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Tanner Williams
A rich playboy who has a fascination with flying balloons even though he has a habit of crashing into the bridge over the local gorge. Tanner thinks of himself as a guardian of Serton but has a secret that he is unwilling to share with anyone. While normally very happy and jovial Tanner does have a dark and sometimes violent side, which shows through occasionally. Since the discovery of Susan’s visions and Shane’s unexpected arrival in town, the trio have become good friends and have decided to help fight any evil in the town. Recently Tanner was given a gift of some kind by a mysterious man called Kerrigan Wilde who insisted that Tanner was an angel. When confronted on the issue Tanner denied that he was an angel but could not say what he was.

Susan Forrester
Working as the town’s midwife has brought her into contact with quite a few people in town but Susan is a loner. Susan’s grandmother hinted to her when she was younger that she had the power to see briefly into the future. Susan discovers this talent herself just as a new evil arises in town although she is unable to control or use her power to make it really useful. During the incident with the beast, she clashed terribly with Alexander who she later had to save in a deadly attack. The pair agreed to work together even though they have issues with each other. Unexpectedly, Jennifer Duprie has came to Susan asking her to help her. Susan took the woman under her wing and is helping to train her as a midwife to help her if her visions become too strong. Susan has been terrified by the visions. After an incident where Taribo acted as her guide, Susan discovered that the visions may come from hell. This was further confirmed when the last time Susan had a vision to find Alexandra she was almost consumed by the black tentacles of some strange force. What was more eerie was that her vision was guided away to something else leaving Susan confused.

Shane Carter
New to town, Shane regards himself as a hunter of evil. He has tracked demons and evil men all over America. He has been drawn to Serton because he senses that there is evil in the town. Shane is quite a modern boy and decides to help out Tanner upon his arrival. Shane is very dedicated to his job and is used to working on his own. After the fight with the beast and Leonard’s attack on him, Shane was left with a wound in his side that is healing slowly. While he overlooks the fact that Leonard went temporarily insane, he still keeps in the back of his mind that Leonard is a murderer. During the recent incident with the Summers sisters, Shane found himself drawn to Alexandra. However after a few visits where their relationship seemed to be blossoming there was a disaster, the beast, as summoned by Elizabeth, attacked Alexandra. Shane, in a state of shock, made love to Alexandra and as she became pregnant there was a question as to who the father was. When the baby was born everyone was left in no doubt. Now Shane feels isolated from Alexandra who refuses to love him even though she keeps pulling him closer. Even his friends feel distant due to the recent troubles in his life.

Leonard McGuigan
Leonard was married to Mary-Anne until the beast was summoned to Serton and accidentally killed her. Leonard was devastated as he had been devoted to his work as the priest of the town and found that he had driven his wife into the arms of another man, Taribo. Furious at Taribo, he murdered him with a gunshot to the face. Leonard went temporarily insane but was able to pull himself together to help send the beast back to where it had come from. Leonard now feels terrible guilt for everything he did the night the beast was summoned. His best friend in town is Alexander Duprie. Leonard recently discovered that the ghost of Taribo now haunts him. Although Taribo says he has forgiven Leonard the priest still feels incredible guilt. His relationships with Tanner, Susan and Shane seem to be growing stronger and there is a certain spark between Susan and the priest.

Alexander Duprie
Owning most of the land for the town has left Alexander very rich. He enjoys a comfortable lifestyle with his wife Jennifer and runs a very successful importing and exporting business. Alexander is good friends with Leonard and the pair enjoy each others company. Alexander is a little out of his time as he still has servants which are of colour but he refuses to modernise since this is the lifestyle to which he has grown accustomed to. Since the incident with the beast he has found a new place to focus his anger. He believes that many women are inferior to men and should not be placed in danger. Susan has also caused him annoyance after she tried to sacrifice his friend to save everyone else. Alexander fell out with his wife after Jennifer told him of her intentions to seek training under the guidance of Susan. Alexander forbade his wife from going ahead with the training but once he had found out that she had gone behind his back he told her that he wanted nothing to do with her. After a fight with his friend Leonard, Alexander began to realise how stupid and foolish he had been. He made up with Jennifer and the pair are about to have their first child.

Jennifer Duprie
Alexander’s wife, Jennifer enjoys the benefits that a rich lifestyle has brought her. She comes across as haughty and rude to people who have less than her. She spoke regularly to Mary-Anne, Leonard’s wife, before her untimely demise. Jennifer was deeply traumatised by the incident with the beast and begins to wonder what else there is in life. Jennifer began to realise, after the incident with the beats, that perhaps she was not fulfilling all that she could in life. She found out that she hated the person she was, vain and pompous, and wished to change. With a growing desire to help people she went to Susan so that she could train to be a midwife but her plan has a drawback. Her husband had an intense dislike of Susan and forbade her from going. Jennifer defied her husband and went anyway and found that Alexander wanted nothing more to do with her. Alexander has since made up with Jennifer and the pair are now expecting their first child.

Alexandra Summers
Alexandra is Elizabeth’s younger sister and daughter of the late Francis Summers; she has arrived back in town along with Elizabeth to reclaim the life they once had. Alexandra is quieter than her sister but can still be as stubborn. When Alexandra found out that her sister had murdered their father to cover up her own misdeeds, Alexandra turned her back on Elizabeth. Alexandra feels slightly lost in the big house now that her sister has gone but finds that she has an attraction towards Shane. After an incident, brought on by Elizabeth, Alexandra found herself attacked and raped by the beast. She begged Shane to make love to her to wipe out the memory of that day and he did however that had a negative effect on Alexandra and now she associates Shane with that day. Alexandra found herself pregnant and tried to abort the baby herself. She had been growing steadily more unstable as the pregnancy went on and when the baby was born she found it is was a spawn of the beast and wanted nothing to do with it.

Elias Crane
Elias is a constable in the town of Serton. Initially he came through town on the trail of Elizabeth Summers but his superiors felt he would be of use in town due to the appearance of opium running in and around Serton. Elias can be quite shy when it comes to people and eager to please them. He feels put down by his father after years of physical and mental abuse which his father claimed was training. His mother killed herself after she could take her illness no more and Elias’s father refuses to believe his wife could commit suicide. He trained Elias to become a constable and to hunt down the killers.

Quantas Brock
Quantas was married to Charlotte until she died during childbirth. His new daughter was named charlotte after her mother but Quantas is not happy at having to look after a child. At best Quantas is a womaniser but he appears to have some more secrets. A man called Greenville has returned into his life and is demanding that Quantas works for him once more in his opium dealings.

Greenville
Greenville is a very dangerous man. On the surface of things he deals in opium and is very profitable but there is more to him than meets the eye. He has recently come back into Quantas’s life in order to use him as one of his employees again.

Katherine Walker
Katherine is originally from England and was employed by Shane to look after Benjamin Summers, the child that was born to Alexandra.

Benjamin Summers
A spawn of the beast that was born to Alexandra Summers after the beast raped her. Benjamin has red eyes and what appears to be an understanding of what is going on around him. All who know him are certain that this is no ordinary child.

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Elizabeth Summers
Elizabeth is Alexandra’s sister and daughter of the late Francis Summers; she has arrived back in town to reclaim their family home. She is a strong willed woman who rarely takes no for an answer but cares deeply for her sister. After it was found that she had murdered her own father to cover up her own nefarious deeds, Elizabeth was remanded to Steading Hall sanatorium. Elizabeth escaped and took revenge on the two people who put here there – Alexandra and Tanner. She summoned the beast and caused it to harm her sister. Elizabeth left Serton shortly after that and her whereabouts are currently unknown.

Taribo O’Kacha
Of Jamaican decent, Taribo was the main servant in the Duprie household. He was the person who summoned the beats into the town. It accidentally killed the woman he loved, Mary-Anne, and was found over her body by Leonard. Leonard vowed to kill Taribo and eventually shot him in the face. After making an appearance from beyond the grave, the spirit of Taribo now haunted Leonard. Taribo forgave the priest but can he make Leonard believe that. Taribo also appeared to Susan as a guide but was destroyed when he consumed by a part of Susan‘s mind.

Mary-Anne Mcguigan
Had an affair with Taribo O’Kacha after her husband Leonard did not give her enough attention. When Taribo summoned the beast into town it accidentally killed Mary-Anne.