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Grave Seasons features a cast of named townsfolk who live and work in Ashenridge, part of a town the studio has said holds more than 30 characters. Each of the 28 named residents revealed so far has a job, a personality, a home, and secrets. Because the killer is randomly chosen each playthrough from a subset of the cast, any of these residents could turn out to be the supernatural serial killer, and many can also be befriended or romanced. See Romance and Relationships and The Murder Mystery.
The Player Character
The player controls a customizable newcomer who arrives in Ashenridge after escaping from jail. The player can customize their character's appearance, hair, skin tone, and choose their gender before settling into farming life and the investigation. Because the player character is an escaped convict, asking the police for help is never an option. See The Player Character for the protagonist's background and the mechanics tied to their fugitive status.
Named Townsfolk
The following 28 named residents have been revealed for Ashenridge, along with their roles in town and pronouns. The studio has introduced them a few at a time through character cards on its social channels, and has said more locals are still to come.
Name | Role | Pronouns | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Althea | Doctor | She/Her | Intelligent and well respected in town. Has both regrets and secrets. |
Aria | Singer and guitarist | They/Them | An Ashenridge native musician who struggles with a sense of aimlessness. Cannot bake. |
Babs | Mailman | He/Him | Grouchy and unapproachable, with a teenager's hostility. Devoted to his mother, Daniela. Do not call him Barnabas. |
Brent | Former digital investor | He/Him | Carries himself as an innovator with a party-heavy past, and is largely ignored by his neighbors. |
Daniela | Seed shop owner | She/Her | Kind and intelligent, with a deep love of the seeds she cultivates. Babs's mother, and quietly hurt by his distance. |
Dante | Fortune teller | He/Him | Vain and attention-seeking, and cheerfully aware of it. Reads futures for the entertainment more than the accuracy, and can hint at coming weather. |
Elias | Baker | He/Him | An older retiree who once managed a high-stress restaurant. |
Fitch | Mayor | He/Him | An unpopular retiree from a long civil service career. Often spotted at the docks or his office. A confirmed potential murder victim. |
Gregory | Diner owner | He/Him | A quiet introvert who has a long-running feud with Lukas. |
Hari | Farmhand | He/Him | A bubbly, reckless social butterfly who clashes with Yuto. Confirmed single. |
Ishan | Schoolteacher | He/Him | A mysterious figure who teaches the town's youth. |
Jade | Blacksmith | She/Her | Keeps the player's tools in working order. Married to Xia the carpenter; Marina is their daughter. |
Jessie | Animal handler | They/Them | Disgruntled and dreams of leaving town. A frequent visitor at the diner. |
Kaarina | Waitress | She/Her | Off-putting at first. A former local rockstar, a cinephile, and a vinyl collector. |
Leilani | Florist | She/Her | Kind and affectionate, but holds a deep grudge. Runs Sunbeam Florals. |
Lukas | Bar owner | He/Him | A former wayward tourist whose jokes hide a deeper sadness. |
Maggie | Doctor's assistant | She/Her | Once best friends with Althea; grouchy with an adventurous past. Wears her lab coat with sleeves rolled up. |
Marina | Apprentice | She/Her | Daughter of Jade and Xia, apprenticed to both trades. Determined to prove herself, at the cost of much of her childhood. |
Naya | Mayor's assistant | She/Her | Works alongside Mayor Fitch. |
Noa | Fisherman | He/Him | Intimidating and suspicious. Runs the dockside store The Big Fish. Came to Ashenridge to escape some sort of violence. |
Petros | Animal handler | He/Him | Tall, gruff and short on words, but warms up completely when the subject is animals. Married to Sameera. |
Pilar | Tailor | She/Her | Outgoing and creative, but appears to be hiding something. Featured in the gameplay trailer's monster attack scene. |
Rose | Librarian | She/Her | Ashenridge's librarian of 203 years and a ghost. Nervous, friendly and wistful; her one regular social outlet is a small book club. |
Sameera | Butcher | She/Her | A successful, down-to-earth shopkeeper with little time to spare. |
Silvia | Herbalist | She/Her | Quiet and reclusive, and Althea's mother. A capable healer who can help or harm depending on what she thinks is deserved. |
Tomás | Priest | He/Him | Does not look the part and spends his nights at the bar. |
Xia | Carpenter | She/Her | Calm, welcoming and busy. Jade's wife, and the person to see about upgrading farm buildings. |
Yuto | S-Mart manager | He/Him | A dodgy, secretive shopkeeper with dry humor who clashes with Hari. |
Families And Ties
Several residents are related, and those ties matter because the investigation is as much about reading relationships as it is about collecting evidence. Jade, Xia and Marina are a family running the town's tool and building trades between them. Petros and Sameera are married. Babs and Daniela are son and mother. Silvia is Althea's mother, and would rather her daughter stopped fussing. Maggie assists Althea at the clinic and shares a history with both Althea and Lukas. See The Murder Mystery for why those connections are the harder half of the puzzle.
The Killer Pool
The killer is drawn randomly from a subset of the named townsfolk at the start of each playthrough, and the same player will not see the same killer twice in a row. Some of the romance candidates sit inside the killer pool, which makes it possible to unknowingly romance the murderer. Mayor Fitch is confirmed as a potential victim across runs, not a possible killer.