Character's Full Name: Tuesday Samantha Winters

Created By: jmarieclark@hotmail.com; Presently a Non-Played Character

Nicknames: Sammy

Character Type: Mortal

Apparent Age: Early 30s

Actual Age: 31

Sex: Female

Height: 6'

Nationality: American

Distinguishing characteristics: Tuesday's height seems to attract attention from people, though she downplays her beauty.

Occupation: Police officer.

Skills: Extensive knowledge of firearms and self-defense, as well a good understand of the law.

Personality: Tuesday is friendly, though she has a short temper at times and may even be considered rough by some people. By nature of her job and the social prejudice under which she lived, Tuesday has long learned that not people are not always what they seem. She tends to hold people at arms length for a long time before allowing herself to develop any feelings for them.

History:
Tuesday was born the youngest of five children, in a typical Irish-American family in Buffalo, New York. Her father was a city cop, as were her uncles, grandfathers and it was only natural that after college Tuesday ended up joining the force.

Growing up Tuesday had always somewhat of a tomboy, and in high school came to realize that she was attracted to members of the same sex. In her somewhat conservative Irish Catholic family Tuesday waited as long as she could to come out. At the age of nineteen she finally did. The news was met with mixed emotions by the members of the Winters' family. With the relationship between her father and two older siblings strained Tuesday moved into her place and working as a waitress in a local bar supported herself through school.

It was these years that taught Tuesday just how strong of a person she really was, and exposed her to the harsh reality of homophobia. Determined to prove herself as capable as anyone Tuesday completed college, graduating with honors and without the support of her family. Against the protest of her father and eldest brother Tuesday joined the police force.

To her surprise Tuesday actually met more acceptance among the young members of the Buffalo City police department then she had originally hoped for. There was of course resistance to an open lesbian being on the force and she met it with the best face she could possibly could. Taking a routine call, shortly after twenty-fifth birthday Tuesday found herself the victim of a hate crime.

Set-up by her own partner Tuesday walked into a trap, where five other officers men who were off duty and openly against the woman in the midst severely beat and raped her. Shot once in the back she was left to die in an alley, but was discovered by a homeless man who phoned 911 from a payphone.

It took nearly a year for Tuesday to recover from her injuries. The bullet nearly crippled her for life, leaving the young woman paralyzed from the waist down for six months. Seven operations later Tuesday was able to walk though it took extensive physical therapy before she was in full health again.

Urged by her mother, Tuesday's father, Sean Winters, visited her in the hospital. Slowly Sean came around and while Tuesday healed they rebuilt their father/daughter relationship. Insisting that she come home to finish therapy Sean became an opener supporter of Tuesday. Touched by the change that occurred in her father, she attempted to return to something of her old life but found that her trust had been far to shattered.

Desperate to get away and rebuild her life Tuesday moved to the southwest. She settled in New Mexico, Albuquerque where once again she joined the local police force. Life fell into a comfortable pattern of routine, Tuesday met another woman there with whom she slowly developed a close relationship with. Rose was a nurse at a local hospital, and shortly after meeting moved in with Tuesday. The couple had decided that they wanted a child just a few months after Tuesday's thirtieth birthday. With Rose unable to carry a child Tuesday agreed willingly to be the one who would carry their child. And less then two weeks before the outbreak Tuesday was successfully impregnated.

She heard by phone that her father had died, and her mother less then a week after that. Communication with the rest of the country was severed and Tuesday never heard what the fate of the rest of her family living back east was. Rose lasted until the final weeks of the outbreak, but succumbed at last. Tuesday felt paralyzed by her loss, she was alone and pregnant in a city of the dead.

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