Cool, I'm glad to hear so much interest. I'll get an OOC up hopefully tonight. Note that I changed the timeline, and it's now 1 year after the outbreak. If you want to make an outline of your character and fit in the specifics of the setting when I get the OOC up, here's a character skeleton:

Name:
Sex:
Age: (16 is the minimum age, there is no maximum age)
Appearance (Description is fine, or realistic picture if you prefer):
Skills: What you are exceptionally skilled at. Could be zombie fighting-related, could be applying makeup. Any skill is ok.
Personality: A brief description on what kind of person you are.
History (Pre-outbreak): A bio on what you were or what you did before the end of the world.
History (Post-outbreak): Bio on how your character survived in the zombie infested world, and how they settled in a fortified tavern in a small New York town. Were they there all along, with no experience in the "real" new world? Or did they have a group, and settled as recently as yesterday?

The most important thing to note is that all of your characters agreed to escort the scientists to a military base in South Carolina. This interaction will be our opening posts.