James grew up outside of London. His childhood was rough and once he had finished his education he went straight to work for his fathers small construction company. It was mainly office work, meeting with various businesses and arranging the completion of various construction projects.

When the infection started James was in Primorsk working on a deal to install new oil and gas pipes for the government of Chernarus. Apart of the deal was to also re-construct the local dockyard. Before the deal was done James was forced to move into a quarantine zone after reports of a infection in the country. Its been several months since that quarantine zone fell to rioters and James now finds himself travelling to the South Zagoria province of Chernarus to look for a route back home.