The Story
In 2035, the fog never lifts over Greyhaven, Oregon, after a strange signal falls from a dead satellite. The dead don't stay dead — they stand up, and they still remember their own names.
Maya Hart, 17, half-infected, can hear the signal inside the dead. To save her friends she must choose: shut the signal off — and kill the people she loves a second time.
- The dead keep one memory — the strongest they had when they died. Lose it, and they become Hollow.
- The fog carries the Signal. Night is always dangerous.
- Every time Maya uses the Signal, she loses one of her own memories.
- There is no cure in Season 1. Only live with it — or turn it off.
The Group
MAYA HART, 17 — The Listener
Red jacket, high ponytail, lighthouse charm. She hears the dead whispering. A thin black vein creeps up her left wrist — the cost, visible on every page.
"Say your name. If you can say it, you're still you."
ETHAN COLE, 18 — The Memory
Her childhood friend. Moss-green flannel, brown notebook. He writes down what Maya forgets, because she is losing hers.
ZOE PARK, 16 — The Signal Kid
Mustard beanie, battered radio. First to decode the Signal: "It's not a virus. It's a voicemail. From space. For the dead."
MR. LINDEN, 42 — The Secret-Keeper
Physics teacher. He recorded the Signal in 2025, told no one, and buried the tape. His pocket watch stopped at 04:17.
ROSE HART — The Clearest Dead
Maya's grandmother, last keeper of Greyhaven Lighthouse. She remembers Maya — and that is why she is still herself. For now.
Pilot — Day One (10 Pages, Script Reader)
Full art is in production from the thumbnail layouts. This is the complete pilot script, in reading order.
Page 1 — The Lighthouse, 4:17 AM. Fog. The lamp pulses red. Rose stands at its base. Maya...
Page 2 — Greyhaven High, 7:45 AM. Maya at her locker: "No bars again." Ethan counts the fog days. Zoe bursts in, radio high: "My radio caught something last night. It was saying names." — "Whose names?" — "Yours."
Page 3 — Physics. Linden writes ASTRAEUS-9 — 2025 on the board. Maya hears her name in the static. No one else does.
Page 4 — After class. The janitor in the hallway whispers ...Biscuit... Biscuit... Maya understands: that's his dog's name. His one memory. She says: "Say your name. If you can say it, you're still you." He answers: "...Frank. My name is Frank." And Maya forgets something. She doesn't know what — not yet.
Page 5 — Lockdown. The school locks. Zoe's radio reads a list: ...frank... rose... daniel... maya... Daniel Hart was Maya's dad. Linden arrives with a tape box: ASTRAEUS-9 — DO NOT PLAY. "We need to talk."
Page 6 — The Tape. Linden confesses: he recorded it ten years ago. Zoe decodes it: "It's calling roll." Linden: "It reminds them of the one thing they loved most. And if they forget? Then they stop whispering. And they start hunting."
Page 7 — The Bus Stop. A woman whispers ...milk... eggs... — her shopping list, her last memory. Then she stops. Her face goes blank. A Hollow. "Run. Now."
Page 8 — The Lighthouse Stairs. Eighty-seven stairs. Maya remembers: "You always miss eighty-four." Linden: "Your grandmother did." Rose's logbook: 2032 — For Maya. Count the stairs. Don't miss eighty-four. The door creaks open.
Page 9 — Rose. "Maya." — "Grandma? You're — you're dead. I was there. I held your hand." — "I know, love. And I remember. That's why I'm still me." She holds out a brass key: "It's in the lamp room, Maya. The Signal. It lives in the lamp."
Page 10 — The Cost. Rose falters. Maya puts her hand on the lamp and pushes the Signal back. Rose is clear again: "Rose Hart. Keeper of this light." The black vein jumps toward Maya's elbow. Ethan writes: Maya used it again. 9:41 PM. She saved Rose. She forgot something. Maya, alone at the glass: "I saved my grandmother tonight. I don't know what I lost to do it. I just know — it was something I loved."
Next: THE SIGNAL — Chapter 1. The list of names grows.
Thumbnails — Rough Layouts (Pacing Only)
Rough pencil thumbnails to check rhythm and framing. Not final art — character likeness is not locked in these sheets.
Season 1
Vol. 1 — The Fog Comes Down
Day 1. School locks down. Maya hears the dead. Rose returns.
Vol. 2 — The Signal
The lighthouse signal room. Zoe decodes the list of names. Zoe is bitten — but does not turn fully.
Vol. 3 — Turn It Off
Maya must choose. Rose gives her the key — and her last memory.
Created by Chung Tran. Story & world by Chung Tran. 16+. Grey + one red only.