Character Relationship Map: Lavender

Characters

• Jane Rutter (played by Abbie Cornish) — protagonist

  The central protagonist, a photographer whose childhood memories were suppressed after a traumatic family massacre. Following a car accident, she investigates her past, discovers the truth about her f...

• Patrick Ryan (played by Dermot Mulroney) — protagonist

  Jane's uncle and the primary antagonist. He murdered members of the family in 1985, caused Jane's head injury, concealed the crime, and later attempts to abuse Alice before Jane captures and abandons...

• Alan Rutter (played by Diego Klattenhoff) — supporting

  Jane's husband and Alice's father. He struggles with Jane's memory lapses but supports her investigation and rushes to protect Alice when Patrick threatens her.

• Liam (played by Justin Long) — supporting

  A hospital psychiatrist who encourages Jane to visit the farmhouse to recover her repressed memories. He is later revealed to be Jane's father and appears after death to explain that the family's spir...

• Young Jane (played by Peyton Kennedy) — supporting

  Jane as a child and the only survivor found after the family massacre. She witnessed the attack, suffered a head injury during her escape, and subsequently lost her memories of the tragedy.

• Alice Rutter (played by Lola Flanery) — supporting

  Jane and Alan's young daughter. She encounters the supernatural presence connected to the farmhouse, warns about a monster, suffers an asthma attack, and becomes the target of Patrick's later abuse at...

• Susie (played by Sarah Abbott) — minor

  Jane's sister, whose spirit repeatedly guides Jane toward the truth. She was attacked by Patrick as a child and died from an asthma attack during the family tragedy.

Canonical Relationships

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

• Young Jane → Jane Rutter (Temporal Past Self) — Young Jane represents Jane's suppressed childhood identity and memories.

  The plot presents Young Jane during the 1985 massacre and Jane as the same survivor investigating the event in 2010.

• Susie → Jane Rutter (Meta Spirit Guide) — Susie's apparition leads Jane toward the buried family truth.

  Susie's spirit appears to Jane, tells her to find them, and warns her about the monster.

• Jane Rutter → Alan Rutter (Romantic Spouse) — Jane and Alan are married but emotionally strained.

  The plot explicitly describes Alan as Jane's husband, although their relationship is strained by her memory lapses.

• Alan Rutter → Alice Rutter (Family Father) — Alan is Alice's father and responds to her immediate danger.

  Alan is described as Jane's husband and Alice's parent, and he takes Alice to the hospital during her asthma attack.

• Jane Rutter → Alice Rutter (Family Mother) — Jane is Alice's mother and acts to protect her from Patrick.

  Jane lives with her husband Alan and their young daughter Alice, and she protects Alice during the farmhouse ordeal.

• Young Jane → Susie (Family Sister) — Young Jane and Susie are sisters endangered during the childhood massacre.

  The childhood photograph includes young Jane and Susie, and the sisters hide together under the bed.

• Liam → Jane Rutter (Family Father) — Liam is Jane's biological father, whose death is tied to her repressed childhood trauma.

  The second family photograph reveals Liam to be Jane's father.

• Patrick Ryan → Jane Rutter (Family Uncle) — Patrick is Jane's uncle and a hidden perpetrator of her family's massacre.

  Property records show that Patrick cares for the farmhouse owned by Jane, and the plot identifies him as her uncle.

Story Dynamics

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

• Alan Rutter → Patrick Ryan (Conflict Opponent) — Alan directly opposes Patrick during the rescue attempt.

  Alan rushes to the farmhouse and Patrick shoots at him while preparing to attack Alice.

• Patrick Ryan → Alice Rutter (Conflict Predator) — Patrick targets Alice in a repetition of his earlier abuse.

  At the climax, Patrick is preparing to molest Alice when Jane and Alan arrive.

• Patrick Ryan → Susie (Conflict Abuser) — Patrick sexually threatens Susie, establishing the central pattern of abuse.

  Patrick pulls Susie from under the bed and prepares to molest her before her parents arrive.

Story Analysis

A survivor recovers the truth about a family massacre and confronts the abuser who threatens the next generation.

Plot Progression

1. Blood Beneath Memory — The 1985 massacre leaves Young Jane as the sole survivor. In 2010, adult Jane struggles with memory lapses and family tension while photographing abandoned farmhouses.
2. The Farmhouse Calls — A car accident worsens Jane's childhood amnesia. A mysterious jack, an old photograph, and property records draw her toward the farmhouse and Patrick.
3. Voices From Childhood — Jane discovers the newspaper account of the massacre and receives a torn family photograph. Susie's apparition and Alice's warnings make the haunting increasingly immediate.
4. The Buried Truth — The spirits trap Jane at the farmhouse, where a music box reveals Liam as her father. Jane then remembers Patrick's abuse, the murders, and the origin of her injury.
5. A Reckoning In The Room — Liam explains that the spirits guided Jane toward liberation. Patrick attacks Alice, but Jane defeats him and leaves him bound in Susie's room to face the family.