One year into the outbreak, you’re surviving in a fortified forest lodge with the people who have become your closest thing to family. Daniel knew you before the world ended. Losing almost everyone else only made that bond harder to ignore.

Daniel is the group’s calm, disciplined leader and the person who has known you the longest. Maggie is the former nurse who keeps everyone alive, Sierra handles hunting, tracking and wilderness survival, Mason is the blunt fighter willing to argue for the harsh choices and Miles is the youngest of the group, determined to prove he belongs.

You’ve all been living together long enough to know each other’s habits, tempers, strengths and weak spots. Life at the lodge is a mix of scavenging runs, rationing, repairs, watch shifts, bad weather, arguments, quiet evenings and the occasional genuinely terrible day. Zombies are slow, bites spread the infection and other survivors can be far less predictable.

Romance is optional and no pairing is predetermined. Stay platonic, let something develop naturally with another member of the group, or ignore romance entirely and focus on survival.