History Characters / TheWalkingDeadNovels

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: The first thing he does upon his transformation into 'Philip Blake' is empty his revolver into 'Major' Gavin. [[AssholeVictim He's not going to lose sympathy points from the readers for that one.]]]]

* PapaWolf: His driving obsession is keeping Penny safe at all costs. [[spoiler: Even after her becoming a zombie, he just ''can't'' bring himself to put her down for good.]]

* SirSwearsALot

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: After he becomes "Philip", his "Brian" persona is mostly submerged and forced to watch helplessly and protest feebly at the Governor's atrocities. It's written rather like Philip's spirit is possessing his brother's body.]]

* OnlySaneMan: Both him and Alice.

* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Alongside Doctor Stevens.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Dear ''Lord''... [[spoiler: Throughout the novel it was assume that his brother will be the one to become The Governor but however at the end it turns out it was ''Brian'' who ends up becoming The Governor who also took his brother's name and takes up his appearance as well.]]

* DespairEventHorizon: Seeing his civilization completely fall apart around him, spending months roaming from place to place, trying desperately to survive attacks from zombies and bandits, seeing his niece [[spoiler: and brother]] shot to death in front of him and being unable to stop either happening, witness beforehand[[spoiler: his brother going batshit insane and turn into a torturer and murderer before his friend shoots him like a rabid dog, causing him (Brian) to shoot said friend in a fit of rage and then go catatonic for the next 24 hours]], and finally being stuck in a [[WretchedHive town]] lorded over by a bunch of corrupt, dictatorial National Guardsmen who shoot anyone who so much as speaks out against them... yup, that did it.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: See AndIMustScream. The part of him that is still Brian is absolutely appalled and horrified at the Governor's actions, particularly his [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape of Michonne.]] ]]
* NiceGuy: [[spoiler: Well, he ''was''...]]

* MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe: [[spoiler: Assumes Phiip's name and even his personality after he dies, effectively convincing himself that he is Philip]].

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:''Fall of the Governer'' retcons his fairly quick comic death into this; the bullet with was a .22 round that just paralyzed him, and for a few minutes he felt the zombies eat him.]]

* BadassMustache: As befits the future Governor, he has a notable Fu Manchu/horseshoe number. [[spoiler: Only, he isn't the Governor; ''Brian'' later adopts the 'stache after assuming Philip's identity and... less desirable personality traits following his death.]]

* BadassMoustache: [[spoiler:He adopts the comicbook Governor's distinctive mustache as part of his "Philip Blake" identity.]]

Brian is the much more meek and less physically capable brother of Philip. [[spoiler: He is the man who becomes the Governor, taking Philip's name after his death. See the comic series page for more info on him]].

* {{Adorkable}}: [[spoiler: Ironically, given who and what he becomes, he starts out as a gentle, hapless music geek.]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Dear ''Lord''... [[spoiler: Throughout the novel it was assume that his brother will be the one to become The Governor but however at the end it turns out it was Brian who ends up becoming The Governor who also took his brother's name and takes up his appearance as well.]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Dear ''Lord''...

* OnlySaneMan: Becomes this for the group after Penny dies; Brian tries to rationalize Philip's increasingly unstable behavior, but Nick is the one to recognize that something needs to be done about it.

* YourCheatingHeart: He sleeps with Megan behind his wife's back.

* RevengeByProxy: [[spoiler: ''Rise of the Governor'' reveals that Brian's "crazy" Jamaican wife divorced him shortly before the ZombieApocalypse began. Given what the Governor [[ColdBloodedTorture later]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil does]] to Michonne, it's a [[FridgeHorror possible]] [[FridgeBrilliance hint]] that he's venting some ''very'' ugly feelings that he held towards his ex-wife onto Michonne because she reminds him of her.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: Goes from the dweeby brother of Philip who can't even get a headshot on a walker to [[spoiler: the most dangerous villain in the Walking Dead universe, barring ''maybe'' Negan.]].
* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler: Naturally, considering that he changes from a harmless guy to the monster from the comics that we know and love (to hate)]].

* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler: It is he who eventually becomes the Governor]].

[[folder: Brian Blake]]

[[folder: Penny Blake]]

[[folder: Nick Parsons]]

[[folder: Bobby Marsh]]

* SupremeChef: He was a master cook before the ZombieApocalypse and even comes up with the idea of preparing a fancy dinner for Lilly with salvaged food supplies. [[spoiler:Sadly, he dies before he ever gets the chance to fulfill this dream.]]
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler: Shot in the head out of nowhere.]]

See [[spoiler: Brian Blake]].

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* HeroAntagonist: Despite her increasingly {{Jerkass}} persona, an overweight stoner [[spoiler:single-handedly kicking a group of strong men out of her apartment building — having safely disarmed them in their sleep — because one of them raped her sister and she's (presumably) too traumatised to ever face them again]] is a pretty brave act. Too bad most of the group never learn of the justification behind her actions, making her seem like a heartless villain who turns on them for no good reason.

* HeroAntagonist: Despite her increasingly {{Jerkass}} persona, [[spoiler:single-handedly kicking a group of strong men out of your apartment building — having safely disarmed them in their sleep — because one of them raped your sister and she's (presumably) too traumatised to ever face them again is a pretty brave act.]] Too bad most of the group never learn of the justification behind her actions, making her seem like a heartless villain who turns on them for no good reason.

* BadassGrandpa: He may be old, frail and hooked up to a breathing machine, but that won't stop him from confronting you with a shotgun if he thinks you might be a threat to his girls.

* TookALevelInBadass: Goes from the dweeby brother of Philip who can't even get a headshot on a walker to [[spoiler: the most dangerous villain in the Walking Dead universe]].

[[folder: Brian Blake/[[spoiler: "Philip Blake"/The Governor]]]]

* {{Badass}}

The main protagonist of the Road To Woodbury novel who finds her self struggling with the recent loss of her father in the ZombieApocalypse while also dealing with the other survivors and possibly even forming a romance with one of her close friends. She is the same character who appears in issue 48 of [[TheWalkingDead the comic]] and [[spoiler:kills the governor for making her shoot Lori (Rick's wife) and Judith, who was only a baby.]]