The Moors of Blakeslive

The head maid of Grimshaw Manor. A local woman from Blackwood village, she took the position after her mother, who was the previous head maid of the Manor. She is deeply loyal to the family, and is one of the most trusted servants of the manor.

She is serious at times, but also loyal to her employees. She has a special respect to every member of the Grimshaw Manor. She loves to read and talk walks on the manor in her free time.

Blackwood's only doctor, a man of science stranded in a superstitious village. He is fascinated by the 'moor sickness'—a catch-all term for the strange ailments and disappearances—and seeks rational explanations. His methods bring him into constant conflict with Martha Cray's folk wisdom and Jasper Cray's pragmatic ruthlessness.

Alistair is a deep thinker, and very proud and also bold. His instincts get him in danger. He strongly believes Science could triumph mere folklore.

Silas's 35 year old wife. She was a middle-class governess whom Silas married for her practicality and resilience, not love. Trapped in a lonely, gilded cage, she manages the manor's dwindling finances.

Eleanor can be very cunning. She uses her beauty, power and money to get what she wants. She is also extremely proud, and sees villagers as commonfolk not worthy of respect.

The publican of The Grouse and Gorse inn in Blackwood. A former poacher, he is the village's de facto leader and information broker. He organizes the covert patrols of the moor's perimeter, armed with modified birding guns and cudgels, and views the Grimshaws as a necessary nuisance and a potential threat.

Jasper's wife and the village midwife/herbalist. A no-nonsense woman with profound knowledge of the moor's medicinal and poisonous plants. She treats villagers and manor folk alike, but her loyalties lie firmly with the manor. It is said that she has a secret deal with the manor's old owners, which binds her to the manor, despite being Jasper's wife.

The aging patriarch of Grimshaw Manor. A former explorer and hunter, he 'retired' to the family estate after a mysterious accident on a foreign expedition left him with a pronounced limp and a haunted demeanor. He now rules his household with a quiet, obsessive authority, spending his days studying maps of the moor and maintaining a vast collection of hunting rifles and traps, all adapted for the unique challenges of the foggy terrain.

The young gardener's boy, an orphan taken in from the village. Wiry and silent, he knows every inch of the manor's grounds and the bordering moor better than anyone. He communicates more with plants and animals than people, and has developed an uncanny ability to move unseen and as villagers call it, 'communicate with ghosts'