supporting

  Deja is a healer from Wendland who joins Hakon’s expedition despite his warning to remain inconspicuous. After an ambush, she struggles to treat an injured survivor while Hakon interrogates him violen...

• Odd (played by Matti Boustedt) — supporting

  Odd is a member of the expedition who is left resting after the group is attacked and an injured survivor is questioned. The summary gives no further action or characterization, but his condition show...

• Randi (played by Mikaela Östlin) — supporting

  Randi is present at the remote homestead where Hakon’s party meets Are and his household. She is among the people confronted while Hakon asks about the missing travelers and Are’s movements, but the s...

• Are (played by Ola Ljung) — supporting

  Are is a sheriff at a remote homestead who greets Hakon’s party with an axe. Hakon questions him about the missing travelers and a relative moving through the forest; Are denies knowing anything, but...

• Draug (played by Mathias Berglund) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

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

• Deja → Odd (Professional Healer And Patient) — Deja provides medical care within the expedition group.

  After the ambush, Deja struggles to treat the wounded while Odd is left resting.

• Hakon → Odd (Power Expedition Leader And Follower) — Odd appears to function under Hakon's command during the dangerous journey.

  Odd is part of the traveling group, and after the ambush he is left resting while Hakon continues directing the expedition.

Story Dynamics

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

• Hakon → Randi (Unknown Questioner And Witness) — Randi is part of the household encountered during Hakon's investigation.

  Randi is present at Are's remote homestead when Hakon questions the household about the missing travelers.

• Nanna → Draug (Conflict Threatened Victim) — Nanna becomes a direct target during the supernatural trap.

  A seemingly harmless girl lures the party toward the burial site, and Nanna is then seized and bound as danger approaches.

• Hakon → Draug (Conflict Human Adversary) — The Draug is associated with the supernatural threat affecting Hakon and the expedition.

  After an attack in the woods leaves Hakon uncontrollable, the survivors connect the phenomenon to the Draug, the living dead.

• Hakon → Are (Conflict Interrogator And Suspect) — Their encounter is defined by coercive questioning and resistance.

  Hakon questions Are about the missing travelers and Are's brother-in-law, then intimidates Are and his family when Are denies knowing anything.

• Hakon → Deja (Alliance Expedition Partner) — They cooperate during the investigation and the group's survival efforts.

  Deja, identified as a healer from Wendland, joins Hakon's expedition and treats the wounded after the ambush.

• Hakon → Nanna (Alliance Expedition Leader And Companion) — Hakon leads the expedition while Nanna contributes investigative knowledge.

  Hakon reluctantly allows Nanna to accompany him on the northern mission. He later sends her to question Are's ailing mother.

Story Analysis

A northern investigation becomes a struggle against a forest-bound undead threat and an increasingly dangerous supernatural trap.

Plot Progression

1. A Mission Into Darkness — Hakon prepares to investigate a missing royal cortege in the north. Nanna joins reluctantly, while Deja becomes part of the expedition.
2. Warnings at the Homestead — The travelers encounter Are and his household at a remote homestead. Nanna hears an account of a haunting and learns a possible method for stopping the undead.
3. Ambush in Ödmården — The expedition enters the immense forest and is attacked. Several people disappear, and the survivors discover that the escort they sought is dead.
4. The Draug Awakens — Hakon insists on continuing north despite the danger. Another attack leaves him seemingly controlled by an inner rage, leading the group to associate the phenomenon with the Draug.
5. The Mire-Bound Lure — The survivors consider crossing a river but sense something watching them. A seemingly harmless girl leads them toward danger, and Nanna is seized near a lone tree in the mire.