Grief — Samuel Achebe (Vantage Combine, Heavy Support)

FACTION: The Vantage Combine | ROLE: Heavy Support | GENDER: Male | AGE: Mid-30s | ACCENT TARGET: West African heritage (Nigerian)

WHO HE IS: Grief is the reason the rest of his crew gets to make it home. Big, steady, and the loudest gun on the field by design — he sees himself as the shield the whole squad stands behind, and he takes that seriously even if he plays it off casually.

HIS ROLE IN ASHFALL: Heavy Support operator in an original, realistic tactical multiplayer FPS (Unreal Engine 5, Steam release planned), running an LMG. His Ammo Cache Drop is a deployable resupply crate for the team.

VOICE & PERFORMANCE: Deep, powerful chest voice — should sound physically large. Steady and warm in normal dialogue, thunderous in combat lines without losing clarity. His personality line should land with quiet, genuine weight, not a joke.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR: An actor with real vocal depth and power who can still sound approachable and warm in quieter dialogue.

AUDITION INSTRUCTIONS: Record all lines below in one clearly labeled file. Dry/clean recording, no processing. Give us your own interpretation, not a flat read. See the main project description for full context on Ashfall, compensation terms, and credit terms.

AUDITION LINES:

1. "Grief's laying down fire. Keep moving, I've got you."

2. "Dispatch, ammo's running low up here — resupplying the squad."

3. "Cache is down. Take what you need."

4. "Everybody down, now! I'll clear it!"

5. (hurt) "Takes more than that to put me down."

6. "I don't need to be liked. I need to be loud enough that everyone else gets to go home."