Name:Nicholas L Shafuer
Gender:Male
Nationality:American
Age:32
Profession/job:Reformed Criminal, currently a general contractor.
Skills (practical):Physically fit, good with his hands, knows how to build things but mostly concrete buildings.
Skills (specific):Great at strategy and planning due to his past, avid reader.
Brief Bio:Nicholas was born into a average life, he had what he needed as a child and nothing more, as he went through school however he did fall in with the wrong crowd. And by his early teens he was robbing convince stores and selling drugs. Into his adult years he was robbing banks and he even made a career out of it. By age 25 he and his associates were number 8 on the FBI most wanted list, but something happen he didn't expect his boozing, and whoring led to a child. And for his child he went straight, leaving behind his life of crime with a nice chunk of change that went to bettering his child's life and his own.

Eventually he started working as a general contractor working with a architect on building a variety of buildings, and making a clean living for his child, eventually he decided to take a vacation and his child stayed with her mother as he left for the airport hoping to return home to them in a couple of days.

Name: James 'Jamie' Williams
Gender: Male
Nationality: American
Age: 21
Profession/job: University student, ROTC cadet, and part-time Starbucks employee. He had joined the Reserves for the Marines a few months ago, as the 'pre' conditioning for his future career, and had plans of entering the active Marine duty itself once he finished his third year in University. But, you know, this shit happens.
Skills (practical): Developing firearms and CQC training, basic knowledge of survival and common sense.
Skills (specific): He's athletic, with impressive stamina and grit. Can sprint for a very long time, and isn't afraid to get his hands dirty. Rather daring, which can be both a blessing and a curse.
Brief Bio: James grew up in Chicago with a hard-working mother, and Marine father. His life, growing up, wasn't too specific. He played sports, had friends, and ironed out his will of becoming a Marine, himself, to help support his family, and make his father proud. He signed up for the Marine reserves at around the age of 18, while, at the same time, going to University. Every weekend and so, he would go to Base for PT and training, whilst he juggled this with a rather busy schedule at the University. His girlfriend at the time, Eliza, saw that he was getting stressed, and orchestrated him a vacation, which would begin in a couple of weeks. He agreed, and although they later broke up, due to a misunderstanding, James decided to go to the vacation, anyways. It was his vacation in the Reserves, after all, and Chicago University was conveniently out for some stupid week-long parade.

Name:
Laura Miller

Gender:
Female

Nationality:
Australian

Age:
20

Profession/Job:
Mechanic

Skills (practical):
Camping and hiking skills, Hunting skills, Fixing stuff

Skills (specific):
She is athletic and fit, with a decent amount of stamina and strength. Isn't afraid to get her hands dirty. Brave and daring.

Brief Bio:
Laura was born in Sydney, Australia to mid-wealth family. They enjoyed the luxuries a family such as one could afford. They neither had too much nor too little. The Miller's family life was simple enough yet satisfactory. Her father and brother, who were both camping and hiking aficionado, eventually got her interested as well. The three of them would often go onto camping and hiking trips together. When her brother graduated from University, he got a lucrative job offer, and left Australia for the United States. Laura was rather close to her brother, and was saddened by his departure. Trying to cheer his only daughter up once more, he booked a vacation for to relax her mind on.

Name: Rachel Jackson
Gender: Female
Nationality: Scottish
Age: 25

Profession/job: Electrical technician, she works for a large electronics manufacturer attempting to create new innovative gadgets to make everyone's days easier.

Skills (practical): Basic work level First aid, can salvage electronics and combine them to make useful gadgets, such as radio's and has a minor ability to cook, however she does mostly do take always so she would never nominate herself as a chef.

Skills (specific): She loves to read and has a great memory, when it comes to recalling images or places.

Brief Bio:
"You got the job. Should you not be happy? A male voice spoke slightly muffled by the wall that stood between them.
"I am happy!" A female voice soon followed, almost abrasive against the soft tone that it followed.
"Okay, okay your happy! haha." he laughed mockingly.
"Oh shush," She stood from a sat position on a large red sofa and marched through into the bed room where Joey stood, he was adorable stood there rearranging pillows a stuffed Pikachu she had lying on the bed. "I'm sorry, I'm just... That is to say I don't particularly like the idea of moving so far away from my family and my friends." She tried to give off a smile but found it to be more of an awkward grimace.
"Don't worry about it." He spoke softly to her and continued to finish dressing the bed.

It was a surreal feeling seeing the apartment stripped of it's belongings, it now had only a sofa, bed and many boxes to occupy it. "Packing the TV was a foolish move." She whispered to herself as she sat down on the sofa and opened a book that was recommended to her by one of her friends. 'Bear Grylls Mud Sweat and Tears.' She didn't much care for his stuff but her friend spoke so highly of it. "Page one" She sighed as she flipped the crisp new book open and began to read. Fifteen minutes later She closed the book. "I'm wasting my time, who needs to know all this junk." She mused and placed the book into the last open box.

After saying goodbye to the home and land she knew, she got on the plane, her boyfriend and her sat next to each other... A new life awaits.

Name: Chris Fisher

Gender: Male

Nationality: American

Age: 31

Profession/job: Tattoo shop owner.

Skills (practical): Very talented drawer, can also play the guitar and is basically an encyclopedia of firearms and how they work due to the time spent at his uncle's gun shop.

Skills (specific): Chris works out a lot therefore he's very athletic and pretty strong. He also has a pretty good metabolism too.

Brief Bio: Chris was born and raised in Miami. He had an older brother named Mark. His father was a U.S. Marine who abandoned them while they were young. He was raised by his mother, who also had a notable role in the upbringing of Chris' childhood (and current) best friends, Darren Jones and Wesley Jones, both african-americans and brothers. They grew up next to Chris' house and they were missing their father too, but theirs however, was a cop that was killed in the line of duty. Their mother fell into depression and eventually started taking drugs so Chris' mother pretty much took care of Darren and Wesley as well. As a teenager he wanted to be a rock musician so to that extent he learned how to play the guitar, acoustic and electric. He was also a very talented at drawing. The walls of his room were filled with his drawings. At the age of 17 Chris was placed into juvenile hall for two years after he beat up and injured a teacher who felt up his girlfriend. After he was released Chris finished his last year of high school and got himself a job as a vendor at his uncle's gun shop. Chris took advantage of this to learn everything there is to learn about guns. Three years later though, he was arrested for grand theft auto. Fortunately for him, since the car he stole wasn't that valuable he got the minumum penalty, one year and a half in jail.

After his release Chris had to deal with the troubles of being an ex-convict. Nobody was hiring him, nobody was trusting him. The only people that gave a damn about him anymore were his family and his two best friends...Darren and Wesley. Fortunately, after months of searching he managed to find a job as a bartender. In this time, Chris unwillingly got the attention of the media and the public eye after it was discovered that he has an affair with the much younger wife of cuban-american millionaire John Ortega. Chris had to frequently dodge the paparazzi and their annoying questions and cameras. He even quit his job as a bartender because of all the unwanted attention he was recieving from both tabloids, TV and ordinary people. In the meantime, while Chris was doing his best to dissapear from the public eye, Ortega and his wife Sarah went through a very nasty divorce because of the affair she had with Chris. After she lost everything Chris resurfaced and the two were linked once again by the media due to the fact that they were seen together in multiple occasions.

One day Chris told a newspaper that he and Sarah were indeed in a relationship and requested the journalists to leave them alone so the two of them can live their lives in peace. Which of course didn't really happen, much. Last year Chris decided to put his drawing skills to good use so he opened up a tattoo shop which has been pretty successfull so far. Last week he decided to take a break from work and take a vacation, without Sarah, who was too busy to accompany him.

Name: Leland Abbott
Gender: Male
Nationality: Australian
Age: 38
Profession/job: Senior Field Researcher with CSL Limited, Specialty in Botany

Skills (practical):
- Wilderness survival skills such as basic first aid; starting fires; making shelters; use of ropes and knives for survival; and navigating with minimal equipment
- Bush vehicle repair and crafting
- Limited Spanish, Portuguese, and French proficiency
- Decent rock climbing and swimming ability

Skills (specific):
- General knowledge of chemistry, especially in regards to pharmaceuticals
- Wide knowledge of medicinal and edible plants and their applications

Brief Bio:
Leland Abbott was recruited by the Commonwealth Serum Laboratory, Australia's largest pharmaceutical company, after majoring in botany and minoring in biochemistry. His love of the outdoors made him a shoo in for field research and he has cultivated many skills that are required to explore the remote corners of the Earth. After many years of scouring the planet for exotic plants, Abbott has risen to a position where he regularly organizes and leads expeditions.

Abbott is heading back to Australia after his latest expedition to present the fruits of his labor. He hopes to take it easy for a few weeks before heading back to explore parts unknown.