Before the destruction of Habberdale, Peter was a street cleaner. Not a very respectable job. He is not very smart or courageous and has no battle experience. He didn't fight in the battle, but ran away when it first started. Peter was too nervous to volunteer to be a lineman when the team first formed. But, after Neal Gerhoff was killed in the team's second game, Peter was given a tough choice: to either watch the few survivers of his town struggle to survive or step up and put his own health on the line. He chose the right thing, but is still quite fearful of the game.