Hannah Grose

## CHARACTERISTICS

**Hannah Grose** is a major character in *The Haunting Of Bly Manor*. She is the dependable manager of Bly Manor with a huge secret that she herself does not know. After being pushed into the well at Bly Manor previously, Hannah is unknowingly a ghost at the expansive manor house.

## Biography

### History

Little is known about Hannah's early history, other than she originally worked at Bly Manor whilst Charlotte Wingrave was alive. After her husband, Sam, left her, she took up a live-in position at the manor at Charlotte's offering.

Shortly prior to Dani's arrival, Hannah is pushed into the well on the grounds of Bly Manor and unknowingly dies on impact. Like other ghosts at Bly, she is trapped on the grounds of the manor moving forward.

### Life as a ghost

Unaware that she is dead, Hannah carries on with her existence like she always has, fullfilling her duties as the manor's housekeeper and creating relationships with other characters. She welcomes Dani and helps her settle into her new position, and supports Owen as he is grieving his mother.

As time goes by, Hannah starts drifting away and "dream hopping" helplessly, as she does not understand the reason for these occurences. Indeed, her spirit is starting to fade away because of the curse that has been cast on the manor. Her experience at Bly is troubled, and she begins seeing cracks in the walls of the manor, similar to the crack at the bottom of the well, which was presumably the last thing she saw before her death. Hannah is often seen lost in her thoughts, struggling to keep a conversation and understanding when and where she is. She repeatedly finds herself in the memory of her first meeting with Owen, which helps her come to terms with her fate.

### Release from Bly

When Viola Lloyd returns to Bly and begins terrorising the residents, Hannah tries to help Dani Clayton and the Wingrave children, but finds her efforts futile. When Dani invites Viola into herself, she releases all of the ghosts from their tie with Bly Manor, including Hannah. Hannah is not seen on the grounds of Bly following this, and Owen takes up her mantle of candle-lighting; Jamie reveals that he hurts for the love from Hannah years later, however.

## Relationships

### The Wingraves

Hannah has worked for the Wingrave family for several years, and has good relationships with them, which is shown through warm exchanges with Charlotte, Dominic and Henry when they arrive to spend holidays at the manor. Hannah considers Bly Manor as her home, and is a good friend of Charlotte Wingrave, who comforts her after she is left by her husband and offers her a live-in position due to her predicament. Even after Charlotte and Dominic's death, she remains loyal to the family and cares deeply about them.

Hannah is also close to the children, as she becomes one of their care-takers after their parents pass away. She acts as a maternal figure towards them, and shows a deep empathy concerning the loss they face. She can sometimes be strict but she is mostly indulgent towards their odd behavior, and does not hesitate to defend them.

### Owen Sharma

Hannah and Owen grow closer following Dani's arrival at Bly Manor. They do not act on the feelings, however, until after Owen's mother dies. Owen asks her to leave for Paris with him, but she finds herself unable to — despite wanting to — due to the fact that she is dead. It is revealed that she loves Owen, and yet cannot do anything about it, as it is too late for her. After her release from Bly, Owen's heart aches for the love he received from Hannah, and years later he, Dani and Jamie toast to her memory.

Still unaware that she is dead, Hannah grows closer and closer with Owen Sharma, the chef at Bly Manor. The two regularly flirt with one another, but the relationship does not blossom much further than this.

After Owen's mother's death, the relationship between the two finally progresses, and Owen asks Hannah to leave with him for Paris. Owen is drunk, however, and Hannah is hesitant, but wishes to agree. It quickly becomes clear for Hannah, however, that she is dead and cannot leave the grounds of Bly Manor, therefore making it impossible for her to leave with him.

## Quotes

**Hannah**: *"There’s a difference between feeling good and feeling alive. The two aren’t always the same."*
-- *The Altar of the Dead*

**Hannah**: *"Funerals are for the living. It’s up to the living to decide what they can and cannot bear."*
-- *The Way It Came*

## Trivia

* Unbeknownst to anyone at Bly Manor, she dies moments before Dani Clayton's arrival at Bly Manor.