Characters

MAIN CHARACTERS

FRANK LOWMAN

Appearance: Weathered, pragmatic, ex-military bearing. Sweat, dirt,road dust. A survival bag always within reach.
Personality: Calm under fire, decisive, moral center but capable of violence when needed.
Defining Moments: Organizes survivors in a New York hotel lobby amid chaos.
PRELUDE EPISODE 1
  • Leads a multi-car convoy across collapsing America.
  • Re-mans an abandoned M240 during an ambush, saving the convoy.
PRELUDE EPISODE 4
  • Returns to defend his home and family.

KATIE LOWMAN

Appearance: Clean, composed, no-nonsense Southern prepper; ponytail, pistol on hip, always alert.
Personality: Hyper-competent, loving, science-minded, tactically brilliant, protective.
Defining Moments: Identifies the EMP event before authorities acknowledge it.
PRELUDE EPISODE 1 (1)
  • Disarms HOA mobs and claims defensive control of her neighborhood.
  • Builds Safe Haven’s defenses, including traps, mines, cameras.
PRELUDE EPISODE 4
  • Faces down an armed extremist mob without blinking.

KATIE LOWMAN

Appearance: Clean, composed, no-nonsense Southern prepper; ponytail, pistol on hip, always alert.
Personality: Hyper-competent, loving, science-minded, tactically brilliant, protective.
Defining Moments: Identifies the EMP event before authorities acknowledge it.
PRELUDE EPISODE 1 (1)
  • Disarms HOA mobs and claims defensive control of her neighborhood.
  • Builds Safe Haven’s defenses, including traps, mines, cameras.
PRELUDE EPISODE 4
  • Faces down an armed extremist mob without blinking.

ELI

Appearance: Lean, humble, soft-spoken, eyes full of pain and wisdom; carries scars from his past.
Personality: Loyal, spiritual, gentle, deadly when cornered.
Defining Moments:
  • Saved by Katie from collapsing town hostility.
  • Reveals his dark past as a child soldier.
PRELUDE EPISODE 4
  • Single-handedly scouts extremist forces in enemy territory.
  • Snipes militia soldiers from the roof to save the group.

THE REVEREND

Appearance: Red-faced zealot, sweat-soaked preacher clothes, wild eyes, always gripping a Bible or shotgun.
Personality: Charismatic, manipulative, hateful, power-hungry, apocalyptic thinker.
Defining Moments:
  • Blames local Muslims for the EMP.
  • Rallies a violent militia and declares a holy war.
  • Orders attacks on Katie’s home, sending men to their deaths.
PRELUDE EPISODE 6
  • Falls—literally and morally—by the hands of the people he radicalized.

THE REVEREND

Appearance: Red-faced zealot, sweat-soaked preacher clothes, wild eyes, always gripping a Bible or shotgun.
Personality: Charismatic, manipulative, hateful, power-hungry, apocalyptic thinker.
Defining Moments:
  • Blames local Muslims for the EMP.
  • Rallies a violent militia and declares a holy war.
  • Orders attacks on Katie’s home, sending men to their deaths.
PRELUDE EPISODE 6
  • Falls—literally and morally—by the hands of the people he radicalized.

MAX

DAVID

MARLENE

NICK

WILLIE WRIGHT