In the ensuring Battle, he loses his mother, sister, and nephew to the undead hordes; ridden by guilt, asks Valerie to turn him into a vampire to protect the last remaining humans the best he can.
In the ensuring battle he loses his sister, and nephew to the undead horde; his mother dies dies of a heart attack during the same event. Ridden by guilt, he asks Valerie to turn him into a vampire to protect the last remaining humans as best as he can.