Mike and Dustin participate in a climactic D&D campaign run by Eddie Munson, while Lucas chooses to play for the Hawkins High basketball team in the championship game.

The leader of the Hellfire Club and a "scrappy player" who shakes up the social dynamic in Hawkins.

The story is set several months after the Battle of Starcourt, with the main group of friends now split between Hawkins, Indiana, and Lenora Hills, California.

A popular cheerleader whose death at the end of the episode serves as the catalyst for the season's supernatural investigation.