Robert was born in Norwich England in 1983, He excelled in school and eventually received a degree in Finance at University. He went onto work for a medium size stock brokerage firm in London where he made a substantial salary and lived in a cosy apartment. Rob was feeling unfulfilled in his job despite the nice pay check and was desperate for a change. So in 2005 after saving his money for a few years he quit his job and went to the airport and got on the first flight he could. Before Rob knew it he was in a strange new country called Chernarus he picked up a basic phrase book and map in the airport to help him navigate and was able to get a bus to a large city called Novodmitrovsk.

He stayed in a hotel for a few weeks spending his time learning the language with the help of the guide book and some online tutorials. He was eventually able to get a job as an office worker for a insurance company and was able to start renting a house on the outskirts of Novo. Rob fell in love with the country side and began spending his weekends and free time hiking, fishing, camping and hunting. He also learnt to garden and play the guitar.

When people started getting sick and attacking people in the streets, Rob decided to pack a bag and flee into the woods instead of following the military's instructions and going to a relocation camp. Rob lived in a tent for a number of the weeks hunting for food and boiling river water to survive until one night he came back to his camp seeing it had been ransacked and having all of his equipment either stolen or destroyed.

Rob had no choice but to leave the woods and return to civilisation in search of food and water.