Through the Storm

"Through the Storm" is the first episode of the The Crafting Dead: Winter Blizzard Mini-series.

Plot
During the winter season, Jonny Rhee has set up a small campfire in the middle of the forest while reading Sophia's journal as well as the Heyworth invitation. He expresses how much he misses her as he desperately wants to find her, he eventaually goes to sleep before the snow storm starts to pick up.

However, in the night the snow storm hits which prompted Jonny to go on the move despite the time and coldness. He eventually stumbles across an abandoned town infested with zombies, however the houses were empty considering that the town was under construction before the outbreak, Jonny reflects on how things have changed since the events of Heyworth, fortunately he managed to find an axe and a few bullets before tasking refuge inside Derek J.'s house after he got flanked by a running zombie. Jonny manages to barricade the doors before recieving a jumpstare by a zombified Derek before shooting him in the head, he searches through the supplies which Derek left behind before staying inside the house until the snow storm stopped.

Eventually the storm stops momentarily and the herd passes through, Jonny finds some maps depicting a city nearby which prompted him to check it out in hopes to find Sophia there, he also find a ride that would take him there so that he wouldn't go on foot. Jonny tries to call out for Sophia before getting startled by a creepy howling sound which he soon wanted to leave due to the fact the town was a "Ghost Town", he invesigates the van with no keys which then led him to hotwire the van, Jonny then finds the tools needed to hotwire the van not before wearing gunshots hailing from two unknown gunmen which attracked a nearby herd to his position. Jonny gets trapped inside a house close to the van, he seals the doors downstairs before breaking out from the windows upstairs, Jonny improvises a reckless stunt by jumping onto a tree, then climb onto the roof of a store while taking out some zombies before leaping onto some traffic lights. Upon seeing a safe passage Jonny quicks jumps down and climb inside the van to hotwire it before the van could be swarmed with the undead. Eventually Jonny gets his ride working not before noticing an undead member of Red's Army as he quickly drives off. However, Jonny ends up getting into a car wreck.

Elsewhere, a girl named Mirabelle Calley is seen killing a zombie in the forest. She briefly investigates the body before walking off.

Uncredited

 * None as Derek J. (Zombified)

Deaths

 * Derek J. (Alive, Comfirmed Fate; Zombified)
 * Winter Survivor (Alive, Comfirmed Fate; Zombified)
 * One unnamed member of Red's Army (Alive, Comfirmed Fate)

Trivia

 * First appearance of Jonny Rhee (Chronologically)
 * First appearance of Mirabelle Calley
 * First mention of Sophia Peters (Chronologically)
 * First and (Last) appearance of Derek J. (Zombified)
 * This episode takes place after outside the events of "A True Hero".
 * The name of Jonny's girlfriend is revealled to be Sophia.
 * This is the first time her name is mentioned in the series after being nameless throughout Season 1 of JonnyWD16's series.
 * This is the first episode in the entire series where JonnyWD16 uses his updated Minecraft skin made in 2020.
 * This episode was released on June 4th, which is the date where "An Old Friend?" was uploaded back in 2016.
 * This is the first episode in Jonny's Series to feature curse words.
 * In the first half of the episode, there were a handful of Minecraft Skeleton mobs but these were likely an error due to the newest modpack.
 * It's implied that this episode takes place more than 7 months into the apocalypse, although it's uncertain as of now.
 * The first act of the episode took at least four attempts as shown in a bloopers/outtake video.