[OOC] Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare

[Antagonist]

Recruitment for this roleplay is currently OPEN.

Plot:
The year is 1911, and something has gone horribly wrong. The world has been hit by a plague of apocalyptic proportions. The dead have risen and wander the land in search of human flesh. Frequent storms batter the Earth and all plant life has seemingly died off. Cattle meat became rotten and those who dared to eat it joined the undead ranks. Initial survivors told stories of mythical creatures who stalk the wilderness, but not many had the courage to go and verify the tales. Those who did never returned. Small pockets of civilization sprung up all over the land after the major towns were decimated by the ravenous zombies, but they don't have nearly enough supplies to cope with the massive amounts of people begging for help.

Rules:
1. If you don't post for a week, your character will be killed off. This can be avoided if you have a valid reason.
2. Keep all the OOC to this thread.
3. At least two paragraphs per post. Each paragraph must have a minimum of four sentences.
4. Please respect each other. Settle disputes over PM.
5. Two post minimum per week.
6. You can not kill another person's character without permission from myself or the character's owner.
7. Have fun!

Character Sheet:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Height:
Weight:
Appearance:
Equipment: (If you have a gun, you will have only one clip. It's the apocalypse, ammunition is somewhat of a rarity. List of weapons.)
Horse: (Optional, list of breeds.)
Bio:

Characters:

Simon Becker

Name: Simon Becker
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Height: Six foot
Weight: 175lbs
Appearance: Simon is a scruffy looking individual after spending multiple years sleeping in a tent off the beaten track. There is a noticeable scar on his left cheek that he acquired in a bar fight many years ago. He has lightly tanned skin because he spends most, if not all, of his time out in the sun. He has a short, rough beard that he'd been growing for about two weeks. Simon has short brown hair that he covers up most of the time with a cowboy hat. He wears a long, brown coat with a black pair of trousers and black riding boots.
Equipment: Cattleman Revolver and a hunting knife.
Horse: American Standardbred.
Bio: Simon Becker was born in Thieves' Landing to a drunkard father and a prostitute mother. His father was off before he was born, leaving him with an extremely poor mother. He didn't attend school and spent most of his time just stealing commodities such as money and food. At age eight, Simon's mother became very ill and died soon later. He ran away from his foster home and and spent the next few years of his homeless and begging from others. When he became twelve, Simon fell in with a gang of outlaws and assisted them with caravan robberies. Simon committed his first murder at fifteen, when a man they were robbing ran at him, forcing him to pull the trigger. After that, killing became second nature to Simon. At age eighteen, Simon became the leader of his gang after the former boss was arrested and executed by US Marshals. Simon led the crew on multiple raids against trade caravans and other wandering travellers. During the beginning of the apocalypse, Simon's gang was devoured by the undead and Simon himself went on the run, hiding somewhere, alone.

Buck Stapleton

Name: Buck Stapleton
Age: 27
Gender: M
Height: 5ft 8in
Weight: 185 lbs
Appearance:
Equipment: Colt .45 single action
Winchester Repeater
Hunting knife
Horse: American Standard
Bio: Buck grew up on a ranch. He was raised as a normal kid and taught
everything you need to know to run a ranch: Breaking horses, building fences,
how to shoot a gun, etc. When he was 18 an unfortunate brush fire
destroyed the ranch and his family. Not knowing where to go he became a
bounty hunter just to have a means to make money. Buck ended up being one
of the best bounty hunters in the state. Now that zombies pose a bigger threat
than outlaws, Buck focuses on staying alive.

Jimmy Ortega

Name: Jimmy Ortega
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 188 lbs
Appearance:

Equipment:
- Cigarettes;
- Matches;
- Playing cards;
- 24 rounds of .45 Colt ammo;
- Colt New Service .45 Colt double action revolver;
- Tomahawk axe;
Horse: Dark Horse
Bio: Jimmy Ortega was born from a mexican father and an american mother. His father was a bandit and he died shortly after the child was concieved. He was shot down by a bounty hunter who wanted the reward placed on his head. His mother was a prostitute and she didn't care about him much. She thought he will only stand in her way so she abandoned him somewhere in the middle of nowhere. He was found by some native-americans who heard the cries of a baby while they where hunting. The natives took good care of Jimmy who left them after he grew up. However he didn't leave before thanking them for everything they have done for him. In turn the natives gave Jimmy a tomahawk axe. Using information he had from the natives, together with some investigating he did on his own, Jimmy found the exact location of his mother. After paying her a visit and confronting her for abandoning him, Jimmy shot her and left like nothing happened. Shortly afterwards he joined a band of outlaws who were impressed by his skills and his bad boy attitude. Jimmy found himself alone after zombies decimated the group of outlaws he was part of. Now his only objective is survival.

Joseph Reed

Name: Joseph Reed
Age: 37
Height: 6'2
Gender: male
Weight: 190 lbs.
Appearance: average build with broad shoulders. Dark brown hair cut and maintained:think Professor Macdougal only a bit longer. Heart shaped face with light beard, brown eyes, slightly noticeable scar under his right eye. Wears typical rancher clothing.
Equipment: cattleman revolver, knife, food from his ranch, journal and pen
Horse: Hungarian half bred.
Bio: Joseph grew up in Blackwater as the only son of an English professor from the north. He was in the process of school, to follow in the steps of his father, when he met a rancher woman named Margaret. He left his schooling to marry her and own a ranch with her. They had one son named Tom. One day, Joseph finds Margaret and Tom as undeads in the barn. He has no choice but to lay them to rest. He is forced to leave his ranch in search of help.

Zhou Jinping

Name: Zhou Jinping
Age: 37
Gender: male
Height: 5'10
Weight: 140
Appearance:
Equipment: Tomahawk
Bio: Born in Shanghi and moved to America in his early twenties, in search of a better life. He was hassled around alot,having to do undesirable jobs for very little pay. Finally he got a job in Blackwater, working for Sam Wah's business. He was finally living the "American dream" when the plague of the undead began. After nearly being eaten by an undead, one day during work, he is now on a rooftop in Blackwater, unsure where to go or what to do next.

[Nyther]

Name: Buck Stapleton

Age: 27

Gender: M

Height: 5ft 8in

Weight: 185 lbs

Appearance:

Equipment: Colt .45 single action
Winchester Repeater
Hunting knife

Horse: American Standard

Bio: Buck grew up on a ranch. He was raised as a normal kid and taught
everything you need to know to run a ranch: Breaking horses, building fences,
how to shoot a gun, etc. When he was 18 an unfortunate brush fire
destroyed the ranch and his family. Not knowing where to go he became a
bounty hunter just to have a means to make money. Buck ended up being one
of the best bounty hunters in the state. Now that zombies pose a bigger threat
than outlaws, Buck focuses on staying alive.

[Antagonist]

Accepted. :)

[Sturmgewehr]

Name: Jimmy Ortega
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 188 lbs
Appearance:

Equipment:
- Cigarettes;
- Matches;
- Playing cards;
- 24 rounds of .45 Colt ammo;
- Colt New Service .45 Colt double action revolver;
- Tomahawk axe;
Horse: Dark Horse
Bio: Jimmy Ortega was born from a mexican father and an american mother. His father was a bandit and he died shortly after the child was concieved. He was shot down by a bounty hunter who wanted the reward placed on his head. His mother was a prostitute and she didn't care about him much. She thought he will only stand in her way so she abandoned him somewhere in the middle of nowhere. He was found by some native-americans who heard the cries of a baby while they where hunting. The natives took good care of Jimmy who left them after he grew up. However he didn't leave before thanking them for everything they have done for him. In turn the natives gave Jimmy a tomahawk axe. Using information he had from the natives, together with some investigating he did on his own, Jimmy found the exact location of his mother. After paying her a visit and confronting her for abandoning him, Jimmy shot her and left like nothing happened. Shortly afterwards he joined a band of outlaws who were impressed by his skills and his bad boy attitude. Jimmy found himself alone after zombies decimated the group of outlaws he was part of. Now his only objective is survival.

[Antagonist]

Accepted. :)

[czechmate46]

Name: Joseph Reed
Age: 37
Height: 6'2
Gender: male
Weight: 190 lbs.
Appearance: average build with broad shoulders. Dark brown hair cut and maintained:think Professor Macdougal only a bit longer. Heart shaped face with light beard, brown eyes, slightly noticeable scar under his right eye. Wears typical rancher clothing.
Equipment: cattleman revolver, knife, food from his ranch, journal and pen
Horse: Hungarian half bred.
Bio: Joseph grew up in Blackwater as the only son of an English professor from the north. He was in the process of school, to follow in the steps of his father, when he met a rancher woman named Margaret. He left his schooling to marry her and own a ranch with her. They had one son named Tom. One day, Joseph finds Margaret and Tom as undeads in the barn. He has no choice but to lay them to rest. He is forced to leave his ranch in search of help.

[Antagonist]

Accepted. :)

I was thinking that we wait until we get five people until I open the IC unless you guys want me to start the IC posts ASAP?

[czechmate46]

I am fine to start whenever. I'm wondering will all of our characters be travelling together as survivors or do we start off independently and eventually run into each other?

[Antagonist]

You can start off on your own or in a group. I don't mind.

[Irish8]

Name: Zhou Jinping
Age: 37
Gender: male
Height: 5'10
Weight: 140
Appearance:

Zhou

Equipment: Tomahawk
Bio: Born in Shanghi and moved to America in his early twenties, in search of a better life. He was hassled around alot,having to do undesirable jobs for very little pay. Finally he got a job in Blackwater, working for Sam Wah's business. He was finally living the "American dream" when the plague of the undead began. After nearly being eaten by an undead, one day during work, he is now on a rooftop in Blackwater, unsure where to go or what to do next.

[Antagonist]

Sorry but you missed the appearance part of the sheet and your bio needs more work. Not accepted.

Also, I'm not at home tonight so I can only use my mobile, so I won't be able to get a post up however I will first thing Friday.

[Irish8]

Sorry about that, I have edited my bio and added appearance.

[Antagonist]

There you go. Accepted. :)

[czechmate46]

If any of you are interested in doing just a normal Red Dead RP, I have just started one. I really like this Undead Nightmare one (and will continue to participate) but I also wanted to start just a regular Red Dead one. I found this RP through an interests check so I know there's a shortage of Red Dead RPs on the site :P So if any of you wanted to join, I'd really appreciate it :) Here is the link to it: http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/54655/posts/ooc?page=1#post-1682955

[Sturmgewehr]

I have a bad feeling about this RP. By the looks of things I don't think it will go very far.

[Nyther]

I'll post up something later. If need be we'll just turn it into a 1x1

[czechmate46]

I also see that it is going slow.Hopefully we can be able to make it lively soon.

[czechmate46]

Ugh sorry about the double posts in the IC. My laptop is being stupid.

[SyrianHamster]

May as well add Evarado to this sinking ship, see if I can't give it a kiss of life. I'll be spearheading the defence of El Presido with the remnants of the Mexican army, if the GM will let me.

Character sheet:

Name: El Capitan Evarado Anselmo

Age: 54

Gender: Male

Appearance

Weight: 220 lbs

Height: 5'6

Weapon: Mauser Pistol

Affiliation: 21st Infantry Company, Mexican Army

Horse: Quarter Horse

Bio:

Evarado is the corrupt commander of the 21st Infantry Company of the Mexican Army. He is known as a ruthless individual, putting down rebels with an iron fist. He has been brought to northern Mexico to help bolster the existing military, as it fights against Reyes' Rebels. Although, upon arriving with his soldiers, he soon realised that the civil war had taken a rather dark turn.

He first came across the town of Chuparosa, to find the inhabitants fighting each other in a chaotic melee. His soldiers promptly restored order, slaughtering any that put up a fight against them - but not before they witnessed the cannibalistic mannerisms of those they were suppressing. No sooner had Evarado restored the peace, than a swarm of enraged civilians stormed into the town. He saw first hand his men being pulled from their saddles by blood soaked fingers, and they screamed as jaws snapped down on their flesh.

Realising he was facing some kind of wide scale revolt, he ordered a retreat, taking off for El Presido. Along his way, he gathered shattered groups of the Mexican Army, and it was from them that he gained knowledge of the situation: the dead were rising, and killing the living. When it came to self preservation, Evarado excelled, and he immediately abandoned the civilians of Nuevo Paraíso to their fate.

Arriving at El Presido, he found that the fort had been overrun. A bloody battle ensued, but eventually, the Mexican Army was victorious. He ordered the gates blockaded, and posted his men on the walls. Though out in the wilderness, he could hear them, the dead, shambling towards his fort. He didn't know if he and his men had enough bullets, but he wasn't one for giving himself up. With grim resolve, the shattered remnants of the Mexican Army prepared for their final stand.

[Nyther]

I'll be posting in this IC soon to keep this dying thing alive.