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| Character | Role in Episode 1 | Key Traits | Narrative Function | |-----------|-------------------|------------|--------------------| | | Protagonist; returning architect | Analytical, haunted, nostalgic | Acts as the audience’s lens; his outsider status allows exposition of the town’s secrets. | | Mira Mehta | Missing sister, glimpsed in flashbacks | Innocent, imaginative, symbolic of lost innocence | Her disappearance drives the plot and fuels Aarav’s emotional stakes. | | Inspector Ritu Singh | Local police officer, skeptical ally | Pragmatic, determined, morally ambiguous | Provides procedural grounding while hinting at deeper conspiracies. | | Elder Harshad | Town elder who guards the courtyard | Cryptic, rooted in folklore, protective | Serves as the keeper of oral history, introducing mythic dimensions. |