Ashlyn Banner

appearance in real world

Ashlyn has long ginger braids and many freckles. Her expression is most to always cold or deadpan, and she's of short height. She has slate green eyes and is often seen wearing black earplugs or headphones to cancel out any noise.

personality

Ashlyn doesn't like to talk or interact with people outside her family. As noted by Taylor and her father, Ashlyn hasn't made any friends in her many years of living and was always alone at school prior to the events of the comic. Due to not having much social interaction, Ashlyn can be abrasive and blunt. She is quick to take action when necessary and is more than willingly to stand up for herself. Ashlyn loves ballet and that is the one thing she tends to find herself doing alone in her room ever since she messed up at a recital once.

Aiden Clark

During their first meeting, Aiden continuously tried to talk with Ashlyn who tried to avoid him in an attempt to show that she didn't want to befriend him, although Aiden didn't appear to get the hint. Over the next two weeks, she is shown to be annoyed at Aiden’s desire to become closer to her, eventually snapping at him, and blaming him for making her go into to Sorrel Weed House, and therefore getting them stuck in the Phantom dimension. Over time, though, they both do genuinely befriend each other. When the group needs to get the keys to her father's jeep, a phantom drags Ashlyn up the roof of her house and she hits her head. When Aiden witnesses this, he stops smiling, which is unusual considering he is known to always be smiling, no matter the situation. Ashlyn idly notes that he is shaking, and even though she is hesitant, they do end up hugging each other afterward. The next day, the two feel awkward around each other, and they don't speak with each other until Tyler brings up their behavior. They end up having a conversation, and Ashlyn first tries to postpone the talk because of her throbbing head. Aiden does stop her, explaining his situation and apologizing. Ashlyn then explains that he did but says that it was her decision to go on the Savannah trip and she didn't blame him for what happened on the porch. It is implied several times that Aiden has harbored feelings for Ashlyn, as it is shown for him to blush around her and care severely for her well-being occasionally. While it is currently and probably unknown if Ashlyn has feelings for Aiden, she is shown to care for him and worries over his well-being, and she has become more comfortable with physical contact with him, as opposed to earlier, when she pinched him when he touched her hair. She eventually even initiates a hug with him after Aiden gets crushed by the ceiling in the phantom dimension, and as he later notes, she was shaking.

Talor Hernández

Prior to the trip Taylor said she always seen Ashlyn by herself. And starts to feel bad for her after they have a disagreement where Taylor gets scared to go through with the plan which causes Ashlyn to get upset in start lashing out, which she later regrets and wonders if she should apologize to everyone for letting all her inner feelings out and taking her frustration out on them. Taylor acknowledges how she feels apologizes to her and tells her if they are going to be a group everyone should always express their feelings to each other so they can all be on one accord.

Tyler Hernández

Their friendship starts rocky when Tyler blames Ashlyn for not saying anything about the phantom being real, despite him believing it was a setup for a video to prank them. Saying even if he wouldn’t have believed her she still should have said something. Most of the time they can be seen disagreeing about what they should do in the situations they end up in. Ending the disagreement in a group vote count. Later on, their friendship starts to develop with them helping each other out in dangerous moments, she even compliments him by saying his attitude is starting to develop. He even gives her a nickname to change her mood when she thinks it’s her fault that he got hurt badly jokingly calling her “Carrot top” because her hair is orange even though Aiden mentions that Ashlyn doesn’t like carrots.

Logan Fields

When Logan is being picked on despite Tyler’s harsh way of telling him he’s too weak how does he expect to survive the phantoms when he can’t even protect himself from a bully? Ashlyn agrees with him telling him that she would ask her parents if they could teach them combat skills even coming up with a plan to use Logan as a “crutch” to get them to teach them despite it really being to protect them from the phantoms on how to better defend themselves. They are always seen helping each other and being there for each other. Like the time when Ashlyn was shook from seeing Aiden in his physically harsh stay he check on her. There’s also a moment where the bully tries to attack them again where Logan tells them they could go on ahead, but Ash persists holding his arm trembling telling them they should stay together and Logan's cold and angry demeanor turns calm and reassuring, he holds her hand and tells her that they could stay together.

Ben Clark

They don’t have much interaction in the beginning he is just seen following her around with his cousin. They start bonding after Ben wraps the wound up she got from the phantom which she says he is very good at. To his cousin's reply, he always has to wrap and bandage him up from all the stunts he pulls. He could seen being very happy about the compliment. In episode 24 he could be seen very angry when seeing one of his fellow friends (Logan) being picked on they miss the first half of class later at lunch he agrees to let Aiden tell his past story while he puts his music in to avoid hearing it. He once was bullied when he was younger because despite his physical strength and appearance he had a passion for singing and he was bullied to the point that one bully destroyed his voice box sending him into depression. To release his emotions he started fighting and in his rage picked up street fighting which later backfired when one of the fighter's older brothers burned down his family home and he had to move in with his cousin's family. Since they moved around a lot and his parents thought that would be good for him as Ben had developed severe anger issues. Ashlyn didn’t know if she should say anything about this or not so, she tried to carry on with another topic which Taylor interrupted and showed her appreciation to him for letting them know about him, making him blush. Taylor later apologizes to Ash for interrupting her, but Ash brushes it off telling her it was okay. This interaction made Ash realize that she should've said something.

Mike Banner

Mike is Ashlyn’s father. He is the most outgoing of Ashlyn’s family and encourages her to make friends. He was the one who pushed for Ashlyn to go on the school field trip to Savannah. Mike is shown to love his daughter very much and enjoys teasing her, as shown when he was greatly amused when he convinced her to eat pickled eggs. He was greatly surprised to see that Ashlyn was becoming very close with Aiden, Ben, Logan, Taylor and Tyler, to the point of asking whether or not they were bullying her or blackmailing her to be friends with them. He quickly warms up to Ashlyn’s friends, as he played cards with Ben and Aiden, made a snack platter with his wife when they heard Ashlyn wanted to invite her friends over, and was eager to teach Ashlyn and her friends self-defense, especially when he learned that Ashlyn would take part in the lessons. Mike was quick to notice his daughter and her friend’s strange behavior when asking to be taught self-defense, showing concern. His daughter notes that he has terrible acting, and he, along with his wife, are one of the few people Ashlyn doesn’t mind being around.

Emma Banner

Emma is Ashlyn’s mother. Ashlyn takes after her mother the most. She is shown to be every close with Ashlyn, as neither enjoys socializing, helping her daughter do her hair for ballet class, Emma defends Ashlyn’s desire to be anti-social when her husband tries to convince Ashlyn to make friends. Like her husband, she was surprised to see how close Ashlyn was becoming with her friends in such a short amount of time, to the point of believing that they were bullying or blackmailing Ashlyn to be with them. However, she warmed up to them, playing cards with Aiden and Ben, making a snack platter for Ashlyn and her friends with her husband, and agreeing to teach them self-defense. She became excited when she found out that Ashlyn would also take part in the lessons. While she doesn’t enjoy socializing, based on her actions, it is implied that she is happy that Ashlyn is making friends. Emma shows concern for how Ashlyn and her friends were acting when asking to be taught self-defense. Ashlyn notes that her mother’s acting skills are extremely terrible, and her mother is one of the few people she doesn’t mind being around.

Trivia

If the kids didn't get stuck in the Phantom Realm, it is confirmed that Ashlyn wouldn't've remained friends with the other 5. She can perfectly mimic any accent, but doesn't like to show it. She is very much flexible She loves/does ballet. She practices her dancing in the mornings, as we can see at the beginning of the Webtoon.

phantom realm

The dimension they are transferred to at midnight every night. The phantom dimension is a mirror of the real world, except very clearly different. The main difference is the eeriness which is intensified by the bright blood red sky, dark clouds, and yellow moon. All time in the real world stops, and people outside of the main group disappear when the group is transported here. As seen in the image, there are certain inhabitants that make this place deadly. Laws/Facts Any injury obtained in the phantom dimension can be seen in the phantom dimension only. In the regular dimension, the injury can be felt but not seen. Likewise, when Tyler is impaled and Aiden is crushed, they take longer to wake up due to the fact they have died in the phantom dimension. Phantoms can die and can be injured similarly to humans. Their voices and screams seem to be at a high enough decibel to where only Ashlyn can hear them. Phantoms lose their form when presented with light. It doesn’t kill them, but rather acts as an obstacle to them. This doesn’t work on the centipede phantom though, as light would be nothing but a mere annoyance to it. Phantoms seem to behave as zombies would in a zombie apocalypse, however they seem to have no interest in eating their prey- Just rather shredding and killing the prey. Going too far in real life changes the group’s position in the phantom dimension. Going too far from the position they’re in within the real world whilst in the phantom dimension will cause the area farther from the position to change and become nothing like what they see in the real world. Anything that happens in the phantom dimension doesn’t show in the regular dimension, but anything that happens in the regular dimension shows in the phantom dimension. Unfortunately, changes do not show up, as the upgraded Jeep doesn’t show in the phantom dimension.

Phantoms

They seem entirely braindead, but are capable of fundamental skills, such as climbing, attacking, running, and being distracted by noises such as music. It is unknown whether or not they will attempt to eat what they have killed, as it hasn't been tested yet. They are capable of hearing and seeing their targets, and behave in a zombielike manner. Human-like black creatures with sunken in, glowing white eyes and a bright white permanent smile. They seem starved, and have long, sharp claws. They don't seem to react well to light. They are much smaller than their counterparts known as phantom centipedes.

phantom centipedes

Similar to phantoms, the phantom centipede is capable of fundamental skills, such as chasing, spotting targets, being aware of how to break things down, and a mysteriously instinctual sense of where the group is at (Shown when it instantly finds the group within the school). A massive creature resembling a centipede. There are visible veins and muscle on the creature. It has sunken in black eyes (Or no eyes at all) and razor-like teeth that can be seen in its open, circular mouth. It's been noted by Tyler that the groups small lights likely won't do much against it.

school bus graveyard

The walls of the Bus Graveyard are around 8 feet tall concrete walls with visible fissure in some places. Outside of the wall are few heavily graffitied busses and some wood stacks, alongside some green barrels. There's a metal door that grants people access to the interior of the junkyard, showing a wooden shed and a ton of abandoned buses that are heavily graffitied and have broken down. There are a multitude of other things within the graveyard such as a firepit and benches made of wooden planks and/or tires.