Craig

Summary

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**Craig is the main character in the Pivot Zombie Series and is one of the first we are introduced to. Craig is a core member of the group bringing key values such as skills in hand to hand combat. He spent his first few days of the apocalypse alone with his best friend Frank. In this time they were captured by bandits but were able to escape with the help of Rob and Sarah, who were also prisoners there. After escaping, he and Rob found the cabin where Vince, Gary and the others were staying and both ended up being recruited for Vince's mission to capture and secure the Winston military base.**

Craig's past unfortunately came back to bite him in episode nine, when the bandit leader that he, Rob and eventually Gary escaped from, arrived at the base with a large group of bandits, far too many for Craig and the group to beat in a gun fight. Out-manned and out-gunned, Vince gave the order for everyone to retreat into the truck so that they could leave the base as not only were they losing the fight, but the noise was attracting a large amount of infected. Craig followed the order, but not before risking his life for the group, by grabbing the cooler full of food.

After the loss of Gary in the same episode, Vince asked Craig to take over the position of his second in command; his right hand man so to speak. Craig took up the offer, and still remains in that position today. After travelling to the bunker Rob had informed the group of, they arrived to find it had been overrun. Although this upset Craig, nothing could compare to what would happen a few days later.

When trying to move some barriers down a road in Cropford, the group somewhat split up to scout out the area. Rob and Zoey ended up stumbling upon a Cure Control Regiment (C.C.R) landmine that had been placed to control and destroy hordes of infected. Though he didn't die on impact, he didn't last long and eventually passed away due to blood loss. Craig would later go on to describe this as "the worst day of his life".

It was at this point that he began to feel a burning hatred towards the C.C.R forces after they not only blew up Rob, but also refused to give him any kind of medical help. Them taking Jane and Rachel only added this anger. Craig and Vince immediately wanted revenge and started gearing up for an assault on their base. Mark and David however prioritised rescuing Jane and Rachel over revenge. This was the day that Mark would tell Craig about Jane's feelings towards him. Craig didn't know how to feel at first, he hadn't been with a girl for years. He is very attracted to Jane though and liked the idea of being with her.

This new information partially quenched Craig's thirst for C.C.R blood, but he still wanted to bring them down. He took off with the others that evening to invade the C.C.R base and get Jane and Rachel back. After making their entrance, the four decided to split up, causing Craig and David to go into the holding cells to look for the girls and Mark and Vince to go to the labs. Following a small firefight Craig and David eventually found Jane and Rachel. Craig had an overwhelming sense of nervousness as he approached Jane, planning on telling her he felt the same way.

At that point Jane couldn't contain her feelings either and just kissed Craig, what she had been waiting for ever since she got to know him. Craig then confessed his mutual feelings. The four then caught back up with Mark and fled back to the exit with Vince not far behind after killing the C.C.R lieutenant. The group set the captured C.C.R soldier free and sped off, continuing their journey to the bunker, with Craig driving and Jane by his side.

He is liked and trusted by everyone in the group and will sometimes take a leading role in the absence of Vince.

## Full Character Story

In the beginning, before the apocalypse, Craig was searching for his new job so that he could save up the money for university. He met Frank at that time. Craig and Frank became workmates and they strove for their target. They had a good relationship and stuck together, even on the day of the outbreak. Craig and Frank were searching for some items in a supermarket. Suddenly, a helicopter was outside the supermarket and they were told to leave the supermarket and go to the bunker.

Craig and Frank escaped the helicopter before it crashed. Craig woke up and searched a building in Episode 1 (Unnamed). Then Craig was caught by a zombie and Frank saved him by killing that zombie with a sniper. Craig and Frank kept going and Craig started the car alarm unexpectedly, after he was thrown onto it by a mutant infected. It alerted a lot of zombies in the streets and they ran to Craig and Frank. They met David and reached a safe-house. Craig, Frank and David then found some military soldiers and all of them prepared to defend their current position.

Unfortunately, they couldn't defend that place and after the soldiers tried to take off in a helicopter and escape from the infected, the helicopter crashed and the explosion sent Craig and Frank through the roof of a building. They were caught by the bandits who had set traps in nearby locations in Prisoners (Episode 2). They then became one of the prisoners of the bandits and they lined up with other prisoners. The bandit leader wanted to know who set the car off in the town last night. Not getting any answers from the prisoners, the bandit leader killed two prisoners and left due to a breach of the walls of the compound. Craig and Frank were locked in a room alongside with Rob and Sarah, who were also prisoners in the bandit compound. Craig knew all of them wanted to leave the compound, so he told Frank, Rob and Sarah to stick together and get away from the compound. They then escaped from the compound. Sarah was devoured by the zombies unexpectedly while Craig, Frank and Rob got into the truck and drove off.

The truck was then overturned by a mutant infected standing in the road. Craig covered Frank and Rob to run to the forest in Vulnerable (Episode 3). Unfortunately, Frank was bitten by a zombie in the hand and Craig couldn't describe his feeling at that time. He told Frank to keep going and Frank decided to sacrifice himself to save Rob. Craig felt upset about Frank's death and Rob comforted him and told him to strive for their lives. They fell into the sea and they arrived at an island. They saw a house and went there. Craig and Rob then met a group including Vince, Gary, Jane, Mark, Zoey and Nick. The team planned to go to the Winston Military Base. Vince welcomed Craig and Rob to join in their group. Craig asked Rob to communicate with the members and he would find him later. Craig went to find Rob and discovered that Rob was injured by Nick. Craig told Rob to help him later and asked Rob to obey the team order.

Craig and the team reached the Winston Military Base in Execution (Episode 4). Craig assisted Vince to take control of the military base. He saw Nick intended to kill Rob. Craig attacked Nick and Nick was shot by Rob. Nick died immediately and Craig explained everything to Vince. Vince thought the explanation of Craig is reasonable. Craig told Rob he did a right thing because Nick was a bad guy.

Vince ordered Craig and Rob to follow him for finding supplies in a gas station in Complications (Episode 5). After heading back to the Winston Military Base, Craig reunited with David. David told Craig what happened on that day and Craig told Vince that David was a reliable person. Vince accepted David for joining his group and he could not find Gary. The team lost the connection with Gary. Craig heard some sound from the radio and noticed that was the sound of the bandit leader.

Craig asked Vince to calm down and he was willing to join Vince for rescuing Gary. The team then reached the bandit compound in Heroes (Episode 6). The team found Danny when they were going to save Gary. Vince didn't trust Danny and threaten Danny. Craig asked Vince to calm down and gave a breath to Danny. They found Gary on the ground floor of bandit compound. The team finally headed back to the Winston Military Base successfully.

The members introduced their background in Rescue (Episode 7). Craig told the team that he was a reporter before the day of the outbreak. Craig then told Vince that he should accept Danny because Danny mean harmless to him. After some days, Rob came to find Craig and told Craig that he wanted to find his family in Origins (Episode 8). Craig suddenly remembered that Rob was caught by the bandit leader when he was finding his parents. Craig was willing to go with him and he truly believed that Frank would allow him to do so.

They went to Rob's house in Conflict (Episode 9). They noticed that Rob's family went to the bunker 08. Craig got all the foods and headed back to the Winston Military Base. Craig convinced Vince to go to the bunker and Gary agreed Craig because he thought the military base was not safe anymore. Vince would like to go into the bunker and he agreed what Craig said. Vince accepted Danny to join him. Suddenly, Danny was killed by the bandits and Vince told the team to run to the truck immediately. Craig didn't care about his lives and ran to get the supplies. Gary was killed by the bandit leader and the team drove off the truck.

The team hid in a shop and met Rachel. Vince known that David left Gary in the military base and blamed David. They attacked each other and then Vince went inside the room. Craig asked Rachel did the room have any weapon and Rachel told him the room didn't have any weapons. Rob felt upset about Gary's death and Craig comforted him by saying the world was dark. People had to do a bad thing to survive. The team then took a rest and Jane wanted to tell Craig something. But their conversation was cut when Vince came out the room and talked with David. Jane told Craig nothing and asked him to find Vince. Vince and David became a good friend again. Vince asked Craig to take over the position of Gary second in command and Craig accepted.

Craig thought that the shop wouldn't safe. He and the team then prepared some equipments for going to the bunker 08. Mark knew Jane liked Craig and he promised Jane he wouldn't tell her secret. The team then let Rachel in and left the city by driving the truck in Stricken (Episode 10).

The team then couldn't keep going due to the lack of gasoline in the truck. Vince asked Craig, Mark and David to follow him to the gas station and the rest of the team stay on the road. After they arrived at the gas station, Craig and Mark then checked the shop near the gas station. Mark asked Craig whether he liked any girls in the team. Craig couldn't answer the question directly because of his lack of confidence. Craig and Mark then went back to meet Vince and David.

They heard some noise of the raiders from Rob's radio and went to the rest of the team immediately. After saving the survivors, Craig admired Rob that he could use the radio to connect them. He gave the chocolates to Rob for reward. The team then kept going and finally arrived at Bunker 08 in Nightmare (Episode 11). They found that Bunker 08 was empty and they then planned to go to Bunker 03, which was the nearest bunker to Bunker 08.

After some days, the team was walking in the streets of Cropford and found something near them. The group quickly recognised it as some C.C.R equipment. Rob told Craig he would like to check it out and Craig allowed him to do so. Rob and Zoey then walked to the C.C.R equipment. Unfortunately, the equipment was rigged with a landmine and Zoey was killed and Rob was injured by the C.C.R landmine. Craig felt distraught about Rob's status. The team fought the C.C.R who arrived shortly after. Jane and Rachel finally were caught by C.C.R after the group ran out of ammo. Vince told the team to take care of Rob first. They brought Rob into a building and tried to find something that could heal Rob. Craig felt upset about what happened to Rob and Rob told Craig to give his photo to his family. Rob then died because he lost so much blood. Craig felt sad about Rob's death and felt angry about what C.C.R did.

David and Mark found an unnamed C.C.R Defector who survived the battle somehow. Craig told him if he gave the location of C.C.R Cropford Base, they would let him live. The team then got the location of C.C.R Cropford Base and prepared some equipment and weapons for saving Jane and Rachel. Mark worried about Jane and decided to tell Craig her secret in hopes of getting him to focus on the rescue rather than the killing. He told Craig that Jane liked him. Craig told Mark he had the same feelings for her.

The team reached the C.C.R Cropford Base in Vendetta (Episode 12). They went inside the base and cleared out some of the soldiers near the entrance. Vince told Craig to check the prisoner cells for Jane and Rachel with David. Vince and Mark searched the laboratory. Craig then found their cell. However, the password is incorrect and David without thinking used his hand to break the system, the door then opened. When Craig saw Jane, he felt glad that Jane is still alive and before he could tell Jane, who couldn't describe her happiness, she kissed him. They headed back to the truck and Vince and Mark were coming back up after Vince killed the C.C.R Cropford Lieutenant. The team left the C.C.R Cropford Base successfully.

The team found a house to take a rest in Brothers (Episode 13). Craig told Jane that he felt traumatised about Rob's death and he thought he could do better for Rob. Jane told Craig that it was not his fault. She told Craig to give Rob's photo to his family and that would be the best thing he could do now.

Tomorrow, the team reached Bunker 03 and they met Will, the head of operations at Bunker 03. Will allowed them to join and the team and they met the leader of the bunker named Yasmin. Yasmin showed the team around bunker. Craig found his brother Cory at that time. He felt annoyed about Cory as he remembered their rough past. Cory made flirtatious movements towards Jane. Craig felt angry and pushed him. They had a conflict and Yasmin stopped them. Cory left and Yasmin made some room for the survivors to live in. Craig and Jane chose to live in the same room. Jane told Craig about her birthday and Craig told Jane about his birthday too. Craig promised Jane he wouldn't lose her and they could rely on each other.

Craig then went to the gym room with Vince and David. Will told Craig he should cooperate with Cory and tackle the conflict. Craig informed Will that Cory wasn't a good guy and he accepted what Will said but still was hesitant to cooperate with Cory. Mark told Craig that he found Rob's family the next morning, he used the family photo Rob provided to positively identify them. Craig went to find Rob's family with Jane and Mark. They met Rob's father called Ray. Craig told Ray that Rob was killed by the C.C.R and Ray felt sad about Rob's death. He felt thankful towards Craig. Ray told them he needed to inform the rest of his family. Ray left and the others went back to their room.

Three days later, Craig practised his gun skill in shooting range outside the back of the bunker in Divided (Episode 14). He noticed Cory couldn't shoot the target accurately and ridiculed him for it. He then showed off his skill with firearms and all of his shots hit the target near the centre. Cory was surprised about his skill. Craig told Cory that he was taught by Frank. This caused Cory to reminisce about Frank, as despite Craig and Cory's differences, Frank was friends with both of them in different ways. Craig had the same feeling as Cory. Cory asked Craig some details about his relationship with Jane and Craig rejected him.

Will then divided some members of Bunker 03 into various teams to take part in a large supply run that would span multiple locations. Mark, Cory, Henry, and Emily were Craig's teammates and they were assigned to go to a pharmacy. After arriving at the destination, Craig had just about enough of Cory's annoying remarks and attempts to anger him and went to search the items inside the building with Mark. After Craig and Mark search the pharmacy, Mark reminds Craig about the conversation they had in the petrol station in Stricken (Episode 10). Craig asks Mark if he's going to ask him about his dating life again and says he feels happy being with Jane. Craig asks Mark if he likes anyone and Mark doesn't want to think about people that way because he doesn't want his potential lover to be ripped away from him. Craig tells Mark he can protect people because Mark has proven himself to have enough ability to protect people after what he did in Vendetta (Episode 12). Craig then asks Mark which job he wants to have in Bunker 03. Mark says he will probably join the construction crew with David. They then load up their supplies in the jeep and await orders from Ray and Will.

Craig then returned to Bunker 03 successfully. Later that night, Vince and Craig were talking about what happened that day at the upside of the bunker. Vince told Craig he was almost killed by Will. Vince agreed Craig that they needed to work together. Craig told Vince he didn't want Cory to be his teammate and he didn't like to cooperate with him.

In Eradication (Episode 15), Craig was one of the teammates in the Bravo team, along with Vince, Mark and some soldiers. He defended the entrance of bunker 03. However, a mutant infected threw a truck, which killed three teammates of the bravo team. Craig was saved by Mark. A zombie suddenly caught Mark and Craig couldn't shoot the zombie immediately as he was out of ammo. Mark then was bitten by the zombie. Craig and Vince then helped Mark to go inside the bunker. Craig felt sad about what happened to Mark and killed him for protecting the people inside the bunker.

In Retribution (Episode 16), he didn't agree to play a part in Will's plan to rebel against the C.C.R because he thought the plan was too dangerous and impractical. This soon caused him to get into an argument with Vince which ended in a physical fight that had to be separated by Will as Vince tried to manipulate Craig. He later expressed his regret of fighting with and hurting Vince and said he needed some time to chill out before seeing Vince again. Jane reassured Craig by saying she supported his decision of not playing a part in Will's plan as that decision could help them live a happier life for a bit longer.

In Annihilation (Episode 17), he was going on a supply run while Tom arrived. Tom told Craig that C.C.R was attacking the bunker 03. Craig felt nervous about the status of Jane. He started to find Jane and he saw 3 C.C.R soldiers in front of him. Craig killed the C.C.R soldiers and found Vince.

Finally, he and Vince found Jane. Vince then threw the flash to create an opportunity for Craig and Jane to flee to the rendezvous point. Unfortunately, Wesley saw them and shot Jane directly. Craig felt upset about the death of Jane and grabbed her to the rendezvous point. After all people reached the forest near the bunker 03, Craig told Will and Vince that he will fight back C.C.R for what Wesley did. Will accept Craig's idea and they went back to the bunker 03.

After they cleaned out the room of bunker 03, Vince told Craig that he would like to give a leader role to Craig. Craig didn't have any confidence to become a leader. Vince persuaded Craig and believed Craig would become a good leader.

In Icarus (Episode 18), Craig put the idea of infiltrating C.C.R's main base by disguising themselves as one of the soldiers into practice. He followed Vince and others to search London for the main base and they eventually discovered it in an office building at the centre of the city. After that, they disguised themselves as one of the soldiers and crossed a crowd of C.C.R soldiers to reach the entrance without getting suspected. At the entrance, they lied to a C.C.R colonel who questioned their business outside of the base by saying that they had dispatched some of the infected that got too close to the base.

When the team entered the main base, Craig teamed up with Vince and Will to find Wesley's office. After a long time of searching, they finally located Wesley's office. However, due to the rule of Wesley meeting his subordinate, Craig had to go inside the office alone. At first, he was intimidated by Wesley when Wesley asked him his name due to Wesley's sombreness. Thinking about the death of Jane and the goal of bringing the bright future to the residents in Bunker 03, he pointed his gun to Wesley and revealed his identity. Craig then told Wesley that he came here to put an end to C.C.R's corruption as well as the reign of Wesley. Wesley then warned Craig not to shoot him because this would alert other C.C.R soldiers to discover Craig and his team, which would put them in great danger. Feeling confident in himself, Craig put down the gun and had a fight with Wesley. At first, Craig was punched and strangled by Wesley. However, he counteracted Wesley's attack by poking him in the eye, allowing him to land a few punches himself. Later, Vince and Will joined the fight to help Craig. Wesley then got strangled by Craig while Vince bended Wesley's right arm intensely. Finally, Wesley was suffocated and died.

When the team decided to leave the main base immediately, Craig discovered the program of 'Base Self Destruct' on Wesley's computer. Having the desire to bring the C.C.R down, Craig clicked a button to initiate the destruction although David did not agree with his idea. Suddenly, a loud alarm sound spread the base and this alerted other C.C.R soldiers in the base. Craig and the others headed back to the entrance immediately but their identities got discovered by the colonel there. With Rachel's help, the colonel was killed but this slowed her down and made her get shot by the soldiers from behind. Craig and Vince were then unable to stop David from saving Rachel. The couple were subsequently stranded in the base due to the automatic lockdown on the base due to the program Craig started early back in the office, causing David and Rachel to be killed by the C.C.R soldiers inside. This made Craig regret starting the detonation.

After a few days of travelling, Craig, Vince and Will came back to Bunker 03. They then discovered the shocking fact that the bunker had been ruined by the C.C.R soldiers wearing white armour and most of the residents had been killed except Yasmin and Luke. When Yasmin asked him what they would do after their home was ruined, Craig told her that he wanted to leave the bunker since he was unable to handle all the bad memories that had happened there on his own. Vince then put a hand on Craig's shoulder and told him that he would be always at his side to bear all the misery they would face together, until the end. Craig then appreciated Vince's encouragement and admitted that he would truly be lost without him at this point. Craig then followed the remaining group to go up north to find a shelter in the countryside and kept fighting for his life.

## Personality

Craig is a fairly level headed and decent guy. He would never harm a stranger that hadn't wronged him, but he won't hesitate to hurt or kill someone that endangered the lives of himself or any of his friends. He will put himself in a leadership position if necessary, but is happy to follow Vince's orders day-to-day, except some cases in which Vince's plans can put everyone in danger including the one fighting C.C.R head-on for revenge in Retribution (Episode 16).

Craig considers himself pretty much an open book and will share his deep thoughts with others; even if they are not very close with him. He will also take time to try an understand others thoughts and feelings, especially if they express concern. Being one of the older members of the group, he feels obligated to emotionally protect the younger members of the group (*Rob, David, Rachel, etc.*) and he is currently in a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship with Jane.

Craig is not afraid to fight the infected and to his credit, he is actually pretty good at it.

## Appearance and Equipment

Craig is a dark grey stickman. Although he is not muscular, he is in decent shape. He favours dark clothing in the series and when in combat, he will equip the black special ops armour found at the bunker, along with a special ops helmet.

His weapon of choice since the start of the apocalypse has been a standard issue M4 Carbine and for close encounters Craig prefers to use his hands and fighting skills as opposed to a melee weapon.

## Relationships

### Frank

Craig and Frank first met in 2002, 12 years before the present story line takes place. After leaving school at 18 years old, Craig began searching for a full time job so that he could save up money for university. He applied to many different places but the job he landed was in a furniture store as a member of the house delivery team.

Frank was already an employee for two months at the store when Craig first started. Due to this they were often both partnered up and became good friends very quickly. They both did not have many other friends so they hung out a lot outside of work. They even were roommates for a while during this period.

After a good few years of working at the store, Craig had saved up enough money and started university locally, quitting the job. This certainly did not break their bond as they saw each other regularly. After about another year, Frank decided to put his savings to good use and he started up a landscape gardening business on his own, a business that was successful enough to provide him with a good living. At that time, Frank taught Craig how to shoot clearly by using a gun . (Craig mentioned it was Frank taught him how to shoot clearly by using a gun in Divided (Episode 14)).

Craig and Frank were together on the day of the outbreak, in a supermarket doing some regular shopping. After being picked up by a helicopter that would eventually be taken out of the sky, Craig was knocked out and Frank was thrown into a lake. Frank travelled through the chaotic city for nearly an hour before he found Craig, and then saved his life.

Unfortunately their time together in the apocalypse was short lived, and after breaking free from the bandit captors, their van was upturned by a mutant infected and they were forced to run into a forest. Frank was bitten by an infected in the arm and knowing he would turn, he saw an opportunity to save another persons life (Rob) by sacrificing his own, and he did.

Craig and Frank were the best of friends and Craig thinks about him at least once every day, wishing he was there with the group now to help them survive.

### David

Craig and David have known each other the longest out of any of the characters who are alive in the series and are good friends. Their relationship is good and they can rely on each other for different things; David can rely on Craig for advice, guidance and support and Craig can rely on David for help with physical activities and fighting.

They first met in Episode 1 (Unnamed), when Craig and Frank were running from a horde of infected in Coalworth. He saved their lives by taking them to a house he was hiding out in but they were separated soon after when they tried to hold off the infected with the military.

Craig assumed he was dead until he showed up at the military base that the group was hiding out in a few days later. Craig vouched for David and in turn Vince allowed him to join the group. Craig has never judged David by his past and enjoys his company. David has shown his loyalty to Craig during times such as rescuing Gary and invading the C.C.R Cropford Base with him in Vendetta (Episode 12).

After killing Wesley in Icarus (Episode 18), Craig activated the 'Base Self Destruct' program to detonate the C.C.R London Headquarters to bring the organization down and avenge Jane's death. However, the action resulted in alerting the C.C.R soldiers in the headquarters and Rachel got shot afterwards without being able to pass through the entrance door. This also caused David to go back to the headquarters to save Rachel and get stranded in the headquarters due to the fact that the detonation program shut the door. The couple were finally shot to death and this made Craig regret pressing the button of the detonation command so much since he did not expect such a terrible ending. He was guilty about making a wrong decision which killed his friend and that was an unforgettable scene in his heart that would always remind him to evaluate potential risks before performing an action in the future.

### Rob

Rob was found by Craig in Prisoners (Episode 2) when they were both being held captive by The Bandits. Initially Craig just though of Rob as another survivor or potentially even a friend but as time went on and they spent more time together, Craig took on an almost father figure role to him, despite Craig never having any kids of his own.

Though he never openly expressed it, Rob highly appreciated this and was keen to stick with Craig until and after he found his family. Unfortunately this day never came for Rob and he was killed by a Cure Control Regiment landmine in Nightmare (Episode 11). This broke Craig's heart, making him cry for the only the second time in the series. It also made him thirsty for revenge.

Craig risked his life in Vendetta (Episode 12) to avenge Rob, something he would not have done for many people he knows. He thinks about him often, which always makes him sad, but he is glad he was able to get back at the C.C.R. Craig was devastated by Rob's death, telling Jane that it was the 'worst day of his life'.

### Vince

Craig and Vince are very close and are good friends after everything they have been through together in the apocalypse.

He first met Vince in Vulnerable (Episode 3) when Craig and Rob discovered the cabin after fleeing from an infected horde. Due to Vince being very trusty early on in the apocalypse, he was keen to let Craig and his companion join his group. Over the next few episodes Craig proved his ability in combat and survival to Vince; helping take the military base, going to rescue Gary and then defending the base from the invading bandits in Conflict (Episode 9).

Because of Craig's loyalty to Vince and the loss of Gary, it was an easy decision for Vince to chose his new second in command. The loyalty between the two strengthened even further as time went on. They stopped The Camp Raiders together, fought with the C.C.R and held Rob as he died in Nightmare (Episode 11).

They then both lead Mark and David on a raid of the C.C.R Cropford Base which resulted in a flawless victory in Vendetta (Episode 12). This goes to show how powerful they can be when they are working together. Most recently they both lead the group to Bunker 03. Though Craig is a bit sad that Vince isn't essentially in charge of him anymore, they will still undoubtedly stick together for a long time.

He also showed his gratitude to Vince for acknowledging his ability as a leader to implement the plan of infltrating the C.C.R London Headquarters during Annihilation (Episode 17) and Icarus (Episode 18). After they had found the shocking fact that Bunker 03 was ruined by C.C.R and decided to go up north to find another shelter, Craig thanked Vince for supporting him all the time since they first met each other. He admitted that he would be lost without Vince's support. Vince also told him that he would be at his side until the end.

### Gary

Though they didn't spend much time together without the company of others, Gary and Craig were always on good terms and Craig had a high amount of respect for him. They first met in Vulnerable (Episode 3) when Craig and Rob found the cabin after running from a horde of infected.

Gary was happy to welcome them into the group much like Vince. This is one of the reasons that Craig volunteered to rescue Gary, the other being that he felt partly responsible for his capture and feeling like he led the bandits to the base unintentionally. Gary strongly appreciated this rescue and was able to see that Craig was a natural soldier.

The bandits returned once again however and this time they were the most formidable they had ever been. They raided the base and in the process killed Danny and then as the group was driving away The Bandit Leader brought Gary to his knees and executed him.

Craig was quite saddened at Gary's death, seeing how upset Vince was that he had lost someone who was like a brother to him and knowing he would never be the same. Craig also knew that being executed on your knees by a bandit scum was no way for a courageous and honourable man like Gary to die, which is what hurts Craig the most when he remembers him.

### Mark

Craig and Mark's relationship can best be described as banterous. They enjoy hanging out together and often end up laughing or making jokes when they are. With Mark and Craig, you can tell that even if they met in the pre-apocalypse life, they would've still been good friends.

They first met in Vulnerable (Episode 3) when Craig and Rob found the cabin. Their first interaction together was Mark shoving his gun all up in Craig's face, which is something they have fun joking about now. Mark was initially not trusting of Craig and drew his weapon on him a second time when him and Rob killed Nick.

Once Mark discovered the truth he began to accept Craig and when Craig saved Jane in Rescue (Episode 7), Mark knew he could trust Craig. They have a lot of things in common from before the apocalypse which is likely why they have become so close.

Their friendship only strengthened after he found out that he was attracted to Jane, since Mark previously knew that Jane was attracted to Craig but was too nervous to tell him. Mark was almost excited at the idea of them becoming a couple and after the events of Nightmare (Episode 11), Mark and Craig knew it was not an option to leave Jane and Rachel in the hand of the C.C.R, so they along with Vince and David raided the base and successfully rescued both of them.

Craig and Mark had a lot of conversation including the searching supplies in Divided (Episode 14).Mark told Craig that he couldn't protect everyone and Craig told him he could do it.Mark then saved Craig in Eradication (Episode 15) when a truck was coming to Craig. Mark then was bitten and Craig felt depressed about what happened to Mark. He promised Mark he would keep Jane safe and killed Mark for the security of the bunker.

### Jane

Craig and Jane's relationship in the series is probably the most intense and quick to develop out of any of them. As of Divided (Episode 14) they are both involved in a romantic relationship together that began in Vendetta (Episode 12) and it is likely that one of them will confess to the other that they are in love.

Of course the two of them didn't know each other before the apocalypse, they first met in Vulnerable (Episode 3) when Craig and Rob discovered the cabin beside the river. For the first few episodes that they were together, they barely interacted. But it was around the events of Gary's rescue when Jane became attracted to Craig, most likely when he saved her from falling to her death along with Vince.

For Craig, he became attracted to Jane during the time jump of eight days, where the group was living at the base between Rescue (Episode 7) and Origins (Episode 8). He always thought she was pretty before but it wasn't until then that he realised how truly beautiful and kind she was. Since they got along so well, they often volunteered to go on watch together while they were at the military base.

Despite all this Craig or Jane never confessed their feelings. Craig was ready to attempt to put these feelings behind him and move on, but after the events of Nightmare (Episode 11), when Mark told him about how Jane felt about him, he immediately decided to reconsider. He could also then focus on saving her instead of just mainly raiding the C.C.R Cropford Base to kill their soldiers.

After Craig eventually saved her in Vendetta (Episode 12), part of her thought she was dreaming, so she kissed him, something she had been wanting for quite some time. Craig was equally happy they were back together. Ever since then they have been in a romantic relationship. Craig is very close to Jane and will stop at nothing to protect her, maybe even more than he wanted to protect Rob.

After they have entered Bunker 03 in Brothers (Episode 13), Jane decided to stay at the bunker to avoid any danger in roaming around the world outside that was full of zombies. She also decided to work with Yasmin in Divided (Episode 14). She believed Craig would cooperate with the team well and came back to the bunker safe and sound after finishing regular supply runs.

In Eradication (Episode 15), Jane was very upset to find out the cruel fact that Mark was bitten. Although she was not happy with the fact that Craig killed Mark, she understood that she and the others would be in peril if Mark turned into a zombie. Craig also comforted Jane after she had lost her close friend. This also made him to vow to look after Jane more seriously and thoughtfully. As a result, Craig was also one of the people who objected to Will's plan to take revenge on C.C.R in Retribution (Episode 16) because this would get them killed if they attacked the organization in a hasty manner.

Unfortunately, Jane was killed unexpectedly by Wesley in Annihilation (Episode 17) after he discovered the deaths of his two C.C.R scouts who were killed by Emily. He felt despondent after knowing Jane was unable to speak her last words and died. This prompted Craig to avenge Jane's death instead of obeying C.C.R's regulations. He devise a plan to infiltrate the main base of C.C.R in London. During the search for the main base in Icarus (Episode 18), Craig told Vince that he still missed Jane so much and this also led him to detonate the whole main base afterwards without hesitation.

In general, Jane will be always in Craig's heart until the end.

### Zoey

Speaking truthfully, Craig and Zoey did not have a very good relationship at all. They did not interact when she was first introduced in Vulnerable (Episode 3), so their first real interaction was when she found out that he and Rob had killed her boyfriend Nick in Execution (Episode 4). This was of course done in self defence but Zoey was justifiably upset.

She pretty much gave him and Rob the complete silent treatment for a long time and whenever they found themselves in the same room as her alone they would always try and get out of the situation to avoid the awkwardness. Despite this, Craig was always open to making amends with Zoey and still cared about protecting her as a member of the group.

This was shown in Conflict (Episode 9) when he and the rest of the group pulled together to defend her run to the truck and make sure she was safe first out of all of the group members. His care for her was displayed again in Stricken (Episode 10) when he, Mark, Vince and David ran all the way back from town to help protect her and the rest of the group that was left behind from The Camp Raiders.

After this Craig and Zoey were pretty much all good, but their time together in the apocalypse only lasted less than a day longer. She was killed upon impact with the explosion of the C.C.R landmine. Craig was of course thinking more about Rob at the time because he was still alive but on the journey to the C.C.R Cropford Base he did think about her and how sad her time in the apocalypse had been and how he regretted not trying harder to improve it.

Moreover, he showed his guilt about neglecting her after Nick's death in his dream sequence in Icarus (Episode 18). However, Zoey did not blame him for that and answered that she should not spend a large amount of time in dwelling on the past. This displayed that Zoey would like to improve their relationship as Craig would do.

### Bandit Leader

Craig absolutely despised The Bandit Leader for all of their time they knew each other in the apocalypse. They met in bad circumstances, he was one of the people the bandit leader had captured as a result of losing four of his men to a horde, the horde that Craig and Frank had alerted when they set off the car alarm in Episode 1 (Unnamed).

After he first met him, Craig was locked up along with Frank and some other prisoners. However it did not take Craig long to rally the other prisoners and create an escape from The Bandit Compound. Craig was scared at this point, but was glad to get as far away from the bandit leader as possible. Craig did not see or hear from the bandit leader again until the end of Complications (Episode 5) when he used Gary's captured radio to communicate with Vince and demand that he return Craig and Rob to him.

Craig volunteered to go on the rescue mission for Gary in Heroes (Episode 6), firstly because he felt partly responsible for his capture but also because he thought it might give him another opportunity to kill the bandit leader, unfortunately, the two did not meet on the rescue mission. It didn't take long for them to meet again however as the bandit leader came to the military base with a large number of his bandits, intending to steal supplies as well as some group members.

As we know the base erupted into a warzone shortly after and Craig killed a few bandits and was occasionally trying to aim for the bandit leader. It wasn't until the end of the battle when the bandit leader executed Gary when Craig began to have a serious burning hatred for the man. That was the last time the two ever encountered each other. Craig rarely ever thinks about him these days, but he is connected to Craig's memories of Gary for obvious reasons.

### Danny

While Craig and Danny were together in the apocalypse for over a week, they did not interact with each other very much. When they first met, Craig was the only one out of him, Vince and Rob to show mercy upon Danny. They encountered him during Gary's rescue mission in Heroes (Episode 6) when they had snuck into the compound and he opened a door to where they were hiding. Craig called Vince and Rob to lower their guns since he could see how young and scared Danny was and how he didn't really want to be a part of what was going on with The Bandits. Vince was also convinced once they started shooting at him.

This was the majority of the interactions Craig and Danny had together. After this when the group returned to the base, he let Vince take responsibility of monitoring Danny for the next week or so. One thing that does show that Craig thought some good of Danny is that when everyone in the group voted if Danny should become a member or not he said yes. Since Danny was killed later in that same episode, their relationship never got a chance to develop any further. Craig was present when Danny was shot and killed when the bandits returned, but he did not show much upset, nor did he mention Danny often in the future.

### Rachel

Craig and Rachel have only known each other for just over a week and have a good friendship. She respects and looked up to him as the second in command of the group back when they were on their own before Bunker 03 and Craig is happy to have her as a member of the group. Though their introduction to each other was a bit of a mess due to David and Vince's fight happening at the same time, she showed an immediate interest to learn about him and know the reasons behind the group arriving at her shop and why Vince and David were fighting.

She let the group stay at her shop thanks to Craig's polite demeanour. Once she learned of the groups plans to reach the bunker she wanted to join them. Craig used his authority of being Vince's new second in command to say yes and Vince later agreed when he found out. Later that day when Rachel, Jane, Rob and Zoey were guarding the truck while the others went into town to get more petrol, the were ambushed by some raiders. Rachel was likely the least scared out of the four in this situation and was prepared to take matters into her own hands if it went too far but luckily Craig and the others got back in time. She was grateful for him saving them, but knew he would have done it anyway for the others.

Her full appreciation of Craig came in Vendetta (Episode 12) when he fully risked his life along with Vince, David and Mark to save her and Jane. She then realised that this group and it's leader really did care about her safety and she wasn't just some outsider to them. She has stuck close with the group since then and is wanting to take on more of a leadership role in it alongside Craig.

In Icarus (Episode 18), she got shot by a group of C.C.R soldiers from behind after Craig activated the 'Base Self Destruct' program and alerted the soldiers in the whole base. After that, she and David were stranded in the headquarters and got shot to death. This made Craig feel sorry for them and regret activating the detonation program. Nevertheless, the action could eradicate a lot of C.C.R soldiers in London and it was believed that Rachel would find her sacrifice meaningful before her appalling fate.

### Lawrence

Craig and Lawrence only interacted in Stricken (Episode 10) when Lawrence and his fellow raiders ambushed Jane, Zoey, Rachel and Rob at their truck while the rest of the group was in town getting fuel. Once Craig and the others returned, they were horrified to see what the camp raiders had done to the rest of their group. After Vince killed Bradley with a stab through the back, Craig knocked out Mike with a single punch and it was just Lawrence remaining there.

He got on his knees and complied with the groups orders. He was later tied to a tree along with Mike and they were guarded for the night. Although Craig and Vince hated what they had done, they didn't want to just execute two people on their knees who had already lost a group member. The following morning Craig and Vince gave them a firm telling off and sent them on their way, they promised they would never steal from good people again. Overall, Craig despised Lawrence for what he did, but he is glad he didn't kill anyone, which in turn made it not worth it for Craig to kill him.

### C.C.R Cropford Lieutenant

Craig and the C.C.R Cropford Lieutenant met under very bad circumstances; in Nightmare (Episode 11) after one of his mines had caused the death of Zoey and later Rob. Craig immediately formed a strong hatred towards this man, mainly because it would have been easy for him to give the group some medical supplies and save Rob or even take him back to their base to give him some sort of surgery, but he refused for what Craig saw as no reason. He also hated him for that fact that he took Jane and Rachel away from The Survivors.

After Rob's death, all that Craig could think about was how he was going to kill the lieutenant and his men to make him pay for what he did. The lieutenant was the first person Craig encountered that truly made him lose his mind give him such a desire to kill. After Mark told Craig about Jane however, Craig's feelings were immediately changed to more hopeful ones shifted towards her. Then all he could think about was getting her back and if going after the lieutenant was going to put him and her at risk then he wouldn't do it. As we know these feelings never left Vince and he was the one that eventually went after him and killed him. Craig was glad to hear of this news after they escaped the base and the rage of the mutant infected that they had let lose in the base.

### Unnamed C.C.R Defector

Craig and this unnamed C.C.R had mostly a hostage to hostage taker kind of relationship, though Craig nor any of the group ever hurt him once they took him hostage. After being left injured by the rest of his C.C.R forces, the defector wanted his life more than anything and Craig said he could keep it if he told him where their nearest base was and how to get to Jane and Rachel. He gave the information almost straight away and led the group right to the base.

The information about the layout of the inside of the base was also very accurate, allowing their rescue mission to be a complete success. After this, when the group returned to their truck where they were keeping the defector, Vince set him free for holding up his end of the deal. Craig was glad to see him gone, but was grateful that he gave them the correct information that allowed him to save Jane and Rachel.

### Cory

Cory is Craig's younger brother by two years, so they have known each other for almost their entire lives. . As young children they were very close and almost inseparable, but as they grew into their teens and started becoming two very different people, they began to drift apart. Cory started hanging around with the wrong people in school, started skipping lessons and by the time he was sixteen, he was doing drugs. This bothered Craig for a lot of reasons, Cory was and still is very intelligent, Craig thought it was stupid for him to let that go to waste.

Their parents couldn’t control Cory, anytime they would attempt to tell him off, he would get very angry. He would eventually loosen up on his parents however. One day Craig decided to trust Cory and go with him to meet some of his ‘friends’. Craig didn’t know that Cory had actually planned a drug deal and wanted Craig to come along for backup. The dealers ended up trapping the two when they came up short on money and they tried to run but Craig got caught behind and beaten up badly. Cory looked back but just kept running, Craig never forgave him after that day, even though it was over ten years ago.

This is one of the many things that Cory had done to Craig that makes him dislike him. They have been reunited as of Brothers (Episode 13) and Craig still doesn't like him and has no interest in repairing their relationship.

### Will

Craig and Will have only been together for two episodes and they met when The Survivors arrived at the bunker. Craig didn't think much of him initially, just another retired military guy like Vince still fighting. Then of course it was discovered that Vince and Will knew each other from the army and had met about twelve years ago and had not seen each other for nine years. This made Craig happier as he knew it would be easier for him and his friends to settle into the bunker with them having good history together.

Once Will started talking about Yasmin and called her a 'bitch', Craig knew that Will was the kind of guy who didn't like being told what to do. He said it in a mocking tone however which also gives Craig the impression that he has a quite old fashioned sense of humour. This was proven later when Craig and Will were in the gym with Vince and David and Rachel shouted at David. Will made a joke about Rachel being on her period which Vince found funny but Craig saw it as a bit disrespectful.

When Craig first met Vince, he was surprised to see that he was in such good shape for a 51 year old man, so when he met Will, you could imagine his reaction. Craig respects Will highly for this as well as his dedication to fighting and keeping the people of Bunker 03 safe. Craig is happy to have him as a leader and will follow his orders in order to become a soldier at the bunker, which will likely lead to the two becoming closer.

Their bond of friendship was strengthened after Will offered to help Craig to avenge Jane's death in Annihilation (Episode 17). Craig also appreciated the efforts Will has put into locating the C.C.R London Headquarters because he knew that it would have been difficult to find Wesley's office if there had not been any help from Will as well as the others in Icarus (Episode 18).

### Ray

Craig met Ray at Bunker 03 one day after arriving in Brothers (Episode 13). Craig had spent some days searching for the bunker to find Ray and tell him about his son, Rob's death. Mark alerted Craig of Ray's presence, knowing that they had to speak to him sooner rather than later. Ray introduced himself to Craig and asked him a few questions about his group, but after that Craig finally told Ray that he knew Rob and that he was there when he died.

Ray was of course crushed by this news, especially since Craig didn't hold back on telling him any of the grim details. Craig thought this was best, not only so that his father knew the full truth, but so that he also knew the threat that the C.C.R pose to people. Ray is very grateful that Craig took care of his sun and tried his best to keep him alive and it is likely that they will start a friendship as time goes on at the bunker.

### Yasmin

Craig sees Yasmin as a kind and caring leader who is perhaps a little bit too soft on people. He is fully aware of her constant disputes with Will and hopes to be able to help them get along better during his time at the bunker. For this reason Craig is willing to follow her orders as well as Wills. This is seen in Brothers (Episode 13) when he lets the argument with his brother go, as much as he wanted to punch him in the face, he didn't want to give Yasmin a bad impression.

Craig is interested in seeing the direction that Yasmin takes the people of the bunker and will voice his opinion to her if he thinks it is needed.

### Matt

Overall, Craig and Matt have an average relationship. In spite of the fact that Matt didn't like the fact that Vince chose to kill Jessica in order to save Craig in Retribution (Episode 16), he understood that he would choose to kill others to save her if he were the person to make such cruel decision forced by Wesley. In Annihilation (Episode 17), Matt was willing to follow Craig to complete a supply run and this showed he did forgive Craig and his team for what they had done in the past. Also, Craig believed in Matt's ability to help Yasmin guarantee the bunker residents safety during the period in which he and his team were finding the C.C.R London Headquarters in Icarus (Episode 18).

### Wesley (C.C.R Supreme Commander)

Overall, Craig and Wesley have an opposing relationship. This can be observed when Wesley was angry about the fact that Craig, Vince, David and Mark killed 73 C.C.R soldiers and sabotaged C.C.R Cropford Base back in Vendetta (Episode 12). He had spent a lot of time and resources to search every bunker for Craig and the others. Eventually, he and his crew found the bunker in Retribution (Episode 16). After he had forced Vince to make a decision of killing Jessica and Aaron instead of Craig, Craig felt exasperated not only because he found Wesley cruel but also he could not do anything to stop him in front of a group of C.C.R soldiers. At that point, Craig disliked Wesley so much as well as his organization, which was also responsible for the deaths of Rob and Zoey in Nightmare (Episode 11).

Their relationship was exacerbated after Wesley ruthlessly killed Jane in Annihilation (Episode 17). He vowed to infiltrate the C.C.R London Headquarters and kill Wesley to avenge Jane's death. After that, he followed Will, Vince, David and Rachel to go to London to search for the headquarters. Eventually, they found the headquarters and entered it. Craig then found Wesley's office and went inside alone. Teased by Wesley to fight like a man, Craig put away his gun and had a fight with Wesley. At first, he was hit by Wesley badly but he counteracted his attack by poking Wesley in the eye. Subsequently, Will and Vince joined the fight. This helped Craig grab a chance to strangle Wesley and kill him. After that, Craig wanted to bring the organization down. He activated the 'Base Self Destruct' program from Wesley's computer to detonate the headquarters. At that moment, Craig did not hold any mercy on Wesley and his crew.

## Notable Quotes

* "Man.....the day we've had." - *Craig responding to Frank that they got a rough day and he felt happy that they could make it so far in Prisoners (Episode 2).*

* "Its not a full chomp, you might be fine." - *Craig responding to Frank that he thought Frank was fine and would not leave him behind in Vulnerable (Episode 3).*

* "Don't blame yourself,it was him or us." - *Craig telling Rob that they had to kill Nick or they would be killed and comforted Rob in Execution (Episode 4).*

* "Yeah, you got hurt, I can't tell you how bad I feel." - *Craig talking to Jane, moments after Jane, Zoey , Rachel and Rob were saved from being threatened by the raiders in Stricken (Episode 10).*

* "He wasn't supposed to die! I was gonna get him to his family." - *Craig talking to Vince, moments after Rob's death in Nightmare (Episode 11).*

* "Jane, I just want to say, thanks for making the worst day of my life a little bit better." - *Craig talking to Jane happily after they had acknowledged their romantic relationship in Vendetta (Episode 12).*

* "You protect each other Mark, it's not just a one-way thing." - *Craig telling Mark not to put so much stress in protecting someone on his own but they should support each other unconditionally in Divided (Episode 14).*

* "But they've taken away any kind of future I could've had with her." - *Craig talking to Vince and Will that he was ready to take revenge on Wesley after the death of Jane in Annihilation (Episode 17).*

* "Too many ghosts and memories, and I don't want to deal with that on my own." - *Craig telling Yasmin and the other guys that he wanted to leave Bunker 03 as soon as possible because it made him remember a lot of bad things that have happened there and he was unable to bear them by himself in Icarus (Episode 18).*

## Kills

* 38 Zombies (*on screen*)
* 2 Bandits
* Mark (After reanimation)
* Nick (caused)
* 1 C.C.R soldier
* 4 Bandits (*caused*) (*confirmed fate*) (*off-screen*)
* Wesley (C.C.R Supreme Commander)

## Trivia

* Craig's name wasn't revealed until Prisoners (Episode 2).
* He is the only character who has appeared in every episode. He is also the male character who has the most on-screen appearances in the series.
* He is also the only character who has appeared in every episode thumbnail.
* He is the only character from Episode 1 (Unnamed) that is still alive after the finale.
* He is the only character with Jane so far to have confirmed birthdays, (September 15th, 1984).
* He has a not likeable younger brother named Cory.
* Craig is noticeably formerly a black stickman until Origins (Episode 8).
* He had killed the most number of infected in the series before Eradication (Episode 15).