Name: Damien Maddox Age: 28 Height: 6'2" Build: Athletic Appearance: [hider=My Spoiler][url=http://s286.photobucket.com/user/WickedKlown_2k8/media/Hugh-Jackman-Vanity-Fair-1.jpg.html][img]http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll117/WickedKlown_2k8/Hugh-Jackman-Vanity-Fair-1.jpg[/img][/url][/hider] Family: Damien's father, brother, and daughter were supposedly back in his home state of Texas when the unfortunate events unfolded. The whereabouts and status of them is unknown to Damien at the current time. Personality: Damien is an unusual man. Not very easy to read. He is not the typical leader you would imagine that would be assigned to lead a group of people from an outside person. He is not very sociable to newcomers that first meet him. He tries to shy away from warming up to people due to his weakness of attaining strong bonds with people he gets to know. Despite his usual cold demeanor, Damien is a very kind and caring man and has a big heart which once again is a very big weakness of his. For the people who know the officer on a personal level, they would tell you that there is not a man in the world who is as good of a mentor to have. Damien himself does not like to consider himself a leader or mentor. The pressure that comes with those terms seems to make him think of that job as a chore more than a privilege which leads him to stray away from that position if possible. Damien does love to help others any way he can which makes him a very likable person and leader but does not like to assume the role of any type of head of command. When he is ready to open up, Damien is very easy to befriend due to his charming personality and how easy it is to talk to him. After his stint in leading the Dallas SWAT team, Damien does not desire to ever be in charge of a group of people despite his high qualifications for it. Occupation Before: He was in the Dallas SWAT team Notable skills: Damien is very well skilled in hand to hand combat as being trained in various forms of martial arts through out his career. He also is accompanied by his Akita canine companion who is tamed and obeys just about every one of his commands. Although he is an experienced leader, he some times does not have the patience for the slower learning people and can become very agitated. Lobo: [hider=My Spoiler][img]http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll117/WickedKlown_2k8/akita.jpg[/img][/hider] Bio: Damien was born in a small town in Texas. He grew up on his fathers farm when he was young. Despite growing up on a farm, he never was the typical country boy that you might expect. When his mother and father split up, Damien was 4 years old and lived with his mother in the small country town which his fathers farm was technically part of despite being miles away. He still spent more time with his father than his mother despite living with her by finding rides to his farm daily. His father was the sheriff of the county they lived in and Damien knew what kind of responsibility that was. He looked up to his father very much and learned a great deal about the law and leadership from his father. For as long as Damien could remember, his dream was to follow in his father's footsteps and become the Sheriff of the county as well. As we all know, nothing ever goes quite as planned. When Damien hit the teenage years of his life, he began to lose focus on his life goal and began to experience the fun side of being a teenager. Partying, girls, and having a good time was what was the only thing on his mind in those days. One thing led to another and trouble eventually found Damien. He got in trouble with the law when he was driving some friends home under the influence of alcohol and got into a head-on collision. Thankfully, no one suffered any life threatening injuries. It was the fact that the possibility was there that seemed to shock Damien. After that day, Damien realized he was headed down the wrong road after his father had a talk with him. Before he knew it, he had his head back on straight and was trying to get things lined up to begin his Law Enforcement career. Damien just graduated high school when he and his classmates had a party to celebrate. The party was huge. People Damien had never even met were there. The majority of the people there were older than him. It was there that he met his first true love, or so he thought. After the night was over. Damien decided to put his previous life behind him in all and move to the big city of Dallas and pursue his dream and attend school there. The plans were spoiled by a shocking call from his girlfriend just days before beginning college. The two had just began to separate due to the long distance relationship they were dealing with. Damien was now living in Dallas while she was hours away. The news would soon make that change when he was informed that she was pregnant. The news was something Damien had never even considered or thought about much less wanted. Being the good man his father raised, Damien moved back to his hometown to support the soon to be mother of his child. These events seemed like it was going to slow down and possibly deny his dreams of attending school. He got a new job at a local factory to make ends meat for the newly born girl, Cadence. The view of life for Damien now changed. His purpose in life was now to protect and raise Cadence. It was not long after Cadence's first birthday when her mother decided that she could not handle being a mother and left from Damien's and Cadence's life for good. It was heartbreaking for Damien. It now put him in even more of a hole. It seemed hopeless for his career. His father came to shortly after and told him that he and his younger brother, Lucian, would help take care of the girl while he attended school. It was a blessing that he had a family that took care of one another and so he finally got started on his Law Enforcement career path. It was only but a couple of years before he finished school and received his opportunity to work in Dallas County as a Peace Officer. It did not take long before he became recognized among the entire team for his outstanding duty performances and was nominated to be part of the SWAT team. It was there that he shone even brighter and the leader of the SWAT team decided to step down and let Damien take over after showing great leadership skills. It was not exactly what he was looking for, but it was one step closer to his ultimate goal and he knew it would look good on his resume. Damien spent a couple of years in the SWAT team before being offered a job in Miami Florida in the K-9 unit of the law enforcement agency there. His and his daughters pet Akita, Lobo, seemed to draw attention. Damien and Lobo's relationship was strong and the training that Damien had over the dog was needed in Miami. He had been looking for a way out of the leadership position at Dallas and this was the opportunity that he was looking for. He had to travel there with Lobo for the hiring process and show how proficient Lobo's training was. Damien and Lobo finally arrived at Miami on the day before the outbreak happened. The two spent one day traveling the foreign city together. It was the next day that he and his canine companion left for his first job interview that the outbreak happened. Disability/Fear: Damien has a strong fear of failure and does not like to let people who depend on him down in any shape form or fashion. It may not be apparent typically but Damien is very emotionally attached to anyone he gets accompanied to. This can often be a very big weak spot for him thus why he tries to avoid warming up to new people he meets. Weapon of Choice: Damien's weapon of choice is a Colt 1911 pistol. (Pistol) Equipment: Damien carries with him his state issued Glock .40 that has a flashlight attachment below the barrel of the gun. [hider=My Spoiler][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Glock_22_surrounded_by_.40_Hydra-shok_bullets.jpg[/img][/hider] He also has a backpack which he carried most of his luggage during his trip to Florida. Most of the original accessories in the backpack were ditched when sh*t hit the fan and were replaced with bare necessities. [hider=My Spoiler][img]http://www.bargainblessings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Amazon-Swiss-Gear-Backpack.png[/img][/hider] 5 Cans of Mixed Tropical Fruit [hider=My Spoiler][img]http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/03/89/00/09/0003890009081_500X500.jpg[/img][/hider] 4 Cans of Campbell Soup [hider=My Spoiler][img]http://www.campbellsoup.com/Images/products/11654.png[/img][/hider] Two change of clothes 3 Extra magazines of ammunition for his Glock .40 (Each holds 16 rounds) 1 Mega Size 3lb Bag of Beef Jerky for Lobo (Regular Beef Jerky) [hider=My Spoiler][img]http://www.glenwoods.com/content/images/thumbs/0000010_bulk_4lb_original_beef_jerky.jpeg[/img][/hider]