General Windham

* Original
* Infected

**General Windham** (originally referred to as **General Macullagh** on an earlier page) is a minor character seen in the comic "Cinder Isle". He is the head of the military operation that locks down and quarantines the island during the outbreak of the T1-G1 Virus. When the initial outbreaks begin, he along with a few government and CDC officials discuss the severity of the virus with Walter Togus, the head of the hospital on Cinder Isle who first reported it to the CDC. After realizing how fast and severely the virus spreads and the implications of it spreading across the country (if not the world) and seeing there is no test that can 100% guarantee someone is not infected, Windham orders a full-scale quarantine and cover up to cut the island off from the outside world indefinitely. He ensures that no one on the island can leave (alive) and that the outside world will be kept away by a cover story saying the area was contaminated with radiation resulting in the deaths of the inhabitants. While his lockdown naturally sparked a mass of rioting, he did help to arrange for supplies to be brought to the island regularly, so the inhabitants were at least provided for and able to live out their lives in isolation.

Windham was then posted on the island to regulate the military efforts of containment. He personally was able to leave on occasion and at least able to travel to a nearby military base where they were ferrying the infected red water for study. He was also mentioned to have given a press conference explaining their cover story. At said conference however one of the reporters by the name of Stanley Pembroke did not buy the story and took matters into his own hands to investigate the truth. Stanley and his young son Nathan traveled close to the island by boat to get the scope on what was really going on, but they also unknowingly became exposed to the virus and were forced to remain on the island under quarantine. Stanley (now Stacy) was confronted by Windham who recognized her despite the transformation and while she was adamant, he had no choice but to take her to court where the truth would come out anyway, Windham explained that as the island was not under federal jurisdiction the two of them had committed a federal crime and thus do not have the right to trial. Windham then arranges for Stacy to be placed under indefinite house arrest and Nathan to be enrolled as a student in the local high school and permitted to live life as freely as possible.

Months later Windham was seen again on the one-year anniversary of the initial outbreak of the virus. He had been at home washing dishes when he suddenly was infected and transformed due to the actions of Bridget and Frank infecting the towns water supply. He (now She) was quick to arrive when there was news that a man had been clearly exposed to the water and virus but had not transformed. Knowing the value of finding someone naturally immune to the virus Windham arrived and reviewed the data as well as confronted the one in question Gavin Scarborough. She confirmed he was immune based on their test results but also that he had been infected for nearly a year and seemed to have gotten infected not from the water that day but likely from patient Zero, Zoey who he had been with when she was first getting sick and transforming. She requested him to stay in hospital care a while longer for some more tests hopping that any data they gathered from him and his blood could help the government develop a vaccine. She is not seen again for the rest of the comic but would eventually be cured and memory altered by Alistair Huntington as well as teleported off the island a few months later with all evidence and knowledge of the virus erased and the events of the past year rewritten in his memory.