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John William | Sioyth

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Sioyth

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Character Name
John William

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Yes

Has this character appeared in a previous lore?
No

Age
23

Blood Type
A+

Personality
John William is introverted guy a bit shy at first but very talkative the more he gets comfortable with someone. Doesn't believe in the use of violence to solve problems he tends to always avoid it unless necessary such as when zombies chase him. He likes to help people as much as he can even getting in bad situation due to it. He doesn't trust easily. However he can be quite the con man and manipulative given the chance.

Character Motivations
He is driven by the adrenaline he enjoys it, he lives for the thrill. He enjoys living making him be careful in what he does. His goal is mostly to manage to stay alive and find a a safehouse.

Physical Appearance
White, fit, black beard and hair. Blue eyes.

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Mechanical Occupation

Very underweight, high thirst, cat's eyes, fast reader, fast healer, fast learner, speed demon

In-Character Occupation
Mechanic

Biography
John William a 23 year old mechanic from Muldraugh. He has lived quite a fairly simple life just spending it with his dad in the his garage fixing cars. That's where he developed the passion for them and went to study mechanics and ended working with his dad. His dad died to the zombies protecting him so that he could get away, now he is leaving Muldraugh has the town remembers him too much of his dad and he plans on staying alive so his dad's death hasn't been in vain.

Since then he has travelled around looking for survivors and scavenging looking for food and any materials he can find. For awhile he had a found a group of survivors and stuck with them for the last years but recently they got infected and turned into zeds. So he started his journey again this time he has slowly made his way to Upstate New York. On his way he had found a large group of zeds and had to leave most of his stuff behind. Now in Upstate New York he has to start all over again.

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Hi, Siyoth! My name is Pika, and I'll be reviewing your application today.

Before we can go any further, I need to address the most glaring issue: You haven't read the lore. You can work off of what you've written already, but be sure to include how John came to be in Upstate New York (Monroe County is up near Rochester). Also, note that we currently are ~14 years into the apocalypse. A lot can happen in that time, but John's biography cuts off at the beginning. Please include a brief summary of how he's fared thus far 13-14 years into the apocalypse. The lore can be read here.

Reply to bump the thread once you've made those changes, and we can continue with the application process. Thanks!

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Hi, Siyoth! My name is Pika, and I'll be reviewing your application today.

Before we can go any further, I need to address the most glaring issue: You haven't read the lore. You can work off of what you've written already, but be sure to include how John came to be in Upstate New York (Monroe County is up near Rochester). Also, note that we currently are ~14 years into the apocalypse. A lot can happen in that time, but John's biography cuts off at the beginning. Please include a brief summary of how he's fared thus far 13-14 years into the apocalypse. The lore can be read here.

Reply to bump the thread once you've made those changes, and we can continue with the application process. Thanks!
Hello pika!

Done, is that better? Sorry hadn't seen the lore before writing this!
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Yup, you're all good now! Just know that John would be 36/37 now. Your application is accepted!

Here's your login info:
Username: John William
Password: mechtime
If you have any questions, feel free to reply and ask. Thanks!