Basic Profile

Age : 45

Affiliation : Beaumont Family

Status : Alive

Role : Beaumont family father; Bella's father; husband of Bianca Beaumont; participant in the family's traditions and ritual practices

Personality

Traits

• Calm and reserved.
• Family-oriented.
• Generally obedient to the Beaumont family's traditions.
• Practical in his approach to problems.
• Protective of his household.
• More passive than Bianca when dealing with family decisions.
• Capable of maintaining a normal domestic atmosphere despite the family's supernatural circumstances.
• Observant of changes within the household.
• Willing to participate in family traditions even when their implications are disturbing.
• Comfortable around the Beaumont family's strange customs.
• Responsible in his role as a husband and father.
• Easily influenced by stronger personalities within the family.
• Not naturally confrontational.
• Capable of becoming serious when family matters require it.
• Keeps information to himself when he believes it is necessary.

Flaws

• Too willing to follow Bianca's decisions.
• Participates in the Beaumont family's secrets rather than questioning them.
• Can be passive when confronted with morally disturbing situations.
• Does not appear willing to challenge the family's traditions openly.
• Keeps important information from Bella.
• His loyalty to the family can override his responsibility to protect his daughter from its darker practices.
• Can underestimate how frightening the family's behavior appears from Bella's perspective.
• Allows himself to become part of plans without fully considering their consequences.
• His desire to preserve family stability may prevent him from confronting deeper problems.
• Can be easily directed by Bianca when she becomes decisive.

Motivations

• Protecting his family.
• Preserving the Beaumont bloodline.
• Maintaining the family's traditions.
• Supporting Bianca.
• Protecting Bella within the rules of the Beaumont family.
• Keeping the household functioning normally.
• Avoiding unnecessary conflict within the family.
• Participating in the continuation of the Beaumont legacy.
• Ensuring that Bella receives the knowledge and preparation expected of a Beaumont.
• Following the instructions of older family members when matters concerning the curse arise.

Hates

• Family conflict.
• Situations that threaten the Beaumont household.
• Disobedience to family traditions.
• Outsiders interfering with Beaumont affairs.
• Seeing his family placed in danger.
• Losing control of family matters.
• Open confrontation between members of the Beaumont family.
• Situations where the family's secrets could be exposed.

Strengths

• Reliable.
• Physically capable.
• Responsible.
• Calm under pressure.
• Loyal to his family.
• Willing to take action when instructed.
• Capable of handling unusual situations without immediately panicking.
• Familiar with Beaumont traditions.
• Able to maintain composure during supernatural events.
• Dependable when the family needs practical assistance.
• Strong enough to physically carry Bella or Lucas when they are unconscious.

Fears

• The Beaumont curse becoming uncontrollable.
• Something happening to Bella.
• The family bloodline failing.
• The family's traditions being broken.
• Losing his family.
• Supernatural forces turning against the Beaumonts.
• The possibility that the family has misunderstood something about the curse.
• Losing Bianca or Bella.
• The consequences of failing to fulfill the family's obligations.

Relationships

• Bella Beaumont — Bella is Benjamin's daughter.
  
  Benjamin appears to care about Bella and functions as her father within the Beaumont household.
  
  However, his relationship with her is complicated by the Beaumont curse.
  
  Benjamin knows more about the family than Bella does and participates in the system that determines what she is expected to inherit.
  
  He does not appear to openly explain the curse to Bella himself.
  
  Instead, he allows older family members and other relatives to handle her education.
  
  This creates a gap between them.
  
  Bella sees Benjamin primarily as her father.
  
  Benjamin also has another role:
  
  he is a Beaumont responsible for preserving the family system that will eventually control Bella's life.
  
  The conflict becomes particularly severe when Benjamin participates in taking Lucas to the Beaumont family house.
  
  Although Bella is his daughter, he helps the family carry out a plan she clearly does not understand or approve of.
• Bianca Beaumont — Bianca is Benjamin's wife.
  
  Their relationship appears to function as a traditional marriage within the Beaumont household.
  
  Bianca is generally more forceful and decisive than Benjamin.
  
  She is willing to give instructions and make decisions quickly, while Benjamin tends to follow.
  
  When Bianca asks him to stay home because she does not want to handle everything alone, he agrees.
  
  During the events involving Lucas, Bianca again takes the commanding role.
  
  She tells Benjamin to take Bella to the car after both Bella and Lucas collapse.
  
  Benjamin follows the instruction.
  
  Their relationship therefore appears to be based partly on cooperation and partly on Bianca's stronger personality.
• Beth Beaumont — Beth is another member of the Beaumont household.
  
  Benjamin and Beth participate in the family structure surrounding Bella.
  
  When the family needs to move Bella and Lucas to the Beaumont family house, Benjamin handles the physical responsibility of transporting them.
  
  Beth is also involved in preparing for the family's gathering.
  
  Their relationship is not deeply explored, but they function as members of the same family system.
• Bennett Beaumont — Bennett is Benjamin's family member and part of the Beaumont household.
  
  Benjamin's interactions with him are not extensively explored during the first ten chapters.
  
  However, Bennett's behavior and connection to the family's supernatural circumstances make him another member of the family Benjamin must live alongside.
• Beatrice Beaumont — Beatrice represents the older generation of the Beaumont family.
  
  Benjamin appears to respect the authority of older family members and the traditions they preserve.
  
  Beatrice's knowledge of the curse and her decisions regarding Bella therefore indirectly influence Benjamin's role as a father.
• Becca Beaumont — Becca is involved in teaching Bella about the Beaumont family.
  
  Benjamin is caught between the competing attitudes of Bianca and the older family members regarding Bella's education.
  
  While Bianca strongly dislikes Becca, Benjamin does not appear to challenge the decision openly.
  
  This demonstrates his tendency to preserve family stability rather than confront disagreements directly.
• Lucas Asterisk — Lucas becomes one of Benjamin's most important recent points of conflict.
  
  At first, Benjamin meets Lucas as Bella's male friend.
  
  He introduces himself and asks Lucas ordinary questions about his university life, interests, and relationship with Bella.
  
  The interaction initially resembles that of a father meeting his daughter's new friend.
  
  But the atmosphere changes.
  
  Lucas is eventually incapacitated and taken to the Beaumont family house.
  
  Benjamin participates directly in this process.
  
  He carries Bella to the car after she collapses and later carries Lucas into the family house.
  
  This places Benjamin in a morally complicated position.
  
  He is not simply observing what the family is doing.
  
  He physically helps make it happen.
• Raker Beaumont — Raker is an ancestor of the Beaumont family whose actions have become part of the family's mysterious history.
  
  Raker's refusal to follow certain Beaumont traditions and his attempts to understand the origin of the curse distinguish him from the obedient members of the family.
  
  Benjamin is part of a later generation that inherited the consequences of Raker's actions.
  
  When Raker's supernatural presence appears during the ritual, Benjamin is among the family members forced to confront the possibility that their ancestor's story is still unfinished.

Hobbies

• Benjamin's specific hobbies are not established in the first ten chapters. His known activities include:
• Spending time with his family.
• Maintaining the household.
• Working.
• Participating in family gatherings.
• Following Beaumont traditions.
• Spending time with Bianca and Bella.
• Taking care of practical family responsibilities.
• Participating in family rituals and ceremonies.

Backstory

Benjamin Beaumont is introduced as Bella's father and Bianca's husband.

At first, he appears to occupy a relatively conventional position within the family.

He lives with Bianca and Bella.

He participates in household life.

He works.

He interacts with his daughter.

He maintains the appearance of an ordinary family man.

But Benjamin is a Beaumont.

That means his life exists beneath the same ancient system that controls the rest of the bloodline.

Benjamin understands that the family has rules.

He understands that Bella will eventually inherit the Beaumont curse.

And he understands that certain traditions must continue.

His position becomes especially complicated because he is caught between his role as Bella's father and his role as a Beaumont.

When Beatrice and the other older family members discuss Bella's future, Benjamin does not appear to openly challenge them.

He allows the family system to continue.

His wife, Bianca, is significantly more forceful about family matters.

At one point, Bianca asks Benjamin not to go to work because she does not want to handle everything alone.

Benjamin agrees.

The scene initially appears domestic and ordinary.

But Bianca's behavior afterward reveals that something else is happening.

She remains alone and her friendly expression disappears.

This pattern becomes important to Benjamin's character.

He frequently sees only the surface of situations while other family members appear to understand deeper supernatural implications.

When Lucas first comes to the Beaumont house, Benjamin treats him like a normal guest.

He introduces himself.

He asks Lucas where he studies.

He asks what he likes.

He asks how Lucas knows Bella.

For a brief moment, Benjamin appears to be exactly what he seems:

a father meeting his daughter's friend.

The family then prepares dinner.

Bianca and Benjamin exchange a brief glance.

The moment suggests that the dinner is not simply a spontaneous family meal.

Something has already been decided.

Later, Bella and Lucas become suspicious.

Bella communicates with Lucas and suggests that he leave.

But before they can act, Lucas collapses.

Bella collapses shortly afterward.

Benjamin immediately participates in the family's response.

He carries Bella to the car.

The family travels for hours to the Beaumont family house.

When they arrive, Benjamin carries the unconscious Lucas inside.

This is one of the clearest demonstrations of Benjamin's role in the Beaumont system.

He does not merely know that something supernatural is happening.

He physically participates in it.

The family takes Lucas downstairs.

A ritual is prepared.

Eight Beaumont family members form a circle.

Benjamin participates.

Candles surround the room.

Bianca begins chanting.

Bella is instructed not to open her eyes.

The family expects the ritual to change Lucas somehow.

But it fails.

Lucas wakes and identifies himself normally.

The family becomes confused and frightened.

Becca suggests that something was done incorrectly.

The name of Baldwin is brought up.

The family begins trying to understand why the ritual failed.

Benjamin is therefore forced to witness something the Beaumont family did not expect.

Then the basement itself begins to change.

The candles go out.

The temperature drops.

The lights flicker.

Wind tears through the room.

A supernatural shadow appears.

Bianca identifies it as Grandpa Raker.

The presence eventually withdraws.

When the family regains control of the basement, Bella and Lucas are gone.

Benjamin has therefore helped bring about a situation that ends with his daughter escaping from the family.

His position at the end of Chapter 10 is particularly interesting.

He is still Bella's father.

He is still a Beaumont.

He is still part of the family.

But his daughter has now physically chosen to flee from the family system.

Benjamin has to exist between two conflicting responsibilities:

protect Bella as her father, or preserve the Beaumont system as a member of the family.

So far, he has largely chosen the second.

Trivia

• Benjamin is one of the quieter members of the Beaumont family.
• Unlike Bianca, he rarely appears to dominate conversations or make decisions.
• His personality is more passive than Bianca's.
• Bianca can persuade him to change his plans relatively easily.
• He appears to trust Bianca's judgment.
• Benjamin is capable of maintaining an ordinary fatherly demeanor even while participating in supernatural family affairs.
• When Lucas first arrives, Benjamin treats him like an ordinary guest.
• He asks Lucas about university, interests, and how he knows Bella.
• This makes his later involvement in the ritual considerably more disturbing.
• Benjamin physically carries both Bella and Lucas after they collapse.
• He helps transport Lucas to the Beaumont family house.
• He participates in the ritual against Lucas.
• He is therefore not simply a bystander to the family's actions.
• His greatest conflict is likely between fatherhood and bloodline loyalty.
• He has not openly challenged the Beaumont curse during the first ten chapters.
• Unlike Raker, Benjamin appears to have accepted the Beaumont system rather than attempting to dismantle it.
• His relative lack of confrontation may be deliberate: surviving within the Beaumont family may require obedience.
• Benjamin's normal behavior makes the family's supernatural traditions feel even more disturbing because they exist alongside ordinary family life.
• His relationship with Bella is especially important because Bella is beginning to question the very system Benjamin helps maintain.
• By Chapter 10, Benjamin has helped take Bella away from Lucas and helped take Lucas into the ritual.
• Yet he does not appear personally cruel toward either of them.
• This makes Benjamin different from Bianca: he can participate in something terrible without necessarily appearing to personally desire it.
• His silence may therefore be as important as his actions.
• Benjamin represents a different kind of Beaumont threat—not the person who controls the curse, but the person who obeys it.