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Name: Samantha "Sam" Crowe.
Appearance: Sam.
Age: 22.
Gender: Female.

Occupation: Construction Worker.

Hobbies: Singing, thrill seeking, street art, amateur boxing.

Values: Loyalty (especially regarding family), speaking out, confidence, trust, freedom, and unity.

Goal: Fortify and secure the campus, which includes building defence systems and deciding who comes and goes. If she's going to stay there, and with her kid niece, it needs to be as safe as possible. Whatever it takes.

Associated NPCs: Darcy Willis, her niece. Even at ten years old, Darcy knows how people work. She inherited her aunt's attitude, and will not hesitate to deal out the sass if necessary.

History: The younger of two daughters, Sam watched her sister sail ahead into success. Helen had that whole white picket fence thing going on. Sam liked workshop class and band practice and avoiding responsibilities. They had good parents, just a little unconcerned, a little too breezy. Every attempt at rebellion was met with amusement. Meanwhile, Helen rented a house, married a soldier and popped out a kid.

In high school, Sam had a pretty decent set of friends and she liked maybe one or two classes, but the hierarchy was bullshit, the system sucked and the teachers didn't give a damn. So she caused as much trouble as she could be bothered too. Tables were flipped, kids were pantsed, the math teacher's car was jacked, and detentions were in abundance. With the stress of college applications looming ever closer, she dropped out.

Her band mates left with her, taking an apartment together and submitting themselves to every kind of music competition available. They ultimately failed. Sam went home with her tail between her legs and was quickly given a job on her father's construction site and built her skills from there. She worked for a few years before her sister and their parents fell victim to the cataclysm. Sam took her sister's kid and got out of town. They drove aimlessly until they came across a convoy and followed them to Nathanson.

Equipment:
  • Standard construction tools (hammer, pliers and so on).
  • Penknife.
  • Tire iron.
  • Hard hat.
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Name:
Rylan F. Collins



Age:
37

Gender:
Male

Occupation:
Criminal Profiler for Quantico

Hobbies:

  • Reading
  • Practicing Tai Chi
  • playing chess
  • Swimming
  • Hiking
  • Jogging
  • Doing jigsaw puzzles
  • Writing


Values:
Rylan has many values in which he lives by his top values being:
  • Honesty
  • Loyalty
  • Repect

Rylan is what he considers and old school type of person, coming from a time when ones integrity had no need to be questioned. He believes in a live and let live policy where as long as they are not hurting others then its acceptable. He holds no grudges towards and particular way of life and is quite understanding. He does not care for those who would only seek to hurt others, or those who lives their life by disrespecting others. Being old school he believes everyone has a right to be who they are and thats is that.

Goal: Is he has but one goal it is to make sure that the people in Nathanson have the chance to live a life without fear of death every single day. To take a world that has gone to shit and turn it around so that everyone has a chance to start new.

Associated NPCs: No known associations with anyone in the settlement.

History: Rylan was born in Virginia as an only child. His life growing up was good, his parents were loving and overall supporting. His mom was a successful lawyer and his dad was an Veteran who owned a small Electricians company. Rylan from an early age was very precocious and from an early age learned a lot of things that most didn't learn until later years. Rylan was very successful in school he was like a sponge when it came to knowledge, he soaked it up. While he had many aspirations in life, Rylan was fascinated however with the workings of the mind, specifically criminals. For all of his life as a kid he was always watching T.V. shows such as C.S.I, Forensic investigators, pretty much anything that involves criminals. So it was no surprise to his parents when he went into training to become a Criminal Profiler.

Only after four years in college Rylan started to make a name for himself, coming up with theories about the criminal mind, things that no one had ever thought of before. By time he was in his mid twenties he had written two books on the criminal mind. He was considered the brightest minds of his time. Because of his aptitude for criminal profiling he was offered a job at Quantico where he accepted it almost immediately. For years Rylan was associated with many high profile cases, and he thrived off of it, and with his ability to take in information and make connections that very few did he became a great Agent at Quantico. When the Cataclysm first started Rylan was on a case when all hell broke loose and people started dieing around him. Thrown into a mass confusion Rylan did his best to try an help the situation in any way he could. But in the end when the dead rose back to life, any way he could have helped was taken out of his hands.

He tried to help those who were in the city but he realized the city was falling all around his head, so begrudgingly he hopped his car and hightailed it away from the city. Not soon after Rylan got in a collision with an overturned car and was forced onto foot. After walking for a time he came across Nathanson where he had been up until now.


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Name: Jason Rue, goes by 'Gearbox'

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Age: 34

Gender: Male

Occupation: ex-military, mechanic

Hobbies: Fixing/improving machinery, MMA, likes to read

Values: loyalty, honoring debts, calamity in chaos, hope.

Goal: Gearbox's ultimate goal is to do whatever he can for these people. Be it die protecting them, or finding something to save them. Although his side goal is to find the bandit who took his knife.

Associated NPCs: none

History: Gearbox had ran a small auto repair shop in Muskogee, Oklahoma. When the man who had just fallen out if his car started to attack the paramedics, Gearbox grabbed his keys and drove. Eventually he was ambushed by a group of bandits. After searching his car they left him for dead. A group of survivors saved him from the wreckage of his car, and he stayed with them on their way to Nathanson. Saying he had a debt to repay.

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Heavy Wrench - perfect for fixing Z-land problems
Handgun with ankle holster - for when the party gets fun
Box o tools- might screw in a zed or just a screw
A few small parts he fiddles with sometimes- keeps him doing something
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Name: Alina Khan

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Age: 28

Gender: Female

Occupation: Plumber, volunteers at a homeless shelter in her off time.

Hobbies:
1. Yoga - helps her relax her muscles after a long day of plumbing.
2. Cooking - She loves food and loves to cook, but not picky and will not eat pork or drink alcohol since's Muslim, but she doesn't mind feeding others it.
3. Jogging - She always staying fit and she can run a marathon if she wanted too, but never enough free time to do so.
4. Reading - She loves to read and is saddened that she can't read as often anymore.
5. Story telling - She loves telling stories of either what she read or of what she heard when she was young.

Values:
1. Honesty
2. Kindness
3. Faith and hope
4. Healthy body and soul

Goal:
An area or building for peace of mind and soul. That maybe a place of worship or a just a place a person can forget their worries for a few moments and forget their woes. (This goal is malleable but I think it will be hard to achieve)

Associated NPCs:
Aasia - Alina's best friend daughter. Her mother passed away after the cataclysm, Aasia was attacked by her mother but was saved by Alina before she got hurt. Alina vowed to protect Aasia. seven-years-old.
Erin - A young boy Alina found before finding the caravan. He's very nice and polite and curious about Alina's Hijab and about what happened. Alina adopted him since he was alone and she can't get any clear answer from Erin about his past. Eight-year-old.

History:

Alina is a second generation Pakistani from Kansas, Topeka, raised in a religious and loving home. Her parents taught her right from wrong since she was a young girl. She was never as religious as her parents, but she believed enough to follow the rules of Quran and to always be the best she can be as a person. She was bullied every now and again, but she always paid it back with kindness and love. Sometimes people regret what they did and ask for her forgiveness or they walk all over her. When she got older she got better at dealing with being stepped on and fighting back and protecting herself but she was still the kind girl of her childhood.

She went to college to become a plumber. It was here she made friends with an older student, Madia. They hit it off and became fast friends. Alina even became Aasia's godmother a year after they met. After graduating and becoming a plumber she got a full-time job. But she used her weekends volunteering at a soup kitchen to feed people. She became popular with the local homeless people since she was kind and always want to hear their stories.

She helped raised Aasia as an auntie to the girl they were always close. Alina and Madia were still close as sisters.

But then everything changed. The cataclysm happened when she was at the soup kitchen. She was shocked and horrified she tried to help to them, but it did nothing. In a moment of fear, she called her parents but they didn't pick up. She called her friends, none of them picked up. She called Madia, Aasia picked up, she was crying, she said her mother wouldn't wake up. Alina told Aasia to calm down and she will be there as quick as humanly possible. She arrived at her best friends house which was down the road from the soup kitchen. When Alina entered she heard Aasia screaming and Alina run to her, to her horror she saw her friend attacking her daughter. Alina protected Aasia. Alina put on a brave face for Aasia and they hid there for a few days after Alina hid Madia's body, they stayed at the house for a bit since she seen the dead people walking outside the house like zombies, so she thought it would be better for the horde of zombie thinned out over the next few days then going right away After all the food ran out they had to leave for somewhere safe. They took the family car and drove through the thinned out hordes of zombies. On their travels, they found a boy on the side of the road, seemingly lost and crying. Alina Let the boy come with them. Aasia and Erin became fast friends.

Alina after days of driving found the caravan and joined them. Hoping that as a group they can last better than a young woman and two children.
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Name: Marcus "Ray-Ray" Mustang
(Everyone calls him Ray-Ray)

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Age: 26

Gender: Male

Occupation: Grad-Student in Engineering. Unfortunately was unemployed.

Hobbies:
-Reading
-Tinkering
-Innovating
-Trying to Invent
-Drawing
-Day-Dreaming

Values:
-Truthfulness
-Making Sense
-Keeping Moral up
-Respect
-Cracking a joke, sometimes at the worst moment.
-Imagination

Goal: Marcus wishes to incorporate a water carrying system into the school. By utilizing flexible tubes, he plans to use stuff the tubes inside the ventilation, and connecting it to the bathrooms and rooms in the school. This way, water can be distributed for showering and drinking. All he needs are the tubes, permission, and gravity.

Associated NPCs: N/A

History: Marcus was born in the beautiful city of Denver, Colorado. His early life was just like any on there child's. It was filled with Spongebob and DBZ. Marcus was never the athletic type, always opting to sit out of it when the opportunity presented itself. By the time he reached high school, Marcus already had a career in mind that he wished to purse. With the help and advice of his teacher, Marcus was able to get into college without much of a fuss.Marcus glided through the 4 years of schooling without much of a problem. He grades were acceptable and his work ethic worthy of praise worthy. Unfortunately, the few years after his graduation were difficult. Marcus could not find a job, and lived with his parents, hoping that he could find work so he could move out.

Unfortunately, everything that he planed fell apart, the outbreak had destroyed his family and everything else. His mother was infected, and both Marcus and his father both ran. They drove around aimlessly until, they were ambushed by infected and his father was taken and eaten. Marcus left, scared for his life, knowing that his father was gone dead. Marcus eventually found a convoy and joined them, hopefully he would be able to find a job here.

Equipment
-Homemade Axe
-Drawing supplies
-Calculator
-Extra Clothes
-2006 Mitsubishi Lancer
-Rope
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Name: Samantha "Sam" Crowe.


Accepted. Construction worker will be handy.

Name:
Rylan F. Collins


Accepted, with the caveat that the goal is maybe a little too nebulous.

Name: Jason Rue, goes by 'Gearbox'


An Okie from Muskogee, eh? "Make myself useful" is a surprisingly compelling goal, I like it.

Name:
Remington “Remy” Hunter


A lot of room for character development with this one. Accepted.

Name: Alina Khan


I'm actually very excited about this character, not many RPs have women of color or people of non-Christian faiths. Accepted.

Name: Marcus "Ray-Ray" Mustang
(Everyone calls him Ray-Ray)


An engineer with big ideas but no practical experience. Definitely some storytelling possibilities there. Accepted.

Alright, guys, I'm excited about this. It's rare for me to accept all submissions on first review, so I think that's a good sign for the future of this RP. Keep them coming!
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Name:
Sylar Kennedy



Age:
30

Gender:
Male

Occupation:
Speech Writer for the US President

Hobbies:
Writing
Politics
Gardening/Farming
Chess
Fencing

Values:
Equality for all and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to make it in this world.
Respect, however he must get it
Loyalty
Doing whatever it takes for the greater good

Goal:
Sylar wants to set up a Democracy in the community, and he wants to seat himself at the head of it. He will accomplish both of these tasks however he must.

Associated NPCs:
His wife, Alexys Kennedy. Their seven year-old son was taken from them in The Reaping and Alexys became very depressed after this. She has also become ill, and her husband struggles to find out what is wrong with her and what he can do for her but no matter what, she refuses to eat and talk and he can see her slipping further and further away each day.

History:
Sylar Kennedy was on the campaign trail with President incumbent, Scott Sanders. He had followed him through most of his time in the Senate and became his chief spokesman, as well as his most trusted and loyal adviser. He was looking to a position as his Chief-of-Staff should everything work out in the reelection, but then The Reaping hit. The President was one of the ones taken. And when he rose up again it was Sylar that had to put him down. He returned to his hotel room to make sure his family was safe and found his son's limp body in his wife's arms.

The campaign trail had brought them to the president's hometown in Kansas, and Sylar and his wife had discovered a band of refugees moving through town on their way for a safer and less populated area. He joined up with them, armed only with a pistol he'd taken from one of the dead secret service agents, forcing his wife to follow. They would have to continue on, because they were fighters. The Kennedy's did not roll over and die.
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Inventory:
- Pickup truck (3 cans of gas left)
- Glock 18 (2 magazines)
- ESEE 6 survival knife
- Metal baseball bat
- First-Aid kit
- 4 canned soups, 2 packages of beef jerky, 6 bottles of water (3 empty)
- 3 packs of Marlboro cigarettes
- A journal, a couple of books, and a pack of cards
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Name:Ranger (Born Joseph L Carter)

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Age: 26

Gender: Male

Occupation: Crimnal- Multiple Bank robberies, murders, assaults, possession of automatic firearms, drug possession with the intent to sell. Currently trying to pass himself off as a Park Ranger.

Hobbies:Ranger seems to enjoy playing games based in logic like Chess, he enjoys reading, and is often see scribbling in a journal.

Values: Money, power, loyalty, and Beauty.

Goal: Ranger wishes to see the settlement become rich and a shining beacon of power within these dark times.

Associated NPCs: N/a

History:Ranger, his real name being Joseph was born into crime. His father was a very powerful drug lord and his mother a addict to some heavy drugs. He grew up learning how to fight dirty from his father, how to handle a weapon, as well as appreciation for the finer things in life. It was his schooling it was all he knew, as he grew older he became his fathers go-to guy. Starting out running and dealing drugs, graduating to organized killings with some of his fathers "Associates." He was exposed to killing much akin to soldiers are to battle, it was like another day on the job and it didn't affect him at least what people observed anyways.

A couple of years before shit hit the fan he had broken free of his fathers shadow and started robbing banks with a group of his own. The group became the FBI's most wanted due to the fact they traveled coast to coast robbing banks. They kept the money but the attacks seemed to be only against certain banks and businesses as if someone else besides Joseph pulled the strings. They just happened to be in Kansas during the early stages and for their last robbery they all turned on each other. In the end Joseph emerged victorious, he fled and found a ranger cabin. It's here where he took on the guise of a ranger he read all of the survival handbooks within so he could pass off as one. Eventually he found the university and has been with them ever since.
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(My character is female now because there is a gender imbalance happening.)

Name: Introduced herself as Abby Ng

Appearance: Abby is of south-east asian descent; she has dark bronze skin, brown hair and brown eyes. She's average height (5'6") with a robust build. She has a near-permanent farmer's tan (tanned only on the face and forearms) from spending most of her time working outside; this is also evident in the way her hands are calloused and all of her nails are permanently grimy and broken.

She dresses like an outdoorsman - hiking boots, cargo pants, and fleece jackets or flannel shirts over tees. She almost always wears a ballcap, with her dark ponytail threaded through the back opening.

Age: 32

Gender: F

Occupation: Geologist, (fieldwork)

Hobbies:
  • Leather working: she knows how to make shoes, bags, belts, and other useful things
  • Finding and eating wild plants
  • Fishing and to a lesser degree, trapping
  • Hammer-throwing (as in the track and field event)


Values: Knowledge, intelligence, curiosity, facts, numbers, proof; also humour

Goal: Abby really, really wants to understand what is going on. What are the zombies? Are they really dead? How are they moving around? Will there be more zombie outbreaks? Did this happen everywhere, or just here?

On a community level, she wants to find out if there are other survivors and establish trade. She'd also like to see rule of law established.

Associated NPCs: None - she's not local (no immediate family in the area) and everyone she knew well in the area is either probably dead or definitely dead.

History: Abby has been doing geological research (mostly consisting of really, really detailed mapping) in the Flint Hills for about three years; prior that she worked in the Canadian sub-arctic doing more or less the same thing, but with the possibility of finding diamonds.

When Black Friday occurred, Abby was out on an extended field assignment, camping and hiking while studying the kimberlites of the area. Her work partner, Parsons, collapsed while climbing up a steep slope, and in the ten minutes it took her to scramble down to where he had landed, Abby assumed he had slipped or collapsed for normal medical reasons. She knew something really, really awful was happening when he rose up and lunged at her, biting and snarling wordlessly. Abby won the fight by bashing his head in with her rock hammer. This was not a pleasant experience. She immediately hiked back to civilization, only to learn that potential murder charges were the least of her problems.
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Sylar Kennedy


Well, you know the situation is bad when the man who personally killed the zombified president is in your party. An actual political staffer might be helpful indeed. Accepted!

Name:Ranger (Born Joseph L Carter)


I was hoping someone would make a darker character, the more ruthless courses of action might be the most pragmatic. Accepted.

Name: Introduced herself as Abby Ng


I like this character. A believable combination of useful skills. Also I can't believe I didn't think of Black Friday as a name. Accepted.

Drummer, just let me know when your character is finished and I'll be happy to review your sheet.

I've given this some thought, and I think I will be making a primary character for myself as well. My reasoning being that I would like an in-universe way of being a devil's advocate or suggesting options that might not come up in the group. I'd like to assure you I do not intend to use this character to force anyone around to a certain opinion or railroad the plot.

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Name: Calvin 'Cali' O'Riley
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Age: 25
Gender: Male
Occupation: Professional baseball player
Hobbies: Hunting.
All sports obviously baseball but also soccer.
He loved teaching and volunteering on his spare time.
Drawing/Painting
Strategic games and puzzles (Sudoku, Chess, Crosswords etc.)
Values: Calvins career was based on Hard work
Calvin also values honesty
Being part of organized sports Working as a team is valued to Calvin
When Calvin sets his mind to something he always has been Driven to finish it

Goal: Calvin wants to open and manage a sports facility that houses multiple different sports to accommodate the people of the College. To keep peoples spirits up watching organized sports and keeping fit. He also wants to get small sports league going.

Associated NPCs: None known surviving.

History: Calvin was born and raised in Kansas City where he had been playing baseball since he was 5 years old. Calvin was blessed with a few good breaks while putting all of himself into his young baseball career and making it quite successful. He was signed as shortstop to the San Francisco Giants in 2011 right out of high school, where he spent two seasons in the minor league. It was in his third year when he stepped up into the San Francisco Giants professional roster after putting in two hard years in the minors and during training camps he was called up and absolutely stepped up.

Calvins wife Octavia and two sons Ken and Connor were in San Francisco with her parents on June 10th, while Calvin was away on a 6 game road trip to Kansas City than St. Louis. This was a normal event for them since Octavia didn't like be alone during road trips. Kansas City was where Calvin and the team were on June 10th.

The team was on the field of Kauffman Stadium getting warmed up for the first game of the series against the Kansas City Royals when the clock struck 9:12am when literally thousands people collapsed to the ground. Managers, coaches, officials, players and fans dropped, not all of them but most fell. No one knew what was happening so all of the people who had survived this immediately panicked and sprinted towards the exit signs of the stadium where even more lives were lost due to trampling. The surviving members of the team including Calvin made it to the bus just when it struck 9:18am. Luckily the bus driver was still in the bus or none of the team would have survived since they were in the open when bodies started to rise up, but no one was the same was before they collapsed. Calvin received a phone call on his cell around 10am from Octavias father saying that he was the only one who survived this Apocalypse. Calvin insisted that he was going to get him after checking on his parents but he refused saying that he didn't want to stick around after losing his wife, only daughter and grandchildren before his eyes.

Calvins world was crumbling around him but he knew that he would have to stick around to help his team survive. The remaining San Francisco Giants barricaded itself in the team bus for 2 days while waiting for some of the zombies to dissipate from the stadium, since there was so much unoccupied vehicles on the road it wasn't possible to maneuver the bus through them. The 10 remaining members managed to find two decent sized cars that could fit them all and travel to Calvins parents since they still lived in Kansas City to check to see if they were alive. On the way to Calvins parents house one of the cars got overtaken by looters and they lost 5 of the team, but there was no use trying to protect them since the looters were better equipped having guns while they only had a bag of baseball bats. When they got to his house he found that his parents house was unoccupied but no signs of blood or forced entry or struggle. His fathers Nissan 350Z wasn't in the garage when they got there so there was hope that they were still alive somewhere. The guys had gotten a change of clothes and a little bit of food in them since they had this whole house to themselves, this was where they planned to stay to ride out this dilemma since it was secure and stocked with food. Calvin was hoping that his parents would come back to the house knowing that he would be in Kansas City at this time.

Four days into their stay at Calvins parents house during the early morning they had a breach where a dozen zombies broke down the back door and invaded the house. It was at dawn most of them were still asleep so they were caught off guard, while exiting the house only Calvin and his teammate Donny escaped with their lives; however Donny didn't make it out of the altercation unharmed, he had gotten a bite to his thigh. There was a bulletin board that had a hand scribbled note there was college that was being used as a sanctuary. Calvin thought that this might be his best chance to save Donnys life and possibly find his parents. Calvin jumped into the first car that he could find that had the keys in it and in good condition placing Donny in the back seat so that he could lie down and rest. Maybe Calvin should have looked at the fuel light before jumping hastily into the car since it didn't have enough gas to make it to the college, hoping that another car might pass them and give them a lift however two days passed and not a single vehicle came through. Donny was unfortunate having obtained a fever from the infection that associated the zombie bite, he was no longer walking among the living. During this whole ordeal Calvin had managed to avoid killing an actual zombie but he figured that he owed it to his friend to give him mercy from this curse set upon him.

Upon setting on foot the morning of June 17th Calvin walked for miles but never finishing off a zombie, he was ready to give up when he finally seen it. The college Calvin finally made it to the college after one full week after the beginning of this Apocalypse. Calvin spent his time helping around the college with tasks that needed work and the rest of the time he just wanted to be by himself reflecting on everything that he lost in his life and he also found out that his parents weren't at this college. Instead of leaving to search for his parents he seen that there was potential and safety here and the chances of finding his parents a week after the Apocalypse were slim to none so Calvin decided to stay offering his services.
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Name: Royale "Roy" Patterson

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Age: 41

Gender: Male

Occupation: Underboss, East Side drug organization

Hobbies: Basketball- Roy enjoys a good game of basketball now and then.
Piano- At his grandmother's insistence, he took lessons as a child, and he's kept with it since.
Hunting- Roy likes to go after small game from time to time.

Values: Respect, ambition, wealth, protecting women and children (albeit in a condescending and patronizing way)

Goal: Roy is of the opinion that the best way to survive in this dangerous new world is through material wealth. Accordingly, he wishes to set up both a very well-stocked armory and a stockpile of supplies (food, fuel, medicine, clothing, etc), reasoning that what they don't use themselves can be used to trade or negotiate with any other groups they may encounter. If these need to be taken by force, so be it.

Associated NPCs: None

History: Royale Patterson grew up poor in inner-city Kansas City, raised intermittently by his grandmother. With little formal schooling, he fell into the trap so many disadvantaged youth do- dealing drugs. Selling cocaine and heroin on street corners, he managed to impress the higher-ups with his intelligence and was able to work his way up to supervisory positions.

He didn't think much of the "gangsta" lifestyle, though, and he aspired to the classier high life he saw on television- tailored suits, fine wines, a skyscraper condo. Accordingly, he began carefully investing his money in legitimate businesses. This not only increased his income, but gave him a chance to launder the organization's dirty money.

Years in the drug game were beginning to pay off. Patterson managed to get well away from the street business of Kansas City (he hasn't even seen cocaine for years) and into the real power plays, advising the boss himself. Roy bought himself a condo in 909 Walnut, a Mercedes-Benz, a cellar of fine wines. He rubbed shoulders with lawyers, businessmen, and politicians, often joining them for duck and turkey shoots. Roy Patterson was content, but there was a nagging boredom.

However, then the Cataclysm occurred. Rather than try to link up with what remained of his gang, Roy instead opted to flee Kansas City, correctly anticipating their numerous rivals would try to settle accounts now that law enforcement was more or less out of the picture.

Eventually, after false starts seeking shelter at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley, he managed to fall in with the refugee column, making it to Nathanson and participating in the brief battle that cleared out the campus. It's become clear to Roy what the cause of his boredom was- he had already made it back on top. Now, the situation calls for the street-smart gangster he once was, but maybe he could claw his way up to the sophisticated leader once more.
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Name: Calvin 'Cali' O'Riley


Well, if his skill at swinging a bat doesn't kill a zombie, that beard will do the trick. Accepted.
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Name: (Rank) Captain (Family Name) Ishida (Given Name) Hisashi

Appearance: Hisashi is not a very tall man, standing at the average height of 1.78m. As he had been practising in the traditional arts of Kenjutsu, Iajitsu and various other armed and unarmed sports, he is toned and hardy, though not to the point of excess that could only be gained through bodybuilding. He found solace in such tradition, but regarded them more as art and fitness regime than anything. His eyes are a dark shade of brown that they appear black in less than bright settings, and as such can be hard to read at times. His hair is simply black, as it would be for asians. Being a soldier, and being traditional, he doesn't dye it. However, as he is more civilian in attitude than military, he did not adopt the standard short, spiky hair, but has let it grow a little bit longer right to the edge of military requirement. He thought it would put his patients at ease.



Age: 45

Gender: Male

Occupation: JSDF 2nd Kyonshikirapeitai Division Medical Officer

Hobbies: Calligraphy, Bonsai, reading, keeping a journal, somewhat devout Buddhist, Kenjutsu, Iajutsu, Kyujitsu, Karate, Aikido

Values: Hisashi can be said to be idealistic to the core - pacifistic, kind-hearted, gentle, forgiving and through his medical career is approachable to children, whom he genuinely wants to help and protect the most. He would not compromise on his idealism no matter the circumstances. Despite what he had seen, he remained hopeful and confident that the future can't and won't be so bad. As a result of his work, he tends to be organised.

His greatest strengths could become his greatest weaknesses. If he was ever forced to compromise, the ordeal would really mess him up. Some would call him stubborn and rigid. Those who came into conflict with his values would probably suffer under him (don't go around killing children, for example).

Goal: Captain Ishida Hisashi's mission was to reestablish communications with the American government. Having been 'defeated' by the Kyonshis (zombies), he had made a strategic retreat to Nathanson College, and now hopes to conduct search and rescue missions to find survivors from his unit again. Eventually, he would want to work on extraction; returning to Japan.

In the meantime he plans to stay true to the UN Peacekeeper spirit. When the 2nd Kyonshikirapeitai had landed, they did not hesitate to set up relief camps. Hisashi would want to concentrate on the welfare of whoever approaches them for help: their health, security, food and water situation would be of the topmost priority.

Associated NPCs: Captain Ishida Hisashi's unit was decimated, and he brings with him only a tiny fraction of what it used to be: Sergeant Maiko (Medic) had become his second in command, as every other officers, including senior officers, died. She is a far more practical person, almost survivalist in nature though she wasn't that way initially. Other than that, the rank and file consists of 4 Kyonshikirapeitai infantrymen, 2 drivers and 2 storemen. He was able to secure two American soldiers as POWs (but hadn't decided their fate yet) and 5 civilians, including 2 children. They had arrived on two military supply trucks and a rover.

History: Hisashi was born into a traditionalist samurai family, the kind that did not acknowledge the atrocities of World War 2, the kind that spat at the circumstances leading up to the disbandment of the Samurai. As such, he is brought up this way, and has been practicing the traditional arts required of the Samurai ever since he was able to walk and speak. This traditionalist streak changed, however, when the time came for him to make his decision for further studies. In addition to being traditionalist, everything anyone had ever done in the family is done in the name of joining the military and climbing the ranks there, to fight wars, bring honour to family and country.

Instead, he had an interest in medicine, through his study of herbs, and through his friends, who were hoping to get into medical school as well. So he joined them, and flew to a neighbouring province to study in a medical school. His family and clan began to suspect his intentions, but thought it fine as medics are soldiers too. In university, Hisashi had made alot of likeminded friends, including foreigners, and it was there that he learnt more about the atrocities of WW2. He was further encouraged to go down a more pacifistic path, much to the chagrin of his kin.

Upon graduation when he was 22, he defied clan orders to join the military, and instead worked in a hospital as a surgeon. After numerous high profile surgeries and 6 years later, he decided to kick back and relax, and promptly became a general practitioner with his own clinic and staff. He got married, and had children five years later. He found out after that that he could relate well to children and their innocence - many of his best patients were children, and so he began specialising as a pediatrician, seeing that they were some of those in most need of medical care.

Paradise did not last. It was only a few years later when he was 36 when he clan began to act against his wishes, out of frustration and shame. The ultimatum: join the military or be disowned and abandoned. He gave in, and reluctantly joined the military as an officer. Due to his education, he was offered the position of medical officer, which he took immediately, finding it to be the only escape he has from his circumstances. But he was a reluctant soldier; he was never serious in his exercises and training, and could barely pass his fitness tests and marksmanship package.

When the dead started rising and attacking people, Japan was similarly under threat from the strange phenomenon. However, its government did not outright fall immediately due to the people putting cooperation and duty first before self-interest. When the police and military began having difficulty in containing the threat, new units were created to specifically deal with such a special threat. 3 'Kyonshikirapeitai' divisions were raised, and they were hurriedly outfitted with both old and new tactics and equipment to fight the Kyonshi (stiff corpses, as the Japanese calls them). Hisashi was part of this.

And when contact with the United States was lost, Japan decided to send a force over to the US to reestablish communications under the banner of the failing UN. Hisashi was also part of this, travelling with his unit, the 3rd Kyonshikirapeitai Division, 2nd Company. Upon landing on the continent however, it became a quagmire. The US Military were executing the citizens they were supposed to protect, and the government was in chaos. The UN Peacekeepers decided to push deeper into the country, set up refugee camps, and search for any representation of the centralised federal government.

They were forced to protect the locals from their own soldiers, and fight against said soldiers. Hisashi, however, was comparatively sheltered from all this, as he was usually either tending to the wounded or doing research at a refugee centre field hospital or at most going on simple missions to rescue some locals or give medical help. His shelter, however, would not last.

Most recently, he was embroiled in an extended firefight against US Soldiers massacring more locals, which lead to heavy casualties on both sides. His company was decimated but victorious, and he was left as the acting commander of his unit with only a few soldiers in it still alive, who in turn had to keep a POW they captured and a few civilians alive. What he had seen in the mess that followed the rising of the dead had damaged his confidence and hope for the future, his optimism, but he held on. He held on, just as he did when he was forced to become a soldier, and so he will do so again, and again.

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Weapons: Howa Type 89-F Rifle, carbined with foldable stock and RCF module. SCK/Minebea 9mm Pistol, aka Sig Sauer P220. 2 Fragmentary Grenades. Bayonet. Katana. Wakizashi.

Equipment: Type 88 Helmet with Visor. Helmet Camera. Radio set. Kevlar Vest. Riot Suit with hinges at knees area for leg support and powering electronics via kinetic energy, built in compartments for holding the following: water canteen, hydration bladder, 2 additional magazines for pistol, 2 for rifle. Forearm Mounted Computer with tactical software, GPS, Medical assistant, mission logs, camera feed and a whole host of other programmes. JSDF Woodlands Camo uniform with equipments matching in style. Captain's rank patch. Medical Officer's Brassard. 2nd Kyonshikirapeitai's Brassard. Japanese Flag Patches.

Medic's fieldpack w/ solar panel connected to all electronics. Fieldpack contains personal field kit including another 3 sets of uniform, toiletry kit, a pair of sandals, jogging shoes, 6 packs of MCW/LRP Rations (there used to be more but he wasn't resupplied) and 3 packs of accessory rations (which contains morale boosters like biscuits and candy and coffee powder), entrenching kit, rifle cleaning kit, sewing kit. He is carrying medical supplies inside, which includes a medkit, surgical tools, drugs (anaesthetics, paralysing agent, antibiotics, painkillers, etc), medical supplies and even health supplements for relief work.
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Name: (Rank) Captain (Family Name) Ishida (Given Name) Hisashi


You know, it was specifically mentioned that the US President was actually in Kansas at the time of the disaster, so in light of his mission it would be logical for Hisashi to head directly there without stopping to set up and maintain refugee camps. I'm not crazy about the UN aspect of the character, to be honest, (given the nature of the disaster I'm not sure how functional they would be, considering most of their member states are not likely to be in any shape to make any kind of contribution, though I can see the Japanese government continuing to operate) though I think it makes perfect sense to send JSDF personnel to try and link up with the POTUS. In short, I think maybe the character just works better as a representative of the Japanese government rather than the UN.

Just a couple thoughts, you're welcome to take or leave them. Accepted.
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Hmm I don't know, I like the thematic idea of the UN. They could have convened in an emergency session with just a few countries (leaving out the other hundred or so) and send a quick mission. Like maybe Japan, Korea, and China or something like that. That's what I thought anyway.

EDIT: Lol, or even just Japan and the US, since there's alot of US troops in Japan. They'd just call it a 'United Nations' mission by virtue of them being the only countries contactable XD. How small the world has become.
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I can definitely see the appeal, and I think it'd be a welcome big picture move for the "slow-burn" type of zombie apocalypse we're used to. But under these circumstances, I'm just not sure the UN can assemble the Security Council, or even a quorum, much less request member states to divert much-needed resources from their horrific domestic problems to help out the US (most member states would probably assume they can take care of it themselves, anyways). Maybe if they're in contact with the Secretary General as well as the Prime Minister, it makes more sense.

I'm not bashing the idea of a Blue Helmet aid worker, I really do think it's fantastic and I'd love to see it incorporated elsewhere. But for this specific set of circumstances I'm just not sure. You're more than welcome to keep the UN aspect if you like, I just feel in light of the global situation a fact-finding mission might be more believable than an aid mission.

Just some thoughts.
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Oh, my idea is that they didn't. With 80% of the world dead (and probably lots of world leaders and bureaucrats), everything's done in a slipshod manner probably owing to the quagmire that resulted. No UN security council (The UN building in New York's probably overrun), no quorum, no meeting with a hundred or so other reps. Just a few countries deciding things, then settling on Japan sending a unit over to United States. Here's my idea:

They sent a unit over to the United States to reestablish communications because the United States is a permanent member of the security council. I don't know how many other members of the security council has fallen, but the United States is. So this is done as part of a plan to rebuild the UN and take back the Earth. I can imagine though that it's going to take a while.

So maybe China and Japan's governments were still running? And they want Russia, UK, France and the United States back again? At the worse though, maybe they're hoping that those other members of the security council are completely gone, so they'd take over the UN. I can imagine China being that power hungry and not getting the hint from the dead rising XD

Japan could divert some resources due to some vocal groups (aka overseas US Armed Forces personnel), and maybe they wanted something out of it? They were probably hoping that the US government was still standing and could send aid back in return.

Don't mind me writing more stuff. I'm just trying to create a lore to make my blue helmet character fit better XD XD XD

I don't mind criticism, after all, it has lead to me brainstorming lore so that it wouldn't be so difficult when this thing gets going.
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