JAMES SULLIVAN.

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biography.

james had an ordinary childhood, with decent but not perfect parents, and three siblings, two brothers, lucas and oliver, and a sister, emma. when he finished school, james didn't pursue a higher education, instead getting a job as a construction worker. he was in his mid 20s when the outbreak happened. he managed to reach his parents, who fortunately lived outside the big city, as did emma and oliver. they stayed in their parent's home, trying to reach lucas on his phone for a while. although unprepared for the sudden threat, his father ended up getting bit by a neighbor when he went out to try to find some food for them, on his way home. unaware that he had been infected by the bite, he brought home food from an abandoned store, only to turn shortly after, attacking and killing his wife and james' mother before james managed to kill him. after that, it was just him and emma. emma, who still wanted to wait for their brother, and james, who was convinced that he was probably dead, or if he wasn't, wasn't going to come back to their parents' house anyway. they argued over whether to stay or leave for a few weeks, james hoping to convince emma to come with him, but realizing she was determined to stay, james eventually left her there alone, something he would carry guilt for for the rest of his days.

fast forward 20 years, james has been in a qz in pittsburgh for about 13 years until it fell. in the qz, about a year before it fell, he got to know david, and when it fell, he, david, and some others left together. they'd settle somewhere that seemed safe, but soon raiders came, and they were forced to move again, and along the way, they got more survivors to join their group. they eventually settled down in silver lake, colorado. though more people in their group meant more strength in the beginning, it also meant more mouths to feed, which soon became a problem. as their desperation to find food grew, when david, james and a few more of david's men ran into two other survivors one day while on a hunt, and a gunfight ensued, killing the other survivors, david and the others saw it as an opportunity to feed their people. they brought the corpses back, wrapped up and with some logs put underneath next to them to hide the human shape, then prepared and cooked them up into a dinner which they told the rest of the group was venison.

this is where the cannibalism started. naturally, they would still hunt for animals when and where they could, but in the lack of finding any, they would resort to killing human travellers for the sake of feeding their own people. the majority of the people in david's group doesn't know. james is one of the few who does. despite his seeming loyalty to david, however, james does question david's decisions lately and struggles with guilt.

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