James

## Summary

Picture of James

James is the main character in Undead Pain and is one of the first characters introduced along with Zachary. He brings smarts and weapon skills to the group's table as he used to go to the shooting range every week with his father and he was the top student at his high-school. He spent the first 2 days of the apocalypse with his childhood friend Zachary, mostly running from a huge horde of infected, but eventually met Peter and Patrick inside of Peter's House in the third day of the apocalypse. On that same day, the horde found them and they had to escape north towards Brentwood.

## Full Character Story

### Before Introduction

James and Zachary were in their apartment when the apocalypse began. For a few hours they stayed home, but eventually a horde of infected found them so they both ran off to Zachary's sister's house. His sister, Emilia, let them stay there, but the horde caught up to them so they had to leave. They met three other survivors and grouped up before getting separated while escaping a horde. Episode 1 "Unlucky" begins with James and Zachary escaping that horde.

### Episode 1 "Unlucky"

During Episode 1 "Unlucky", James and Zachary manage to enter an abandoned house. Which they stay for the night. The next morning him and Zachary go looking for supplies around the neighborhood. There they run into two guys named Peter and Patrick. The horde had found them and they made an escape in Peter's truck.

### Episode 2 "Endurance"

In the events of Episode 2 "Endurance", their truck runs out of fuel. This causes James along with Peter to go to the Gas Station to find possible fuel. They look around, only being able to find some small helpful items, not able to find any fuel. They decide to walk instead of continuing to look for fuel. They walk for 30 minutes until they spot a Campsite nearby. They run to it and set up base there. James, Zachary, and Peter all go looking for supplies. They come across Jason's Cabin and they find Jason soon after. They get supplies from the young man and go to the Campsite to talk about their past occupations. The next morning James wakes up to find that Patrick has gone missing. They begin looking for him.

### Episode 3 "Jailed"

James and the others spend almost all of Episode 3 "Jailed" looking for Patrick. All they find are traces of blood and unknown weapons.

## Personality

James is a calm man with a selfless attitude. He is quite intelligent, as he was the top student in his high-school and was accepted into college. He is willing to sacrifice his own safety for others.

Usually calm and level-headed, reserved individual, that always puts others before him. He does have a slight temper and can get really angry at times.

He keeps to himself a lot which can be both a blessing and a curse.

He is pretty good at shooting infected due to his past of going to a shooting range every week.

## Appearance

James is a dark blue stickman that wears a black and grey t-shirt and blue jeans. He is somewhat in shape.

## Relationships

### Zachary

James and Zachary met each other in 2000 during their first few years in elementary school. Even though James was more introverted and Zachary was way more extroverted, they hit it off and became best buds in mere weeks. They grew up together in their neighborhood as they realized they were basically neighbors.

After graduating, they moved in together and started getting jobs. James got a gas station job and Zachary became a taxi driver. All of the income they gained and his smarts allowed James to go to college and study psychology. Zachary was jealous at first but understood how great this was for his friend and started supporting James fully. When the apocalypse started, they stayed close together and never left each other's side.

### Peter

They have not known each other for long, but James and Peter have respect for one another and are willing to help each other out.

### Patrick

They have also not known each other long, and they do not have a good friendship as Patrick has no trust for James as of right now.

### Jason

Although they have known each other for less than a day, James considers Jason as a nice young man and a friend.

## Notable Quotes

* "Shit! That horde is back!" - *James responds to the noise of breaking glass as the horde that had followed them to Peter's House.*

* "The hell?" - *James says this after seeing blood on the ground as he finds out Patrick has disappeared.*

## Trivia

* James is THE main character of Undead Pain