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Name: Marhsall Finch

Age: 36

Backstory: Marshall was born into the family of dreams, a loving mother, a rich providing father that was always there for his kids, and a sister that would always give Marshall advice and help him out of tight spots. When he was just a little kid his father would spoil him with all the things he could imagine. Even in school he was always a popular kid, or the kid that everyone pretended to be friends with just to get some of his money (although Marshall never found out about that). Then Marshall’s father came home one day, all bloody and bruised up, the whole family circled him, trying to find out what happened, and his father said that some criminals were coming to kill the family. But they didn’t have enough time to escape or plan that out as a bullet went straight through his father’s head, killing him on the spot. Then his mother was shot in the stomach, but she had enough time to tell Marshall’s sister to get out of there and protect Marshall. They managed to escape the criminals and go to their father’s friend home.

At the age of 15 Marshall had never stopped hunting down the men who killed his parents and ripped him away from the dream life. One day Marshall met up with his best friend, who happened to have information on the criminals, and his best friend gave him a pistol and took him near the criminal’s hideout. Outside his friend started to talk about all the possibilities of fighting the criminals, but they were discovered by one of the criminals and captured. They tortured both of them, mentally scarring Marshall’s friend, and then they shot Marshall’s friend in the head, and they shot Marshall in the thigh, to give him a message to never return. They tossed him outside and left him to die. He managed to crawl for a while to be found by a stranger. The stranger took him to the hospital, and after his wounds were mended to his sister arrived there, solo. When he asked her where his dad’s friend was, she said he was killed by the criminals. After a year Marshall smuggled a machine gun, and traveled back there. He shot at the first guard, and then hid. When the rest ran outside, he quickly went out of cover and shot down all of them.

Marshall managed to scrap exceptional grades in school and went to a local college, but he used up the last of his money to pay for college. He would occasionally meet with his sister who had already graduated and was now planning on becoming a doctor. When Marshall was going to return to college, the news of the infected hit so he stayed with his sister. They ran to the nearest store and took as many supplies and weapons as they could. They went to his sisters basement and stayed there for a year, occasionally leaving to get supplies.

However one day while on a supply run the two encountered a group of bandits, who took his sister hostage, and told him that if he didn’t bring them all his supplies that they would kill her. They told him to meet at the same spot the next day. They drove away before Marshall could react, so he ran to the house and gathered all the supplies up, but slipping a knife into his pocket just in case. He ran to the nearest store and took all the supplies he could find. He quickly ran to the spot and waited for the bandits to arrive. They came with his sister, and when he gave them all the supplies, they shot his sister and shot him in the stomach. He lost consciousness and lay there for a while.

Then he was found by a fellow survivor, she took him back to her house and patched him up. When he woke up, she asked him if he felt okay. He quickly started thrashing around, yelling for his sister. She then explained how she found him, and that she found a woman’s body near his. At this he started to cry his eyes out.

Then after 2 years of living in the area with the woman, they heard the possibility of a safe zone in Baltimore. They packed up all their supplies and started to travel over there. After finally reaching there they were ambushed by a group of bandits, and the woman was killed. He ran away and started to retreat into a life of hiding. But if anyone passes by he would warn them of the bandits, before retreating back into his house.

Personality: Marshall is a very cautious man, and can come off as kind of crazy when first met. He generally doesn’t trust someone when he first meets them. But if he trusts someone enough, he considers them good enough as family, if his trust is betrayed he considers them an enemy.

Actor: Eminem

Theme Song: Eminem – Berserk

Traits: Marshall is a good gunman, and he is very strong.