Donovan Miller

### Relatives

Unnamed father (presumably deceased)Unnamed mother (presumably deceased)Unnamed brother (deceased)

### Voice Actor

Keegan Romero

> "Detective Miller is on the case!" - Miller's catchphrase
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Lieutenant **Donovan Miller** is a character in BlastGen. He is a major character in the Zombies mode, being one of four playable characters, alongside Daniel Halvik, Elias Schneider, and Oscar Thomas.

## Background

Donovan was born on April 27, 1945 during the conclusion of World War II in Ireland. At the age of 14, his family moved to the United States to seek better opportunities. At 16, Donovan witnessed his brother get beaten by American thugs and attempted to intervene, only for them to shoot and kill him. He then entered a state of anxiety and depression and later vowed to avenge his brother´s death. At the age of 22, he joined the Las Vegas Police Department as a detective. But little did his superiors know, he merely joined so he could get his hands on a firearm and confront the gang that killed his brother. 5 months after he joined, Donovan witnessed a narcotics trade, and shot one of the negotiators. They were later revealed to be the leader of the gang that killed his brother, and thus celebrated his success with his family.

However, word spread about the murder and the police chief disowned him for using lethal force against an unarmed man, to which he argued that he got revenge and that was what he wanted all along. Angered, the chief told him that he should have his fellow officers take care of it, and dishonorably discharged him. In a blind rage, Donovan shot the chief and stormed off. He was later detained and sentenced to life in prison. At the age of 26, he and his fellow cellmate organized a daring escape. Ultimately, the two succeeded and Donovan began to live an isolated life away from his family and friends. He later joined a team of nationalist mercenaries called the Soaring Eagles and at some point rose to the rank of Lieutenant. At 28, he reunited with his family and told him of the events that happened. They however, disowned him and told him to never come near the family household again. He continued service with the Soaring Eagles until their disbandment in late 1973. He then became a wandering mercenary who sold his services to the highest bidder. However, on March 4th, 1986, a viral epidemic spread throughout the world, turning people and animals into vicious flesh eating cannibals.

Donovan immediately took shelter in a fort he built himself. However, he was attacked by zombies and was saved by a group of survivors, one who he recognized to be his former leader: Hunter. Hunter tells Donovan to follow them as he has a friend a few miles away that has a plane that can take them out of the country. However, as they were nearing Hunter's friend's plane, they are shocked to find how many zombies are in this area. A group of zombies crowded Hunter and as he tried to fend them off, they devoured him, much to Donovan and his group's horror. They managed to kill off the zombies despite losing Hunter. One of Hunter's friends took his revolver and offered it to Donovan, who rejected it and responded with "I don't want the gun a dead man held". As they get with Hunter's friend, a helicopter lands nearby them, and three people emerge from the helicopter, led by Oscar Thomas. Thomas ordered Donovan's group to surrender, to which they did. He then kill all of them, and orders Donovan to enter the helicopter. Although skeptical at first, he then proceeds to enter the helicopter. They then fly to a hotel somewhere in Los Angeles in order to fend off a zombie threat. What happens afterwards is unknown, but they seem to had survived, as they are seen in every other map.

## Personality

Donovan can be described as brash and cocky at most, being a self proclaimed detective of the "Lonestar Police Department". He calls zombies "demons" and vows to kill them all. However, he shows high regard for Elias and respects him to a large degree. Elias does not return this respect, though. He dislikes Daniel and is neutral towards Oscar. He likes all pistols except the P260, to which he is bewildered on the weapon's strange appearance and immediately dislikes it, and his favorite weapons are the Priest and the MP5.

## Appearance

Donovan wears a discolored leather jacket with his uniform shirt underneath. He also wears black slacks and wears typical law enforcement boots. On the map Castle, he will take on the appearance of a mercenary, wearing chain mail, leather pants, and knee high boots as well as shoulder pads. He has an alternate outfit which is of a LAPD SWAT officer, with the helmet's visor lifted up, this outfit can be unlocked if the player gets 500 kills with pistols when playing as Donovan.

## Trivia

* Despite being an ex-cop, he still wears his uniform shirt.
* When he gets the Priest from the Strongbox, one of his voicelines when he obtains is him claiming that he used to work as a priest in a Catholic church.
* Sometimes when he kills a group of zombies, he will say "Go to hell, heretics!"
	+ This word was censored in certain versions of the game due to religious concerns, and replaced with "demons"