Yellow Oak

Yellow Oak

Prisoner (Formerly)

Green Oak ('Adoptive father') (Pre-apocalypse) (Ran away)

> Sh-Shut up! William's a lot like me, we had similar lives. We both gave each other something worth living for! I gave him a way to redeem himself, and he gave me comfort and support! If you won't give him back, then... Then that makes you... Our enemy.
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> Yellow Oak

**Yellow 'Wolley' Oak** is currently a survivor of the Outbreak. He is the third identity to have lived in his body, following **Zachary LG** and one unknown identity. He currently travels the world alongside William Santos and (possibly) Fever Kastrof.

## Overview

Wolley is a rather tragically conflicted person. He seems to have a generally friendly personality, yet it is always overshadowed by other forces weighing on his mind, most notably Green's influence, the conditions of the Outbreak and his own subconscious. As a result, Wolley demonstrates an ever-shifting array of emotions, from confusion to fear to sadness to anger, depending on what forces are influencing him in whatever situation he's in, with this often happening out of his own control. Wolley has some noteworthy issues when it comes to the concept of family, namely parents. He was heavily abused by his 'adoptive father', Green, who didn't recognise the boy as his son and simply saw him as an unwilling accomplice, and his lack of a motherly figure has caused him to develop a strange affection towards tall or strong women, evident in his reactions to Arena Scars and Fever Kastrof. Despite this, he was shown to be fairly protective of people once he trusted them, displaying a bold determination to protect his friends (most notably William Santos) from the likes of Dr. Jameson Stone when the latter posed a threat to them.

Wolley has demonstrated a sort of innocence beneath his conflicting mind, with some of his early interactions with his fellow prisoners and the way he talked about Grenintenks coming across as a little more childlike and pure. Wolley is, deep down, still just a young teenager trying to acquire a childhood he never truly got to have. He likes to feel important and respected, and wants to feel like his opinions and thoughts matter, or that he even can form thoughts to begin with. Wolley lacks any formal education, and prior to the apocalypse, he was often looked down upon by Green or other criminals who worked with Green, with them seeing him as unintelligent. Wolley would end up internalising this idea, telling William that he's 'just a weak, dumb kid'. The 'weak' aspect of this line comes from Wolley's unimpressive physical build. He's only five feet tall, and is frequently described as skinny and malnourished.

The identity of Yellow Oak has only really existed for the last four or five years, and Wolley struggles to remember anything before that time. He once briefly had a flashback of Zachary's life that caused this identity to reawaken for a moment, before quickly passing out. Wolley had no memory of this event after waking up again. He has been shown to be aware of his subconscious and has communicated with it before, although it seems to be more dominant over him than he is over it, with their ideas often clashing and his subconscious taking over him and forcing him to act in its favour, sometimes to Wolley's dismay. While this occurred twice during the prison escape, it has not happened again thanks to the hypnosis Wolley underwent to effectively seal the subconscious away. Wolley seemed to be a lot more positive and gleeful after this occurred.

On the other hand, the personality of Zachary is hard to define, as he was only ever seen very briefly. It can be reasonably assumed that his personality is generally similar to Wolley, with him being fairly friendly and innocent. He seemed to display some naivety, as his questions towards Arena Scars following the assassination of his parents suggests that he was unaware that they were dead, asking Arena to 'make them better again'. It is likely that he is the youngest of the identities inhabiting Wolley's body, and possibly the weakest, as he did not appear to speak to Wolley the way his subconscious did.

## Post-Apocalypse

Wolley was still living with Green Oak when the Outbreak began, and Green quickly adapted to the new world, discovering the weak spot of the Walkers and teaching Wolley the ideal way to kill one. He would also force Wolley to murder a few Walkers himself, and ultimately even a few people, in the name of survival. These murders would finally break the boy, and he fought back against Green, gouging his right eye out before running away. Green made no effort to get Wolley back, and he would wander around on his own for a while, struggling to survive. On the 22nd of December, an incident would occur involving Wolley. According to his description, a man attempted to raid or attack him, with his mean personality reminding Wolley of Green, causing him to go mad and stab the raider to death. Wolley would end up being arrested for this, and was locked up in the only known functioning prison in the apocalypse; the South Carolina Correctional Facility. His belongings would be claimed, most notably, a bloodstained red jacket with gold trims, the letters 'D.I.' on the front and a crest on the back. Wolley himself would be locked up in Cell Block B, with his cell positioned right next to the cell containing William Santos and Millis McKee. Due to the inmates and guards being unaware of the Outbreak, Wolley would quickly convince himself it was all a hallucination of his.

On the 23rd of December, Wolley introduced himself to the two inmates next to him, and he explained how he got arrested. Shortly afterwards, Jessica Di Grazia arrived and provided dinner for the three inmates, briefly also talking to Wolley about how his arrest had nothing to do with the things Green forced him to do. Wolley would end up saying he doesn't find prison that bad so far, only for William to disagree. A couple of days later, Wolley had a conversation with William in which the latter provided advice for how to deal with certain elements of prison, thus marking the beginning of William's role as a guardian for Wolley. They would be interrupted when Officer Astoria Diaz walked by their cells, quickly intimidating Wolley into silence and submission, much to William's dismay. Shortly afterwards, the inmates were given a few hours of free time, with Wolley quickly deciding to stay with William. The duo went to go get breakfast alongside Millis, leading to William setting up a little plan to get Wolley a chocolate bar instead of the usual slop the inmates ate. Thanks to a distraction from Millis, William was ultimately able to acquire the bar and give it to Wolley. The duo would then make their way to the yard, where Wolley found a football and decided to keep it, tossing it around and catching it for fun. When Astoria appeared yet again, Wolley returned to his cell, with William soon following. The two talked for a bit before going to sleep for the night.

That night, however, Wolley had a nightmare that the prison became full of Walkers, with himself as the last survivor. He woke up in a cold sweat, but was quickly comforted by William. When the latter asked if he had any positive memories, Wolley explained the story of how he first found his (deceased) pet frog, Grenintenks. The next day, William decided to show Wolley the prison's library, although when William briefly left to find some books, Wolley would end up being found by Dr. Jameson Stone. The doctor informed Wolley of William's crimes and gave him a sleeping pill, ordering him to drug William with it. When William returned and the duo went to the cafeteria for lunch, Wolley did end up slipping the pill into William's drink, yet he suddenly changed his mind and the last second and drank it himself instead, quickly feeling the effects. William would end up carrying Wolley back to his cell, where the boy fell asleep. The next day, he awoke rather late, and would end up explaining the story of how he first met Green to William, before sleeping again. When he woke up, he briefly encountered the doctor again, alongside a vision of a zombified William. The vision quickly vanished, with the doctor leaving a second pill for Wolley before exiting the cell. Wolley would then go to get breakfast on his own, leaving a sleeping William behind. In the cafeteria, however, Wolley ended up meeting Arena Scars, a new inmate who Wolley found fairly attractive, much to William's dismay when he woke up and found the two of them. Arena gave Wolley a necklace before he went to the yard alongside William, who briefly questioned the boy and awkwardly discouraged him from crushing on Arena. A fight suddenly broke out from inside, prompting Wolley to send William to check it out so he had an opportunity to destroy the pill that the doctor had given him, not noticing said doctor watching him as he did so. Afterwards, he returned to the cell block with William.

Upon returning, Wolley quickly noticed the sound of someone crying in a nearby cell, only for William to dismiss it and tell Wolley to sleep instead. Luckily, the two were sharing a cell again, so after William himself fell asleep, Wolley managed to steal a key he had acquired and sneak out of the cell, only to find Arena crying in her own cell. The two talked for a bit, until their conversation ended with Wolley asking about Arena's extensive kill count. She proceeded to explain an assassination that she heavily regrets to him; that being, the killing of LG P and LG T. This story caused Zachary (LG Z) to briefly reawaken within Wolley, and yell out the same words he had said during the assassination before passing out, triggering a series of events in which William rushed to check on Wolley, only for Dr. Stone to act as though William had harmed the boy and had him taken away, while Wolley himself was taken to the infirmary and woken up. The doctor explained to him that William would be 'dealt with', but refused to elaborate further, simply telling Wolley to return to his cell. When Wolley began pressing further and refused to leave the infirmary until he got answers, the doctor instead opted to taunt Wolley, bringing up his past with Green and mocking his bond with William by claiming the boy never really cared about him, and just wanted attention. This ended up sending Wolley into a blind rage, and he attempted to attack the doctor, who managed to hold him in place and eventually inject something into Wolley that disoriented the boy and exhausted him, sending him out of his rage and into a sleepy daze. The doctor then returned Wolley to his cell, where the boy collapsed and fell asleep, thus ending his appearances in Phase 2.

During the timeskip, William was forbidden from interacting with Wolley, and Arena was still often surrounded by guards, causing the boy to get a lot lonelier. He's first seen eating on his own in the cafeteria, before later being seen in his own cell, where he first noticed the recently arrested Fever Kastrof. After the prisoners were let out for the day, the two of them decided to head to the yard together, where they talked and learned a bit more about each other. They would later be seen in the library, where they discussed the book Wolley was reading, and, while attempting to take down notes about it, Fever learned of Wolley's poor writing, before deciding to teach him how to improve. Their interaction grew more emotional, with Wolley thanking Fever for going out of her way to help him, and Fever ultimately telling him about the Outbreak occurring outside the prison. When the two of them discussed potential places to escape to, Wolley appeared to zone out after the mention of Palm Bay, but snapped out of it shortly after thanks to Fever. Wolley's next appearance was back in his cell, where he briefly met Markus Galloway before heading to the cafeteria for breakfast. During this, however, a breakout happened to begin, and Wolley quickly found himself trapped in a crowd before being shoved out of it and landing on the floor. At this moment, his subconscious awoke, and began berating him. Wolley got up and met up with William, Arena and Fever, before his subconscious demanded that they retrieve the jacket. Wolley requested that they go get a belonging of his, and William agreed. When the group reached the storage room, they initially found a Walker, who tackled and nearly bit William until Wolley's subconscious took over him and killed it, returning control to Wolley shortly after. He didn't seem to remember this, though, and believed William killed the Walker. When the group checked the storage room, they found both the jacket and William's watch (a treasured belonging of his) missing, with the doctor arriving shortly later and capturing William. The group chased him to the infirmary, where he revealed that he had the jacket and gave Wolley a choice; he can have the jacket back, or he can have William alive. Arena left during this, and a struggle began in which Wolley tried to choose William, but his subconscious tried to choose the jacket. The subconscious ultimately won, much to the horror of Wolley and Fever. Afterwards, the subconscious used its influence over Wolley to temporarily restrict him from speaking. In the resulting series of events, William was given some sort of injection and Wolley attempted to stab himself with the second dose, but was stopped. After William was given the second dose, the doctor threw the jacket at Wolley before leaving. Wolley, frustrated at himself and his subconscious, began bashing his head against the wall before finally managing to speak again, screaming and sobbing as he desperately apologised to William. The two would end up leaving the prison alongside an upset Fever, who was now doubtful of Wolley.

Shortly after leaving, Wolley found William's watch in the pocket of the jacket, before William himself took and kept it. The trio made their way to Gluxburgh, where they managed to sneak into an abandoned Target. As they searched the shelves, Wolley discovered an elaborate science kit for kids, specifically noticing a small ball on a string listed as one of the contents. He opened the box and took this ball and string, before returning to William and explaining an idea that it had given him. He asked William to use this ball and string to hypnotise Wolley into not caring about the jacket, and William reluctantly agreed. This actually seemed to work, as it effectively suppressed Wolley's subconscious. The trio slept for the night, with Wolley feeling much happier now that he was temporarily free from his subconscious. When they awoke the next day, William gave Wolley a new wooly jacket and Fever apologised to Wolley for doubting him before the group left for Atlanta. They stayed in an abandoned house for one night, finding some canned food to bring with them, before leaving again the next day. As they walked, Wolley told William a bit more about Grenintenks, until the group finally reached Palm Bay. When they arrived, Wolley instantly felt confused and nostalgic, despite having never been to Palm Bay or any camp for that matter, as far as he knew. The two reached a cabin, only to find a trio of kids inside: Rhett Slicers Casket, Aurora Isilia and Andrew Walker, who were all hiding from the Walker horde that had recently passed. They all introduced themselves, with Andrew greeting the duo by hugging them, indirectly giving Wolley a bisexual awakening. William and Wolley then ate some of their canned food, but were interrupted by the arrival of Abraham Allard, the camp's owner and the man living in the cabin that the kids were hiding in. He initially ordered everyone to get out, but paused upon noticing Wolley, having recognised the boy. They talked for a bit, before Abraham told Wolley to explore the camp while he spoke with William privately. Wolley did just that, and quickly found Aurora and Rhett talking behind the cabin they shared with Chloe O'Brien. After he found them, Andrew popped up behind him, greeting him with another hug before offering him an apple, which Wolley quickly devoured. Andrew then offered Wolley a flower crown, which the boy accepted. Aurora and Rhett were concerned for a moment due to Andrew's condition, but decided not to act yet, as they saw Andrew as harmless in comparison to the likes of the Allards.

## Killed Victims

Wolley's kill count remains unspecified, as even he himself seems unsure of how many people and Walkers he was forced to kill. However, all of them are unnamed.

## Relationships

Wolley has a lot of very important bonds with other characters, that define who he is and everything he does. While he hasn't actually been seen next to Green Oak, he fears the man quite a lot for everything he did to him, and Green couldn't care less about the boy anymore. Wolley has been shown to care immensely about William Santos, looking up to him and seeing him as a sort of father figure. He heavily regrets his subconscious' choice to kill William, even though Wolley himself was not to blame for it. William, likewise, relates heavily to Wolley and is always protective of him. He's also willing to listen to the boy's ideas, support him in difficult times and let him think for himself, as opposed to the more abusive and controlling Green.

Wolley quickly grew attached to the likes of Arena Scars and Fever Kastrof, both of whom care about him quite a lot, albeit in different ways, since Arena largely regrets having killed Zachary's parents, while Fever actually relates to Wolley and his troubled upbringing. Wolley regrets not having been able to stay with Arena during the prison escape, and felt sorry for Fever after having scared her during his internal conflict. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Wolley absolutely despises Dr. Jameson Stone. He sees the doctor as cruel, evil and threatening towards him and his friends, and has openly declared that Stone is their enemy.

Wolley has been shown to have an interesting bond with the residents of Palm Bay. His connection to Abraham Allard is still unclear, although Abraham seemed to recognise Wolley and the boy seemed to act strangely around him, responding to everything he said quickly and instinctively, and being unsure of whether or not he actually knows Abraham. While he hasn't spoken to Aurora Isilia and Rhett Slicers Casket that much, Wolley respects them both, and they both fear for his safety, thinking Abraham might be planning to brainwash the boy. On a similar note, Wolley seems to have possibly fallen in love with Andrew Walker, or at least, formed a friendship with him. He immediately accepted both Andrew's apple and his idea of Wolley receiving a flower crown, and he has outright stated that Andrew's presence makes him happy.

## Trivia

* Wolley is one of four characters created by Silencyyy~ to have received a nickname prior to the apocalypse, alongside Rhett Slicers Casket, Cosmos and Twain. Wolley's nickname is just his name, Yellow, spelt backwards.
* Wolley's favourite food is honey, but he doesn't actually know how to eat it, so he just drinks it straight from the jar.
* Wolley has heard music on one occasion in his life, but has always wanted to hear it again.
* Wolley's taste in men is the exact opposite of his taste in women. While he tends to prefer tall or strong women, he prefers men that aren't excessively muscular, and are more on the slim side.
* Wolley is one of two known bisexual characters created by Silencyyy~ to have appeared in the apocalypse, alongside Margo Vivmort.
* Wolley's birthday is the 19th of April, which also happens to be the date that the Gravity Falls episode 'Boyz Crazy' first premiered on. Coincidentally, the episode includes a plot point about a love interest being brainwashed, which is similar to Wolley and Andrew.