Jeffrey Daniels

## Background

Jeffrey Daniels was a Lieutenant of the 809th Brigade Support Battalion National Guard unit in Westfield. He had served in the 10th Mountain division in Afghanistan. Lt. Daniels lived with his family in Westfield.

Lt. Jeffrey Daniels spent June 23, 2010 assisting in rescuing survivors, including Mallory Malone, and ordered his National Guard unit to help secure the Westfield High School as a safe zone. His actions that day delayed the rescue of his family, resulting in their death. He didn't escape unscathed that day, as he was stabbed by Mallory when he walked up on her after she'd killed three zombies on Main Street. He was escorted that day by Hector, a member of his unit. His men thought he was GI Joe, the savior of mankind, but he was cut from the same cloth as Sean Stockwell. He was scared yellow. His first encounter with the Auburn Lake Preparatory Academy survivors earned him the nickname Captain Snowpants, when he led the first wave of the attack on the campus wearing all white clothing and snow shoes. When the shooting started, Lt. Daniels hid in the woods and was left behind by Senator Stockwell during the retreat. He hid in the woods and took the entire day to get back to Westfield.

Lt. Daniels was a hard ass officer who couldn't think outside the box. As the confrontation with Auburn Lake Preparatory Academy increased, it remains uncertain how devoted some of his men remained to him. He began to dislike Senator Stockwell immensely and continually forced the Senator to refer to him by rank in an effort to show disrespect. Lt. Daniels was a man who would rather go to war, and his Staff Sergeant, Lenny and Ollie all knew it would take a lot of convincing to get him to go against Sean. He knew he had the support of the majority of Westfield to replace Sean at the next election, and had already begun to consider moving the elections up in order to oust Sean. Three of his friends were killed at the gas station, and he was surprised to hear that they had been without ammunition, considering he and his men maintained absolute control over the armory. His first verbal contact with Adrian followed Mike's initial meeting with the Auburn Lake Preparatory Academy leader. Their conversation got off to a rocky start, however, they eventually came to an agreement as to how to overthrow the Senator's tyranny. Lt. Daniels and his men tricked Sean into walking into the ambush at the farm, giving the Senator the opportunity to walk away with nothing, or be turned over to Adrian. During the chaos that ensued, Jeffrey was shot in the abdomen below his vest. When Adrian approached the Lieutenant, the two spoke and made peace with each other. Sean had Adrian and his guardsmen take him and Sean to the golf course; ordering them to tether Sean to him and break his legs. Lieutenant Daniels spoke one final time to Senator Sean Stockwell before he died, and killed the Senator himself once he turned. His undead corpse was given the final death by Staff Sergeant Mike McCarthy.

## Trivia

Jeffrey Daniels is believed to have overcome his failings as and officer and human being after delivering Sean Stockwell to Adrian. Even then he gave him the chance to walk away unharmed and unnarmed.