General Jake Gunn (Huntsman Chronicles)

# Jake Gunn

> ***"It's the three of us against like a thousand of those things."*** ―General Jake Gunn
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## Appearances

### Appears in

The Huntsman Chronicles Chapter 1: Project Huntsman (2018)

General Jake Gunn is one the main protagonists in the first chapter of the Huntsman Chronicles. He is the leader of the band of survivors followed in the chapter.

Prior to the events of Chapter 1, Gunn was a General in the United States Army. He and several other soldiers of varying ranks had survived the initial outbreak and downfall of the government and society. He led this group of soldiers through the beginning of the zombie apocalypse caused by the Huntsman virus.

## Chapter 1

General Jake Gunn is first introduced when Zak takes Richard Thompson, a new arrival at the group's base, to meet with him. Gunn is unimpressed by Thompson.

While everyone is asleep a zombie is able to break through the base's defences and get inside. Richard is awoken by the zombie and he shoots it. He orders Ross to inspect the zombie and ensure it is dead. Ross confirms it to be dead, and so Richard drags the body outside to avoid contaminating the base further, while Ross goes upstairs and alerts Gunn, who promptly rushes down the stairs, accompanied by Zak. He interrogates Richard about the zombie and whether he wore gloves when disposing of it. He demands to see the body and leaves the safety of the building to inspect the corpse. While inspecting the body, it seemingly jolts back to life and attacks Gunn, who shoots it point-blank in the head and by doing so, is the first to perform an on-screen kill. He berates Richard for believing the zombie to be dead. Soon after, he discusses the break-in with Richard, and they agree that more guards should be placed outside.

A few nights later, Francis, a guard positioned outside the base, is attacked and infected by a zombie. The next day, the zombified Francis and the zombie who infected him bang on the base's door, which gains the attention of a guard positioned by the door. The guard opens the door and is attacked and infected. Now inside the base, the zombies are able to tear through the unsuspecting soldiers, killing all but 4 of the inhabitants: Gunn, Thompson, Ross and an infected scientist, who is put out of his misery by Ross. While exterminating the last of the zombies inside the base, Richard comes across a survivor named Jeremy Stevenson, who aids him in killing a zombie. When Gunn first meets Stevenson, he believes he is a spy from another group that was sighted nearby, but soon changes his attitude when Stevenson convinces him there is a giant horde of zombies headed their way. Gunn, Thompson and Stevenson all agree they have to fight the horde rather than flee, so they arm themselves. Gunn takes 2 revolvers, a rifle and a grenade. The trio leave while Ross stays behind to watch over the base.

During the last stand, Gunn takes a ground position and hides amongst groups of plants on the ground, firing at any infected who run at him, while Richard takes a position in a tree and Jeremy remains in an open area of higher ground. Jeremy is killed and eaten not long after the horde arrives. When Gunn runs out of ammo, he attempts to run from a zombie while he draws one of his revolvers, which he uses to kill the zombie, but not before the grenade is activated and dropped. Richard runs to Gunn's aid, not knowing the zombie is dead or that the grenade is about to explode. Both Gunn and Thompson are killed by the explosion.

## Trivia

General Jake Gunn shares both a name and outfit with Jake Gunn, a character also portrayed by Jackson Bell in Project Huntsman (2016). This is one of the few things to be kept from the original.