Name: Ava Hart
Home: England, though she was visiting the US when the outbreak happened.
Occupation: Ex-Athlete, Track and Field.
Gender: Female
Age: 26


General Appearance: At 5'8 with a lithe frame, Ava is slender with subtle feminine curvature to her athletic build. Her most notable characteristics would be her long blonde tousled hair which holds a natural loose wave and luminous pale green eyes set against the canvas of a golden complexion. She is effortlessly attractive in the way nature intended, wears very little in the way of cosmetics and prefers a sense of style which veers towards casual.

Personality: Ava had a positive and adventurous outlook and thrived on new experiences. Ordinarily she is caring and friendly towards most people but evidently the sudden change and the overwhelming unfamiliarity of her whereabouts has understandably created a more cautious creature. When she becomes invested and begins to care for others, she is fiercely loyal. Though with mortality rates and distrust at an all time high, she is reluctant to get close to anyone.

Biography

Ava was taken in to care at the age of 10. She bounced around a few care homes before she was fostered at the age of 13. Her childhood was troublesome and she wasn't always the best behaved. Sexually promiscuous and experimenting with drink and recreational drugs her patient Foster Parents tried to steer her on the correct path but Ava was completely off the rails. As a last resort they sent her to a disciplinary Boot camp. At first the wayward teenager hated it, though she soon came to realise she was only making it more difficult for herself. Ava learned many things and her transgressions did not go unpunished. Most of all, she learned that despite the firm hand she'd been dealt, her Foster Parents did love her and only wanted what was right for her. It was at the boot camp Ava's athletic prowess was revealed. She was somewhat of a late starter but her stamina and natural ability couldn't be ignored. As a form of focus Ava continued with the path in to Athletics and her Parents one hundred percent supported the change in their Daughter. she trained hard and the distraction kept her out of trouble. Ava had found her new drug.

At 17 she qualified for European championship and went on to compete in numerous competitions from there. Although she fell short of qualifying for the Olympics 2016 due to a recovering injury. She did join Team GB as an Assistant Trainer, she has retired from competing and practices purely to keep her fitness levels tuned.

Ava was never afraid of putting herself out there but prior to the virus outbreak, she made a terrible decision she wasn't then aware of at the time. Taking the opportunity to see as much of the US as she could while she was there. Ava paid for a random plane ticket, hired a car and took herself off on a road trip. Little did she know everything would go to shit during her short escapade.

Skills/Strengths
Where Ava lacks physical strength and equipment, she makes up for in stamina, wiles and preparation. She's a quick thinker. Always preparing for a next plan of action and varied outcomes. Tethered like everyone else to the moral compass which would make most people still take pause, she won't hesitate to go against it when needs must and she's a dangerous adversary when it comes to getting the upper hand. Ava is more likely to flee or improvise swiftly than to get in to a fight. She isn't opposed to playing the victim or using her femininity as a tool for success and will adopt a manipulative chameleon technique to suit her needs. Not one to impress or allow foolish pride to be her downfall, she's purely out to survive and will take any means necessary to ensure that happens.

Weaknesses/Flaws
Her distrustful nature is both her making and her downfall. Her fear of getting close to anyone is born from the fear of losing them. Existing alone means she doesn't get the adequate rest she requires and needs to ensure her surroundings are safe and rigged before she can sleep. Doing what it takes to stay alive has it's own detrimental affect on her mental stability. She's not proud of some of the things she's done and that guilt pecks away at her conscience constantly. She can't seem to get her head around the fact that the infected aren't people any more and killing them does not come easy to Ava so she is plagued by night terrors as a result. She is somewhat on the back footing when it comes to survival. She's never had to rely on a skill set in the eventuality of any disaster of the volume she was faced with and was poorly prepared. She had absolutely no training in firearms or weapons and apart from boxing training as part of her fitness regime, it's about as far as her hand to hand combat goes, however she does pack a powerful punch. Before entering the United States she had never seen a live gun before so would benefit some assistance when running isn't an option.