Yellowjackets Universe
Characters
The 1996 team, the wilderness, and the adult survivors — their role, current status, and fate across both timelines.
The team & the survivors
Alive
Protagonist
Shauna Shipman
Team scorer · the Antler Queen
Deceased
Key
Jackie Taylor
Team captain · froze, winter 1996
Alive
Protagonist
Taissa Turner
Defender · sleepwalker · politician
Deceased
Key
Van Palmer
Goalie · adult Van killed (S3)
Deceased
Protagonist
Natalie Scatorccio
Striker · adult Nat died (S2)
Alive
Ambiguous
Misty Quigley
Equipment manager · loyalist
Deceased
Key
Lottie Matthews
The team's mystic · killed (present)
Alive
Supporting
Akilah
Teammate · staged the "signs"
Deceased
Supporting
Mari
Teammate · Pit Girl
Alive
Ambiguous
Melissa
Teammate · faked her own death
Deceased
Supporting
Crystal
Teammate 'Kristen' · fell (S2)
Deceased
Supporting
Laura Lee
Devout teammate · plane blast (S1)
Deceased
Key
Coach Ben Scott
Assistant coach · killed (S3)
Deceased
Key
Travis Martinez
Javi's brother · died (present, S1)
Deceased
Supporting
Javi Martinez
Travis's brother · drowned (S2)
Deceased
Supporting
Hannah
Frog scientist · killed by the team
Deceased
Supporting
Kodi
Wilderness guide · killed by Hannah
Deceased
Supporting
Edwin
Researcher · axed by Lottie
Alive
Supporting
Jeff Sadecki
Shauna's husband (present)
Alive
Key
Callie Sadecki
Shauna's daughter · killed Lottie
Alive
Ambiguous
Walter Tattersall
Citizen detective · Misty's foil
The wilderness & its mysteries
TW
Mystery
The Wilderness ("It")
The force the survivors believe lives in the woods — real presence, or the name they gave their own hunger.
TA
Mystery
The Antler Queen
The masked, antler-crowned figure who presides over the hunt in the pilot — revealed as Shauna.
TS
Mystery
The Symbol
A crooked, antler-like glyph that predates the survivors and recurs across both timelines.
PG
Mystery
Pit Girl
The masked victim run onto stakes in the pilot's cold open — revealed as Mari.
TH
Mystery
The Hunt
The ritual by which the starving group "lets the wilderness choose" who dies to feed the rest.
LV
Mystery
Lottie's Visions
The prophecies that founded the wilderness religion — genuine sight, or unmedicated delusion.
TD
Mystery
The DAT Tape
A digital audio tape from the woods — the survivors' recorded sins, weaponized in the present.