Residents of Glenhallow

Age: 20

Role: Protagonist / Unreliable narrator / "Antagonist" to the world

Diagnosis: Anti Social Personality Disorder (ASPD) EXTREMELY high functioning

Appearance: Dark, almost black hair that's always perfectly combed; pale, angular face; glass grey eyes; hands are always cold; dresses too fine for the crumbling town—silk gloves, pressed waistcoats, and polished, clean boots despite the mud.

Personality: Charismatic, manipulative, calculating; craves control and truth more than comfort; deeply distrustful of affection, but obsessed with authenticity.

Backstory: Sent to Glenhallow after being quietly expelled from multiple institutions and households. Has had a violent incident in his past that nobody speaks of, possibly a death.

Wants: To prove the world isn't real. To break out. To be free from control.

Fears: That he is alone in his awareness, that Julian isn't even real, that love is a trap.

“If it's all a story, then tell me this, Julian: why does it hurt when I look at you?”

Age: 19

Role: Love interest / Emotional anchor / The light within the broken world

Appearance: Strawberry blond, curls that fall into his face; eyes like rainwater; freckles across his nose. Always smells faintly of lavender and iron. Often wears oversized sweaters or apothecary aprons.

Personality: Kind, curious, loyal to a fault. Often underestimated. Believes in people’s goodness, until Glenhallow starts to crack. Feels things deeply but hides it behind careful smiles.

Backstory: Raised in Glenhallow. Never left. Apprenticed under the apothecary since childhood. Has always known something was wrong with the town, but was told not to ask.

Wants: To understand his place in the world. To love and be loved freely.

Fears: Being abandoned. Being used. Losing Elijah to madness.

“If this is a lie, then let's make something true inside it.”

Role: The town priest / Symbol of order

Appearance: White-haired, pristine robes, but his eyes don't focus properly. He repeats prayers word for word, like a recording.

Function: Represents the town's religious culture and social obedience. Occasionally disappears mid sentence.

Mystery: He was once real… possibly. Elijah finds old letters signed in a different name.

Role: Housekeeper of Hollows Rest

Appearance: Kind-faced but too still. Moves robotically. Has never been seen eating.

Function: Caretaker of Elijah. Treats him like a child. Unsettling, passive-aggressive sweetness.

Mystery: Her memories change. One day she'll say Elijah's mother died in childbirth. Another, that she drowned in a river.

Role: Apothecary / Julian's boss

Appearance: Sharp-featured, thin, always coughing into a handkerchief. Kind but distant.

Function: Keeps Julian in line. Quietly discourages questions about the outside world.

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