Franklin Clinton

Franklin is one of the three main protagonists in the dark post apocalyptic world of The Gathering.

"What the fuck you gone done? You just gave them our location. Now we gotta get the motherfucker outta here.? "

- Franklin annoyed with Wade after hacking into the Quaratine's database.

Pre-Apocalypse
Before the Coronavirus outbreak, Franklin spent some months in jail for a gang shoot-out. Despite his actions, Franklin is said to be a loving, generious man. On the night of the outbreak began, he witnesses a guard being mualed by two fellow prisoners (zombies), the prison then goes into lockdown. After many hours, and the prison overrun with zombies, Franklin manages to escape into the city.

Post-Apocalypse
After a year of escaping jail, he comes to the aid of Tommy Vercetti after a car crash, he shoots dead Tommy's wife after she attempts to attack him. Before talking, they escape to safety and head to the old abandoned church to patch up. As Tommy and Franklin get to know eachother, Franklin introduces Tommy to his group.

During one night on a perimitar check, Tommy and Franklin come across a young girl in the woods who is armed. They manage to gain her trust and she is revealed to be Maria Clarke, she had been on the run ever since her guardian commited suicide. When the duo take her back to the church, everyone, mostly including Terrence believe she is bitten. (which was true).

Maria tells them that her guardian brought her back to the US illegally before her parents died of the virus when she was a newborn. she claims she got bit when she was 3 years old and she never turned. They soon believed her story when Wade gets infected and turns.