Russel Tamaly

**Russel "Russ" Tamaly** was a human male plumber and the husband of Jennifer Tamaly. He was a simple man, and enjoyed many years as a plumber, husband, and model train enthusiast. He met his wife Jennifer in high school, and they had been together since. He had always been extremely outgoing and neighborly, but never made contact with his neighbors that were living across the street due to their strange demeanor and habits.

In 2107 AD, following the outbreak of the Apocalypse, he and his wife joined forces with their neighbors for the first time in order to survive the disaster, with them eventually encountering the Terror Counter Force, though Russ ended up getting seperated from his wife and their neighbors.

## Biography

### Early life

Russ was born in 2072 AD. During his high school years he met Jennifer Tamaly whom he later married. At some point the pair bought a house in Plastin, with Russ employing himself as a plumber. They were the neighbors of Gerald Karlson, Joseph Vogel, and Matthew Belovik, though they never made contact with them due to their strange demenors and habits, although he did occasionally look at Matt's gun collection.

### The outbreak

In 2107 AD Brickonia was struck by a zombie Apocalypse which quickly spread accros the planet, with Plastin being one of the first locations infected. Russ and his wife stayed in their apartment and finally made contact with their neighbors when they saw them preparing their guns to flee. Russ contacted them via his teleporter and offered them food in exchange for a few of their weapons, though they'd have to come to his house. The three agreed to that and fought their way to the Tamalys' house where Russ let them in and introduced them to Jennifer before inviting them to dinner. While they were eating, they wittnesed a military vehicle park outside with two soldiers jumping out of it to fight the undead, only for them to end up getting killed by the zombies while the third soldier escaped. At night Russ teleported to Gerald's and Matt's room where he told them that they should be safe as it was quiet outside, and that they should get some rest. He then teleported away and went to sleep.

The following morning Russ was awoken by a large zombie hoarde which was walking outside, with him asking Gerald and Matt who woke up last if they got the wake up call. Gerald asked him where did the hoarde come from to which Russ replied that he didn't know, upon which they were shooshed by Joe because an engine sound could be heard. They then wittnesed William Slade, the same soldier who escaped from the city the night before, drive in on a motorcycle and massacre sevral zombies, with Gerald ultimately teleporting outside to help him. Not long after Russ came outside too along with Joe, Jennifer and Matt. The group slowly began losing to the hoarde but were ultimately saved by the TCF (Terror Counter Force), although in the chaos Rus and Slade got seperated from the others.

## Personality and traits

Russ was a human male with light skin, black eyes, and brown hair. He was extremly outgoing and neighborly, though he prefered to avoid his neighbors due to their strange habits. He was also a model train enthusiast

## Equipment

Russ was equiped with a helmet and an axe that was initially used by Gerald.

## Behind the scenes

Russ first appeared in the 2015 Infection and is voiced by Michael Bercier who also voices Gerald. While he was originally only known as Russ his full name got revealed on the official website in 2021.

## Appearances

* *"Episode One - Infection"* (First appearance)

## Sources

1. ↑ All humans were born on Brickonia
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "[1] states that Russ is 35 years old by the time of season 1. As the season takes place in 2107 AD it can be deduced with simple math that he was born in 2072 AD"
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Infection
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 [2]