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## POV Characters

* **Lawrence Dodd** - A thirty-seven year old lawyer and younger brother to the groups leader. Lawrence acts as Rowena's adviser and second in command, along with that; he's tasked with scheduling and planning all supply runs. An incredibly intelligent and hardworking man, Lawrence is cunning and can be manipulative. Yet he clings to his humanity and past harder than anyone else.

* **Patrick Dodd** - The youngest of the Dodd family at thirty years old, Patrick acts as the groups Doctor. While his older siblings are shown to have great cunning, bravery and strength; Patrick is inherently cowardly. Although he's likely the brightest in the family. He's well known for his charming mannerisms and general kindness, despite his older sister describing him as "snarky".

* **Wayne Mitchell** - The slightly older half of the Mitchell twins. Wayne is a witty, sharp and quick thinking man; if not a little overzealous. Usually he's calm and jokey, but he does have a passionate and violent temper, derived from years of neglect. At twenty-four, Wayne is a chain smoker, heroine addict and recovering alcoholic. At heart, he gets by wearing his happy face, when he's a manic depressive inside.

* **Nara Wainwright** - The captain of Scouting Group C, Nara is a born leader. She's quick thinking, intelligent and incredibly natural and lucid around others. She has an almost mother-son relationship with her younger brother Larson, whom she cares for dearly. Her main motives are always centered around family, and she will fight to the bitter end to protect the people she loves.

* **Alice Dodd** - A ten year old girl, who was murdered several months before the apocalypse. Alice is shown to be particularly strange and almost disturbed. Notably secluding herself away from human contact, preferring to talk to herself, or her father. Even with her incredible intellect, far beyond her age, Alice is still at her core - a child. She's easily frightened, very innocent and above all - unstable.

* **Dante Agner** - A stern and harsh man, Dante is fiercely loyal to Rowena and the rest of the community. Only ever acting in what he believes to be their best interests. While his family and friends would describe him as a loving father, anyone unacquainted with the man, would likely call him intimidating, perhaps callous. Agner has a natural grasp of strategy and tactics, leaving him as the respected leader of the Tower of London guard.

* **Micaela "Kayla" Benson** - Kayla is overall a friendly and outgoing person, and has a rather prominent dislike of sarcasm; though she makes up for it with one of the foulest mouths her fellow survivors have ever come across. Her wit is as sharp and fast as her movement, and she's second-to-none when it comes to getting out of a pinch. Despite this, she struggles to deal with people (both friendly and non-friendly), because she simply can't predict what they might to. Adversely, she is predictable to the core, preferring to stick with old habits and strategies where possible. In short, a formidable enemy for walkers, but an easy target for people.

* **Melanie Agner** - A sweet and generally likable young girl, Melanie is known to keep herself to herself. She stands as the unfortunate victim of her brother, Lionel's bullying and her mother's aggression, finding herself with few friends in the world. As such, she spends most of her time either on her own or with her father.

## Main Characters

### One time POV

* **Duncan Mitchell** - *(Volume 7)* - The less intelligent and appreciated Mitchell twin. Duncan shares his brother's wit and ability to think on his feet. He's known to be a cocky and vulgar slackoff, who for whatever reason: receives one cushy job after another. Duncan Mitchell is a man who always wears a smile, whether it be due to his never-ending day off or a well timed joke at someone else's expense.

* **Jared Crowther** - *(Volume 8)* Often sarcastic and impetuous, Jared is one of the most unpredictable members of the Tower of London community. Although incredibly well educated, with an upper class upbringing, he often disregards his 'indoctrinated' sense of right and wrong, favoring his own sense of freedom and anarchy. While cruel and callous to most, he can be fiercely loyal to others. No matter how he acts, Jared will always try his best to keep up his opulent appearances.

* **Rupert Smith** - *(Prologue)* A prisoner, feared and despised by the few who know of his existence. Rupert is a deranged man, locked away on Rowena's orders, although no-one really knows why, nor who he is. He regularly talks to himself, often having long, winded and confusing conversations. He's sporadic and unpredictable with not only his mind, but his movements and mannerisms. Some people claims to hear him ticking like a clock, others can hear the song Greensleeves when he's near by.

* **Oliver** - *(Volume 6)* TBA

### Regular

* **Rowena Dodd** - The openly callous and largely sophisticated leader of the Tower of London. Rowena is a woman known for ruling either with an iron fist or with a supercilious indifference. She's obsessed with her work, rarely leaving her own office. She's particularly fixated on Rupert Smith, a man she hates with a fiery passion, for seemingly no reason.

* **Nancy Brodmir** - At first glance, Nancy appears to be a sweet and loving young girl, known for her good looks and kind hearted nature, but deep down, she's something completely different. At her core, she's a chess player, and the people around her are the pieces. She can kill, manipulate and psychologically torture with no emotion or guilt, and yet still live under the facade of a scared sweetheart.

* **Trenton *"Trent"* Cooper** - The sadistic leader of a small group of survivors. Trent is notable for his strange fixation with fire, an obsession he's held since his days in the Gulf War - joined by his best friend; Andrew. He's a man with very few morals, caring little for human life. Overall, his main goal in the new world, is to have a good time, no matter the expense.

* **David Perkins** - A caring and overly emotional man, David lives a life burdened with guilt. After joining the Tower of London community, he quickly found himself in a position where he was forced to kill others - not to survive - simply because his superiors wanted him to. He's known for his extreme dislike of violence, religiousness and a notable belief that "no-one is evil, you just have to look for the good in them."

* **Maurice Rook** - A loyal and headstrong guard. Maurice stands as the groups jailer, tasking with maintaining and securing Rupert Smith. A job he detests with every fiber of his being, deep down; he doesn't understand why the man's imprisoned. While Rowena and Lawrence bitterly call him a murderer, he hears the man cry day and night, each tear grinding against his conscience.

* **Andrew *"Murdoc"* Toland** - Trenton Cooper's right hand man. Murdoc is a dark giant who intimidates anyone he comes across - not by choice. In truth, Murdoc despises his leader, the man he once called a friend. Dreaming of breaking away from his group and living by himself. He's incredibly calm, witty and patient with a notable love for music. Murdoc suffers from Hypochromic anemia which gives him his distinguishing red eyes and greenish skin.

## Major Characters

* **Colin Cassady** - Colin is an arrogant, hypocritical bully. His social attiudes are laced with ageism, racism, and sexism, and he never even considers trying to live up to the moral standard he demands from those around him. He has no moral qualms when it comes to being a 'leader' or helping out in the group, but becomes outraged when people be authoritative over him.

* **Noreen McNalley** - Noreen has become hardened due to her experiences. When around children, she is a typical doting elderly lady; however she changes when around adults. She speaks to them bluntly and with little compassion, with the exception of her own group. She's a fairly good shot, but prefers to save the little ammo she has left for emergencies. She also has a decent knowledge of how people think, due to her original career as a child psychologist.

* **Daniel Ramseyer** - The leader of scouting group A, Daniel is shown to be a man whose mere presence terrifies everyone he meets. He has a gruff demeanor and tends to raise his voice to get what he wants. He's seen as rude and cruel, and most people tend to keep their distance from him. He's a man that holds grudges, known to hate all those around him. He's violent and intelligent, making him one of Rowena's most important soldiers.

* **Tord Monkhouse** - The leader of scouting group D, Tord is an impatient and easily irritated man. He's usually seen as brash and rarely thinks about his action, either as a result of the unfortunate circumstances he tends to find himself in, or his generally overzealous nature. He's a fantastic shot, a skill that earned him his place of power in the group, although he would never think of using his talent to harm someone.

* **Kathryn "Kay" Wellesley** - A cheerful and sweet young girl, Kay is one of the youngest members of the Tower of London community. Most people would describe her as "hyperactive", or at least something to that effect; and they'd be correct. Kay is generally childish and rather immature for her age.

* **Larson Wainwright** - Larson is one of the groups guards, meaning he is physically able and strong willed. He's considered to be the "sneakiest" out of them. Usually used as a scout for supply runs. Larson is quick, agile and above all, smart. Shown to have a good sense of humor, Larson holds a 'take it easy' approach to life, trying his best to ignore his incredible bad luck.

* **Lionel Agner** - TBA

* **Caitlin Blake** - TBA

* **Noel Hetfield** - TBA

* **Howard Michelson** - Howard is a very unpredictable man, one minute he is nice and helpful, the next he's losing his mind. He's described as a schizophrenic by some of the group though it is unlikely he actually suffers from the disorder. More than likely he has simply allowed the freedom of the apocalypse go to his head, he is loud brash and enjoys killing the dead. However, he still has a human side to him, able to show sympathy for others in particular younger survivors who he is able to relate to. Howard also has no problems with killing other people, in fact he encourages it. Overall Howard is nice to those on his good side, and can be a bit of a smart ass.

## Supporting Characters

* **Mitch** - Considered rough and unfriendly by the rest of the group, Mitch does nothing to help his reputation as an old thug. Constantly getting into fights and insulting anyone who's stupid enough to speak to him, most see Mitch as angry muscle and nothing more. Although he is shown to be at least, a caring Grandfather; who'd give his life for his Grandchildren.

* **Lenore Marwood** - TBA

* **Bobby** - TBA

* **Heather** - TBA

* **Ingrid Agner** - Not too unlike her husband, Ingrid is known to be particularly cold woman - to most. Behind closed doors she's avowed to be a loving wife and caring mother. Usually quiet, Ingrid is a strangely unnerving and somewhat creepy person to be around; described has having an ' icy grey stare' that could perforate someone with little more than a glance.

* **Kiera** - TBA

* **Dace** - TBA

* **Darren** - TBA

* **Louise** - TBA

## Key Plot Points

### Nancy's Plan

#### Pre Apocalypse

Ever since the age of seven, Nancy found herself infatuated with Vincent Dodd - family friend, who was eight years old than her. While it started out as a childish crush, it eventually turned into something close to an obsession. She became enraged upon Vincent's engagement to Anabel Marquart, and resolved to kill her, claiming Vincent to herself. Even though Vincent was married at twenty-one, Nancy waited thirteen years to exact her plans. Killing both Anabel and her daughter, Alice; framing Vincent, a known schizophrenic for their murders.

Nancy had spent her school years studying psychology and biology in-particular, earning herself a profession in psychiatric care. Naturally, Vincent was sent to the same high security ward she worked at; finally placing him in her clutches.

#### Post Apocalypse

Shortly before the events of Corvid Murrain, Nancy begins to notice Lawrence acting strangely around her, even spying on her. While she keeps this in mind, she mostly ignores it, until she finds the documents relating to Vincent's arrest in Lawrence's quarters. At this point she releases; Lawrence either knows that she killed Vincent's wife and daughter, or suspects she had some part to play in the murders. Knowing this information can never come out, she plots to kill him discreetly.

Her first course of action was to change the scouting locations of Scouting Group C (Nara's group). Using her closeness with the Dodd family, she managed to manipulate Lawrence's paperwork, sending the group directly into a horde upon their next leave.

Around the same time, she partook in one of Kayla and Louise's *"Girls nights"*. During which she separated Louise, feigned intoxication and confessed to witnessing Lawrence pushing Alex into a horde to save his own life (exaggerating an act she actually saw performed by Colin Cassady). She did this with the knowledge that Louise would tell Mitch, who it both Louise and Alex's Grandfather (Louise and Alex being cousins).

With this in mind, Nancy hoped Mitch would kill Lawrence soon after he heard, and soon being executed himself - which he would have. However, Lawrence soon realized Nancy had done *something* and fled the tower (causing the events of Volume 1). Yet, even with the main part of her plan foiled, Louise did still succumb to the second: In order to keep her quiet regarding the misinformation; Nancy sent the scouting group she was a part of into a horde, which resulted in her death.

When Lawrence returned, the first part of her plan did, in fact, come into fruition. Mitch attacked Lawrence, Duncan Mitchell and Rupert Smith; resulting in Lawrence breaking several bone, Duncan being knocked out and Rupert being stabbed. To finally finish Lawrence off, using her position as Patrick's aid: She poisoned the pain killers Lawrence was taking for his injuries, and had Kayla give them to him.

## Volume One: Human Alike

### Chapter 01

#### Alice POV

Alice sits in her room reading 'The Painted Bird', a book she claims to be enjoying. She hears her mother open to door downstairs, hoping it's her father, she runs and listens at the top of the stairs. She hears two women talking, her mother asking how the other woman's father is. Finding herself disinterested, Alice returns to her room with her book. She begins to talk to herself, hearing her father responding in her head. Then she hears her mother scream.

#### Lawrence POV

The POV starts with Lawrence Dodd, a former lawyer working in his quarters. He looks over a collection of maps next to a radio receiver and finds that one of his assigned scouting groups may be close to a horde. However, he's prevented from investigating further after receiving a radio call from Tord Monkhouse - the leader of scouting group D. He reports that his group have discovered remnants of what could be other survivors. During the call, Lawrence's younger brother, Patrick steps in and silently sits down next to him. Lawrence ends the call with Tord, by telling him to return to the Tower of London as soon as possible.

Lawrence greets his brother, as Patrick passes him a cup of tea. After talking for a bit, Lawrence passes Patrick his planning record for supply runs, and asks him if something's wrong with it. Patrick looks it over and says there's nothing wrong, to which Lawrence simply grimaces at him in reply. He informs his brother that they've been tampered with, although he's not completely sure how or why. After that, the two eventually get onto the topic of Rowena Dodd, their elder sister and the leader of the community. Patrick asks if Lawrence has had the chance to ask her about "it" (it being Rupert Smith's imprisonment) yet. Lawrence does his best to dodge the topic.

### Chapter 02

#### Dante POV

Dante stands guard outside Rowena's office, listening to her screaming. He hears her shouting about another group and what "Monkhouse found", but isn't able to properly conjugate what she's saying. Eventually she stops, the door opens and three people walk out. Colin Cassady, Micaela Benson and Daniel Ramseyer. While Daniel remains silent, he hears Micaela (whom he refers to as Kayla) muttering to Colin, and Colin whispering back. As the three of them leave, he notices his daughter and her friend Karen playing outside, he watches them for a while, and wonders what they're doing. While he watches he can hear someone faintly whistling from Rowena's office, he knows it's not her, and realizes it must be Rupert.

#### Micaela POV

Kayla walks into Lawrence's quarters to find both him and her friend Nancy working inside. She sits next to Nancy and asks what she's looking at, in response Nancy hands her the movement reports for Scouting group D. Claiming that (according to Lawrence) something's wrong with it, although Nancy think's whatever it is is way over her head. Kayla takes a look at them and sees nothing wrong. She looks up at Lawrence, and notices him smile at her upon her answer.

*(Although not shown, during this scene Nancy disconnected the radio transmitter for Scouting Group C, making them impossible to contact)*

#### Melanie POV

Melanie tells her friend Karen about a prisoner her father mentioned to her mother (Dante and Ingrid), although Karen doesn't believe her. The two eventually decide to investigate for themselves, finding a door to what should be the Tower's cells. As Karen's the stronger of the two, she props Melanie up to look through the window on the door, at the end of a long hallway, she sees a man whom she recognizes as Maurice Rook, standing on his own. Melanie sees this as proof, but Karen's still unconvinced. The two double around the cell, and find a small cross shaped window, although it's too high up for either of them to see. Yet faintly, they can hear a ticking noise and a man crying. Karen decides to call inside, before they're both caught by Karen's Grandfather Mitch - who scalds the both of them, and ushers them back to the courtyard.

### Chapter 03

#### Wayne POV

Wayne approaches the supply tower, hoping to find his brother. As he heads there, he notices Mitch walk by, almost pushing Melanie and Karen, he calls over and asks if everything's alright, but is told to piss off. Shrugging the event off (although noticing that Mitch seems to be on edge), he strolls to the supply tower entrance, where he sees Daniel standing guard. The two talk to each other for a bit, and Wayne continues up the stairs (now knowing his brother and friend Larson are both up there). When he reaches the top he finds the two stoned out of their minds in a room full of smoke. At first Wayne protests, but then he says "fuck it" and joins them.

#### Melanie POV

Mitch pulls the two girls into an ally, looking absolutely furious. He pushes Melanie aside and asks Karen what they were doing there, she says that she wanted to see Rupert. The mention of the name infuriates him, to the extend that he slaps his grandaughter - making her cry. His screaming is interrupted by Ingrid Agner, Melanie's mother. She tells the two girls to go home (despite Mitch's protest). In return Mitch tells her that Karen and Melanie wanted to see "Smith". Ingrid freezes up, but repeats her order once again. The two girls leave the ally and separate, each running home.

#### Nara POV

Nara leads scouting group C (comprised of herself, Louise Turner, Jared Crowther, David Perkins and Noreen McNalley) into a town on the outskirts of London. Despite Nara trying her best to stay on her own, she finds herself constantly in Louise's company, who seemingly wont shut up about Nara getting into a relationship. After Nara refutes any "set up" Louise makes, she jokingly asks if Nara's a lesbian (which seems to get her angry). Before Nara can answer she hears a gunshot, turning to see Jared Crowther with a rifle in his hand, still smoking at the barrel. Noreen smacks it out of his hand and calls him an idiot, but he laughs it off, calling the act of killing zombies "sport". David sighs, and says they should hurry up, since others will hear it.

The five of them walk into a warehouse and Louise asks if this is the place they're looking for. Nara answers her, claiming that these are the co-ordinates Lawrence gave them. The group splits up, with Noreen and Jared splitting off to search elsewhere. While Louise continues to pester her, Nara finds traces of someone else living in the barn, that and a pile of old ashes.

### Chapter 04

#### Melanie POV

Melanie runs back to her quarters, greeting Colin Cassady along the way (who works in the armory below the Agner's flat). As she goes into her own room, wanting to cry, she finds herself victim to her older brother, Lionel's bullying. As he constantly asks her what she's done now (making sure to call her stupid and ugly multiple times). Once again, Melanie's scalding is interrupted by her mother, who tells Lionel to leave them alone. The two sit on Melanie's bed together, and Ingrid tells her never to try and see Rupert again.

#### Lawrence POV

Now by himself, Lawrence continues to look over the maps he has accumulated. He thinks about Kayla for a brief second, and mentions feeling guilty about lying to her, but it had to be done. He finds his collection of "waypoints" (areas that could possibly be occupied by other groups) and matches the co-ordinates of scouting group C up to one of the distant view. He then takes his map of reported horde locations, finding that scouting group C are just as close. He attempts to call them, but finds that their connections have been cut off.

#### Nara POV

At the opposite end of the receiver; Nara attempts to contact Lawrence, but finds herself completely unable. Eventually she gives up and continues to search. After a while, she starts to hear a faint moaning, she asks David if he can hear anything - which he can't, however, Louise can. Louise silently curses and takes the rifle off her back, running out of the room. David and Nara both follow, to find a congregate of the undead swarming through the town. Louise is already out of their sight, running towards Jared and Noreen's location. As Nara and David try to fight the undead, Nara is pulled by the neck and held at gun point. David tries to reason with the attacker, even in the situation, but the man holding her fires... killing a zombie behind David. The man holding Nara pulls her back into the room they were in before (which David following) and shuts the door. After catching his breath, he introduces himself as Howard Michelson, and asks what the fuck they think they're doing.

### Chapter 05

#### Lawrence POV

Lawrence walks through the tower courtyard and notices Tord's group returning (as he told them to that morning). Although Tord seems to be (unsuccessfully) flirting with Dace, Lawrence pulls him aside. Telling him that the "thing" they talked about's happening and he should try his best to stall Rowena and stop Kayla from getting involved. Tord nods his head and tells him that he'll handle it, the two then part ways.

#### Nara POV

Already arguing with Howard, Nara asks him what they're going to do. Howard advises them to get out of his "house" before they bring more undead, or as he calls them "wanks". Although Nara enforces that that isn't happening. He sighs and tells her and David to get ready, as they're gonna have to fight their way out. The three brace themselves as Howard opens the doors, shooting through the crowd of zombies. They manage to kill a few before seeing Jared and Noreen on the other side. The two groups meet up and manage to escape the town, resting on top of a hill. Jared remarks on how well that went, before Noreen punches him in the face, accusing him of pushing Louise into the horde to save himself. The group goes silent as Jared openly admits what he did, claiming "when it's them or me, it'll always be me."

#### Dante POV

Dante continues to stand guard outside Rowena's office singing "In the air tonight" to himself; waiting patiently for his shift to end when Rowena calls him into her office. She points to a small television screen showing footage of Rupert's cell, and points out how Rupert is staring at the door. Suddenly Maurice Rook opens the door, and Lawrence walks in, shocking the two of them. Lawrence proceeds to question Rupert on how he got to the tower, his relationship with Nancy, Rowena and finally - his late brother; Vincent. Rupert answers each of his questions, albeit cryptically and Lawrence leaves. Rowena apologizes to Dante and asks him to stand back outside, claiming tonight will be a long one.

### Chapter 06

#### Wayne POV

Wayne continues to sit in the corner of the supply tower in an intoxicated daze, dreaming/hallucinating about his father's death. He finally comes to his senses realizing that Duncan's gone and Larson's half passed out. He asks Larson where Duncan went but gets a particularly vague answer. Now being night, he wanders out of the tower, noticing Patrick Dodd and a young guard by the name of Darren running past. He tries to talk to them but they ignore him. He continues to walk back to his own quarters where he finds his girlfriend; Kay. He sits down next to her and starts to cry, she calms him down and asks him if he wants to go to bed.

#### Nara POV

Nara's group sit inside the warehouse trying to avoid the cold, most of them huddling around a small fire Howard started. Although Nara notices that David is missing, she asks the group where he went and learns that he's on one of the upper floors. Nara gets up to look for him, eventually finding him in the head office, crying. She sits down next to him and asks him what's wrong. He tells her that he can't cope with all the death anymore, first Louise and now "according to Rowena's rules" Howard. Nara reassures him that Howard will be fine and that she plans to invite him back. As Nara leaves the room, she's confronted by Noreen, who asks her what she plans to do with Jared. Nara tells her that she'll tell Rowena exactly what happened, and if she punishes him, she punishes him. Noreen gives her a knife and tells her that Jared wont let her do that, and she should put an end to it while he sleeps. Nara thanks her for the advise.

#### Dante POV

Dante sits outside Rowena's office, expecting Lawrence to come up. He looks at his watch and realizes it's been over two hours since he talked to Rupert. He hears someone running up the stairs and assumes it to be him, instead, it's Patrick and Darren. Although he stops them at first, Patrick calls out to Rowena, who allows them into her office. She asks them what's going on. Only to find that Darren saw Lawrence walk out the tower.

## Plot (Character Specials)

### Patrick Special

Shows a fifteen year old Patrick being kicked out of the house by his father. Late at night, Patrick sits alone at a bustop in the rain, crying, waiting for the six o'clock bus to arrive. Instead he finds his brother, Vincent, who sits next to him on the bench. The two talk about what happened, and Vincent agrees to take him in.

### Wayne Special

A day in the life of Wayne Mitchell. Shows Wayne and Duncan pre-apocalypse being thrown in prison for the night for smoking weed. Eventually they're bailed out by their father and brought home. Duncan and James end up getting in a fight while Wayne watches the Jeremy Kyle show.

### Duncan Special

While the other members of the group are sleeping. Duncan flees and meets Rowena at one of the meeting points. She pressures him into giving up Vincent's location, but he refuses, claiming he'll only do it if the rest of the group are spared. Rowena agrees to spare Wayne and Kay, but no-one else, but Duncan disagrees. He's approached by Trent's group, who force him to speak.

### Rowena Special

Shows Rowena, Lawrence and Harry traveling to Arthur's mansion. They enter and eventually find his re-animated body. After a short dialogue Rowena stabs him in the head. The three decide to burn the house down shortly after.

### Micaela Special

Shows Kayla being visited and freed by Duncan during her imprisonment. During this time she confesses having a slight crush on Lawrence, calling him "lovably predictable". The special ends with her freeing herself and fleeing.

### Trent Special

Shows Trent and Murdoc during the Gulf War and how Trent gained his obsession with fire.