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THE WALKING DEAD - Our Broken World (A Zombie Apocalypse RP) [OOC is now up and in the first post]

Since the outbreak canonically occurs on September 20th, 2012, does this mean the current year is somewhere in 2013?

@Inkarnate

I was thinking about that. While we don't necessarily have to adhere to TWD canon, it probably doesn't make much of a difference to set it in 2013 vs any other year between then and now. For the sake of character history, we'll just adhere to the canon comic timeline as it's later than the TV series year.

(So, about March 2014 if we add the 18 months)

THE WALKING DEAD - Our Broken World (A Zombie Apocalypse RP) [OOC is now up and in the first post]

@wolverbells@Damo021

Hey!! Wasn't expecting to see you guys again, haha.

THE WALKING DEAD - Our Broken World (A Zombie Apocalypse RP) [OOC is now up and in the first post]

If I have time and get my shit together throughout the remainder of this week and weekend, then sure. Though it depends on other factors, like post speed and length, too. The last TWD RP I joined I genuinely couldn't keep up with as there had been 20+ IC posts in 2-3 days from the time the IC dropped.

Also I should probably ask how grounded in reality you intend this roleplay to be, since I'm not really a fan of decked out military dudes and le edgy samurai sword kids. More power to those who go that route, but it's just different strokes for different people. Running around with just a hammer, 2 random bullets and a can of tuna to your name always appealed more to me than being a bad ass mowing down zombies left and right, to be honest.

@Kuro

I'm on the busy side myself so I probably won't be pushing the speed hard on my end.

I'd like it to be very grounded in reality, truthfully. I was actually going to include a rule about military types as these types of RPs tend to gather a lot of them if you don't put your foot down, haha. I'd probably reject anyone trying to carry around a samurai sword outright.

THE WALKING DEAD - Our Broken World (A Zombie Apocalypse RP) [OOC is now up and in the first post]

The Walking Dead is a comic, television, and video game series that generally focus on groups of survivors living in the “zombie apocalypse,” a setting where the living members of humanity are outnumbered by the living dead. The society of old has collapsed and what remains of humanity fight to make the most of what remains.

This RP would have little to do with the stories or the characters of the established franchise and more to do with name recognition and the use of the specific rules of that universe, such as that all of those who die without an injury to their brain reanimate no matter what and that the use of the word “zombie” is largely nonexistent. I am willing to drop TWD from the RP's premise if people desire but I don't think it'll really make a difference!

The initial setting for the roleplay would be set in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The RP would take place 18 months into the apocalypse where a community has sprouted up and secured itself for the last couple of months. The community, named “Faith” after the Presbyterian church it’s situated around, is run by a male/female couple and houses about 40-50 people. I have a basic plotline in mind but obviously these types of RPs are more about the characters and their interactions, so nothing is incredibly set in stone. Ideas and input on plot or characters now or down the line is more than welcome.

I'm ready to drop the OOC already actually, just wanted to drum up some interest and see who stops by. Thanks :)

EDIT: It's up! roleplayerguild.com/topics/182159-the…

Among the Ruined - Season 4

Name: Riley O'Connor

Appearance:



Age: 38

Skills: Physician level Medical Training

Preferred Weapons: 9mm Glock Pistol

Personality: Riley is very compassionate and wants to help people.

Bio: Riley moved to America from Edinburgh, Scotland seven years before the outbreak. In the outbreak, he lost his wife and five year old daughter, leaving him alone. He eventually joined the Haywood settlement several months before the overthrowing of Bruce Levi, where he worked as both Haywood's main doctor and a man within the militia. His job and skill set allowed him to reach out to many of Haywood's citizens and become the caretaker to those in need. He, along with the other citizens of Haywood, ended up joining Abram in his rescue attempt of Jessalyn.

Among the Ruined - Season 4

Name: Amelia "Rose" Stephens

Appearance:



Age: 26

Skills: Amelia tends to excel in keeping hidden and remaining out of sight and out of mind. By using her experiences from before the outbreak she has managed to remain distant from heavily infected areas and others who would seek to harm her for resources.

Preferred Weapons: M4 Carbine, M9 Pistol, and a Combat Knife

Personality: At first she is fairly reserved and quiet, preferring more to observe before making an opinion on her surroundings or a particular person. She can however, be quite talkative when and if she feels comfortable and usually this is a sign she is trusting you. She can be incredibly stubborn at times, especially if she feels she is right and will often walk away from a conflict then talk it out. From first impressions she will usually come across as kind, friendly and helpful however this is once you can gain her trust otherwise she will be abrupt distrustful and fairly cold towards you.

Bio: Before the outbreak Amelia served as a RAF Regiment Gunner. She was flown into the US to help set up blockades to protect communities and lock out the infection. But it wasn't long before they were soon overrun and were out of time. They waited for backup to arrive, holding off as many as they could despite that the blockade wasn't even close to finished. But it was far too late, backup never came and it soon was understood that staying would mean imminent death. So a good portion of the blockade ran, Amelia among them. During the following week eleven had made it from the blockade alive, by the next week three remained. Soon, Amelia was the sole survivor.

Months later, Amelia was ransacking Daniel Crowe's base of operations when he, Shannon Greene, and James Feryana found her. Daniel was impressed by her military background and asked her to join the group. As Daniel's sister had been kidnapped by Tyler's raiders, the group travelled to Haywood to assist in their attack. After this, Amelia became a part of Haywood's militia. She supported Daniel over Robert and managed to survive the battle between them. She, along with the other citizens of Haywood, ended up joining Abram in his rescue attempt of Jessalyn.

Among the Ruined - Season 4

Name: Andrew David Felton

Appearance:



Age: 24

Skills: Good Aim, fast runner.

Preferred Weapons: Remington 870 Shotgun, FNP-9 (9mm Pistol)

Personality: Often blunt and crass with people he doesn't trust. He tends to be very mistrusting. If someone becomes his ally, however, he is very loyal.

Bio: Andrew grew up in the Baton Rogue area and lived a rather typical lifestyle. His mom was a science teacher and his dad was his high school's soccer coach. Andrew was good at soccer and received a scholarship to play soccer at LSU. In college, he met Zoe in his sophomore year; her freshman year. The the got engaged when Zoe graduated. Andrew had been pursuing a career in minor league professional soccer while Zoe attended culinary school. Their career paths were interrupted by the outbreak.

Among the Ruined - Season 4

Name: Zoe Elise Chamberlin

Appearance:



Age: 23

Skills: Cooking (Went to Culinary school after college), Fast Runner (Ran Track in college)

Preferred Weapons: Glock 19, Survival Knife

Personality: Zoe is very optimistic, and sometimes too much so. While she is generally a confident survivor, she often depends on her fiance for protection. Being a smaller, weaker person, Zoe tends to stay away from fights if she can. She is a very tender person and adores children.

Bio: Zoe grew up mostly with her mother, as her father, Abram, spent long periods of time deployed in a foreign country. Through highschool, she was a state champion runner on the Cross Country team. Provided the absence of her father, Zoe developed a very close relationship with her mother, but when Abram was there, she adored him as if he were a god. She had always looked at him like a hero. Being stationed in the same city as the Crowe family, Zoe met Abram's First Seargent's family several times. At the beginning of the outbreak, she, her fiance, and her mother met up with Lionel Crowe and his daughter, but were forcibly seperated after almost two weeks. Her mother was infected and turned about a month later.

Among the Ruined - Season 4

Name: Alex Clark

Appearance: Alex is a tall young man of 1.87m or 6'1 who is rather thin. He has unkempt but rather short light brown hairs and stubble all over his face. He has a large nose complemented by two dull green to brown eyes, all finished by a strong jawline. He wears a ragged and dirty t-shirt over a sweater and another t-shirt along with a pair of dirty jeans. He is neither extraordinarily strong nor weak and has pretty average physical abilities, except that he can run quite fast due to his length.

Age: 23

Skills: Alex has no outstanding survival skills except random bouts of knowledge from his history studies and personal interests. He is a good and practical leader, but bad with people. He has never even seen a gun before except in movies or in the hands of the police or the military, nevermind even touched one. He doesn't have lots of skills, but he does have a lot of knowledge that can help him.

Weapons: He carries a well-used survival knife that he picked up from a corpse, but he also carries a pitchfork he took from a shed.

Personality: Alex is a practical but rather fearful person. He does what he has to do to get the job done, seeming courageous and resilient, but in fact the situation will really be grinding down on him. He is friendly and open to those that he deems worthy of his trust, but can be rather paranoid to strangers. He has remnants of an idealistic view on the world, but that could be subject to change. He has suffered in these 7 months since the outbreak and as a result has developed the habit of always having to focus on something. He cannot sit still because then he starts thinking, and that's the last thing he wants. This has resulted in him developing the urge to take initiative to do things, simply to keep himself busy.

Bio: Robin was a student at the university of Derby, UK, trying to learn more about the interesting subject of history when he went on a vacation to the US with his girlfriend and the outbreak occurred in May. He was caught off-guard by the walkers but managed to escape the town with a random bunch of survivors along with his girlfriend. Back in the UK he hailed from a rather small town about in between Derby and Nottingham.

Among the Ruined - Season 4

Name: Jon Evans

Appearance:



Age: 32

Skills: Hunting

Preferred Weapons: Hunting rifle, pocket knife

Personality: Smart, hard-working, persistent, stubborn, quick tempered

Bio: He was on a hunting trip with his nephew when everything started. His nephew was bitten, but he managed to escape. Alone, Jon hoped to find his wife and daughter, but never managed to.

He was one of the people who joined Tremblay back in New Orleans. Jon was loyal to Tremblay and respected the man greatly. He believed Tremblay truly acted in the best interest of his friends. When a civil war was brewing between Tremblay's group and Richard Treis' group, Jon was distraught when Tremblay ended up assassinated and was vicious in his efforts to find out who had done it. Unfortunately for Jon, the community came under attack and his attempts ended up in vain. He managed to survive the ordeal, and as he had nowhere else to go, he ended up falling in with the other survivors as they moved North.