Character Profile
Tomas
Age 14. The one who leaps before he looks — but has learned to channel his energy. Tomas spent his year in Paris learning event management on a charity gala committee, and he came home and put it all to use: the website, the social media campaign, the petition that reached forty thousand signatures. When the lighthouse was sabotaged, it was Tomas who tracked the CCTV footage and traced the van back to the developer.
Merhaven village The autumn bonfire The frozen estuary
Favourite Things
The campaign website
Tomas built it himself — the petition, the updates, the press coverage. It reached forty thousand signatures.
The village fete
He organised it — stalls, games, food, music, a raffle. Everything he learned on the Paris charity gala committee, put to use for the lighthouse.
Bird-watching with Lila
He'd never admit it, but the quiet dawn walks have taught him patience — and patience matters when you're waiting for a tribunal ruling.
His laptop
When the lighthouse was sabotaged, Tomas used it to track the CCTV footage, trace the van, and expose the developer's link.
Skills
Digital campaigning
Tomas ran the website, the social media, the petition — forty thousand signatures and national press coverage. He learned event management in Paris and put it all to work.
Investigation
When the lighthouse was sabotaged, Tomas tracked the CCTV footage, ran the number plate, and traced the van to a subsidiary of Coastline Properties.
Loyalty
Tomas keeps his promises, even when they're hard to keep. He threw himself into the campaign completely — his energy pulled the whole village along.
Learning patience
The dawn walks with Lila taught him patience — and patience matters when you're waiting four weeks for a tribunal ruling.
"They planned this. Someone broke in, smashed the place, and ran. That's not a coincidence — that's a plan."
— Tomas