page_title: List of Home and Away characters (2015)
section_title: Trystan Powell
hierarchical_section_title: List of Home and Away characters (2015) / Trystan Powell
caption_attribution_description: Ben Mingay
context_page_description: Home and Away is an Australian television soap opera. It was first broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. The following is a list of characters that appeared in 2015, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by the soap's executive producer, Lucy Addario. The 28th season of Home and Away began airing from 2 February 2015. Katarina Chapman and Ryan Kelly were introduced in the same month. Martin Ashford's sister, Billie Ashford arrived in April, while Charlotte King made her first appearance in June. James Edmunds and Charlotte's teenage son Hunter King made their debuts in July. September saw the arrival of Tank Snelgrove, while Trystan Powell was introduced in October. Skye Peters made her first appearance in November.
context_section_description: Trystan Powell, played by Ben Mingay, made his first screen appearance on 5 October 2015. The character and casting was announced in May 2015. Of his casting, Mingay said "It's awesome news, I'm thrilled to be working on a show that has great value, a strong storyline and is well shot."
  Mingay described Trystan as "a dark and shady character", while The Daily Telegraph's Matt Bamford commented that he was "tempestuous" and would cause trouble in Summer Bay. Mingay later told Gavin Scott from TV Week that he relished the chance to play a villain, as he had mostly portrayed funny characters before. He commented, "The go-to for a lot of guys portraying villains is to be scary, but I tried to be a bit more calculating." He also branded his character "a shark in a suit", as he is well turned out. The actor revealed that Trystan would be interacting with Charlotte King (Erika Heynatz), saying that would cause "a massive headache" for her.
  Trystan begins watching Charlotte King and sends her a note revealing that he knows she murdered Denny Miller (Jessica Grace Smith). When he learns that Charlotte is planning on leaving the Bay he sabotages her car to stop her. He blackmails Charlotte into giving him $100,000. It soon emerges that Trystan is working for Trevor Gunson (Diarmid Heidenreich) who believes Darryl Braxton (Steve Peacocke) has faked his death. Trystan forces Charlotte to get close to the people in Brax's life, starting with his half-brother Kyle Braxton (Nic Westaway). When Kyle sees Trystan arguing with Charlotte, she tells him that he has been blackmailing her, so Kyle attacks him. This only angers Trystan, who threatens to hurt someone close to Charlotte. He then has her son Hunter (Scott Lee) kidnapped and dumped in the bush. Charlotte meets with Trystan in her car at the side of a road and begs him to stop coming after her. After he makes it clear that he has no intention of backing down, Charlotte runs him down with her car. Trystan suffers serious internal injuries and dies the following day.
caption: Ben Mingay played Trystan Powell.
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