In the year 2017 a virus originating from Africa spread across the globe, scientists could not find a cure or a vaccine. In 8 months, the virus had become a global pandemic, governments across the world were uniting in an effort to save humanity. By 12 months after the initial outbreak 18% of the global population was dead, 32% was infected and for lack of a better term were zombies, and it is believed that 30% of the population is immune, leaving 20% of the population as not currently infected but still struggling to survive. After 18 months, any semblance of law and order had completely collapsed. Most people stay in small groups and don’t trust outsiders, these groups are not always openly hostile towards each other but not all of them get along either.

There are 2 main groups in the city of Atlanta: The Faction and The Conclave.

The Faction is a large group across the world but the local chapter in Atlanta is led by Rick Steele, a former US Army Ranger. Not much is known about Rick before the outbreak, he became the head of the Atlanta chapter out of necessity not by choice. He protects the members of his group and of other groups if he can. The overall goal of the Faction is to focus efforts on population growth and finding a cure or vaccine of some kind.

The Conclave is based in the US but has a large amount of control. They believe in power, and taking whatever they want by force. Many altercations between groups are between the Conclave and groups who have supplies the Conclave wants. There are also rumors that they kidnap women of other groups to help build their numbers and pacify their “army.”

The story will start in 2022.


[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b] (If you plan on participating in a romance aspect of the RP I do require you be 18+ otherwise I require you be 15+)
[b]Looks:[/b] (This can be an image or a description)
[b]Skills:[/b] (Are you a medic, can you cook, are you a good shot, gear head?)
[b]Loyalty:[/b] (The Faction or the Conclave?)
[b]Rank in Organization:[/b] (Leader – not available for the Faction, Second in Command, Member, New Member)
[b]Bio Before the Outbreak:[/b]
[b]Bio After the Outbreak:[/b]

BUMP

Name: Jack
Age: 20
Looks:

Skills: Combat specialist

Loyalty: Conclave

Rank in Organization: New member

Bio Before the Outbreak: Started out as a small time thug and worked his way up the underground crime world. As Jack grew more and more well known throughout the underground world a private military company caught wind of his achievements and decided to offer him a job. The pay was to much for Jack to pass up, so he hastily joined. Of course, a year after he had joined a tragic event took place in the world and left Jack without a job.

Bio After the Outbreak: After the outbreak Jack was a lone wolf. He traveled the hellish country, killing whatever meant him harm, or stood in his way of survival. He had no idea what to do with himself and found that surviving alone became more and more difficult as people began to become more hostile and the dead more deadly then before. As Jacks luck seemed to run out he stumbled across the conclave and knew instantly they were his best chance of survival.

@Joker892 Approved, he can be moved to the character tab.

Bumping this up, hopefully the people who expressed interest on the interest check will apply soon.

Name: Emily Tandem AKA: Lee

Age: 18
Looks:

Lee [+]

Skills: Lee is particularly good at keeping herself out of trouble, in that she is particularly talented at running... Though she does keep several weapons on her body, it's unclear if she actually knows how to use them. She is particularly talented in most kinds of artistic expression, and has shown promise in chemistry.

Loyalty: It stands somewhere between wavering and not... she likes to think that she can be loyal, but she needs a reason for the loyalty. That being said, she does have a certain amount of morality that keeps her from intentionally putting other people into harms way. She's a bit of a nomad, not alleging to either side, but if she was forced to choose, she would lean towards The Faction.

Rank in Organization: New Member

Bio Before the Outbreak: Lee was certainly far from the most popular girl in her school, but she was extremely intelligent and was prepared to find her true passion in college. She loved to paint, draw, and demonstrate just about any other art medium that she could get her hands on. Still, her parents insisted that it was a waste of time to pursue any kind of art, and pushed her to attend for academics instead. She wasn't completely against this idea, with a slight interest in science and chemistry. She had only just graduated from high school when the outbreak began.

Bio After the Outbreak: The outbreak wasn't something that anyone expected would actually affect them, she recalled hearing bits and pieces about the problems in Africa on the news and other media outlets, but it wasn't something that an eighteen year old really spent her time thinking about. Her parents died early, leaving her to figure things out on her own. Being young, and quite over whelmed, she did the only thing she knew how to do; run. She ran, having no idea where to go or what she could possibly do. She had little interest in joining either group, but discovered that being with them at least meant a small amount of security... Though she wouldn't be against running if she absolutely needed to.

(Sorry if there are any inconsistencies, I initially started creating a character that was highly athletic and a bit of a coward, but then I kind of liked the idea of the possibility of her becoming a chemist... so I kind of wound up with a mash up of both xD)

Sounds interesting, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to join. Also, hi @Joker892.

P.S. @codex You misspelled survival in your title.

@Poi Yo! :)

@PoiThanks! I promise I know how to spell, I'll fix it when I'm at a computer

@Eveekitten Accepted

Here's my character! Hope you don't mind me tweaking the sheet a bit, I just like giving this much detail to my characters. If it actually becomes a problem I could just cut the information no problem. Do let me know if something's not right, thanks.

Name: Roderic Montana
Age: 34
Looks:
Skills: Weapons Handling, CQC Savant, Espionage, Tactics, driving, field medicine, and entry level mechanics. (can fix a car, but he couldn't build a water pump)
Loyalty: Neither
Rank in Organization: N/A
Bio Before the Outbreak: Prior to the outbreak, Montana was a mercenary who specialized in small scale field missions, single target acquisition, and espionage. His resume included numerous conflicts in the European theater, a few acts of high treason, and several tours on the Dark Continent. He was hunting an African Warlord when the outbreak started. Much to the chagrin of the local government he had been working for, Montana instead turned his attention to the rumors of 'Human Rabies" and tried to find the origin of the disease.
Bio After the Outbreak: His investigation had turned up mixed results, and ground zero was far too hot for even he to penetrate. Using the contacts he had made while in the field, he secured passage to his fathers home country, the United States, rather than his mothers home, and the place of his upbringing, Great Britain.

His fathers ancestral lands called to him. Within his British blood pumped the echos of Indigenous American. Now seemed like a good a time as any to go to his fathers homeland.

By now, it had already spread to the U.S, and upon disembarking had to elude boarder control agents who, by dubious means, were ensuring that no hint of the virus would touch their shores by boat.

Montana's life since then was a smattering of mercenary work, survival, and involvement in several large scale conflicts, the largest being a bloody confrontation between a large group of former military members, and a smaller group of spooks who wanted to topple this rising power.

Fresh off of that final conflict, Montana, and a truck with munitions hidden beneath innocuous looking junk, enteredt of the City of Atlanta.

@StormyClouds@Magister Accepted they can be moved to the character tab.

I will attempt to get a first post up today on my lunch break but it may not happen until I get home from work tonight.

Can't wait!

By the waaaay, would you guys see it fit if we had a Discord channel so we could chat about the rp and general nonsense?

@StormyClouds I personally am not a Discord fan as it crashes my computer most of the time when I use it. Feel free to use the OOC for the same purposes or if the other players want Discord that's fine but I will be unable to participate.

@codex Perfectly understandable! Although, it just seems weird to me that it crashes on your computer but either way! Your wish is our command, codex dear!

@StormyClouds it is weird. Chrome does the same thing on my personal computer but not my work computer.

Are y'all still accepting new people?

I'm down for a discord channel.