Dora Freeman

**Dora Freeman** is a recurring characters in *Lovecraft Country*. She is portrayed by Erica Tazel.

She had a spitfire personality and was the life of every party. She enjoyed nights on the town with her beloved, boozy husband Montrose.

## History

### Biography

Dora was initially believed to be the only member of her family to survive the Tulsa riots. However, her cousin Ethel survived as well.

Dora has known her husband Montrose and his brother George for many years. They even spent some time in Tulsa, where the three of them would get together on George's porch, drink soda pop, and play the "what if" game. It would seem that in addition to her marriage with Montrose, she also had a sexual relationship with George, who suspects that he may be Atticus' father, opposed to Montrose.

## Throughout the Series

### Season 1

#### Whitey's on the Moon

Dora appears to George during an illusion created by the Braithwhites. She asks him to dance with her. She asks what he’s thinking about. He tells her about "The House of the Borderlands" and how a man reunites with his long lost love. Dora is thinking about George and Montrose and how they used to drink soda pop on his porch and play that "what if" game. She asks what if magic was real. They recall how Montrose wanted super strength and how George wanted to fly. Dora tells him that it’s all possible and that he could fly with his children. She goes in for a kiss, but George simply kisses her on her forehead and says that she isn’t real.

#### Meet Me in Daegu

Dora appears in Tic's memories. She helps him fly a balloon.

#### Rewind 1921

Tulsa, 1921. A young Dora exits her house and comes to Montrose's aid as he is being brutally beaten by his father with a switch, allowing Montrose to flee. Verton, clearly drunk, stumbles away. Dora smacks George’s corsage out of his hand and asks why he didn’t help Montrose. She’s disappointed that he didn’t come to his brother's aid. After learning from Dora’s sister, Beulah, that prom has been canceled, they decide to go looking for Montrose. They find him in the park getting harassed by a group of white men. The three of them are outnumbered. Fortunately, a mysterious stranger swinging a baseball bat comes to their aid and says "I got you kid."

#### Full Circle

Dora's ghost appears to Tic after he is sent to the ancestral plane for having opened the Book of Names. Dora greets Tic with a hug as he whimpers in her arms. Dora knows what Hanna asks of Tic, for him to sacrifice himself. She encourages him to stop Christina at all cost. She tells him that there’s no choice. Their destinies are set. She then tells Tic how he has the best traits of Montrose and George. She assures him that Hanna's spell will change everything. She and Tic join Leti and Hattie, and together, the four of them use the book to save Dee. After returning to the real world, Tic and Leti enact the first step of their plan. They need to make a blood connection between Tic, Titus, and Christina. So they perform a resurrections spell. Dora, Hattie, Leti, and Hanna keep Titus trapped inside the salt barrier long enough for Tic to kill him and take a piece of his flesh.

## Physical Appearance

Dora was a middle-aged black woman with short wavy black hair and brown eyes.

## Relationships

* Montrose Freeman - Dora's boozy husband, who she loved and had a child with.
* George Freeman - Dora's friend and past lover. It would seem she and George had a romantic relationship around the same time as Atticus' conception.
* Atticus Freeman - Dora's first and only son, who she loved deeply.

## Appearances

Season One
* *Sundown*
* *Whitey's on the Moon*
* *Meet Me in Daegu*
* *Rewind 1921*
* *Full Circle*

## Quotes

> I was thinking about you. Mm. And Montrose. Tulsa. How we used to drink soda pop on your porch and play that "what if" game.
>
> Dora to George, Whitey's on the Moon

> I know, baby. But if we ain't walking toward an altar to sacrifice ourself for something important... what is our purpose? [...] If my life taught me one thing, it's that we tell ourselves we have a choice, but we don't. With George and Montrose, I never had one. They both were a part of my soul, and I never should have been scared of that. I can see now all of our love made you. You've got the best parts of both of 'em: Montrose's fierce heart and George's integrity. You're a hero, just like in those stories you used to cherish. And Hanna's spell, it's gonna change everything, baby. This is a beginning, not an end.
>
> Dora to Tic, Full Circle

## References

1. ↑ *I Am.*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Whitey's on the Moon*
3. ↑ *Meet Me in Daegu*
4. ↑ *Rewind 1921*
5. ↑ *Full Circle*