Montgomery Godsmark

Montgomery Godsmark is a Scottish soldier who’s part of The 95th Rifles. He’s 19 years old. He’s armed with a Baker rifle and a Sabre. He has messy brown hair. He lost an eye. He wears an eyepatch. He’s antisocial, sharp-eyed, loyal, focused, conflicted and self-aware. He’s also a skilled marksman. He has undiagnosed Bipolar Disorder. He’s a veteran of the War of 1812.

Montgomery’s attire consists of black gloves, a shako with a silver bugle insignia and a green plume, a dark green coat with matching trousers and black facings.

Born in 1796, Monty was raised in Aberdeen by abusive yet caring parents. He would lose his eye in a childhood accident, on which his mother saved him hence the reason why he has somewhat more female friends back home or something. Somewhere around 1812, Monty left his parents behind and joined the British army. He met Kelsey Holdsworth, an officer of the Royal Horse Artillery in Queenston Heights and showed off his sniping skills in the battle which would impress her, making him have potential. In the Raid on Gananoque, Kelsey somehow saved Monty and he found himself terribly injured after almost being assassinated. Despite the injuries, he managed to snipe some Americans until he eventually passed out, yet again saved somehow but this time by someone else. His hands were real fucked up because of Gananoque to the point that he had to start wearing gloves and whatnot. In the siege of Fort McHenry, Monty decided to improve his shooting skills and killed Americans from a further distance. However, when he killed the Yankee that nearly murdered Kelsey, he got terrified by what he did for some reason. Unfortunately, Kelsey fell in love with Monty and wanted to pay him back in some way. During the invasion of Baltimore, she took him to the brig of the ship and started making out with him despite his protests. When Kelsey got shot in the arm, Monty quickly made a run for it and got out of the brig, the events of what happened starting to mess with his mind.

After a few days with no sleep, Monty had enough and decided to take action againt Kelsey. In the siege of Fort Erie, he took her somewhere isolated. Kelsey thought they were gonna have fun, but she thought wrong. Monty pulled out his rifle and shot Kelsey in the head, ending her life instantly. Afterwards, he started incoherently praying to God out of overwhelming Paranoia when he realized that he killed a high ranking officer of the army. Unfortunately, someone witnessed what he did to Kelsey and he quickly fled the scene, thinking that he was gonna get hunted by his own comrades for killing his superior but in reality, he wasn’t. After Fort Erie, Monty eventually fled the USA and returned to the UK.

After returning to Aberdeen, Monty didn’t even bother to see his family or anything similar and instead joined the 95th Rifles. He was sent to Waterloo to help the French with their retreat from the Blight. In La Haye Sainte, he was the only man standing and managed to fend off an undead horde after watching his fellow soldiers die in stupid ways, which is when he began to question his loyalty to the king. After surviving the horde, Monty decided to retreat to Hougoumont by himself. During his time in Hougoumont, he got stabbed by a undead cuirassier but was barely saved by a French surgeon, who considered him Wellington’s best sharpshooter and whatnot. By the time the undead wiped out Hougoumont, Monty escaped again and found himself in Roscoff. Unlike the other British soldiers, the French considered him an ally and didn’t lock him up on the church. When the Marines arrived, he reluctantly let go of his old grudge against the Americans and assisted with Crawford’s rescue. He also often had arguments with a Prussian soldier named Hans Strassenburg and all that. When Monty returned to Britain, he was starting to lose faith in both the king and Wellington, especially when the undead reached London. He also met a Austrian Surgeon named Annika Winkler and got into a relationship with her. During London’s downfall, he was given orders to shoot down anyone trying to pass a street, which he disobeyed alongside a fellow officer who got hanged for treason, which made him escape the sharpshooters, although barely. Monty decided to make his way to Westminster, where he had a brutal fight with Hans in the way. He won the fight, but decided to spare Hans and let him be. By the time he reached Westminster, he found other survivors trying to leave London through the Westminster bridge and decided to join them. When they reached Horse Guards, Monty snapped at Wellington because of what happened in Belgium and other shit, expressing his disgust, anger, etc. After crossing the Westminster bridge, he decided to split up with the survivors and got on a boat with Annika who was waiting for him and went to America. After reaching America, Monty and Annika moved to Baltimore, living a peaceful life together as a cute couple.

The infection, referred to in-universe as "The Blight" is an unknown disease with an incredibly high mortality rate--its origins are currently unknown. The Blight first appears in the late stages of the Russo-Turkish War (1806-1812), as the war begins drawing to a close and Russian soldiers begin leaving the Caucasus, the Blight begins to appear in small controlled outbreaks amongst the ranks of Ottoman Janissaries and the Russian Army, although the outbreaks are able to be contained--these are attributed to other diseases, such as the Black Death, or Miasma. Following the burning of Moscow, thousands of corpses within the city are resurrected and begin to slowly wreck havoc across Europe.

Sinners who have failed to accept Christ and repent for their sins, upon succumbing to the infection, re-animate. Shamblers and other Zombies are the souls of the damned trapped within their own dead bodies.

La Haye Sainte is one of the final stands of British and French forces at Waterloo, it takes place prior to Hougoumont. La Haye Sainte falls at 8:35 on June 18th, 1815.

Soldiers can find a torn note from an unknown soldier that reads: “La Haye Sainte has fallen. At eight thirty five on June eighteenth the French and Germo-English forces fell to the masses of the undead. From what can be gathered, I believe no men have escaped the gasps of the undead. What's left of our garrison has barricaded the attic. We have little time and it seems all escape attempts will be futile. We are prepared for the inevitable. To the forces at Hougoumont, best of luck to you, and good day.”

Hougoumont is the last stand of British, Prussian, and French forces at the Hougoumont Farmhouse in Waterloo--the soldiers at Hougoumont intentionally sacrifice themselves to allow for the rest of the French Army to retreat from Waterloo.. It takes place shortly after La Haye Sainte (which is only a few miles from Hougoumont). Soldiers can find a newspaper from the Britannia Herald on the desk in the entrance building, discussing several events going on in the world.

Shortly prior to the defense of Hougoumont, the British Army abandons the French forces at Waterloo and retreats, causing the French forces to be overwhelmed--the defense of Hougoumont and La Haye Sainte give the main French forces the time necessary to properly retreat from Waterloo. Hougoumont falls by 2:00 on the morning of June 19th, 1815.

Following the French evacuation from Paris, American Ambassador William H. Crawford sends a letter to the United States requesting his evacuation from France. Upon receiving the letter, the United States dispatches the USS Constitution to extract Crawford. Crawford is brought to Roscoff by the French Army, which fortifies the city. A garrison is stationed at the church and takes Crawford to the attic of a nearby farmhouse.

At some point shortly prior to the arrival of the U.S. Marines, the Zombies breach the cities defenses and overrun it, killing the majority of the French forces and forcing the rest to retreat into hiding. In response to the developing situation, the British deploy an Expeditionary Force to Roscoff to prevent any infected from breaching the shoreline and threatening the British mainland. With severe distrust sewn between French and British forces following the British retreat from Waterloo, the French Army takes members of the Expeditionary Force prisoner and kills several of them.

During July 1815, In the cover of fog, the USS Constitution sneaks past the British Quarantine of Europe and successfully docks in the harbor of Roscoff. The garrisoned forces at the Church retreat into the catacombs underneath the church, preparing to be overrun by the British Expeditionary Forces while the Scared French Soldier holds back the U.S. Marines outside, believing them to be British Forces. A large portion of the forces retreating through the Catacombs are slaughtered in their retreat.

Months after the events of Roscoff, the plague reaches United Kingdom in September 10th and after receiving this news from Plymouth martial law is declared in London in order to prepare the city for the arrival of the infected. After a week of martial law being declared, London has fallen, partly due to the infected and also because of riots caused by citizens unhappy with the military control of the city.

With the idea of ​​leaving London, a handful of soldiers in St. Paul's Cathedral decide go to Horse Guards, assuming that they have not fallen to the Blight there. On their way to Horse Guards they have to take alternate routes due to the walls that were built to stop the infected, face other soldiers, and witness what the plague did to the city to finally reach a brewery where they will have to try not to save London anymore but to stop the advance of the undead.

After flooding the brewery and the surrounding area at the end of London, the survivors will wake up with a view of London in flames behind them. Following the original plan, they continue their journey towards Horse Guards.

To do this they will have to go through St Giles, the London Museum and Charing Cross, where they will be able to see Horse Guards behind a large wooden gate.

After asking the gate operator (stationed in a tower) to open the gate and allow them to cross, they will be at the final stage of their journey where they will witness a group of soldiers being devoured by a horde. In addition to this, Horse Guards has fallen. But inside is Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, who will tell them that the only way out of London is through Westminster Bridge, which will be destroyed at midnight. The race against time begins.