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One Tree Hill core five characters. From left to right: Peyton, Lucas, Brooke, Nathan and Haley.

Created in high school, the "Core Five" consists of the five main characters of the series. The five high schools friends include...


Lucas Scott[]

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Chad Michael Murray portrays Lucas Scott

Lucas Scott is the son of Karen Roe and Dan Scott. After finding out his girlfriend, Karen, was pregnant, Dan Scott abandoned her and their child, leaving Karen to raise their child on her own. Since Dan abandoned Lucas, Lucas's father figure was Keith Scott, Dan's brother, who was the only one who helped Karen raise Lucas: because of these reasons, he developed a rivalry with his half-brother and other son of Dan, Nathan, but their relationship soon evolved and the two eventually became best friends and started to consider each other true brothers, always being there for each other. His best friend since childhood was Haley. He had loved Peyton for years even before the events of the series and the two had an everlasting and tumultuous love story, also getting involved in high school in a complicated love triangle with her best friend Brooke, but in the end Peyton always turned out to be the one for Lucas and his one true love, so they eventually got married and also had a daughter, Sawyer. After having to quit his dream of becoming a professional basketball player because of a heart disease, Lucas became a famous author, which was his second dream, coming from his passion for literature, and published two novels, An Unkindness of Ravens and The Comet, both of which focused on his everlasting love for Peyton.


Nathan Scott[]

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James Lafferty portrays Nathan Scott

Nathan Scott is the son of Deb and Dan Scott, Shortly after leaving Karen, Dan got Deb pregnant, but this time decided to help raise his son. Dan has always been on Nathan's back about being the best in basketball while Deb was never around because her work causes her to travel a lot. Nathan becomes sick of the way his parents treat him and gets emancipated. He developed a rivalry with his half-brother and other son of Dan, Lucas, but their relationship soon evolved and the two eventually became best friends and started to consider each other true brothers, always being there for each other. At the beginning of their series he also fell in love with Haley and their relationship grew so strong that they ended up getting married and even having a son, Jamie, while still in high school. Years later, they had another child, a daughter whom they named Lydia. Meanwhile, in his young adulthood, after a lot of obstacles to overcome, Nathan finally saw his everlasting dream of becoming a NBA basketball player coming true, but because of a past injury at his back, he had to retire himself after only one season. He then decided to become a sports agent, entering a partnership with his best friend and former own agent Clay Evans.


Peyton Sawyer Scott[]

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Hilarie Burton portrays Peyton Sawyer Scott

Peyton Sawyer Scott (née Sawyer) is the daughter of Anna and Larry Sawyer. She found out she was adopted when her biological mother, Ellie, came to meet her after she found out she had cancer, while her biological father was Mick Wolf, a music player and writer. Peyton was a "loner" cheerleader an a great artist. When Peyton's car broke down, she called Keith's auto shop and Lucas finally had his shot to talk to her for the first time after having loved her for years. Then, she got to know him and immediately started reciprocating his feelings due to his kindness and always being there for her and their common passion over literature, music and art: the two had a tumultuous love story, also getting involved in a complicated love triangle with her best friend Brooke, but in the end their everlasting love always prevailed and they eventually got married and had a baby girl, whom they called Sawyer Brooke Scott. Peyton always had also a strong passion and talent for music and art, which made her realize she wanted to become a record label producer and, in her young adulthood, she saw her dream coming true when she was able to start her own record label, which she named Red Bedroom Records.


Haley James Scott[]

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Bethany Joy Lenz portrays Haley James Scott

Haley James Scott (née James) is the daughter of Jimmy and Lydia James (both deceased). Haley was Lucas' best friend since childhood. When Nathan asked Haley to tutor him, she was hesitant at first, but then agreed on the two terms that Lucas not had to find out and Nathan stopped harassing him because of their rivalry. As their relationship grew, Nathan and Haley found themselves falling in love, so they got together and their relationship grew so strong that they even got married and Haley got pregnant with their first child, a boy whom they called James, while still in high school. Then, the two remained together successfully also in their adulthood and they had another baby, a daughter whom was named Lydia. Because of having a family when still so young, Haley struggled to balance her responsibilities towards her family and her will not to be just a wife and a mother, prompting her not to give up on pursuing her own personal dreams. At first, she became a teacher at Tree Hill High School, which was her dream job since childhood, but then she understood that her love and passion for music was stronger, so, when she got fired from her teaching job, she entered a partnership with Peyton in running Red Bedroom Records (which she then started running by herself after Peyton’s departure from Tree Hill) while also becoming a famous singer.


Brooke Davis Baker[]

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Sophia Bush portrays Brooke Davis Baker

Brooke Davis Baker (née Davis) is the daughter of Ted and Victoria Davis. Originally portrayed as outgoing, promiscuous and messed up because of her toxic family (in particular her mother) which brought a lot of emotional instability into her, Brooke's characterization then changed a lot over the course of the series. Peyton and Brooke were best friends since childhood, but in high school they had some issues due to getting involved in a complicated love triangle with Lucas, who however always chose Peyton because he had loved her for years even before the series' events and she was and always would be his one true love, no matter what, but in the end the two girls were able to overcome this difficult situation, make amends and reenforce their friendship. Brooke also slowly developed a strong friendship with Haley. After high school, she concentrated for many years on herself and on her personal growth, becoming a famous stylist and even starting a multimillionaire fashion company, Clothes Over Bros, and then she finally met herself the love of her life, the film producer Julian Baker, during her young adulthood: after overcoming Brooke’s fear of opening up to love again because of all the heartbreaks she experienced earlier in her life, the two started a serious relationship and then got married and had twin sons, whom they called Davis and Jude.

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