Character Relationship Map: Cherry Tree

Characters

• Faith (played by Naomi Battrick) — protagonist

  Faith coaches a girls’ hockey team and cares deeply for her father, Sean, whose leukemia is worsening. Desperate after learning that his treatment has failed, she accepts Sissy’s supernatural bargain,...

• Sean (played by Sam Hazeldine) — protagonist

  Sean is Faith’s father and a leukemia patient whose treatment has failed. He hides the seriousness of his condition from Faith, but she recognizes his decline and seeks a supernatural cure. After appa...

• Sissy (played by Anna Walton) — supporting

  Sissy presents herself as someone capable of altering the natural order and offers Faith a way to change Sean’s fate through pregnancy. She conceals the bargain’s true cost, supports the cult’s ritual...

• Brian (played by Patrick Gibson) — supporting

  Brian helps arrange the birthday celebration where Faith meets Sissy. The supernatural bargain later reveals that Brian was possessed by another being when he and Faith were together, and that his dea...

• Faith's Son (played by Christopher Donovan) — minor

  Faith’s unborn son is the child produced through Sissy’s bargain to restore Sean’s health. The cult treats the baby as central to a ritual connected with the cherry tree and the Underworld, intending...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Faith's Son → Faith (son)
• Faith → Brian (Romantic Intimate Encounter) — Faith and Brian share an encounter complicated by supernatural possession.

  Sissy reveals that Brian had been possessed by another being when he and Faith were together.

• Sean → Faith (Family Father) — Sean is Faith's seriously ill father.

  The plot identifies Sean as Faith's father, and Faith tries to support him while he undergoes leukemia treatment.

Story Dynamics

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

• Sissy → Sean (Conflict Antagonist) — Sissy's scheme makes Sean both a beneficiary and a sacrifice.

  Sissy explains that Sean's return required another death, and Sean is later taken and prepared as a sacrifice.

• Faith → Sissy (Conflict Deceived Bargainer) — Faith initially trusts Sissy but becomes her opponent.

  Faith follows Sissy's plan to become pregnant in order to change Sean's fate, but later discovers that Sissy intends to use the unborn child in a ritu...

Story Analysis

A daughter's desperate attempt to save her father becomes a confrontation with a lethal supernatural bargain.

Plot Progression

1. A Town Beneath the Legend — Faith lives amid folklore about a cult and an allegedly enchanted cherry tree. Her ordinary responsibilities are overshadowed by Sean's worsening leukemia.
2. The Desperate Bargain — Sean learns that his treatment has failed, while Faith searches for a way to save him. At a birthday celebration, Sissy offers a supernatural solution involving pregnancy.
3. A Miracle With a Price — Faith tells Sean she is expecting a child, and his tests soon show no sign of leukemia. The apparent miracle becomes terrifying when Sissy reveals its hidden cost.
4. The Sacrifice Revealed — Faith discovers that Sissy's followers intend to use the unborn child in a ritual connected to the cherry tree and the Underworld. Sean is taken and prepared for sacrifice.
5. The Unfinished Ceremony — A warning directs Faith toward the supernatural chamber, where Sissy seeks transformation into the Queen of the Underworld. Faith confronts the cult, but the supplied ending leaves the outcome unresol...