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Edward Jonathan Winslow
Asylum Director
55
Father of Leah Winslow{19}, and Rachelle Winslow{deceased}
Ex- Husband of Jane Winslow{Deceased}
Secretly obsessed with Nurse Josie Wright
Was a very nice, happy, normal man, until the day when his wife and eldest daughter went out to the grocery store, and were killed by a teenager with strange powers. That began Edward's obsession with destroying people with powers. He started the Asylum, and has been capturing children with powers since 1983.
Face Claim; George Clooney
OPEN

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Dierdre Marks
Public Relations Director
42
Helped Edward to start up the Asylum.
Has worked toward making it more successful by keeping it on the public's good side.
Face Claim; Kate Winslet
OPEN

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Raymond Fur
Doctor
37
The Asylum's leading power enhancement surgeon.
Has done most of the experimenting on the Trackers.
Face Claim; Michael Emerson
OPEN

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Jameson Darko
Head of Development and Training of Trackers
37
Jameson was fairly new to the medical field when he first discovered teens with powers, and, immediately after discover, was one of the first doctors at the Asylum.
Discovered how to create Trackers while doing personal research there. Of course, not knowing its effect entirely, now, being older, he regrets what he did.
Face Claim; Gary Oldman
TAKEN

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Leslie Simons
Doctor
29
Girlfriend of Renee Jones
Got into working at the Asylum because of her long time girlfriend, Renee. Renee has powers, and because of them, is constantly in pain.
Found out that the Asylum was trying to help people like her, and immediately found a job here. She didn't know just how they meant 'help'.
Face Claim; Rose McGowan
OPEN

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Jacob Malice
Doctor
37
Father of Cordelia Malice and Augusten Malice
Husband of Sybil Malice
Came to work at the Asylum mainly to restore his relationship with his daughter, Cordelia.
Was also in need of work since his hospital in Seattle laid him off; he figured he may as well do his work as near to his daughter as possible.
Face Claim; Robert Downey Jr.
TAKEN

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Josie Wright
Nurse
23
Was studying to be a nurse when she realized she could heal people with the touch of hand to bare skin contact.
Got a job at the asylum after an interview. The Director took an instant shine to her, though his morals were more corrupt. His obsession with Josie grew, though she is too afraid to speak up.
Face Claim; Rachael Leigh Cook
OPEN

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Florence Hilson
Nurse
21
Florence recently graduated from College as a nurse. Fresh from London, this is her first job. Of course, she doesn't really know anything about the asylum. Nor does she know much about the abilities of the patients here. She takes her job seriously and would never be seen fraternising with the patients.
Face Claim; Katy Perry
OPEN

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Riley Updale
Nurse
27
Riley is a mans man. He became a nurse because of his parents medical background. He loves his job but loves girls more!
Face Claim;Cam Gigandet
OPEN

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Jason Taylor
Doctor
23
Resident nice guy, Jason is the doctor that all the girls want a piece of. He's been known to break hearts with his devestating good looks and has never harmed a patient. His younger sister is trapped somewhere in the walls of the asylum. She was used as blackmail to get him to come back. Jason is famous for going for girls who are at least two years younger than him. He is also known for his long term feud with Klaus Fleischer.
Face Claim; Gaspard Ulliel
OPEN

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Tabitha Lesley Cole
Nurse
21
Main Family; Cole, Dennings, James
Tabitha is probably the most reliable person you could go to. Though she works next to her cousin, Erik, in the asylum, she’s still a very generous person. She is closest to Elizabeth in her family, they have a bond that no one could really explain. Liz and her are almost the same age, and though they are cousins they feel like sisters. She’s strait forward and to the point, and if you ever need anything, she’s the person. Her life growing up was pretty normal. She was born with the power of magnetism, and was using it by the time she was 3 weeks, so she never had a problem with it. She was a strait A student and her parents saw her as a gift from above. All was always well for her. She writes Liz letters, but never gets a return address from her, she still likes to keep close with Elizabeth.
POWER. Magnetism manipulation- Ability to control and/or generate magnetic fields.

Face Claim; Ashley Greene
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TRACKERS



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Richard Plain
34
Was one of the first successful Trackers the Asylum created.
Continues to be one of their best, even though he's been there for fifteen years.
Face Claim; Heath Ledger
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Lara Crawford
12
Sister of Sirius Crawford{19}
Is, at this point, the youngest ever Tracker, and a very much failed experiment.
Was created thinking that people would come to her easily, being all young and innocent. They ended up with a selfish, destructive, deadly brat.
Face Claim; Elle Fanning
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Sirius Crawford
19
Brother of Lara Crawford{12}
Most people kind of forgot about Sirius, as Lara is so demanding.
Tries to help Patients escape, instead of capturing them.
Face Claim; Shia Labeouf
OPEN

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Riley Payne
19
Cousin of Via Payne{29}
Boyfriend of Joss James{16}
How Riley came to be a Tracker is unknown. He was one of the crueler ones, though. Almost two years ago, he met Jocelynn James. Something about the girl four years his junior changed him. After a year or so sneaking around, Riley and Joss ran away from the Asylum. Seven months later, the other Trackers caught them, but Riley fought them off. He beeged that Joss leave, get herself somewhere safe. He promised her that he'd catch up soon. He was injured, though, and hasn't been able to find her. Almost three months after they were separated, Riley is still wandering around Winslow, searching high and low for her.
Face Claim; Joe Jonas
OPEN

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Jade Lewis
Girlfriend of Reid Serris
Took her job to make money for her family. She likes it quite a bit.
Usually doesn't like the patients, but is currently extremely in love with Escaped Patient Reid Serris.
Face Claim; Lizz Mohin
OPEN

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Peter Larson
18
Was in a car crash, and when he woke up, he was here.
Has only been here a couple of years.
Face Claim; Taylor Kitsch
OPEN

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Leah Gloria Dennings
19
Main Family; Dennings, Cole, James
Leah is one of three triplets and one older sister. The triplets are all cold hearted people who enjoy the thrill of capturing escaped patients and putting others in pain and sorrow. Her Uncle, Erik Dennings, is a doctor. While her older sister Felicity is a patient. She disowns Felicity and uses her good looks to advantage to get what she wants. Leah is usually always the one who has to keep her brothers from arguing and fighting. She feels she’s the only mature one of the three.
POWER. Domination and mind control- The ability to alter the perceptions of others, and general ability to control the actions of others with the mind.

Face Claim; Nina Dobrev
OPEN

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Laurent Trace Dennings
Main Family; Dennings, Cole, James
19
Laurent, very much like his sister Leah, is cocky, and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. He feels not job is completed until he gets his piece in. Laurent is always arguing with his brother and uses his ability as his clutch. He can make anyone do whatever he wants when he wants it, which is why he sticks with his sister and brother, with all of them having a power of the mind, they have total domination. He has no problem with Felicity but feels his Uncle, Erik, is a man whorish fool.
POWER. Possession- Ability to take control and inhabit the body of an individual.

Face Claim; Paul Wesley
OPEN

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Licah Paul Dennings
Main Family; Dennings, Cole, James
19
Licah is the immature one of the three. He cocky and sneaky and uses anything he can to get noticed. He hates his sister Felicity, but the though of her being dead gives him pleasure. What he hates is that he can’t be the one to do that. He always argues with his brother, before Leah stops them. He especially hates his Uncle Erik because he won’t kill Felicity, and he is probably the worst at socializing.
POWER. Memory manipulation- Ability to erase or enhance the memories

Face Claim; Ian Somerhalder
TAKEN


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ESCAPED PATIENTS

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Reid Serris
25
Can make things fly
Boyfriend of Jade Lewis
Was brought to the Asylum when he was about ten, and stayed there until he was twenty.
Met Jade, a Tracker, when trying to escape. He was kind of fascinated with her, and eventually convinced her to at least give him a chance, and after a while, she helped him escape, and now visits him all the time.
Face Claim; Kellan Lutz
OPEN

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Mary Simms
17
Kills things by touching them
Twin sisters of Kasey Simms
Was at the Asylum only a couple of years before she escaped with her twin sister
Face Claim; Jess or Lisa Origliasso
TAKEN

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Kasey Simms
17
Brings people back to life by touching them
Twin sisters of Mary Simms
Was at the Asylum only a couple of years before she escaped with her twin sister
Face Claim; Jess or Lisa Origliasso
TAKEN

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Jocelynn James
16
Can see the future and control ice
Sister of Warren James
Joss was brought to the Asylum almost two years ago, when she was fourteen, not long before her brother arrived. A few weeks after her arrival, she met Riley, a tracker. She had never felt any closer to anyone in the world, even though he was four years older than her. After almost a year of sneaking around, they ran away. Almost seven months after they'd escaped, they were caught by the tracker. Riley insisted that Joss leave him, that he'd fight them off. It's been three months since she's seen him, and can't seem to focus her visions.
Face Claim; Demi Lovato
TAKEN

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Asher Revel
19
Controls Technology
Was in the Asylum for all of four months.
Since then, he has been running, and has killed two Trackers.
Face Claim; Tom Payne
OPEN


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Jayson Monroe Cole
Main Family; Cole, Dennings, James
18
Jayson is probably the nicest sibling of the Coles, but the most stubborn. Jayson is closest to his sister Elizabeth, which is exactly why he chose to run off with her. One night Jayson was captured, but escaped again, he hadn’t seen Elizabeth since that night. He’s heard many reports that she was still running, escaped, with a man accompanied, he’s determined to find her again and be reunited. His sister Casey was the acceptation seeing as to she never fought being in the asylum, he left he be, even with their relationship.
POWER. Gravity manipulation - Ability to manipulate or generate gravitons, or other types of gravitational interactions.

Face Claim; Taylor Lautner
OPEN

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Carmen Willa James
Main Family; James, Cole, Dennings
18
Carmen is closest to her cousin Jocelynn and shows no other concerns to her family seeing as though she hates them all. Not much is known about her and where she currently is, she sometimes drops by to see Joss, but will leave in the morning only praying to see her again soon.
POWER. Future Seer/Electric manipulation- Ability to control, generate or absorb electric fields.
Face Claim; Selena Gomez
OPEN


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PATIENTS


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Axel Trece
Synthetic Patient
19
Xavier Trece {forty-seven, father}, Isabelle Simonson {forty, mother}
Brother of Jared Trece {18}
After getting kicked out of his parents house when he was sixteen for being bisexual, Jared spent the last two years on the street. He eventually moved into Winslow Asylum under his own free will to get his brother's addiction under control. Moving into the Asylum only made it worse, and eventually he himself signed up to get injected with powers. He has to protect his brother somehow, right?
Face Claim; Jared Leto
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Lacey Lock
17
Can communicate with animals
Daughter of Peter Lock and Jane Larson
Twin Sister of Maria Lock
Half Sister of Hanna Lock{16} and Jasmine Lock{19} and Juliet Lock{19}
Was always the most innocent of her family. She generally just followed her twin sister, Maria around, and did what she was told. When she was around ten, Lacey discovered that she understood what animals were trying to tell her, and could communicate with them. She spent nearly all of her time trying to save any animal she ever saw. After a few years, she started to get careless with her secrecy. Her sisters knew about her powers, but no one else. Somehow, a guy in her class at school found out about her and her sister's powers, and told someone about them. She was fifteen at the time.
Face Claim; Danielle Panabaker
OPEN

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Juliet Lock
19
Can see the future- but only the bad parts
Daughter of Peter Lock and Rihanna Jackson
Sister of Hanna Lock{16} and Jasmine Lock{19}
Half Sister of Maria Lock{17} and Lacey Lock{17}
Was always the determinedly good one in the family. She was convinced that she would save the world, or at least make it a ton better. When she was about thirteen or so, she started having visions. Jasmine's had already been going on for quite a while, so she kind of explained them to Juliet. Poor Juliet, though, could only see the bad things that were going to happen. When she was seventeen, she started to get small flashes of a place, where she and her sisters were being tortured. Soon after they started, they were captured and taken to the Asylum.
Face Claim; Ashley Olsen
Open

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Elizabeth Jones
18
Advanced Photographic Memory
Daughter of Heather Jones
Lizzie grew up with her best friend Miriam. However, four months ago she woke up in the asylum.
Face Claim; Audrina Partridge
Taken

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Christopher Monroe
16
Reads minds
Brother of James Monroe{21}
Currently in a very secret relationship with Emma Woodrow
Has always been able to read peoples minds, but was usually very good at hiding it. When he was fourteen, he heard a teacher thinking about raping one of the girls in his class, and he told. Instead of people being glad he'd stopped it, they sent him to the Asylum.
After a few months there, he met Emma Woodrow, who was there to visit her father, who was a doctor at the time. They have been in a very secret relationship since then.
Face Claim; Nick Jonas
OPEN

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'Tiger' Lillie Black
15
Invisibility
Daughter of Eros Black and Emme Black
Grew up on a reservation, she was forever warned that she must never leave it because she was 'different'. No one told her what this meant. As she was a curious child, she left one day. This, however, was her downfall. She was being tracked by a Tracker from the Asylum and was caught and kidnapped from her home.
Face Claim; Maite Perroni
Taken

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Sydney Taylor
18
Sister of Jason Taylor
Sydney was taken by the Asylum trackers to blackmail Jason Taylor in to coming back. She's somewhere in the Asylum, imprisoned.
Face Claim; Gemma Ward
OPEN

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Felicity Farrow Dennings
Main Family; Dennings, Cole, James
20
Felicity was tricked into the asylum by her Uncle Erik by accident. She was taken away from her parents, and forced even closer to the annoying siblings that are triplets and now the bother of her life as trackers. She has a horrible relationship with Licah and strongly dislikes her uncle. She doesn’t like the asylum, but as long as she away from her siblings she doesn’t care for the least part.
POWER. Energy blasts-Ability to expel various forms of energy from the body.

Face Claim; Camilla Belle
TAKEN

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Casey Claudia Cole
Main Family; Cole, Dennings, James
17
Casey is the odd one out of the Cole family. The only sibling she is close to is Jayson, and that’s only because he shows kindness towards everyone. Her parents always saw her as a disgrace and her power a bother to life and people. Do to her ability she doesn’t like to talk and only speak when spoken to. She’d go mute if it wasn’t for the power itself.
POWER. Sonic scream- Ability to generate vocal sounds of a higher amplitude than a normal human.

Face Claim; Taylor Swift
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OTHERS



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Nathan Gilmour
Bartender (Other)
33
Nathan works at the local bar in the outskirts of Winslow. He knows all about the asylum and it's patients, though doesn't really give a damn about it all. He's noticed a certain younger woman named Alaska who goes to the bar a lot. He thinks he might like her.
Face Claim; Paul Bettany
OPEN

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Donia Jay
36
Owns a cafe called Donia's in the Inner City. She opened it a few years ago.
Knows about the Asylum's work, and tried to help the Patients that are trying to escape.
Face Claim; Idina Menzel
TAKEN

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Nick Spencer
30
Ex Husband of Sophia Spencer{deceased}
Is the manager of Motel 8. He often helps runaway Patients by letting them stay for free. His wife was a mindreader.
Face Claim; Peter Facinelli
OPEN

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Via Payne
29
Animates Artwork
Jamie Payne's older sister. Cousin of Riley Payne
Owns Via's Tattoo and Piercing Parlor. Is an amazing tattoo artist.
Face Claim; Kat Von D
TAKEN

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Jamie Payne
23
Sister of Via Payne and cousin of Riley Payne
Via Payne's little sister. She's a goofball, but compassionate. Via loves her sister very much, and her and Jamie live together. Jamie is constantly being pulled out of trouble by her sister. She's always living in her sister's shadow and tried to make up for it by acting more ignorant that she actually is.
Face Claim; Sar Bennett

OPEN

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Emma Woodrow
15
Student at Larkin Academy
Daughter of Joshua Woodrow{deceased} and Mary Woodrow
Secretly dating Christopher Monroe
Her father used to be a doctor at the Asylum, since she was very young. About two years ago, she went to visit him at work, and met Christopher Monroe. Since then, she's been involved in a very secret relationship with him.
About a year ago, Emma's father was found dead in the Asylum's mazes. Her mother has since been trying to convince her to move, but Emma refuses to leave Christopher. She's still been visiting him secretly. She plans to try and help him escape, if she can.
Face Claim; Dakota Fanning
OPEN

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Tom McCartney
35
Persuasion
Tom is, ultimately, a con man. He has his eye on money at all times and will stop at nothing to get it!
Face Claim; Colin Farrell
OPEN


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Alice Whist
17
Can create physical doubles of herself
twin sister to Tami Whist{17}
Daughter to Kayne and Kimiko Whist
Alice and her sister Tami recently moved to Winslow from Japan a few months back. They quickly discovered that the Asylum does not house insane people and threatened to tell the media or the government about it. Both Alice and her Twin are currently being bribed to keep quiet. She’s a wild child that loves destroying things, including hearts.
Face Claim; Aragaki Yui
OPEN

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Tami Whist
17
Can explode her body mass and reform
twin sister to Alice Whist{17}
Daughter to Kayne and Kimiko Whist
Tami and her twin Alice recently moved from Japan to Winslow a few months back. Her sister discovered the secret of the Asylum and told her about it and she was the one who came up with the idea to blackmail Winslow. They are currently being bribed to keep shut about it, but Tami drops anonymous hints to the media every-so-often just to stir things up. She’s not as evil as her sister, but she’s much more mischievous. She’s the older of the two.
Face Claim; Erika Toda
OPEN


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Annabelle Darcy
17
Powerless
Attends Ryder High School as a Junior. She is very hesitant to talk about her inner issues although they do exist. On the outside she is seen as the quietly determined typical American girl, but she really wants more than an ordinary life in the small town of Winslow, Maine.
Face Claim; Lea Michele
RESERVED


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Meredith Hart Cole
Main Family; Cole, Dennings, James
29
Meredith is the oldest of all the Cole siblings. She has the strongest bond with Elizabeth seeing as to they always kept each other out of trouble. She see’s all her siblings as works of art and is truly a kind person. She grew up keeping up after all her siblings, keeping them in line and making sure their powers weren’t misused. Elizabeth held two abilities, so it was harder to absorb hers when she was doing wrong. She lives outside the asylum walls in a apartment working at a diner. She leads a simple life and watches all her siblings quietly. She sees Elizabeth at least once a week, and may see Jayson around from time to time. She truly is a angel.
POWER. Power of mimicry or absorption-Ability to copy or absorb another's powers or skills.

Face Claim; Nikki Reed
OPEN

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Maggie Marie Cole
Main Family; Cole, Dennings, James
38
Maggie is the oldest of all of the family seeing as to she is the sister of the mother of the Cole family. She watches after all her nieces and nephews, even though she thinks some are a bit out there, the Dennings in particular, she always warned her sister not to marry the Denning…now there were more. When he married a first time he married the mother of the James, he divorced and came to the Coles. Maggie knows she has a messed up family, just she would change them for the world.
POWER. Fire and heat manipulation- Ability to control the kinetic energy of atoms to generate, control or absorb fire

Face Claim; Rachelle Lefevre
OPEN

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