Foster said
IIRC, the story started with a traffic-jam. Shamblers gaining from the rear, some ditched their cars and ran, other went off-road, a few tried shunting the abandoned lunks of steel out of the way.The cast first really meets-up at a gas-station, to wipe bloodstains off their windshields and fuel-up. Names were swapped and a place to stay was offered. Sounded safe enough... Heck, they even found a survivor holed-up in the stroreroom...Then along comes a cop... the sort... Well, a mild commotion started, a survivor got bit... and then shots were fired... then it became a bit of an ambulance-ride from hell to a deserted cabin where a makeshift ER was made to amputate a poor girl's arm.The noise had gained the attention of a sprinter from the traffic-jam, who also happened to lead the horde upon them... we lost the police officer in the skirmish... He knew he wasn't well-liked...Then we happened across a nifty ghost-town... I forget its name (I think it had 'nighthawk' in its name), but we had that shit plotted on Google-Earth down to the crap-shacks... Here things settled down as we happened across a stranded group of 'special' students on a field-trip. Some uneasy friendships were quickly formed mostly out of necessity, but as things seemed less desprate, they continued to stay together.Well... 'Ol Demitri had the idea to gather some better guns from an abandoned military-base... turns-out it wasn't so abandoned... and they don't take too kindly to looters...-A bunch of characters died, old 'D got bit in the shin by his new zombie-girlfriend, and they ran to Shan's school somewhere in the process of de-taching D's leg.-Meanshile, the police-officer waltzed back into everyone's lives, much to D's ire... but a student put him out of his misery, so no more loose witnesses...
Aye, that's definitely the most detailed description of the first half of the RP i've heard yet!
The second half was more or less a political version musical chairs, with power shifting from Emily (the group's doctor and really reluctant leader) to Minori (some badass biker chick), to Desmond (a lawyer) who had Shelton as his 2nd in Command. Meanwhile, a guy named Elias (who for whatever reason I wanna say was a stripper - Foster, correct me if I'm wrong) had his own control over a section of the camp, and followed the general rules while also just doing his own thing.
Then the school was attacked by a huge horde, and Desmond asked Shelton to escort all of the non-fighters and children to a train station a mile down the road that was safe. Meanwhile, the rest of the group made a last stand on the roof of the school. However when it became clear that they were to be overwhelmed, Desmond ordered an evacuation, getting just over half of the group to safety, while some of Shelton's soldiers stayed on the roof and blew it up or something.
Everything after that has pretty much been covered by Shelton, as by then he was quite firmly in the RP. Though I suppose I could give a few seconds for each character from the old RP that may be referenced by some of the alums, so that the newbies aren't lost.
Emily: Doctor, two children and a dog. Pretty sure the dog got eaten. Basically one of the leaders of the group, even though she didn't want to be.
Demitri: Foster's character - he can go into more detail about him lol
Elias: same as above
Laurel: Psychiatrist.. Or therapist.. Or something. I feel like I should remember that. Anywho, she was another survivor and ended up dating Desmond. She had two adopted children, Olive and Anwell. More on them later.
Minori: Cool biker chick. Was dating Elias. Got pregnant and handed the torch over to Desmond.
Rusty: science teacher at the high school the group lived in and fortified. Basically the "Dale" of the group. Played some mean guitar.
Izzy: ImmortalComplex's character - he can elaborate more if he wants :P
Phillip: An actor, generally pretty influential within the group and advised all the leaders, but never actually took power.
Jamie: Young soldier, ended up working under Shelton a lot. Originally stayed at the school to fight, but had to leave when he found a young girl still inside, and escorted her to Shelton's group.
Jackson: Leader of a large group of outlaws who at some point came across a large stash of military weaponry. Generally a major douche and primary antagonist toward the end of the series.
Olive: 13-ish year old girl, semi-insane (she went through some major shit post-outbreak), good with a gun.
Anwell: 8-ish year old boy, dual personality.