Sol Grim

zombies

I probably should have started here before I made the thread. Anyway, I'm a lazy GM but I get the job done. Zombies. Blending everything you know about them together to make a verse. Walking Dead, Last of Us (big on this one), left for dead, etc...

It would start a few days before the outbreak to build characters... I've already somewhat started with people who already backed out so thought I'd try here...

Link: roleplayerguild.com/topics/91181-the-d..

zombies

I probably should have started here before I made the thread. Anyway, I'm a lazy GM but I get the job done. Zombies. Blending everything you know about them together to make a verse. Walking Dead, Last of Us (big on this one), left for dead, etc...

It would start a few days before the outbreak to build characters... I've already somewhat started with people who already backed out so thought I'd try here...

Link: roleplayerguild.com/topics/91181-the-d..

The Dead and the Dying

not at all. Just add a character and bam! you're set. lol. (put it in a hider so I can add you to the character list) Btw, the character bio can be as vague, or not, as you want. I'm not to picky.

zombies

I probably should have started here before I made the thread. Anyway, I'm a lazy GM but I get the job done. Zombies. Blending everything you know about them together to make a verse. Walking Dead, Last of Us (big on this one), left for dead, etc...

It would start a few days before the outbreak to build characters... I've already somewhat started with people who already backed out so thought I'd try here...

Link: roleplayerguild.com/topics/91181-the-d..

The Dead and the Dying

Johnny

Ted Nugent's "Stranglehold" blared across the apartments. It was the ghetto, where everything looked old and dirty. It went on for many blocks like this, but this one in particular belonged to Johnny Blackburn and his crew of misfits. The handsome young man sat on his bed only in his boxer shorts, sprawled around pounds of marijuana and cocaine. There was money littered to the floors, as well as some guitars and amplifiers set up. Some uzi's and a few handguns were also sprawled about the place. It was a dump, but it was his dump.

A few other sickly looking crackheads were doped up on the carpet and in the bathroom. A whore lie naked next to Johnny, passed out cold with her bare ass facing the ceiling. Johnny was the only one fully awake, though his mind was also in another place. He lifted a joint to his mouth a took a nice, long drag of it. He then sat up and started playing videogames on an old nintendo system he stole from somewhere a long time ago, specifically he was playing 'Battle toads'.

Suddenly, a car screeched through the parking lot outside. It was a common sound around here, but the gunfire came quickly after. Gunfire was also a very common sound around here, however this time it was directly right outside.

"Johnny! Johnny!" screamed a voice from one of his crew, who was immediately gunned down right after.

Johnny rushed to his window and saw the chaos outside. It was a rival gang, about five or so of them all wearing purple colors. They fired heavy into the apartments, with few unsuccessfully firing back at them.

"Holy fuck!!" Johnny yelled as he jumped to the floor, just barely getting out of the way of the bullets screaming through his window.

"Johnn...??" the whore started to speak as she sat up, but a few rounds flew into her flesh and head, killing her immediately. The crackheads around him were useless and to fucked up to help, instead they made things worse by screaming over the sound of the gunfire.

Johnny rolled over and grabbed an uzi, his back was already bleeding from the broken window glass all over the floor. He got up and fired back down from his second floor apartment and into the parking lot. He shot one of them in the neck, while the others took to cover behind dumpsters and vehicles.

"Yo Johnny mutha fucka, you dead!" yelled one of the purps. "You fucked up!"

"I'm here asshole!" Johnny yelled back. "Come get some."

The sound of police sirens could already be heard as the firefight continued.

The Dead and the Dying

ok, added a few key characters. Want this to be character driven, so you can mention a sickness, however no zombs just yet. Maybe Jagon, you're swat character can take down a drug dealing house with his fellow swat boys. I'll have Johnny be one, and then Dallen can become his lawyer. We'll eventually get all the characters together, then bam! zombies lol.

By the way, I am working on making this a comic book as well. So keep that in mind.

As for the zombies, there will be zombs just like in the walking dead, but there will also be special infected. I'll post more on that later. As for how they come to be, there's a virus going around. Sort of a major flu, but it doesn't turn you into a zombie it just kills you if you get it to bad. There will be a giant meteor shower occur across the united states (think Armeggeddon bad), which will have something within the rocks of the meteors. This alien substance will mix with this flu virus and create the zombies.

Our characters won't know any of this for a very long time, if ever. Depends how the story goes. But, first we build characters, then the meteor shower that affects the world, then zombies.

The Dead and the Dying

Johnny Blackburn

Name: Johnny Blackburn
Occupation: Musician/drug dealer
Face claim: Taylor Kitsch
Bio: Taylor's been struggling for a long time. He plays in a mediocre band from time to time, but his real money comes from drug dealing. He's a pot head who can't seem to stay out of trouble.

The Dead and the Dying

Raven Brinkman

Name: Raven Brinkman
Occupation: Hairstylist/student
Face claim: Ruby Rose
Bio: Raven has always been an independent woman. She lives life to its fullest and doesn't have regrets. She is very punkish in style, and has tattoos all over her body as well as piercings.

The Dead and the Dying

The City

Dallen and Raven

The sound of the alarm buzzing gave Dallen an immediate headache to start the day. His hangover didn't help either. The 36 year old lawyer rolled over and turned it off, giving out a sigh as he did so.

"Fuck..." he muttered, massaging his temples as he got up.

Just another day. His morning routine consisted of a warm shower, followed by putting on a suit. He rarely ate breakfast, though he did drink a lot of juice. Partly because he smoked so many cigarettes in a single day that his throat was always dry and ichy, while the other part was his every morning hangover he had to get rid of.

A lawyer should know better than to drink nightly, but at least he didn't drive. Anymore, that is. That's a whole different story. He had no vehicle, instead he took the subway to and from his firm. It was a pain in the ass, but necessary.

His apartment overlooked the entire city, 42 floors above the ground below. Dallen walked out to his balcony, which was his favorite and most visited spot, and lit up the morning's first smoke. The sun was barely dawned over the distant mountains, giving off a gorgeous dim light that sprinkled over different areas. The city was quiet.

He felt his phone vibrate from his pocket as he exhaled. It was his partner at the firm, and the message he texted read: Dal, court at 8:30am. I can't come in today, feeling really, really sick. Sorry buddy, I wouldn't normally do this as you know...if you saw how sick I was you'd understand. Text me the details later.

Fucking great. They had a lose, lose case to deal with as partners, and now he had to gun it alone. Typical. Dallen took one last hit from his cigarette and ashed it out in an ashtray, then started off.

Once he was on the subway train, he noticed something unusual. Looking from his left, then to his right, he saw that everyone on board were all wearing medical masks. A few of them were coughing, though generally everyone was pretty quiet and kept to themselves. At almost every stop on the way to his firm, it was the same thing. People got on wearing masks, all save for this one girl.

She was young, attractive, and dressed like a punk rock kid. Her hair was short and blonde and her arms were covered in tattooes. She had some band shirt on he didn't recognize and was carrying a school bag over one shoulder. The young woman sat directly across from Dallen, and eventually caught eye contact with him. He hadn't even realized he'd been staring at her since she came in, mainly because she wasn't wearing a mask.

"Take a picture, it lasts longer," she told him.

Dallen shook his senses back into him. "No, uh, sorry..." he started. "I was just noticing you...Uhmm..."

"Yeah? Great story," she said with a roll of her eyes. "Well, notice someone else, Suits."

"...Noticing you weren't wearing a mask," he finished. "Not sure what that's about."

The girl looked around and realized what he was talking about now. They were the only two without masks on. "Oh," she said. "Yeah, well I feel fine. What, have you been living under a rock? There's some kind of airborne virus that's been killing people off on the east coast. It only started like, a few nights ago but has escalated quite a lot. I guess, anyway. People are starting to get worries 'round here, is all."

"Oh."

"You have been living under a rock!"

Dallen tried to remember his last few nights. Work, more work. Whiskey. Bed. Lots of cigarettes in between. He had someone under his employ, his secretary, who paid attention to real world events like that for him. Besides, he hated watching the news.

"Just been busy, is all."

"Right, with the suit and all," she said with a smile. "Must be important business. You a salesman or somethin'?"

"Lawyer," he replied. He took a card out from his inner jacket and handed it over to her. "In case you ever need one."

"...the law offices of Forrester and Larson," she read. "Dallen Larson, nice to meet you. I'm Raven." She pulled out a card of her own and handed it over to Dallen. "In case you ever need a cut, man."

The card read: Sun City cuts. Hairstylist. Raven Brinkman.

Dallen nodded as the subway train came to a stop. They both stood up and got out together, then shook each others hand.

"Well, if the world doesn't end soon," she said. "Come on by sometime. Or, you know, maybe I'll spot you back on this subway again. No car, and all. Goodluck with work!"

"Thanks, have a good day."

They then went their separate ways.

The Dead and the Dying

CHARACTER LIST

Sol Grim

Dallen Larson

Name: Dallen Larson
Occupation: Lawyer.
Personality: Grim.
Face claim: Keanu Reeves
Bio: Everyday is generally the same for Dallen. He goes to his law office and the city courts frequently, and when the day comes to an end he usually heads over to his favorite bar. He smokes way to much and his lungs hurt quite often, but he could care less about his health problems. He has no family or friends, as he lost his wife and child to a car accident in his earlier years. He was at fault for their death.

Raven Brinkman

Name: Raven Brinkman
Occupation: Hairstylist/student
Face claim: Ruby Rose
Bio: Raven has always been an independent woman. She lives life to its fullest and doesn't have regrets. She is very punkish in style, and has tattoos all over her body as well as piercings.

Johnny Blackburn

Name: Johnny Blackburn
Occupation: Musician/drug dealer
Face claim: Taylor Kitsch
Bio: Taylor's been struggling for a long time. He plays in a mediocre band from time to time, but his real money comes from drug dealing. He's a pot head who can't seem to stay out of trouble.

Ethan Everend

Name: Ethan Everend
Play by: Josh Hartnet
Occupation: High School Teacher (American History)
Family: Wife and 2 boys.
Personality: Kind. Always looking to do what's right. Looks out for others before himself.
Bio: Grew up an average kid with loving parents. He became a teacher at an early age, and also married a teacher as well.

Always

Alyssa Chase

Full Name|| Alyssa Chase

*Nickname|| Aly (Prefers being called Aly over her real name, expecially since the apocalyspe started.), Alz

Age|| Seventeen

Birthday|| December 1st

Gender|| Female

Race|| White

Sexuality|| Straight

Appearance||

*Outfit||

Eye Color|| Blue

Personality|| She is usually nice for the most part. She acts out and snapps at people often though and almost never bothers to say sorry when she does act out. Most times she acts out when she's stressed out and when she is worried about something. She also does it when she is anoyed and doesn't get enough sleep. Though she snaps at you you probly don't want to snap back because the chances are Aly will get super angry at you. When Aly is angry its sort of hard to calm her down. At times she can be a bit violent too. These are just some of the reasons why she doesn't have that many friends at school. Another part of this is the fact that she tends to push people away and she calls people out for things no one would want to be called out for and she doesn't bother to hidewhat she thinks about some one and says to there face. On the more positive note Aly can be fun action lover type of person. She loves the thrills and taking all sorts of risks. She is very negetive. She also cares for others though that is one thing she would never admit.

Strengths|| She can fight back pretty well during attacts whether its with people or zombies. She can lead easily and has confidence whether she is wrong or right. She can easily stand up for herself and is also realy sneaky. She can move quickly on her feat and she also doesn't get injured easily. She is hard to trick do to her low trust.

Weaknesses/Fears|| Aly is scared of basicly any type of bug. She is also scared of getting bit by a zombie therefore she tries to stay as far away from them as posibble. Often times in situations she will end up fighting them. She tries to avoid it though. She also doesn't have the best people skills and trustes people to easily. She is persistant and stubburn whitch could also be considered one of her strenghs in some ways. She also is wrong very often. She often times shuts people out and tries to work alone. She also has terrible aim.

*Height|| 5' 0"

*Weight|| 115

Blood type|| A negitive

How do you react to strangers?|| She isn't the friendly when it comes to strangers. Her first thought when she sees a survivor is Oh there bad, Oh there going to hurt me, or They can't be trusted, or something like that no matter how many sighn they show of being good. She will threten them with a gun,, though she has terrible aim or she will threaten them in some other way. Often times she doesn't care that she is out numbered and will do this regarding that.

Weapons|| She has a pocket knife and a hand gun.

Means of transportation|| Her feet since she doesn't know how to drive.

*Pets?|| She has no pets since she hates most animals.

*Part of a group?(Just ask people to be in a group)|| Not yet.

*Bio|| She wasn't exactly the star student iin school, she was more like the complete oppisite. She hated school and she also hated rules as she broke a lot of them. When the apocalypse came she was in the back of a shed spray painting it with a couple of her friends. A wierd creature came up to them and bit one of them. The person the thing bit began to turn. Aly and the others began to freak out and decided to run away into the woods. She didn't know what that thing was till a bit later in the apocalypse. She ended up running away and never seeing her family since then.

Extra|| She's athletic.

CloseEnough

Reena

Standing in at around 5'7 with green/blue eyes and long curly red hair Reena was seen to be a pretty little thing. Her back has a few scars on it from accidents growing up.

Age: 28
Gender: Female

Personality: A fun woman she is known to hard work. Out going and enjoying the outside world due to her upbringing on a old ranch that stayed in the family. Though even than she grew up a nerd, being able to talk all night about video games or comic books as a guilty pleasure. Quick to make friends shes often seen passing her own knowledge down to others and will try to help whenever she can. But if she thinks shes being used she'll turn her back on them even when they reach out to her.

Like: Video games, comic books, horse back riding, hunting and music.
Dislikes: Gender specific rules, people who will never stray from the book. Driving, english riding, hamsters. (Really, hates,hamsters)

Skills: Shes a great shot with a crossbow, knows how to skin, a horse trainer, can play guitar and violin a little, and knows most survival tricks due to her family.

Occupation: Natural horsemanship trainer.

History:
Reena grew up on a 75 acer ranch called hidden river with her family, a set of parents and two older brothers and a younger sister. Way off the betan path she was around farm life since she was born, knew how to ride before she could walk and her father took her out hunting when she was seven but never really made her first kill till she was fourteen.
A vary close knit community her family made a living by taking in troubled horses and raising cattle. Being in charge of taking care of the barn and riding a select few horses with her brothers she kept her skills top notch. Loving the creatures all too much it was only natural that she grew up in the family business, going on tour with her father to show off his personal quarter horses while he runs down training routines. Becoming a excellent reining show woman and gamming in things like barrel racing she was as much as a western person as one you would find in a cheesy movie.
Yet having to go to collage for business so she could take over, her brothers moving to the riding circuit and her younger sister leaving to new york, Reena found herself in Seattle for a few years going on scholarship alone. Being in the city she ended up finding the stories of comic books and video games such as the original green lantern, lady death, huntress and any x man following the night crawler. Calling it a guilty pleasure she kept from her parents, even going to conventions when she was able to.
Finding it a better idea to start her own small business where she is, her grandparents ended up getting her a deal for a small piece of six archers that offered free rent so long as she kept it taken care of. She now owns three horses and a mule that she uses in training other animals. A paint mare, mustang gelding, percheron gelding that she thinks the world of.
She's located only a half hour from the main city at the moment.

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Alex Hill

Name: Alex Hill

Age: 19

Birthday: September 13th

Gender: Male

Race: Caucasian

Eye Color: Blue/Green(depends on light)

Height: 5'11"

Strength: Very good in a fight and pretty strategic. Cunning and can easily trick people if they aren't suspecting that he would. He is an actor so pretending to be something he's not is simple unless people know him well enough. He has decent/average aim and is a very skilled driver.

Weakness: He is scared of letting those he cares for down. He has difficulties dealing with new people. He gets angered way to easily and is horrible socially speaking. He often sticks his foot in his mouth.

Sexuality: Straight

Occupation: College Student studying Mathematics Education.

Personality: Direct and stern to the majority of people. Anyone close to him he has the potential to be very kind and sweet(potential)

How do you react to strangers: Pretends to trust them, but always keeps a close watch on what they do.

Weapons: A katana which he inherited from his grandfather(this character is based on me and I inherited a real katana from my grandfather) and a M14 rifle with iron sights.

Means of Transportation: A Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R which he steals as soon as everything starts going bad.

Face claim:

Family: Twin sister Kiley. Rest of family is in a different part of the country.

Part of a Group?: Currently just him and Kiley.

Bio: Alex and Kiley are studying in the local college far away from the rest of their family when everything starts happening. They are twins and really care for each other. They always say blood is thicker than water. Alex will defend his sister at all costs and want let anyone get away with hurting her. He has a similar mentality towards those who are close to him. He is extremely loyal and dependable, but is very closed off to people he doesn't like or know. He is direct and calculating and could potentially be a great leader.(If he cared about all the people in the group.)

Kiley Hill

Name: Kiley Hill

Age: 19

Birthday: September 13th

Gender: Female

Race: Caucasian

Eye Color: Blue

Height: 5'9"

Strength: She is excellent at taking care of others. She is very trustworthy and she is one of the few who can stop Alex from doing something that he shouldn't.

Weakness: She gets scared and upset easily. Shes not very great at fighting but she is really fast.

Sexuality: Straight

Occupation: College Student studying Nursing.

Personality: Very kind and helpful. A natural caretaker and slightly shy. She is very emotional and easily upset. She has a tendency to hide behind her brother, Alex. She loves taking care of children and the injured.

How do you react to strangers: Typically frightened but will be kind. Scared of them until they prove otherwise or until her brother says they are okay.

Weapons: A replica of the machete that Indiana Jones used with the name etched into the side and is currently slightly dull.(My grandpa collected swords and knives and had them split between his grandchildren)

Means of Transportation: A Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R which her brother steals as soon as everything starts going bad.

Face claim: (That person but with blond hair.)

Family: Twin brother Alex. Rest of family is in a different part of the country.

Part of a Group?: Currently just her and Alex

Bio: Kiley and Alex are studying in the local college far away from the rest of their family when everything starts happening. They are twins and really care for each other. They always say blood is thicker than water. Kiley really enjoys helping people and is great with children. She trusts anyone who she trusts says is good. She is always thinking of ways to help people.

moonfaerie

Elizabeth Darling

Name: Elizabeth Darling


Occupation: Exotic dancer. She has some great dexterity and stamina.
Looks: Red hair. Porcelain skin. Brown eyes. Borderline underweight.
Personality: She can be extremely irritable though there are occasions when she feels overly happy and enthusiastic--less so now after the death of her fiance and infant child. She can be reckless and impulsive. Elizabeth finds herself both awed and envious of those who are able to adapt better to the changing environment than she can.

UNDEAD

PHASE 1

Walkers/Runners

Name: Walkers. Runners. Infected. Undead.
The main and starting out undead. It's pretty obvious, walkers are the ones who walk. Runners run.

Easy to handle if there's one, but they usually are in groups where they are deadliest. They attack on sight and sound.

Evolution Phase

Fiends

Names: Fiends/Ferals/special infected
An evolutionary phase from the common infected. Faster, stronger, and more animal like. Attack on sight, sound, and smell. Their skin is tougher than the common infected.

Travel either alone or in packs of other ferals. They are hunters, and though they can be found amongst the common infected, they prefer their own special type.

PHASE 2

Jackals

Name: Jackals, Spitters, special infected.
Evolutionary phase. Spit deadly toxins that melt human flesh (same substance that started the outbreak in the first place), as well as turn any in the area into infected. Even immune humans turn when directly exposed.

Noticeable by their wide spread jaws.
Rare to see, they travel with common infected and are small in number.

Bloaters

Name: Bloaters. Fatties. Special Infected.
Fat and slow versions of the jackals, though can still produce the toxins. Not from their mouth, but from spores in their body. They are fully covered in the toxins and should not be approached at close range.

Usually just one, in a large group of common infected.

PHASE 3

Massives

Names: Massives. Tanks. (anything that has to do with large zombies)
Rare to see, there is usually one in any given place. Extremely large, and well...massive. The result of extreme exposure to a singular entity. Strong, fast, and extremely dangerous. Avoid at all costs.