Character Relationship Map: Until Dawn

Characters

• Max (played by Michael Cimino) — protagonist

  Clover's ex-boyfriend and companion. He attempts to rally the group to rescue Clover and later explores the woods with her. After discovering his sister has turned into a wendigo, he kills her on Clov...

• Abe (played by Belmont Cameli) — supporting

  Nina's boyfriend who joins the group at the gas station. He discovers missing persons posters and later attempts to abandon the group, resulting in him being impaled by Nina. He is repeatedly killed b...

• Wendigo (played by Boglárka Heim) — minor
• Megan (played by Ji-young Yoo) — supporting

  Another friend in the group. She is initially killed by a supernatural force after being possessed. In later loops, she survives a cycle, follows Hill into the underground tunnels, and becomes trapped...

Story Dynamics

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

• Megan → Wendigo (Conflict Victim And Captive) — Megan is both a target of supernatural violence and a survivor of its captivity.

  Megan is possessed and killed by a supernatural force in one loop. In a later cycle, she becomes trapped with a wendigo in a sanatorium until she is r...

• Abe → Wendigo (Conflict Victim And Enemy) — Abe is repeatedly threatened and killed by the supernatural forces.

  Abe is repeatedly killed by the masked assailant and creatures throughout the time loops.

• Max → Wendigo (Conflict Enemy) — Max confronts the supernatural creatures directly and ultimately kills one of them.

  Max and Megan are attacked by a wendigo in the woods, and Max later kills the transformed sister at Clover's request before sacrificing himself.

• Abe → Megan (Alliance Teammate) — They share group membership and repeated survival circumstances.

  Abe and Megan belong to the same group and repeatedly experience the time loop and its attacks.

• Max → Megan (Alliance Teammate) — Their cooperation becomes important during the search through the woods.

  Max and Megan explore the woods together during a later loop and are attacked by a wendigo.

• Max → Abe (Alliance Teammate) — They are companions under extreme pressure, but their survival priorities eventually diverge.

  Max and Abe travel with the same group and face the repeated deaths together. Max later tries to persuade Abe to help rescue Clover, while Abe attempt...

Story Analysis

A group trapped in a repeating night must uncover Hill's experiments, confront supernatural manifestations, and escape before the final cycle ends.

Plot Progression

1. A Valley Of Disappearances — The group retraces the missing sister's path and reaches Glore Valley after receiving warnings about disappearances. Heavy rain drives them into a visitor center containing disturbing evidence.
2. The House Beneath The Center — The group discovers a hidden structure below the visitor center before a masked assailant kills them. They awaken again and realize that their deaths and the night are repeating.
3. Rules Of The Nightmare — Repeated deaths reveal the thirteen-death limit and the danger of the tap water. A recording explains how a captive transformed into a wendigo over thirteen nights.
4. The Buried Valley — The group uncovers the mining disaster beneath Glore Valley and learns that their bodies are deteriorating. They follow Megan's trail into tunnels filled with wendigos.
5. Experiments Before Sunrise — Hill's experiments are exposed as the group reaches the sanatorium. Hill dies, Megan is rescued, and the survivors escape when the hourglass runs out at sunrise.