Don Jones (WWB Universe)

Don Jones is a survivor of the outbreak in GWR's What We Become Universe. He is a main character in both What We Become and What Remains. He is set to appear in Dark Sector in an unknown capacity.
==Overview==
He is the ex-husband of Anna and father of Dalton and the last known surviving member of his immediate family. A former construction worker from Louisville, Kentucky, Don sought shelter at the Valley Station Mall at the start of the outbreak alongside a group of refugees.
Once in Valley Station, Don became fast friends with community leader Miles Krueger. He loyally served as not only Krueger's trusted right-hand man but also functioned as a brutal enforcer. He often carried out killings of hostile outsiders or dissenters within the group at Miles' command. During their time at the Valley Station Mall, Miles' community engaged in conflicts with multiple smaller survivor groups. More often than not, Krueger's people absorbed the losing groups into their ranks or eradicated them altogether. Under Krueger's authoritarian rule, the mall gradually became a tightly-knit yet increasingly reclusive and fiercely aggressive settlement, suspicious of most outsiders. During this time, Don developed strong bonds with both Heaven Parker and Samantha Thompson, acting as a father figure to the orphaned girls. He also had a short-lived romantic relationship with Julianne Lynch.
The war between Miles Krueger's group and the Disciples of Lazarus came to a head in a bloody battle at an abandoned quarry. This came shortly after the Disciples had laid waste to Krueger's stronghold at the Valley Station Mall. In a desperate last stand to rescue the captured Samantha Thompson, Don and the remaining militia members engaged the Disciples' forces—led by their monstrous leader known as the Orion—in all out war. The quarry was engulfed in chaos, and though both sides suffered heavy losses such as John MacMillan and nearly all of the Orion's followers, the battle's climax saw Don engage the brutal enforcer Sylas in single combat atop the docks. Fighting with all his strength to buy time, Don was gravely wounded but succeeded in his sacrifice, allowing Miles, Thomas and others to escape by boat whilst resigning himself to death after killing Sylas. Don was later rescued from the brink of death by the passing Bullit County Rangers, recuperated under Ranger Jon Rogowski for some time before enlisting and serving as his partner for a year. During his time in service, an elusive figure known only as "the Man in Red" was encountered during an investigation, believed to be a surviving Disciple responsible for multiple Ranger deaths. However, the region around Bullitt County soon fell prey to mysterious mutagenic changes, rendering the land inhospitable and earning the moniker "The Deadlands." It was the disruption of this looming threat that compelled Don to depart from the Rangers as the group gradually fell apart. Fueled by vengeance, Don embarked on a relentless cross-country hunt, pursuing any remnants of the Disciples group—including the Man in Red—from Kentucky all the way to Utah in his relentless quest to avenge Samantha.
Don joined a ragtag band of survivors led by a woman named Joss who had banded together in the Rocky Mountains, seeking purpose as he continued hunting the Disciples. While the group struggled to survive their first harsh winter, Joss began exhibiting mystical abilities - foresight that guided the community to safety during a blizzard. As she regularly demonstrated preternatural visions stemming from an unknown component of the virus, the others grew to worship Joss as divine, constructing cultish devotion around her prophecies. Don engaged briefly with Joss and maintained his place amid the new order, which renamed as "The Crows" with Joss as their messianic "Crow Mother." However, unable to endorse their escalating fanaticism as dissent meant death, he ultimately parted ways with them as well. He took on contract work with the shadowy organization Brighton for several years, resorting to operating as a smuggler under the alias "Dexter" to avoid past enemies as he killed, abducted, and smuggled weapons, drugs and supplies in exchange for payment. After years alone on the road, he came across Elijah Hunt - an orphaned boy in need of aid. Don escorted Elijah to Monroe and quietly integrated himself in hopes of finding purpose again. Through the community's influence and his bond with Elijah, Don's better nature began to take root once more. There, through serving as a member of Monroe's militia, Don found bonds forming with others including Rangers Erick, Monroe resident Kai (TV Series), and reclusive hermit Darner Foxglove. Just as a semblance of purpose and place seemed take root, Don briefly left Monroe's relative safety, only to return and discover his one-time love Julianne Lynch had also made the settlement her refuge. Their romance swiftly rekindled, providing Don brief solace, until tragedy once more struck with Julianne's untimely demise
Don soon found himself at odds with the community's leadership under Minister Constantine Hasapis. At the urging of head of security Max Stone, Constantine deceitfully branded Don a criminal after mysteriously discovering his past ties to the shadowy organization Brighton - with whom Monroe had been embroiled in open conflict following the assassination of their previous Minister. With no recourse against the false charges, Don was forced to hastily flee Monroe to evade reprisal, living solitary as a hermit. During this isolated time, he encountered Kelly Adkins, mother to Heaven, and a close friendship blossomed between them into an on-again, off-again romance. Just as Constantine mysteriously vanished and Don's innocence came to light, allowing his return to the settlement, he instead accepted a role as traveling bodyguard to Monroe's treasurer Liliana Marat. Partnering closely, Don aided Liliana in exposing several of Brighton's plots, including one in a nearby Coalition city - Pittsford - until he was ultimately captured and detained by the group.
For nearly a year, Don endured unspeakable tortures at the hands of Brighton who relentlessly attempted to interrogate him for invaluable intel, though he refused to break. His rescue came from an unlikely alliance formed by Trinidad Valenzuela, Don's old friend and former Miller Family lieutenant who launched her own search after Don mysteriously vanished. Trinidad partnered with a small scouting team from Monroe who agreed to aid in the mission. Together they located Brighton's secret compound and brazenly infiltrated heavily fortified stronghold. Don's rescue party fought through staunch resistance to finally free him from captivity. Recuperated from the ordeal, Don was recruited for an urgent mission in Canada alongside the forces of alongside the forces of freedom fighter Max Rutherford aligned with Monroe's soldiers. Don served valiantly as a valuable fighter through the Battle for Celephais against the overwhelming odds in hunt for Miller Family leader Carl Miller, and the Man in Red. There, at long last, Don was able to achieve vengeance with his nemesis slain and the Disciples defeated once and for all.
A few months after the war, Don marries Kelly Adkins and settles in the community of Blackridge, putting his past behind him. However, after discovering some old plans left by Darner Foxglove who had gone missing, presumed dead, Don decided to pursue opening a private military company. He recruited veterans of his past exploits like Izem Okeke, Bruce Waycott, D.C. McGivern, Naomi Haddad, Scott Munson, Trinidad Valenzuela, Rana Singh Guraya, Claire Arnezeder and Talía de la Garrido to form Fox Security Consulting. The new company went on to develop a valuable partnership with the recently reformed Coalition Government under the leadership of Head Councilor Leclair Mercier. 
==Pre-Apocalypse==
=== Augusta, Georgia ===
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=== Louisville, Kentucky ===
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== Post-Apocalypse ==
=== Valley Station ===
===What We Become===
====Season 1====
"Days Gone"
Don appeared in this episode.
"Guts"
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"Red River"
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"Dead Weight"
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"No Way Out"
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"Washed Away"
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====Season 2====
"Settling In"
Don appeared in this episode.
"Outsiders"
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"The Deluge"
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"Suspended"
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"Toss of a Coin"
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"Elegy"
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"Killer Within"
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"Long Road Ahead"
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"A New Day"
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"Leviticus 17:11"
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"Prey"
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"Better Angels"
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"Infected"
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"The Moth"
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"What We Became"
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===What Remains===
====Season 1====
"Years Gone By"
Don will appear in this episode.
"Absolution"
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"Adaptation"
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"A Brave New World"
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"Eight Hours"
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"The Key"
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"The Third Door"
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"Rebirth"
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====Season 2====
"Questionable Ethics"
Don will appear in this episode.
"Oppressor"
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"The Long Dark: Part I"
Don will appear in this episode.
"The Long Dark: Part II"
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"Paradigm Shift"
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"The Glass Castle"
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====Season 3====
"Swan Song"
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"Shadows in the Storm"
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"The Secret Fate of All Life"
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"Cyclops"
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"Vortex"
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"The Fourth Man in the Fire"
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"One Second to Midnight"
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"The First Gate"
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===Survivor Stories===
====Season 1====
"Dark Sector"
Don will appear in this episode.
==Killed Victims==
This list shows the victims Don has killed:
<tabber>
|-|What We Become=
* Bethany Hartman
* Erin Voy (Caused)
* Violet Valentine (Zombified)
* Clarence Emerson (Before Reanimation)
* Ivy Lance (Before Reanimation)
* Octavia Benette
* Alexa Jade
* Dave Quinn
* Kazimir
* Georgia (Indirectly Caused)
* Samantha Thompson (Indirectly Caused)
* Asriel
* Titus
* Orion
* Sylas
* Victoria Dahlia (Indirectly Caused)
* 32 Unnamed Cultists
* Numerous counts of zombies
|-|What Remains=
* Dalton Jamison (Indirectly Caused)
* Dexter Jones (Caused)
* Sylas
* Orion
* Ryker Moore (Caused)
* Whisper (Caused)
* Graham (Alongside Texas Battle)
* Many unnamed Miller Family cultists
* Many unnamed Group Six soldiers
* Many unnamed Coalition Rangers
* Numerous counts of zombies
</tabber>
== Trivia ==
* Don has been shown to be ambidextrous, judging by his ability to use firearms with either hand.
* Don has a chunk missing out of his left ear.
* Don has a personality tick of saying "I reckon" following most sentences, something he's said and done for as long as he's been in the story.
* Don is the last on-screen character to kill another person in the What We Become TV Series.
* Don is one of four characters in the universe to be in both TV shows, in this case, it is What We Become and What Remains, followed by Charlotte Emerson, Lincoln Whit, and Lynch.
== References ==
https://gatewayroleplay.org/threads/don-jones.588/
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