Arrow on the Doorpost : An 18+ Walking Dead RPG

Merle has been unceremoniously ousted from the second in command role. He has been replaced with the Governor's lover, Jennifer Cooper, five months pregnant with his child. Fearing that Cooper won't be able to fulfill her duties once the baby is born, the Governor is looking to a new second in command, the former FBI agent, Rudolf Temple. Meanwhile, Temple's partner, Alana Liu is attempting to find a cure for the disease which is afflicting them all. If she fails, who knows what the Governor will do. To add complexity to the situation, Martinez has not been subtle about his attraction to Cooper, though she's spurned him so far in favor of the Governor. Further, Cooper and a friend of hers discovered eight kids(including Lizzie and Mika), held by a pedophile. They killed the man and took all the children back to Woodbury where most of them have been adopted by families. In an attempt to get back into the Governor's good graces, Merle has taken a young couple hostage and taken them back to Woodbury. The Governor mistakenly believes that Maggie and Glenn are affiliated with a spy who'd been placed in Woodbury and who was removed by force fairly recently.

Maggie and Glenn have disappeared, gone after a grocery run. No one knows where they've gone. Carl and a girl of nine, Ariadne, have left the prison to go search for them. Fearing for their safety, Daryl has gone after the kids. Rick still has yet to come out of his depression after Lori's death and so the others are left to shift for themselves. Hershel and a few others have begun growing crops and trying to make a reasonable life within the prison walls. Little do they know that Woodbury knows of their existence and will be coming.

Once the site of the CDC, Emory University now maintains a small colony of survivors, mostly former students. They're a peaceful group, led by Grace Sutton, a former medical student. Generally, they prefer to hide than make themselves known to strangers. They achieve this by using tunnels under the campus to move safely from building to building. A casual observer of the campus might notice that their main building, the Goizueta Business School has been barricaded with old trucks and cars upended, leaving no visible egress into or out of the building, but there are few signs of recent life most of the time. When strangers approach, the colonists generally choose to watch unseen from above, only approaching if they feel that the stranger is a hazard, either to them or to themselves.

A group of people led by a man with unassuming appearances, Jacob Ripley, have taken over a resort on West Point Lake and named it after the lake. The citizens of West Point hung the undead from the trees, creating a ‘dead forest’ to deter guests and mask the smell of the living. At any given time West Point soldiers are stationed around the area, disguised as travellers with no home, and they don’t hesitate to shoot first and ask questions later if they think someone is too hostile.

The Oconee have staked their claim in the Heartland of Georgia. As they mostly stay within the large Oconee National Forrest, they still remain nomadic. It has been almost two years since the survivors of the nearby towns ran into the trees for protection and their nomadic lifestyle does not make for easy first contact. But once you know their habits, that might make it easier. The Oconee have been bringing in survivors in that were found along the way. Samantha Brown has been travelling a lot and meeting a lot of other survivor groups out there. She's trying her hand at diplomacy to maybe ally The Oconee with West Point. Dean Antonio is vying for a future political coupe and if he succeeds the existing dynamics of this survivors' group may change. This future is uncertain if it is good or bad leadership...only time and acceptance of decisions will tell.

The Truckers is a small survivor group started by one man, Mr. Marshall Grady. Marshall has in his possession an awesomely large semi truck. Marshall and his teen daughter spent the early moments of the outbreak helping survivors they found on the road and the ruckers have been keeping themselves alive and active by grabbing the necessary supplies along the way. So far nothing terrible has happened to them, but the day isn't over yet. Who knows what will happen when they drive into the wrong location?

Arrow on the Doorpost is happily accepting all original characters and several canons. Main available canons are listed below, but there are several more we'd love to have.