Jim never really excelled at anything in his life pre sept 2021. He was the definition of average, with the exception of an unusual tattoo on his right leg and rather thick glasses.

Mere coincidence led to Jim to being in Nyheim when the world went to shit, true to the path his life had been taking up to that point he had been summoned by a solicitor as he had been named in a will as a beneficiary, of what he never found out. It was a long lost half sister of his mothers who had passed, and at his mothers nagging behest he got on a plane and headed to the office of the solicitor.
Of course he was aware of the social destabilisation happening around him, the news of a virus and the efforts to combat its spread but apathy was strong at this point. more of a walking dream.

It was Sept 8th when he touched down in Nyheim, only to find out the solicitor had left, reason unknown but the office was shut. after waiting around to see if he came back, it quickly passed Sept 14th and his last chance of leaving..

He witnessed it all fall down around him from his hotel room.. with no way to leave, he has turned his focus to survival, and strangely finds himself in far greater moods than he could remember in recent years.