Candice Myers

**Candice Myers** is a former medical student of the**Virginia Commonwealth University**'s **School of Nursing**. She joins the Revolutionary Army serving as a combat medic for the Harriet Tubman All Women's Platoon.

She also enjoys a sexual relationship with **Lt.** Dante Bishop throughout the **Into the Dark** *series*.

## Appearance

Candice is a petite young Caucasian woman in her early twenties. She has long blonde hair, blue eyes, and a heart-shaped face. She typically dresses her hair back and ties it into a bun.

During the initial outbreak, Candice dressed in a medical scrub shirt, as well as well as a high roller pants with dark brown boots and a scarf around her arm with a red cross to indicate her to be someone with medical experience.

She is shown to wear a standard medical uniform with a Ballistic Vest a medical kit, standard combat boots after joining Dante's military unit as a combat medic.

## Biography

### Background

Candice was raised by two loving parents in a comfortable upper middle class family in the United States. Her mother, Addison Myers, was the head doctor of a large private hospital while her father, Jared Myers the chief of a construction company. Following in her mother's footsteps, Candice took an interest in medicine.

In a video from Candice's childhood, Candice spends her time with her father and mother for the 4th of July Celebration. In a recording, Candice asks his father about how the United States of America was founded and he tells her a brief history of the British Empire and the War of Independence. Candice wonders if killing to achieve freedom was truly the only way showing how conflicted she was on the subject of political violence.

During her time in middle school and high school Candice was voted class president twice, she enjoyed a decent social life while also taking up hobbies like swimming and running track. Candice spent her time with her closest friends Bethany and Dina Dixon, however she was intimidated by men, especially those similar to Jacob Rogers and **Lt.** Dante Bishop.

## Personality

Despite the harsh world she lives in, Candice believes in saving lives, regardless of whether they deserve to be saved. Unlike **Lt.** Dante Bishop, her confidant and lover, Candice is idealistic who sees no reason for torture, cruelty or violence. She does not wish for violence or war and tries to avoid fighting as much as she can. However, she will not hesitate to kill if it means protecting those she loves such as her friends or lover.

Candice is headstrong, determined, dependable, and intelligent. She is also fair, selfless, caring and loyal to a fault. She is quick to call people out on their behavior but is generally an open minded individual and is willing to hear out those around her which along with her medical skill and outspoken nature demonstrates her capability for leadership which is noticed by many people within the Revolutionary Army, as a result **Dr.** William Barnes entrusts her to be the head of the Research & Development Team if he is killed.

She has a natural maternal instinct, as shown when she comforts and later protects Phoebe Cook one of the young resistance fighters. She has shown a similar disposition towards Holly Hoover and Lily Hoover as well.

## Skills and Abilities

Candice's combat skills remained amateurish at best until she met the Revolutionary Army. During her time with the rebels she was trained in combat by both Natasha Volkova and later **Lt.** Dante Bishop. In the time between her joining the resistance and training with firearms, through sheer determination and discipline her proficiency with weaponry improved greatly, to the point where she could wield semi-automatic pistols and sub machine guns with ease.

Candice's innate aptitude toward medical knowledge made her one of the rare survivors to be knowledgeable for both first aid, emergency surgery and after studying under **Dr.** William Barnes she learns more about the infection, her skills are shown when she assists Dr. William in handling the dysentery outbreak.

Although she mostly lacked natural skill in hand-to-hand combat compared to her allies, Candice showed a surprising amount of agility and employing her knife in close combat in her fight against the Infected.

## Weapons Used

CZ Scorpion Evo 3 A1 - Candice gains this silenced sub machine gun after becoming a member of the Revolutionary Army as a combat medic. While she is initially inaccurate with the weapon it she manages to master the it and score head shots from up to fifty meters and reload quickly due to the low recoil and stability.

* 9×19mm Parabellum

Browning Hi-Power - Candice is given this semi-automatic handgun after joining the Rebellion as a medic. Her ability to wield the weapon greatly improves under the tutelage of CPL. Annie Stevens.

* 9×19mm Parabellum

Smith & Wesson Model 37 - In addition to her pistol she also conceals a small revolver as a self-defense weapon.

* .38 Special

Survival Knife - Candice is shown to be proficient in close combat using her knife and being able to kill infected with relative ease.