Unwelcome

Pregnant partner of Jamie who moves to rural Ireland seeking safety and a fresh start. She evolves from a cautious newcomer to a decisive, resourceful figure who confronts both human cruelty and the supernatural threat. Her resilience drives the plot as she negotiates with the Red Caps and ultimately claims maternal power.

Maya's partner, who shares the trauma of the attack in London and leads them toward their new life. He is brave and impulsive, willing to confront danger to protect Maya, but is ultimately overpowered as violence encroaches from the Whelans.

The younger Whelan son who participates in petty theft and suffers abuse under his father. His presence highlights the family's violent dynamics and the cycle of cruelty that persists in the house.

The abusive patriarch whose violence governs the household and endangers everyone. His brutality escalates the terror surrounding the house and amplifies the moral stakes of Maya's conflict with the Red Caps.

The older Whelan son who endures abuse at the hands of his father and becomes entangled in the peril surrounding the missing child. His arc reveals the corrosive effects of domestic tyranny.

Jamie's great-aunt whose legacy threads through the house's history. Her vanished daughter and the shrine to the Red Caps anchor the backstory that blurs memory and myth within the present danger.

A Whelan child who participates in minor mischief and helps illustrate the family’s disturbing dynamics within the house. The child’s actions underscore the sense of intrusion and the creeping corruption of the home.

Leader of the forest-dwelling Red Caps who demand offerings and enforce their own brutal codes. The Red Caps' intervention shifts the balance of power and culminates in violent retribution against the human intruders.