Roran Hawkins said
Allright. I'd rather start out as a new arrival though, but this'll do just fine. I just want to add here that I don't want to have my character stay with a large group of people for too long, since that'd be a bit obstructive for what I'm planning for him. But that could also be achieved with a group of people inside the community, so I can adapt either way.
What exactly do you plan for Alex? If you want to keep it a secret you can PM me and we can work out where to put him. He doesn't necessarily have to join Outpost, it was just an idea that I thought could work smoothly. If you're worried about Alex sticking with Outpost for too long it won't be long before the plot moves to a point where Alex would have a possible good excuse to leave.
Roran Hawkins said
I assume that Alex will be just off of probation in the Outpost then? Is there anything else I should know or can I decide what he's doing there as a job etc myself?Can someone also give a real quick summary of past events my character should've heard about or currently going on? I've read the event log thing you made, which is moghty handy, but it's hard to keep track of the different characters and what's going on where. I simply do not have the time to read the entire IC either.
Don't worry, we don't expect anyone to read the IC, haha. The summary is an attempt to help people become familiar with what's been happening but I admit it's not the best solution.
Anyway, some info about Outpost: It was a community that started out in the forest as it`s out of the way out there and the nearby marshland slows down a lot of the surrounding walkers (everyone in outpost tends to call them biters). Myriah was once the town`s only leader and people liked her because she's, well, very likeable. The walls were built about three or so months ago and Outpost started separating people into groups based on their jobs in the community. The important ones are largely the wall group (people who stand guard on the wall), the scouting group (the group who looks for supplies and new members) and the builders (the group dealing with the community`s expansion).
Around a month ago (Around the time Alex would have joined), there was a mutiny and an attempt on Myriah`s life. A man named Reggie thwarted this mutiny and has become a respected member of the community since then. Myriah stepped down as leader after this and appointed a council of people to lead instead. Reggie also became the leader of the scouts. This is also when Outpost started its probation plan, where potential new members are forced to wait before they can join the community.
Recently, a deaf boy named Elliot was put on the wall by Myriah as he wanted an important job but couldn't be in the scouts. A man got angry that someone deaf was on the wall so Myriah has asked more people to learn sign language to help Elliot. This has led to Myriah implementing language classes in French and ASL and has given her the idea to start up a school for Outpost's citizens. In addition to this, Reggie`s scouts have learned that a horde of walkers will soon pass through and expanding the wall (something the community needs as it is becoming overcrowded) has been put on hold to focus on training more scouts so Outpost will have a proper fighting force.
During the latest scouting mission, Reggie's group came in contact with a gang living within the New Orleans Museum of Art. Reggie's group survived the encounter but out of fear of the gang retaliating, Reggie is hurriedly training new people into his group to take on the gang, though he hasn't informed Myriah or Outpost's council of this.
So, Alex would be familiar with people in the council at the very least. As for a job, that's entirely up to you.
