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These are world characters, some feature in Bloodbath on Unholy Island and some do not but exist within that world.
Actor. Traveller. Witness.
Status: Active
Occupation: Improvisational actor
Nationality: American
Rom arrives in Scotland expecting nothing more dramatic than an improvisational theatre engagement in Inverness. A blown tyre on a deserted Highland road shortly after midnight strands him miles from help, forcing him to accept assistance from the only passing motorist.
It proves to be the worst decision of his life.
Possessing neither combat training nor specialist knowledge, Rom survives through instinct, empathy and an unwillingness to abandon others, even when every sensible decision suggests he should run.
Although frequently overwhelmed by events, he repeatedly chooses courage over self-preservation.
His greatest strength is not physical.
It is his refusal to stop caring.
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Museum Researcher
Status: Unknown
Ellie is a museum researcher specialising in neglected collections, maritime history and forgotten historical records.
Her investigation into an obscure nineteenth-century shipping incident eventually uncovers evidence of an object deliberately hidden upon a remote Scottish island. What begins as historical research gradually becomes something far more dangerous as fragmented journals, forgotten correspondence and surviving artefacts reveal an increasingly disturbing picture.
Although naturally sceptical, Ellie possesses a curiosity that frequently overrides caution.
She rarely walks away from unanswered questions.
Unfortunately, some questions were buried for good reason.
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Status: Deceased
Very little can be verified about Frank prior to the events leading towards Unholy Island.
What is known is largely assembled from witness testimony.
He presents himself with exaggerated confidence, crude humour and relentless conversation, switching between charm and terrifying violence with almost no warning.
His appearance is distinctive.
A broad mohawk.
Military clothing covered in patches.
A grin that rarely reaches his eyes.
Those who encountered him briefly often underestimated him.
Those who encountered him longer rarely survived.
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The Bound Woman
Status: Unknown
Historical records concerning Jess d'Darby remain fragmented and contradictory.
Some describe her as a noblewoman.
Others, a murderer.
Others still refuse to describe her at all.
What little survives suggests she was eventually confined beneath an isolated island somewhere off the Scottish coast.
The reasons remain disputed.
The method appears to have involved both ritual and engineering.
Centuries later, that imprisonment is disturbed.
Status: Active
Occupation: Major Crime Investigation
Detective Inspector Loz M specialises in violent crime.
Quiet, methodical and exceptionally observant, she approaches every investigation by reconstructing events from the smallest available details. Rather than relying on instinct alone, Loz mentally rebuilds a crime scene, allowing movements, decisions and motives to emerge before drawing conclusions.
To colleagues, this habit has become almost legendary.
To Loz, it is simply how she thinks.
Following the murders connected to Frank, she quickly dismisses the theory of a random killing spree, recognising instead a deliberate chain of events stretching far beyond the hotel itself.
As the investigation progresses, conventional police work slowly gives way to questions with no obvious answers.
Loz follows them anyway.
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Detective Constable
Status: Active
Kyle serves as Detective Inspector Loz M's investigative partner.
Organised, dependable and quietly perceptive, Kyle provides much of the practical groundwork that allows Loz's investigations to progress. While she reconstructs events, Kyle gathers the evidence needed to support or challenge those conclusions.
The partnership works because neither approaches a case in quite the same way.
Kyle trusts procedure.
Loz trusts patterns.
Over time, each begins borrowing something from the other.
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Among investigators assigned to the Unholy Island murders, an unusual pattern gradually emerged. Early reports ask: ...
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Classification: Recovered Notice The following handwritten message remained pinned to the harbour office noticeboard ...
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Read fragment →Classification: Internal MemorandumOrigin: Major Incident TeamDate: Redacted Following an initial assessment of the h...
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