The Darkest Awakening

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New Hope Club

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Mathew Baynton

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***The Darkest Awakening*** is an Australian/New Zealand/British/Canadian/American 2019 TV series loosely based on Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost, J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. It is Zoe Tria's (known for her A Crazy EX Battle series) first live-action TV series. Filming takes place in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Auckland, New Zealand, Singapore, Adelaide, Southern Australia, Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island, Australia, Burnt Pine, Norfolk Island, Australia, Kingston, Norfolk Island, Australia, Beerwah State Forest, Queensland, Australia and Cambridge, England, Manilla, Philippines, Bataan, Philippines, Bangkok, Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Thailand, Ratchaburi, Thailand, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Germany, Paris, France, Normandy, France and Brighton, United Kingdom.

## **Synopsis**

### Volume 1

Entering his 2nd year of university, Luke Hemmings, along with his friends Calum Hood, Michael Clifford, Troye Sivan and Wendy Huang were about to be transferred into a university in Auckland, New Zealand. Along with another fellow 2nd year student Collins Key, 1st -ear students Devan Key and Shawn Mendes and 3rd year student Ashton Irwin.

But upon arrival in Auckland, they are all staying in a house which looks really creepy. They encountered magical bracelets that gives them special powers to fight the creeps. Will they get used to their new home in Auckland?

### Volume 2

After coming home from Singapore, things didn't change for primary school student Annika, secondary school students Zoe, Robert, Raphael, Kan, Aidan, Jamie, Lexi, Yuto, Tanya and Ben, 1st year university students Devan, Shawn, Rena, Bindi, Brent and Bea, 2nd-year university students Calum, Justin, Collins, Troye, Luke, Niall, Michael, Wendy, Harry, Nia, Brad and Connor, 3rd-year university students Ashton, James and Tristan and university graduates Kris, Louis, and Yao.

After going back to university, things haven't changed until they'll have to go back to New Zealand. Taking everyone else with them as well. But things have changed once the team has arrived in New Zealand. After falling down once again before entering the Arch Hill Chase, they encountered an AI and they followed it until meeting Sir Simon again. They have to fight the creeps but this time with digital powers instead of mythical powers. Will they be able to get used to it?

### Volume 2.5

It has been 14 days after the young characters have been to Christmas Island. But something's different from the events of Volume 1 and 2. Luke gave his role as leader to the most powerful hero, Brad and he will now be the narrator and be promoted from deuteragonist to protagonist. But one fateful day, Luke fell ill and decided that he should rest in his home with his family.

Soon, Luke fell severely ill and his mum, Liz told his friends that he had been rushed to the hospital. Brad started experiencing pressure from the fact that he is the leader and that he has to deal with the grief his friends, especially Sierra were experiencing. Especially the fact he has a psychic connection with his friends. What will the impact be and does Luke have the coronavirus?

### Volume 3 (Section 1)

5 years ago, all campers from Norwest Christian College and their parents were killed during the 2015 Norfolk Island Mass Killings. Started by Chase and Medusa. All 49 died while 1, a 12-year-old American boy with cystic fibrosis went missing. It is possible that he might be still alive or he died from complications.

In the present day, a group of university students who are heroes will solve every mystery involving the incident. But one of their teammates betrayed them and joined the dark side while one of the rivals joined them. What will they do to survive being caught and killed by 2 claimed new students who turns out to be their enemies?

### Volume 3 (Section 2)

On route from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam, Delta Air Lines Flight 2119 went missing over the Pacific according to the FBI. But according to the survivors, 3rd year student, Tyler, 2nd year students, Christian, Eben and KJ, 1st year students, Daniel and Meg, secondary school students, Gabbie, Ryan and Grace, Gabbie and Jack's daughter, Lavender, Jonah's kitten, Wes, the plane had terrible turbulence and was supposed to make an emergency landing in New Caledonia but the plane ended up breaking up and landing on Norfolk Island. There were 12 survivors but the rest are missing or presumed dead. 11 Americans, 1 New Zealanders.

Another student, Billie was also on the plane with them. But she seems suspicious according to the Zodiac heroes thinking that she might be a human form of another dark spirit. The teamed up heroes try to solve the mystery of the Delta Air Lines crash as well as comparing the events with Lost. More mysteries, more characters, more emotions, this is Section 2 of The Darkest Awakening Volume 3.

### Volume 4

Brad and his team moved to Cambridge to get away from the stalker who wanted to stalk them while they were in Australia. As soon as they arrived, they met their new roommates but Harvey, Luke and Ryan thought 3 of them copied their names. They didn't get along at first.

Later, more mysteries unveil which put the entire team together. From Roman turning out to be a dark spirit to Blake and Bailee's murder. They need to solve them before the 3rd and 2nd year students graduate. More mysteries, more relationships and more new characters.

### Volume 5

With a new era dawning with Zach as the new leader, things have changed. The amulets have got a new design, Zach would add the 3rd leader and spirits and humans are allowed to interact with each other. Unless they have human forms. With Mr. Tan's help, Zodiac college is now a haven for both humans and spirits.

However, Zach heard that many heroes have decided to retire their duties as heroes. So, Mr. Tan hosted a ceremony where Zach would anoint new heroes. The new heroes are Jacob Sartorius, Toby Smith, Tommy Simons, George Davidson, Nikita, Caroline, Ranboo, Wilbur Soot, Zak Ahmed, Alexis, Jenna Anderson, Connor, Hannah, Karl Jacobs, Grayson and Nicholas. With more thrill, drama and romances in this new era, this is Volume 5.

### Volume 6

With another Great War coming up, the band of Zodiac heroes are up to the task to unite every Guardian. Their task is to travel to several countries, train with and unite the Guardians. Meanwhile, Chase and Medusa have been stalking them wherever they go as the Zodiac heroes' humble beginnings repeats themselves.

The heroes united with the original heroes back in Australia. And later on, they are going to travel back to Europe to unite the Guardians via Asia. With more flashes, more mysteries, more relationships and more adventures, this is Volume 6.

## **Main Characters**

### Volume 1-4

Calum Hood (5sos) as Calum Hood, an Australian 25-year-old 2nd year university student of Scottish and Maori descent with cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis. His powers are wind and healing. He is the protagonist.

Justin Bieber as Justin Bieber, a Canadian 26-year-old 2nd year university student of German, British, Irish and French-Canadian descent. His powers are water and mind reading. He is the protagonist.

Devan Key as Devan Key, an American 22-year-old 1st year university student with cystic fibrosis, diabetes and bronchiectasis. His powers are flight and speed. He is the protagonist. He died in Volume 3 and his spirit merged with Daniel who eventually took his place.

Collins Key as Collins Key, an American 24-year-old 2nd year university student with dyslexia. His powers are nature and critical inventing. He is the protagonist.

Troye Sivan as Troye Sivan, a South African-Australian 25-year-old 2nd year university student of ethnic Jewish descent with Marfan's syndrome. His powers are flexibility and multiplying. He is the protagonist.

Luke Hemmings (5sos) as Luke Hemmings, an Australian 24-year-old 2nd year university student. His powers are light and invisibility. He is the protagonist and formerly the narrator and de facto leader of the team.

Shawn Mendes as Shawn Mendes, a Canadian 22-year-old 1st year university student of Portuguese and British descent. His powers are fire and earthquake. He is the protagonist.

Niall Horan (1D) as Niall Horan, an Irish 26-year-old 2nd year university student. His powers are rocks and critical thinking. He is the protagonist.

Zoe Tria as Zoe Hood, an Australian 14-year-old secondary school student of Scottish and Maori descent. Her powers are speed and sticking on walls. She is the protagonist.

Michael Clifford (5sos) as Michael Clifford, an Australian 25-year-old 2nd year university student of British, Irish, Scottish and German descent. His powers are force and strength. He is the protagonist.

Robert Irwin as Robert Irwin, an Australian 17-year-old conservationist and secondary school student of Irish and British descent. His powers are magic and animal whispering. He is the protagonist.

Wengie as Wendy Huang, an Australian 24-year-old 2nd year university student of Chinese descent. Her powers are darkness and storm. She is the protagonist.

Ashton Irwin (5sos) as Ashton Irwin, an Australian 26-year-old 3rd year university student of half Irish descent. His weapon is a shield. He is the deuteragonist.

Raphael Lau as Raphael Hood, an Australian 14-year-old secondary school student of Scottish and Maori descent with cystic fibrosis. His weapon is a sword. He is the deuteragonist.

Gun as Kan Chan, a British 13-year-old secondary school student of Chinese and British descent with heart murmur. Her weapon is a bow and arrow. She is the deuteragonist.

Aidan Harney as Aidan Harney, an American (Boston) 14-year-old secondary school student of Irish, French and Caucasian descent. His weapons are spears. He is the deuteragonist.

Harry Styles (1D) as Harry Styles, a British 27-year-old 2nd year university student. His weapon is a club. He is a former antagonist and currently the deuteragonist.

Nia Lovelis (Hey Violet) as Nia Lovelis, an American 24-year-old 2nd year university student. Her weapon is a magic wand. She is the deuteragonist.

Rena Lovelis (Hey Violet) as Rena Lovelis, an American 22-year-old 1st year university student. Her weapon is a trident. She is the deuteragonist.

Bindi Irwin as Bindi Irwin, an Australian 22-year-old conservationist and 1st year university student. Her weapon is a whip. She is the deuteragonist.

Brad Simpson (The Vamps) as Brad Simpson, a British 25-year-old 2nd year university student with cystic fibrosis. His weapon is a staff and he has the power to access all of his teammates' powers. He is the protagonist and the current narrator and de facto leader..

Connor Ball (The Vamps) as Connor Ball, a Scottish 24-year-old (23 before Season 13) 2nd year university student with asthma and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. His weapon is a scythe. He is the deuteragonist.

Jamie Frankland as Jamie Frankland, a British 12-year-old secondary school student. His powers are digging and speed. He is the tritagonist.

Annika Osias as Annika Koa, a New Zealand 11-year-old secondary school student of Maori descent. Her powers are strength and nature. She is the tritagonist.

Brent Rivera as Brent Rivera, an American 23-year-old 1st year university student of Hispanic descent. His powers are speed and destruction. He is the tritagonist.

Bea Miller as Bea Miller, an American 22-year-old 1st year university student. Her powers are time travel and speed. She is the tritagonist.

Caleb Burton as Caleb Burton, an American 20-year-old 1st year university student. He has the power to access every Chinese Zodiacs' powers. He is the protagonist.

Lexi Rivera as Lexi Rivera, an American 19-year-old secondary school student of Hispanic descent. Her powers are venom and second chance. She is the tritagonist.

Kris Wu as Kris Wu, a Canadian 30-year-old 3rd year university student of Chinese descent. His powers are teleportation and agility. He is the tritagonist.

Louis Tomlinson (1D) as Louis Tomlinson, a British 29-year-old 3rd year university student. His powers are noise and agility. He is the tritagonist.

Selena Gomez as Selena Gomez, an American 27-year-old 3rd year university student of Mexican and Italian descent. Her powers are strength and agility. She is the tritagonist. She replaces Yao in Volume 3.

Yuto Yoshida as Yuto Yoshida, a Canadian 15-year-old secondary school student of Japanese and French-Canadian descent. His powers are speed and flight. He is the tritagonist.

James McVey (The Vamps) as James McVey, a British 26-year-old 3rd year university student with an extra bone on his wrist. His powers are super senses and speed. He is the tritagonist.

Noah Lima as Noah Lima, a British 14-year-old secondary school student with pulmonary fibrosis. His powers are super senses and speed. He is the tritagonist. He replaces James in Volume 4 Season 5.

Tanya Leong as Tanya Leong, a Malaysian 13-year-old secondary school student of Chinese and Malaysian descent. Her powers are earth and force. She is the tritagonist.

Tristan Evans (The Vamps) as Tristan Evans, a British 26-year-old 3rd year university student. His weapons are nunchucks. He is the tritagonist.

Ben Azelart as Ben Azelart, an American 18-year-old secondary school student of French descent. His weapons are sai. He is the tritagonist.

Yungblud as Dominic Harrison, a British 23-year-old 2nd year university student. His weapons are thunderbolts. He is the deuteragonist.

Halsey as Ashley Frangipane, an American 26-year-old 2nd year university student of African-American and Italian-American descent with bipolar disorder. Her weapons are ninja stars. She is the tritagonist.

Ken as Ken Wang, a Russian 13-year-old secondary school student of Chinese and Russian descent. His weapon is the katana. He is the tritagonist.

Alan Stokes as Alan Stokes, an American 24-year-old 2nd year university student of Chinese and American descent. His weapon is a twin sword. He is the tritagonist.

Alex Stokes as Alex Stokes, an American 24-year-old 2nd year university student of Chinese and American descent. His weapon is a twin sword. He is the tritagonist.

Sheryl Lau as Sheryl Lau, a Hong Kongese 18-year -old secondary school student of Chinese and British descent. Her weapon is a banana palm fan. She is the tritagonist.

Thaiyo Kido as Thaiyo Kido, a Japanese 14-year-old secondary school student of Japanese and Chinese descent. His weapon is a staff. He is the tritagonist.

Sierra Deaton as Sierra Deaton, an American 24-year-old 2nd year university student of British and Vietnamese descent. Her weapons are stars. She is the deuteragonist.

Crystal Leigh as Crystal Leigh, an American 24-year-old 2nd year university student of Christmas Island British-Indian and Chinese (Chindian) descent. Her weapons are crystals. She is the deuteragonist.

Reece Bibby (NHC) as Reece Bibby, a British 22-year-old 1st year university student. His weapon is a hammer. He is the deuteragonist.

George Smith (NHC) as George Smith, a British 21-year-old 1st year university student with cystic fibrosis. His weapon is a sling shot. He is the deuteragonist.

Blake Richardson (NHC) as Blake Richardson, a British 21-year-old 1st year university student of Greek descent with cystic fibrosis. His weapon is an axe. He is the deuteragonist. He died in Volume 4 and his spirit merged with Danna who eventually took his place.

Ankit Mishera as Ankit Mishera, a British 16-year-old secondary school student of Indian and British descent. His weapon is an elephant goad. He is the deuteragonist.

Danna Paola as Danna Paola, a Mexican 20-year-old 1st year university student. Her weapon is a lightning axe. She is the deuteragonist. Her spirit is merged with deceased hero, Blake.

AURORA as Aurora Aksnes, a Norwegian 24-year-old 2nd year university student. Her weapon is a holly dart. She is the deuteragonist.

Aiden Cowell as Aiden Cowell, a British 13-year-old secondary school student. His weapon is a flaming sword. He is the deuteragonist.

HRVY as Harvey Cantwell, a British 21-year-old 1st year university student. He has the power to access every Western Zodiacs' powers. He is the protagonist.

Caspar Lee as Caspar Lee, a British-South African 24-year-old 2nd year university student of English, Irish, and Dutch descent. His powers are speed, flight and solar-themed powers. He is the protagonist.

Bailee Madison as Bailee Madison, an American 20-year-old 1st year university student. Her powers are speed, flight and lunar-themed powers. She is the protagonist.

Gam as Carm Chan, a British 12-year-old secondary school student of Chinese and British descent. Her powers are asteroids, flight and lunar-themed powers. She is the tritagonist.

Eva Gutowski as Eva Gutowski, an American 21-year-old 1st year university student of Puerto Rican, Black, Polish and Irish descent. Her powers are dawn, flight and sun-themed powers. She is the protagonist.

Shion Tekase as Shion Tekase, an American 13-year-old secondary school student of Japanese descent. Her powers are dawn, flight and sun-themed powers. She is the tritagonist.

Charlidon Matto-Smith as Charlie Matto-Smith, an Australian 14-year-old secondary school student. His powers are water telekinesis and river powers. He is the protagonist.

Julia Michaels as Julia Cavazos, an American 26-year-old 2nd year university student of Mexican, Spanish, Dutch, English, French, German, Northern Irish and Scottish descent. Her powers are earthquake and earth Powers. She is the protagonist.

Camila Cabello as Camila Cabello, a Cuban 22-year-old 1st year university student. Her powers are day and dawn powers. She is the protagonist.

Corbyn Besson (WDW) as Corbyn Besson, an American 22-year-old 1st year university student of Dutch descent. His powers are poison powers. He is the protagonist. Oakes Fegley portrays 12-year-old Corbyn.

Jenny Nguyen as Jenny Tran, an Australian 18-year-old secondary school student of Vietnamese and French descent. Her powers are energy powers. She is the tritagonist.

Sung Mi Choi as Sung Mi Kim (or in Korean order, Kim Sung Mi), an Australian 15-year-old secondary school student of Korean descent. Her powers are Earth powers. She is the tritagonist.

Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Audrey Kim, an Australian 13-year-old secondary school student of Korean descent. Her powers are healing powers. She is the tritagonist.

Vanessa Merrell as Vanessa Merrell, an American 24-year-old 2nd year university student of Spanish, German, Filipino, Mexican, Irish and Portuguese descent. Her powers are poison, similar to Hydra.

Jonah Marais (WDW) as Jonah Frantzich, an American 22-year-old 1st year university student of Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian and Jewish descent. His powers are telekinesis and telepathy. Asher Angel portrays 12-year-old Jonah.

Jack Avery (WDW) as Jack Avery, an American 21-year-old 1st year university student of British and Irish-American descent. His powers is crystals. Noah Schnapp portrays 12-year-old Jack

Zach Herron (WDW) as Zach Herron, an American 17-year-old secondary school student of Filipino and Irish descent. He has the power to access all of his teammates' powers. He is the protagonist. Max Charles portrays 12-year-old Zach. Zach serves as the narrator in Volume 4.

Tyler Seavey as Tyler Seavey, an American 26-year-old 3rd year university student of Irish-American descent and a survivor of Delta Air Lines Flight 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. He is a middle-section survivor. He has the powers based on the Greek god, Hades and he is the protagonist.

Christian Seavey as Christian Seavey, an American 23-year-old 2nd year university student of Irish-American descent and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. He is a middle-section survivor. He has the powers based on the Greek god, Dionysus and he is the protagonist.

Daniel Seavey as Daniel Seavey, an American 21-year-old 1st year university student of Irish-American descent with haemophilia, cystic fibrosis and diabetes and a survivor of Delta Air Lines Flight 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. He is a middle-section survivor. He the powers based on the Greek god, Ares and is the protagonist. His spirit is merged with deceased hero, Devan.

EBEN as Eben Franckewitz, an American 24-year-old 2nd year university student and a survivor of Delta Air Lines Flight 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. He is a middle-section survivor. He has the powers based on the Greek god, Hephaestus and is the protagonist.

Gabriela Gonzalez as Gabbie Gonzalez, an American 19-year-old secondary school student of Venezuelan descent and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. She is a middle-section survivor. She has the powers based on the Greek goddess, Aphrodite and is the protagonist.

Lavender May Avery as Lavender Avery, an American 1-year-old daughter of Jack and Gabbie. She is of British, Irish-American and Venezuelean descent. She was the second youngest survivor (after Theo) of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. She is the youngest middle-section survivor. She has the powers based on the Greek goddess, Hebe and is the protagonist.

Meg Donnelly as Meg Donnelly, an American 20-year-old 1st year university student and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. She is a middle-section survivor. She has the powers based on the Greek goddess, Athena and is the protagonist.

Ryan Herron as Ryan Herron, an American 16-year-old secondary school student of Filipino and Irish descent and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. He is a middle-section survivor. He has the powers based on the Greek god, Apollo and is the protagonist.

Grace VanderWaal as Grace VanderWaal, an American 17-year-old secondary school student of Dutch descent and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. She is a middle-section survivor. She has the powers based on the Greed goddess, Artemis and is the protagonist.

Wes Marais (voiced by Yohan Tria) as Wes, an American 4-month-old kitten who is Jonah's cat and the only known animal survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. He is the third non-human character in the series after Michelangelo and Aren. He is a middle-section survivor. He has the powers based on the Egyptian goddess, Bastet and is the protagonist.

KJ Apa as KJ Apa, a New Zealand 23-year-old 2nd year university student of Samoan and European New Zealand descent and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. He is one of the middle-section survivors. He has the powers based on the Greek god, Hermes and is the protagonist.

Christina Marie as Christina Harris, an American 21-year-old 1st year university student and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. She is a tail-section survivor. She has the powers based on the Chinese goddess, Doumu and is the tritagonist. She left the series alongside Tate in Volume 4 and is replaced by Joanna.

Thomasin McKenzie as Joanna Kenzie, a New Zealand 20-year-old 1st year university student. She has powers based on the Chinese goddess, Doumu and is the tritagonist. She acts as the replacement for Christina.

Tatum Dahl as Tate Dahl, an American 23-year-old 2nd year university student and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. She is a tail-section survivor. She has the powers based on the Chinese goddess, Xiwangmu and is the tritagonist. She left the series alongside Christina in Volume 4.

Johnny Orlando as Johnny Orlando, a Canadian 17-year-old secondary school student of Italian descent and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. He is a tail-section survivor. He has the powers based on the Chinese god, Pangu and is the tritagonist.

Edwin Honoret (PRETTYMUCH) as Edwin Honoret, an American 21-year-old 1st year university student of Dominican descent and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. He is a tail-section survivor. He has the powers based on the Dragon King and is the tritagonist.

Zion Kuwonu (PRETTYMUCH) as Zion Kuwonu, a Canadian 21-year-old 1st year university student of West African, Scottish and Irish descent and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. He is a tail-section survivor. He has the powers based on the Chinese god, Fein Lian and is the tritagonist.

Nick Mara (PRETTYMUCH) as Nick Mara, an American 22-year-old 2nd year university student of Italian and Irish descent and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. He is a tail-section survivor. He has the powers based on the Chinese god, Hebo and is the tritagonist.

Austin Porter (PRETTYMUCH) as Austin Porter, an American 22-year-old 2nd year university student and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. He is a tail-section survivor. He has the powers based on the Chinese god, Leigong/Leichen and is the tritagonist.

Brandon Arreaga (PRETTYMUCH) as Brandon Arreaga, an American 20-year-old 1st year university student who is legally blind and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. He is a tail-section survivor. He has the powers based on the Chinese god, Wenshen and is the tritagonist.

Theodore Porter as Theo Porter, an American 4-month-old son of Austin Porter and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. He is the youngest tail-section survivor. He has the powers based on the Chinese god, Nezha and is the tritagonist. Noah Schnapp portrays Theo in his spirit form.

Taengkwa as Taegan Chua, a Singaporean-American 13-year-old secondary school student of Chinese descent and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. She is a tail-section survivor. She has the powers based on the Chinese goddess, Xihe and is the tritagonist.

Harvey Mills as Harvey Mills, a British 18-year-old secondary school student. He has powers based on the Chinese element, Metal. He is the protagonist.

Max Mills as Max Mills, a British 18-year-old secondary school student. He has powers based on the Chinese element, Wood. He is the protagonist.

Denis Coleman as Denis Coleman, a British-American 17-year-old secondary school student. He has powers based on the Western element, Air. He is the protagonist.

Luke Scott as Luke Scott, a British 17-year-old secondary school student. He has powers based on the Western element, Earth. He is the protagonist.

Joshua James as Josh James, a British 16-year-old secondary school student of Brazilian and Swedish descent with dyslexia. He has powers based on the Chinese element, Fire. He is the protagonist.

Henry Moodie as Henry Moodie, a British 16-year-old secondary school student with lung cancer. He has powers based on the Western element, Fire. He is the protagonist.

Eddie Jones as Eddie Jones, a British 16-year-old secondary school student. He has powers based on the Western element, Water. He is the protagonist.

Cooper Stout as Cooper Stout, a British 16-year-old secondary school student with gastroparesis and asthma. He has powers based on the Chinese element, Water. He is the protagonist.

Ryan Lofthouse as Ryan Lofthouse, a British 16-year-old secondary school student of Scottish and Irish descent with cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis. He has powers based on the Chinese element, Earth. He is the protagonist.

### Volume 5 - present

Calum Hood (5sos) as Calum Hood, an Australian 25-year-old doctor and researcher of Scottish and Maori descent with cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis. His powers are wind and healing. He reprised his role in Volume 6.

Troye Sivan as Troye Sivan, a South African-Australian 26-year-old biochemistry researcher of ethnic Jewish descent with Marfan's syndrome. His powers are flexibility and multiplying. He reprised his role in Volume 6.

Luke Hemmings (5sos) as Luke Hemmings, an Australian 25-year-old researcher. His powers are light and invisibility. He reprised his role in Volume 6.

Shawn Mendes as Shawn Mendes, a Canadian 23-year-old 2nd year university student of Portuguese and British descent. His powers are fire and earthquake. He is the deuteragonist.

Zoe Tria as Zoe Hood, an Australian 15-year-old secondary school student of Scottish and Maori descent. Her powers are speed and sticking on walls. She is the protagonist.

Michael Clifford (5sos) as Michael Clifford, an Australian 26-year-old researcher of British, Irish, Scottish and German descent. His powers are force and strength. He reprised his role in Volume 6.

Robert Irwin as Robert Irwin, an Australian 18-year-old conservationist and secondary school student of Irish and British descent. His powers are magic and animal whispering. He is the protagonist.

Wengie as Wendy Huang, an Australian 24-year-old researcher and doctor of Chinese descent. Her powers are darkness and storm. She reprised her role in Volume 6.

Raphael Lau as Raphael Hood, an Australian 15-year-old secondary school student of Scottish and Maori descent with cystic fibrosis. His weapon is a sword. He is the protagonist.

Gun as Kan Chan, a British 14-year-old secondary school student of Chinese and British descent with heart murmur. Her weapon is a bow and arrow. She is the protagonist.

Aidan Harney as Aidan Harney, an American (Boston) 15-year-old secondary school student of Irish, French and Caucasian descent. His weapons are spears. He is the protagonist.

Rena Lovelis (Hey Violet) as Rena Lovelis, an American 23-year-old 2nd year university student. Her weapon is a trident. She is the deuteragonist.

Bindi Irwin as Bindi Irwin, an Australian 23-year-old conservationist and 2nd year university student. Her weapon is a whip. She is the deuteragonist.

Brad Simpson (The Vamps) as Brad Simpson, a British 26-year-old doctor with cystic fibrosis. His weapon is a staff and he has the power to access all of his teammates' powers. He is a recurring character before becoming part of the main cast in Volume 6.

Connor Ball(The Vamps) as Connor Ball, a Scottish 25-year-old scientist with asthma and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. His weapon is a scythe. He is a recurring character before becoming part of the main cast in Volume 6.

Jamie Frankland as Jamie Frankland, a British 13-year-old secondary school student. His powers are digging and speed. He is the protagonist.

Annika Osias as Annika Koa, a New Zealand 12-year-old secondary school student of Maori descent. Her powers are strength and nature. She is the protagonist.

Brent Rivera as Brent Rivera, an American 23-year-old 2nd year university student of Hispanic descent. His powers are speed and destruction. He is the deuteragonist.

Bea Miller as Bea Miller, an American 22-year-old 2nd year university student. Her powers are time travel and speed. She is the deuteragonist.

Caleb Burton as Caleb Burton, an American 21-year-old 2nd year university student. He has the power to access every Chinese Zodiacs' powers. He is the deuetragonist.

Lexi Rivera as Lexi Rivera, an American 20-year-old 1st year university student of Hispanic descent. Her powers are venom and second chance. She is the deuteragonist.

Jacob Sartorius as Jacob Sartorius, an American 19-year-old 1st year university student. His powers are teleportation and agility. He is the protagonist.

Tubbo as Toby Smith/Tubbo, a British 18-year-old secondary school student. His powers are supersonic senses and agility as well as the ability to access all his teammates' powers. He is the protagonist and the leader of his team.

Tommyinnit as Tommy Simons/Tommyinnit, a British 17-year-old secondary school student descent. His powers are strength and agility as well as the ability to access all his teammates' powers. He is the protagonist and the leader of his team.

Yuto Yoshida as Yuto Yoshida, a Canadian 16-year-old secondary school student of Japanese and French-Canadian descent. His powers are speed and flight. He is the protagonist.

Noah Lima as Noah Lima, a British 15-year-old secondary school student with pulmonary fibrosis. His powers are super senses and speed. He is the protagonist.

Tanya Leong as Tanya Leong, a Malaysian 14-year-old secondary school student of Chinese and Malaysian descent. Her powers are earth and force. She is the protagonist.

Ben Azelart as Ben Azelart, an American 19-year-old secondary school student of French descent. His weapons are sai. He is the deuteragonist.

Ken as Ken Wang, a Russian 14-year-old secondary school student of Chinese and Russian descent. His weapon is the katana. He is the protagonist.

Sheryl Lau as Sheryl Lau, a Hong Kongese 19-year -old secondary school student of Chinese and British descent. Her weapon is a banana palm fan. She is the deuteragonist.

Thaiyo Kido as Thaiyo Kido, a Japanese 15-year-old secondary school student of Japanese and Chinese descent. His weapon is a staff. He is the protagonist.

Sierra Deaton as Sierra Deaton, an American 24-year-old researcher of British and Vietnamese descent. Her weapons are stars. She reprised her role in Volume 6.

Crystal Leigh as Crystal Leigh, an American 25-year-old researcher of Christmas Island British-Indian and Chinese (Chindian) descent. Her weapons are crystals. She reprised her role in Volume 6.

Reece Bibby (NHC) as Reece Bibby, a British 23-year-old 2nd year university student. His weapon is a hammer. He is the deuteragonist.

George Smith (NHC) as George Smith, a British 22-year-old 2nd year university student with cystic fibrosis. His weapon is a sling shot. He is the deuteragonist.

Ankit Mishera as Ankit Mishera, a British 17-year-old secondary school student of Indian and British descent. His weapon is an elephant goad. He is the protagonist.

Danna Paola as Danna Paola, a Mexican 21-year-old 2nd year university student. Her weapon is a lightning axe. She is the deuteragonist. Her spirit is merged with deceased hero, Blake.

Aiden Cowell as Aiden Cowell , a British 14-year-old secondary school student. His weapon is a flaming sword. He is the protagonist.

HRVY as Harvey Cantwell, a British 22-year-old 2nd year university student. He has the power to access every Western Zodiacs' powers. He is the deuteragonist.

Georgenotfound as George Davidson/Georgenotfound, a British 25-year-old 3rd year university student. His powers are speed, flight and solar-themed powers. He is the deuteragonist.

Gam as Carm Chan, a British 13-year-old secondary school student of Chinese and British descent. Her powers are asteroids, flight and lunar-themed powers. She is the protagonist.

Niki Nihachu as Nikita/Nihachu, a German 20-year-old 1st year university student. Her powers are dawn, flight and sun-themed powers. She is the deuteragonist.

Shion Tekase as Shion Takase, an American 14-year-old secondary school student of Japanese descent. Her powers are dawn, flight and sun-themed powers. She is the protagonist.

Charlidon Matto-Smith as Charlie Matto-Smith, an Australian 15-year-old secondary school student. His powers are water telekinesis and river powers. He is the protagonist.

Captain Puffy as Caroline/Captain Puffy, an American 23-year-old 2nd year university student. Her powers are earthquake and earth Powers. She is the deuteragonist.

Camila Cabello as Camila Cabello, a Cuban 23-year-old 2nd year university student. Her powers are day and dawn powers. She is the deuteragonist.

Corbyn Besson (WDW) as Corbyn Besson, an American 23-year-old 2nd year university student of Dutch descent. His powers are poison powers. He is the deuteragonist.

Jenny Nguyen as Jenny Tran, an Australian 19-year-old secondary school student of Vietnamese and French descent. Her powers are energy powers. She is the deuteragonist.

Sung Mi Choi as Sung Mi Kim (or in Korean order, Kim Sung Mi), an Australian 16-year-old secondary school student of Korean descent. Her powers are Earth powers. She is the protagonist.

Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Audrey Kim, an Australian 14-year-old secondary school student of Korean descent. Her powers are healing powers. She is the protagonist.

Ranboo as Ranboo an American 17-year-old secondary school student. His powers are teleporting and dark powers. He is the protagonist

Jonah Marais (WDW) as Jonah Frantzich, an American 23-year-old 2nd year university student of Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian and Jewish descent. His powers are telekinesis and telepathy. He is the deuteragonist.

Jack Avery (WDW) as Jack Avery, an American 22-year-old 2nd year university student of British and Irish-American descent. His powers is crystals. He is the deuteragonist.

Zach Herron (WDW) as Zach Herron, an American 18-year-old secondary school student of Filipino and Irish descent. He has the power to access all of his teammates' powers. He is the protagonist. He is the current leader of the team.

Will Gold as Wilbur Soot, a British 25-year-old 3rd year university student. He has the powers based on the Greek god, Hades and he is the deuteragonist.

Skeppy as Zak Ahmed/Skeppy, an American 21-year-old 2nd year university student of Middle Eastern (possibly Iranian or Syrian) descent. He has the powers based on the Greek god, Dionysus and he is the deuteragonist.

Daniel Seavey as Daniel Seavey, an American 21-year-old 1st year university student of Irish-American descent with haemophilia, cystic fibrosis and diabetes and a survivor of Delta Air Lines Flight 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. He is a middle-section survivor. He the powers based on the Greek god, Ares and is the protagonist. His spirit is merged with deceased hero, Devan.

Quackity as Alexis/Quackity, a Mexican 21-year-old 2nd year university student. He has the powers based on the Greek god, Hephaestus and is the deuteragonist.

Miya Cech as Jenna Anderson, a New Zealand 14-year-old secondary school student of Thai descent. She has the ability to do Muay Thai and is the opposite of her predecessor. She is the protagonist.

Lavender May Avery as Lavender Avery, an American 2-year-old daughter of Jack and Gabbie. She is of British, Irish-American and Venezuelean descent. She was the second youngest survivor (after Theo) of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. She is the youngest middle-section survivor. She has the powers based on the Greek goddess, Hebe and is the protagonist.

Meg Donnelly as Meg Donnelly, an American 21-year-old 1st year university student and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. She is a middle-section survivor. She has the powers based on the Greek goddess, Athena and is the protagonist.

Ryan Herron as Ryan Herron, an American 17-year-old secondary school student of Filipino and Irish descent and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. He is a middle-section survivor. He has the powers based on the Greek god, Apollo and is the protagonist.

Grace VanderWaal as Grace VanderWaal, an American 17-year-old secondary school student of Dutch descent and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. She is a middle-section survivor. She has the powers based on the Greed goddess, Artemis and is the protagonist.

ConnorEatsPants as Connor, an American 22-year-old 2nd year university student. He has the powers based on the Greek god, Hermes and is the deuteragonist.

Thomasin McKenzie as Joanna Kenzie (Volume 5-present), a New Zealand 20-year-old 1st year university student. She has powers based on the Chinese goddess, Doumu and is the deuteragonist. She acts as the replacement for Christina.

Hannahxxrose as Hannah/Hannahxxrose, an American 21-year-old 2nd year university student. She has the powers based on the Chinese goddess, Xiwangmu and is the deuteragonist.

Johnny Orlando as Johnny Orlando, a Canadian 18-year-old secondary school student of Italian descent and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. He is a tail-section survivor. He has the powers based on the Chinese god, Pangu and is the tritagonist.

Edwin Honoret (PRETTYMUCH) as Edwin Honoret, an American 22-year-old 2nd year university student of Dominican descent and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. He is a tail-section survivor. He has the powers based on the Dragon King and is the deuteragonist.

Zion Kuwonu (PRETTYMUCH) as Zion Kuwonu, a Canadian 22-year-old 2nd year university student of West African, Scottish and Irish descent and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. He is a tail-section survivor. He has the powers based on the Chinese god, Fein Lian and is the deuteragonist.

Karl Jacobs as Karl Jacobs, an American 23-year-old 2nd year university student. He has the powers based on the Chinese god, Hebo and is the deuteragonist.

Purpled as Grayson/Purpled, an American 18-year-old secondary school student. He has the powers based on the Chinese god, Leigong/Leichen and is the protagonist.

Brandon Arreaga (PRETTYMUCH) as Brandon Arreaga (Volume 5-present), an American 20-year-old 1st year university student who is legally blind and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. He is a tail-section survivor. He has the powers based on the Chinese god, Wenshen and is the tritagonist.

Theodore Porter as Theo Porter, an American 1-year-old son of Austin Porter and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. He is the youngest tail-section survivor. He has the powers based on the Chinese god, Nezha and is the tritagonist. Noah Schnapp portrays Theo in his spirit form.

Taengkwa as Taegan Chua, a Singaporean-American 14-year-old secondary school student of Chinese descent and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. She is a tail-section survivor. She has the powers based on the Chinese goddess, Xihe and is the tritagonist.

Harvey Mills as Harvey Mills, a British 19-year-old 1st year university student. He has powers based on the Chinese element, Metal. He is the deuteragonist.

Max Mills as Max Mills, a British 19-year-old 1st year university student. He has powers based on the Chinese element, Wood. He is the deuteragonist.

Denis Coleman as Denis Coleman, a British-American 17-year-old secondary school student. He has powers based on the Western element, Air. He is the protagonist.

Luke Scott as Luke Scott, a British 17-year-old secondary school student. He has powers based on the Western element, Earth. He is the protagonist.

Joshua James as Josh James, a British 17-year-old secondary school student of Brazilian and Swedish descent with dyslexia. He has powers based on the Chinese element, Fire. He is the protagonist.

Henry Moodie as Henry Moodie, a British 17-year-old secondary school student with lung cancer. He has powers based on the Western element, Fire. He is the protagonist.

Eddie Jones as Eddie Jones, a British 17-year-old secondary school student. He has powers based on the Western element, Water. He is the protagonist.

Cooper Stout as Cooper Stout, a British 17-year-old secondary school student with gastroparesis and asthma. He has powers based on the Chinese element, Water. He is the protagonist.

Ryan Lofthouse as Ryan Lofthouse, a British 17-year-old secondary school student of Scottish and Irish descent with cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis. He has powers based on the Chinese element, Earth. He is the protagonist.

Jameson Blake as Nick Noveschosch/Sapnap, an American 20-year-old 1st year university student of Greek, Russian and Filipino descent. He has the ability to do arnis and he has dark powers. He is the deuteragonist.

Awesamdude as Sam Nook/Awesamdude, an American 24-year-old 3rd year university student. His powers are explosion and fire. He is the deuteragonist.

Fundy as Floris Soot/Fundy, a Dutch 22-year-old 1st year university student with poliosis. His powers are fire. He is the deuteragonist.

Chris Pang as Jerry Tan, a Sinagporean-British professor known as Mr. Tan who is of Chinese descent. He became part of the Zodiac heroes in Volume 5 and is revealed to be a 63-year-old Guardian.

Foolish Gamers as Noah Brown/Foolish Gamers, an American 23-year-old 2nd year university student. His powers are water and swimming. He is the deuteragonist.

Maggie Lindemann as Maggie Lindemann, an American 23-year-old 2nd year university student of Scottish, British, Welsh and German descent. Her powers are nature and earth. She is the deuteragonist.

Slimecicle and Charlie Dalgleish/Slimecicle, an American 23-year-old 2nd year university student. His powers are slime and glow. He is the deuteragonist.

Badboyhalo as Darryl Noveschosch/Badboyhalo, an American 26-year-old 3rd year university student of Russian and Greek descent. His powers are dark powers. He is the deuteragonist.

Cathy Ang as Delilah Liu, an American 27-year-old businesswoman, inventor and mechanic of Filipino and Chinese descent. Her powers are earth and air. She is the deuteragonist.

Takahiro Moriuchi as Taka Moriuchi, a Japanese 33-year-old (chronologically 112-years-old) soldier and eventually a Japanese holdout who spent over 70 years in the Philippines with no one finding him. He was eventually discovered by the Zodiac heroes, joined their team and was granted Filipino citizenship.

Madison Hu as Mei Li, a Chinese 17-year-old secondary school student of Taiwanese and Han descent. Her powers are earth. She is the portagonist.

Mathew Baynton as Mat Baynton, a British 38-year-old (chronologically 119-years-old) retired World War 2 soldier and far east prisoner of war and spent over 70 years living in Thailand with Larry. He is of Baghdadi Jewish descent. Baynton also portrayed Andrew Baynton, the new series' antagonist who is a neo-Nazi and the first villain to be a Hybrid.

Laurence Rickard as Larry Rickard, a British-South African 44-year-old (chronologically 151-years-old) retired World War 1 and 2 soldier and far east prisoner of war. He is of Irish and German Jewish descent.

Utt Panichkul as Louis Bernard, a Thai 46-year-old hotel administrator who was a descendant and previous incarnation of Thai-French World War 1 soldier, Charles Bernard. He is of French, Chinese and Hmong descent.

Martha Howe-Douglas as Martha Howe-Douglas, a British 39-year-old (chronologically 194-years-old) is a retired nurse from the Crimean war, former Suffragette, retired World War 1 soldier, retired codebreaker from World War 2 and currently a teacher in Hong Kong. She is of French Breton and Welsh descent.

Alice Lowe as Alice Lowe, a British 42-year-old (chronologically 160-years-old) former Suffragette, former factory worker and current teacher in Hong Kong.

TinaKitten as Tina Kang, a Korean-American 23-year-old 2nd year university student in Hong Kong. She is the deuteragonist.

Ben Willbond as Ben Willbond, a British-American 46-year-old (chronologically 126-years-old) former captain and current cash register in Germany.

Eryn as Eryn Cyberonix, a British 17-year-old secondary school student of African descent in Germany. He is the protagonist.

Jim Howick as Jim Howick, a British 40-year-old (chronologically 103-years-old) former RAF pilot.

Andrew Garfield as Gerald Collins, a British-American 30-year-old businessman of Jewish descent adopted by Jim. He is the deuteragonist.

Tom Holland as Kyle Howick, a British 17-year-old secondary school student of mostly Anglo-Irish descent with some Jewish, Breton and Welsh who suffers from dyslexia, cystic fibrosis and diabetes. He is the protagonist.

## **Recurring Characters**

Sir Ian McKellen (Volume 1-5) and Simon Farnaby (Volume 6 (guest)) as The Guardian he gave Luke, Calum, Michael, Wendy, Troye, Collins, Devan and Shawn the magical amulets and didn't give Ashton one because he didn't want to give the reason to him but to the 1st and 2nd year students. He is loosely based on Sir Simon also known as the Canterville Ghost. (first seen in Chapter 3). He is then revealed to be Sir Simon. Sir Ian McKellen also played Chase.

Cate Blanchett as Ms. Umney she welcomed Prof. Baxter and the university students to the house. She is based on the housekeeper used in The Canterville Ghost. (first seen in Chapter 3). She also played Medusa, also known as Chase's wife. She is not shown again in later volumes.

Dominic Monaghan as Professor Michael Baxter, the Zodiac heroes' main professor in Sydney. He is partners and eventually married to Prof. Anderson.

Danielle Cormack as Professor Janice Anderson, the Zodiac heroes' main professor in Auckland. She is partners and eventually married to Prof. Baxter.

Arzaylea Rodriguez as Arzaylea Rodriguez, the main rival of the Zodiac heroes who did many bad things to Luke and his friends. She is an American 2nd year university student of Puerto Rican descent.

Abigail Breslin as Abigail Breslin, the main rival of the Zodiac heroes who is Arzaylea's best friend and has done many bad things. She is an American 2nd year university student of Irish and Jewish descent.

Tara Strong as Aren, a young female robot and a guide for the Zodiac heroes. Strong also provided the voice of Michelangelo's chirps.

Cole Sprouse as Charles, a human form of the main antagonist, Chase. Unlike Chase who is old and speaks in a British accent, he is shown to be a young man in his 20s and speaks in an American accent. Mainly to blend in with the other students and that most of them are American (notably Devan, Collins, Aidan, Nia, Rena, Brent, Bea, Lexi, Yao, Ben, Ashley, Alan, Alex, Sierra, Crystal, Caleb, Bailee, Eva, Shion, Julia, Corbyn, Selena, Vanessa, Jonah, Jack and Zach).

Haley Lu Richardson as Melissa, a human form of the main antagonist, Medusa. Unlike Medusa who is old and speaks in a British accent, she is shown to be a young woman in her 20s and speaks in an American accent. Mainly to blend in with the other students and that most of them are American (notably Devan, Collins, Aidan, Nia, Rena, Brent, Bea, Lexi, Yao, Ben, Ashley, Alan, Alex, Sierra, Crystal, Caleb, Bailee, Eva, Shion, Julia, Corbyn, Selena, Vanessa, Jonah, Jack and Zach).

Veronica Merrell as Veronica Merrell, a human form of the new antagonist, Hydra. Veronica is considered as a traitor towards the Zodiac Heroes during the events of Volume 3. Veronica communicates with normal words while Hydra hisses. She is the first human form of a dark spirit to reveal her last name.

Jake Paul as Jake Paul, a 2nd year university student who was one of the rivals. He temporarily joined the Zodiac heroes before being manipulated by Charles, Melissa and Veronica again. He joined again in Season 5 but was under their control again by the dark spirits. He is American.

Thomasin McKenzie as Joanna, a 1st year student who was one of the rivals. She temporarily joined the Zodiac heroes before being manipulated by Charles, Melissa and Veronica again. She joined again in Season 5 but was under their control again by the dark spirits. She is a New Zealander. She is later a Zodiac hero to replace Christina Harris.

Billie Eilish as Billie O'Connell, an American 18-year-old secondary school student of Scottish and Irish descent and a survivor of Delta Air Lines 2119 which was flying from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam. She is a middle-section survivor and the new antagonist. She was jabbed by the end of Volume 3.

Chris Hemsworth as Captain Daniel Silva, an Australian pilot of Delta Air Lines 2119. He was presumed dead like most of the other passengers and crew. He was flying the plane from Los Angeles to American Samoa via Guam but went on nose dive when the plane hit turbulence and split apart. He is suspected to be a hijacker pilot of the flight. He is the new antagonist. He was jabbed by the end of Volume 3.

Roman Kemp as Roman Kemp, a British and American 27-year-old 3rd year university student. His weapon is a parazonium. He betrayed his team in Volume 4 and he is revealed to be a dark spirit named Caligula.

Henry Golding as Jeffery 'Jeff' Khan, a British 24-year-old 2nd year university student of Mongolian and Indian descent. He is a pedophile. He is revealed to be the human form of a dark spirit named Genghis who was jabbed by the end of Volume 4 Season 2 but half of the Lunatite was jabbed into Cooper. Resulting in his stomach being operated along with lung damage.

Aimee Kelly as Jane, a British 17-year-old secondary school student who is known as the youngest out of the jocks. She is a mean girl along with being a cheerleader in her team. She is jabbed in Volume 4 Season 3.

Chris Pang as Jerry Tan, a Sinagporean-British professor known as Mr. Tan who was a recurring character in Volume 4. In Volume 5, he became part of the main cast and is revealed to be a 63-year-old Guardian.

Dream as Dream, a powerful Dark spirit who was the main antagonist of Volume 5. He is currently imprisoned.

Randall Park as Adrien Liu, a Chinese-Filipino businessman who is Delilah's father and Zach, Ryan and Nick's uncle.

Jeanne Sakata as Mary Reyes, a Filipino businesswoman who is Delilah's mother and Zach, Ryan and Nick's aunt.

## **Production**

### Development

While on a trip, Zoe Tria was thinking on reviving the 5 Seconds of Summer: Awakening franchise but this time, as a series. She sold her ideas to Warner Bros which collaborated with Screen Australia and will distribute it to ABC Television in Australia and New Zealand and Netflix worldwide. Season 7 is distributed to Mediacorp in Singapore. The series is stated to be inspired by The Canterville Ghost (which she read herself in elementary school), Lord of the Rings and A Series of Unfortunate Events. It is also stated that both Calum and Devan will have cystic fibrosis to connect both A Crazy EX Battle and 5 Seconds of Summer: Awakening. Filming started on September 21 2019 and ended a month later. Production was halted on March 20 2020 following the coronavirus pandemic after Season 16 however the video game and anime will still go on. A few months later as restrictions ease, productions started again and it will be live-action again.

On May 2020, Volume 3 is announced and it will be live-action once it was in production. According to Zoe Tria, Volume 3 will start an all-new series and it will start back to Season 1. But it still follows up all of the events that has happened in Volume 1, 2 and 2.5 Volume 3 will last for 14 seasons and they will have 8 episodes each (with the exception of Season 1 which will have 10 episodes and Season 14 which will have 14 episodes). The series borrows elements from Teen dramas, Riverdale, Daybreak, Nowhere Boys, The Unlisted and The A List and from serial drama, Lost in Volume 3. Volume 3 takes a more mature turn and it shows a more mysterious tone than the previous volumes. Volume 3 Section 2 is set to be released on the 12th of September 2020. The majority of Section 2 is based off Lost and Daniel Silva's murder case involving the death of Corey La Barrie.

Volume 4 shows more teen drama elements than the previous volumes and also shows more murder mysteries and more character development. Volume 5 also shows more teen drama like Volume 4, however it will mainly be narrated by Zach due to the departure of various characters. The plot would be loosely based on the Dream SMP, a roleplay server but with some differences. It was set to be released on the 9th of April 2021 but was pushed 10 days later due to the death of Prince Phillip.

Volume 5 was originally going to be CGI animated with characters being blocks like on Minecraft. However, this was changed into 2d animation where the characters are anime-inspired. After long debates, Volume 5 would keep the live-action concept like previous volumes with more CGI animation for the powers and the spirits. Volume 6 will keep the same concept as its predecessors but will be filmed in various places in the world. Volume 7 would be more extended compared to previous volumes. The finale of Volume 6 also coincides with Chinese New Year and Storm Eunice. A potential sequel series set 30 years after Zach's era in Ireland is in the talks as well as a prequel series set in San Francisco in the late 2000s.

### Casting

After cancelling 5 Seconds of Summer: Awakening, the original cast (Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, Michael Clifford, Ashton Irwin, Wengie, Collins Key and Devan Key) agreed to be part of the series. Later in October, South African-Australian actor and singer, Troye Sivan is added to the cast in the prologue. Tria stated that there will be more characters as soon as the series developed like A Crazy EX Battle. The main cast should be in their teens and 20s. Irish singer Niall Horan and Canadian singer Justin Bieber appeared in Season 1 and Zoe Tria and Raphael Lau appeared in Season 2. Gun appeared in Season 3, Aidan Harney, Nia Lovelis and Rena Lovelis appeared in Season 4, Brad Simpson, Bindi Irwin and Robert Irwin appeared in Season 5, Connor Ball appeared in Season 6, Jamie Frankland, Lexi Rivera, Yuto Yoshida, Tanya Leong, Ben Azelart, Brent Rivera, Bea Miller, James McVey, Tristan Evans, Kris Wu, Louis Tomlinson, Yao Ming and Annika Osias appeared in Season 7, Yungblud and Halsey appeared in Season 8, Ken appeared in Season 9, Alan Stokes, Alex Stokes, Sheryl Lau, Thaiyo Kido, Sierra Deaton and Crystal Leigh appeared in Season 10, Reece Bibby, George Smith and Blake Richardson appeared in Season 11, Ankit Mishera appeared in Season 12, Danna Paola, Roman, AURORA and Aiden Cowell appeared in Season 13 and Caleb Burton and HRVY appeared in Season 14. After Season 16, new characters will be added as usual. Caspar Lee, Bailee Madison and Gam were added to the series in Season 17. Eva Gutowski was added in Season 18. Shion Tekase and Charlie Matto-Smith were added in Season 19. Julia Michaels, Camila Cabello, Corbyn Besson, Jenny and Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, Sug Mi Choi and Selena Gomez were added in Season 20. But Jenny, Aubrey, Sung Mi and Selena were given hero debuts in Season 21. Yao Ming said that he'll leave the series after 14 seasons so he was the first actor to leave production.

Veronica Merrell and Jonah Marais were added in Volume 3 Season 1. Jonah originally auditioned for a hero in Season 20 but was disqualified but was added as a rival. But was later added as a hero. Jack Avery and Zach Herron were later added to the cast in Volume 3 Season 2 and 3. Tyler Seavey, Christian Seavey, Daniel Seavey, EBEN, Gabriela, Lavender May Avery, Meg Donnelly, Ryan Herron, Grace VanderWaal, Wes Marais and KJ Apa were added to the ensemble cast later in Volume 3 alongside Christina Marie, Tatum Dahl, Johnny Orlando, Edwin Honoret (PRETTYMUCH), Zion Kuwonu, Austin Porter, Nick Mara and Brandon Arreaga were added.

Max Mills, Luke Scott, Joshua James, Henry Moodie, Eddie Jones, Cooper Stout and Ryan Lofthouse were added in Volume 4. Christina Harris and Tate Dahl announced that they will leave the series after the prologue of Volume 4. So the production crew are currently auditioning actors and actresses in their teens and 20s to find replacements for them. The characters have strong cultural identities mostly being Australian, British and American despite having Australian citizenship or Australian permanent residence visa.

In Volume 5 after the departure of various actors and actresses, they were replaced by various streamers and a few actors who would portray their characters loosely based on their Dream SMP counterparts. Connor and Brad will come back in Volume 5 while Calum Hood, Troye Sivan, Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford, Wengie, Sierra Deaton and Crystal Leigh will come back in Volume 6. Ian McKellen will be replaced by Simon Farnaby in Volume 6. Jackie Chan will also come back after not appearing in the series since Volume 1. Kris Wu was originally going to return to the series along with Selena Gomez and Louis Tomlinson. But due to controversy involving Kris Wu, neither of them returned to the series. An additional cast consisting of Mathew Baynton, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond would be added in the series in Volume 6. Cathy Ang, Takahiro Moriuchi, Alice Lowe and TinaKitten were later added to the cast alongside Eryn, Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland. New cast members were added in Volume 7.

### Filming

The series is filmed in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia for Prologue: Chapter 1 and 2 and Auckland, New Zealand later in the series. Sets in Australia include the University of Sydney, Luke Hemmings' house and Sydney Airport. Sets in New Zealand are located in the outskirts of Auckland most likely in the suburb of Arch Hill. Later in Season 5, filming in Sydney starts again during the pollution but most scenes take place indoors so the characters are safe. Later in Season 7, filming takes place in Singapore. In Season 14, filming takes place in Adelaide, Southern Australia, Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia and Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island, Australia. This replaced the Philippines special in response to the coronavirus outbreak however it will still be released on ABS-CBN along with the rest of the series.

Volume 3 Section 1 is set in Kingston, Norfolk Island with the airport setting and Norfolk Island National Park being in Burnt Pine, Norfolk Island while Section 2 is entirely filmed in Beerwah State Forest, Queensland, Australia yet the story is still set in Norfolk Island. The fuselage in the middle section (as well as the cockpit) used in the series is a retired Boeing 777 originally owned by Delta Air Lines and Singapore Airlines with the tail section belong to a retired Boeing 737 originally owned by QANTAS while the interior of the plane belonged to Delta Air Lines. The airport scene in Guam is actually filmed in Ninoy Aquino International Airport in the Philippines though the airport depicted was Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport.

Volume 4 and 5 are entirely filmed in Cambridge, England. Pandora's Vault is filmed in Norfolk County. Volume 6 is filmed in various places such as Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Manila, Philippines, Bataan, Philippines, Singapore, Bangkok, Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Thailand, Ratchaburi, Thailand, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Germany, Paris, France, Normandy, France, Cambridge, United Kingdom and Brighton, United Kingdom. The Germany special was originally going to be filmed in Berlin but due to no direct flights from Hong Kong to Berlin, the setting is changed to Frankfurt. It is announced that the France special will be briefly filmed in Paris while the rest would be filmed in Normandy in honour of the Normandy Landings. When the Zodiac heroes returned to the UK, Season 9 is entirely filmed in Brighton before the ensemble returns to Cambridge. Volume 7 will potentially be filmed in Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom, County Wicklow, Ireland, Swansea City, Wales and Aberdeen, Scotland.

### Reception

The series was heavily criticised due to cast's almost all-male ensemble cast in a story made by a teenage girl. However, Zoe Tria insisted that she decided on an almost all-male cast because she studies in a convent school where there are mostly female students. Also because she prefers a mostly male cast rather than a mostly female cast. As well as showing that males can also have mental health issues. The series was criticised by Zoe Tria's mother on Instagram thinking that her daughter is making a story about Satan or the devil due to her religious beliefs because of the series' title. Yet Zoe defended that the story doesn't include Satan as the protagonist but an ensemble cast as light spirits as the main characters fighting the bad guys. Tria stated that she doesn't want anything religious happening in the story despite the fact that the characters' religions are Abrahamic religions (mainly Christianity and Judaism) even if she stated to be a Christian raised in a religious household. Zoe Tria later stated that The Darkest Awakening is for everybody, whether or not they believe in God. The series was also criticised by critics due to the series' almost all-Caucasian cast with a story made by an Asian girl. Zoe stated that she added some other ethnicities although most of the POCs in the series are Asian showing more of Australia's diversity rather than America's diversity.

## **Anime**

The anime version came out in 2020 and distributed by Toei Animation in Japan along with A Crazy EX Battle. It is available in English, Chinese and Japanese and it revolves around the plot of the live-action version. The characters also look the same except Calum, Devan, Troye, Luke, Shawn, Niall, Zoe, Michael, Ashton, Raphael, Kan, Harry, Rena, Brad, Connor, Bea, Yuto, Dominic, Alex, Reece, Blake, Harvey, Jonah and Zach appear to have ahoges. This also applies to the manga version. The animation style is inspired by A Crazy EX Battle and Neon Genesis Evangelion. In 2021 in favour of the new Brad and Zach's eras, the anime adaptation is cancelled as it only contained Luke's era.

## **Video Game**

*Main article: The Darkest Awakening (Video Game)*

The video game is a spin-off of Square Enix's Life Is Strange franchise with similar graphics to a 2000s video game to add nostalgia similar to the theme in the series. The player will control Luke by default but they can also switch to other characters. Unlike the other Life Is Strange games, the player won't have any choices to control the game's narrative but will allow players to use a different character's powers.

## Potential Film

A film set after Volume 7 was in the talks in 2021. However, due to the expanding plot surrounding Volume 7 and a potential Volume 8, the film was never able to be written or go into production. A spin-off film set in an alternate universe to The Darkest Awakening featuring some of the main cast was also in production but in favour of Volume 5, it was shelved.

## **Trivia**

* The series is loosely based on The Canterville Ghost but it is mixed with Lord of the Rings and takes place in the modern times
* The recurring cast are well known for being in the Lord of the Rings film franchise
* The reason why the Sci-fi setting from Volume 2 was dropped is because of the budget of the series and Zoe Tria wanting to limit the amount of CGI to save money. This is also due to the Cambridge setting needing the aesthetic to look more European so the hi-tech would only be limited to the amulets and the technology used in the series for the sake of nostalgia.
	+ Volume 5, 6 and 7 would still have CGI but it would only be limited to the spirits and the main characters' powers
* In 2021, the series was pulled out of Netflix in favour of being distributed by Disney+