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There are several main characters in Carnivàle, an American television serial drama set in the United States Depression-era Dust Bowl between 1934 and 1935. It aired on HBO from 2003 to 2005. It follows the disparate storylines of an ensemble of characters, with the two central characters of Ben Hawkins, a young man working in a traveling carnival; and Brother Justin Crowe, a Californian preacher.

Carnivàle has a large cast, with eighteen regular actors over its two-season run. Most of them are introduced in Ben's storyline: Samson, a little person co-running the carnival with an individual known only as Management; Jonesy, Samson's right-hand man with a crippling knee injury; Apollonia and Sofie, two fortunetellers working a mother-daughter act; Lodz, a blind mentalist, and his lover, Lila the Bearded Lady; "the Dreifuss family striptease act"; the snake charmer Ruthie and her son Gabriel, a strongman; and many other sideshow performers. The supporting characters of Brother Justin's storyline are his sister Iris, his mentor Reverend Norman Balthus, the radio show host Tommy Dolan, and the convict Varlyn Stroud. Several characters appear in mysterious dreams and visions, connecting the slowly converging storylines.

Show creator Daniel Knauf's original story pitch to HBO included elaborate character biographies, which he gave to the actors, the writers and the studio as an overview of the series' intended plot. These biographies were rewritten before the filming of the first season began. Receiving little to no mention in the series afterwards, the original character backgrounds were summarized on the official HBO website. After the show's cancellation, the writers revealed future character arcs and forwarded all original biographies to fans as part of the show's…

Nikki St. Crowe writes about Romance, Fantasy, Dark Romance, Paranormal, Fantasy Romance, and Dark. Their best-known work is The Never King.

On FindMyTBR we track 34 books by Nikki St. Crowe, 34 of them confirmed as audiobooks on Spotify or Apple Books — including A Dark Vampire Curse, Dark & Darker Still: A Vane and Roc Origin Story (Unabridged), and Devour the Dark: A Captain Hook, Crocodile, and Wendy Darling Reimagining. Full availability across Spotify, Apple Books, Audible, and Amazon is below.