OCs

Red Velvet Revolver / "Red" / Gene Carter O'Malley

sole survivor (with canon backstory)

31 years old

6' 0" / muscular build

Red hair/fair skin/freckles

Gay cis man

Before the bombs, Red was closeted – even mostly to himself – and in an unhappy marriage with Nora. Though he feels a bit bad about it, waking up to the Wasteland freed him and it feels like home. He joined the Minutemen as a rank and file soldier and worked his way up, coming out as gay and finding out he was kinky along the way. He eventually became General.

Red met Shaun at the Institute but chose to back away from open conflict. He has no relationship with his adult son out of disgust for what the Institute represents. He is passionate about freedom and security for the Commonwealth and his role as General is focused on community organizing amongst settlements.

Black Velvet Ionic / "Black" / Felix Linfield

sole survivor (with alternate backstory)

24 years old

5’ 9” / slim build

Black shoulder length hair / fair skin

Bi cis man

Before the war, Felix was in a happy, comfortable marriage with Camille, who was also bisexual. Both were closeted to the outside world but openly queer within their relationship. Felix loved being a dad to infant Shaun. Felix was never in the military due to a minor medical exemption, though he and Camille lived in anxiety that he would be drafted anyway eventually.

During a power failure in Vault 111, both Camille and Shaun died; only Felix survived. He had few survival skills and survived mainly by not making waves and staying on every faction’s good side. He enjoyed living with his friends Nick, Piper and Curie, and was romantically involved with Nick and Curie at various times. Felix gradually leaned more and more toward mercenary work and other shady dealings, including with moving drugs, as he became more skilled at navigating the wasteland.