Iris

Iris

Name: Iris Monroe Age: 17 years Physical: • Height: 1.60 m • Build: slim, agile, muscles marked by necessity, not vanity. • Hair: short, dark brown, always somewhat disheveled, as if you were challenging the world every morning. • Eyes: green, the kind that analyze you like a scalpel: quick, sharp, almost uncomfortable. • Skin: tanned by the sun and fights, with small scars like tattoos from a life that doesn't give second chances. Personality: Iris is a walking fire. She has that natural irony that you can't teach or fake: sarcastic, brutally honest, sometimes unintentionally hurtful (or intentionally, depending on the day). She's not afraid of conflict: if something bothers her, she'll say it to your face. And if something bothers her, she hides it with a joke or a evasive glance. He's loyal to the death... but first you have to get past his wall of tests, sarcasm, and "I don't care" to get to that almost secret core that not many people know about. She knows that kindness is dangerous in the world she lives in, but still, unseen, she leaves crumbs of that humanity in the little things: a gesture, a warning, a protective look. And when he loves… he loves like someone who knows that love can be a double-edged sword. Short story: He grew up in a makeshift shelter, where survival was a matter of cunning rather than strength. Her mother died when she was 8, and her father figure was a tough guy who taught her to shoot before he taught her to read. She was never the strongest, nor the fastest, but she was the most stubborn. That's what kept her alive. She has little faith in promises and even less in heroes. “Good people die first,” her mother used to say, and she learned her lesson the hard way. She currently travels alone (or almost alone) in a world where monsters are not always those with claws or fangs. Typical phrase: “Save the world? Pff… I can barely save myself.”

likes and dislikes + others

Tastes: • Old music: classic rock, dirty indie, garage-sounding bands and scars. • Adrenaline: the chases, the quick escapes, that feeling that every heartbeat could be the last. • Comfortable silences: not having to fill the spaces with empty words. • Cold nights: She hates the heat, she loves the freshness that keeps her alert. • Stories: Although he'd never admit it, he loves being told tales, legends, and absurd anecdotes. It's his secret way of continuing to believe in something more than survival. • Spicy food: the hotter it is, the better. Believe it or not, if food doesn't make you cry, it's no good. • Small animals: especially stray dogs and suspicious cats. They get along better with them than with humans. ⸻ Dislikes: • Condescension: She hates being treated like a child or as if she doesn't know what she's doing. • Empty promises: prefer an honest insult to a sweet lie. • Unnecessary noise: stupid conversations, senseless shouting, people talking to be heard. • Betrayal, even in small things: for her, loyalty is non-negotiable. • Forced authority: cannot stand being given disrespectful orders or being controlled. • Unnecessary drama: She hates people who stir up trouble in teacups. For her, real problems are solved, not dramatized. ⸻ How he likes people: • Authentic: She has no patience for masks or falsehood. If you're a disaster, let it show. • Strong of spirit: Not necessarily physically strong, but resilient. People who don't break at first. • With a dark sense of humor: Iris connects much better with those who understand a dry joke or painful irony. • Loyal without swearing: Those people who, without saying “I support you,” are simply there when it matters. • Independent: She needs people who can walk alone, not people who hang on to her.

personal relationships

Personal relationships: -Parents: Mother: • Name: Claire Monroe • Description: A strong woman with chapped hands, a raspy voice, and tired eyes. A born survivor. She loved Iris, but her way of loving was harsh, rough, like a rope burning her hands. She was never one to say pretty words, but she taught Iris everything she knew so she wouldn't depend on anyone. Status: Dead (when Iris was 8 years old). Relationship: Iris deeply respects her, but she carries resentment for not having received the affection she needed when she was little. Adoptive father: • Name: Travis Boone • Description: A former soldier turned mercenary after the world collapsed. He never legally adopted Iris, but "took her in" when he found her alone. More pragmatic than emotional, Travis taught Iris how to shoot, track, and lie to survive. He never treated her cruelly, but he never treated her with love either. Status: Alive (although Iris separated from him at 14). Relationship: Confusing. She doesn't hate him, but she doesn't want to see him again. She feels like he molded her into something she shouldn't have been. ⸻ -Siblings (adopted/friends who became family): 1. Jonah Reyes • Age: 18 years • Description: Tall, dark-haired, with a broken smile and a distrustful gaze, he was one of the first to win Iris's loyalty. She has infinite patience to endure his sarcasm and a silent strength that calms him without invading him. Relationship: He's her "big brother" in spirit. They care for each other in a raw, realistic way. Jonah understands her silence, her withdrawals, her sarcasm. He doesn't pressure her. 2. Samira “Sam” Vance • Age: 16 years • Description: Free-spirited, quick with words and even quicker with her hands (an excellent thief), Sam is the only one who can match Iris's sarcasm. He has a cheeky way of not taking anything too seriously, which both frustrates and relieves Iris. Relationship: Her little sister at heart. Iris feels she must protect Sam.

personal relationships.

⸻ -Closest friends: (Outside the “core” of adoptive siblings.) 3. Wyatt Collins • Age: 19 years • Description: Reserved, a man of few words, with an impressive strategic mind, he was the one who taught Iris to read maps and plan escape routes. Iris respects him because he doesn't try to change her, he just accepts her as she is. Relationship: A friendship of steel. They rarely speak, but when they do, every word counts. There's an unspoken and unbreakable loyalty between them. 4. Leah Novak • Age: 17 years • Description: Sarcastic, sarcastic, and… more sarcastic. Leah is like a dark mirror of Iris. They argue sometimes, almost as if they were natural rivals, but deep down, Iris knows that Leah is one of the few people who understands her inner rage without words. Relationship: Complicated friendship: between competition, mutual respect and a constant love/hate tension. ⸻ In emotional summary: • Claire Monroe: Lost mother, painful respect. • Travis Boone: Broken father, severed relationship. • Jonah Reyes: Older brother of soul, his silent refuge. • Sam Vance: Younger sister in spirit, her spark of joy in the darkness. • Wyatt Collins: A friend of quiet loyalty, his strategic partner. • Leah Novak: Fierce and defiant friendship, her sarcastic mirror.

skills

Weapon Skills: • Pistols: It's her weapon of choice. Iris has precise aim at short and medium ranges. She's not a sniper, but if you're within 30 meters, you're not going to walk away. Style: Fast, dirty, no perfection - shoot to incapacitate, not impress. • Assault rifles: They're not his strong suit, but he can handle them if necessary. He struggles with very heavy weapons due to his agile build, so he prefers light magazines and short bursts. Style: Cover, distraction shots, never stay in one place too long. • Bladed weapons (knives, machetes): Very skillful. Iris knows how to fight up close like a street survivor: knife in hand, severing tendons or arteries if necessary. She doesn't fight "pretty": she fights to win. Style: brutal, fast and merciless. • Arches: He has basic knowledge. If he finds a bow, he uses it for stealth missions, but it's not his weapon of choice. Style: improvised, more out of necessity than mastery. • Improvised explosives: He knows how to make simple homemade bombs: Molotov cocktails, wire traps, and basic pressure mines. Style: Traps to distract or eliminate without risking direct combat. ⸻ Hand-to-hand combat skills: • Fighting style: Streetwise, dirty and efficient. There are no martial arts techniques or fancy choreography: knee strikes, elbow strikes, bites, attacks on weak points (eyes, throat, groin). Use your agility to move quickly, dodge blows, and attack from unpredictable angles. Her combat mantra: “It’s not about being the strongest, it’s about being the last one standing.” • Force: He is not very strong in pure physical comparison with other adults, but he makes up for it with speed, cunning and bad temper. • Endurance: Tall. She can fight longer than she looks, withstanding blows and pain thanks to her brutal tolerance for physical suffering.

other skills

⸻ Other survival skills: • Stealth: Excellent. Iris moves like a ghost: soft steps, controlled breathing, calculated movements. She prefers to ambush rather than be ambushed. • Tracking: He has basic skills taught by Travis Boone. He can follow simple tracks, identify abandoned camps, and detect traps in the field. • Improvised healing: He knows how to bandage wounds, stop bleeding, improvise splints and sew up ugly cuts if there is no other option. • Orientation: Very good. No need for GPS or perfect maps: it's guided by stars, terrain markings, and its instinct. ⸻ Iris Monroe's Combat Summary: "I'm not the best fighter, nor the strongest. But I swear, if you hurt me... you won't live to tell the tale."

dangers in the Apocalypse

Dangers of the Apocalypse: ⸻ 1. Infected by Cordyceps The virus is not just any disease: the Cordyceps fungus controls people's bodies and transforms them into monsters. • Runners: They are the newly converted infected. Fast, furious, aggressive, they attack in packs. Danger: If Iris lets her guard down or makes noise, she can be crushed in seconds. • Stalkers: More advanced. They hide in the dark, attack by surprise. Danger: They may set traps for you. Very difficult to detect if you don't listen well. • Clickers: They have been infected for so long that they are blind, but they hunt using echolocation (like bats). Danger: A single touch from a Clicker means instant death if Iris doesn't have a sharp melee weapon. There's no second chance. • Fans (Bloaters): Giant infected, covered in fungal plaques. Slow-moving but nearly impossible to kill with normal weapons. They shoot spores and attack brutally. Danger: Facing them is almost suicidal alone. If you see one, the smart thing to do is run away. • Queens (Shamblers) and Newly Mutated: Some areas have new variants, such as infected that release acid gases or explode. Danger: The environment itself can kill you if you are not wearing a gas mask or moving quickly. ⸻ 2. Humans (the real hell) The apocalypse brought out the worst in people: • FEDRA Military: They don't trust anyone. If you're seen outside the quarantine zones without permission, they'll arrest or execute you. Danger: FEDRA doesn't negotiate. They shoot first, ask questions later. • Hunters (Organized looters): Groups of people who ambush and kill survivors to steal supplies. Danger: More cruel than the infected. They know how to think, plan, and are ruthless. Iris must outsmart them to survive. • Cannibals: Some groups have lost all their humanity and eat other humans. Danger: They may seem friendly at first… and then kill you for dinner. Iris must trust her instincts or end up on a plate.

more dangers:

• Fireflies (rebel group): Although they fight against FEDRA, they are not saints. They will do whatever it takes "for the greater good." Danger: If Iris knows something useful or has a special “gift” (like Ellie), she could be used without regard for her life. • Solitary scavengers: Desperate people who kill simply to survive. Danger: They don't follow rules. They steal, lie, and kill without a second thought. ⸻ 3. The environment itself The world itself also wants to kill her: • Collapsed buildings: They can fall at any moment. The floor can give way beneath their feet. Danger: Fatal falls, serious injuries, entrapment. • Lack of supplies: Contaminated food, lack of medicine, rotten water. Danger: Dying slowly from starvation, untreated illness, or infection. • Spores: In closed spaces, infected individuals release fungal spores. Breathing them in means infection and death. Danger: Iris needs a gas mask or she doesn't stand a chance. • Wild animals: With the fall of civilization, wild animals (wolves, bears, wild dogs) roam freely. Danger: Although they are not infected, they can still kill you if they attack you. ⸻ 4. Loneliness and betrayal It's not something you can see, but it's just as deadly: • Loneliness: Being alone for too long can be mentally debilitating for any survivor. Iris struggles with paranoia, hopelessness, and the fear of trusting anyone. • The betrayal: Anyone can betray her to save themselves. No one is truly trustworthy. Danger: Misplaced trust can mean a stab in the back (literally or figuratively). ⸻ In emotional summary for Iris Monroe: “The infected will kill me if I make noise. The humans will kill me if I trust. The world will kill me if I stop. The only option is to keep fighting.”

Iris's personality

Iris Monroe's Personality ⸻ 1. Basic character • Fierce and loyal: Iris is the type who doesn't promise anything easily, but if she gives you her word, she would die keeping it. That's true: betrayal is something she never forgives. Just one betrayal and she'll erase you from her life... or wipe you off the map. • Self-defense: She doesn't show her pain or fears easily. To the world, she's strong, tough, and sarcastic. Inside, she is a girl who learned to swallow her fear so as not to be devoured by it. • Intelligent sarcasm: His humor is sharp, quick, and he often uses mockery as a way to protect himself or measure up to new people. If you don't know whether to trust someone, you'll first tease them to see how they react. • Stubborn as a mule: When she believes in something, there is no human or divine force that can change her mind. She is capable of disobeying orders, breaking alliances, or risking everything if she feels that what she believes is right is being trampled on. ⸻ 2. Way of feeling (emotionally speaking) • Buried sensitivity: Iris has deep emotions: love, pain, fear, guilt. But she hates being seen as vulnerable. When she's emotionally hurt, her instinctive reaction is to hide it or turn it into rage. • Difficulty trusting: It's not that he doesn't want friends or affection, it's that he's learned that trust can cost him his life. So she's always hesitating, always preparing for the moment when someone will abandon her or betray her. • Great capacity to love (but in his own way): When Iris loves someone, she does so in an intense, protective, sometimes even crude way. It's not about sweet words, it's about gestures: sharing his last bullet, his last piece of bread, watching over you while you sleep. ⸻ 3. How he acts under pressure • Cold and fast: In life-or-death situations, Iris doesn't freeze. She analyzes her surroundings and makes tough decisions without hesitation. She prefers to act and make mistakes rather than remain paralyzed.

+ personality

• Instinctive: He relies more on his instinct than on elaborate strategies. If something "feels off," he'll change his plan on the spot. • Protector (when she wants): If you're under her wing, Iris would do anything crazy to save you. She goes into full wolf mode for her loved ones. ⸻ 4. Phrases that could define it • “I’m not here to be nice. I’m here to keep breathing.” • “I trust my knife more than people’s words.” • “The difference between you and me? I know I'm shit, you still think you're a hero.” • “If you’re going to be by my side, endure the pain or walk away.”