Quentin Barnes

Quentin Barnes was a mechanic prior to the massive infection who worked in the town of Oakfield, Georgia, where he ran a small auto-mechanic shop. During the initial few weeks of the outbreak, he took shelter with a number of other in the Oakfield Sheriff Department's station before it was overrun. He then took shelter with a number of other survivors at Mcluskie's Farm.

Pre-Outbreak
Quentin was a hard-working mechanic who ran his own business following his graduation from the University of Georgia, with a degree in mechanics and agriculture. His father somewhat rejected him for this and the two lost contact with each other, though he made a habit of phoning his father occasionaly on special occasions. When the outbreak began, he remained inside of his auto-mechanic shop, though a number of other residents from the town gathered in the town's large police station, barricading themselves inside, though others remained in their homes.

Post-Outbreak
When the first Zombie attacks were reported, he took refuge in the now partly abandoned police station, following a number of refugees having left the town for the supposed safety of the city in the hopes of surviving the outbreak. Only two officers, Joseph Schneider and Martin O'Neill, remained inside the precinct, along with several survivors who were struggling to cope with the sudden loss of control. Following the first week of the outbreak, the survivors heard constant gunfire and explosions, either belonging to the U.S. Military or other survivors, throughout the nights and days. Quentin decided to loot a local gun shop for supplies, enlisting the help of Joey Fink, a tourist from New York, to help him break the locks of some of the gun cases. They manage to do this, and the two encounter their first walkers, two zombified locals, who attack and attempt to kill the two. Quentin beats one to death with a lead pipe, whilst Joey impales the other with a broken sign pole. Joey runs back to the precinct after helping Quentin break the locks, leaving Quentin alone in the gun shop. He is attacked by the reanimated corpse of a police officer. Quentin managed to kill the zombie by beating it's head in against the gun shop's counter, before filling a duffle bag with a large quantity of boxes of ammunition and a number of pistols and revolvers. When he returned to the precinct, he found that Joey had suffered an asthma attack on the way back, leading to him nearly blacking out. Quentin and Joseph are asked by Martin O'Neill and Louise Parker, a trained nurse, to look for medication for Joey. The two loot the local pharmacy succesfully, though not before encountering several National Guard soldiers performing a hit-and-run attack on a group of infected.