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- Rick Grimes grows up in King County, Georgia. He spends a lot of childhood with his grandfather who would tell him stories of his time fighting in World War II. Growing up, he becomes best friends with Shane Walsh, and begins to date his classmate, Lori. When in high school, Shane Walsh once stole the principal's car at lunch hour and filled it with chicken feed before getting back to school in time to finish his sandwich before the bell rang. (Save the Last One) Rick and Lori then get pregnant with their son, Carl, which requires a C-section, and marry at a young age. Rick and Shane become Sheriff's Deputies for King County Sheriff's Department while Lori became a housewife for Rick and to take care of Carl. (Bloodletting). During Rick's first year in the Sheriff's Department, he arrests a young man for shooting his girlfriend. He cried and regretted his actions, to which Rick did not believe him. Due to the sympathy from the jury and lack of evidence, the young man was acquitted but then stabbed another girl weeks later. (Sick) When Carl was a baby, Rick and Lori took him on a road trip to the Grand Canyon, but Carl became sick at less than half-way, forcing Rick and Lori to turn back home. Despite not making it to the Grand Canyon and Carl getting sick, they remembered the trip fondly. (What Lies Ahead). Rick and Carl then used to go on walks through the neighborhood when Carl was three years old. Carl was raised in a traditional American family with birthday parties, vacations, and spending time together as a family. (Worth) However, Rick and Lori's marriage began to deteriorate due to a lack of communication and understanding. (Days Gone Bye)
- Madison Clark was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama to a prominent senator. However, her father was an alcoholic who severely abused Madison and her mother. As a teenager, she fought against her abusive father by shooting him in the head to protect her mother. Later attending college, she worked as a bartender and later graduated. She moved to Los Angeles, California and became a guidance counselor at Paul R. Williams High School. She eventually married a construction worker, Steven Clark. Madison then gave birth to her children: Nicholas and Alicia Clark, however, she was pregnant with a girl before Alicia, but she was stillborn. The family moved to El Sereno. While growing up, Alicia and Nick were often put in the care of Susan Tran and her husband, Patrick - their next-door neighbors, while Madison and Steven were working late or out of town. Alicia especially grew close to Susan, referring to her as "Aunt Susie." When Alicia and Nick were younger, they both attended camp. Alicia was about to perform at the talent show singing "This Land is Your Land". However, when she got up on the stage, she froze and everyone stared at her, marking it as one of her most embarrassing moments. Alicia said that Nick could feel the embarrassment from the audience, but then got up on stage to help Alicia. Except, when he got up there, he forgot the words. The only thing he could remember was "This Land is Your Land" and sung it at least 20 times. When he finished, everyone cheered for him. Another childhood experience was when she her family went out to a cabin. A bird got injured and the two were determined to make sure it becomes healthy again. They nursed the injured bird and named it Amina. Alicia and Nick were very close when they were younger until Nick started using and became addicted to drugs – constantly going in and out of rehab. (Grotesque) Nick’s addiction is partly fueled by his friendship with Calvin Jasper, who is also his drug dealer. In 2008, Steven Clark become severely depressed and, despite the love for his family, killed himself by intentionally driving into a head-on collision. Madison lied to Nick and Alicia that their father had fallen asleep at the wheel. Nick’s addiction worsened and dropped out of college, but while in rehab met and started dating a fellow patient named Gloria. Meanwhile, Madison starts dating and becomes engaged with fellow English teacher, Travis Manawa. Alicia also becomes a volunteer nurse, starts dating fellow student Matt Sale, and is accepted into college at Berkeley. (Pilot)
- Travis Manawa originated from New Zealand and his parents later moved to the United States. Travis experienced an average childhood where he grew to become a practical man and a bit of a 'fixer', his father owned a pick-up truck that was later handed down to Travis which he managed to keep working for over thirty years. As an adult, he met and married nursing student Elizabeth Ortiz, and had a son named Chris in Los Angeles, California where the three lived together as a typical family. Over time, however, Travis and Eliza's marriage became strained and after thirteen years, the couple divorced, with Eliza retaining custody over Chris, although Travis was still permitted to visit his son on a three-weekly basis per month. Travis later became an English Literature teacher at Paul R. Williams High School. There he met guidance counselor Madison Clark where the two began dating and the pair became engaged. Travis moved into her house in the El Sereno community of Los Angeles where he soon met her children, Nick and Alicia, which proved difficult due to their father's death only a few years ago. Despite his new start, Travis struggled to maintain his blended family lifestyle with his son harboring resentment toward him because of the divorce along with the difficulty of Nick's drug addiction where Travis did his best to support Madison in doing whatever it took to bring him back into rehab.
- Daniel Salazar was born and raised in the war-ridden El Salvador. As a child, he witnessed the brutal nature of civil war in El Salvador and was present when many members of his village were forcefully abducted by the military, later to be murdered with their corpses being washed up a river. An unknown man coerced him to mortally shoot one of the survivors, which became his first out of many kills and an event leaving him traumatized that still haunts him even after decades. It is likely that this event led to his involvement with the Salvadoran junta. In his adulthood, he was coerced into the notorious Sombra Negra, a highly-confidential and extremely brutal pro-junta vigilante death squad who is directly backed by the CIA to carry out ruthless extra-judicial tortures, assassinations and murders in the Salvadoran Civil War. He became proficient in combat, murder, and torture due to his professional trainings and battlefield experiences, but he did not have a choice when he was enlisted and ended up killing around ninety-six people in El Salvador. His inner lips were also tattooed with the mark of the squad. (100) During this time, he met his wife Griselda, who was hardened by the war as he was, and helped keep him stable after the horrors of what he did. He left his country after the war with his wife and emigrated to Los Angeles where he came to own and operate a barbershop called "Salazar's Cuts". He raised an "American" daughter, Ofelia, in the hopes that she would not have to become what he had and that she would remain innocent throughout her life. When she was nine, Ofelia asked Daniel about why they left El Salvador and he told her the truth about the war and the violence. The only thing that he didn't tell her was which man he was in the tale. Daniel told her that all of their relatives are dead in El Salvador. Ofelia continued to live with her parents as an adult and work in her father’s barber shop but began dating a man named William. After dating for some time, they vacationed in Rosarito, Baja California where William proposed to her. However, they broke off the engagement at some point before the outbreak.
- Victor Strand was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Early on in his childhood, Strand's mother had abandoned him and his father. His father was barely able to hold a roof over their heads due to making a living out of preaching at local strip-malls. Strand eventually worked his way through college to become a businessman where he was able to build his fortune through real estate investment and debt buying. He ended up suffering a massive financial blow after a large portion of his local investments in New Orleans were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. This led him to resort to money-theft schemes on random strangers. One of the victims of his money-theft was a powerful businessman like himself named Thomas Abigail. In his childhood, Tom's birth mother either died or left the family. He grew up under the care of his family maid, Celia Flores, and befriended her son Luis, which aided him as a personal assistant after they grew up. Thomas was impressed by Strand's scheme and, rather than turning him in, began a partnership and eventual romance with him. Victor Strand became Tom's life partner and the two lived together in Valle de Guadalupe of Baja California at Tom's family vineyard, overseeing various housing projects. Luis Flores was sent to Los Angeles, California to close a deal, but Victor Strand decided to attend there as well to fasten the deal. Victor Strand then prepares to depart for a business trip to Los Angeles shortly before the outbreak went global. (Blood in the Streets)
- Luciana Galvez and her brother, Pablo, lived in Tijuana, Baja California, with their parents. Their father died of unknown causes long before the apocalypse. Before the outbreak, Luciana and Pablo worked at a factory together.
- Jeremiah Otto lived in rural San Diego, California on the Broke Jaw Ranch with his wife and their son, Jeremiah Otto Jr., also known as Jake. Jeremiah was a patriotic border militiaman. His first wife died and he later remarried to a woman named Tracy, and later gave birth to his second son, Jake’s half-brother, Troy. Jeremiah then foresaw and planned for the fall of American society and democracy. In 1996, Jeremiah Otto promotes his video series on how to survive “TEOTWAWKI,” the survivalist jargon acronym for “The End Of The World As We Know It.” (TEOTWAWKI) He then leads a survivalist community with a network of other like-minded men and organizations throughout the Southwest. As Jake grew up, he went to college to get an education, unlike his family, and took constitutional law somewhere on the east coast of America, giving him cultural progression and exposure that his family have not had. He was an athlete and writer, and later became a civil defense lawyer. Meanwhile, Troy stayed at the Ranch with their parents and adopted his father’s beliefs. Before the apocalypse, however, both Jeremiah Sr. and Tracy became alcoholics. Tracy then died of alcohol poisoning.
- Lola Guerrero was born and raised in Tijuana, Baja California. She became the Chief Water Utility Officer of the local Gonzalez Dam in her adulthood, and was responsible for treating and distributing the water.
- Morgan Jones grew up in Macon, Georgia along with his brother. While Morgan got into a career of construction, he had little success in his love life. Eventually, he meets Jenny in Raleigh, North Carolina and the two get married, with Jenny moving with Morgan back to Macon. The two later give birth to a son named Duane. Jenny had a difficulties nursing Duane as he couldn't keep the weight on. Morgan tried to help by bringing home Chinese food often, but to no avail. Duane later grew and the three had an average and happy family life. (Days Gone Bye
- Dale Horvath and his wife, Irma, suffered a miscarriage. Before she lost the baby, Irma spent that Thanksgiving in misery from the meat aversions she was suffering. (Secrets) They spent remainder of their marriage happily in love into retirement until Irma Horvath developed cancer and later succumbed to her disease. Dale had bought an RV to take his wife on a cross-country road trip. Despite his wife's death, Dale still went on the road trip by himself. (Wildfire)
- Glenn Rhee was born and raised in Michigan along with his sisters by their parents who had immigrated from Korea. He spent sometime in the Boy Scouts and mostly grew up as a nerd, playing video games having almost no romantic or sexual experiences with girls. In his 20s, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia and became a pizza delivery boy and becomes very familiar with Atlanta's streets (Tell It to the Frogs).
- Andrea is born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida by her mother and father. Growing up, Andrea's father taught her fishing by using three nail clinch knots and wet lures in order to catch as much fish as possible to feed the family. When she was twelve years old, her parents gave birth to her younger sister, Amy. When Andrea was eighteen, she left for college when Amy was six. Andrea and Amy's father then taught Amy one fisherman's knot instead of three and used dry lures to catch the fish but then throw them back, because he knew Andrea and Amy were different and wanted to raise them differently. Andrea then completed college and got a law degree, later becoming a civil rights lawyer. During college and her career, Andrea missed a lot of family events and Amy growing up because she was so busy and believed there would be more time, causing Amy to somewhat resent her. (Vatos) In 2010, Amy was about to attend college in Atlanta, Georgia, and Andrea offered to take her on the road trip up. Andrea and Amy's father then gifted them with a gun to protect themselves. (What Lies Ahead)
- Carol Peletier meets a man named Ed Peletier and the two eventually marry. Carol then gives birth to their daughter, Sophia. However, Ed became physically and verbally abusive towards Carol and Sophia, as well as neglecting Sophia most of his life and instead staying with his friend's to avoid hearing Sophia cry. Carol reasoned she was happier being with Ed than being alone. One time, she tried running from Ed but he grabbed her long hair and threw her against the wall. After that, she cut her hair short to avoid having him grab her by the hair like that again. On numerous occasions, Ed would dislocate Carol's shoulder. She learned how to heal it via the internet, due to being too embarrassed of having to return to the hospital, only to make the excuse that she had fallen down the stairs. (Indifference) She once took Sophia to a shelter in Atlanta in an attempt to get away from Ed, but after a day and a half, they went back to him. After they went back, Ed beat them both very badly. (Consumed)
- Daryl Dixon and his older brother, Merle grow up together in rural Georgia under their neglectful parents. Their mother often liked to smoke, especially in bed. One day, Daryl came riding down the street on his bicycle with his friends and discovered his house was on fire. His mother had been smoking in bed and fell asleep, causing the cigarette to catch the bed and house on fire with his mother dying in the fire. (Hounded) The following years, Daryl and Merle were mentally and physically abused by their father, which eventually caused Merle to go in and out of juvie and to eventually abandon the family to join the military, claiming he would've killed their father otherwise. Unknown to Merle, Daryl was left to suffer from the abuse which resulted in severe scars located on his back. During his time in the army, Merle punched a sergeant, which got him dishonorably discharged. He was then court-martialed and sent to prison for sixteen months. Meanwhile, Daryl, when he was under 12 years old, got lost in the woods and eventually found his own way home. (Save the Last One) Neglected, Daryl learned to hunt food for himself and became a very proficient tracker and hunter, and was able to eat almost anything. Following their father's death, Merle reconnected with Daryl, who followed his brother's lead, and they entered into a drifter lifestyle, where the pair utilized their survival instincts. He would also become involved in the contraband of crystal meth. At one point, the pair resided in Merle's drug supplier's house where the trio watched TV and by noon had become intoxicated, a discussion turned violent where the dealer punched his older brother, where Daryl retaliated by savagely beating the man. However, the dealer then threatened to shoot Daryl, a large argument ensued, which ended with the dealer punching Daryl in the gut, causing him to vomit. Merle and the dealer laughed the incident off. Daryl and Merle then continued their life of drifting, drug dealing, crime, and hunting for food. (Still)
- Hershel Greene's farm has been in his family for 160 years. (Bloodletting) Hershel left home at age 15 and didn't return for his father’s funeral. (18 Miles Out) Hershel eventually returned to claim the farm, became a veterinarian, and met his first wife, Josephine. However, he became an alcoholic and drank heavily at the local bar every night until their daughter, Maggie was born, and then he quit cold turkey. Josephine bought back his grandfather's pocket watch when he became sober, which he'd pawned long ago to pay for his drinking habits. (Nebraska) Josephine later died and Hershel met his second wife, Annette, who had a son from a previous marriage, Shawn. The two married and gave birth to their last child, Beth. This caused Maggie to act out by committing shoplifting and smoking. (Pretty Much Dead Already) Maggie later grew to view Annette and Shawn as family. The family was also accompanied by Hershel's farmhand, Otis (TV Series), and his wife and Hershel's assistant, Patricia. When Maggie first returned from college for the summer, Beth found Maggie's birth control pills and, horrified, threw them in the nearby lake. Maggie caught Beth doing this, causing them to fight. Shawn went out to see what was the matter, but Maggie's horse panicked and covered them all in mud - making all of them laugh and resolve their issues. Hershel then arrived to the scene, at which Beth lied about the situation to protect Maggie. (Triggerfinger) Three months before the outbreak, Beth began to date a boy from school named Jimmy. (18 Miles Out)
- Michonne Hawthorne attends college with her best friend Jocelyn who helps her through the death of Michonne's mother, breakups, and school activities. (Scars) After graduating, Michonne moves to Atlanta as a socialite and meets a man named Mike and falls in love. She later becomes friends with his friend, Terry. Michonne and Mike then give birth to their son, Andre Anthony. Michonne, Mike, and Terry would then spend much of their time together at art exhibits and the theater. (After)
- Philip Blake grew up in Meriwether County alongside his brother. The pair experienced a rough childhood and thus held a negative relationship with their father whom was physically abusive towards them both. As a child, Philip often played chess with his father which he frequently lost to, as he often pressured Philip into making quick decisions and thus never showed mercy, which caused Philip to lose confidence in himself. At a young age, the brothers were caught smoking a pack of cigarettes belonging to their father in a garage. His brother intervened, taking the blame for their actions (when in actuality it was Philip who was responsible). Regardless, the siblings were beaten up by their father. The futility of his brother’s attempts to stand up against their father had a strong impact on Philip’s development and led him to believe of heroes as fools who only bring harm upon themselves and others. Despite this, Philip became an outstanding family man when he married his wife and had a daughter together named Penny. Over time however, Philip gradually grew to become dissatisfied with his plain, mediocre life where he worked as an office drone under a younger and unintelligent boss who hounded him for several years. Eighteen months prior to the outbreak, while at work one day, Philip received a call from the hospital informing him that his wife had tragically died in a car crash. This event left Philip emotionally devastated, especially after she had previously left a message for him to call her back, which he never did, (an action for which he deeply regrets). After her death, Philip and Penny began to rely upon each other. (Killer Within)
- Tyreese and Sasha Williams, born a couple years apart, were raised in Jacksonville, Florida by their disciplined father, a war veteran. They had a neighbor called Jerry who had an underground bunker. As children, Sasha used to follow Tyreese around and copy everything he did. As adults, Tyreese became a player in the NFL while Sasha was employed as a firefighter.
- Bob Stookey serves in the U.S. Military as a medic and is haunted by his past - causing him to become an alcoholic. Being an army medic, Bob has experience with firearms and medical training and is very proficient with an assault rifle and pistol.
- Tara Chambler grew in up Atlanta, Georgia with her sister, Lilly, and raised by their father, David. David was once an army veteran but then became a truck driver for Gorbeli Foods Company. As an adult, Lilly became a nurse in oncology and married a man with whom she had one daughter named Meghan, but in early 2007 her husband left the family. As an adult, Tara then enrolled in the Atlanta Police Academy with aspirations to become a police officer. Openly lesbian, Tara began dating a woman named Sam. The two went on a camping trip one weekend, but Sam admitted that she was not lesbian as Tara had believed and had a boyfriend, ending the relationship. At some point, David developed lung cancer. (Live Bait)
- Abraham Ford grew up in Houston, Texas. At a young age, he enlisted into the U.S Military where he mostly served in the Middle East, and through his years of service, he eventually gained the rank of Sergeant. At one point Abraham alongside several of his comrades found themselves stranded in the desert (approximately 30 kilometers from their base) which had been caused by a camel which had digested their transport keys, to their relief, the animal eventually defecated the keys and their squadron managed to return home. Outside of his military career, Abraham grew to become a family man, where he met and married a woman named Ellen, together the pair had two children named A.J. and Becca. The four lived together as a typical family, located in Houston, Texas where they attended several country fairs as well as a goat rodeo.
- Rosita Espinosa grew up in Dallas, Texas with her brother. Her brother later gave birth to a son, making Rosita an aunt. She was present for much of her young nephew’s life. At some point she joined the military and became a mechanic both in the military and civilian life.
- Eugene Porter grew up in Dallas, Texas. In his teenage years, he became deeply interested in trains and convinced his parents to take him to Strasburg, Pennsylvania in order to see the train museum there. While there he became hooked on ice cream from a local dairy bar. In his teenage and adult years, he was also an avid fan of video games. While his occupation prior to the outbreak is unknown, he appears to possess a vast amount of knowledge of many different areas and is well read.
- Gabriel Stokes grew up in rural Georgia. At a young age, he developed a deep faith in religion and thus desired to bring people together in order to help them navigate through their lives and improve upon their weaknesses. Growing up, he would often run around the woods, and became accustomed to the sounds within it. As an adult, he became a priest positioned at St. Sarah's Episcopal Church, where throughout his holy service, he conducted weekly mass and also helped to promote several fundraisers. He befriended a female organist, someone he became close with and almost considered initiating a romantic relationship. Several members of his congregation often commented that Gabriel's humor left much to be desired. Shortly before the Global Outbreak, members of the community brought hundreds of canned goods to the church for the local food drive.
- Aaron grew up in Vermont with a younger brother and a mother who became abusive after learning he was gay by submitting him through conversion therapy. As an adult, he moved to Washington D.C. to become a politician to help people. After spending some time in the government, Aaron decided to join an non-government organization that supplied food and medicine to people in the Niger River Delta, as he felt like he could do more help hands-on. While in the NGO, he dealt with warlords and scavengers with whom he had to negotiate with all the time to ferry supplies to people. (The Distance) During his career, he met fellow NGO worker Eric Raleigh. The two worked well together and became best friends and later started dating. Aaron admitted his love for Eric on their fifth date, to which Eric responded with, "I had a hunch." They then became life partners and lived together in D.C., but were still targets of homophobia when seen together.
- Enid grew up as an only child to her parents. She matured early in life and took on many responsibilities such as cutting her father’s hair and driving the car occasionally even though she was underaged and without a license.
- Deanna Monroe marries her husband, Reg Monroe, and gives birth to their two sons, Aiden and Spencer. Deanna became the Democratic Representative for the 15th congressional district of Ohio. Her husband, Reg, was a professor of architecture and their son, Aiden, was in the ROTC. In 2010, Deanna is currently running for reelection in the 2010 mid-term elections. However, she is also prepared to lose as her back-up plan is becoming a professional poker player due to her ability to read people. (Remember)
- Jessie Anderson attended an art school and meets fellow art student, Pete Anderson, and the two fall in love. Shortly after, however, Jessie became pregnant with their first son, Ron. This forces both of them to marry, quit art school, and find practical jobs to support their new family. While Jessie becomes a hair stylist among other odd jobs, Pete attends medical school to become a surgeon, but the pressure causes him to become depressed, angry, and an alcoholic - ultimately becoming abusive towards Jessie and Ron. Jessie had Pete seek help from psychiatrists for his anger and alcoholism, but to no avail. Jessie later gave birth to their second son, Sam, which then worsens Pete's anger and results in Sam also being abused as well.
- Dwight grew up in a small town in Virginia. He was taught by his grandfather in the art of woodcarving, which became a valued hobby of Dwight’s and would practice it in his spare time and had a career in carpentry. As a young adult, he met and befriended local babysitter, Sherry, and later began dating. Dwight was noted for having problems with his memory, and thus would generally fail to remember the pleasant times they both shared as a couple, which caused great frustration on his part. Due to his memory problems, he used post-it notes to remind him to do certain tasks. They later got married and bought a small home in Virginia. Dwight also became close with Sherry’s younger, diabetic sister, Tina, who Dwight would help take care of often. Over time, Dwight and Sherry gradually aspired to start a family of their own and thus would attempt to conceive a child together, however, their attempts ultimately proved futile.
- Paul Rovia grew up in Virginia and was orphaned at a young age, thus spent most of his childhood in a group foster home surrounded by a lot of other children with very little privacy. Despite this, he generally struggled in forming connections with other people, being more content with books as he was a voracious reader. While openly gay, he still struggled to connect with his boyfriends as well. (The Other Side) As an adult, he grew out his hair and beard – to which his friends gave him the nickname “Jesus”, which stuck for years. Paul then trained in martial arts and became a skilled hand-to-hand combatant; he also learned the art of pick-pocketing and escapology. (The Next World)
- Gregory lived in Virginia and became a business owner. Due to being a business owner, he was a part of the Chamber of Commerce. The town he lived in had a local tourist attraction known as the Barrington House. In the 1930s, the family who owned the house gave it to the state and made it into a museum. For years since then, elementary schools around the state would make field trips to the house. The house was also used to host community events such as Chamber of Commerce meetings. He frequented at the Barrington House to attend these meetings and came to admire the house and its artwork, wishing to own it someday. (Knots Untie)
- Simon lived in Virginia as a charismatic, efficient, and hardworking mortgage broker. He would subprime mortgages to unsuspecting customers and was fully able to justify his immoral motive to other people even though he was fully aware of his own intentions.
- Negan Smith grew up in Virginia. As a child, he brought home stray dogs into their house, to which his mother disapproved of. One day, he brought home a vicious dog that killed all the other strays he adopted and bit off half of his mother’s ear when she intervened. Later in high school, Negan grew into a bully who enjoyed humiliating others, upon where he gained a strong penchant for profanity and enjoyment for power games. As an adult, Negan was employed as a high school gym coach, helping his students improve on their weaknesses and molding them into stronger individuals. He then met and married a women named Lucille whom he loved and cared for deeply. Negan was hoping to have a child and start a family but were unable to. Among their similar interests were being fans of the country musician Half Moon, heavy metal band Iron Maiden, and their favorite song was Joe Crocker's You Are So Beautiful. Negan and Lucille frequented at a local bar, which contained a jukebox of "You Are So Beautiful". While playing one night, a drunken patron became loud and distracting, ruining their song. Lucille asked the man to keep it down and asked for fifty cents to play it again. The man was rude to Lucille, causing Negan to go berserk and assault him nearly to death. He then took $1 from the man's wallet and played their song twice until the police arrested him. The man, however, was a parent to a couple of teenagers attending Negan's high school - and was thus fired from his position. Negan was charged with misdemeanor assault and sentenced to probation and was sued by the man. Due to being employed, Lucille had to pay for the man's medical bills. Despite this ordeal, Lucille defended Negan's actions. Over time however, Negan gradually became depressed over losing his job he loved. He then began an affair with Lucille's best friend, Janine.
- Ezekiel grew up in Washington, D.C. At a young age, he witnessed his paternal grandmother and father suffer from thyroid cancer, as it was hereditary, but both went into remission as it was very treatable. Later, he performed in community theater where he portrayed several fictional kings including Arthur, Macbeth, as well as Martin Luther upon where he gained a distinct talent for theatricality. As an adult, he became a zookeeper. One day, a Bengal tiger named Shiva fell into a concrete moat and ripped open her leg. With no veterinarians around, Ezekiel came to her rescue by wrapping his shirt around her open wound, preventing a hemorrhage. Grateful for his aid, Shiva never displayed any hostility towards Ezekiel and thus the two formed a close bond. (The Well)
- Anne lived in Virginia as a professional artist and art teacher. She frequently visited a local garbage dump to gather materials she could paint on such as metal sheets and fabrics. (The Lost and the Plunderers) As a teacher, she would take her classes to various exhibits and museums in Virginia and Washington, D.C., such as the Smithsonian Museum. (A New Beginning
- Siddiq was raised in the Islamic faith by his parents, as his mother was a devoted Muslim who firmly adhered to the scriptures of the Quran which she taught to Siddiq and thus he became pious towards his mother's beliefs. As a child, he played the flute. When he became an adult, he enrolled into medical school and was employed as a second-year emergency resident. Throughout his career, he performed three surgeries, but no amputations.
- Alden and his brother were raised by their father who was not a good parent. Alden had an education and career in construction and woodworking. As an adult, he was close with his brother and often worked well together.
- John Dorie Sr. was a police officer in Nacogdoches, Texas. In the 1970s, young women were turning up brutally murdered around the Houston area, while he and the department tracked the murders down to a cult leader, Theodore "Teddy" Maddox living in the middle of a desert, they couldn't arrest him as they didn't have any solid evidence. Out of desperation, John planted a purse belonging to one of the victims on Teddy, which enabled the police to arrest and the courts to convict him to a life sentence. Despite successfully putting the killer behind bars and that he was seen as a hero by his colleagues, the fact that he planted evidence on a suspect haunted John to the point where he started drinking heavily. Eventually, he and his wife got a divorce and he failed to show up at the cabin one summer when he and his son, John Dorie Jr., were supposed to start working on an old truck. All that young John ever found were the family's antique guns left for him by his father. Unknown to John, John Sr. did briefly return, but after seeing him happy outside of McNeill's Bait & Beer, John Sr. decided to abandon his son in order to protect him and left the guns behind as a final gift to his son.
- John Dorie became employed as a police officer where he trained to become an exceptional gunslinger. On the weekends, he worked at Humbug's Gulch, a rodeo club, where he taught several children in trick shooting, lasso hooping, and even put on several wild-west performances. He once had an alcoholic colleague who survived a close encounter with a suspect who managed to steal a garbage truck and crushed his patrol vehicle. From this incident, John witnessed the effect of how negative experiences could change an individual. One night after presenting one of his shows, John witnessed an armed criminal attempting to rob a gas station. John intervened and asked him to lower his weapon, although the criminal refused. John attempted to cripple him, but unintentionally shot him in the leg which caused him to bleed out to death. This incident made the citizens regard him as a "hero", John however felt guilty for his actions and thus retreated to a cabin where he vowed to never use a firearm again and isolated himself from society.
- Althea Szewczyk-Przygocki grew up in the South with her brother, Jesse. As a young adult, she became employed as a journalist where she formed a long career interviewing several individuals and documenting their personal stories. She was once stationed in a small village located on another side of the world which was ruled over by a vicious warlord by the alias of "Twisted Round" who subjugated the poor citizens for control over their food, water, and supplies. The outsiders refused to intervene as the villagers were too scared to even talk about the situation. Althea slowly began interviewing the citizens, only to realize that Twisted Round was not a substantial threat. The villagers overcame their fear and rebelled against him, reclaiming their homeland.
- June was an ICU nurse, she had one child, named Rose, and was married. During her time working at a hospital, she saw enough car accident and stroke victims to begin to tell who would and wouldn't survive their wounds.
- Sarah Rabinowitz grew up with her adopted brother, Wendell. Wendell became paralyzed at age ten when he saved another boy from being hit by a car. Wendell himself was hit and was paralyzed from the waist down as a result. Despite this, Wendell believed in helping people even more and tried to join the Marines after high school like his sister but was rudely rejected for his disability. She quit the Marines after her brother was rudely rejected due to his disability as she didn't agree with their ethics in the matter. At some point, Sarah and Wendell became truckers together and traveled throughout the United States. She is also a devoutly religious Jew.
- Grace Mukherjee grew up in Texas and as a kid took some guitar lessons. At the age of 8, Grace loved horses and her parents once took her to a Dude Ranch to ride one. As she approached a white stallion to stroke it, the horse jerkily reacted which frightened Grace and caused her to run back to her mother who comforted her. This event led Grace to develop a precautious outlook on life and thus she tended to overthink many aspects of her life including car leasing, Gym memberships, and relationships. As an adult, she became employed at Lonestar Power & Light power plant where she worked as an operations manager and lived in a house located a few miles from the plant alongside several of her co-workers.
- Virginia was born and raised in Texas. At some point she gave birth to Dakota. Her parents were ashamed and so pretended to be Dakota's parents while Virginia pretended to be Dakota's sister. As an adult, Virginia was an efficiency expert that was hired to assess what was redundant in a company and eliminate jobs that weren't necessary. She comes from a corporate climate where there is a clear chain of command. In 2010, Dakota began to attend high school.
- Magna grew up in a strained environment that made it difficult for her to trust other people later in life. As a young adult, she became a truck-stop waitress. Magna was extremely close to her young cousin. Before the outbreak, her young cousin was raped and the rapist was acquitted. Magna personally murdered him and went to trial. She then met her defense lawyer, Yumiko, and the two fell in love during the trial, with Yumiko believing that Magna didn’t kill that man. However, they lost the trial and Magna was sent to prison. There, she received a prison tattoo on her hand signifying she was a prisoner. Yumiko still loved Magna while in prison.
- Connie and young sister Kelly were born years apart but were still close growing up. Through a genetic disorder, Connie became deaf – and Kelly also inherited this disorder and would eventually also become deaf. Both became proficient in ASL. Connie went to become an investigative journalist who was successful in exposing many corrupt politicians which resulted in them being incarcerated. Kelly was attending high school, worrying about things a typical teenager would worry about. (Who Are You Now?)
- Alpha (real name unknown) grew up in the southeastern United States but at some point moved to Baltimore, Maryland. There, she met and married and man named Frank. The two later had a daughter together named Lydia in 2004. While Alpha loved her daughter, she was incredibly abusive towards both her daughter and husband. She was also overprotective of Lydia as well. When Lydia was three, she was tangled up in the plastic wrapping from the laundromat where Alpha picked up her clothes. Alpha saw Lydia suffocate and watched her as she nearly died, but then pulled the plastic off. Alpha asks Lydia if she is okay, to which Lydia answers yes, but then Alpha slaps her hard to ensure she would never do it again. (Guardians) Both Alpha and Frank were fans of the Groucho Marx song, "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" and would often sing it to a young Lydia. Frank, however, would sing it to Lydia when she was scared or upset after Alpha had become abusive. (Omega)
- Country musician, Half Moon, develops a successful musical career based in Maryland. Struggling with addiction, he attends a rehabilitation center and becomes close friends with his rehab counselor while there. Shortly before the outbreak, he kills a home invader and feels remorse after seeing that the invader was a fan of his, seeing that the invader had a “Half Moon” T-shirt on.
- Dr. Leopold Bennett teaches at Nebraska State University in Lincoln, Nebraska as a professor of biology. He marries a woman named Kari. In the early 2000s, two unrelated, infant girls named Iris and Hope are orphaned. Despite not being related, the two are paired and share the same crib together. Leo and Kari come to the orphanage to adopt, and end up adopting both Iris and Hope - raising the two as sisters. At an early age, Hope and Iris become child prodigies in terms of mathematics, chemistry, science, and computers. However, only Hope is seen as the prodigy by Leopold. (Brave)
- Felix Carlucci grows up in Lincoln, Nebraska as a closeted homosexual due to his parents' prejudices. As an adult, he was accepted into Nebraska State University. However, due to the recession, his father, Cliff Carlucci, becomes unemployed and depressed. Felix takes a job as a salesclerk and works overtime to help his unemployed father pay the bills. In college, Felix began dating a boy from school and exchanged email love letters. Felix also began to research for sites online to help his father find a job. While Felix is at work one day, Cliff uses his laptop to use the career site Felix was telling him about. Cliff instead discovers the personal love letter emails on Felix's laptop between him and another boy. He then ousts Felix, calling him a faggot, and forces him out of his home. Felix is then taken under the wing of his professor, Dr. Leopold Bennett, and his family, who accepts him as gay. (The Blaze of Gory)
- Isaac Ortiz grew up with a fascination of science. In an attempt to take a photograph of Mars when he was 10 years old, he also captured a photo of a meteor as it passed by. He later became a paleontologist and married a fellow scientist named Amelia. Amelia was also a professor of science at Nebraska State University and attempting to author a book on her findings and discoveries. In 2005, the two gave birth to their first child, Elton, named after their favorite singer, Elton John, of which Amelia would sing "Tiny Dancer" to Elton growing up. They raised him within the world of science to which he too inherited his parents' fascination. In early 2010, Amelia became pregnant with a girl. Due in the fall of 2010, Amelia planned on gifting her newborn daughter with the fossilized horn of a triceratops. Elton began thinking of baby names for his little sister and decided on Esmerelda. (Brave)
- Jennifer Mallick was born in the United States of America to an Indian man and his English wife, Elizabeth Kublek. Jennifer joined the U.S. Marines as a Lance Corporal and expert sniper with incredible accuracy. She developed a close relationship with her spotter, Drake. While serving in the Marines, they camped in an area called the Devil's Pass. That morning, they were attacked by enemy forces. Drake was cut on the left cheek, but Jennifer and Drake fought and defended each other. They survived, but Drake received a permanent scar on his left cheek and Jennifer began to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and survivor's guilt. (Truth or Dare)
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