The Evermoor Chronicles is a British television series that aired on Disney Channel. It was produced by Lime Pictures with filming taking place in the spring of 2014. The series premiered on 10 October 2014 on Disney Channel in the United Kingdom, on 17 October 2014 on Disney Channel in the United States and Family Channel in Canada, and on 31 October 2014 on Disney Channel in Australia and New Zealand.
On 19 March 2015, the miniseries was picked up for a full series of a further 20 episodes and was confirmed under the new title of The Evermoor Chronicles as a continuation to the original. On 5 September 2015, filming for the first season was completed. An announcement by Disney EMEA at the International Kids Emmys confirmed The Evermoor Chronicles would be returning for a second series of 12 episodes, after attracting 5.3 million viewers in its first quarter on air.
To run alongside the main TV series, a web series of mini-episodes called the Evermoor Confidential Chronicles was launched. Each episode features one of the characters recording a vlog in a secret scene taking place in-between each episode from the main series. Each one gives a spoiler of what is to come in the next episode of the TV series. The series follows Tara and Bella Crossley with Otto's aid as they try to solve mysteries across Evermoor and to protect Evermoor from the evil forces.
Plot The miniseries and the first series star Tara Crossley, an American teen who moves from the United States to an English village called Evermoor. As her mother and stepfather unpack at their new home, Tara, her brother, and her British step-siblings adjust to their new life.
The second series stars Bella as she tries to apply for fashion school in London. When Davorin, an evil man who is trapped inside a magic mirror, breaks Ludo into splinters, Bella and her friends must find Ludo's splinters before wish making chaos begins across the village of Evermoor.
Characters Main Tara Crossley (Naomi Sequeira, pilot – season 1) is the only member of the family who has been to Evermoor before to visit her aunt Bridget when she was little and is the most excited about living there. She is Jake's sister and Seb and Bella's stepsister. She enjoys writing stories and because of this she has an overactive imagination. In the show she solves mysteries in the manor where she meets the founders and finds out later on that she is the Supreme Everine, but she gives her identity to Bella to trick Esmerelda. Over the course of the series, she becomes the main enemy of the founders, and she loses her powers but tries her hardest to protect Evermoor without them, all while balancing life with her family, school and her tumultuous romance with Cameron. During this time, she smashed the founder lantern, stopping the third founder from being released, while keeping her friends from being turned to stone statuettes and regains her powers in the season finale. Prior to the second season, she becomes the "Taylor Swift of the book world" as Bella says, and leaves Evermoor, as well as Cameron. Sequeira also portrays Tallulah Brinkworth, a fictional character from Fiona's book series based on Tara, briefly brought to life by the tapestry. Cameron Marsh (Finney Cassidy) is Tara and Bella's love interest but has chosen Tara and is a Circle Page for the Everines before turning over his position to Seb. His mother Sarah was an Everine who went missing prior to the series, only to discover that she had been turned into a tree. He is shown to have helped Esmeralda to trick Tara so he can find his mother. He has a magical spider, Flynn, that makes the golden thread whose life force is connected to his, hurting him if Flynn were ever harmed. Over the course of season 1, Cameron is turned into a tree, but turns back once Tara kisses him, but knowing he can never kiss her again. He intends to pursue a relationship with her regardless, but Tara eventually drives him away to save Bella's life. At the end of the first season, he becomes an enemy of the founders and as Tara's powers are restored, the curse is broken and they share a proper kiss. In the second season, Cameron and Tara have broken up (prior to the second season) as she has left the village, he has since become a football player and is no longer looking after Flynn. Cameron spends the second season trying to help repair Ludo as he also becomes interested in Alice, whom he comes to love. Bella Crossley (Georgia Lock) is Seb's twin sister and Jake and Tara's stepsister. She often gets jealous of how close Tara and Seb are and to make up for the lack of attention she gets from Seb, she flirts with Cameron but eventually calls it off once she realizes that their love was just an illusion. Bella poses as the Supreme Everine to protect Tara's identity but is eventually found out. Later on in the series, she gains an ability to smell emotions from entering the tapestry, though it seems to be gone in the second season for the loss of the tapestry. She is also shown to be a good dancer. At the end of the first season, she becomes an enemy of the founders. In the second season, Bella takes the lead role as she prepares to leave Evermoor for fashion school. She decides to stay after she causes Ludo to be splintered and works to fix him while applying for fashion school again. She becomes smitten with Iggi and remains oblivious to the fact that Otto loves her. Over the course of the second season, towards the finale she finds out who Davorin is and becomes his enemy. In the end of the season, she risks her own life to bring the splinters back to her loved ones and the rest of the villagers, and stopping Davorin for good, she then chooses Otto to leave Evermoor with her after realizing her own feelings for him. Sebastian "Seb" Crossley (George Sear, pilot – season 1) is Bella's twin brother and Jake and Tara's stepbrother. He likes to have evidence and proof, before making any conclusions, and keeps Tara grounded. He is quite geeky and is in love with Sorsha. He seems to have a very strong relationship with Tara, which makes Bella very jealous. He cares very much for both his sisters but probably enjoys Tara's company more than that of Bella's. It is shown that he thinks Evermoor is full of nonsense and idiots due to his scientific mindset, but after discovering magic, his whole world of logic crumbles around him, though Sorsha helps him learn to cope with and understand Evermoor's magic, and he eventually becomes Circle Page in order to be with her. At the end of the first season, he becomes an enemy of the founders. Prior to the second season, he wishes with Sorsha to travel the world together. Sorsha Doyle (Jordan Loughran, pilot – season 1) is the daughter of Mayor Doyle. Sorsha starts out as an Everine-in-training who immediately falls in love with Seb despite their no boys rule but is willing to bend the rules if she feels that they mean no harm. She promises Seb that she will leave the Circle for him, but after Seb is erased from history, she forgets about her promise and is chosen as the next Everine as he is restored. Despite being chosen, she tries hard to maintain a relationship with Seb in secret while attending her duties as an Everine but eventually reveals their relationship to everyone in order to keep Seb and his family in Evermoor, leading her to be kicked out of the Circle. Her position is later restored in order for the third founder to take over her body, but while her love for Seb protects her, she loses the fight after discovering that Seb had kissed another girl and becomes the third founder. She is later freed by Tara. She leaves with Seb prior to Season Two to travel the world. Jake Crossley (Georgie Farmer) – Jake is Tara's brother and Seb and Bella's stepbrother. He is good friends with Ludo and together they enjoy solving 'mini mysteries', but Jake ends up taking the brunt of Ludo's many plans and activities. In Season Two, he returns to Evermoor at the request of Ludo, but becomes more interested in Lacie. He also finds out about the magic of Evermoor in the second season after discovering that Ludo is a ghost. He then decides to stay in Evermoor to grow closer to Lacie, and to help save Ludo. Ludicrous "Ludo" Carmichael (Alex Starke) – Ludo is Jake's best friend and the son of Crimson, he spends most of the series teaching Jake about various items, games and mysteries in Evermoor, most of which he doesn't entirely understand, which causes the two to constantly get into some form of trouble. In Season Two, he adopts a dog and names it after Jake because of how much he misses him. He is turned into a ghost by Davorin after he followed Iggi into the caves where Davorin was kept. Over the course of the second season, he and his friends search far and wide across Evermoor for his splinters. At the end of the season, he is restored to his human form. Otto (Sammy Moore, season 1–2) Otto is a teen demigod and The Sacred Snoot of Evermoor. After causing 100 days of thunder and stealing his father's chariot, he was banished from his home and forced to live on Earth in the form of an owl-like being called the Sacred Snoot for a remaining 1000 years as of the beginning of the series. Tara becomes his first mortal friend. During their first meeting, it seems that Otto is resistant to Cotton's gillypox.The Evermoor Chronicles, Disney Channel UK. He secretly likes Bella, as Tara, Seb, Sorsha and Cameron know while Bella is unaware. He is shown to be very intelligent and a good dancer. He also has an ex-girlfriend named Valentina, the demigoddess of love, who he is forced to be apart from because of a separation spell his father cast on her, which will wear off after his 1000 years, then they will be reunited. He spends the first season helping Tara with Evermoorian mythology and to better understand its magic, as well as with her various plans to protect Evermoor. At the end of the season, his banishment is lifted as he learns the value of humanity by sacrificing his life for his friends and is revived in the season finale, where his father grants his new friends a wish. In the second season, Otto competes for Bella's affections with Iggi, his little brother. He defeats Davorin in the finale, and he is also chosen by Bella to leave the village with her because they love each other. They leave to London on a bus, whilst Bella goes to fashion school, where they finally kiss. Lacie Fairburn (India Ria Amarteifio, season 1–2) – A close friend of Jake an Ludo's who occasionally gets them involved in certain mysteries, Lacie's parents are committed to the traditions of the village, and intend for her to become an Everine someday, however, she would rather become the mayor. She is possessed by the first founder later in the series, but Tara frees her. In the second season, she is shown to be having an interest in Jake after he returns to Evermoor. She teases him throughout the series, showing her attraction to him. Later, she accidentally releases the final crypt stone after hearing Iggi sing the incantation. In the end of the season, she and Jake seem to be together. Iggi (Ben Radcliffe, season 2) – Iggi is Otto's younger brother who is the main cause of the threat of Davorin in Season Two after he wishes for a cure for his poisoning and becomes Davorin's servant. He is shown to have feelings for Bella and is at odds with his brother for her affection. He is shown to be a good wrestler. He also happens to be one of those boys who woos and takes girls he thinks are pretty. He is shown to be condescending towards his friends during the times he served Davorin. In the end of the season, Iggi is released from his curse and remains friends with Bella after she chooses Otto.