Shawn west is the main character and narrator of this series. he is a thirty six year old university teacher that is a recovering alcoholic. as a child Shawn suffered extensively at the hands of his abusive father and neglectful mother which led him to develop a drinking problem at the age of fifteen and has only started to recover from it a year before the start of the podcast. due to his upbringing Shawn struggles to open up emotionally and believes it is a mans job to keep his emotions hidden. slowly he is trying to get better and write the wrongs of his past, especially towards step son Eric who he has a strained relationship with due to his alcohol abuse. with the apocalypse he finds himself in, Shawn is struggling to adapt to this new world and finds himself looking for an escape.

Shawn as a character talks the most due to providing the ongoing narration for the series. in his narration he is more smooth in his performance than when has interacting with other characters. but in both versions he is well spoken, if not a bit gruff.