- 19 (HES 21 NOW BTW) year old American-Irish surgeon.
His parents were born and grew up in County Derry, Ireland. The penal laws that discriminated against non-Anglicans (Catholics, etc.) and the Act that passed which united Ireland with Great Britain, along with the birth of America and its solidification of New York City, caused them to move to the US where he'd be born and considered an American. His parents never liked the British anyways I fear..
He mainly stuck around other surgeons and his existence accidentally pissed off another surgeon (Daniel) so bad that whilst in his sleep, Connor's vocal cords were non-consensually removed and his throat was carefully stitched up. He suffered a throat infection the next day.
He somehow recovered but after he found out that his vocal cords were removed, he was so horrified that he hides his neck and a bit of his face with a scarf. Keeping distance from the British as he suspects they did something to him for being American and Irish. (He still doesn't know who did it.)
Oh and my other OC, Daniel Wright. IS AN ASSHOLE. im not drawing a ref for him.
- 22 year old, British surgeon.
The exact surgeon who stole Connor's vocal cords.
I don't really have much about his past planned out but he was born and grew up in Nottingham, East England.
Ever since the Blight started, his sanity dropped and he practically went insane. Other surgeons were really concerned and terrified of him. Losing all sense of empathy and humanity for others, he's REALLY self-centered and very often forgets that everyone else around him have their own lives and are their own person.
He noticed everyone trying to distance from him or them genuinely trying to give him advice on how to deal with his insanity (since they really can't get a therapist in the middle of an apocalypse..) and he got really angry about it that he PRETENDS that he's changed and portrays himself as who he originally was in the past, a decent and normal person. Probably going as far as acting like he's innocent and would do no harm.
Despises Connor for being an American and the moment he found out that the other is also Irish, he began targetting and became obsessively intrigued towards him. Daniel takes his anger and frustrations on him in ways that Connor never notices.
He's aware that he's breaking the Hippocratic Oath - “I solemnly pledge that I will do my best to serve humanity – caring for the sick, promoting good health and alleviating pain and suffering.” But he's so far gone he doesn't care if he'll get his medical license suspended. (He'll probably still experiment on others anyway without the license..)
