Mikhael

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## Relations

### Allies

Dr. Noah Butcher
Dr. Miko Kinoko
Vladimir
Rose
Fisherman Guy
Roger Lombardi
Rachel Scott
Samuel Tyson
Garlos
Annie
Hank Hill
Pete
Lance
Jimmy McGill
Hector
Adam
Roy
Lucky
Boyd
Shelby
Axeloiler
Akira
White
Pink
Craig
The Wheelers
Portland

### Enemies

Mr. Megadeath
The Vagabonds
Mike
Drake
Sebastian
The Corsairs
Dexter
Mitch Sorenstein
Spinemelter
Skullcrusher

*This article refers to the scientist from New Nestor. For other uses of "Mike", see Mike (disambiguation)*

**Mikhael** is a player character-turned-NPC from New Nestor, played by Grey. He is a scientist known for indirectly causing the Infection in the first place.

## History

### Mikhael's Prologue

Mikhael, alongside Dr. Noah Butcher and Dr. Miko Kinoko, were working on a project under the US government to get revenge on Al Qaeda for the events of 9/11. During the cleanup that night of the lab, Noah bumped the concoction accidentally, and overnight it evolved into a tentacle monster. Mikhael, coming in the next day to see the usually early Noah and Miko nowhere to be found, has to fight the creature by himself, first trying the fire extinguisher, which only killed some limbs, which regrew much like a hydra. Mikhael eventually killed it with a chemical reaction from his lighter and some loose chemicals, before pulling the fire alarm to evacuate the building. An explosion is heard as Mikhael gets out the door, and Noah soon arrives, late with donuts. The twofsoon discovered that the chemical reaction turned the concoction into a sentient creature that gave birth to an infectious parasitic fungus. The two banded together to work on a cure.

A month later, Butcher comes up with a concoction that he thinks will end the infection. They decide to go to the survivor colony of Faraday to test it. Butcher, a bit too enthusiastic, suggests putting it in their water supply to mass cure them, though Mikhael intervenes, saying that Butcher should test it on him. This almost kills Mikhael, with Butcher cutting his arm off to prevent the spread of infection, to where Mikhael lets out a muffled "fuck" in response.

Between this point and the start of the campaign proper, Mikhael and Butcher got separated, and Mikhael ended up in Warren.

### New Nestor Campaign

Mikhael accompanied what became the party, not doing a whole lot until Pete, Annie and Lance suggested locations to find a new home in, whereafter he denied all three and instead went to the gun store. This journey ended up fruitless as the gun store was one of the first places looted and ransacked during the apocalypse for obvious reasons. He then went with the party to St. Freeman's Church and, upon witnessing Hector and Valentino's incident, tried to punch Adam in the face before St. Freeman shouted that there would be no fighting in his church. Mikhael took blood samples of both of the brothers after this, intentionally using the same needle on both. This would end up killing Hector due to the contaminated needle. When St. Freeman offered to donate some of their weaponry to the party, Mikhael and Vladimir did not trust them one bit. This led to a stickup between the party and the churchgoers, including Sisters Helena and Agatha, wherein St. Freeman was held at gunpoint by Mikhael. Pete talked everyone down, and the weaponry was accepted by the party.

Mikhael was present at Chick-Fil-A to see Adam get egged on by Vladimir and Sam to eat rotten chicken, and being the one to personally prevent him from eating the rotten chicken vomit, which Sam also wanted him to do. Mikhael, having laced a water bottle with the cure, attempts to give it to Adam, before Vladimir smacks it out of his hand, inadvertently saving his life.

Mikhael was present for the showdown with the Vagabonds and their leader, Mr. Megadeath, after the fight, he used a sample of the cure on his arm stump, having it grow a longer, stronger, purple, clawed arm. He suggests to Vladimir that he could do the same for Rose, though Vladimir disagrees.

Mikhael then took a more backseat role, becoming a formal NPC for the remainder of the campaign.

When Noah explained his intentions with the cure, Noah shifted the blame onto Mikhael, who explained his end of the outbreak.

Mikhael's arm began slowly eating away at him, to the point that after escaping the Corsairs in Little Vegas, he had to chop his new arm off.

Mikhael suggests taking Craig to see Butcher.

Mikhael partook in the fight with the Treant.

## Notable Moments

* Being indirectly responsible for the creation of the infection
* Sticking up St. Freeman's Church
* Punching Adam in the face
* Taking blood samples
* Getting a zombie arm
* Losing said arm
* Working on the cure
* Fighting the Treant

## Trivia

* Mikhael became an NPC for a majority of New Nestor due to scheduling conflicts with Grey.
* Mikhael's arm is similar to one of Ballas' arms from *Warframe*.