Jose Quintero (ALRTF)

Jose Quintero is a character appearing in the A Long Road to Fortune story.

Pre-Apocalypse
Jose was born and raised in the municipality of Tecpan de Galeana in the town of Tetitlan. During his youth he discovered he had a talent for art and drew portraits for money. When his familiy's poor economic state demanded his help, Jose was forced to quit art school and work jobs for the sake of his mother, who was now too ill to support herself. Jose still drew for money, but never gained anything more than local recognition for his work. Prior to the apocalypse, Jose made peace with the unfortunate direction his life took.

Post-Apocalypse
Jose's mother died of natural causes during the earlier stages of the apocalypse. Having witnessed a dead man reanimate days ealier, Jose shot his mother in the head to prevent her reanimation. Eventually, Jose found refuge in the marketplace of the town and was chosen to be the guard for the walls, a job he shares with the lazy military soldiers Jaime and Aguila.

Appearance
Jose is a short, scrawny man with considerable muscle and stamine. He usually wears a pair of stained jeans and an old white t-shirt, covered underneath and bulletproof vest. His head of short black hair is almost always covered by a small sombrero which he uses to protect himself from the sun during his guarding shifts.

Personality
Jose is perhaps the happiest survivor in the marketplace. Being an optimist, Jose keeps things from turning completely dark with his sense of humor and holds no ill-will towards anyone.

Jaime and Aguila
Since he works the walls with them and shares their sense of humor, Jose gets along quite well with Jaime and Aguila, often choosing to ignore the fact that he is a lot more productive than them.

Killed Victims

 * His own mother (Before Reanimation)
 * Numerous counts of zombies

Trivia

 * Jose's issue count is 7.