Brighter Days Ahead

• Action-Adventure

• Carson Schroder

• Elara Schroder

• Madison Schroder

• Rex Schroder

• Sydney Schroder

• Tobin Schroder

• Willow Schroder

**Brighter Days Ahead** is a 2021 action-adventure post-apocalyptic series inspired by a larger storyline called 'The Last Survivors'. The series features a family, the Schroder family, as survivors of a zombie apocalypse, trying to stay alive from an 'undead' force commonly nicknamed as 'Shuteyes' or 'Revenants' or simply 'The Dead'. However, due to the fall of humanity, the Schroders are also forced to look out for other survivors who have formed their own communities with their own sets of rules.

## Biography

"10 years after the zombie outbreak, the Schroder family have survived most of the apocalypse via their farm. However, upon their defenses breaking, the family are forced to adventure into the fallen world for the first time in over a decade. Follow the family as they adventure across "Old America" to a rumored safe-haven city." - story description.

1. Set within March-April 2032 Kansas, the Krieger family have successfully managed to avoid any undead and other human interaction for 10 years through the help of their farm. Told through the diaries of the family's children, the family face conflict within each other and an approaching horde of zombies incoming from the East. With little choices, the family decide to leave the farm for a greater future in Seattle. \*Set within Spring of 2032
2. On their journey, the Krieger family and allies are forced to go through the bandit-controlled city of Denver. Through unfortunate discovery, the group come face-to-face with the largest of the bandit clans; a cannibalistic clan named the Thyesteans. With newfound rules and new levels of gore and death, the group are saved from outsider help; bringing new characters and a separation of characters. \*Set within Summer of 2032
3. Winter is coming and temperatures start to dramatically drop. As the leaves from trees start to drop, the group makes their way to overrun Salt Lake City; though they arrive separately (due to separation of characters). Upon seeing the city has fallen victim to decay due to human inactivity, they realise the city has now been overrun with certain wildlife. New zombies and natural disasters occur in the city. However, upon being stranded due to a flood, the group finds an isolated survivor cult that believes the zombies are the new humans; killing all humans to make new zombies. As the group and family start to find each other, they make it their mission to eliminate said cult after the death of a loved one. \*Set within Fall of 2032
4. Upon their journey to Carcabridge, the group lose most of their resources due to a bloodfreezing winter. Relying on the environment for survival, the children of the group rise up as breadwinners for the group. One day of the children chasing a deer, they bump into a new survivor group; a survivor-run city named Thurston. Thurston has been at war with Carcabridge for some time and attempts to enroll the children, who instead find allies within Carcabridge. As the group moves into Carcabridge, Thurston survivors launch an attack on Carcabridge; during the final stages, the group realise 'Thurston' is a branch of the Seattle safe-zone who appear to be killing and destroying all survivor-run safe-zones to encourage survivors to travel to Seattle. \*Set within Winter of 2032-2033
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