Post by Paul Duke on Aug 10, 2013 3:51:00 GMT -6
Story
Sylvia and Mason Blackvale are trying to live their lives in Vesper Cove alongside their mother, Tia Gates-Blackvale. Just as if they can enjoy life, they will soon learn secrets about their family history that could tear Vesper Cove apart. When Sylvia is about to turn sixteen, she receives a mysterious gift from her and Mason’s father, Reese. However, their father disappeared over ten years ago. Wondering the gift is their one physical evidence that their father is still alive, Sylvia, Mason, and their mother uncover the gift is a picture of the Blackvale crest and a note written by Reese. In the note they discover Reese needs to be found and that are greater dark forces at play, yet in order to find him they need to reverse the Witchfall that stricken the Blackvale coven.
Desperate to search for answers, Sylvia and Mason are met by the local bookstore owner, Desmond Krieg, who gives them clues of what they seek. Together, the Blackvale siblings learn that Witchfall is a forbidden curse to befall on a coven of witches. Stunned, Sylvia and Mason deduct that they are witches and that their father was a powerful warlock until the curse changed everything. To find their father, they first must reverse the Witchfall. Krieg informs the siblings that in order to reverse the curse they must either convince or kill the Order of the Seven—a group of seven witches and warlocks that cast the Witchfall spell on the Blackvale coven. However, things take a turn when Sylvia and Mason uncover their newfound mentor; Krieg is actually a witch hunter. To reverse the curse to restore their powers and family legacy, the siblings must train like witch hunters to destroy the Order any way they can if they have a chance to save their missing father.
However while Sylvia and Mason does their best to reverse the Witchfall spell, their personal lives with certain relationships get tested. Even with the shady relationship of Krieg, they fear Krieg has something to hide and could betray them once they restore their powers. And as for the other dark forces, they will do whatever they can to protect the people they care about as the serene town of Vesper Cove will be rocked like never before.
Cast/Characters:
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Sylvia Blackvale (played by Shelley Hennig)
She is one of the series protagonists. After just celebrated her sixteenth birthday with her brother Mason and her mother Tia, she discovers a gift from her missing father. She discovers the gift is a picture that represents her father’s family crest and a note written by her father. Realizing he wants her and her brother to reverse the Witchfall spell that cursed their coven, it is the only way to regain their powers so they have the ability to find their father. However for Sylvia she seems to trust Krieg even though Mason doesn’t; and she develops feelings for Wes Landon, who unbeknownst to her is the son of one of the members of the Order she must destroy.
Mason Blackvale (played by Grey Damon)
He is the other series protagonist. He is the seventeen year old and older brother of Sylvia. Mason loves sports and loves playing baseball with his friends especially Nathan, his best buddy. When he discovers his father, whose has been missing for over a decade, decides to send a gift to Sylvia and ends up requesting him and her to reverse Witchfall and after restoring his family magic then he can find his father. Unlike Sylvia, Mason isn’t comfortable being born as a witch, yet wonders what kind of powers he has. Trying to trust Krieg, Mason suspects Krieg is hiding something other than being a witch hunter. Meanwhile, he is currently dating Alexis Hargrove but just as if things with her are perfect, he and Alexis starts to have problems in their relationship when he can’t trust her due to her rising popularity and dubious past of hooking up with other guys.
Wes Landon (played by Thomas McDonnell)
Wes acts like a bad boy trying to upset his father, Evan. Wes tries to live his life as being a young warlock. He is a frequent customer at the Cove Bookstore. There he has been seeing Sylvia working at the place. When Sylvia opens up that she is a witch, Wes does the same thing and opens up being a warlock. In trying to impress her, Wes tries to use his magic for good and bad reasons. Researching her family’s past and that the Blackvales were a powerful coven only to be stricken down by the Witchfall spell. Wes intends to help her and her brother Mason try to break off the curse; however, Wes doesn’t realize his father Evan is one of those warlocks and witches—the Order of the Seven that cast the spell. As Wes helps Sylvia, he is reluctant to admit his true feelings. He truly feels a connection between him and Sylvia yet struggles to open up.
Alexis Hargrove (played by Francia Raisa)
Alexis is Mason’s girlfriend and tries to be friends again with Sylvia. They used to be childhood friends before Sylvia’s father’s disappearance. The event forced Sylvia to neglect and abandon her friendship with Alexis. When Alexis made a mistake and condemned Sylvia over their relationship, it further made them estranged. Til this day, Alexis tries to do her best to bring back their sister-like bond. In the meantime, Alexis feels she needs to prove her trust to Mason, yet it gets harder when her popularity continues to rise and having “friendly” kisses with other guys becomes problematic towards Mason. She doesn’t know about Sylvia and Mason was born witches.
Nathan Foster (played by Jonathan Keltz)
Nathan is Mason’s best friend and their close bonding is almost like being brothers. Nathan is always there for Mason if he needs advice and vice versa. Nathan’s father is the acting sheriff of Vesper Cove Police. Nathan is rising to be one of Vesper Cove High’s popular kids, but the true rising star is Alexis. Nathan is the star baseball player for the school’s team. When it comes to girls, he loves to date one after another not really finding the “one”. His whole mantra about not believing in true love could be in conflict as he’s torn to believe what is the true definition of love.
Kate Winston (played by Megan Tandy)
Sometimes shady to Sylvia at the beginning, Kate wants to be friends with her. To Alexis, she doesn’t like Kate. Kate never was interested in witchcraft or anything supernatural. However with the deductions made by Krieg; he suspects Kate is a “Novice” hunter. Krieg does his best to convince Sylvia to help him convince Kate she is a witch hunter; and that she needs to face her destiny and help them stop the Order of the Seven.
Desmond Krieg (played by Matthew Davis)
Krieg is the owner of the Cove Bookstore and Sylvia’s boss as well as her father figure/mentor. He confesses to Sylvia and Mason that he is a witch hunter. Krieg helps them telling the origins of the Witchfall spell, the Blackvale crest’s meaning, and knowledge of the Order of the Seven. He despises Evan Landon believing he is responsible for causing Krieg’s wife, Leslie, to commit suicide because of her being raped eight years ago. Krieg feels sorry that Wes has a detestable father like Evan; Krieg wants revenge against Evan personally, but decides to assist Sylvia and Mason stop the other six Order members before tackling Evan.
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Evan Landon (played by Richard Burgi)
Evan is the most influential member of the community. As years go by, he has risen in power. He feels responsible to protect his son, Wes. With Wes’ ignorance to respect his father and to get away from him, Evan feels he is doing his very best. He always thinks about what his wife Olivia would do. But since her untimely passing due to breast cancer, Evan has to be both mom and dad. Evan is a powerful warlock and a founding member of the Order of the Seven; he knows Reese Blackvale and as well Tia, yet there is no reason as of now of why he and the other Sever casted the Witchfall spell against the Blackvales. As for Desmond Krieg, Evan feels Krieg is accusing him of raping his wife Leslie who then killed herself because of it. However, he pays no attention it. As for Sylvia, Evan doesn’t like his son hanging around with her; and will do whatever he feels is right for his town and what is right for his son against Wes’s wishes.
Tia Gates-Blackvale (played by Terri Hatcher)
Tia is Mason and Sylvia’s mother. Her husband, Reese, was about to celebrate their fifth year anniversary of their marriage until he mysteriously disappeared in 2003. It can be assumed Tia knew her husband and his side of the family were witches; and that the Blackvale coven existed during before his disappearance. However, she doesn’t know about the Witchfall and the reason why her children are not receiving their powers that supposed to be with them when they are born. It is revealed that the children had their powers when they were young and when the spell was cast, Mason and Sylvia has no knowledge of that past moment.
Ezekiel (played by Robert Knepper)
He is a shady figure who arrives as a guest speaker talking about supernatural symbolism to Sylvia and her junior class. In attempt to know more about Sylvia as well as Mason and everyone they are close. Ezekiel decides to stay in town and keep a close eye. Unbeknownst to everyone, he is soon revealed to be a another witch hunter and wants to handle the Order of the Seven for his own nefarious endeavors.
Episodes
1.01 "The Order" | As Sylvia enjoys her sixteenth party with her brother Mason and their mother Tia. They soon discover a gift from their father, Reese Blackvale--who has been missing for over ten years. Sylvia and Mason are requested by their missing father to reverse Witchfall and come and find him. However, they soon learn that they were born as witches...and that what is standing between them and their father is a witch hunter who is actually Sylvia's boss in disguise who wants to help them, and the people responsible for cursing their family...the Order of the Seven.
1.02 "Coven Shock" | Still shocked over taking out one of the seven, Mason and Sylvia still have six others to stop. However, Mason's continued disgust and mistrust towards Krieg intensifies when Krieg puts Mason and Sylvia through the ringer. As they continue to search for the answers of why the Order cursed their family in the first place, Sylvia sees her chance to speak to Wes's father, Evan Ladnon, who knows a lot than meets the eye. Meanwhile, Mason and Alexis have a heated argument.
1.03 "Readjusting Standards" | TBA
1.04 "Party Hard" | TBA
1.05 "Book Whisperer" (Midseason Finale) | TBA
1.06 "TBA" | TBA
1.07 "TBA" | TBA
1.08 "TBA" | TBA
1.09 "TBA" | TBA
1.10 "TBA" (Season Finale) | TBA
Creator's notes
This was an idea I have been floating around for the past year and had to find some sort of grounding. I needed to focus a series on a central female protagonist I’m a huge supernatural fan and most of the inspiration came from Charmed, Buffy, and Supernatural. I really wanted to focus an idea on this concept that what if these young witch siblings has lost their power and their family magic; and the only way they can restore their powers and break the curse is to be trained by witch hunter.