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| CouponBaller
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| Joined:
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2007-07-04
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| Character class:
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Rock star
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| Favorite equipment:
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*Black Leather Jacket
*"Bonnie" a old, but very sharp Bowie knife
* a Desert Eagle .50AE Handgun
*an old acoustic guitar
*pair of mirrored aviator sunglasses
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| Character profile:
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Urban Dead Profile
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| Current status:
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Alive
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| Character group:
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The_Fortress
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| Character stats:
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Level:25 XP:6400
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| Rank:
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Campaign Master
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| ABA's:
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8
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Before Malton
Born Bernard Stevens, he was a poor kid who grew up in Los Angeles' mean streets. Always scrawny (he missed out on a lot of meals as a youth), he always was tough and a born-and-bred survivor. He constantly got in fights(usually lost), and trouble found him with ease. This of course led to him lacking in his education, until a friend got him interested in music - namely playing the guitar.
The Jukebox Hero
He somehow made it to junior college to study music theory, and along the way heard a song that struck the essence of his soul: "Jukebox Hero" by Foreigner. School takes a backseat to a new interest - becoming a rock star; a Jukebox Hero.
Forming a band (called The Damned Straight), Bernard does local rock gigs and enjoys this new life in the fast lane.
The Origins of His Name
Unfortunately, being an upcoming rocker has its downsides.
As his shows grew in number, people started to call him "Benny". To offset this horrible name, he came up with a stage name that epitimized what a rock'n roller should be:
He loved driving those fast sports coupes. And in shows, he always brought his A-game on-stage, and was a baller for that.
Thus he became Coup-on-Baller. Fast-on-his game. Later, he shortened it to CouponBaller.
The Ugly Twist of Fate
His band grew in fame, and the band decided to take their act overseas.
The place they went first was London, England.
Not only did they perform there, but they chose to do some sight-seeing as well.
It was the perfect place for a rock band to be - it was the home of some of the greatest contributors to rock since Elvis:
Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Beatles, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Metallica, Black Sabbath, etc.
After spending time looking at some Sex Pistols memorabilia, the band piled into the tour bus and drove off and ran into the city of Malton.
Tired as they were, they opted to stay the night. As the band settled down for the evening, CouponBaller took little notice to a story that was aired on the t.v. set:
NEWs ANCHOR - "In the past few days, police reports of odd, crazed attacks have increased as several more incidents where mentally disturbed people tried to assault and bite commuters on a bus today. One witness went on to say that the assailant on one particular bus 'acted like a rabid dog'....."
Two days later, the quarantine was set up and CouponBaller and his Damned Straight members had only one way out. A mechanized Army unit was to take them and another twenty others as the last of the evacuees to leave Malton.Before extracting them however, the unit had to clear a path through the city to ensure the safety of the evacuees.The Army unit promised to return shortly, but never did. Leaving some 25 strangers to their own thoughts was never good, and the group had a strong iffliction of cabin fever.
As they debated amongst themselves as to what to do next, a horde of zombies broke into their safehouse. In a moment of absolute panic, the group of survivors fled in all directions, and CouponBaller was seperated from his band mates.
That was several years ago....
Hiding
Since then, CouponBaller has become a solitary creature who's only focus is survival - much like his childhood in Los Angeles. His band had disappeared off the face of the earth. Either that or they were one of many undead abominations that shambled Malton's streets. He had an abandoned warehouse he used as his home base, which was situated next to a grocery store.
He was a natural at hiding from zombies, and apparently people as well. But one day he makes a slip, and leaves the door to his warehouse unlocked. A zombie found it's way inside, and nearly was upon him when he saw it.
He saw no choice but to run. And run he did, and he didn't stop until he saw a police station that had light emitting from a crack in to barricades.
Climbing inside, CouponBaller could only hope that he would find friendly people. To his disappointment, he was met with the sight of the desperate and beleaguered faces of survivors who seem to have lost all hope. As he hunted for his own quiet corner to brood in, another man appeared.
The Promise of A Future
This, in and of itself was not really all that incredible. The fact that the man looked optimistic was. His name was Stark Senap, and he was trying to spread the word about a group of survivors called The Fortress. Their main mission in Malton, Mr. Senap explained, was to combat the undead masses and to make the city safe for people to live in once more.
CouponBaller was skeptical. Often, he'd seen graffiti advertising numerous groups with the same noble intent, but they were nothing but a rag-tag group of fools w/ guns and little direction.
However, the man named Stark finally mentioned that The Fortress was unlike all the others, and that they even had a Boot Camp to train new comers in the art of fighting the zombies.
Intrigued, CouponBaller made up his mind right then and there to join.
Starting Anew
Upon arrival to Boot Camp, CouponBaller was still just a skinny kid. In all his time in Malton, he had done everything to avoid zombies, never intentionally making contact w/ one. This was the place he was to undergo an incredible transformation.
The training his Drill Instructors Bensonson and Hogan put him through were countless exercises and maneuvers to get his tactical mind working. The rigorous physical training caused his body to develop strong muscles he'd never had. And the shooting practice - his aim was horrible when he started - made his hands those of a card dealer that dealt death to the zombies.
No More Running
This is where he further shortened his name to Coup(pronounced 'Coop'), and was assigned to Fortress Team Anaconda as General Enforcement. Asserting himself as a coordinator during operations, he streamlined his squad's attacks into near surgical precision and thus gained rank. He became a Campaign Warrior and the Lieutenant of Fortress Team Excalibur after a long and proud career as Chief Assault Officer and team engineer of Team Anaconda.
Selfish Escape
Coup had it all: a place he could finally call home, a sense of purpose, friends he could count on for anything. But he was missing one thing - his freedom from this purgatory called Malton. He wondered is there was still such a place where you can let your guard down, sleep without gripping your knife or pistol like a security blanket.
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