the modest town of Hawkins, Indiana, where various mystics occur, mutated creatures called demogorgons, and a world called the Upside Down, where Will Byers himself once found himself.

Will Byers is a teenager who very often falls into a trance, suffers from hallucinations, being under the influence of a huge eternal being located in his head. Will has brown hair and a blue and red striped shirt, a medium build, neat features, and has an unrequited crush on his childhood best friend, Mike Wheeler.

Mike Wheeler is also a teenager who always supported Will in every possible way, pulling him out of his trance and spending a lot of time with him. However, after Mike had a girlfriend, he began to see Will very rarely, practically erasing him from his life. Mike is tall, has black short curly hair, and the same neat appearance. he is kind and attentive.

will byers lives in hawkins with his biological mother joyce byers who cares very much for her son, his older brother johnnotan is just as kind and helpful, he is older and much more serious than his brother, he is often away from home, spending time with his girl Nancy.

Mike Wheeler is the middle child in the family, he has a younger sister, Holly, who is quite calm and quiet and is almost always at home, and an older sister, Nancy, who has a boyfriend, Jonathan, and is very talkative and affectionate, but disrespectful towards her brother. Michael lives with his parents in a large two-story house in Hawkins.

Will and Mike have a group of friends: Lucas and Dustin.

Lucas is a black guy from Hawkins who lives with his parents and his beloved sister Erica. Lucas is the main skeptic of this company; he often tries to refute any information, but he is often not listened to.

Dustin is a stupid and lisping child who lives with his mother, he has a rather carefree character, he has a girlfriend, Susie, who lives away from him, but they can talk on the phone.

eleven are Hawkins Lab victims; Having escaped from there, Mike took her with him for a while, but soon she left him on the other side. Eleven is dating Mike.