Martin Peters

Martin Peters is a fictional character in Doggieboy's Apocalyptic Daria. A young man in his late teens, Martin is staying at the Carthage UMC Rescue Center with his parents and working as one of the guards when Daria Morgendorffer and Jane Lane arrive in search of medical treatment after an attack by feral dogs.

While Daria and Martin share a watch together, they end up saving each other's lives during a raider attack, but Martin is wounded in the process. Kathy performs emergency surgery which saves his life.

Before the attack, Martin asked Daria to be his girlfriend, but she turned him down and they became friends instead. Despite her initial refuasal, there is a definite romantic spark between the two as well as friendship, which is seen by Jane as well as Martin's parents. It is also evident in a dream Daria has in which she and Martin spend a romantic interlude together. Despite her reaction at Trent arriving at Carthage with a woman he identifies as 'his girlfriend', Daria and Martin do spend time together alone. It is unknown if they have consummated an intimate relationship.

Martin is a well-read young man (his favorite work is [ The Odyssey], a fan of Sick, Sad World, and adept in the ways of hunting and wilderness survival. Even though he and his family are at Carthage for mutual self-protection and community support, he and his family are from the area. Martin's mother also has a sister, Mary, who was a professor at George Washington University, and was scheduled to attend a field trip to Mount Vernon with her class on Black Saturday. Her fate remains unknown.

Martin also keeps a personal stash of treats, including various chocolate-style items and Gummi Bears, which he rotates occasionally to ensure the freshness of the products. He has done so faithfully for several years, ever since a severe winter storm caused his family to be snowed in and he went without chocolates for a month. He is also fond of game dishes, including squirrel and dumplings with cornbread.