DREAD HOLLOW 2025

Mercy Harker, the malevolent witch responsible for cursing the town long ago, has returned. Freed by a dark ritual carried out last year at Dread Hollow High, Mercy's full power is now unleashed, opening portals to evil realms where past horrors of Dread Hollow have emerged to continue their reign of terror.

Proprietor of The Belle Royale, B. Malefic is a vessel for vengeful spirits trapped between worlds, driven to madness by the tormenting whispers of cursed souls entombed within the walls of the nightmarish hotel.

Murdered by a jealous lover, her merciless spirit roams the halls of The Belle Royale Hotel in a blood-soaked gown, tormenting guests with her mocking laugh before her she exacts her revenge.

Haunting the halls of The Belle Royale, The Bellhop is unseen, unheard, and unforgiving, luring victims into dark corners of the hotel where they vanished without a trace.

A mysterious traveler, The Whistling Man roamed the halls of the hotel long ago, whistling a haunting tune. Under the guise of a friendly guest, he charmed his victims into the hotel where they fell prey to his silent and disturbing killings. His evil spirit is bound to the hotel where his whistling still echoes through the halls.

The Dollmaker’s Daughter was a sweet child who loved playing with her father’s unnervingly lifelike dolls. Her father grew obsessed with animating the dolls, using his daughter’s blood in dark rituals in which he carried out in a rented room at the Belle Royale Hotel. Tragically, during one such ritual, a doll came to life and fatally attacked his daughter. Her spirit now haunts the room. Whispers and giggles can be heard as she watches guests, forever trapped in her twisted world of dolls.

Feared for his unsettling obsession with the dead, Elias was dragged by a dark force into the furnace of Dreadwood Crematorium after performing a ritual to bind his soul to an unburned body. Now intertwined with the malevolent powers of Dread Hollow, Elias tends to the dead and stalks the living to add more souls to his collection.

The living dead that now haunt the Dreadwood forest and the crematorium.

Once the star clown of Brine Brothers Circus, the line between jokes and killing is a blur for Boogie. A sharp blade, a snap of a neck, a splash of blood... it's all part of the act.

Rusty McCracken is a Dread Hollow native and heir to his family’s plumbing business, McCracken Pipeworks. His family first laid the town’s first sewer system. After his father vanished while working underground, Rusty took over the business, but locals say he’s never been “all there”. He speaks of terrible things lurking in the pipes- feral beasts, trapped souls, and whispering voices promising retribution. Rumored to have struck a dark bargain with the sewers themselves, Rusty is said to have the ability to turn himself to sludge and slip through pipes like water, serving as a willing emissary of something sinister.

Before he had a name, he was just a shadow that drifted from town to town. After he stole from Mercy’s cabin, he became cursed, bound to the town and driven by an unnatural compulsion to steal. Krook hides behind charm and laughter while plotting his next heist. What he never realized is that Mercy didn’t just curse him to suffer. She cursed him to serve.

The return of Mercy Harker released dark forces in Dread Hollow, allowing convicted murderer Alan Wayne to continue his killing spree. With his deadly craft perfected, he leaves behind no evidence - only a mutilated body and a chilling photo of his victim.

Loyal henchman to Mercy Harker, origin of Dread Hollow's original curse, The Chittergrin is ancient evil, spreading chaos and terror with a never-ending thirst for destruction.

Mercy Harker's minions doing her bidding whenever a sinister deed needs to be carried out.

Abandoned at birth and raised by the twisted whispers that echo through the shadows of Dread Hollow, Tootsie was never given a chance at innocence. The voices taught her one thing: joy is found in the suffering of others. Desperate to belong, she painted on a clown face to mask the torment festering within her. Behind the grin is a soul fractured by rejection and fueled by chaos. What began as mimicry became madness. Tootsie now stalks the streets with a crooked laugh and cruel games.

Muffie is a bubbly yet neurotic clown from The Brine Brothers Circus. She survived the fire but bears the scars of the burns, not only on her face but also on her sanity. Now obsessed with fire and has an insatiable desire to watch things burn. Especially living things. She wears a mask instead of traditional clown makeup to hide the scars that cover her entire body. She is often found running around causing trouble on Main Street in Dread Hollow.

Once a patient at Rosemore Sanitorium, Rayne Crowe - aka The Maneater - is a cannibalistic serial killer, roaming Dread Hollow looking for his next meal.

Born from the bloodline of the witch Mercy Harker, Doc Harker used his medical skills not to heal, but to experiment. His victims were carved, stitched, and twisted in the name of "science," their screams echoing through Dread Hollow long after their bodies gave out. Though the townsfolk believed him dead, evil never dies so easily. When Mercy Harker’s dark power returned, it reached into the void and pulled Doc Harker back. Flesh rotted but mind sharp, he returned to Dread Hollow, continuing his grim work with a renewed, supernatural hunger.

Lucious Grimsby was born into a family of killers, the Grimsbys, known for butchering victims and selling their flesh as meat. But Lucious always longed for the circus, not the slaughterhouse. When the circus never came, he created his own twisted show. With a smile and a laugh, he lures the curious to their final performance, and the Grimsby family to their next meal. Now, with Mercy Harker’s return, Lucious is back in Dread Hollow, and the show is far from over.

Former Mayor Al was never truly a man, but a cursed doll created to rule Dread Hollow with fear. Betrayed and abandoned, he harbors a deep hatred for those who wronged him, especially clowns. With the return of Mercy Harker, the dark magic that binds him stirs once more. The doll lies still, but its eyes still burn with rage. When the time comes, Al’s revenge will be swift, and no one is safe.

Enticed by the crows, Ezra Harley offered human sacrifices to bring a bountiful harvest to Harley Farm. In his insanity, he killed his entire family. But the crows were not his true tormentors, hidden in the shadows was the Pumpkin King, an ancient entity of harvest and horror. Ezra became his devoted servant, bound to the land he had cursed. Though his body perished, his soul was never truly gone. Now, with the portal of evil opened by Mercy, Ezra Harley returns with an insatiable desire to kill and serve his dark master.

Cursed with lycanthropy, the creature once known as a man became something far worse, neither human nor wolf, but a monstrous fusion of both. Locals named it The Bloodwood Beast, after the dark and twisted Bloodwood Forest that haunts the outskirts of Dread Hollow. For years, the town believed the creature was gone, lost to time and whispered legend. But evil never stays buried in Dread Hollow. With the return of Mercy Harker, the curse stirs once more. Now the Beast hunts again, and it remembers the taste of blood.