Isaiah North [Moon of The Crusted Snow]

Full name: Isaiah North Nicknames: Izzy Age: Mid-Twenties Occupation: Community Member on the Reserve Ethnicity: Anishinaabe, Indigenous Appearance: Brown skin, short and thick dark hair, dark eyes, rugged winter parka, hoodies and heavy sweaters underneath, snow pants, neon orange hunting hat, grey winter boots, moose hide gloves, moccasins Personality: Good-natured + good-humored + resilient + protective + cautious + lighthearted + sincere + kind + empathetic Habits: Making jokes to ease others' minds + smoking (formerly, after the community runs out of tobacco) + listening to country music + going to check on friends and community members in person + hunting) Relationships: (Evan Whitesky, his best friend since high school, the two work together almost daily delivering flyers and plowing snow from the road, later on when the crisis gets worse, they take on the job of storing the bodies of the members of the community who pass away in the harsh conditions of winter) (Candace North: His mother, though not much is said about them, he visits her fairly regularly and she is a highly respected member of the band council and community) (Tyler Birch: Tyler and Isaiah aren't documented to have too many private interactions, but they are an unbreakable trio with Evan Whitesky, the three often working in a group.) (Justin Scott: Isaiah is immediately suspicious and hostile toward Scott upon his arrival. He senses the threat Scott poses early on and is part of the small group that ultimately confronts and removes him from the community after Scott resorts to cannibalism) (Terry is essentially Isaiah’s boss. As the community's chief, Terry directs the band maintenance department, meaning Isaiah (along with Evan and Tyler) receives direct orders from him regarding emergency tasks like clearing roads and distributing flyers.) (Walter is Terry’s cousin and the more pragmatic leader on the council. As the winter progresses and Terry struggles with the pressure, Walter increasingly assumes governing duties and relies heavily on Isaiah, Evan, and Tyler to maintain order, manage rations, and handle security.) (Nicole McCloud: Nicole is Evan's wife, and the two aren't shown to interact that much one on one, same with Evan's young children, his son Maiingan who's five, and his daughter Nangohns who's three.) Backstory: raised by Candace North, a well respected elder in the community, Isaiah was raised in the reserve his whole life, getting his education there rather than travelling like some of the other members of the community. However, one day in the Fall close to Winter, they suddenly face a blackout, the cell service cutting off in additon to the lack of running water and lights. The council turns on the backup generators, but urges the community to try their best to conserve power and only use wood to heat their house over electrical appliances.

Evan, Isaiah and Tyler were expected to hand all these flyers out, keeping the community updated, though when a new man shows up, identifying himself as Justin Scott, the trio remains cautious, even as Scott builds his own empire in the community gaining a following as the situation continues getting more and more dire.

After the power of the generators fully runs out, they are forced into using sources like candles for light and adding wood to furnaces, many members of the community had underprepared for Winter, relying on the modern appliances and stores, which had been shut down. This leads them to need to sort out emergancy rations which Isaiah helps with.

Another community comes by, this time holding holding multiple members, Mark Phillips, Alex Richer, Meghan Connor and Brad Connor, a married couple. Though when Phillips gets hostile out of starvation, Scott ends up killing him, earning the anger and disapproval of the men around him.

Scott continues being a reoccurring issue, hinting at something ominous and cannibalistic about when they run out of food as Isaiah, Tyler and Evan take the role of collecting the bodies of those who die, putting them in the garage to be used as a temporary morgue and trying their best to handle the hostility of the community that's quickly escalating.