Realistic or Modern The Quarantine Zone

[Zoola]

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Form

Name


Age


Gender


Weapon of Choice

(keep it realistic; most people won't have katanas, bow & arrows, etc.)

Appearance

(include one realistic picture AND a description)

Personality

(at least one paragraph. include strengths and weaknesses)

Background


Other

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[Zoola]

Winn Volek

Name

Winston "Winn" Volek

Age

24

Gender

Male

Weapon of Choice

A rusted hunting knife that Dawn forces him to carry around.

Appearance

A thin, sickly man, Winn is every bit as feeble as he appears to be. His pallid skin is indicative of his ailing health, and dark circles are usually visible under his sunken eyes due to a combination of malnutrition, his health, and a lack of sleep.

His gangly physique lacks muscle or fat, giving him the appearance of a skeleton with skin. Standing at 5'7", he would be somewhat taller if it weren't for his perpetual slouching and overall poor posture. His hair is brown and moderately thick, falling into soft waves. His eyes have always been one his more notable features. They are dark brown and stand prominent against his pale skin. There is an indiscernible feature about him that makes him appear more youthful than he actually is.

Personality

Socially inept, Winn struggles to interact with anyone other than Dawn. His social ineptitude was a result of his sheltered childhood. He is a true introvert and prefers solitude rather than the company of other people; if he is around too many people at once or for an extended period of time, he has a tendency to become anxious. He usually avoids social situations, tending to withdraw himself from any instance where he might be forced to interact with people.

What he lacks in social skills, he certainly makes up for in other areas. He is much brighter than he receives credit for. He's inquisitive and kind, although he tends to get taken advance of due to his naïvete. However, these traits can work against him at times. His curiosity gets the better of him and he often finds himself in some sort of trouble. He's also a pushover, a trait which stems from his fear of disappointing others. Because his decisions were always made for him, he doesn't have much of a backbone nor many beliefs of his own. However, he does possess a moral compass that is always pointing due north, albeit he doesn't always stand up for it.

Once one is able to push past his fear of people, they'll find that he is a sweet, compassionate man with a jocular and caring spirit. He does have his demons, however. He possesses a fierce sense of dependence that often lands him in hot water, due to his inability to care for himself. He is also extremely fearful and anxious of the world around him and of the people in it.

Background

Winn was a sickly child, born with a multitude of illnesses that lasted throughout his life. As a result, he was sheltered and coddled by his parents and barred from any chances at a normal life. Having little to no interaction with the outside, he had a limited perception and an unrealistic view of the world. Despite his desire to become an elementary school teacher, he did not attend college at the insistence of his parents.

After his parents' death, he experienced extreme anxiety and a seemingly incurable depression that took his sister years to pull him out of. She introduced him to the realities of life, although she still kept him relatively sheltered.

Since Quarantine, he and Dawn have been moving place to place, struggling to get by and to avoid the infecteds. He does what he can to assist Dawn, although, much to his dismay, he realizes that he is hindering her more than anything else.




Other

He has an extremely weak immune system and falls ill very easily, as a result of an immunodeficiency disorder. He also suffers from a congenital heart condition and severe asthma.

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Dawn Volek

Name

Dawn Volek

Age

26

Gender

Female

Weapon of Choice

A bowie knife that used to belong to her father.




Appearance

To a passing stranger, Dawn has a look of unapproachability. With a constant expression of sternness to accompany her abrasive attitude, she certainly doesn't have the air of a friendly individual, instead possessing that of an unwelcoming one.

Dawn is of above average height, standing at around five foot nine inches. Her dark brown hair is mostly straight and falls down to her shoulder blades. Most of the time, she keeps it tied back. She hasn't had a trim since long before the walls went up; as a result, her hair is damaged with split ends and is slightly lighter in color at the tips. Her dark eyes have a blazing intensity that seem that seem to pierce straight through the subject of their glare. Her body is fit (although somewhat malnourished) that serves her well in close combat. Prior to the Quarantine, she might have been considered attractive, but her appearance has since gone to hell.

Personality

Dawn is a leader to her core, and perhaps even to an extreme. She possesses a clear need to be in charge, and becomes agitated if this need isn't met. To most people, she comes off as caustic and abrasive, harboring no qualms about blatantly stating her opinions and thoughts. Rest assured, if Dawn thinks negatively of something or someone, she wouldn't hesitate for a moment to tell everyone about it. In addition to her outspoken nature, she lacks tact, the art of sparing feelings lost on her, and is often regarded as rude. She has difficulty expressing most emotions other than anger; most of the time, her actions are a result of frustration.

Despite her stony facade, Dawn cares more than she likes to let on. She certainly has a softer side (which she doesn't have a chance to show these days), and if it weren't for her situation, she would be a fairly agreeable person. While she isn't incessantly talkative, she enjoys learning about people and being around them, to an extent. In fact, she is a somewhat pleasant person otherwise, but the stress of being trapped in the Quarantine and caring for her brother has her much edgier than usual, the negatives of her personality increasing tenfold.

Quarantine has brought to light the true extent of Dawn's emotional and mental instability. While she was able to suppress it before, she finds herself acting in ways that even she is surprised by. Her own volatile behavior frightens her, despite her refusal to acknowledge it. Even more so now, she is unpredictable and impulsive.

Background

From the moment Winn was born, Dawn was thrust right into his shadow. Because Winn required constant care and coddling, Dawn was often overlooked and left to fend for herself. As a result, she developed a strong independent streak. Her family life was difficult, to say the least. Her father was a cold, demanding man, while Dawn was convinced that her mother was clinically insane. Her mother passed away several years ago, and her father followed not long after, leaving her with the responsibility of caring for her constantly ill brother.

In the months following Quarantine, Dawn has struggled to keep herself and, more importantly, her brother, safe. She's spent several nights hungry and cold to make him as comfortable as possible. Due to his lack of skills and multitude of illnesses, however, he's dragging her down quicker than she can pull herself up. As Winn grows increasingly more and more ill, she is concerned about how she will continue to protect him.

Other

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Phoebe Ledwith - WIP

Name

Phoebe Ledwith

Age

7

Gender

Female

Weapon of Choice

None




Appearance

Phoebe is of mixed racial background. Her mother was South Korean, while her father was mainly Spanish and English. In terms of appearance, Phoebe took after her mother.

Wide-eyed and innocent looking, Phoebe is a typical little girl who loves dressing up in dresses, pastel colors, and anything glittery. Before Quarantine, she enjoyed dolling herself up and styling her hair every which way. However, these days, she tends to just keep her bangs swept out of her face and her disheveled hair in pigtails. The only things she has left as a memory from the pre-outbreak world are her pale pink hoodie and her charm bracelet, both of which she always keeps on her.




Personality


Background

After several years of struggling to conceive, Phoebe was born to Elliot and Beth Ledwith.

Other

She has been on her own for two days so far, after her father went out in search of supplies and didn't return.

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[BloodThunder27]

Name

Lydia Lockhart




Age

25




Gender

Female




Weapon of Choice

Crowbar

Appearance

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Written Description: Lydia is a young woman who is in her mid-20s. She is of Caucasian Descent, has brown eyes and light brown hair. She stands 5' 5" Tall and initially weighed in at exactly 100 lbs. However, recently Lydia has gained an additional 35 lbs. as a result of pregnancy weight gain. Because of her expanding uterus accommodating for her unborn child, her belly has grown considerably and she can barely see her toes. Her Ankles and sometimes her fingers swell up, so she does not often wear rings or any of the sort.

Personality

Lydia is a kind, nice and gentle young woman. Since her Adolescence, Lydia has been known to be a very nice and caring person, especially to her Family and Friends. She is also very patient around others. As she got older, Lydia also became the type of person to set high goals, blaze her own trails and shows a lot of confidence, but does not get arrogant or cocky about it. She is very Family-Oriented, so before anyone else, her Family comes first, although now that she is pregnant, her baby comes first before anyone else, including herself. A Mother-To-Be, Lydia is very protective of her unborn baby and will do anything to protect her offspring. Because of hormonal changes, she can be angry one minute, very sad the next due to inconsistent mood swings. However, she still retains most of her normal personality before she became pregnant.

Background

Lydia came from a Working-Upper Class Family, as both her Parents were successful in their careers. Her Mother was a Hair Salon Owner and her Father was a Stock Broker and Businessman. Like her parents, Lydia can be very ambitious and sets her goals high. While she wasn't the wealthiest child, she was a very well loved little girl growing up. When she was around sixteen years old, her Father was killed in a mugging attempt and her Mother committed suicide, so her Teenage years were very traumatizing. Lydia would later be sent to live with her Aunt and Uncle. After finishing her two years of High School, she collected her parents' inheritance that they had left behind for her before setting off to move out on her own. Being very well off, Lydia just got back her old Family Home. Bored in her life, Lydia eventually decided to go to School to get a Degree in Civil Engineering, which her Uncle did for a living before he died when she was seventeen years old, killed by a Carjacker.

A year after she graduated from College with her Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Lydia got married, but kept her wealth a secret from her spouse, pouring them all into secret savings accounts before they got married. After a good three solid years of marriage, Lydia wanted to start a Family, but didn't want to be the missing link in her child's life as her parents were because they passed away when she was young. Shortly after she became pregnant though...all hell broke loose and her husband went missing and she would find herself on the wrong end of a Quarantine Zone.




Other

-Seven Months pregnant​

 

[DrCompton]

Name


Julian "Jules" Compton


Age


26


Gender


Male


Weapon of Choice


A metal Baseball bat.


Appearance

Jules stands at 5'9" 170 Lbs. He has shaggy, light-brown hair and usually has scruff on his face. Due to the infection his does have more of a beard coming in. The only articile of clothing he's managed to keep this whole time is his blue jacket. He calls it his lucky jacket, because its thick enough to prevent minor scratches from getting through. Under his jacket he does have a series of tattoos all over his body, most of them related to his service in the Army.


Personality


Jules is a very care free, friendly individual. Before the infection he was always helping strangers. He tries to keep the morale of the group up with jokes, or funny stories from his time in the Army. He has a very hard time saying no to people, even if he knows they're wrong. He tries to resolve any issue he has with people in his group, or people who threaten his group with words before resorting to violence. All that being said, when push does finally come to shove, Jules has no problem protecting his group and ending the threat to the group permanently.


Background


A former High School baseball star, Jules made it into the MLB draft straight out of a high school, he was everything the scouts were looking for. Six days after being draft to the Texas Rangers minor league team, Jules was in a car accident, shattering his left arm and wrist, and breaking his left leg. Three years, and a pain pill addiction later. Jules found himself out on the streets, with no options in front of him, he found himself sitting in a leather chair in an Army recruiting station.


Jules enjoyed his time in the Army, minus his one deployment to Afghanistan. During the deployment, lost his closest friends in a single day to IED and Rocket attacks. The rest of his time in the service Jules worked in one of the Military Hospitals in the US. When his time came to leave the Army, he started going to school in Dallas, but due to his PTSD, large groups in big cities were something Jules' could no longer handle. Dropping out of school Jules moved back home, a place he was comfortable with that wouldn't aggravate his PTSD, he assumed his home town would be nice and quiet. He found a job there as a tech in the local hospital, where he thrived as a worker.


When the DNV first started, Jules' whole hospital was on high alert, training after training came their way so the workers could identify the signs of the virus quickly and isolate the potential victim immediately. He'd been one of the first to see the virus in the hospital, and when he'd alerted his boss, his boss just laughed and said, "There's no way Jules, we have the quarantine!" As loyal as Jules was to his work, he wasn't willing to die for a misconception of security and left quickly. His plan was to get in his car and leave, but by the time he'd made it to the parameter of the city, he already saw the military closing it off, they'd found out some how, and now Jules was stuck in the city.


Other


Jules does carry an empty M9 Beretta, he has the magazine for it, but no bullets.

 

[amb3rlin]

Name:


Zoe Kline


Age:


19


Gender:


female


Weapon of Choice


A set of screwdrivers in varying sizes


Appearance

Spoiler

Zoe is short, slender, and seems to have a constant case of bed head. She has accusing hazel eyes and has mastered rolling her eyes in annoyance. With a face full of freckles, a flat chest, and a slight gap between her front teeth she is a bit off the mark when it comes to modern beauty standards. She wears comfortable clothes, usually second hand and a little worn. Zoe has a simple approach to her physical appearance, and has no piercings or tattoos. While small in stature she has always been athletic, and is more flexible than most people.


Personality


Zoe's heart reflects her name: she wants to live. She tries to enjoy what she can in life, but copes with the reality of loss and pain by being an extreme realist. Her motto is that if you expect the worst you are never let down. Fiercely independent, she relies on herself before anyone else. If it suits her she will look out for others, but not at risk of putting herself in harm's way. When faced with extremely difficult choices she has an amazing capacity to remain objective and make a tough call even if it means being cold or callous. Zoe has no false illusions about life being fair or even generally happy. Yet somehow, she is able to find contentment. She would say she gave up on hope long ago, and by releasing the universe or god or fate from the burden of having to save her she is free from any bitterness when bad things happen to her.


An introvert who likes people, she enjoys being social, but does not require it, being just as happy on her own. Zoe will not go out of her way to make friends. She also has no loyalty to others. This isn't out of any animosity, rather a way she has learned to cope with the inevitable parting of ways that she believes comes with every relationship. At some point you say goodbye, to everyone, and in her mind there is no reason trying to fight it.


Honest to a fault, Zoe is blunt and direct. She has thick skin and is nigh unoffendable, but doesn't realize others may be more sensitive.


Background


Zoe was an unwanted pregnancy, a crack baby, who grew up in group homes and foster care. She realized at an early age that she had been dealt a rough hand in life, and decided to accept it. While her peers in the group home either acted out or clung to a fantasy in which Daddy Warbucks would arrive and adopt them, Zoe embraced her life as an orphan. Although intelligent, she struggled academically due to learning disabilities that made it painstakingly difficult for her to read. Sports were a release for her, and she excelled in high school as a swimmer and track star.


Just as she harbored no unrealistic dreams about being adopted, neither did she cling to the unattainable idea of attending college. Once she aged out of the foster system she got a full time job at a local hardware store and a small apartment.


When DNV broke out, Zoe figured it was probably only a matter of time before the world went to hell. When she became aware of the first cases of it popping up in town she stole a case of screwdrivers from the store and returned to her apartment in the hope that she could hole up there and try to ride it out with some food and water she had in reserve. Instead, several infectids had been discovered in the building and healthier neighbors had set it on fire in a panic. All Zoe had left was a backpack, a screwdriver set, and the clothes on her back.


Other


Zoe doesn't mind animals, but is allergic to most of them, particularly cats.

 

[The Jackal]

Name

Daniel Cofften

Age

29

Gender

Male

Weapon of Choice

Brick Hammer

An old brick hammer Daniel found on one of his colleagues dead bodies.

Empty M1911

More of a feign weapon, Daniel uses this empty M1911 to scare off bandits, hold up hostile survivors or use as a makeshift club.

Appearance

Unmasked

Masked

(Can change if too unrealistic)

Daniel stands at a height of 6'9" and weighs in at 160 lbs. He has shortly cut, messy brown hair with a slight amount of stubble around his mouth and nose. The only clothing worth anything is a large hooded jacket covered in infected guts, allowing him to walk within hordes without risk of being killed instantly and his thick cargo pants and military boots all of which he looted from a bandit who attacked him . On his collar bone he has a curved tattoo of a snake with blades coming from it's tale tip and eyes that leads to his shoulder blade.

Personality

Daniel is usually straight forward to those he doesn't know and will become very bossy if he meets someone on their terms or on equal terms. He can become quite paranoid with ease and has developed the saying "Better safe than sorry" which explains why he will wear a gas mask anywhere he goes. When he trusts someone or takes a liking to then he will usually become quite sarcastic and may crack a sarcastic comment or cruel joke relating to the current situation however underneath all that happy go lucky attidute Daniel is quite defensive when it comes to those he cares for and won't hesitate to protect others by putting himself at risk.

Background

Daniel was the 'runt' of his 4 brothers and sisters and had always tried to exceed his brothers and sisters to be appreciated by his drunk father or his crack-head mother. Most of the time he did exceed his brothers and sisters achievements only to be put down by his father who would say "I did better when I was a kid" and then his mother who would complain about the simple fault in his achievements.

Daniel's school life was very much the same as his home life as his brothers and sisters attended the same class and school as him, constantly bullying him or whispering behind his back when he got something wrong, was caught out for talking or vagued out and had no answer for a question. Daniel exceeded in history, geography, Physical Education, math and english but had always had trouble with language and science. Some of the subjects he had trouble with were, as luck would have it, subjects that his siblings excelled in and they were the main subject of his bullying.

Once Daniel graduated he got a job as a construction worker, working on multiple buildings and becoming a well known employee for his company. He was working on a new hotel when the DNV broke out and decided that he would bunker down on the first floor of the construction site, creating an entrance only he could get down from and get back up by jumping. Of course Daniel wasn't the only one with this idea and soon a bandit had tried to kill him, forcing Daniel to break the man's neck with a brick hammer, loot the man's clothes and any other valuable and move from the construction site as he deemed it unsafe. The bandit in question was wearing a gas mask which had set Daniel off to believe the DNV was airborne now and that a gas mask was the only way to survive and not turn into one of the infected.

Other

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[y0k9o]

Name: Kandy Vold


Age: 20


Gender: Make


Weapon of choice:


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Pistol-20 shots


Sword-Dual Weild


Can use both at same time


Appearance:


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Personality: He is a quiet, less social guy, but when you get to know him, he's a funkind of guy


Bio:Grew up alone, moved to the town a week before the infection and is a swordsman and is sneaky.

 

[y0k9o]

Its ok

 

[Whisker]

Name: Dustin "Dusty" Kostansky





Age: 38





Gender: Male





Weapon of Choice: Taurus PT 92 Pistol; Sledgehammer

Spoiler

Appearance: Dustin easily stands over 6 ft tall and clocks in at about 180 pounds. He has medium length black hair that slightly curls in towards the shoulder as well as an untrimmed beard that gives him an unruly appearance. His eyes are a very dark brown, almost black in appearance. He has a very large and conspicuous dragon tattoo that stretches from his upper back down to his right shoulder. His hands are calloused from his work at the hardware store. He usually is seen donning flannels or a t-shirt while not wearing the work uniform; he also owns a thick brown bomber jacket that is well-insulated and waterproof. He prefers hunting boots to any kind of sneaker or running shoe.

Personality: In general, Dusty maintains an aloof personality that makes him seem somewhat forbidding and intimidating to those that don't know him well. He is actually quite compassionate and well-read; he cares for others and their opinions to the point of indecisiveness at times. Though he doesn't talk much and maintains a follower's perspective, he's a helluva lot smarter than he looks. If he has an opinion on something, he won't hesitate to speak up even if it's cruel, blunt, or otherwise a Captain Obvious statement. He also tends to get very shy around women due to the lack of them in his life thus far despite it being a hindrance to the rest of the group.





Background: Dusty grew up in the nearby mountains with his father and 3 older brothers. Though he was the youngest of the bunch, he quickly grew humbled about his size and strength; he rarely joined in the rough housing of the others, and was instead the one most called on to help his father with the daily chores. It was a rather quiet kind of life and he remembers in nostalgically from time to time. When he entered school, he was only an okay student and was largely given a wide berth by others out of intimidation. On the flip side, he received numerous invites by the coaches to play any and every kind of sport available for the good of the school: Football, baseball, basketball, soccer, boxing, wrestling. He eventually accepted the boxing contract and learned how to hone his natural talent under a few private lessons as well as with the coach at school. At one time, he eventually became the high school champion and had his picture in the local paper. After becoming the first in his family to ever graduate, Dusty declined a full-ride boxing scholarship from a nearby university and went immediately to work in construction for awhile. Most considered a waste, but he liked using his hands and it reminded him of home. He left after awhile and was eventually hired on at a hardware store as a manager. It was shortly afterwards that he developed a crush on the wife of his boss, but he has never been vocal about his affections for obvious reasons. Plus he knew he would never know what to say. When the quarantine was imposed due to the virus, he later found out that she was one of the first victims in the zone to be taken under and he holds a quiet sorrow in his heart.