You never really thought this would happen, it still doesn't seem real. Zombies were only supposed to be in movies and video games, right? Well you supposed you were wrong about that. The infection hit mid-November, and there was mass panic, naturally. People were dying in the streets and turned into those...those things. People who couldn't find it in them to kill what used to be their loved ones were the first to go and got gunned down like the rest. It's late December now, and you're basically snowed in to an abandoned factory with people you barely know and you're not sure you can trust because it was the only available safe place. It seems that only people with questionable morals remain, and you're not sure what that says about yourself. Not all hope is lost because there's a few spots you can hit up for resources around the town, but there's zombies everywhere and you know you'll freeze to death if you stay outside too long. You'll have to learn to work together with these suspicious strangers that may or may not have hidden agendas of their own.



So, I know this is a pretty typical zombie survival RP, but I was still itching to do one anyway. Now I must warn you, this isn't going to be a very action heavy story; while there will be fight scenes, I would like this to focus more on the psychological elements that a survival setting has, dealing with relationship and discourse between the characters because they're a bunch of strangers who are forced to live together in a perilous situation.

In order to add a layer of depth to the story, I added that all characters have a secret they're hiding from the rest of the party or a secret agenda. Maybe your character is a convicted felon who shot her husband for cheating on her, or maybe you've been stockpiling some of the supplies that everyone's been collecting in order to make sure you're well taken care of or so you can make a run for it if you need to.

The border line is the people who have survived this long might not be "bad people", but they're sure to have questionable morals.

Oh! Also please post your characters here instead of in the characters tab so I can approve them first!
Thanks

Can I drop a CS in here?

@LissaLu
What are we looking at for character limits?

Dead of Winter is a pretty awesome board game. Will there be similar mechanics to the board game or is this RP purely story-driven?

Regardless, I'm in. I'll get a character up as soon as I finish up writing a CS for another RP I'm in.

Can I drop a CS in here?

Please feel free.

@LissaLu
What are we looking at for character limits?

Character limits as in how many characters are allowed in the RP, how many characters are you allowed to have, or how OP is your character allowed to be?
I'll answer the last one because I need to think on the other two. Obviously, you're not allowed to have any powers, and I'd prefer for there not to be any murder loving psychopaths because there's no way the other people would let someone like that in their shelter. The quality of gear is all dependent on your background within reason; for example, if you're from the military, you're likely to have better guns and greater skill with them, but you can't have a tank, mini-nuke, or any heavy duty weapons that would be attached to a copter or anything. You could have a background in pyrotechnics and know how to make explosions, or a background in survival and know how to make traps, find food, and last in the snow longer.

Basically, strong skill sets and weapons are fine within reason.

Dead of Winter is a pretty awesome board game. Will there be similar mechanics to the board game or is this RP purely story-driven?

Regardless, I'm in. I'll get a character up as soon as I finish up writing a CS for another RP I'm in.

It'll be a little bit like the board game. I'll probably set up crisis's that the characters have to work together to solve, but I don't think I'd want the traitor mechanic because that could get a little messy.

Gotcha, thanks for answering.

@LissaLu

What are you looking for in a picture? Real or anime?

@LissaLu

What are you looking for in a picture? Real or anime?

Either is fine, anything that looks even remotely close to your character is fine by me.

@LissaLu

Got it, thanks.

@Pirouette Feel free to PM me your secret or hidden agenda when you think of one.

Full Name:
Malcolm Kearson
Age:
29

Character Appearance:
Malcolm is an imposing man, standing at 6'2". His form is muscular, but not heavy. He has a short rough beard, and his hair his buzzed short. He has a scar that runs from his left cheek to his nose, as well as many other smaller marks scattered across his face and body. He has a tattoo of an eagle on his back whose wings stretch from shoulder to shoulder.

Skills:
Scavenging
Breaking and entering
Equipment:
A crowbar, a screwdriver, a pack with spare clothes and a handful of other supplies
Weapons:
A 9mm pistol
Character Bio & Backstory:
Malcom grew up in a broken home. His father was a raging alcoholic, who regularly abused him and and his mother. When he was 12 his mother left, and he left not long after. Those years on the street were extremely difficult, but eventually he found his way into a criminal outfit and for the first time, he had a proper family. Everyone there took care of each other, and worked together for the success of the group. However, that feeling of family was merely a deception. One day, during a standard burglary, the homeowner walked in on the gang. As they turned to run, all malcolm could think of was the success of the job, and shot the homeowner dead. He felt no remorse, only that he had done what needed to be done. Later, the group was busted in a sting operation. In exchange for a lighter sentence, his "family" sold him out as the murderer to the police. He was sentenced to rot in prison, and that was the end of his story, if not for the zombie outbreak. As chaos and fear mounted, the prisoners overwhelmed the security and managed to break free. Malcom ran as well, leaving everything he was behind, hoping that the tragedy would give him a fresh start. The only thing he took was the handgun of a fallen prison guard.
Flaws:
Intelligence: Malcolm lacks a formal education, and doesn't always think situations all the way through
Trust: Malcolm has a very hard time trusting others, and often acts in untrustworthy ways himself, ie. hoarding food, keeping secret stashes, lying about his actions
Strengths:
Discipline: Malcolm almost never acts emotionally, and will always maintain his composure in stressful situations.
Physicality: Malcolm is very physically gifted. Despite lacking formal training he his tough in a fight, and naturally a good shot.

Kept Secret or Hidden Agenda:
While malcolm is forward about his criminal past, he hides the fact that he killed someone out of fear that he will be sentenced to death again.

Full Name: Samantha Lee Harding
Nickname(s): Sam
Age: 20

Character Appearance: Sam is a small young woman with an athletic build, green eyes, and dark blonde hair kept in a choppy pixie cut (shorter hair means there's less for the zombies to grab) that used to be better kept, but it's hard to be well groomed in this sort of situation. She has very light freckles across her cheeks, nose, and shoulders, but they're starting to fade due to the lack of sun. She's only 5'3" and thin which makes her very hard to grab, but she's not super resistant to the cold due as a result. Since her hair is short, she wears beanies and hats of all sorts to keep her ears from freezing off. Though beggars can't be choosers in this sort of situation, she prefers to wear multiple light layers that hug her body as not to slow her down on excursions (leggings under jeans, shirt under sweater under coat, ect.).

Skills:
She's a very skilled junker due to working as a mechanic as her dad and she can use the parts she finds to make make-shift tools, or weapons. She's also fast thanks to participating in sprints and hurdles throughout Middle and High school.
Equipment:
A tool kit to take apart cars and bikes, a hiking backpack, flashlight, sleeping bag, mess kit, sleeping bag, duct tape, Costco-size bag of jerky, fishing wire, a hook, Swiss army knife, a spare set of clothes, a lighter.
Weapons:
Heavy monkey wrench, compound bow and arrows, compact semi-auto pistol

Character Bio & Backstory: Sam is the youngest of four with three older brothers. Her mother died during childbirth leaving her father to raise the four of them on their own; now her dad was a good man, but he also only had learned how to raise sons from that point on, so he raised her like he raised the rest of them. Her hair would tangle easy when it was longer so he kept it short, he didn't know how to pick out clothes for little girls so he dressed her the same way he did her brothers and gave her their hand-me-downs to save money, she played with action figures rather than Barbies. By the time she was old enough to make her own decisions, she was so used to the way things were that she didn't really care to make changes. Try as her dad might to get Sam in to football like his other kids, the only sports she was interested in was Track and archery, so he took her to those meets instead and she got relatively decent in them. Surprisingly, her dad was not into fishing, but her eldest brother Tony was,so he'd take her out on trips when he'd return from college. It was around Middle school where Sam's father realized that having her help around in the shop was far more fruitful than any of his sons due to her small stature and dexterous hands. Eventually she got so used to helping around that it just became a job for her, he started paying her when she was sixteen and she's stayed there ever since, putting off college until she thought of something she wanted to do more.

The infection took them by surprise; since they lived in a rural area, the news spread slower. Someone that they thought was sick and needed help ended up biting and infecting her father. She was saved when a fellow co-worker shot her father, but she was terribly shocked by the sight. The two traveled together for a while, hitting up both of their places and grabbing supplies. Eventually the man showed his true colors by taking advantage of her vulnerability and raping her. That night when she recovered, she caught him off guard and knocked him out cold by hitting him over the head. She then stole his gun and share of the supplies and basically left him for dead, leaving him only some rations and a knife to defend himself.

Flaws:
Weapon use: Doesn't know how to use the gun she stole very well
Build/Size: Prone to Hypothermia with prolonged exposure to the cold due to how thin she is
Pettyness: Doesn't like sharing with people she doesn't like
Food: Can cook (technically) but nothing she makes ever tastes good
Personality: She can be a huge dick sometimes and is too stubborn to apologize without prompting
Strengths:
Build/size: She's fast and nimble and nearly impossible to catch due to her small stature and hurdle experience
Good with hands: Not only is she good at building and taking things apart, but she can also untie near impossible knows, grab things out of tight spaces, and do shadow puppet shows to keep people entertained.
Food Gathering: She can hunt silently with her bow and arrow, and has gone ice fishing before.
Kept Secret or Hidden Agenda: Sam is absolutely terrified to tell anyone that she has more than a sneaking suspicion that she might be pregnant. She missed her period and has had morning sickness on more than one occasion. If her group knows that she's going to become virtually useless in a couple of months as well as provide yet another mouth to feed, they might exile her or attempt to force her to abort it through violence.

Additional information:

• Whether be a strength or weakness, Sam will always try to spare the person in question and will have trouble shooting them if they're turning into a zombie. If someone is caught stealing from them, Sam'll suggest a punishment rather than exile or death. She knows she needs to be stronger in her resolve, and she's trying, but she can't help being so forgiving.
• She absolutely no longer trusts flirts, especially guys with perverted tendencies.
• Sam hopes that her brothers are still out there somewhere, and would try to find them if they weren't in different states entirely.
• She's only good at fighting from a distance, her strength is limited.

I'm gonna give up on this until a few more of my RPs go quiet. Too many on the go already...

I'm gonna give up on this until a few more of my RPs go quiet. Too many on the go already...

Okay, I'll be sure to let you know if there are still spots open or not.

Full name
Adam Bogues
Age
34

Character appearance
Adam is a chubbier guy with glasses, short brown hair and a short beard. He is 5'10" and is normally seen wearing a hat or a beanie, for convenience and for style reasons. He has one small scar on his left calf and a tattoo of his wife's name "Madison" on his right arm from when he was in college.

Skills:
Experienced chef
Good people skills. (Good at talking to people, calming them down or making then laugh, etc)
Equiptment:
Smartphone with charger (dead battery, needs to be charged)
A sleeping bag
Flashlight (battery)
Backpack
Blankets (2)
A set of of fresh clothes
snacks (granola bars, fruit snacks, beef jerky)
Weapons:
set of culinary knives

Background and Bio
Born in Oregon, Adam was the only child in his family and lived a pretty normal childhood. His parents were supportive of him and did their best to make sure that he had a good childhood. Adam wasn't awful at school, but his grades weren't good enough to get him scholarships to college so he had to go to a community college. This is where he met his wife Madison, they were in an english class together and they would often exchange notes with each other or work on projects together. As time went on Adam and Madison started dating and Adam decided that he wanted to pursue a career in the culinary field and he eventually was able to transfer to a culinary school. He graduated as one of the top 25 students in his school and became a bagane hopping around restaurants trying to find the right place for him. Over the years of him doing this he asked Madison to marry him. Then he finally found the right job for him, although he had to move to minnesota for the job, they helped cover some of the expenses and guaranteed him the job. Madison moved with him and by the age of 27 Adam and Madison had a child that they named Kennedy. 7 years have passed since then and there hasn't been much to tell... That is until the outbreak. Adam and his family had no idea that it was coming and they payed the price for it. One evening, Adam, Madison, and Kennedy were out at a restaurant when a very pale man stumbled in right as they were leaving. Madison saw that he was struggling to walk so she asked Kennedy to help walk the man over to a seat. That was their first and last mistake. A few moments later Adam heard a shriek as he turned and saw the man biting into Madison's neck, then quickly pulling away and sinking his teeth into Kennedy. They both fell to the ground as all of the occupants that were able to see the event unfold began to panic and run out of the restaurant, dragging adam with them. As the crowd cleared out Adam saw something that shocked him. Madison and Kennedy were just standing inside.. But unlike before, they had the same pale skin tone as the man, and their necks were oozing with blood. As Adam was slowly walking back towards them he got shoved away by a police officer who then headed in to investigate. As he got close to Madison she grappled him and took a chunk out of his neck. The officer's partner then shot Madison, Kenney and the man out of fear and panic right in front of Adam's eyes. In shock, Adam ran to his car and started driving. As he started the car he heard an emergency broadcast over the radio which told him to get away from heavily populated areas due to some epidemic that was starting to spread. In the heat of the moment, Adam rushed home, grabbed supplies and drove out of town as fast as he could. He drove for what seemed like years until he finally stumbled upon (insert starting place of story here.)


Strengths:
Due to his background with cooking, Adam can make a meal with limited supplies.
Due to raising a kid and being a chef, Adam is good at talking to people and normally has a cool head. Also due to raising a kid, Adam has learned to be very patient.
Knows which parts of most animals is safe to eat and how to disassemble them and cook them.
Very handy with knives

Flaws:
No combat experience. Adam has never had the need to shoot a gun or use a knife or weapon on a person.
Doesn't know too much about survival or what to do in a situation like this.
Not in the best shape of his life.
Prone to dad jokes.

Secret or hidden agenda:
While it's not a secret or hidden agenda, it is a big part of Adam's character and development. Adam is suffering from grief due to the loss of his Wife and child. This will influence Adam's actions and make him not always think straight, this could lead to bad decisions if he has no one to help set his mind straight.

Full Name:
Draco Kalsea

Nickname(s):
Phoenix or Fenikkusu (Japanese for Phoenix)

Age:
22

Character Appearance:

Draco's appearance is that of a regular man. He has multiple gunshot scares in his chest but is rarely ever seen without a shirt. His clothes are also regular, he sticks with a tightish black shirt with black jeans. He stands at 6 foot and is more lanky in weight.

Skills:

• Smooth talker - Draco is excellent at talking to almost everyone.
• Skilled hand to hand fighter - Draco is profound in hand to hand combat but fails at anything with long range combat.
• KNIFE KNIFE KNIFE! - With Draco's vast knowledge of the human, Draco knows right where to cut or stab to get his desired results.

Equipment:

• 4 Varied Knifes - Draco has 4 different knifes on his person.
• A Book On The Human Psychosis.
• Flashlight
• A backpack with 4 bottled waters, 3 cans of soup and 10 bars of muesli

Weapons:
As stated before, Draco has 4 knives. One is a little switch blade with a gold handle and weird carvings. Another is a longer kitchen knife. His third one is a small pocket knife. And his fourth is a knife that sits at about 6 inches and is his main weapon.

Character Bio & Backstory:
Bio - Draco is a sick twisted human being with no regard for human life. However, people don't see this side of him, his best thrill in the world is deception. Draco thrives on people trusting him, loving him, caring for him before he destroys them from the inside out. He prefers to be up close and personal, staring into the eyes of his 'loved' ones as their life seeps away. Draco is a very smooth talker, always knowing what to say to whom and with his vast intellectual mind, he understands almost everything to do with the human body. Draco takes in his surrounds more prospectively then others, taking in as much information as he can.

Backstory - Draco knew for a long time he was different from the rest of the world. He saw the world for how it really is, a cruel mistress who likes to toy with its humans. Draco was always distant with humans, and when in Primary School, was studying at High School grade work, quickly expanding his knowledge on humans. Draco's mother, father and sister loved him very much and was worried about him when he started to become more distant as his life went on. Draco finally gave into his sickness. His mother came early from work, were she was met by Draco. Draco slashed his hand around, the knife connecting with his mother's throat and blood spurted out all over his body, as his mother's life began to leave her, Draco's face finally formed a sick, twisted smile. Not long after his father and sister came home, shocked as the lifeless body laid across the floor. A thud made his sister turn as their father laid on the ground with the knife through his nape. She ran through the house screaming Draco's name. Draco called out to his sister, grabbing her and pulling her into his room, locking his door. She was trying to explain their is a killer in the house but was cut short when Draco laughed uncontrollably. Confused his sister stepped towards him, but not before the knife pierced her gut.

At 19 Draco was an infamous killer known throughout the country, but his picture was never released as the cops had never seen him or ever gotten a name, and so began his killing name, 'Phoenix'. The cops called him this because it seemed that right when they thought they had him, he would rise against, leaving countless bodies in his wake. But in October the cops got the upper hand, finally cornering Draco and shooting him several times in the chest. Somewhere along the way to the morgue, the ambulance driving his body went missing, and was gone from the world.

Flaws:
Draco has an obsession with things always needing to go his way, according to his full proof plan. Because of this, if a plan fails, he could slip up, make more mistakes and eventually break.

Strengths:
Draco's complete strength comes from his mind, his greatest weapon.
What he doesnt have in size or strength, he makes up for in technique.

Kept Secret or Hidden Agenda:
As we've established, Draco wants his killer side a secret, reveling in the thought of killing every human in this building.

@Hippo AF I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I can't accept that specific character without some changes made. I specifically stated in my answer to @ViolentViolet that I didn't want any serial killers as a part of the survivor colony. I'd prefer the characters to only have to deal with outer-world dangers like zombies, raiders, hypothermia, and starvation rather than worrying about getting killed off by another player.

I'm very sorry for having inconvenienced you!