Walking Dead RP (High Casual)

[Chanda]

Name: Clyde Clemence

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Appearance: A somewhat tall man, the scarcity of food since the outbreak has further accentuated his non-muscular, lean frame. A barbed-wire tattoo around his left bicep serves as a reminder of his days in prison, but is usually hidden under sleeves of some kind. A gruff looking, bearded face houses shifty brown eyes. His short brown hair is almost always covered with a bandana of some sort, a habit he got into in prison that he never really got out of.

Clothing/Gear: In the interests of utility and subtlety, Clyde quickly ditched his prison jumpsuit in favor of clothing more suited to roaming the wilderness; this manifested in a rugged black windbreaker and a pair of rip-stitch BDU pants in ERDL pattern, tucked into black leather military boots that lace up to the mid-calf. This choice of camo and army boots has fooled some gullible survivors into believing he's ex-military of some sort, but he usually avoids lying about being a soldier because it's a hard lie to keep up with.

Weapons: Clyde's only two weapons are a standard red fire axe he stole out of a broken down firetruck and a red-handled stiletto switchblade he carried long before the outbreak, which he keeps in the pocket of his BDUs.

Inventory: Clyde's a firm believer in the idea that backpacks are just another thing someone could grab you by, so he prefers to pack light. In the thigh pouches of his BDUs, he keeps some gauze, disinfectant, a flask of gin and four spare bandannas. In his left pants pocket he keeps his stiletto, and in his right he keeps a pocket knife with a can-opener, corkscrew, bottle-opener and scissors attached. In the left pocket of his windbreaker he keeps a lighter and a pack of Menthols.

Personality: Arrogant to a fault, Clyde acts mainly in his self interest, although he does his best to keep such a fact from others. Not a reliable or honest person, Clyde keeps his past in prison a secret, and instead prefers to tell everyone he was a security guard at an office building trying to pay his way through college. Clyde pursues material gain and power above all else; his ambitions are usually traitorous, and when it comes down to it, he'll do whatever it takes to keep himself safe. Considering himself a "team player", Clyde always tries to establish himself as the leader of any group, whether it's in his best interests or not. He only keeps others around to keep himself safe, and if you've outlived your usefulness, he won't hesitate to deal with you. He doesn't take orders well, to say the least, unless it's important for some long-term goal. An eloquent man, Clyde regards the outbreak as "the great equalizer," as it allowed him to shed his criminal record and gave him a chance at true freedom.

History: Born in Connecticut, Clyde grew up in the suburbs, scraping through a middle-class upbringing in a small town. Clyde was a compulsive liar and a troublemaker as well, and frequently found himself in trouble with the law. Although he started college as a Philosophy major, he flunked out because he preferred to skip classes and chase skirts instead of study and work hard. It was at this point that his family cut him off completely and kicked him out of the house. Without anywhere else to turn, Clyde moved moved in with a friend in Colorado.

In order to make ends meet, Clyde started selling drugs and shoplifting to make money. In a scuffle over missed payments, Clyde ended up killing a client in front of several witnesses. With no money to pay for a lawyer, Clyde plead guilty to manslaughter and was given fifteen years in a state penitentiary.

Clyde flourished in prison, where his scheming and lying led him to the top of the food chain, so to speak. He developed a close partnership with his cellmate, Marco, in which the two smuggled in tobacco for a profit. When the outbreak hit, the prison was isolated from the outside world. With no new supplies coming in and both the guards and the prisoners getting anxious, Clyde and Marco started a riot, hoping to escape in the process. The plan succeeded, although once they managed to get past the gates, the two were quickly pursued by a sizable pack of walkers. In order to secure his escape, Clyde shiv'd Marco in the back and left him for bait.

Deciding it would be better to fit in with the rest of the survivors (people had a tendency to distrust convicts), Clyde ditched the prison jumpsuit and began lying about his past. According to Clyde, he was an office security guard when the outbreak hit; he lost his fiancee to walkers and is now just looking to find a place to settle down. Clyde was accepted into a small group of survivors about a week after his escape -- they had guns, medicine, and cars. Hoping to secure all these things for himself, Clyde purposefully led a group of walkers to the camp to kill off the survivors. Although his plan worked, the camp was overrun too quickly for him to swipe the goods.

Clyde floated into Akron only a day ago, believing it to be safer than traveling on the highway alone.

[Metronome]

How would you feel about someone having two characters?

Also, how would you feel about one of those characters being a little bit manic and the other acting as his keeper?

[FMAlchemist]

We want everyone to begin with one player character only.

I would encourage making one of them an NPC.

[Metronome]

Ah. Nevermind, then =P

[FMAlchemist]

Avast! Here be the OOC, my fellows! Let us not dawdle any longer in this petty interest check. Away with you!

Pretty Much Dead Already ~ The Walking Dead OOC

[Chanda]

Bump. Still looking for applicants. Deadline may be extended. See link in above post for more info.

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