Tim

Tim Riggs is the scoutmaster of Troop 52. A gay resident of Lower Montague, Tim is a well-respected local who works as a doctor. He leads Troop 52 to Falstaff Island for a weekend camping trip. When confronted with the mysterious thin man on the island, Tim is torn between his duty to the boys and his duty as a doctor. Tim ultimately decides to take the man in. Tim becomes infected when he is coughed on by the man, and he urges the boys to stay away from the cabin. As he grows more and more ill, the boys mutiny against him and lock him in the closet. Tim is ultimately killed when a tree crashes onto the cabin during the storm.

Max

Maximillian “Max” Kirkwood is a 14 year-old member of Scout Troop 52 and a resident of Lower Montague. Patient and kind, Max is well-liked by his friends at...