Mark

## Other Information

### Status

Dead *(shot in the head by Craig after saving his life and getting bitten in Eradication (Episode 15).)*

### Occupation

- Article Editor (*Pre-apocalypse*)
- Bunker 03 Soldier (*Post apocalypse*)

### Series Lifespan

Vulnerable (Episode 3) - Eradication (Episode 15)

### Weapon Of Choice

SIG 550 Rifle

Mark is a main character in the Pivot Zombie Series and is introduced in the third episode along with Jane and the rest of the cabin group. Mark and Jane worked for the same company before the outbreak and were good friends. After getting trapped in her wrecked car on the first day of the outbreak; Jane called Mark and asked him to come and help her. He agreed to come and help but before he got there, Vince and Gary arrived and were able to free Jane from her wrecked car and kill the surrounding infected.

After Mark arrived later, the four got acquainted and decided to stick together. They eventually travelled to the cabin where Zoey and Nick were staying. Mark and Nick did not get along very well after Nick attacked him for talking to Zoey in a flirtatious manner. Vince broke up the fight by knocking out Nick, as he was doing most of the damage. Mark gets along with everyone in the group; he has a good bond with Jane and is becoming good friends with Craig after he became Jane's boyfriend.

Mark is usually a supporting role in the Survivors.

## Full Character Story

Before the outbreak, Mark worked an office job with Jane. One day, Jane was working overtime alone in Origins (Episode 8). Mark showed up suddenly and played a joke on Jane which made her terrified. They then heard some noises and knew a thief had entered the office building. The thief found them and Mark fought with him to protect Jane. The thief was subdued but Mark got hurt. At that time, Jane thought Mark was brave and selfless.

After the outbreak, they followed Vince and Gary, who freed Jane from her wrecked car, to arrive at The Cabin. He met Zoey and Nick at that time. However, Mark had a conflict with Nick because Mark had a conversation with Zoey and Nick didn't feel glad to it. Mark didn't fight with Nick after Vince stopped both of them.

In Vulnerable (Episode 3), Mark was one of the members in The Survivors who welcomed the admission of Craig and Rob. In Execution (Episode 4), he discovered the death of Nick and he knew Rob did that in self-defense. He felt okay about what Rob did.

In Complications (Episode 5), he was hesitant to let David come inside the Winston Military Base because he didn't know much about David at that time. He joined the mission to rescue Gary in Heroes (Episode 6) and Rescue (Episode 7). He covered David when the team made their way back to the base. He was also the one who told David to drive off the truck to leave the base for the sake of their lives in Conflict (Episode 9) and that left Gary behind. Gary was killed by the Bandit Leader.

In Stricken (Episode 10), he knew the secret that Jane loved Craig and he promised her not to tell anyone about that. He was not satisfied with the decisions made by Vince since he thought Jane would be a more suitable person to follow Craig, Vince and David to get some petrol for the team. However, he still obeyed the order of Vince and followed the other three men to get some petrol. He and Craig then entered a store. It was the time when he tried to figure out how Craig felt about Jane. He then encountered the demises of Rob and Zoey with the rest of the team in Nightmare (Episode 11). He felt sad at that time but he thought rescuing Jane and Rachel was also of the utmost importance. He told Craig the secret that Jane loved Craig to lower Craig's anger before they went to the C.C.R Cropford Base to rescue the two girls.

He helped Vince kill the C.C.R Cropford Warrant Officer in Vendetta (Episode 12) and did a good job on helping the other three guys save Jane and Rachel.In Brothers (Episode 13),he told Craig that he found Ray and helped Craig to talk with Ray about Rob's death. He became one of the soldiers in bunker 03 in Divided (Episode 14) and respected the decision made by Jane, who refused to be a soldier and go out with the other members in the Survivors for the supply run in Divided (Episode 14). During the supply run, he told Craig that he didn't want his potential lover to be ripped away from him and he had decided to join the construction crew with David. However, he was still one of the soldiers in the Bravo team who came out to fight the horde of zombies in Eradication (Episode 15) and that marked his fate to be bitten by a zombie. He told other members in the Survivors to stay away from him as he was going to turn into a zombie. He didn't want Jane to witness his fate but she found out about that unfortunately. He was then killed by Craig after turning into a zombie.

Mark is also one of the people who showed up in Craig's dream sequence in Icarus (Episode 18).

He is deeply memorized by the members of the Survivors, especially Jane, Craig and David.

## Personality

Mark is above all an optimistic guy who tries to keep a smile on his face as often as possible. He likes to support everyone in the group and make sure they are feeling alright, He is not confident in his combat ability and definitely prefers to let others do the fighting if possible. The only person in the world he would put himself in massive danger for is Jane, as seen in Vendetta (Episode 12).

He likes everyone in the group and is grateful to have Vince as a leader but Mark is sometimes scared and annoyed by Vince's dangerous and sometimes irrational decisions. He is still cooperative and will follow Vince's orders even if he regrets or doesn't feel good about Vince's decisions.

## Appearance and Equipment

Mark is a light blue stickman who isn't really in very good shape. He of course spent quite a few years behind a desk but unlike Jane he did not have an interest in keeping in shape outside of work. He wears a blue denim jacket that he has had since Origins (Episode 8).

Although he isn't a fan of guns; when he does have to use them it is clear that he favours a semi-automatic weapons as opposed to fully automatic. Initially he used an M97 Rifle but since Nightmare (Episode 11) he has been using a SIG 550 Rifle that he found on a dead police officer. In Vendetta (Episode 12) he is seen wearing special ops armour during the raid on the C.C.R Cropford Base. Due to fact he doesn't like combat and Jane is now safe, it is unlikely he will be seen wearing that armour again.

## Relationships

### Jane

Jane is closest to Mark as they knew each other before the outbreak. They worked for the same editing company. Mark and Jane are good friends. They always connect to each other and have many conversations. Two months before of the outbreak, Jane was working overtime alone in the office late at night as she was saving up money for a new car. Mark wanted to make a prank to her. He hid behind a set of draws and then jumped around the corner of her cubicle. Jane felt surprised and scared when Mark appeared and told Mark that she heard some noises behind them. Mark then helped Jane to subdue the thief. Nevertheless, Mark got hurt by the thief and Jane showed that she cared about Mark, Mark felt happy about what Jane feels and they finally went to the hospital.

Jane was driving her car down the motorway on the first of the outbreak. Suddenly, the traffic came to a halt and Jane and other civilians got out of their cars to see what was happening. Shortly after, there were loud screams coming from the distance and then the infected came running down the motorway and started attacking people. Jane decided the safest thing to do was lock herself in her car. Jane couldn't come out the car and she used her phone to call Mark for help. Mark then came to find her immediately. After Mark reached Jane, Vince and Gary had already saved Jane's life by breaking her out of her crashed car and killing the surrounding infected. Mark asked Jane what happened and told her to be careful. Jane recommended Mark to follow Vince and Gary and Mark agreed what Jane suggested.

Next, they reached to the cabin owned by Zoey and Nick. Mark and Jane had a good conversation with Zoey. However, Mark was injured by Nick through talking alone with Zoey and Jane came to Mark to take care of him. Then the survivors left the cabin and went to the Winston Military Base. Mark and Jane was one of the assistant that helped Vince to take control the military base.

Mark and Jane stayed at the Winston Military Base for a long time. Vince ordered him and Jane to defend the military base in the Complications (Episode 5). Jane found David when she was defending, Mark then came out and ask Jane what happened. Jane told him there was a guy outside the gate. Mark rejected to let David join the team because he felt suspicious about Gary being lost and felt David was one of the members of the bandits. Jane then tried to persuade Mark to let David in and Mark finally agreed what Jane said and let David to join the team. Mark and Jane then together rescued Gary along with the rest of the group in Heroes (Episode 6).

Vince ordered Mark and Jane to make an inventory of their weapons when Vince planned to leave the military base in Conflict (Episode 9). However this proved pointless after the bandit attack on the base later that episode. They then stayed in a shop and Mark found out that Jane liked Craig. He encouraged Jane to tell Craig about her feelings. However, Jane lacked of courage and asked Mark to help him to keep her secret. Jane then was caught by the C.C.R in the Nightmare (Episode 11). Mark and the rest of the team went to save her and Rachel successfully in the Vendetta (Episode 12). Mark and Jane then arrived at Bunker 03 in the Brothers (Episode 13).

In Divided (Episode 14), Mark respected the decision made by Jane about staying at the bunker to work for Yasmin instead of fighting with the team outside. He understood that she was afraid of any uncertainty that could result in the deaths of the team like Rob and Zoey's demises. In Eradication (Episode 15), when he got bitten after saving Craig, he told Craig to kill him before Jane arrived since he did not want to let Jane witness this cruel and unhappy truth. However, Jane had arrived to see Mark before Craig was about to shoot him. It could be observed that Jane cared about Mark when she told the team to stop killing Mark despite the fact that it was fuitle and Craig finally killed Mark for his own good.

### Craig

Mark met Craig in the Vulnerable (Episode 3). He and Craig have gotten along for a long time. When Mark found out about Jane's secret. He tried to talk with Craig about romantics in the Stricken (Episode 10) and Craig told Mark about how he felt about Jane. After Jane was caught by C.C.R. Mark could not keep the secret and told Craig that Jane liked him. Craig believed what Mark said since he was a honest person and went to rescue Jane immediately in Vendetta (Episode 12). He was also willing to talk to Craig about his personal weakness of failing to protect his loved one in Divided (Episode 14). This showed that Mark had treated Craig as one of his close friends that he could rely on and share secrets with. Craig also encouraged Mark to have more confidence in himself and they would settle down in the bunker eventually. In Eradication (Episode 15), when Mark got bitten, Craig felt extremely unhappy and he obeyed what Mark told him to do to kill Mark before his painful reanimation.

To sum up, Mark helped Craig get closer to Jane and Craig has been close friends with Mark.

### David

Mark met David in the Complications (Episode 5). Mark initially did not feel good about David because Gary was lost suddenly. After David had proved he was a believable person and was willing to rescue Gary with the survivors, Mark and his relationship seem improve. Mark covered David when they were left behind the team in Rescue (Episode 7). David felt thankful about Mark covered him. However, Mark indirectly caused David to be blamed by Vince when he told David to drive off the truck in the Conflict (Episode 9). David didn't blame Mark and told Mark that he would like to do that too to leave the dangerous circumstance about getting shot by the bandits . Mark then was scolded by Vince in Stricken (Episode 10) because he didn't obey Vince's orders. David comforted him and asked him to believe his ability. Mark and David relationship was enhanced after they got along for a long time and they were working together in Vendetta (Episode 12) .

### Zoey

Mark met Zoey in Vulnerable (Episode 3). Mark had an immediate physical attraction towards Zoey and had a conversation with Zoey energetically. Zoey felt good about Mark and willing to make a friend of Mark. However, her boyfriend Nick didn't like Mark and injured Mark. Zoey felt sorry about what her boyfriend did and Mark said that it was not her fault. They didn't communicate with each other until Nick's death. Then Nick was killed by Rob. Mark felt positive about Nick's death because he didn't like Nick. However, Zoey had a bigger problem about changing her attitude when Nick died. Zoey spent some time to chill out herself. Although they had more conversation after Nick's death, Zoey felt normal about Mark because she only loved Nick. Mark's feelings for her had passed at this point but he still cared about Zoey. However, Zoey was killed by the C.C.R landmine unexpectedly in Nightmare (Episode 11). Mark felt very upset about her death, realising how sad her time had been in the apocalypse compared to how they first interacted together.

### Vince

Mark met Vince on the first day of the outbreak when Vince and Gary saved Jane's life. Mark found that Gary was lost in Execution (Episode 4) and told Vince about it. Vince then led him and the rest of the team to rescue Gary. Mark didn't have a good relationship with Vince at the beginning. It's because sometimes Mark didn't like Vince's orders and argued against to Vince. He was one of the people that left Gary behind the military base and he indirectly caused Vince to blame David. Mark didn't make the group peaceful and blamed Vince in Stricken (Episode 10). Mark felt Jane had a better ability than him to lead and judged Vince as a sexist. It made Vince furious and he scolded Mark for this.

However, their relationship seems to have improved after they were working together in Vendetta (Episode 12). Vince ordered Mark to follow him and they reached the laboratory. They were surrounded by the C.C.R team. Vince asked Mark to leave and Mark refused. He helped Vince to defeat the C.C.R team and finally left with Vince. Vince felt that Mark was a reliable and believable person and changed his attitude to Mark. Also, it could be seen that Vince felt upset about his death in Eradication (Episode 15) but listened to what Mark said to keep Jane away from Mark in case he reanimated into a zombie.

### Rob

Mark has had a decent relationship with Rob since they met for the first time in Vulnerable (Episode 3). He thought he was responsible to take care of Rob with Craig since Rob was the youngest member in the team. He did not blame Rob for killing Nick as he knew Rob did it for justice. He was also impressed by Rob's ability to use the RPG to kill the bandits in Conflict (Episode 9). After the tradegy that happened to Rob and Zoey in Nightmare (Episode 11), Mark felt upset because he thought the two people could have a longer and brighter future if they were not killed by the C.C.R's landmine. He was then determined to rescue Jane from the C.C.R and showd no mercy to the C.C.R soldiers in order to avenge Rob's death.

### Nick

Mark met Nick when he and Jane reached the cabin. Nick behaved obnoxiously when Mark talked to Zoey. He fought to Mark and injured Mark successfully. Mark thought Nick threatened him and he didn't have a good feeling for Nick because Nick caused him and Zoey to have a fewer conversations after Mark was injured by Nick. However, Nick and Mark didn't get along for a long time because Nick was killed by Rob after they took control of the Winston Military Base in Execution (Episode 4). Mark felt positive about his death and thought Rob was right because Nick was dangerous to the team and Rob did that for his self-defense.

### Gary

Mark felt thankful to Gary when Gary saved Jane's life on the first day of the outbreak. Mark thought Gary was an efficient person because Gary recommended Vince to go to the Winston Military Base and his action was admired by Mark. Mark felt Gary have a higher contribution to the team and felt positive to him. When Vince asked the team to rescue Gary, Mark was willing to rescue Gary because he thought Gary deserved to be rescued and he rescued Gary successfully with the team. However, their friendship didn't last much longer since Mark was in the dangerous circumstance with David in Conflict (Episode 9). Mark asked David to drive off the truck and left Gary behind. Finally, Gary was executed by the bandit leader and Mark was out of the danger with David. Mark felt upset about Gary's death and didn't forget what Gary did for the team .

## Death

Mark was one of the members in Bravo team and he assisted Craig in battling the horde. He saw when the truck was thrown towards them that he had to tackle Craig out of the way to save his life. He had to drop his weapon in the process and by the time he was back on his feet he was bitten before Vince killed the zombie by using his machete. He knew there was no possible way to save him, so he didn't discourage Craig from killing him in the end.

Mark survived for 26 days in the apocalypse and was in the series for 13 episodes.

## Notable Quotes

* "You like him, you were gonna tell him." - *Mark responding to Jane that he knows Jane liked Craig and she didn't have a courage to tell her feelings to Craig in Stricken (Episode 10).*
* "Just do one last favour for me, don't let Jane see any of this." - *Mark telling everyone that he will die and asking Craig to kill him before Jane came to find him in Eradication (Episode 15).*

## Kills

* 2 Zombies *(on screen)*.
* C.C.R Cropford Base Lieutenant's assistant.
* Gary (Indirectly caused)

## Trivia

* He was born in 1986.
* He was the only character to reanimate into the infected in series.
* He is Jane's workmate and friend.
* He was originally going to be an openly gay character in the story, but his sexuality has not ever been confirmed in the series.
* He told Craig that he wasn't ready to try find his significant other because of many factors in Divided (Episode 14), one of which being he didn't feel he would be strong enough to protect them.
* He is the first person who spoke in The Cabin.