Michael Dean

Michael Dean was a sixteen-year old survivor trying to make his way in a world ravaged by Zombies.

Arc
Prior to the apocalypse, Michael was put through rigorous gun-training, an act his military father referred to as a "rite of passage". He had an older sister named Elizabeth.

A year after the outbreak, Michael and his family (now motherless, as she was bitten and killed during the outbreak) were members of a community that got by by making deals with a large group of bandits who would protect the community in exchange for food and medicine. When the community was short on supplies to hand over, the bandit leader retaliated by taking people hostage, one of whom was Elizabeth. With his father and a group of men, the two Dean's tracked the bandits down and waged war, one of the casualties of the firefight was the hostages. With his sister dead, Michael's father committed suicide in front of him, believing himself to be unworthy and/or incapable of protecting his son. Their deaths obviously deeply traumatized Michael, even a year later, evident by his hallucinations of them and violent mood swings.

Having refused to return to the community he held responsible for the deaths of his father and sister, Michael travelled what remained of America on his lonesome for a year. During this time he experienced a lot of barbarie. At some point during the year, Michael heard a radio broadcast informing listening survivors of a government-sanctioned safe zone dubbed "Noah's Ark" although it cut out before its location could be revealed. Tired of being alone, Michael searched for clues to the boat's whereabouts, ultimately coming in to contact with the crazed survivor and ex-soldier Norman, who claimed to have helped set it up.

Trivial Information

 * Michael was originally intended to survive the roleplay. He would have been kept a prisoner of Bill Higgins and brought abroad Noah's Ark where he would have found a way to escape and reunite with Will and Abigail. He was killed off to both raise the stakes and demonize the character of Bill further. A love triangle between Michael, Abigail and Will was also planned.