Chad Graves grew up in south Louisiana. Most of his childhood was spent either fishing in the small bayou behind his house or hunting with his Dad in the marsh and swamps of Louisiana. His family was not very well off and could not afford to send him to college after he graduated high school. So he did what most guys do he went to work doing industrial construction. He did that for a few years then was hired by a refinery just outside New Orleans where he worked for 18 years. He was good at his job he new the refinery like the back of his hand and worked his way up through the ranks to an area supervisor position. He got married, then divorced but never had any children. After the divorce his company approached him with an opportunity. They wanted him to travel to some country close to Russia to help start up a new refinery. He was reluctant at first but then figured with all the money he would make while overseas he could return home and retire. He left for Chernarus at the end of 2015. He was only supposed to be there a year but due to delays and problems during the construction his contract was extended another 8 months. He was living in an apartment in Chernogorsk when everything started going down. He called his company at the first signs of problems in the area but they just made light of the situation and told him not to worry about it. So he waited a few days then decided screw it he would by his own plane ticket home and headed towards the airport. He never made it there, halfway to the airport there was a military road block, he heard shots being fired but could not turn around due to the traffic on the road so he ditched the car grabbed his bag and ran off into the woods, he was lost. He kept moving away from the gunshots having no idea what direction he was going. He made it to a small village where a family of farmers took him in for the night and let him sleep in the barn. The next day a man came stumbling into town he was covered in blood, when the farmer went to greet him he was immediately attacked, Chad ran to help but as he got closer he could them coming had to be at least 40 all heading for the village attracted by the farmers screams, he grabbed the farmers shotgun and ran. As the year went on he came across less and less people and more of the infected, he would spent most of his time on the move never staying in one area too long, he would hunt, fish and scavenge to survive