Jack Morgan was president of the Mongrels Motorcycle Club and a mentor to both Deacon and Boozer. He never appears in the game, but the two talk about him often. He gave Deacon a job in his bike shop and patched him into the club.
Jack patched in Boozer, who became his Sergeant-at-Arms, and later Deacon as an Enforcer. When member Jessie Williamson killed a brother over drugs, Jack burned off his club tattoo and threw him out.
Jack was in prison when the outbreak began, and nobody knows what became of him. Boozer names his puppy after him, partly because he knows Jack would hate it.
Carlos
Carlos leads the Rippers, a cult that worships the Freakers and carves RIP into its members' foreheads. You hear about him long before you see him, as his followers hunt for two Mongrels bikers. He is the main villain of the game's first half.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationDeacon St. John
Deacon St. John is the player character: a former soldier and Mongrels MC enforcer who now works as a drifter and bounty hunter in post-outbreak Oregon. You play as him from the opening hunt for Leon. He still grieves his wife Sarah, whom he believes died early in the outbreak.
Jessup Teller
Jessup Teller was a fur trapper who settled near Farewell with his family in 1851. He is only mentioned in local history, but his cabin still stands as a historical site you can visit.
Joseph Walker
Doctor Joseph Walker was a Farewell physician who treated early pioneers and settlers and then vanished in 1905. Local history later marked him as a serial killer.