His grandmother was a professor, and I guess that it's convenient;; her occupation was chosen for Michael to have been homeschooled like a normal child, and no other reasons, so I can easily replace that with him having a hired tutor. As far as all of his skills being virtually useless, I wouldn't say that, since he's not really an Archer in an RPG... He'd also rather just avoid large groups of zombies, as well. But I get what you're saying. I can easily just give him a regular flashlight, so that's no problem. I just put solar-powered 'cause the sun's a cool guy. I think every family has a crowbar...Also, regardless, this isn't what he started out with, he has been travelling for more than a few weeks, so some of the stuff came mainly from abandoned stores and markets.

Over-all, he's just a regular country guy, other than having some extra skill in archery. I don't really know how that's useless...? Regardless, I'll take your advice with a grain of salt, and add him to the character tab.