Delilah "Del" Harlan

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Del was a young girl played by Suraru in the Medium Vanilla server, during Season 1. She was a member of Camp V and was online almost every day for the month she was active.

## Backstory

Delilah Harlan was born and raised in Nebraska on June 21st, 1979 to Notsu Harlan and Daniel Smith.

Daniel was the primary parent who raised her and was fairly supportive. Notsu on the other hand, was in the military for most of her life. Between tours, Notsu would try to teach Del survival skills. However, around 1990 when Notsu was medically discharged, she found her home to be a much more chaotic place.

Her mother, an asexual women who was forced into a relationship with a man, fought with Daniel constantly, not understanding her own orientation. This came to a climax, when Notsu killed Daniel in cold blood, and forced Del to lie to the police to save her mother's skin. This key childhood event imprinted a very strong feeling towards pacifism in Del, but also gave her an intense fear of verbal arguments between people.

With the lack of a proper father figure in her life, Del found herself falling in with a bad crowd of people, who used her to break into cars and houses. She learned how to hotwire, walk quietly, climb through small spaces, and flee from trouble. However, even as a thief, Del never lost her kind heart and avoided taking from the undeserving.

When the world fell apart, Del, along with her mother, homeless aunt Sura, and cousin Rio, were on a road trip to drop of the lot off with Sura's ex-husband, Ashi, so Notsu could live in solitude. They made it to Tennessee when they had their first encounter with the undead. It was a shock to all four of the family members, and in the chaos they all became separated from each other.

Del was able to escape using what she learned throughout her childhood by hotwiring a car and fleeing the city. She tried to go back multiple times for her family, but being 14 at the time Del was a horrible driver, and her car did not last long.

## Story

Del hid in houses until fall, surviving on canned food and stealth. She found a safehouse in Rosewood she hunkered down in, and became incredibly lonely, depressed, and guilty over abandoning her family. As food ran out, the now 15 year old ventured forth in August, after finally finding a charged car battery and a single unit of gas to get a Taxi working. She tried to explore Louisville to locate her family, but the high population of undead forced her to turn back. Her car shorty died after, and had to be abandoned south of West Point, so the child went into the city hoping to find another safe house to hide in as the dark set in and zombies chased her.

She found William B.B. Brown's house, and after making a broadcast on his HAM Radio, she fell asleep in his garage on the couch. Del then awoke to a gunshot, as BB found her trespassing. Seeing the child was no threat, the radioman brought Del over to Camp V, whom took her in and adopted her. The girl received a bath, fresh clothes, and pancakes, driving her to tears as before this point the only person she had seen was a car that drove past her in Rosewood.

Over the next few months, Del became incredibly attached to the group, especially a man named Lee whom she viewed as a new father figure in her life. Even after Del had learned Lee had killed people like Jimbo and child Vivian, she couldn't bring herself to abandon her new family, especially after they had given her such a comfortable home.

At one point, Del tagged a long for a supply run to Louisville with John Smith, a man who had claimed a house nearby the camp, and was ambushed by a zombie while loading a vehicle. She received a laceration and a deep fear of leaving camp, but otherwise survived unharmed.

While on that supply run, Del found a HAM Radio and installed it in her room to make nightly broadcasts hoping to find more survivors, or more importantly, her family. This did end up attracting her mother, Notsu, who decided to avoid a direct confrontation with Del given their history. However, when Notsu was bit looking for the rest of their family, she finally reunited with her mother in her last moments.

Del was incredibly conflicted, hating her mother for the neglectful parenthood, but still loving the woman for their shared blood. After Notsu was put down and buried behind a shed, bandits (whom were also attracted by her broadcasts,) began to attack. Del tried her best to prevent hostilities, but wound up getting shot in the arm for her troubles. The bandit who shot her tripped on Notsu's grave, and was gunned down by the others, something Del interpreted as a spiritual guardianship from her late mother.

However, rising tensions with another camp in Muldraugh ran by Molly, along with the bandit attacks, prompted the camp to move to Louisville. While reluctant at first, Del followed the party to a gated community with a lake, and set up her room in the middle house, on the top floor. With some help from Lauren, Del was able to paint her room pink and get herself comfortable. However, tragedy struck the girl as her father figure, Lee, was bitten during the trip. Having just lost her mother, and now the man she was closest too, Del was emotionally broken down, and after Lee's funeral, the girl found herself losing a lot of weight as she ceased eating.

The camp was somber for a long while, with everyone supporting each other through these tough times. During this, Del became less of a teaser towards Trent, and started to seek him out more as a friend for comfort. However, with the lack of their moral compass, the camp became much more cold hearted and unstable. Ezekiel, a man whom Del saw as a friend despite his rude personality, had finally crossed a line and was told at gunpoint to leave their camp. Zeke refused, and was gunned down by Nina, while Del was held back by Tank.

Immediately afterwards, Del ran up to her room and attempted to take her own life, but was stopped by Trent and Arty who force fed her sleeping pills and anti-depressants. Del had blamed Florence for the murder of her friend, given she had sociopathic tendencies and was thought to have instigated the fight that got Zeke killed.

With her friends getting killed, and her enemies becoming more common, Del made the tough call, after weeks of ruminating, to leave Camp V. With Tank's help in the middle of the night, she loaded up a sports car gifted to her by Cocaine Kelly, and left a goodbye note stating she may return after she takes time to process all that had happened.

## Obituary

Del drove through Riverside, trying to find signs of her family, then kept driving to some abandoned houses West of the town. She found a HAM radio and tried to make a broadcast, but was too far away to hear anything but garbled noise. Alone, Del sat in the house as the demons won over her mind, and the 15 year old girl took her life. Delilah died alone, missing her friends and family.

Later, a journalist came across Del's corpse after spotting her car parked outside. Using what he knew from visiting the factions, he deduced this must be the missing girl, from Camp V. Gathering the body, he drove to the new Camp V in Louisville and dropped off her body for a proper burial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omgSWqwVTjY

## Relationships

### Notsu

Notsu was Del's mother, and she had a complicated relationship with her. Notsu had killed Daniel, her husband and Del's father whom she loved. She was very neglectful of Del, but did at least teach her survival skills on their family camping trips. Regardless of this, Del still loved her as her mother, and regretted she didn't give Notsu confirmation of this before she passed.

### Lee

Lee was one of the first people Del met in Camp V, and she quickly became attached to him and saw him as a father figure. He was very protective of Del given her age, although he did at times overshare his dark history with her. Lee was probably the person Del was closest too, and his passing hurt her greatly.

### Ezekiel

Zeke was a good friend of Del's, and when he left camp for the first time with James and Venus, he tried to convince Del to come along with. He taught the girl many things and she was one of the few who saw his good side. The way he was gunned down in front of her reminded her of the trauma she faced when her dad died, and hit her almost as hard as Lee's Death.

### Estee

Doli was a like an older sister to Del. She always tried to keep her happy with new fashionable clothes, or movie nights. Doli at one point had tried to teach Del how to use a gun, since her first handling resulted in her shooting a wall in Thomas' room. However, she wasn't able to easily pick up the skill.

### Venus

Venus acted like another older sister to Del, although not to the level of Doli. Still, Venus watched over Del when they went out on some supply runs along with Zeke, and even tried to cheer Del up by playing tag with her along the walls (which, resulted in both getting hurt).

### Trent

Del didn't dislike Trent at first, but did tease him relentlessly because of his quietness and bad personal hygiene. Still, she was friendly with him at times and respected his fishing abilities. After Lee's passing, Del became much closer to Trent, and sought him for comfort. The teasing all but disappeared, however Del was much like her mother in regards of asexuality, and wasn't looking for a relationship.

### Florence

Del didn't think much of Florence until she started fighting with Zeke. She tried to suppress the fights when they cropped up, but always secretly took his side on the matter. Flo's sociopathic tendencies concerned Del, but it wasn't until Zeke was killed that the girl really started to hate her, blaming her for his death.

### Lauren

Despite being with Flo, Lauren and Del had a very light mother/daughter relationship. They would sometimes share deep thoughts about current events, and Lauren did help Del out many times during her stay with Camp V. When Del left, Lauren disappeared while looking for her.

### James

Del initially mistook James' stutter as fear, and tried to comfort him. They ended up caring for each other up until James decided to leave camp, along with Zeke and Venus. James tried to get Del to come along, but she wanted to be with Lee and stayed behind. He worried constantly for Del, and even tried to organize a rescue mission when he thought Camp V had harmed her. They chatted over radio a few times after their departure, with James likely being the last one to hear Del's voice before she died.

### Sheriff Morgan

Morgan was vital in helping Del overcome her fear of bandits, staying with her during one long night when a large battle broke out. He helped her process her mother's death as well, and was there to witness Lee's funeral, supporting Del through that as well. His sense of protection was charged by Notsu, who found him on the road and brought him to Camp V with the single promise of watching over Del.

### Cocaine Kelly

Kelly had given Del drugs on multiple occasions, something which amused the girl greatly, despite not being a user. At some point before their move to LV, Kelly had found and gifted Del a red sports car, which she would keep with her until her death.

### Tank

If anyone could have been Del's father figure after Lee died, it would have been Tank. He taught her many things, including the constellations and their meanings during one peaceful night of stargazing, and was also there with her in her mother's last moments. He was fairly protective of Del, holding her back from getting hurt when Zeke was killed. When Del made the choice to leave, he supported her and made sure her car was well repaired and stocked before leaving.

### Nina

Nina always scared Del, and she tried to keep her distance. Still, the woman did protect Del during their supply runs, and helped her out where she could. After she shot Zeke, Del became irrationally angry, scared, and depressed in Nina's presence, a huge key factor in Del's choice to leave the camp.

## Quotes

"Leave the hostilities to the undead. We living, should band together, not squabble over petty differences."

"Don't get any ideas, Trent, this is just temporary because of Lee."

"I miss you guys..."

## Trivia

* Del was named after Del'Kithka of Sil, one of Suraru's roleplay character in Elder Scrolls Online
* Del was originally made to be the motivation for Notsu, and unintentionally became Suraru's main character after Notsu died. Hence, the username in game was SuraruAlt
* Green is Del's color, signifying her ignorance and positivity, while also being the opposite of envy or greed which green can also symbolize.

## Gallery

Del's Stats upon DeathSpot where Del diedDel's Skills upon her deathPortrait of Delilah, edited by Suraru
### Videos

This is why you don't let 15 year olds drive.

Supply Run with Zeke and Venus

Lee's Funeral

Close Call, a supply run with Nina