Dark Shadows/Characters


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 * Dark Shadows/Character list
 * Dark Shadows characters

Barnabas Collins
Barnabas Collins was born in Collinsport during the 18th century. After spurning the love of a woman named Angelique, he was cursed to live forever as a vampire. Awakening in the late 20th century, Barnabas Collins insinuated himself into the modern Collins family posing as his own descendant. Through the aid of Doctor Julia Hoffman, and later, Doctor Eric Lang, Barnabas was cured of his affliction and was able to help his family defend themselves from other supernatural threats, some of which transcended time and space.

Burke Devlin
Burke Devlin grew up in Collinsport and has a dark history with Roger Collins and his wife Laura. After doing a stint in prison, Burke returned to Collinsport to get revenge on the Collins family. Although Burke eventually settled his grievances with the Collins family, they never fully trusted him. Burke has been romantically tied with Carolyn Stoddard and Victoria Winters.

Carolyn Stoddard
Carolyn Stoddard is the fun-loving daughter of Elizabeth Collins and Paul Stoddard. She is the niece of Roger Collins and cousin to David Collins. Carolyn became best friends with Victoria Winters and was briefly married to a man named Jeb Hawkes. She has also been romantically tied to Burke Devlin and Joe Haskell.

Dave Woodard
David Woodward is a physician and general practitioner in Collinsport, Maine. He is a colleague of Doctor Julia Hoffman. Doctor Woodard examined Willie Loomis after he developed injuries sustained from a vampire bite. He later began treating Maggie Evans, who likewise suffered from a vampire attack as well as from chronic amnesia.

Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard is the matriarch of the modern day Collins family at Collinwood. She is the widow of Paul Stoddard and the mother of Carolyn Stoddard. Believing that she had murdered her husband, Elizabeth spent 18 years as a recluse, never stepping foot outside her stately home.

Jeb Hawkes
Jeb Hawkes was the identity assumed by the adult humanoid version of the Leviathan cult leader. His true form was that of an indescribable monstrous thing, but very few saw Jeb in this form and lived to tell about it. According to the Leviathan prophecy, Jeb was fated to take Carolyn Stoddard as his bride before assuming his true destiny. Despite his vast power, there was only one thing that Jeb Hawkes was afraid of - werewolves. In the end however, it was one of his own followers, Sky Rumson, who brought his tyranny to an end when he pushed him off the edge of Widows' Hill in 1970.

Joe Haskell
Joe Haskell is a fisherman in Collinsport. He once dated Carolyn Stoddard before entering into a long-term romance with Maggie Evans. Joe is the cousin of Chris Jennings, Tom Jennings and Amy Jennings. He was driven insane after discovering that Chris was a werewolf and committed to Windcliff Sanitarium.

Julia Hoffman
Julia Hoffman is a psychiatrist who worked at Windcliff Sanitarium. She came to Collinsport to investigate the medical explanation behind a series of vampire attacks. After discovering that the vampire was Barnabas Collins, Julia believed that she could cure his affliction. In her ongoing efforts to temper Barnabas' murderous urges, Julia grew to become one of his closest allies.

Maggie Evans
Maggie Evans is a resident of Collinsport, and the daughter of Sam Evans. While working as a waitress at the Collinsport Inn, Maggie was abducted by vampire Barnabas Collins who brainwashed her into believing that he was his lost love Josette du Prés. She went on to become the governess to David Collins and Amy Jennings.

Oberon
Oberon was a member of the cult of the Leviathans. Along with his confederate Haza, they brought Barnabas Collins forward through time from the year 1796 to the present and mentally forced him to become a loyal servant of the cult.

Sam Evans
Sam Evans is an artist who lives in Collinsport with his daughter, Maggie. Sam was involved in the scandal that ultimately sent Burke Devlin to prison. He was commissioned by Barnabas Collins to paint his portrait that hangs in the Old House. He was blinded by the witch Angelique and befriended the creature called Adam.

Sarah Collins
Sarah Collins is the younger beloved sister of Barnabas Collins. She died of pneumonia in 1796, but her spirit haunted her brother into the modern era. She appeared as a ghost before Maggie Evans and tried to help her escape from Barnabas while she was being held captive. Victoria Winters met the living Sarah during the time she was sent back to the year 1795.

Victoria Winters
A woman with a mysterious past, Vicki came to Collinsport to find a sense of identity. She became governess to David Collins and lived at Collinwood. She has been thrown backwards through time, been accused of being a witch, and has had romantic relationships with Burke Devlin, Jeff Clark and Peter Bradford.