Charity Trask

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Charity Trask was the daughter of Reverend and Minerva Trask. Along with her mother, she was called her father's right hands (725) in running his school, Worthington Hall.

When she arrived at Collinwood, it became apparent to Barnabas Collins that she already knew Rachel Drummond, so when her father became a problem, he decided to bite her so he could control her (727).

Eventually Rev. Trask discovered the bite marks on his daughter's neck, but did not attribute them to a vampire attack until after Minerva's death. Once he discovered this he put a cross on her door and garlic on her doorway to keep him out, but he did not count on Charity's desire to be away from her father and how much she had adopted Barnabas as both a father figure and ideal lover.

Later on, Charity became possessed by the spirit of Carl Collins' murdered fiancee, Pansy Fay, a cockney showgirl and sometime mentalist. While in this state, Charity staked Barnabas while he lay hidden in his coffin in a seaside cave. Charity/Pansy also assisted her stepmother, Judith Collins Trask in gaining revenge against Gregory Trask for trying to drive her insane.