Brock "Ace" Spade

"Ace of Spades"

**Brock Spade (Ace)** is a character roleplayed by TheRealKingLear that appears in "The Worldz End" roleplaying server on FiveM.

## Early Life

Brock was born in Los Angeles, California to his loving and supportive Mother, Carolyn and strict and structured Father, Issac. His Mother worked as an English Teacher at a local high school while his father worked as a Highway Patrolman. His Mother was always kind and nurturing while his father, being former military and an officer of the law would instill a sense of regiment and a demanded a level of respect in Brock. He naturally became close with his mother and grew to have a contentious relationship with his father.

Although he had this dynamic both parents pushed Brock in different ways. His Mother, being a teacher, would push Brock to focus on schooling where he grew to be a top student in his classes. His Father, being a strict military man, would push Brock to respect himself and others and pushed Brock to build regiments to benefit both his body and his community. Through this, Brock would become a star athlete and often spent time volunteering with the local police as a junior cadet in his local area.

With his stellar scholarly and athletic career Brock would attend college on scholarship after high school where he would become involved in the Army ROTC.

## Adult Life

After completing two years of college, Brock decided to abandon his scholarship to fulfill his obligation and would enlist in the U.S. Army. During his time in the Army, Brock would advance and eventually completed Ranger Assessment and Selection where he was selected to attempt the Army, Ranger School. He completed the school and went on to continue the remainder of his contract as a U.S. Army Ranger in the 3rd Ranger Battalion out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

During his time in the military Brock would take advantage of his G.I. Bill and would complete his Bachelor's of Arts in Criminal Justice and after 8 years of service and two separate extended tours of duty to both Iraq and Afghanistan Brock would retire from active-duty and become a reservist.

After retiring from active duty Brock followed in his Father's footsteps and pursued a career in law enforcement. He applied to several Police and Sherriff's departments ultimately being offered and accepting a job with the Blaine County Sherriff's Office (BCSO). In addition to serving as an L.E.O. he would still meet his obligation as a reservist to report once a month to Fort Zancudo where he worked with the local military as a survival and combat training specialist.

For several years Brock patrolled the North and eventually met and married his wife Misty and a few years later the two welcomed a daughter, Trinity into their lives. The relationship would eventually turn sour as a combination of Brock's PTSD and neglect from working and being away from the family for long hours would take it's toll on Misty who took Trinity and left to be with family in the city. Brock was served divorce papers the day before the electromagnetic event.

## The Apocalypse

Brock was on patrol responding to a call when the electromagnetic storm hit. With the power out and no radio contact with his station, Brock made his way back to Sandy Shores on foot. He witnessed people taking to the streets; confused, scared, and asking for assistance. Although he wanted to stop and help he realized that he needed to re-establish contact and come up with a plan of action with his fellow officers.

When Brock returned to the station he was given word that there were riots and looting both in the county and throughout Los Santos. He and his fellow deputies were tasked to riot patrols, but as there were no working vehicles they headed out on foot. Brock witnessed as the people panicked and turned on each other and after several days it became apparent that the situation had become out of hand and becoming violent.

The military declared martial law and due to his status as a reservist at the nearby military base, the commander out of Fort Zancudo Military Base tapped Brock to lead a joint-task force of military and L.E.Os to quell the riots, locate survivors, gather supplies, and re-establish infrastructure.

Not long after, the zombies started appearing and things both out on the island and within the new survivor camp became dark and dire. Brock would discover that shortly after the dead became coming back to life that the survivors that he and his task force were rounding up were being used for experimentation and the suspicion was that the military was using the virus as a means to subdue individuals and control their violent tendencies. Brock assumed that the military may have had a hand in the release of the virus to the public. After witnessing one of these experiments himself and the summary execution of a young man that he had brought to the camp Brock spread word with some L.E.Os that he had grown to trust and to some of the civilians that they had brought to camp. This led to an uprising in the survivor camp and in response the military turned on Brock and those who were now actively trying to leave the camp. Gunfire erupted and a firefight ensued. Brock witnessed as the military cut through civilians and his fellow L.E.Os and, seeing as the odds were not in his favor, Brock took an opportunity to steal a Humvee and attempted an escape. Rushing through the gates and headed across the bridge, Brock's humvee was under siege from military gunfire and just as he was about to make it to the other side to freedom a harrier fired upon his vehicle, flipping it into the swamps just South of the military base. Sinking into the swamps, Brock emerged from the humvee and swam upstream away from the base with the military pursuing. He swam for several miles until he no longer saw any military personnel. Brock pulled himself up onto the bank of the river, just outside Stab City. Brock, severely wounded but determined, gathered supplies, patched his wounds, and decided to head out into the wilderness in the North, away from Zancudo Military Base.

Brock made a small camp in the wilderness and lived in the forest, periodically doing recon on the base and in the county to the North. After 4 long months Brock had come across an elderly man wandering in the wilderness and caught wind that some survivors had made it into the tunnels and sewers below the city in Los Santos. With this newfound information Brock wondered if Misty and Trinity had survived and decided to come out of hiding to try to find them. Fearing both the chaos that may be left in the city and that the military may still be looking for him Brock set out on a new mission to survive and with hopes of finding his family.

## Post-Emergence

Brock would make his way to the city following news of the emergence and searched the tunnels for his family. Unfortunately, nobody who remained had heard of Misty or Trinity, but had advised Brock that there were some sanctuary settlements set up both in the South and North of the City. Brock scoured the city and both of the sanctuaries for the first few days following the emergence, but with little sign of his family and coming to terms with the inevitable Brock decided that he now needed to focus on his own survival once again.

He scavenged through the city, looking for weapons, food and materials and encountered several other survivors in the process. Wary of those he didn't know his first encounter came while inspecting a radio tower nearby the Southern sanctuary. After a tense standoff the stranger revealed that they were an LSPD Detective and after both survivors confirmed the other's story of being L.E.O. Brock and the survivor made camp at the top of the radio tower while they waited for the zombies below to disperse. The LSPD Detective shared information with Brock about the Northern Sanctuary and indicated that several other officers had been seen coming and going from there. After the zombies below dispersed the two said their goodbyes and parted ways. Brock, feeling as if fellow brothers in blue would be better to engage with than the civilians and what he saw as roving gangs in the area decided to make the trek North. It was here that he would find a familiar face in Nikolai Ostanov, Former Under Sherriff of the Paleto Bay Sherriff's Office (PBSO) who informed Brock that he too was looking for loved-ones. The two decided to band together and scoured the city for their families while also trying to gather items necessary for their survival. During the trek, Nikolai mentioned the desire to establish a base of operations in the North to create a zone of law and order. Brock, seeing what had happened to the North and knowing what the military was capable of shrugged the idea off as a fool's errand.

In their first day of scavenging Brock and Nikolai would encounter an odd stranger at the radio tower above the Vinewood sign. The stranger, followed by a herd of zombies, wandered into the makeshift camp that Brock and Nikolai had been searching and seeing that the individual was in need of assistance the two sprung into action, clearing the herd. After the fight, the individual would introduce himself as Edward Maddox, grandson to Holden Maddox who he informed the two he was looking for. The group would rest in the camp overnight where Edward shared that he believed his Grandfather had something to do with the viral outbreak and that his goal was to find him to try to bring an end to the horrors. Brock would share what he had learned over the first few days since the emergence, including information about the sanctuaries. As this seemed like the most likely spot to locate a survivor and since Edward had just come from the Northern Sanctuary the group decided to work together to make the trek back to the South. Along the way the group encountered two stranded survivors in Billy Aldo & Tilly Thorneblume who were desperately searching for safety. The group told them that they were headed to a safe place in the South and agreed to help the survivors reach the safety of South Sanctuary.

## Trivia

1. Brock received his nickname "Ace of Spades" or "Ace" during his time in the Army Rangers. A play on his last name Spade, and the symbolism of the Ace of Spades being the Death Card. The nickname came following an ambush on his squad where Brock was the last man standing and single-handedly held-off and ultimately killed a squad of insurgents approaching his position.

2. Brock suffers from PTSD and struggles to deal with complex emotions. His coping mechanism is cynicism and sarcasm.