Academy - The Umbrella

Played by Emmy Raver-Lampman, Allison has the terrifying ability to manipulate reality by saying, "I heard a rumor..." In her youth, she used this power to force her daughter to sleep and her ex-husband to love her. Her storyline explores consent, the ethics of power, and redemption.

Ben is dead before the series begins. He manifests as a ghost only Klaus can see. Ben’s power involves summoning eldritch tentacles from a portal in his torso. His arc is the tragedy of a kind person who died young and is forced to watch his family dissolve from the afterlife. The Umbrella Academy