Abyss

> ❝𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤...𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫; 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.❞
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-Abyss to Eden on why she is never afraid

## Abilene Vynwood

### Relatives

Cypress Vynwood [mother/deceased]Lukas Vynwood [father/deceased]

### Affiliation

Reuben Walker [friend]Eden Ashford [friend]

Elias Finch [friend]

Sage Lupus [childhood friend]

## Biographical information

### Marital status

Reuben Walker [love interest and close friends]

## Physical description

### Eye color

Icy blue

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Abilene Vynwood is one of the protagonists from the game Dark Horizons. She is the love interest of Reuben Walker and the adoptive guardian of both Eden Ashford and Elias Finch. Born and raised in the harsh boreal forest of Alaska she was raised on principles of hard work and integrity, working on her parents homestead. During her childhood she knew Sage Lupus and witnessed the death of her sister, where they never spoke again until the day her parents died . For the longest time Abyss didn’t know that Eden’s mother was her childhood friend, and after learning this she became very protective over the child. She’s known to be very loving and selfless, willing to do anything for the ones she holds close. The Remnants of Hope are searching for Eden and she’s been keeping the child away from the child and traveling across the states to keep her safe, but is being haunted by the dreams of her past. The Cult of the Divine is currently searching for her as well, but her trusted companions have kept her safe in return for all she’s done for them.

## Appearance

Abby is best described as short and stocky with most of her muscle being in her legs. She has pale, warm skin with varying freckles scattered along her body. Her hair is short with a sandy, dirty blonde hue to complement her striking pale blue eyes. The dark clothing she likes to wear furthermore brings out the lighter colors of herself, and can blend surprisingly well into the foliage if needed. She has freckles all over her body and her eyes are very stunning pale blue. She has strange tattoos carved into multiple places on her body.

While traveling through Nevada, Abby ran into a small group of people that claimed to be a part of a cult. They were nice at first but after she insulted their ideals they turned hostile, kidnapping her and preparing her for sacrifice. Against her will Abby was forced to get weird tattoos carved into her, but managed to escape being sacrificed.

## Personality

Abby is very passionate and charismatic, often choosing words over fighting. She enjoys helping others and helping them achieve things, thriving off the satisfaction it brings. The community around her is important and she is dedicated to things she believes are good, which can be subjective. Abby is authentic when it comes to showing emotions, unless it's sadness or pain, and isn't afraid to speak her mind. She's willing to take consequences of her actions and has a strong intuition. Abby easily connects to people through any means, be it logical or emotional. When she likes someone she can be a bit clingy and obsessive, pushing her nose too far into their problems. This can sometimes be a good thing to help others improve, but more often it's annoying. It's just that she really cares about the people she lets get close to her.

Despite being able to easily read feelings she can sometimes misinterpret them as her own and think of flaws she doesn't have. Because Abyss connects so easily with people she will see herself in the person even if their problem has no relation to her. She is very selfless and this leads to her neglecting her needs. Sometimes she takes some things to heart but doesn't show it since she hates people seeing her upset or in pain. Abby thinks its signs of weakness and they will take advantage of her. This creates an unsteady self esteem where she can feel confident one moment but insecure the next. From years of isolation she can come across as a bit aloof and estranged from reality.

##### *Personality Strengths*

+Charismatic

Abby has always been a friendly kid, and even though she didn't have much social interaction besides her one friend and small family, she was always good at using her humorous charm. Even if she is annoying at times she will end up growing on you.

+Authentic about feelings/trustworthy

She's not afraid to say what she feels and display her emotions, good or bad. It's easy to tell her intentions so in turn it makes people more willing to trust her. She has nothing to hide, really.

+Empathetic

She is open minded and sees problems from many viewpoints, making it easy for her to step into other people's shoes. Abby is good at connecting with people and understanding their pain deep down.

+Reliable

While seeming a bit aloof, Abby is actually pretty reliable. She keeps her word and if she says something will be done expect it to be done, no matter the cost.

##### *Personality Weaknesses*

-Clingy

Due to being alone and outlasted by the people in her village she holds anyone she deems a friend close. Always trying to get in their business, she can come across as clingy and obsessive.

-Too selfless/neglectful of her own needs

Being selfless and helping others all the time comes at a cost. Abby can sometimes get lost in other people's problems; she forgets her own until they become too much to carry.

-Insecure/unsteady self esteem

Despite being able to easily read feelings she can sometimes misinterpret them as her own and think of flaws she doesn't have. She tries to hide it, but she can be sensitive and take things to heart.

-Nosy/annoying

When she likes someone she can be a bit clingy and obsessive, pushing her nose too far into their problems. This can sometimes be a good thing to help others improve, but more often it's annoying.

-Shy and closed off personally

Despite being open about others and listening to their problems, it's rare to hear about her own. She is a bit prideful and tries to hide her weaknesses, a bit too hard at times, and feels embarrassed if she reveals too much about herself.

***Likes***

Purple, flowers, animals, sweets, adventure, cats, mystery intrigues her, fire

***Dislikes***

Entitled people who think they're better, being put down, being alone, peanut butter is gross, getting left behind/out of the loop

***Fears***

Death, Abby is pretty brave but death is her main fear

***Hobbies***

Cooking, drawing, and hiking/exploring

***Mental Illnesses***

Clinical Depression; Due to losing her family and friends while feeling powerless to stop their demise, Abby blames herself and is secretly very self depreciating. She digs a deep hole for herself and although undiagnosed since it's the apocalypse she shows heavy signs of clinical depression; long naps, refusing to eat, losing interest in hobbies, and sometimes frustrated outbursts.

## Stats and Skills

#### *Stats*

S: 4/10

Most of her strength is in her muscular and toned legs from pushing and pulling sleds of lumber, walking long distances, and helping with hard labor. While she can use her lower strength to give a powerful kick, or even strangle someone, she doesn't have much arm strength to back it up.

P: 5/10

Due to the lack of melanin in her eyes, which usually protects the amount of light taken in, she has astigmatism and bad eyesight. Abby isn't completely blind but would probably benefit from glasses. She is still observant enough to know how to track people and animals alike.

E: 8/10

She has been beaten, bruised, and worked to the bone. Her endurance is pretty high and she has even survived being stabbed in the neck as a child. It's sometimes mentioned that she can't be choked to death or strangled…but it has yet to be proven.

C: 6/10

Even as a child Abby has always been friendly and talked with her parents a lot. She had a friend about her age, but after the apocalypse started she has kept more to herself. Despite this she still tries to help others and joke around.

I:6/10

Her father taught her some basic electrical work while her mother taught mostly homesteading, cooking, and foraging. She knows a lot about animals, tracking, and some basic first aid if needed.

A: 5/10

She is pretty flexible in most cases and will push herself to do whatever she can to pass her limits. Abby can dodge obstacles pretty well and move quickly on her feet.

L: 1/10

She's so unlucky it's not even funny. It's not unusual for her to embarrass herself or seem a bit clumsy.

#### *Skills*

To be expected Abilene can talk her way out of almost anything whether it be by facts or lying. Usually if the person is really stupid they just don't get it.

Tracking is another thing she was taught during her time in the wild, learning to find humans and animals alike.

Cooking is something she had mastered and loved to do, she can make anything good with almost nothing

She's a good shot with a rifle much to people's surprise. She mostly practiced during hunting trips with her father.

It was something she thought was annoying but it was needed to know how to survive, and that was electricity and wiring. Abby can fix generators and certain electronics, and can craft/modify certain weapons to use electricity. Also that's to her father being an electrician, it was easy for her to learn the equations needed to calculate certain specifics.

## Weapons

#### *Primary*

**Marlin 336**

Caliber: .30-30

A wonderful gun for hunting deer, hogs, and bear with one of the most highly used ammo types for its weaponry. Her grandfather's, and then father's hunting rifle. Nonetheless, Abby knows how to use it to hunt for food and kill if needed.

#### *Secondary*

Carefully crafted by wrapping copper wire and hooking it up to a battery on the head, making it a parallel circuit to be turned off via simple handle so it can be used as a normal axe if needed. It takes two 9 volt batteries, and is weak to any liquid like all electronics. It's not made to kill, nor create large sparks. It's used to slice and singe targets to inflict an uncomfortable sting. While it's not the most reliable and breaks easily, it's the first successful thing Abby has made by herself so she cherishes it.

#### *Melee*

**Buck 120 hunting knife**

A simple and clean hunting knife made in the 1960s. It used to belong to her father, who used to whittle wooden sculptures. While not the best for skinning thick hide it makes cutting with precision and in small spaces a breeze. Being lightweight and pretty sturdy it's an easy blade to keep sharp and maintain.

## History

Abilene was born into the small bush village of Nowhere, Alaska during one of the harshest blizzards, located miles outside of the struggling Town of Huslia.  No one thought she would survive, and the elders thought she brought bad luck due to being born in harsh conditions. She was outcast by most of the people outside of her family and had a difficult time making friends at first. Everyone believed her to be a curse besides children who turned a blind eye to their parents' superstitious views. When she was 6 years old she met another shy girl named Sage Lupus, and even though they were neighbors by two miles, they would meet in the woods to play and explore.

Abilene never forgot what happened to Sage's sister, Cinder, and was the first one to come across the scene. She was finally going to meet her, but the bear had cut it short. Abby felt responsible for the death and shut herself away, avoiding Sage at all costs. She dived into hunting with her father and tried to ignore her guilt by practicing shooting, and her father taught her how to maintain their electrical system around their homestead; her father being an electrician after all. Although she didn't like it, it proved useful enough for her to take it more seriously. Abby spent the next years of her life living with her family on their frozen homestead, cooking what she hunted and foraged.

When the apocalypse started when she was 15 years old their family had no idea the nearby town had fallen until 1 year into the apocalypse. The little girl Sage, now slightly older, came to her house bloodstained and teary eyed begging for help. Her mother had turned into a strange cannibal monster after sniffing an unfamiliar purple flower…Their family took Sage in, but the zombie she failed to kill followed the scent of the blood left behind.

Sage's mother, now zombified, attacked the family during the night and infected most of them. Abby killed them all while Sage cowered in fear. After the bodies were burned, stricken with grief and anger, packed her own things and left Sage to her own accord. She met a kind old man who took her on a plane to the mainland USA, where they stopped in Oregon. The man died of old age a few months later of old age, thankfully passing on good advice before he died…

Once the body was burned Abby, now 16 years old, traveled from Oregon to Texas over the course of 4 years, meeting new people and learning so many things along the way. She learned that everyone survived in their own way, and that included hurting and killing people in desperation. During her time traveling through New Mexico, a cult kidnapped her to create what they called the “divine child”. She learned of an ancient prophecy of a seedling being born immune to the flower, and burning in fire... They carved tattoos into her body, only 17 years old, and she was nearly assaulted. Thankfully using her charisma she befriended one of the cult members and they risked their own life to save her, as to redeem themselves. Abby will always appreciate this act, and sometimes thinks of them often.

After arriving in Texas, Abby took quite some time settling down in Fort Worth. She's been building up a dilapidated hunting cabin and made a small sustainable farm that has lasted her 3 years. Her 23rd birthday has recently passed but she didn't really care much about it. While in Fort Worth she met a man named Reuben and he helped her corral a hoard of Nekros into a ravine where they then burned them alive. From there they went to the nearby town of Shady Grove to loot the town the hoard was roaming, and went to the high school to explore. While looking around a crazed man set a trap using an injured woman to lure Abby into the room alone where she was ambushed. Reuben distracted the man in enough time for the half alive woman to injure the man enough to release Abby, and Reuben finished him off. After this they found a young teenager named Elias, and who knew Reuben prior. They went from the high school back home, where they stayed until a nuclear meltdown happened.

After the meltdown they traveled to the town of Abilene, where they came across a park full of infected children. Only one child had survived, Eden Ashford. Reuben and Elias killed the other kids and disturbed by the events, Reuben left them to go to Massachusetts to leave Abby with Eden and Elias. The end of fall was spent following Reuben from Texas to Massachusetts, eventually finding him after he was tortured in Salem where they reunited with much joy.