TWD Season 2 Custom Character (LONGEST POST EVER)
I felt Season 2 had room for more characters and de c.f. development so I've been finding angles to add more characters into the storyline.
Information and life before the ZA
Name: Harry "The Jacknife"
Physical Description: Harry is a bearded man with black curly hair. He's 6'1 and muscled with very noticeable scars on his face and a jacknife (go figure) where his left hand is supposed to be. When in combat he almost always uses his jacknife however in a long range battle he'll use a sawed off shotgun. As a kid he was given a jackknife by his father as means to protect himself and his mother before his father mysteriously disappeared. He usually fought and beat up other kids who would bully him to the point if serious injury. He later fell into organized crime/killer for hire, after refusing to kill a pregnant woman he gets set up by his angered boss and sends 6 men to kill him. After a failed attempt and all 6 men being gutted Harry gets arrested and becomes one of the most notorious mob affiliates in the country and is sentenced to death by a paid off judge. A few days prior to his execution a raid of walkers invades the prison and guards let some of the prisoners out to assist them in dealing with them he in turn loses his hand.
In the ZA
Sometime before 2005 Harry had made his way not far from Carver's camp. While fighting off a herd within the vicinity, a few of Carver's men sneak up on him holding him at gunpoint. Harry, looking for a safe haven and food decided not to put up a fight. Once made a prisoner at the camp Carver's mind games or dictatorship don't seem to phase or even annoy Harry. Carver begins to see his potential as the best shot or fighter and recruits him as his main body guard/torturer/killer and is even willing to put up with Harry intimidating his soldiers and drinking all the alcohol in the armory.
In the game
He first appears in A House Divided where he's seen along Carver's group invading the lodge. After Kenny kills Carver's first man Harry shoots at Kenny and Clementine in attempt to kill them with Bonnie telling him he's wasting ammo. In the beginning of In Harm's Way he's seen squatting in the woods "trying to work the can beans out from the night before and is later seen driving the truck back to the strong hold. Later that night a drunken, Jack knife gets thrown into the yard for beating up and wounding two men that they Carlos to mend. The next morning he seen on the roof along with Jane scouting for walkers. The group doesn't trust him and see him as Carver's slave. Later in the episode he proposes a plan to steal the keys for the truck that the group were captured in suggesting him and Clementine take out the guards as well as mentioning an old weapons cache. The player has the option to side with him or take the turning on the PA system. If the steal the truck option is taken Clementine and Harry will have to go super stealth while fighting the guards. The two will make it to the truck to find that it's out of gas. Clementine has to find the gas in Carver's office as well as get the group who are currently being held up by Troy. The whole kill Carver scenario happens with instead of it being Carver it's Troy. After that the group meet Harry at the truck where they drive away as they're being shot at by Carver and his gang who manage to shoot the tires out. The group get out of the truck and are now forced to fight through the herd. In Amid The Ruins Clementine has the option to choose who she wants to go with. If she chooses to go with Harry she gets trampled under a few walkers but, Harry slices through them with his knife. The two travel further and Harry takes out his gun and begins firing on Carver and his men. Harry and Clementine fall down a nearby hill with neither one of them being injured. The two begin talking and Harry teaches little Clementine how to use a knife properly in a fight. Be opens up to her about how his dad gave him the knife and how he used it to keep himself safe. They return to the rest of the group with dirty looks. He again mentions the weapon depot and the player can choose to go with him before or after helping, Kenny, Jane or Mike and Bonnie. On the way to the weapons cache Clementine has the option to open up about her parents and Lee. Harry goes into detail about his past, prison time and death sentence and shows remorse for the things he did at Carver's camp and his past life. They arrive to see the lock already busted and it's door open. They go in to find three thugs (one of them being one of the men that attacked Clem and Christa in the woods) he immediately recognizes Harry and refers to him as Carver's right hand and how he's heard things about him taking on herds alone. Clementine notices 8 men, two of the men carrying boxes of ammo are the people who attacked her in the woods. He asks Harry if he wants to go with them to scout for Wellington. Clementine has the option to confront him about Christa which he'll try to get violent with Clementine about only to be restrained by Harry. He reaches for his gun only to be sucker punched and have his nose broken, Harry fights and kills the 5 other men while Clementine has to stab the leader in the arm to prevent him from getting his gun with the option of killing him, she also has to avoid being killed by another man. While being strangled she stabs her knife in both of his eyes and cuts his tongue out to prevent screaming. Killing the guy who attacked Christa will result in different dialogue as Harry remembers the first person he killed in attempt to comfort Clementine. They take their ammo and head back to the group. Later on as walkers attack the group Kenny, Mike and Harry fight off the walkers with the group taking Rebecca up to the dock so Rebecca can have her baby while Harry stays behind to fight off the herd. After the squabble between Kenny and Luke they both begin to talk about whether they should kick him out or let him stay where Clementine can choose to defend him or agree with Kenny and Luke. If you don't defend him Kenny and him go off on each other before Carver and a group of 12 surprise them. In the gun fight Harry gets gut shot by Carver but still manages to kill 5 of his men with the 400 Days characters fleeing, Becca captured and Carver wounded with Clementine either killing or sparing him. During the campfire scene Harry is seen patrolling the fence like Kenny and Jane. He says he doesn't feel comfortable with what some people might think of him after what he did, Clementine can convince him or not if she does the group will seemingly forgive him. When Clementine gets shot Harry does his best to keep pressure on the wound to prevent anymore bleeding while telling Kenny and Jane to shut up. When Clementine wakes up he advises her not to move. The group comes up to the rest stop where Kenny goes into clear the walkers. The 400 Days characters with some of Carver's men reappear in the truck that Harry attempted to steal with Clementine driving with Harry and Jane shooting out it's tires before crashing themselves. After the crash Harry is shot in his good arm with shards of glass in his face unconscious. Jane leaves with the baby with Clem asking to do with Harry with Jane saying to leave him.
Possible Death
Clementine has the option to help him out of the car and get him to safety or leave him for dead as she hears voices from Carver's men. If she chooses to leave him she show slight tears and apologizing before grabbing his hand and thanking him. If she chooses to help him he he uses her as a cane as he limps while using his jack knife hand to cut through two walkers. Finally a much larger one appears (almost as large as himself) Harry stabs him but losing the knife in the walker's skull. A half dead, Harry lunges at him and pops his skull him with his hand and metal holder. She begs him to come with her and try to run. A beaten Harry tells Clementine "He's been running his whole life" and how he'll hold off the group from hurting Clementine as he tells her to find Kenny and Jane. He gives her his Sawed off Shotgun (which the player can choose to shoot the walkers with or Kenny) She hugs him before running away with her eyes shut. The camera shows the 400 Days facing Harry in the distant background before fading to black and leaving his fate unknown.
Comments
Awesome work, Clem, I really like the concept of the character and having more of the Carver's group joining The Cabin Group after the escape.
Also enjoyed the minor edits you made to the story, if only this were actually the case...
This is really nice, Great work!
P.s WE NEED MORE!
I don't think Clem could shoot a shotgun but other than that it was interesting to read.
This would actually be pretty cool. Bravo.
holly shit telltale should hire you
I'm flattered :$. I would be honored to write for Telltale if ever given the chance I can only wish though.
Have you checked the jobs?