Saul

Character

• Full Name: Saul Tink
  
• Former Occupation: Infantry (11B MOS), 10th Mountain Division
  
• Rank: Specialist (SPC)/E-4
  
• Special Talents: Advanced First Aid, Infantry Tactics, Rough Terrain Navigation
  
• Age: 24 at the beginning of the Story
  
• First Appeared: Chapter 1 - It Begins, Arrives at the unit in his truck after Michael and Angel had arrived.
  
• Current Status: Deceased
  

Background

• Background: Transferred from his unit in Fort Drum, NY to California after his deployment to Iraq.
  
• Served with Michael overseas in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  
• Saul is a trained combat lifesaver and has knowledge of various military weapons.
  
• Spent a year in jail after stealing from a store shortly after turning 18.
  
• By the time he got out of jail, his mother, Tanya, left town to go south to Anaheim - enlisting in the Army was his only option.
  
• Had a history of petty crimes in his youth, one of the reasons he enlisted in the military.
  

Personality

• Head-strong and yet compassionate. Saul brings a lot of heart, along with a level head to the team in the tower.
  

Notable In The Series

• Only remaining "family" in the area is his Puggle "Lady" who he goes back home to pick up in 5 - Lady and the Tink, and his mother who lives in Anaheim
  
• SAW gunner, through most of Season 1.
  
• In charge of Motorpool. Has retrofitted various vehicles.
  
• Shot by Burt (unintentionally) in 12 - The War after Tommy turned and attacked him.
  
• Came up with the tracker idea from his time with the 10th Mountain Division.
  
• Discovered The Mallers base.
  
• Is discovered to be alive in 25 - Inadequate Strength after being thought dead from an RPG in Chapter 24, along with Victor.
  
• Runs into CJ after stealing from her "farm."
  
• Investigates Ground Zero with Victor in 28 - Last Dying Breath.
  
• Leads the liberation of The Colony, a long with Victor and CJ, chasing the Mallers out 32 - Captive Hearts
  
• It's slowly revealed that neither Saul nor his mother Tanya can be infected -- his immunity becomes a major factor of the series.
  

Quotations

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"She's like a...WOman, if you know what I mean" - about Riley in 2 - The Two Things

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"I think I just wet myself" - after opening Burt's Gun Room in 3 - The New Arrivals

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"We found crack in Inglewood... big surprise." - to Victor while searching ground zero in 28 - Last Dying Breath

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