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Name: "Lake" West

Age: 59

Gender: Male

Portrayed by: Michael Shannon (idk why but sure why not)

Backstory: "Lake" West, often called Lake, West or Wess, grew up in a rich neighbourhood. From a young age he was pressured by his parents to always do his absolute best, and go even further beyond. Even in kindergarten West's parents forced him to take a leading role with his peers, often pushing the toddler too hard in the process. In the following years, West became class representative in middle school and school student principal in high school.

Having the money, West's parents decided to send him to an overseas law college, forcing him to study there. While there, West made some amazing new friends, and had an all-around good time, getting into the student council and even climbing to vice-president. But on the day of the debate for the position of president, he recieved the news his parents had been in an accident. His father had passed away, and his mother was in coma. He flew back to his hometown and decided to stay there for the time being, visiting his mother every day. After 2 years, she passed away as well, leaving West as the sole heir to the family fortune. Uncertain what to do with the money, West went to a private investor and invested ins tock options. These paid out very well for him, and he decided to take his aspirations to the top: politics. With his money he funded a campaign to run for senator.

However, ironically, on the day of the next big debate, disaster hit, as the world started to fall apart around him. He managed to get a group of survivors with him, leading them to a walled off community. There, he established himself as leader and did the best he could. However, the life-or-death decisions he had to make were taking a toll on him, and while his townspeople saw him as a vigorous leader, he often broke down at night. After a few years, a large group of raiders broke down the walls of their community and flooded the place with infected. Taking heavy casualities, West's group managed to escape. While on the road, his group looked at him as a leader, but West had completely broke down. His group abandoned him after he refused to move. He was found by another group and brought to a new community, where he goed by the name of "Lake" West, never telling anyone his previous name. He believes his previous name holds his previous failures, and adopting a new one will keep him safe. However, he is still haunted by the demons of his past, and they sometimes take a large toll on him.