Phoebe Cook

**Phoebe Cook** is a supporting protagonist of the **Into the Dark** *series*, initially a survivor of the increasing political violence that is spreading across the United States she is eventually saved by the Revolutionary Army and brought into the community to live, after spending months there she develops close friendships and volunteers to become a member of the Medical Corps, while on the battlefield she is forced to step up and become a battle hardened soldier and a platoon leader, she is currently considered to be the successor to **Commander** Dante Bishop as the revolutionary who will bring about worldwide proletariat revolution.

## Appearance

Phoebe is a young Caucasian girl with brown hair cut short. As a survivor she dresses in a large coat with a fur collar, basic blue jeans and high boots. She is typically seen with a holster to carry her pistol.

After becoming a combatant and a member of the Expeditionary Force she donned an official uniform which was similar to Jacob Rogers'.

## Personality

At the beginning of the series Phoebe is more or less an ordinary child however as the situation in the United States began to grow more and more unstable, accompanied with the riots, looting and mass shootings between the rioters and the police Phoebe lost both of her parents causing her a great deal of grief and sadness.

After being saved by the Revolutionary Army Phoebe had to learn to become self-sufficient coming to terms with being an orphan making friends with others while adjusting to the situation and displaying a greater knowledge of her surroundings than the other adolescents her age. Though she was taken care of within the community, she was known as a rule breaker and a problem child who rarely if ever listened.

Phoebe was quick to jump to the defense of otherwise weaker or preyed upon individuals with little thought of reward to herself. However, much like the world she lives in, she would take or steal from others who she believed to be in the wrong without consideration to their situation and outright deny her actions if caught.

She firmly believed in the revolution if she believed they were being accused without considering all the angles of the situation. Her belief in the creed of the revolutionary soldier drove her to rebel against the military and fight to join their cause.

## Biography

### Background

Phoebe was born in the early 2000's. Little else is known of Phoebe's early life other than she was enrolled as a student in Elementary school where she was bullied and unable to stand up for herself. Phoebe mentions that she was once a straight A student, she enjoyed having pets including Clown fish, two Blue Tang fish and a sea anemone.

Her relationship with her parents was stable despite them rarely being around, they often sent her gifts and called her to ensure her safety. By the time of the first sightings of Infected they prohibited Phoebe from going anywhere besides directly to school and home.

## Skills and Abilities

Initially, Phoebe is fairly unskilled in survival techniques. She cannot swim, a hindrance to herself. She carries a Survival Knife, which is her only weapon until she is trusted with a gun by Dante Bishop. Her youth leads Dante to initially doubt her competence so he does not grant her a firearm until she shoots a hunter assisting her commander in combat by doing so. Afterwards does he permits Jacob Rogers to show Phoebe how to use a hunting rifle. Later on, she becomes more proficient in combat, sporting a number of weapons such as pistols, rifles, bows, molotov cocktails, smoke and anti-personnel explosives, along with her trademark knife. She can also is taught how to ride a horse, set traps, mask her scent and camoflauge with her surroundings.

Phoebe is shown to be a great hunter as she often accompanies Jacob Rogers when searching for deer or squirrels. Her stealth is showcased in her ability to hide from animals and Infected who are known for having heightened senses, being able to mask her scent. Her abilities as a sharp shooter have also greatly improved being able to kill two experienced soldiers using her weapons, traps and quick wits.

Her greatest skill however, appears to be her resourcefulness. As she has crafted Molotov Cocktails, Nail Bombs as well as other traps and snares in order to attack or create effective diversions for her opponents.

## Weapons Used

   Armalite AR-10 (T) - Phoebe is an exceptional marksman and sniper due to being trained by **Commander** Dante Bishop an experienced sniper and Jacob Rogers a capable hunter and survivalist.

* 7.62×51mm NATO - Phoebe's main weapon, her semi-auto rifle appears to fire 7.62 mm caliber bullets and she is shown to be able to fire them in quick succession due to her intense physical training.⠀⠀

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Compound Bow - Phoebe is shown to be an adept hunter thanks to her training with Jacob as she often partnered with the commander when hunting game and is shown to be extremely effective at killing Infected with the weapon as well.

* Arrows - Phoebe's arrows are shown to be incredibly effective weapons, they are capable of piercing through armor due to their sharpness and she has also crafted flaming arrows, arrows with explosives attached and even arrows that are laced with infected blood, proving to be powerful weapons.⠀⠀

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   Heckler & Koch USP - Phoebe's sidearm of choice is a balanced H&K pistol which she is shown to be an adept user.

* 9×19mm Parabellum - Phoebe's H&K pistol fires standard 9mm bullets. It is shown to be very effective against ordinary Infected as well as unarmored survivors but against armored personnel or abnormals they have no effect.

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Tactical Folding Knife - Phoebe's melee weapon is a standard knife. Phoebe is an adept fighter with it.
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    Molotov Cocktail - Phoebe has crafted numerous Molotovs throughout the series to both distract and attack both survivors and the Infected. Phoebe has used them in numerous combat situations against herds of Infected, in one case an abnormal and even a fire team of U.S. Army soldiers.

Phoebe has also used them to act as diversions.

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Nail Bomb -   Phoebe has also crafted several Nail Bombs throughout the series to act as anti-personnel explosives dealing horrific damage to survivors and infected alike.