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We are four months into the winter, time marches on and the gods are still watching their ant farm.

It has been eight years since ZDay, the harsh long winter Ianto dreaded is upon them. Billy is now 18 and Marley is now pregnant but hasn't realised yet.

Of course, people are still multiplying even as they might decline.

HOLDFAST VILLAGE

Ianto and Jack have Hope (6) and little Dean (3 ½). Jack has recently birthed a healthy baby girl called Rose.

Billy (18) works Security and is with Marley (19) who is a Beautician and child care worker.

Micha (13) works laundry and kitchen, is living with grandparents Anna who heads the kitchen and Ifan the head Vet. The two waifs Ianto rescued in the city, Solomon (10) and Mia (7) live with them too

Sean is Head of Security and Clara is the Head Teacher with their son Liam (16) who works in Security with his Da. They also have a baby girl who is 14 months old called Destiny.

Alice is Head Teacher and Rhys is Head Mechanic and driver. Stephen (18) works with the livestock and the little boy Preston, from the newcomers is now 3. Alice also proudly has a newborn daughter, Melina.

Tosh and Owen have Blossom (7) and Ifan (6 ½). The third child was another girl named Poppy, much to everyone's delight and is now almost 3. Tosh has just discovered she is pregnant again.

Owen's little Weevil Frank is now a hefty wee boy (almost 4) that Ianto had a soft spot for.

Current Mayor Vic is Security and general hand and his wife Fay works Laundry and Kitchen with their children Andrew (17) Security and general hand, Michael (15) in livestock. Fay has a surprise late life baby girl, Penny.

Martha is Security and Garden and her two husbands Andy is Security and Livestock, Mickey is Security and garden and they have Trixibell (3 ½) and little Clarkson who is almost 2.

Francine deputy head Kitchen and Clive works Livestock. They are raising Kitty (11)

Leo works Security and his daughter is Amber (8). He is currently dating Patsy from the other village but its early days and Ianto does not want to push.

Tish is a kitchen worker and set to marry Kev.

Ebony is a Jack of all trades, Boomer works Security and mechanic with her brother Randy who works Security and Livestock and her children are Eric (9), Keera (6) and Raven (4). She is the proud mama to new son Leo.

Dean and Frank are firm friends, with Martha's wee 'Bella the third musketeer. The three year olds are nearer four… or forty in their wee minds…make them a force to be reckoned with and sometimes only Ianto can talk them down from their tantrums. Amazingly, Frank doesn't seem to realize he is a Weevil and continues to strive to keep up.

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Fallback Village – site 2

Hailey works in the Kitchen and gardens, Art works in Maintenance and has Lewis (5 ½) the youngest boy is named Charlie and is now 2 ½. Art's blind son Freddy (14) is wanting to go back to Holdfast after winter and Art thinks it is time to let go. Hailey thinks she may be pregnant again.

Paige is Hailey's sister and works in the Kitchen and Crèche.

Emily works in the Laundry and Kitchen with Leon (7.)

Logan is a medic and Heather is the coms support with Tosh and they have Gill (9)

Sarah works security and is a nurse, son Travis (21) Security and general hand and little Clay (8)

Mathew is Head Gardener and security.

Patsy works Garden and livestock, brother Robin is a Mechanic, Olivia (6).

Robin is still the driver for the school run each week day, also ferrying food and supplies back and forth underground with the Crawler.

AJ and Rebel are now adults working in the gardening department.

Morris is currently the Chief of Fallback with Holden (6).

Sisters Juniper and Brandy work Kitchen and laundry, three children called Millie (11), Celia (9) and Rex (9) and one teenage boy (18) called Trey that is learning from Ebony to be maintenance.

Brandy won Morris and he is still oblivious to the cat fight that occurred in the kitchen recently. Ianto finds this quietly vexing. Seems Juniper accuses her of pinching him as she 'had' him first.

NEW COMERS

Abner and his son Samuel have settled as well, young Desiree and Trey seem to be clicking well.

Sarah and her daughter Rachel are still moving quietly but Sarah has proven to be a good seamstress which was a boon. She is due to birth any day.

'Little Kev' Forrest and his sister Freia are part of the huge crèche and have settled into life with gusto. Such is the resilience of children.

STRONGHOLD – the winter living quarters underground. The Family Place is the huge cavernous space turned into a hall and common area. Like a rabbit warren, Stronghold traverses a large distance, from distant mountains to a cliff face that they surmise may go as far as three more villages. The Wolf Pack has settled in an outer cave and the humans within the warm embrace of the earth.

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85 souls + 1 Weevil and 3 babies pending

1 Wolfling

3 whelps

And the giraffe is still there too…don't ask.