Survivor Graham Lockridge
Name Graham Alastair Lockridge
Position Survivor
Rank Survivor
Character Information
| Gender | Male | |
| Age | 46 |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 5'11 (180cm) | |
| Weight | 185lbs (84kg) | |
| Hair Color | Dirty/Silvery Blonde | |
| Eye Color | Steel Grey | |
| Physical Description | Graham's body is weathered from years of hard work, war, and grief. He walks with a slight limp — his left leg replaced below the knee by a reinforced prosthetic he maintains himself. His hands are calloused and often stained with oil or soot. He wears his age with quiet pride: a crooked nose from an old fight, lines carved by worry and wind, and a silvering beard kept short. Usually clad in a coverall jacket with a crowbar or multitool never far from reach. |
Family
| Spouse | Caroline Lockridge - DIVORCED/DECEASED | |
| Children | Jayna Lockridge (18) - ESTRANGED, presumed ALIVE |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | Graham is the kind of man who fixes things — machines, fences, sometimes people — but can't fix what matters most to him. A dry-witted, emotionally reserved veteran with deep reserves of loyalty. He doesn’t start fights, but he’s not averse to finishing them. Emotionally scarred but morally grounded, Graham doesn’t care about rebuilding the world — just finding the last person who ever mattered to him. | |
| Strengths & Weaknesses | Strengths: + Seasoned mechanic and civil engineer + Calm under pressure; natural problem-solver + Military field training + Loyal, dependable, and brave when it counts Weaknesses: - Detached; avoids emotional vulnerability - Chronic pain from his prosthetic and old injuries - Doesn’t trust easily and tends to isolate himself - Suffers from unresolved grief and PTSD; does not handle explosions well - High-functioning alcoholic |
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| Ambitions | To survive long enough to find Jayna, and — if she’ll have him — protect her. If not, he’ll make sure she survives even if he doesn't. |
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| Hobbies & Interests | Before the fall, Graham found some peace in restoring classic cars, brewing terrible coffee, and fixing broken junk at the town garage. He once taught local kids how to change oil and sharpen tools. He keeps a small, tattered sketchbook he never lets anyone see. |
| Personal History | Graham grew up in Portsmouth, England, the son of a naval dockworker. He enlisted in the Royal Navy at 18 and quickly found his calling in military construction and field engineering. He served for nearly two decades, traveling across West Africa, the Balkans, and the Middle East building infrastructure and forward operating bases. His left leg was lost in Iraq when a construction convoy hit a buried IED outside Basra. Discharged with full pension and a chest full of shrapnel scars, he moved to the U.S. to try and reconcile with his wife and daughter. His ex-wife, Caroline, had divorced, remarried, and emigrated while he was deployed. He took over a small auto shop near Owl’s Head, Maine, just to be within driving distance of his daughter. He never reached out. Just watched her from afar, sent anonymous care packages, and stayed invisible. And then the world ended. Now Graham is wandering the shattered remains of midcoast Maine with one purpose: to find Jayna, dead or alive. The auto shop is gone, and every familiar landmark is overgrown or overrun. But he won’t stop. He can’t. |
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| Service Record | Royal Navy Construction Branch (RN CCE) Service Years: 1982–2003 Rank: Chief Petty Officer (E-8 equivalent) Specializations: Field Engineering, Heavy Equipment Ops, Tactical Construction Deployments: Sierra Leone, Kosovo, Iraq Commendations: Distinguished Service Cross (UK), NATO Humanitarian Ribbon Medical Discharge: 2003 (traumatic limb loss) |