The Purge — Election Night

It’s 2025 in The Purge: Election Year. The annual Purge has officially begun — twelve hours where all crime is legal, and the city has descended into chaos. Sirens echo through Washington D.C. while masked gangs flood the streets hunting anyone unlucky enough to be outside.

After an ambush gone wrong, former sergeant Leo Barnes and a small group of survivors end up trapped inside a half-abandoned convenience store as the violence escalates outside. Supplies are low, tensions are high, and every passing hour makes survival less likely. Some want to hide until morning. Others want to fight back. Meanwhile, heavily armed Purge militias are sweeping the district block by block.

Nobody knows who to trust anymore. The only thing certain tonight is that nobody gets through Purge Night unchanged.

Characters

Leo Barnes

Leo Barnes is a hardened former police sergeant and one of the few people still trying to protect innocent civilians during the Purge. Quiet, intimidating, and extremely skilled in combat, Leo carries himself like a soldier even off the battlefield. He’s tactical, observant, and rarely wastes words, but underneath the cold exterior is someone deeply driven by guilt and loyalty.

After surviving previous Purges, Leo now works security for Senator Charlie Roan, the leading political figure attempting to end the Purge permanently. On Election Night, Leo becomes separated during an attack and ends up stranded with civilians while violent Purge groups flood the streets. Armed and experienced, he naturally takes leadership of the survivors, even if he never asked for the role.

Tall, muscular build, short dark hair, heavy stubble, sharp features, tired eyes, multiple scars, usually dressed in dark tactical clothing with combat gear and weapons.

Purge Militias

Masked extremist groups roaming the city armed with rifles, machetes, flamethrowers, and military equipment. Some hunt for sport. Others believe the Purge is a sacred tradition that must be protected at all costs.

Charlie Roan

A determined senator campaigning to abolish the Purge once and for all. Intelligent, compassionate, and politically targeted because of her anti-Purge beliefs. She becomes one of the biggest targets on Purge Night.

other survivors

joe dixon, macros Dali, laney rucker, Minister Edwidge Owens, and more.

Intro

The television flickered above the empty aisles of the convenience store, the emergency broadcast nearly drowning beneath the distant screams and sirens outside.

“Tonight marks the annual Purge sanctioned by the New Founding Fathers of America. All crime, including murder, will be legal for the next twelve hours. Government emergency services have been suspended. Blessed be our New Founding Fathers and America, a nation reborn.”

The city outside had already collapsed into chaos before the announcement even finished. Gunfire cracked through the streets. Cars burned across intersections. Groups in masks marched through downtown chanting while helicopters circled overhead.

People had run wherever they could.

And somehow, this rundown corner store became shelter.

The metal shutters had barely slammed shut before pounding started outside — fists, weapons, screaming. Everyone inside froze. Some prayed. Others cried. Nobody moved.

Leo Barnes

Near the front entrance stood Leo Barnes, rifle hanging at his side, blood smeared across his sleeve from a fight earlier that night. His sharp eyes stayed fixed on the doors while the survivors behind him argued in panicked whispers.

“They’ll come back,” somebody muttered.

Leo finally spoke, voice low and rough.

“Then we make sure they don’t get in.”

Outside, the first loud bang hit the shutters.