name. Reiner Braun age. Late twenties. Twenty-seven? ish?
before the infection. Reiner hails from a tiny, dead end village, the sort you only leave in a box or in combat boots. And he choose the later. As soon as he was capable, he enlisted along with Bertolt and Berwick and he took to army life like a duck to water. After several years in the forces, the three of them made it into the special forces. Several months before the public outbreak, they were reassigned to guard duty to an isolated military complex, rumored to be the place to be for military experiments. They had no idea what was going on inside until the dead started pouring out. The initial outbreak took them completely unprepared, and the troops stationed there proved incapable of containing the infection. Many died, Berwick included. He's would end up giving his life to save Reiner.
After the failure of containing the initial outbreak, the military tried to suppress it without letting the public know what was going on, occasionally resorting to brutal and illegal practices. It would prove to be ineffective. By the time the public realized what was going on, the dead were everywhere and gaining in number. Public outrage turned to the military which ended up disbanded, but not after some gruesome scenes of angry, frightened groups of survivors attacking and killing lone soldiers.
after the infection. Once the army was disbanded, Reiner ended up trying to find a safe haven together with Bertolt (and possibly Annie). Knowing exactly the hatred of the military, they tried to hack it on their own, until finding Jean and Marco. Unable to abandon those two to their inevitable ends, they took them along, eventually finding and joining the compound after some very intense personal debate on the subject. For now, they have agreed to keep their past involvement in the original outbreak very much secret, knowing that facing the anger of the people inside of the compound could be as bad, or worse, as facing the zombies outside.
role within the compound. Team dad. Can't keep him out of a scavenging party, he's gotta be in the action when it is dangerous. Occasionally takes off shirt to move around heavy things. Really team mom.
survival pros. Reiner is former special ops, so he is skilled with guns, hand to hand combat and first aid. He might not be the quickest guy around, but he's got the kind of stamina that'll keep him well ahead of a group of walkers for hours. Physically well trained and strong enough to be a real asset in moving around heavy equipment, carrying people, and smashing zombie faces in. The army imparted him with enough skills that surviving the zombie apocalypse is a very real possibility. surviving the guilt tho
survival cons. He and Bertolt were involved in the initial outbreak and cover up of the zombie situation, a fact they are obviously keeping secret. He fears anyone figuring out what they have done and hates himself for it. In addition, Reiner has a tendency to internalize all his guilt and trauma, while not really dealing with, leading to a situation were he will break mentally long before he breaks physically. Survivor's guilt pushes him to try and always be in the most dangerous position himself before asking anyone else to do it. Not always a good thing.
extra. You got a hole in your shirt, Reiner will sew that shit up for you. Also very homo.
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age. Late twenties. Twenty-seven? ish?
before the infection. Reiner hails from a tiny, dead end village, the sort you only leave in a box or in combat boots. And he choose the later. As soon as he was capable, he enlisted along with Bertolt and Berwick and he took to army life like a duck to water. After several years in the forces, the three of them made it into the special forces. Several months before the public outbreak, they were reassigned to guard duty to an isolated military complex, rumored to be the place to be for military experiments. They had no idea what was going on inside until the dead started pouring out. The initial outbreak took them completely unprepared, and the troops stationed there proved incapable of containing the infection. Many died, Berwick included. He's would end up giving his life to save Reiner.
After the failure of containing the initial outbreak, the military tried to suppress it without letting the public know what was going on, occasionally resorting to brutal and illegal practices. It would prove to be ineffective. By the time the public realized what was going on, the dead were everywhere and gaining in number. Public outrage turned to the military which ended up disbanded, but not after some gruesome scenes of angry, frightened groups of survivors attacking and killing lone soldiers.
after the infection. Once the army was disbanded, Reiner ended up trying to find a safe haven together with Bertolt (and possibly Annie). Knowing exactly the hatred of the military, they tried to hack it on their own, until finding Jean and Marco. Unable to abandon those two to their inevitable ends, they took them along, eventually finding and joining the compound after some very intense personal debate on the subject. For now, they have agreed to keep their past involvement in the original outbreak very much secret, knowing that facing the anger of the people inside of the compound could be as bad, or worse, as facing the zombies outside.
role within the compound. Team dad. Can't keep him out of a scavenging party, he's gotta be in the action when it is dangerous. Occasionally takes off shirt to move around heavy things. Really team mom.
survival pros. Reiner is former special ops, so he is skilled with guns, hand to hand combat and first aid. He might not be the quickest guy around, but he's got the kind of stamina that'll keep him well ahead of a group of walkers for hours. Physically well trained and strong enough to be a real asset in moving around heavy equipment, carrying people, and smashing zombie faces in. The army imparted him with enough skills that surviving the zombie apocalypse is a very real possibility.
surviving the guilt thosurvival cons. He and Bertolt were involved in the initial outbreak and cover up of the zombie situation, a fact they are obviously keeping secret. He fears anyone figuring out what they have done and hates himself for it. In addition, Reiner has a tendency to internalize all his guilt and trauma, while not really dealing with, leading to a situation were he will break mentally long before he breaks physically. Survivor's guilt pushes him to try and always be in the most dangerous position himself before asking anyone else to do it. Not always a good thing.
extra. You got a hole in your shirt, Reiner will sew that shit up for you. Also very homo.