Character Relationship Map: Arrowhead

Characters

• Kye Cortland (played by Dan Mor) — protagonist

  Kye Cortland is an accomplished pilot and imprisoned soldier recruited by Tobias Hatch for a rebellion mission. After hijacking the Arrowhead, he becomes stranded on a desert moon, where he bonds with...

• Tarren Hollis (played by Aleisha Rose) — protagonist

  Tarren Hollis is a biologist found alive in an escape pod by Kye Cortland. She identifies his connection to Tobias Hatch, challenges his loyalty, and offers him a fair trial. After Norman Oleander att...

• RE3F (played by Shaun Micallef) — supporting

  RE3F is the Arrowhead's artificial intelligence, initially restricted by missing biometric authorization and unable to volunteer information. It guides Kye Cortland through the hostile moon, helps res...

• Norman Oleander (played by Christopher Kirby) — supporting

  Norman Oleander is the Arrowhead's security chief, whose body Kye Cortland discovers near the escape pods. After being resurrected by the moon's obelisk, Oleander becomes hostile and shoots Tarren Hol...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Norman Oleander → RE3F (Power Biometric Keyholder) — Oleander's biological identity determines the system's access level.

  After Norman Oleander is revived at the obelisk, his biometric data is used to unlock all of RE3F's functions.

Story Dynamics

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

• Tarren Hollis → Norman Oleander (Alliance Companions In Survival) — Hollis participates in the practical effort to restore Oleander and access the ship's systems.

  Tarren Hollis and Kye Cortland drag Norman Oleander's body to the obelisk, using his biometric data to unlock RE3F's functions.

• Kye Cortland → Norman Oleander (Conflict Reviver And Threat) — Cortland's attempt to save Oleander directly creates a later lethal conflict.

  Cortland helps drag Norman Oleander's body to the obelisk and later kills Oleander after Oleander revives and shoots Tarren Hollis.

• Kye Cortland → RE3F (Alliance Survival Partners) — RE3F becomes Cortland's primary long-term survival companion.

  With RE3F's help, Kye Cortland restores the shuttle's power, survives on the moon for three years, and learns to control his transformations.

• Kye Cortland → Tarren Hollis (Alliance Uneasy Ally) — Their cooperation develops gradually from distrust into mutual dependence.

  After initially declining to accompany Tarren Hollis, Kye Cortland rejoins her when the shuttle will not start. They later cooperate to revive Norman...

Story Analysis

A stranded rebel pilot confronts exploitation, resurrection, and betrayal while seeking freedom for himself and others.

Plot Progression

1. The Prisoner's Bargain — Kye Cortland escapes a mining prison through a brutal self-amputation. He is recruited for a rebellion mission and accepts a cybernetic replacement before boarding the Arrowhead.
2. The Broken Mission — Cortland awakens early and hacks the scientific vessel's data banks. An EMI flare prevents transmission, damages the ship, and strands him on a dangerous desert moon.
3. The Obelisk's Price — Cortland finds Tarren Hollis and struggles with her accusations and conditions for cooperation. An insectoid attack, an obelisk resurrection, and Oleander's violent revival transform the mission.
4. Years Beneath the Moon — Cortland discovers that the symbiote turns him into an insectoid under stress. He survives for three years with RE3F, defeats Oleander's cellular manifestation, and learns Hollis may still live.
5. The Timeless Battlefield — Cortland uncovers the moon's military time-dilation purpose and finds evidence of Hollis's escape. A hostage demand forces him to reject his former commander and fight for a broader liberation.