Gulliver

Gulliver arrived at The Arena in reasonable shape for being in his 50's - thin, yet tough, as if he'd done backbreaking work all his life. His one weakness was the slight limp he walked with after injuring his hip while fleeing to safety. He always wore jeans and construction boots, but the rest of his outfit was swapped out depending on the weather; sometimes there was a thick flannel jacket, sometimes there was a sweater, and sometimes there was just a worn white tee shirt.

Gulliver was born in the Before Times, so not much is known about his life before the bombs dropped. He was from another part of the country, having only been in town for his daughter's wedding. Since she and her new husband never showed up to the arena before the survivors were forced to flee it, he never did learn what might have become of them.

Like many others, he was traumatized while trying to make his way to the arena, primarily by all the death he saw, as well as the difficulty he had getting around on foot after he injured his hip in a nasty fall. He also had to flee a group of about four young men who thought he would be easy to rob. As a result of these experiences, he almost never left the driver's seat in the lead wagon once the survivors left the arena to seek shelter in the far north. It turned out to be a good instinct since the one time he did get out of the vehicle in New Bonneville, he ended up paying with his life.

Likes

• Coffee
• Driving
• Country music

Dislikes

• Going to the movies
• Riding in cars

Gulliver earned his place in history as the lead navigator of the caravan that traveled across the continent to find a safe place to build Willowmoor. He may have died en route, but he set the path that was followed as closely as possible by those who reached the other side of New Bonneville alive. Then there was the extensive map collection he left behind as a lifelong truck driver who crossed the former United States for a living. Most of the collection would end up being preserved with the Willowmoor Historical Foundation and studied by such organizations as the prestigious Scout troop.

To further ensure his name would be spoken by Willowmoor's children for generations to come, the village's symbolic epicenter and town hall - Gulliver Hall - was named for him.

Gulliver also joins the history books and memorials with the other names lost in the Battle of New Bonneville, and he earns the distinction of being the last casualty - the person who died right as the war torn caravan left the limits of that accursed, bombed-out settlement to resume the search for Willowmoor.

Gulliver briefly joined the Advisory Council, and when that dissolved, the Caravan Conclave, which he was a member of at the time of his death. He became the lead navigator while on the road to the future site of Willowmoor, a role that was also only cut short by his untimely death.

Gulliver came to the arena alone. He mostly found his friendships among the advisory council - specifically with Redd.

Gulliver enjoyed driving, hunting, and smoking cigars. He could sit and pour over old maps of the United States for hours - especially with a nice cup of black coffee in hand.

He had no pets.