Austin Leur

Personal Background
Austin Leur is a survivor who resides in the Neutral Zone settlement, and serves as the chief of guard. Before the bombs fell, Austin was a social worker, assisting the physically and mentally disabled. Proficient in numerous instruments and possessing a wide vocal range, Austin gained a reputation as the most commonly requested caretaker for his ability to calm and lullaby even the most unstable and aggressive of patients. He met his wife, Amelia Vander, while working at a school for physically disabled children, which later turned into the location for the wasteland Neutral Zone. Once the bombs dropped, Austin was devastated when he learned almost all of his patients, along with all the children he was working with, perished in the fire. Amelia and Austin survived the bombings by taking shelter in the school's bunker, and emerged into a ruined wasteland with nothing but each other. Due to the building's high protective value, such as magnetically locked doors, bullet proof windows, and first aid stations, many survivors flocked to the school, where Austin and Amelia unexpectedly found themselves becoming the founders of the Neutral Zone settlement: a pacifistic community that would serve as a protective haven for wanderers.

Episode Two
Austin makes his main appearance in Jack of all Trades as the settlement guard, where he halts a firefight between Shaun Maher, Jack Harkin, and two mercenaries. Not wanting to bring violence to the peaceful settlement, Austin orders the intruders to back down. Shaun, always one to manipulate events to his favor, claims that there's a four to one odd against Austin, but as he says this the two raiders flee, uninterested in being involved in a full-on shootout that could attract more combatants. Jack, more thankful than Shaun, attempts to ease the situation, but when Austin persists that that the two should leave, Shaun kills Austin, then frames his death on the Raiders in order to gain sympathy with Amelia, who calls Austin through a mobile walkie-talkie, urgently asking for a situation report. Shaun tells Amelia that Austin died during the raid, and he did all he could to help.

Episode Three
Austin appears in several flashbacks, as Jack pieces together that Shaun now has framed him for the death of Austin, hence why Amelia interrogates him at gunpoint and demands he explain himself.