The Beginning of the End
It started off real quietly, so much so that by the time the world discovered the Z18 and Z19 virus, it was already too late. A major portion of the world had already become infected with either of the viruses. The Z18 could be transferred from person to animal and from animal to person, but it would only turn people and, weirdly enough, some deer species. The Z19 was airborne and this one effected more species, a number of varying birds and people. Those that remained fell into two categories, these survivors were either immune or carriers, and with most of the medical practitioners among the dead there were few who could diagnose which person was which.
The number of living human beings went from seven billion to tens of millions in a matter of months, this number has only continued to decrease as the survivors fall to the dead and the living. All of whom are desperate to scrape out their own survival. Among these survivors a few people with the natural given talent of leadership have rounded up a number of survivors and started rebuilding the old world in their image.
They each started small, but as their group survived and their numbers increased, eventually they were able to take control of a small patch of territory which only continued to increase in size, complexity, and population.
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That's the gist of it.
I will post a Nation Sheet to fill out in the OOC, which will have space for your prominent members, a place for you to post a map of the region you have decided to start off from, and so forth. For now the RP will be based off of the USA territory so that we are all on one continent.
Your first post will be filling out the six month gap that starts off from the very first undead conversion, this will be in the point of view over your leader.
Your starting group can range from just yourself to up to twenty people. The bigger the group the more likely most of them die, keep in mind that many will not have the necessary skills nor mental fortitude to keep themselves from making fatal mistakes and choices. As you progress through the timeline you will have met more and more groups of hardier people who have had their own weakest weeded out. At the end of the six months you will have a small community centered around a central territory, a building or building of sorts from where you started off.
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Things to keep note of are resources.
Where do you get your water? Where do you get your food? Where do you get your building materials? Where do you get clothing?
Please answer the above questions in your first post across your timeline.
Also you are encouraged to answer some of these questions below.
Do you have laws? What sort of community are you building? What is its "government"? What is your community's view on killing the undead? Are you trying to recreate a peaceful community inside your walls that shies away from the darkness beyond and focuses on bettering the livelihoods of all or are you building a hardier and more militaristic community? What do you do to keep the community busy? Are there weekly events? Sports?
The human is a complex organism and requires complex maintenance.