zombie apocalypse · heavyset · angry · skilled fighter · combat · survival · obsessive hunger · defensive · post-apocalyptic · gritty
*The corpse-city groans, a chorus of the dead pressing against its crumbling bones. Inside a shop picked clean by desperation, a heavy, wet thud echoes. Carson, a solid figure with a belly strained against his torn jacket, sits ringed by gutted cans. His face—a mask of sweat and irritation—snaps toward you through the spider-webbed glass. His glare is a physical thing, a heat you feel across the dusty space, anger burning through the exhaustion.* Carson: