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* ActionGirl: Downplayed. She manages to kill off an infected guard by jamming a sword through its throat. When Yeong-shin is about to be surrounded by guards, she runs over to one of them and hits them over the head with a shovel. Despite this, however, she's physician first and not a trained fighter, which makes her will to survive even more noticeable.
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* ActionGirl: Downplayed. She manages to kill off an infected guard by jamming a sword through its throat. When Yeong-shin is about to be surrounded by guards, she runs over to one of them and hits them over the head with a shovel. Despite this, however, she's a physician first and not a trained fighter, which makes her will to survive even more noticeable.
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* NonActionGuy: Since he's a noble, he doesn't fight. Even in the final battle of season 2 when he picks up a sword to fight alongside the others, he's clearly out of his depth and is running more often than killing a zombie.
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* NonActionGuy: Since he's a noble, he doesn't fight. Even in the final battle of season 2 when he picks up a sword to fight alongside the others, he's clearly out of his depth and is running more often than killing a zombie. To his credit, he still killed a few in battle.
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* FakePregnancy: [[spoiler: She was never actually pregnant, but faked it and plans on stealing a baby from one of the pregnant women under her care and claim that baby as the heir to the throne.]]
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* FakePregnancy: [[spoiler: She was never actually pregnant, but faked it After losing her own child via miscarriage, she fakes that everything is normal and plans on stealing a baby from one of the pregnant women under her care and claim that baby as the heir to the throne.]]
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* WarriorPrince: Chang is a capable military commander, though he knows when to listen to his more experienced subordinate officers. He organizes the defense of Sangju against a zombie horde, and is quite skilled with a sword himself.
* TheWisePrince: Lee Chang is, at first, the only member of the royal court who realizes something is wrong, and only manages to convince the nobles, bureaucrats, and military that the zombies are real by bringing one in front of them.
* TheWisePrince: Lee Chang is, at first, the only member of the royal court who realizes something is wrong, and only manages to convince the nobles, bureaucrats, and military that the zombies are real by bringing one in front of them.
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* HumanPincushion: [[spoiler: Mu-yeong ends up succumbing to his injuries of being shot by of arrows]].
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* HumanPincushion: [[spoiler: Mu-yeong ends up succumbing to his injuries of being shot by of arrows]].
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* DirtyCoward: Left the surviving commoners at the docks while he and the other nobles took the last ship. As the Five Armies come to arrest Lee Chang, he tries to convince Seo-bi to run away with him and she calls him out for his cowardice. At least when boarding the does look a little guilty doing so.
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* DirtyCoward: Left the surviving commoners at the docks while he and the other nobles took the last ship. As the Five Armies come to arrest Lee Chang, he tries to convince Seo-bi to run away with him and she calls him out for his cowardice. At least when boarding the he does look a little guilty doing so.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Not at first, but of the Haewon Cho Clan, the only morally good member is Beom-pal, who's a pretty decent man and actually does wish to help people rather than use them as tools. Unfortunately, he's a doormat for bad advisors and he's loyal to the clan, including the evil Cho Hak-ju, so he ends up causing as much death as his crueler relatives (he's responsible for a lot of deaths at Jiyulheon and his acting on Cho Hak-ju's orders leads directly to Mu-yeong's death). By season 2, he slowly realizes the heinous deeds his family is committing and when reading out the executions for innocent civilians be tried as traitors to be beheaded, he can't make himself go through with the order.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Not at first, but of the Haewon Cho Clan, the [[WhiteSheep only morally good member member]] is Beom-pal, who's a pretty decent man and actually does wish to help people rather than use them as tools. Unfortunately, he's a doormat for bad advisors and he's loyal to the clan, including the evil Cho Hak-ju, so he ends up causing as much death as his crueler relatives (he's responsible for a lot of deaths at Jiyulheon and his acting on Cho Hak-ju's orders leads directly to Mu-yeong's death). By season 2, he slowly realizes the heinous deeds his family is committing and when reading out the executions for innocent civilians be tried as traitors to be beheaded, he can't make himself go through with the order.
* EvilChancellor: Plots with his daughter to seize the throne.
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* FakePregnancy: [[spoiler: She was never actually pregnant, but faked it and plans on stealing one of the pregnant women's baby under her care and claim that baby as the heir to the throne.]]
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: She's partly responsible for the zombie outbreak, and she unleashes a hoard of zombies to kill everyone who opposes her.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: She's partly responsible for the zombie outbreak, and she unleashes a hoard of zombies to kill everyone who opposes her.
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* FakePregnancy: [[spoiler: She was never actually pregnant, but faked it and plans on stealing a baby from one of the pregnant women's baby women under her care and claim that baby as the heir to the throne.]]
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: She's partly responsible for the zombie outbreak, and she unleashes ahoard horde of zombies to kill everyone who opposes her.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: She's partly responsible for the zombie outbreak, and she unleashes a
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[[folder: ''SPOILER CHARACTER'']]''The King'']]
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seonjo_of_Joseon Sejono of Josen]]. Though recorded history clearly doesn't match up with the events of the series.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seonjo_of_Joseon Sejono Seonjo of Josen]].Joseon]]. Though recorded history clearly doesn't match up with the events of the series.
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The son of Mu-yeong, forcibly abducted/adopted by Queen Cho so she could claim him to be her son by the King. After the TimeSkip he is the young King of Josen.
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The son of Mu-yeong, forcibly abducted/adopted by Queen Cho so she could claim him to be her son by the King. After the TimeSkip he is the young King of Josen.Joseon.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seonjo_of_Joseon Sejono of Josen.]] though recorded history dosen't match up with the events of the series.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seonjo_of_Joseon Sejono of Josen.]] though Josen]]. Though recorded history dosen't clearly doesn't match up with the events of the series.
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* SonOfAWhore/HeroicBastard: He's the son of a concubine, albeit an acknowledged one and fully expected to become king if his father has no other male children. This is why Queen Cho is so desperate to have a son.
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* SonOfAWhore/HeroicBastard: SonOfAWhore: He's the son of a concubine, albeit an acknowledged one and fully expected to become king if his father has no other male children. This is why Queen Cho is so desperate to have a son.
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* SomeoneToRemeberHimBy: A downplayed example; his (real) father was killed a few days before he was born.
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* SomeoneToRemeberHimBy: SomeoneToRememberHimBy: A downplayed example; his (real) father was killed a few days before he was born.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He's loosely based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwanghaegun_of_Joseon Gwanghaegun of Joseon,]] being the son of a concubine with a[[spoiler:n allegedly]] legitimate younger brother born shortly before his father's death. [[spoiler: His abdication of the throne at the end of season 2 is completely ahistorical.]]
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[[folder: King of Joseon]]
The current ruler of the Joseon dynasty. Has been dead since the start of the series, but his reanimated corpse is the first zombie of the outbreak.
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* CameBackWrong
* DeadAllAlong: Died of smallpox before the series started. The Haewon Cho clan is pretending he's alive so they can rule by proxy until a prince is born.
* ELCidPloy: Is used in one by Cho Hak-ju, who takes it to the next level by having him turned into a zombie.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seonjo_of_Joseon Sejono of Josen.]] though recorded history dosen't match up with the events of the series.
* NoNameGiven: Is only ever referred to by his titles.
* OffWithHisHead: How Lee Chang eventually puts him down for good.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Both the political storyline and the zombie plague storyline.
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!!King Lee Yuom
The son of Mu-yeong, forcibly abducted/adopted by Queen Cho so she could claim him to be her son by the King. After the TimeSkip he is the young King of Josen.
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* ScarsAreForever: The bite marks he received as a newborn are still visible 7 years later. [[spoiler: Worryingly, there still seems to be an active plague worm in them.]]
* SomeoneToRemeberHimBy: A downplayed example; his (real) father was killed a few days before he was born.
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* LawOfInverseFertility: [[spoiler:Despite repeated treatments she could never conceive and took drastic measures to manufacture an heir.]]
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* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler: With his uncle and his cousins dead, he's indeed the last living member of the Haewon Cho clan we know of. It's unclear whether there are others; but considering that Cho Hak-ju grudgingly mentioned that after the death of his son, he was the next in line as the clan's leader, it's unlikely that there are any others.]]
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* ButtMonkey: A lot of unfortunate things happen to him that cause him to be the butt of jokes. Such as Seo-bi mistaking him for a monster and believing he has gonorrhea.
* CrazyJealousGuy: He's not that crazy, but he does get a little jealous when he sees Seo-bi holding onto Yeong-shin while they're riding. Even in the finale of season 2 while he takes up a sword to fight, he's still running into situations that turn into moments of comedy because of him.
* CrazyJealousGuy: He's not that crazy, but he does get a little jealous when he sees Seo-bi holding onto Yeong-shin while they're riding. Even in the finale of season 2 while he takes up a sword to fight, he's still running into situations that turn into moments of comedy because of him.
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* ButtMonkey: A lot of unfortunate things happen to him that cause him to be the butt of jokes. Such as Seo-bi mistaking him for a monster and believing he has gonorrhea. \n* CrazyJealousGuy: He's not that crazy, but he does get a little jealous when he sees Seo-bi holding onto Yeong-shin while they're riding. Even in the finale of season 2 while he takes up a sword to fight, he's still running into situations that turn into moments of comedy because of him.
* CrazyJealousGuy: He's not that crazy, but he does seem to get a little jealous when he sees Seo-bi holding onto Yeong-shin while they're riding.
* CrazyJealousGuy: He's not that crazy, but he does seem to get a little jealous when he sees Seo-bi holding onto Yeong-shin while they're riding.
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* CombatPragmatist: He's good at sneak attacks and is quick on his feet. Even when his gun becomes useless, he simply uses it as a club.
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* CombatPragmatist: He's good at sneak attacks and attacks, is quick on his feet.feet and uses anything and everything on hand to take out his enemies. Even when his gun becomes useless, he simply uses it as a club.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[spoiler: Even seven years after they've managed to stop the virus from spreading and Seobi accompanies Chang to travel and learn more about it, Beom-pal still seems to be holding a torch for her. However, he doesn't appear jealous and instead sounds assured that neither Chang nor Seobi will have troubles if they are together.]]
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* CrazyJealousGuy: He's not that crazy, but he does get a little jealous when he sees Seo-bi holding onto Yeong-shin while they're riding. Even in the finale of season 2 while he takes up a sword to fight, he's still running into situations that turn into moments of comedy because of him.
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* RescueRomance: He falls for Seo-bi when she saves him from the guard that gets bitten. The next day he proposes to her, but she doesn't get the hint and thinks he's looking for a physician.
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* NonActionGuy: Since he's a noble, he doesn't fight. Even in the final battle of season 2 when he picks up a sword to fight alongside the others, he's clearly out of his depth and is running more often than killing a zombie.
* RescueRomance: He falls for Seo-bi when she saves him from the guard that gets bitten. The next day he proposes to her, but she doesn't get the hint and thinks he's looking for a physician. He also spends most of the story trying to keep her safe and worries for her wellbeing.
* RescueRomance: He falls for Seo-bi when she saves him from the guard that gets bitten. The next day he proposes to her, but she doesn't get the hint and thinks he's looking for a physician. He also spends most of the story trying to keep her safe and worries for her wellbeing.
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* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler: She willingly gets bitten and comes back as a zombie.]]
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* BadassBoast: "If I can't have the throne... well then... no one can!"
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Not at first, but of the Haewon Cho Clan, the only morally good member is Beom-pal, who's a pretty decent man and actually does wish to help people rather than use them as tools. Unfortunately, he's a doormat for bad advisors and he's loyal to the clan, including the evil Cho Hak-ju, so he ends up causing as much death as his crueler relatives (he's responsible for a lot of deaths at Jiyulheon and his acting on Cho Hak-ju's orders leads directly to Mu-yeong's death).
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Not at first, but of the Haewon Cho Clan, the only morally good member is Beom-pal, who's a pretty decent man and actually does wish to help people rather than use them as tools. Unfortunately, he's a doormat for bad advisors and he's loyal to the clan, including the evil Cho Hak-ju, so he ends up causing as much death as his crueler relatives (he's responsible for a lot of deaths at Jiyulheon and his acting on Cho Hak-ju's orders leads directly to Mu-yeong's death). By season 2, he slowly realizes the heinous deeds his family is committing and when reading out the executions for innocent civilians be tried as traitors to be beheaded, he can't make himself go through with the order.
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* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Near the end of his life as he delivers what little information he had to his prince to save his wife, Lee Chang holds him close as he cries.]]
* HappilyMarried: To his wife. Before leaving, he wonders how a man like him had such a loving wife and in the past even went out of his way to try and steal some snacks from Lee Chang's plate when he was asleep so he could give her some food.
* HappilyMarried: To his wife. Before leaving, he wonders how a man like him had such a loving wife and in the past even went out of his way to try and steal some snacks from Lee Chang's plate when he was asleep so he could give her some food.
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* DeterminedDoctor: The main reason she didn't burn the corpses of her infected friends was because she believed she could find a way to cure them. This becomes her ultimate goal.
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* DeterminedDoctor: The main reason she didn't burn the corpses of her infected friends was because she believed she could find a way to cure them. This becomes her ultimate goal. [[spoiler: In season 2, she finds the cause of the virus and how to stop someone from getting fully infected, but is far from making an actual cure.]]
* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler: After his daughter poisons him with the tea he drank, he slowly starts to cough up blood and eventually dies as he crawls towards her.]]
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's utterly vile, but not even he approves of his daughter's plan.
* FacialHorror: A zombie bites off part of his face.
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[[folder: Queen Consort Cho]]
--> '''Played by:''' Kim Hye-jun
The king's new wife and Lee Chang's stepmother.
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