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Character Name
Miles Crook

I Agree
Yes

Has this character appeared in a previous lore?
No

Age
32

Blood Type
O Positive

Personality
Brave, cold blooded, caring, self doubting, loves animals

Character Motivations
Wants to save his only friend left (Killian Riley), to carry on the memories of his family.

Physical Appearance
183 cm (6 feet), brown hair and beard, brown eyes, broad shoulders, 200 pounds-ish, white skin

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Mechanical Occupation

Police officer

In-Character Occupation
Scavenger

Biography
Born into a calm family, he was the elder of 3 children : the middle child, aged 15 at the begining of Red Eye, was his sister, Pamela and the youngest was Ben, who was 12 years old. He grew up on a farm and took care of the animals of his land, especially the horses. When Red Eye began to spread throughout the world, Miles was 18 and was studying to become a police officer. He was living just outside of Philadelphia, so the pandemic hit him and his family pretty hard. His younger brother was bit first while he was at school. His parents tried to tend to him, since the hospital were full, but he died. He then returned, the family not knowing what happened, were caught off gard. He attacked his older sister first, bitting her neck, and the parents, while tempting to drag away their dead son from his prey, unfortunatly, they both got bitten. Miles was the one to kill the "thing" that took the place of his brother. Pamela died from her injury. Understanding quickly what was happening, he tried distanced himself from his still living family, but it was too late. Having no choice, he tehn killed his sister who just turned, and then his parents. Now alone, Miles managed to get in touch with his friend from the farm next door, Killian. They met each other at his farm, but since his parents were away on vacation, it took time for him to understand that the dead were rising. They took the road, and together, they began their long journey to survive the end of their world, and the begining of the World of the Dead. They were always on the move, never stopping for too long at one place. After almost 15 years of this nightmare, with no else but them to keep them alive, they are now tough survivors who have seen the worst of this world. They encountered other people on their journey, but they never stayed for too long. Either because that those group died, or that a fight broke out between the group. Although, at one point, Miles found time to love a woman, Elisabeth. They spent 2 years together, from 2024 to 2026. After a fight broke out in the group they were in at that point, Elisabeth died in the fighting that resulted. After loosing so many people after so many years, this was too much. He nearly killed himself, Killian brought him back from the edge. It has now been 2 years since Elisabeth's death, and Miles and Killian now know to not get involved in group of survivors.

Would you like your character to start with any items?
Car, back-pack, axe, hangun, water, little bit of food, radio, watch

Would you like your character to start with any skills?
Yes, about 30, if possible (idk if its too much, if it is, lower it to what seems reasonable).

Is your character a member of a group?
Yes

Is your character a member of one of the world factions?
No

Group Members
Killian Riley
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Hi Mister377, my name is Envy and I'll be handling your application today.

Requirements:
  • It isn't completely clear that you've read the lore. Your biography contains nothing directly relating to it. The most important thing to note is that we are currently 14, nearly 15 years into the apocalypse, and that the lore takes place in Upstate New York, not Kentucky. It is currently January 2030 IC.You can read the lore here.
  • Your backstory needs to be a least a paragraph, and should detail Miles's life before/since the apocalypse. If you want to keep your character's age, Miles would've been six.
  • There is no need to list the traits you are going to pick at character creation. We ask skills as in skill points in game, considering we are many years into the apocalypse at this point, it is reasonable to assume survivors are quite seasoned.

Recommendations:
  • Your backstory is sort of a grounding for your character. I recommend you discuss your backstory over with Maxrat, since its going to be likely you're going to need to either age up your characters, or think about an excessive rewrite.
  • For more info on the lore, I recommend you also read the recap of Season 1 to familiarize yourself with what has happened so far. You can also read the timeline of the beginning of the outbreak in 2015, from the previous lore set in the same setting, What We Become.

You don't need to reapply, just edit your current application (using the edit button) and then bump the thread and I will review it again.

Mister377

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Hi Mister377, my name is Envy and I'll be handling your application today.

Requirements:
  • It isn't completely clear that you've read the lore. Your biography contains nothing directly relating to it. The most important thing to note is that we are currently 14, nearly 15 years into the apocalypse, and that the lore takes place in Upstate New York, not Kentucky. It is currently January 2030 IC.You can read the lore here.
  • Your backstory needs to be a least a paragraph, and should detail Miles's life before/since the apocalypse. If you want to keep your character's age, Miles would've been six.
  • There is no need to list the traits you are going to pick at character creation. We ask skills as in skill points in game, considering we are many years into the apocalypse at this point, it is reasonable to assume survivors are quite seasoned.

Recommendations:
  • Your backstory is sort of a grounding for your character. I recommend you discuss your backstory over with Maxrat, since its going to be likely you're going to need to either age up your characters, or think about an excessive rewrite.
  • For more info on the lore, I recommend you also read the recap of Season 1 to familiarize yourself with what has happened so far. You can also read the timeline of the beginning of the outbreak in 2015, from the previous lore set in the same setting, What We Become.

You don't need to reapply, just edit your current application (using the edit button) and then bump the thread and I will review it again.
Character Name
Miles Crook

I Agree
Yes

Has this character appeared in a previous lore?
No

Age
32

Blood Type
O Positive

Personality
Brave, cold blooded, caring, self doubting, loves animals

Character Motivations
Wants to save his only friend left (Killian Riley), to carry on the memories of his family.

Physical Appearance
183 cm (6 feet tall), brown hair and beard, brown eyes, broad shoulders, 200 pounds-ish, white skin

Character Image Link


Mechanical Occupation

Police officer

In-Character Occupation
Scavenger

Biography
Born into a calm family, he was the elder of 3 children : the middle child, aged 15 at the begining of Red Eye, was his sister, Pamela and the youngest was Ben, who was 12 years old. He grew up on a farm and took care of the animals of his land, especially the horses. When Red Eye began to spread throughout the world, Miles was 18 and was studying to become a police officer. He was living just outside of Philadelphia, so the pandemic hit him and his family pretty hard. His younger brother was bit first while he was at school. His parents tried to tend to him, since the hospital were full, but he died. He then returned, the family not knowing what happened, were caught off gard. He attacked his older sister first, bitting her neck, and the parents, while tempting to drag away their dead son from his prey, unfortunatly, they both got bitten. Miles was the one to kill the "thing" that took the place of his brother. Pamela died from her injury. Understanding quickly what was happening, he tried distanced himself from his still living family, but it was too late. Having no choice, he tehn killed his sister who just turned, and then his parents. Now alone, Miles managed to get in touch with his friend from the farm next door, Killian. They met each other at his farm, but since his parents were away on vacation, it took time for him to understand that the dead were rising. They took the road, and together, they began their long journey to survive the end of their world, and the begining of the World of the Dead. They were always on the move, never stopping for too long at one place. After almost 15 years of this nightmare, with no else but them to keep them alive, they are now tough survivors who have seen the worst of this world. They encountered other people on their journey, but they never stayed for too long. Either because that those group died, or that a fight broke out between the group. Although, at one point, Miles found time to love a woman, Elisabeth. They spent 2 years together, from 2024 to 2026. After a fight broke out in the group they were in at that point, Elisabeth died in the fighting that resulted. After loosing so many people after so many years, this was too much. He nearly killed himself, Killian brought him back from the edge. It has now been 2 years since Elisabeth's death, and Miles and Killian now know to not get involved in group of survivors.

Would you like your character to start with any items?
Car, back-pack, axe, hangun, water, little bit of food, radio, watch

Would you like your character to start with any skills?
Yes, about 30, if possible (idk if its too much, if it is, lower it to what seems reasonable).

Is your character a member of a group?
Yes

Is your character a member of one of the world factions?
No

Group Members
Killian Riley
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Hi Mister377,

I'm ready to approve it, but I need some clarification on which skills/levels you want. I can't just give you XP to spend on what you want, we need to go in after you log in and edit your skills ourselves to set them at the levels you requested.

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Hi Mister377,

I'm ready to approve it, but I need some clarification on which skills/levels you want. I can't just give you XP to spend on what you want, we need to go in after you log in and edit your skills ourselves to set them at the levels you requested.
I just login on the server with my username and my password from this account?
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I just login on the server with my username and my password from this account?
No.

Once your character has been approved I will provide you with a separate username/password for the whitelist.

What skills would you like.

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No.

Once your character has been approved I will provide you with a separate username/password for the whitelist.

What skills would you like.
For the good ones : Dextrous, Brave, First Aider, Fast Learner, Cate's Eyes
For the bad ones : Conspicuous, Sleapyhead, Slow Reader
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Those are traits, not skills.

Here is the list of skills in Project Zomboid.

Pick the ones you want and provide a number between one and ten.
Passive :
Fitness 6
Strenght 7

Agility
Spriting 3
Lightfooted 1
Nimble 4
Sneaking 5

Blade
Accuracy 5
Guard 4
Maintenance 4

Blunt
Accuracy 5
Guard 6
Maintenance 4

Crafting
Carpentry 1
Cooking 4
Farming 6
First Aid 6
Electrical 1
Metalworking 2
Mechanics 4

Firearm
Aiming 7
Relaoding 5

Survivalist
Fishing 3
Trapping 4
Foraging 6
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Hey Mister377

Your Application has been Accepted

Here is your login info:

Username: Miles Crook
Password: uzwlfr
Also, I'm not sure if you are on the Discord yet, if you are, disregard, but if you aren't, you can join here.

Once you're on and in game, let me know over discord (EnvyDemon#7663) and I'll get you your starting items.