Zoe Paine-Wood

This is Marie Sue, she is a shy woman that lives in Muldraugh.

## Backstory

Born to one of the wealthiest families in Kentucky, Zoe had her life planned out for her from the moment she was born. Daughter of Kentucky Senator Thomas Paine and former Mrs. Kentucky, Eldra Paine, Zoe was often left in the shadows by her self-absorbed and selfish parents. Zoe's parents would seek to condition Zoe from a young age to grow up and be wedded to another wealthy and influential family. Having no intentions of being handed off like a prize, Zoe would spend her childhood filled with defiance and tenacity. A trait she would carry her whole life. Zoe would find solace in the comfort of the household staff who treated her as a common human being and imparted many lessons of humility and kindness onto her. She would grow closest with her "Keeper" a bodyguard by the name of Morris Lefant, a former French and African paramilitary operator who taught and mentored her in many hand to hand combat techniques, weapon management and operating and served as a father figure. As Zoe grew older, she would leave home for college where she would drop out immediately and enlist in the State Police where she quickly earned a roll in the SWAT team and served as a marksman due to her precise aim and calmness.

## Story

Zoe's time in Knox County in Rosewood where her team was responding to distress calls from local police and prison guards due to a brewing riot. The situation would worsen rapidly as reports of the wide spread virus trickled in leading to a flow-blown riot. Zoe operating from a safe location was spared of eruption of violence but was forced to move closer to the prison grounds as the dead poured into the parking lot. There she attempt to hide but came across a group of frightened prisons she would lay her weapons and gear down symbolically surrendering role as a Police Officer in this new world

Following the events of the prison, Zoe would spend the months of July and August in Rosewood, surviving in several locations, moving constantly while studying the dead. She would find a sense of tranquility in the stillness of the world no longer filled with cars and people. After a period of time she would depart Rosewood taking to the highways on foot towards Muldraugh in hopes of returning to Louisville.

She would reach Muldraugh in September of 1993 and take shelter in various places once further, continuing to learn and study the habits of the hordes that wandered the highways. She would quickly learn to manipulate sounds to distract large groups of undead to allow her to gather supplies as well as use sound to break those groups apart so that she could ambush small amounts safely. Eventually around October she would decide to continue her walk to Louisville and would spend a few final days in the used car dealership off the highway leading to West Point

In November of 1993 she would finally make it to West Point. Tired, malnourished but with a tenacious resolve she had fully intended upon continuing towards Louisville on foot but by chance would run into the first human being she had seen since the beginning of the large scale outbreak. Little did she know at the time, the man she met, Lee Roberts would impact her life in a way she would never forget.

Upon meeting Lee, fearing the worse, Zoe pulled her firearm and aimed it at the man but his kind nature and calming demeanor would break her resolve. The guarded nature she had developed on the road would begin to crumble due to Lee's kindness and vision. Zoe would return with Lee to his survivor camp "Camp V" after the late Vhitori who had founded the camp with the intention of creating a settlement within White Plains

At this time, days would rapidly pass. Zoe would quickly grow to be one of Camp V's most stalwart combatant and her kind, loving personality would finally resurface leading to her becoming an irreplaceable member of Camp V.

During her time in West Point she would develop close friendships with camp member and grow as she aged. Her and Lee would develop a relationship that would blossom into him becoming the father she had deserved her whole life.

Her time in West Point was spent on supply runs into deeper regions of Knox as well as culling the streets of West Point of the undead. Her skills rapidly grew and she would soon own the most kills of the undead amongst the Camp members. She found a vigorous passion in clearing the streets to keep people safe as well as further sharpen her combat prowess

After a period of time she would develop a close relationship with her friend Johnny "The Kid", their friendship would blossom as they dreamt of rebuilding Knox County and retaking back the state from the undead. She would begin to develop a close bond with another Camp V member Mallory Jameson but his untimely death would shatter her and rob them of the opportunity to develop their friendship further.

Shortly after Mallory's death, Zoe began to fall into a deep and dark anger. She would act recklessly drawing large hordes and culling them in a wild vengeful rage. This rage grew so powerful there were days where she would run out of undead to kill. On one of those days she would have her resolve shatter as she desperately attempted to draw more dead out of hiding to inflict the misery she felt inside on them. Johnny would find her on the main street of West Point and using his charismatic nature talked her out of her recklessness further cementing their close friendship. At this point she would resolve to let go of her anger and begin healing.

Shortly after, Johnny would become infected after a bite.

WIP

## Weapons

As a capable and effective combatant Zoe would use several types of weapons during her time in Knox County and affectionately named them to symbolize different parts of herself.

"Beauty Queen" - M9 Handgun: Named Beauty Queen to symbolize what her parent's expected of her and what others often viewed her as. The m9 would serve as one of Zoe's most used weapons as she preferred it's accuracy, ease of use and effectiveness when in the hands of a marksman

"Charlotte" - JS-200 Shotgun: The shotgun once wielded by Mallory would come into her possession after his death. While she despised the crudeness of the weapon she would draw strength from it as a memento her fallen friend and the dreams they shared. The shotgun had been affectionately named Charlotte by Mallory. Zoe would later give the weapon to her adoptive son Trent "Jameson" Paine-Wood who was Mallory's younger brother. She gave the gun to him with the stating that she had now also channeled her strength into the gun symbolically along side Mallory.

"Guardian Angel" - M14 Rifle: As a marksman the rifle would act as an artistic and deadly extension of her abilities. She would name it Guardian Angel after her ability to land precise shots on the undead several yards away protecting her friends from a distance

"Oath Keeper" - M16 Assault Rifle: While Zoe despise the fragile nature of the m16 platform she would use it against large groups of the dead due to it's fully automatic capabilities. She would later be gifted an M16 from Tank, a camp member and close friend. She would name it Oath Keeper in honor if the promises to keep Camp V safe at all costs she and Tank exchanged.

Demascus Steel Machete - Zoe having spent her childhood practicing several bladed martial arts the machete would soon grow to be her most used weapon. Having culled over 6,000 undead with the machete she would ultimately find that the blade was an extension of her existence when she was forced to invoke it's lethal nature

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