Notsu Harlan

Notsu was a grizzled woman played by Suraru in the Medium Vanilla server, during Season 1. She was the mother of Del Harlan, and died to a bite after a handful of play sessions.

## Backstory

Notsu was born in 1958 to Haz Harlan and an unknown mother. Haz had fled to America to escape the 2nd world war, and ended up finding his wife, Anna, in a refugee camp. However, Haz was an unfaithful husband, and after 2 years an unnamed woman brought forth a child claiming to be his. She intended to blackmail Haz into financing her rehabilitation to kick an addiction, but instead Haz killed her, and was soon to kill the bastard child before Anna found out, divorcing him and sending both their legitimate Sura, and the new child, NotSura (Notsu for short) into adoption.

Both children received a fair childhood, although Notsu grew a very hateful image of the world, men in general, given her conception. Sura on the other hand, always appreciated life, and was much more favored when visited by her mother. Despite this, the two half-sisters became very close, and as they came of age Sura went into the new information technology field, while Notsu found herself wanting to join the marines as a mechanic, to escape a marriage she was forced into at 18, from which she produced a child from, named Delilah.

In 1990, Notsu was hit by a roadside bomb and lost her left eye, and was medically discharged. Returning home, it took just under a year before an argument reached a boiling point and Notsu ended up killing her husband, Daniel. Swearing her daughter Del into a lie, Notsu claimed self defense and was cleared in court. However, her home life was falling apart. When her sister became homeless with her baby, Notsu decided the best thing was to send everyone to Sura's ex-husdband, Ashi.

When they got to Louisville, the family was separated as the knox infection had spread across the country during their roadtrip, and the sudden invasion had taken them by surprise. Notsu was separated from her family despite her best attempts to keep them together, and began her travels to locate them....

## Story

This should be used for any events in your character's life that happen **after** the in-game starting date, July 9th, 1993

## Obituary

Notsu is survived by Del Harlan, her daughter. While not the perfect mother, Notsu did care deeply for her daughter. Before she died, it was revealed that she in fact did kill her husband in cold blood, in front of Del, because she wasn't into men and the thought of reproduction disgusted her. However so neglectful, Notsu did teach Del how to survive, which came in handy for the Knox Event.

The woman was bitten when searching Muldraugh for her family, checking safehouses, and corpses, for any sign of them. During the night, she was taking care of a small group, when a large hoard snuck up behind her, one diving right under her blindspot and landing a bite on her lower torso. After revealing her bite to the group, the mother saw her girl one last time before the end, and Del was too stricken with emotion to say much, threatening to shoot her own mother with a shotgun before backing down and hiding off for the rest of the night.

Notsu, along with Ezekiel and Deputy [forgot his name already] went along with the doomed woman back to Muldraugh to help her finish searching the town. As they searched, Notsu was bitten several more times, often throwing herself in harms way to protect those with her, and fought fiercely until it was decided that her family were not in Muldraugh, dead or alive.

Returning to camp, Notsu said some final words to her complicated comrades, drank a bunch of bourbon, and was put out of her misery with a shotgun blast to the head at her request, as her health began to decline. With many regrets, and having unable to complete her mission, the mother still found some reason to smile in her last seconds.

Rest in Peace, Notsu Harlan.

## Relationships

### Del

Notsu was Del's mother, and she had a complicated relationship with her. Notsu had killed Daniel, her husband and Del's father whom she loved. She was very neglectful of Del, but did at least teach her survival skills on their family camping trips. Regardless of this, Del still loved her as her mother, and regretted she didn't give Notsu confirmation of this before she passed.

### Ezekiel

While not the biggest fan of Notsu at first, Zeke did eventually warm up to her. After Notsu's passing, Zeke continued her mission to try and unite her family, although he ultimately failed.

## Trivia

* Notsu literally means "Not Suraru." This was later canonized and adapted into her story via neglectful parents.
* Notsu is based on a Khajiit roleplay character of the same name by Suraru.
* In TES-RP, Del was Notsu's adoptive daughter instead of biological like in Zomboid.
* The original concept for Notsu was an elderly women, but this was changed due to issues with the timeline making sense.
* Notsu is isn't just asexual, she's very much anti-sexual, and is based on a period of Suraru's life where anything remotely sexual disgusted her.
* Notsu seems to eventually die in every chronology she's in, probably because she's a careless warrior type who accepted her death a long time ago.
* Red is Notsu's color, signifying her rage and passion, while also being the opposite of love which red can also signify.

## Gallery

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