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The Living

In General

"Boy there's got a gang, 30 men. They have heavy artillery and they ain't looking to make friends. They roll through here, our boys are dead. And our women, they're gonna wish they were."

— Daryl Dixon

A nomadic group of hostile scavengers traveling southward down the east coast. They prey upon other survivors, robbing, raping, and killing them. Originally formed in Philadelphia, they eventually make their way to Georgia, where a small group of them have a bloody encounter with Rick's group before moving on.

Adaptation Expansion: The Walking Dead Social Game expands on them a bit. Their leader is a man named Harlan, who believes that reverting to primitive ways will prevent future outbreaks. Sean has a brother named Willie, who goes to search for him after Dave and Tony's group disappears, but he is killed by walkers.
Apocalypse Cult: They have taken a blood oath and reverted to primitive, tribal ways so as to never experience an apocalyptic outbreak again.
Canon Foreigner: Never appeared in the comic.
Decomposite Character: The group has no comic counterpart, but their role in the story as the Wake-Up Call Boss to introduce the theme of hostile human survivors being more dangerous than the dead was originally possessed by Thomas Richards in the comic.
Disaster Scavengers: They roam the countryside taking whatever they want by force.
The Dreaded: Once the group encounters them, they become morbidly afraid of them and for good reason, since they're outnumbered and outgunned.
The Ghost:
- Jane is mentioned by Nate but is never shown.
- The rest of the group outside of Dave, Nate, Randall, Sean, and Tony are never seen but only mentioned.
Greater-Scope Villain: This group's appearance rocks Rick's group to the core. It's the threat of this much larger, heavily-armed group that becomes a driving force behind the conflict over what to do with Randall for the rest of Season 2.
Humans Are the Real Monsters: They introduce the concept that, in the middle of a global Zombie Apocalypse, other living people are also a genuine threat.
Karma Houdini:
- Aside from the few members who appear and are killed, the majority of the Living go unpunished for the atrocities they have committed.
- Averted in The Walking Dead Social Game, where a large amount of the group is killed and their leader Harlan is captured by Woodbury and likely executed.
Knight of Cerebus: While the show was dark before they arrived, it hadn't begun to plumb the depths people could sink to after the end of civilization.
Mythology Gag: They mention having initially headed towards a refugee camp near Washington, D.C.
Named by the Adaptation: The Walking Dead Social Game reveals that the group calls itself The Living.
Not Using the "Z" Word: They call zombies "lamebrains" and "roamers."
Nothing Is Scarier: Aside from a small group of them consisting of Dave, Tony, Randall, Sean, and Nate, we never see the rest of the Living or their camp. Furthermore, most of their horrific actions are described, not shown, leaving them up to the viewers' imaginations.
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: They commit gang-rape.
Smurfette Principle: Jane is the only confirmed female of the group.
The Unfought: Rick's group only ever encounters a five-man scouting party of them.

Dave

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"...ain't nobody's hands clean in what's left of this world."

Portrayed By: Michael Raymond-James

Voiced By: Salvador Aldeguer (Spanish dub), Martin Kautz (German dub), Mark Lesser (French dub)

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 2)

A member of the Living from Philadelphia who meets Rick, Glenn, and Hershel in a bar in Georgia in an intense encounter that ends in his death at Rick's hands.

Boom, Headshot!: He is slower at the quick draw than Rick.
Canon Foreigner: Never appeared in the comics.
Deadpan Snarker: Most of his lines are snarky attempts to get Rick and the others to open up.
Fat and Skinny: The skinny to Tony's fat.
Faux Affably Evil: He is extremely polite in his conversation with Rick, Glenn, and Hershel, but the entire time something seems off about him; he just keeps pushing at Rick's stonewall responses. After Rick refuses repeatedly to take Dave and Tony to their camp, he reveals his true colors and goes for his gun.
Good Cop/Bad Cop: He's the Good Cop to Tony's Bad Cop. He's polite and talkative, putting Rick, Hershel, and Glenn at their ease. Glenn buys it. Rick and Hershel don't.
Perma-Stubble: Has a trimmed Beard of Evil-esque one.
Small Role, Big Impact: He's Rick's first human kill, and the one who really opens his eyes and leaves him rattled about how dangerous humans can be.
We Hardly Knew Ye: Dies in his debut episode not five minutes after being introduced.

Tony

Portrayed By: Aaron Munoz

Voiced By: Txema Moscoso (Spanish dub), Karl Jürgen Sihler (German dub)

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 2)

Dave's fatter friend who traveled with him from Philadelphia, Tony is a lot ruder than Dave. He was killed alongside Dave by Rick when they attempted to force him to reveal where his camp was.

Canon Foreigner: Never appeared in the comics.
Coup de Grâce: Rick shoots him once each in the shoulder and gut, then finishes him off with a bullet to the head.
Fat and Skinny: The fat to Dave's skinny.
Fat Bastard: He's overweight and a rather unpleasant person.
Fat Slob: Aside from his unkempt look, he pees on the floor in front of everyone!
Good Cop/Bad Cop: While Dave puts the good guys at their ease, Tony has more of a temper. He's also casually misogynistic and pisses on the floor.
Jerkass: Unlike Dave, he makes no effort at trying to be friendly.
One-Steve Limit: There is a Claimer named Tony in Season 4.
Perma-Stubble: See the picture.
Politically Incorrect Villain: His concern for "cooze" is disturbingly out of place.
Suddenly Shouting: When he explodes that he'd be willing to kill the trio, Dave steps in to calm the situation, but even Glenn realizes this isn't as casual and friendly as Dave would like it to seem.
Urine Trouble: It's his inappropriate choice of places to tinkle which drives the point home that he and Dave are probably not good news.
We Hardly Knew Ye: Tony is violent and pees where ever he likes... and that's about all we get of him before Rick takes him out.

Randall

Randall Culver

"I'm just some guy."

Portrayed By: Michael Zegen

Voiced By: Óscar Castellanos (Spanish dub), Sebastian Fitzner (German dub), Stéphane Marais (French dub), Gabriele Patriarca (Italian dub)

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 2)

A young man who went to school with Maggie and joined the Living when they got to Georgia. He is captured by Rick's group, forcing them to come to a decision on what to do with him. Shane later frees and kills him, causing him to reanimate and he is put down by Glenn.

Ain't Too Proud to Beg:
- Frantically says whatever he can to keep Rick and Shane from pulling the trigger on him.
- He also pleads Rick, Glenn, and Hershel not to leave him behind in "Triggerfinger."
Ambiguously Evil: We never quite find out whether he's truly dangerous or not before he's murdered by Shane.
And Then John Was a Zombie: Turns into a walker after Shane snaps his neck, and is put down by Glenn.
Asshole Victim: Possibly. It depends on if you believe he really was innocent the whole time.
Be Careful What You Wish For: He begged Rick and Shane not to leave him behind and wanted to be taken back to the farm rather than to be left alone to fend for himself in "18 Miles Out." They do eventually take him back to the Greene farm where's subsequentially tortured by Daryl and nearly hung in the barn before he's finally killed off by Shane via Neck Snap.
Blatant Lies: He was lying about knowing where his group was, as he happily complies with Shane's faux request to be brought to them. It's implied that he was telling the truth otherwise.
Bound and Gagged: How Rick and Shane keep him for most of "18 Miles Out".
Butt-Monkey: He gets impaled through the leg when he fails to jump off a roof, gets trussed up in a car, left for dead accidentally by Rick and Shane and told repeatedly to shut up by them. Then, he gets tortured by Daryl and nearly executed. And then he gets his neck snapped by Shane and becomes a walker.
Canon Foreigner: Never appeared in the comics.
Car Fu: He crushes a walker's head in while driving in "18 Miles Out".
Hope Spot:
- After saying he knew Maggie from high school, Rick and Shane rescind their decision to leave him behind. But rather than being seen as an asset, he's seen as more of a threat to the farm's safety instead, which leads to him being imprisoned, tortured, and nearly executed by the group.
- Right after Shane tells him that he wants to set him free and join his group, he snaps his neck. And this was after Rick decided to set him free as well.
Left for Dead: He was on the receiving end of this, courtesy of Nate after he impaled his leg on a fence pike.
Motor Mouth: Notes this himself, telling Shane he talks a lot when nervous.
Neck Snap: How Shane kills him after leading him into the woods.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero / Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: By saying that he knew Maggie from high school, the group now sees him as a bigger than threat than they thought him to be leading them to keep him prisoner and consider executing him.
Please, Don't Leave Me: He does this when Nate decides to abandon him when he's impaled his leg on a fence pike. He also says this to Rick, Glenn, and Hershel, with a better result.
Roof Hopping: He tries this and fails spectacularly.
Saying Too Much: When Daryl is interrogating him, he mentions that his group gang-raped two teenage girls in front of their father, but insists he did not participate. Daryl doesn't believe him.
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Randall staying alive is what exacerbates the conflict between Rick and Shane until their eventual breaking point.
Villain Has a Point: He does make a good point when he says that it was pointless for Rick to rescue him if he'll just leave him Bound and Gagged for the walkers.
Weak, but Skilled: He was able to cut his leg restraints off and managed to get a good few walker casualties with the use of his Car Fu skills and managed to kill one with both his hands still tied up.
Yank the Dog's Chain: Just when he's spared from execution and nearly set free, Shane takes him away to the woods where he then lies about wanting to join his group and is backstabbed by him.

Nate

Portrayed By: Phillip DeVona

Voiced By: Lucas Cisneros (Spanish dub)

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 2)

Another member of Dave's group.

Avenging the Villain: He tries killing Rick, Glenn, and Hershel after the former kills Dave and Tony for drawing their guns on them.
Bit Part Bad Guy: He is a very minor character that gets into a shootout with Rick, Glenn, and Hershel before fleeing.
Canon Foreigner: He never appeared in the comics.
Deadpan Snarker
Nate: We're looking for Dave and Tony and nobody checks the damn bar?
Karma Houdini: He's the only member of his party to not receive any comeuppance for trying to kill Rick, Glenn, and Hershel. Ironically, it was his idea to stay and kill them, while Randall and Sean opted for leaving.
Revenge Before Reason: Unlike Randall and Sean, he wasn't willing to go back to the rest of his group without killing Rick, Glenn, and Hershel for killing Dave and Tony even after Rick explains to him what happened. After Sean got wounded and Walkers began approaching, he decided that fleeing was a better idea.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: After Sean gets shot and devoured by walkers he decides to abandon him then drive away leading him to call on Randall. When Randall falls on the gate and his leg gets impaled on its spikes, Nate abandons him as well.
Sole Survivor: While his current status is unknown, we do know that he was the only one of his scouting party not shown being killed.
With Friends Like These...: He abandons Randall and Sean in their moments of need.

Sean

Portrayed By: Keedar Whittle

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 2)

A member of Dave's group who gets killed in the confrontation with Rick, Hershel, and Glenn.

Bit Part Bad Guy: His entire role is giving Hershel someone to shoot.
Canon Foreigner: Never appeared in the comics.
Cruel and Unusual Death: Gets shot numerous times in the chest and is forced to fall over in agony for several minutes before the Walkers finally get to him and eat him alive, face first.
Devoured by the Horde: Nose first.
Facial Horror: Gets his nose bitten off by Walkers while he's still bleeding out from his gunshot wounds.
Gangsta Style: He shoots his gun like this, which may have saved Glenn's life.
One-Steve Limit: Averted. He shares the same name with a National Guardsmen from Season 3 and a Whisperer from Season 9, as well as the zombified Shawn Greene who ended up biting it before "Triggerfinger".
Token Minority: The only party member of the group who's African-American.

The Claimers

In General

"See, going it alone, that ain't an option nowadays. Still, it is survival of the fittest. That's a paradox right there. So I laid out some rules of the road to keep things from going Darwin every couple hours. Keep our merry band together and stress-free. All you got to do is claim. That's how you mark your territory, your prey, your bed at night. One word: claimed."

— Joe

A small group of marauders in Georgia led by Joe who come into conflict with the group. They have strict rules about "claiming" supplies and not violating another's claim, under penalty of beatings or even death. When Rick kills one of their own, the group shifts gears to track him down, taking in Daryl, and leading to a brutal confrontation with their target.

Adaptation Expansion: Their role in the plot prior to "A" is an invention of the show.
Adaptation Name Change: They are called the Marauders in the comics.
Asshole Victims: Every single one of them had it coming.
Canon Foreigner: While Joe, Tony, and Dan correspond to the three Marauders from the comic, Len, Harley, Billy, and Lou do not.
Character Catchphrase: "Claimed!"
Disaster Scavengers: They roam around looting abandoned buildings and robbing, raping, and killing survivors.
Even Evil Has Standards: Not out of any inherent morality, but their rules are all that keep them from tearing each other apart.
Foreshadowing: It's never brought up, but the Claimers might be the ones responsible for raiding the camp encountered by the Governor and the Dolgen brothers in "Dead Weight" several episodes before their introduction.
Killed Offscreen: One of them doesn't even survive long enough to appear onscreen. Rick is initially alerted to their presence when he hears this man begging Joe for mercy. He is then killed by Harley.
Mooks: Harley, Billy, and Lou.
Named by the Adaptation: All members of the Marauders are nameless characters in the comics.
Obviously Evil: They dress in black, look particularly rough, all tote impressive weaponry, and casually talk about theft and rape.
Politically Incorrect Villain: They make several sexist remarks.
Psychopathic Manchild: Their whole philosophy of taking what you want by calling 'dibs' and the like smacks of stunted emotional growth. Joe in particular acts like a strict parent enforcing rules among chaotic, simple-minded children.
Revenge: They track Rick for days just to punish him for killing Lou and setting his reanimated corpse on them. Then again, as Joe says, "we've got nothing but time."

Joe

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"Why hurt yourself when you can hurt other people?"

Portrayed By: Jeff Kober

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 4) | The Walking Dead Webisodes: Red Machete

"When men like us follow rules and cooperate a little bit, well, the world becomes ours."

The leader of the Claimers. His search for Lou's killer puts him on a collision course with Rick Grimes, but not before he takes Daryl Dixon under his wing.

Affably Evil: For a sadistic, murderous rapist, he's remarkably polite, affable, and fair-minded. He shows patience and fairness towards Daryl when he joins his group at first.
Age Lift: Several decades older than his comic counterpart.
Arc Villain: Of the second half of Season 4, though he only menaces Rick, Michonne, Carl, and Daryl before his death.
Asskicking Leads to Leadership: As the leader of a gang of vicious killers and opportunists who are younger than him, he pretty much has to be able to kick ass to keep his head attached to his neck.
Beard of Evil: He has a goatee beard and is deeply evil.
Berserk Button: Breaking any of his rules, such as lying.
Bullying a Dragon: Rick's the proverbial dragon. As expected, it gets Joe killed.
The Cameo: He appears in the "Red Machete" webisodes claiming the red machete that Rick eventually takes from him and uses to kill Gareth.
Disc-One Final Boss: Of the Season 4 finale. He's killed by the middle of the episode.
Evil Gloating: In his last appearance, bragging to Rick about what he and the rest of the Claimers are gonna do to his group before killing them.
Evil Laugh: Holding Rick at gunpoint and laughing about how he and his friends will kill Daryl, then rape Michonne and Carl, and finally kill him.
Evil Mentor: Joe is a brutal killer, but he has a soft spot for Daryl and quickly takes him under his wing.
Evil Old Folks: In his 60s and perfectly okay with robbing, raping, and killing outsiders.
Evil Virtues: He enforces claiming and honesty to keep his group in order.
Flunky Boss: Rick, Daryl and Michonne fight him alongside his Mooks.
Grease Monkey: He was a mechanic prior to the outbreak.
Hoist by Their Own Petard: He and his group were planning to have Daryl and Rick killed, and Carl and Michonne raped. It all blows up in his face when he and Dan are both torn apart by Rick, Michonne shoots Tony and Harley both in the head, and Daryl curb-stomps Billy to death.
The Leader: Of the Claimers.
Man Bites Man: How he meets his end. Rick tears Joe's throat out with his teeth. Years later, Rick recounts Joe's death as the worst thing he ever had to do to save someone else.
Pay Evil unto Evil: Casually and gleefully ordering the execution of Len is ruthless, but it's hard to feel any sympathy for Len.
Reasonable Authority Figure: His rules and his judicious application of them are probably the only reason his group hasn't fallen apart. He also does not punish Daryl for not claiming the rabbit because he's aware Daryl is new. In fact, he even makes sure to hear out what's going on between his group if an argument breaks out.
Smarter Than You Look: He is far more intelligent than he appears.
The Social Darwinist: Believes in the survival of the fittest, but he also recognizes the fact that people can't survive on their own. This paradox leads him to come up with the practice of "claiming."
Team Dad: For the Claimers. He's always ready to hear out his friends' arguments and is like their strict parent (given they're a bunch of Psychopathic Manchildren) when smoothing things over. On top of that, he does seem to genuinely care for his men... until they break his rules, that is.
Tempting Fate: He restrains Rick, and his men do the same to Michonne, Daryl, and Carl. Joe then stares into Rick's eyes, and gloats, "what're you gonna do now, sport?" Rick answers him by biting a huge chunk of his throat out, killing him.
Villains Out Shopping: He's seen casually playing with a tennis ball while Rick is trying to escape the house they've decided to crash in.
Would Hurt a Child: Joe is willing to hurt absolutely anyone, and his threat to have Carl raped is one of the (many) reasons that get him killed.

Len

Portrayed By: Marcus Hester

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 4)

"You see the rules of the hunt don't mean jack out here. Now that rabbit you're holdin' is claimed, boy. Claimed whether you like it or not."

A compound-bow wielding jerkass who is barely tolerated by the rest of the Claimers.

Asshole Victim: While he was murdered for a petty reason, he clearly had it coming.
Beard of Evil: Has a beard and is obviously evil.
Canon Foreigner: Doesn't appear in the comic.
Didn't See That Coming: Clearly didn't expect Joe to spot him trying to frame Daryl.
Dirty Cop: What he was before the outbreak.
Establishing Character Moment: Choking Tony unconscious simply to sleep in his bed.
The Friend Nobody Likes: Despite Joe's claim that they don't have to be brothers in arms, all of the Claimers generally seem to get along, except for Len.
Hate Sink: He exists mainly to show that yes, people are capable of being jerks for no reason what so ever.
Hoist by Their Own Petard: Tried to frame Daryl for stealing his rabbit half but instead Joe has the group punish him for lying because he saw him do it. The result? He gets killed. They even shot him with one of his own arrows in the head.
Hypocrite: Nearly starts a fight with Daryl when he said he "claimed" the rabbit. Joe points out he hardly knew that himself.
Jerkass: Chokes out group members for beds, and calls dibs on taking Daryl's jacket when the marauders first encounter him. He also shoots and calls dibs on a rabbit Daryl is about to kill before taunting him about why he is acting all depressed.
Len: You know, I bet there's a bitch, got you all messed up, am I right? Got you walking around here like a dead man, you just lost yourself a piece of tail, must've been a good'un'. Tell me something, was it one of the little'uns? 'Cause they... don't last too long out here.
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: The recipient of one that results in his death for trying to frame Daryl.
The Rival: To Daryl.

Tony

Portrayed By: Davi Jay

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 4) | The Walking Dead Webisodes: Red Machete

"Don't worry. You'll get yours."

The only Claimer who sees Rick's face during their initial encounter.

Ambiguously Brown: Due to actor Davi Jay's ethnicity.
Badasses Wear Bandanas: Subverted. He never gets to do anything remotely badass, and even gets beaten by Len for a bed.
Beard of Evil: Like the rest of the group. Combines it with Perma-Stubble.
Boom, Headshot!: With his own gun, thanks to Michonne.
The Cameo: The only Claimer besides Joe to appear in the "Red Machete" series of webisodes.
One-Steve Limit: Averted. He shares the same name with another Disaster Scavenger from Season 2 who also antagonizes Rick's group.
Race Lift: His comic counterpart is white.
Token Minority: He's the only nonwhite Claimer.
Would Hit a Girl: Slaps Michonne when she tries to grab his gun and makes it clear that he plans on raping her.

Dan

Portrayed By: Keith Brooks

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 4)

"Stop your squirming."

An overweight pedophile and member of the Claimers.

Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Pleads with Rick to spare his life to no avail.
Ascended Extra: A mild example; he has little to no dialogue before "A", but he becomes the most prominent asshole of the group when he attempts to rape Carl.
Asshole Victim: Even more so than the other members of his group. He was planning on raping Carl, so it's okay to admit that you cheered when Rick brutally stabbed him to death.
Attempted Rape: On Carl. Once he's done, he's planning to rape Michonne next.
Bald of Evil: Not completely, but balding.
Beard of Evil: Like most of his companions.
The Berserker: His actor described him as an "attack dog" who doesn't slow down one bit when given an order.
Death by a Thousand Cuts/Gutted Like a Fish: Oh boy, Rick surely takes his time to stab him repeatedly for attempting the above.
Evil Laugh: While trying to rape Carl. He's clearly enjoying it.
Fat Bastard: Overweight and a child rapist.
Human Shield: When Rick kills Joe and turns the table on the Claimers, he tries to use Carl as one, but his nerve fails when the blood-soaked Rick stomps towards him and he lets him go.
Karmic Death: He gets stabbed to death by Rick, the father of the boy he tried to rape.
Oh, Crap!: This is his reaction when Rick rips Joe's throat out with his teeth, and he realizes that Rick isn't someone to be messing with.
Too Dumb to Live: After the rest of his gang is killed and he's holding Carl at knifepoint, he loses his nerve and lets him go. Holding Rick's son hostage is the only chance he had at getting out of there alive.
Would Hurt a Child: Punches Carl and drags him out of a car before attempting to rape him.

Harley

Portrayed By: JD Evermore

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 4)

"These are the guys that killed Lou so we got nothin' to talk about."

Joe's second-in-command.

Ax-Crazy: He is one of the most vicious members of the group. Harley is first heard being given permission to finish off one of their group in "Claimed," and is shown having claimed Len's bow in "Us," implying that he killed him as well.
Beard of Evil: Same as most of his companions.
Boom, Headshot!: Courtesy of Michonne.
The Dragon: Appears to be this to Joe.
Team Killer: He is responsible for the deaths of two Claimers who broke the rules and had to be taught all the way, and attempts to do it again to Daryl.

Billy

Portrayed By: Eric Mendenhall

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 4)

Another member of the Claimers.

Mook: Just another member of The Claimers.
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Daryl smashes his skull in, killing him.
Red Shirt: Gets no personality before dying.

Lou

Portrayed By: Scott Dale

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 4)

Another member of the Claimers whose death at Rick's hands spurs their respective groups into conflict.

And Then John Was a Zombie: He reanimates offscreen after being strangled to death by Rick, which gives him the perfect distraction to get past Joe and escape the house.
Red Shirt: Rick strangles him with a rifle sling in his first scene.
Small Role, Big Impact: He dies without even getting a line but his death causes the Claimers to start tracking Rick's group out of revenge.
Villainous Friendship: Seems to have been on good terms with the other Claimers, who attempt to avenge his murder, and both Joe and Harley express their anger over this.

The Wolves

In General

A predatory group of survivors in the Washington area, who engage in sacking and murdering other groups or individuals and the collection and mutilation of walkers to employ them as weapons and traps.

Adaptation Expansion: Compared to the Scavengers, they receive quite a bit of buildup.
Adaptation Name Change: They are the TV show version of the Scavengers, a smaller and more generic group from the comics.
Adaptational Badass: They are a much bigger threat than the Scavengers from the comics. The Scavengers never got past the gate of Alexandria and were all massacred because they were Too Dumb to Live. However, the Wolves easily breach Alexandria and succeed at killing a few civilians. Some of them even get away... though only to get killed by Rick.
Adaptational Villainy: The Scavengers were a gang of thugs willing to use violence to survive. The Wolves actively seek out groups to torture and kill - and kill in gruesome manners - or make into zombies.
Animal Motif: Savage Wolves.
Attack! Attack! Attack!: As we see in Alexandria, their preferred method of assault involves running up to people and slashing them or hacking them to death.
Ax-Crazy: They slaughter and destroy entire communities, seemingly For the Evulz.
Blue-and-Orange Morality: Based on the conversation with Morgan, they carve or paint the "W" as a symbol of the belief that humans evolved from wolves, and that the zombie apocalypse is just a return to their natural state. The rant a captured Wolf gives Morgan about how they are freeing their victims, before being killed by Carol, also indicate this trope is at play.
Broad Strokes: Compared to other villainous groups like the Claimers and the Hunters (post-Terminus), the Wolves have by far the least in common with their comic counterparts.
Brought to You by the Letter "S": Members paint a "W" on their forehead with mud or blood or carve it.
Calling Card: Walkers with a carved W on their forehead, dismemberment of walkers, and messages to the effect of "Wolves Not Far".
Carved Mark: They carve "W" on every walker they get their hands on. All of them have also carved the "W" (or simply drawn with their hacked up victim's blood) on their own foreheads.
Combat Pragmatist: They have systems of using walkers as weapons with varying sophistication. It ranges from a semi trailer filled with walker heads that will fall on anyone who opens it, to a sophisticated system of pulleys that will open four trucks full of walkers if any of their doors are touched. In the latter they use lights and loud music to lure the walkers back into the trap after it's activated.
- In their first on-screen appearance, one distracts Morgan while another sneaks up behind and attempts to lop his head off.
Crippling Overspecialization: The Wolves prove to be genius trap-makers and are vicious combatants in hand-to-hand combat. However, evidently they aren't able to maintain a consistent stock guns, which proves their undoing when they assault Alexandria. Though they mostly only use knives and stabbing weapons when attacking enemies since they get a rush out of slowly butchering their prey, it backfires on them when the guards in Alexandria start fighting back with their ranged armory.
Cruel and Unusual Death: Have a tendency to do this to their victims.
Curbstomp Battle: Two of their leaders suffer one from Morgan in "Conquer" and ALL of them who go up against Carol suffer this fate.
Decomposite Character: The show later introduces another group called the Scavengers, who are in more of a True Neutral territory than the Chaotic Evil of the Wolves.
Disaster Scavengers: The roam around the Virginia countryside attacking settlements.
Disc-One Final Boss: For all the buildup, they only attack Alexandria once in Season 6. Even though they launch a savage attack on Alexandria, taking several, if Red Shirt, lives in the process, and cause a herd to swarm the exteriors of Alexandria, nevertheless they are defeated, with the surviving attackers getting killed by Rick. Owen, their leader, manages to remain a minor antagonist into the midseason premiere, but the threat he poses is diminished considerably.
The Dreaded: Averted. Rick's group find warnings of the Wolves in Shirewilt Estates, the barn, and finally in the canned food factory but they don't pay them much attention.
Dwindling Party: The group is wiped out over the span of eight episodes by Carol, Rick, Carl, Aaron, Rosita, Jessie, and Spencer.
Equal-Opportunity Evil: Male or female, black, white, or Hispanic, all are equally savage, barbaric, and inhuman.
Fairy Tale Motifs: Two Wolves hunt down and kill a guy wearing a red poncho with hood.
For the Evulz: They tortured a woman tied naked to a tree before leaving her to turn, then a few days later killed Red Poncho Guy just for the kick of it. Later, they gleefully ravage Alexandria and messily butcher its residents while laughing their asses off.
Greater-Scope Villain: In the second half of Season 5. They remain unseen until the finale and Rick's group has yet to directly confront them, but their presence is hinted at throughout the season.
Hero Killer: Downplayed since they ultimately never take the life of anyone remotely important, but they do slaughter Bit Characters Shelly Neudermyer, Erin, Holly, Mikey, and Natalie Miller, along with numerous other background Alexandrians and put a major dent in the natives' pride and sense of security.
Hope Crusher: Since they destroy safe zones For the Evulz, then it's very likely they enjoy destroying the happiness of others.
Kick the Dog: They kill Red Poncho Guy for no reason.
Know When to Fold 'Em: When Morgan informs the Wolves they're outnumbered and outgunned, the remaining Wolves immediately retreat.
Lack of Empathy: They do not care about who they kill.
Laughing Mad: They cackle like hyenas after killing people.
Mugging the Monster: Two of them try to rob and kill Morgan armed with only knives. They get beaten with a stick as a lesson.
No Name Given: The only ones to receive names are minor Red Shirt "Aphid" and their leaders Owen and Edward, whose names were only revealed via invokedWord of God.
Outside-Context Problem: The Wolves are the first malevolent force that Rick's group encounters upon entering the Washington area. Rick's inner circle becomes aware of their presence, but Alexandria is completely unaware until they're literally trying to burn down their doorstep.
Redshirt Army: Almost none of the Wolves are given any character and only exist as a group of barbarians attacking innocent safe zones.
Rape, Pillage, and Burn: Their M.O. with other settlements, based on what they did to Noah's home of Shirewilt Estates and the tied and naked zombified woman found by Daryl and Aaron. And what they do to Alexandria.
Sacrificial Lamb: Their attack is brief but deadly and their membership is quickly wiped out, but their attack on Alexandria is a major part of a chain of events that finally inspires the town to become effective and capable survivors.
Shout-Out: Their practice of carving the letter "W" onto their forehead is similar to the Manson Family, whose members carved "X"s on their foreheads during their murder trial.
The Sociopath/ Sadist: Apparently so. They murder innocents without batting an eyelid. It's all fun and games for them.
The Spook: The scariest part about them is that we know nothing about them. Why do they dismember and murder random people? Why are they creating a giant walker herd?
Took a Level in Dumbass: They go from cunning, Nothing Is Scarier Trap Masters in Season 5 to a Chaotic Evil Horde of savages whose only tactic is the Zerg Rush in Season 6.
Tragic Villain: The Blond Wolf implies in "JSS" that they didn't choose to become murderous psychopaths who ravage communities unprovoked.
Trap Master: They are capable of crafting some truly deadly traps.
Unknown Rival: During Season 5, the only character they faced was Morgan and only he, Daryl, and Aaron learn of their existence by the end of the season. In Season 6, Rick is aware of their presence, but the Wolves mount a massive assault on Alexandria that leaves many survivors dead.
Villain Decay: They were originally implied to be dangerously intelligent trap masters who successfully tore down safe zones For the Evulz and once considered a serious threat towards Rick and his people. When they finally appear, they're nothing more than stupid brutes who rush in hacking and slashing people, failing to kill a single major character and getting wiped out entirely by the competent survivors.
We Wait: The Wolves are implied to usually take a decent amount of time studying any community they target for slaughter. However, Owen was suffering from an infection so he accelerated their plans to assault Alexandria since he needed medicine.
Would Hit a Girl: They once tortured a girl before leaving her tied to a tree for the walkers to consume. Also, many of the people who they killed in Alexandria were untrained, middle-aged women.
Would Hurt a Child: They have no qualms about attacking children.
Zerg Rush: They assault enemies in higher numbers in order to have an advantage. Considering their Wolf motif, its unsurprising that they have a strength in numbers approach and hunt in a pack. Somewhat deconstructed in that since all of them take part in the assault on Alexandria, they're all killed and the survivors are quickly picked off, wiping them out.
Zorro Mark: The letter W that they mark on themselves and anyone they kill.

Owen

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Portrayed By: Benedict Samuel

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 5-6)

"You know, the first settlers here, they put bounties on wolves' heads. Brought the natives into it. Made them hunt 'em. Didn't take 'em too long to kill them all. They're back now."

The assumed leader of the Wolves. He encounters Morgan when he arrives in the Washington area but fails to kill him. During a routine check-up of his group's walker trap, he discovers photos of the peaceful, walled Alexandria and plots for an assault on the community. Though the Wolves manage to kill many Alexandrians and compromise their walls, most of their membership is wiped out, with Owen being defeated and imprisoned by Morgan. Owen then is forced to listen to Morgan tell the story of how he came to view all life as precious, and was completely unmoved, vowing to kill everyone in Alexandria if he escaped. Morgan remained determined to reform him and justify his actions, but Owen refused to budge. When Morgan and Carol fought over his life, Owen took the opportunity to flee with Denise as a hostage. Knowing he needed Denise to save him from an infection he was suffering from, he did his best to keep her alive, but ultimately he was shot by Carol, and gave his life to distract a walker from eating Denise as a last act of decency.

Adaptation Name Change: His comic counterpart was named Derek, though Owen's actual name was only revealed by director Greg Nicotero on Talking Dead.
Adaptational Villainy: He's far more sadistic and dangerous than his comic book counterpart, Derek, who doesn't even get to set foot inside Alexandria.
All There in the Manual: His name, Owen, was only revealed after his death.
And Then John Was a Zombie: He's shot in the chest by Carol and is later put down by Morgan.
Arch-Enemy: To Morgan. They fight twice and his presence forces Morgan to question his own newfound Thou Shall Not Kill philosophy. Morgan is ultimately the one to put down the reanimated Owen.
Ax-Crazy: Though he's more Faux Affably Evil about it.
Bait the Dog: Pretends to be affected by Morgan's story before telling him how he is still going to slaughter the remaining Alexandrians.
Barbarian Longhair: He has long black hair.
Beard of Barbarism/Beard of Evil: A psychotic murderer with no empathy and a short, sparse beard.
Big Bad Ensemble: The massive herd of walkers heading toward Alexandria is the main threat in the first half of Season 6, but Owen serves as the most prominent human antagonist alongside the much less threatening Ron.
Brutal Honesty: Makes no bones about the fact that if Alexandria wants to be safe from him, they'll have to kill him.
Butt-Monkey: Gets his ass handed to him by Morgan both times they fight.
Character Death: Is killed by Carol in "No Way Out" after getting bitten.
Combat Pragmatist: He tries to distract Morgan while the Blonde Wolf sneaks up behind him to stab him in the head. In "Start to Finish" he knocks out Morgan by hitting him in the head while he's distracted and then makes sure to take Denise as a hostage so he can exit his cell without being killed.
Death Equals Redemption: Kind of. It's ambiguous how much he really changes, but over the course of "No Way Out" he develops a protective stance towards Denise. After being shot by Carol, he still saves Denise from a walker before dying.
Decomposite Character: He and Jadis of the Scavengers are both technically counterparts of Derek from the comics.
Disc-One Final Boss: He lasts longer than the rest of his group, but is killed in the ninth episode of the season by Carol.
Expy/Composite Character: He has several similarities with Alpha, the leader of the Whisperers in the first story arc after the Time Skip in the comics, which was happening concurrently with his first appearance. Both are Faux Affably Evil sociopaths who believe the zombie apocalypse to be an improvement because it has forced humans to abandon civilization and revert to their true nature as animalistic predators. Functionally, he fills the same role as Derek, as the cocky and violent leader of a group of raiders whose encounter with Alexandria definitively proves to its residents that Humans Are the Real Monsters and also causes them to be surrounded by a herd of walkers.
Faux Affably Evil: He strikes up a conversation with Morgan, covering missing movies, local history, and how much he enjoys chatting with new people. He quickly makes it clear that he wants to rob, kidnap, and kill Morgan. In "Here's Not Here" he cheerfully explains to Morgan how he is going to kill him and all the residents of Alexandria (including the children).
Owen: So... I know I'm probably going to die, but if I don't, I am going to have to kill you, Morgan. I'm going to have to kill every person here. Every one of them. The children, too. Just like your friend Eastman's children. Those are the rules. That’s my code. I'd say I'm sorry, but you said it, right? Don't ever be sorry.
Heel–Face Door-Slam: He warms up to Denise a bit in "No Way Out", but is killed before anything comes of it.
Heroic Sacrifice: Gets himself bitten saving Denise from a walker, but dies a bit later and from Carol, not the bite.
Lack of Empathy: A given for someone in a group as sadistic as his own, but a standout scene has to be his response to Morgan's story. He simply mocks both him and Eastman and says he is still going to kill everyone in Alexandria.
Last Episode, New Character: For Season 5.
The Leader: Implied to be one for the Wolves. He's credited as "Wolves Leader" in his second appearance. The fact that the Blonde Wolf, later seen leading a group of four other Wolves, is subordinate to him in their first appearance, as well as the fact that he says he accelerated their attack on Alexandria to find himself medicine for his infection supports this notion.
No-Sell: He is completely unaffected by Morgan's story about why he chose to stop killing people, and only responds with a promise that he will kill Morgan and everyone else in Alexandria.
Not Afraid to Die: Not exactly a Death Seeker, but the prospect of being killed doesn't faze him in the least. He even encourages Morgan and Carol to do so.
Not Quite Dead: Appears to have been killed by Morgan in "JSS", but the end of "Here's Not Here" reveals that he was just knocked out and locked in one of the houses.
Omnicidal Maniac: He wants to kill everyone.
Pragmatic Villainy: Goes out of his way to keep Denise alive in "No Way Out", as he needs her medical attention, especially once he gets bitten.
Psychopathic Manchild: Some of his mannerisms are almost childlike, making him even creepier. Morgan is about to take a sip of his hot cocoa, and Owen whines at him to not because he wants it.
Redemption Rejection: After Morgan tells Owen how he found redemption and believes that Owen can save himself as well, Owen insists that if he doesn't die, he will kill Morgan and the Alexandrians, even the children.
Sadist: An even more prominent example than the rest of his group. He gleefully admits in "Start to Finish" that taking Denise as a hostage isn't necessary; it's obvious he just likes to cause pain and suffering whenever he can. He does later admit he needs Denise for her medical expertise, so it's not wholly just to cause suffering.
Sinister Scythe: He's armed with a sickle during the raid on Alexandria.
Slasher Smile: Has a very unsettling one.
Sole Survivor: He is the last surviving Wolf by the end of the third episode of Season 6, until he is killed in the midseason premiere, putting an end to the Wolves.
Soft-Spoken Sadist: Even when trying to kill people, he always seems unshakably calm and polite, with his normal speaking voice being very slow, shaky, and not much louder than a whisper.
Spared by the Adaptation: Derek is killed during his group's attack on Alexandria. On the show, Owen survives for a while longer than this.
Ungrateful Bastard:
- Even though Morgan spared his life twice, he still intends to kill Morgan and everyone in Alexandria unless Morgan kills him.
- Morgan goes out of his way to defend Owen from being killed, even knocking out Carol when she tries to do so. He still knocks out Morgan and takes Denise as a hostage the first chance he gets.
Weapon for Intimidation: He threatens Morgan with an empty gun, instead using a knife to try and kill him.
We Hardly Knew Ye: Dies without much of a backstory.
Wicked Cultured: He is a local historian and movie buff.
Would Hurt a Child: Emphasizes to Morgan that he will kill the children in Alexandria.
Zombie Infectee: Gets bit while protecting Denise.

Edward

Portrayed By: Jesse Boyd

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 5-6, 11 ^noteDream)

"We didn't choose."

A prominent member of the Wolves. He and his leader fail to kill Morgan upon his arrival in Washington but discover signs of a nearby, flourishing community ripe for the taking. He partakes in the raid on Alexandria, but he is convinced to lead a group of Wolves in retreat thanks to Morgan. They encounter Rick on the road, but are quickly wiped out by him with a rifle.

All There in the Manual: His name is only revealed through invokedWord of God.
Ax-Crazy: He revels in bloodshed and violence, like his fellow Wolves.
Beard of Evil: Has grown a full and unkempt one by his second appearance.
Boom, Headshot!: How Rick takes him out when he tries to kill him.
The Bus Came Back: He returns in Season 11 when Aaron has a nightmare about all the enemies he's fought.
The Cameo: He makes a cameo in a nightmare Aaron suffers in Season 11's "Out of the Ashes" as Aaron imagines him and other enemies he's encountered attacking him and Gracie.
Canon Foreigner: Never appeared in the comics.
The Dragon: Appears to be this to Owen.
Last Episode, New Character: For Season 5.
Tragic Villain: He implies in "JSS" that he and his fellow Wolves didn't choose to become the dangerous psychopathic predators they ultimately became.
Underestimating Badassery: He likely thought that Rick, alone and injured in his RV, would be easy prey. This proves to be a fatal mistake.
We Hardly Knew Ye: We don't learn much of anything about him before Rick kills him.

"Red Jacket Wolf"

Portrayed By: Alec Rayme

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 6)

A Wolf who is killed by Carl.

Ain't Too Proud to Beg: He begs Carl to spare his life.
Boom, Headshot!: How Carl kills him.
Would Hurt a Child: He attempts to kill Ron.
Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Invokes his leg injury to get Carl close enough to grab for his gun.

"Satchel Wolf"

Portrayed By: Elena Sanchez

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 6)

A Wolf who is killed by Carol.

Affably Evil: She is rather friendly to Carol, who is disguised as her comrade Aphid.
Boom, Headshot!: How Carol kills her.
Surprisingly Sudden Death: She definitely didn't see it coming.

"Shaved Head Wolf"

Portrayed By: Labrandon Shead

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 6)

"We're freeing you. People don't belong here anymore."

A Wolf who is captured by Morgan before being killed by Carol.

Bald of Evil: He was credited as "Shaved Head Wolf" after all.
Boom, Headshot!: How Carol kills him, even after Morgan has taken him prisoner.
Scary Black Man: He is one of the most disturbing Wolves, and seems to almost be in a trance.
Straw Nihilist: Believes that humans have no place in the world anymore.

"Black Bearded Wolf"

Portrayed By: Lance Tafelski

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 6)

"Quick… or slow? [...] Gonna be slow."

An axe-wielding Wolf who challenges Morgan before being killed by Carol.

Ax-Crazy: He has the highest on screen body count during the Wolves’ raid on Alexandria.
Barbarian Longhair: His hair reaches down to his shoulders.
Beard of Barbarism/Beard of Evil: A shaggy black one.
The Brute: One of the biggest Wolves seen.
Character Death: Stabbed in the torso by Carol.
Worthy Opponent: He seems to regard Morgan as one, offering him a quick death.

Aphid

Portrayed By: Duke Jackson

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 6)

A hooded Wolf who Carol kills and impersonates.

Badass Longcoat: Carol uses it to impersonate him.
Badasses Wear Bandanas: Two of them, which conveniently hide most of his face.
Character Death: Carol stabs him in the head.
Dead Person Impersonation: Carol kills Aphid and wears his clothes to slaughter his fellow Wolves.
No Name Given: Inverted. He is one of only two Wolves to be named (the other being their leader Owen), and the only one whose name is spoken on the show.

Zombified Wolf

Portrayed By: Casey Hendershot

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 6)

A Wolf who is fatally wounded by Carol and later reanimates.

And Then John Was a Zombie: He disappears after being shot during the Wolves raid, only to reappear as a walker several episodes later.
Evil Redhead: He's a Wolf with red hair, including his Beard of Evil.
Instant Death Bullet: Averted. He's shot twice by Carol, but is able to escape and find somewhere comfortable to die.
Molotov Cocktail: He uses one to kill an Alexandria guard.
Oh, Crap!: When Carol suddenly guns down his companion and points an automatic rifle on him.
There's No Kill like Overkill: Carol shoots him twice with an automatic rifle and he later bleeds to death. After reanimating, Deanna goes crazy on his corpse with a broken bottle before he is finally put down by Rick with a knife to the head.

The Scavengers

In General

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"We take. We don't bother."

"Things grow harder. We open cans, sometimes inside's rotten. Time's passed. Things are changing again. So maybe we change."

— Jadis

A group of neutral survivors based at a large junkyard.

Adaptational Badass: Downplayed, but they are still more formidable than their Too Dumb to Live comic counterparts and poise a serious threat to the group in the Season 7 finale.
Adaptational Heroism: They team up with Alexandria as opposed to fighting it like in the comics. Subverted in the Season 7 finale, which reveals that they allied with the Saviors behind Rick's back, becoming just as villainous as their comic counterparts.
Adaptational Intelligence: They show more intelligent strategic thinking than their Too Dumb to Live comic counterparts.
Cannon Fodder: They bear by far the majority of the casualties on the villainous side during the battle in the Season 7 finale.
Commune: After the apocalypse, they came together to form a group in which they believe they are the paint on the canvas of the new world.
Crazy Homeless People: Definitely have this vibe going on with their soiled clothing, dirty appearance, and the fact that they all live in a junkyard. It is later revealed this is a façade they play up to intimidate outsiders.
Decomposite Character: They share the name with the Scavengers from the comic books, who had already been adapted for the show as the Wolves.
Disaster Scavengers: They live in a junkyard and scavenge for supplies. It is later revealed they are deliberately playing up the trope.
Down in the Dumps: They have made their home in a large landfill which they have heaped up to create a warren of tunnels. It is later revealed this is just a cover and that they actually live in regular dwellings and even have engines.
Enemy Mine: They form an uneasy alliance with Rick to combat the Saviors. They actually ended up striking a more profitable deal with the Saviors. Later, they do another deal with Rick to fight the Saviors in exchange for a fourth of their supplies.
Evil All Along: When the Saviors arrive at Alexandria for a battle, the Scavengers reveal that they betrayed Rick to Negan in exchange for supplies.
Foreshadowing: Jadis tells Rick and Michonne that the firearms they brought them 'aren't enough.' Later it turns out most anything the Alexandrians can give them isn't enough, since The Saviors can offer them more.
Heel–Face Revolving Door: In their first appearance they agree to an alliance with Alexandria. In the Season 7 finale they're revealed to have made a deal with the Saviors instead, and betray Rick, killing a few of his people. In Season 8, following many casualties, a desperate Rick goes to them once again hoping to restart their alliance, and after some haggling, they agree to join him in a raid on the Sanctuary... only to immediately flee when the Saviors open fire. When Simon confronts them later in the season after having learned of their triple-cross, they seemingly go back to a partnership with the Saviors, albeit this time more submissive on their end. However, when Jadis doesn’t have a sincere apology and blows the lid off an already steaming Simon, he isn't having any of it, and massacres them outright.
Hidden Elf Village: They aspire to be one, hidden away from the rest of the world within their trash heaps. They even literally resemble generic Dark Elves.
Hipster: Their characterization seems to be based on the stereotype: odd speech patterns, sense of irony, wearing dark, punk clothing, riding bicycles for transportation, and doing sculptures out of metal in their spare time.
Human Traffickers: The Ones Who Live discloses that they would trade people to the Civic Republic Military in exchange for supplies.
It's All About Me: They side with The Saviors because of the potential benefits for themselves and don't give a crap about what happens to the other communities the Saviors have subjugated.
Laser-Guided Karma: They betray the Alexandrians to The Saviors, only to find themselves on the losing end of a battle against the combined Alexandrian-Hilltop-Kingdom forces. They're later killed by Simon and his crew leaving only Jadis alive.
Ludicrous Gibs: After the Saviors massacre all of her remaining followers, Jadis leads them into a trash compactor and grinds them into pink slime.
The Millstone: Their helpful contributions to the war against the Saviors are limited to betraying Alexandria to the Saviors, foiling their plot to assassinate Negan, and killing several residents. When Rick makes a new deal with them, they abandon him immediately during a Savior attack and flee. Outside of their "alliance," the only other things they've onscreen done are abducting Gabriel and robbing the Alexandria pantry, forcing Rick to fight an armored walker, and imprisoning Rick and forcing him to fight another armored walker.
No Bikes in the Apocalypse: Averted. They make use of bicycles to get around.
Obfuscating Insanity: Their bizarre speech patterns, uniform clothing, and generally strange behavior are a conscious choice, partially to throw outsiders off balance and partially for mysterious socio-artistic reasons.
Obfuscating Stupidity: They seem fairly stupid, but they have actually rigged up solar panels to provide power to their home and are also apparently capable of piloting a helicopter.
Opportunistic Bastard: They sell out the moment The Saviors offer them a bigger, more guaranteed cut. In Season 8, Rick gets them to betray the Saviors when he convinces them they’re on the brink of defeat - and the moment this turns out to be untrue, they bail on Rick.
The Quiet One: Most of them barely even speak.
Sixth Ranger Traitor: To the alliance against the Saviors.
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: They make it clear that they aren't friends with Alexandria, but they are willing to help them combat the Saviors to steal their supplies. They turn on the group in the Season 7 finale in order to get even more supplies from Negan himself.
Token Evil Teammate: They are the only morally questionable group in the Alexandria-Hilltop-Kingdom alliance and turn on them.
True Neutral: Their In-Universe stance. Exemplified by their motto: "We take. We don't bother." Their alliance keeps switching between Alexandria and the Saviors because ultimately they don't want anything to do with either group and just want to be left alone.
Ungrateful Bastard: They betray the Alexandrians with the weapons Rick gave them.

Jadis

"Jadis" / Anne / "Stokes"

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"I can help usher in the new world better than you can. I don't have friends. I don't have a child. I have my ambition — and I have the Republic."

Portrayed By: Pollyanna McIntosh

Voiced By: Catherina Martínez (Spanish dub), Victoria Sturm (German dub), Émilie Duchênoy (French dub), Federica De Bortoli (Italian dub), Helena Dytrtová (Czech dub)

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 7-9) | The Walking Dead: World Beyond (Season 2) | The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

The leader of the Scavengers. Her group kidnaps Gabriel for taking supplies they had been watching over, and upon hearing of the Saviors, agree to a deal with Rick to fight them in exchange for guns. However, it was all a ruse, as Jadis allies the Scavengers with the Saviors. During the ensuing war, Jadis torments Rick further until he claims the Saviors are on the brink of defeat, and agrees to defect to AHK in exchange for the Saviors' bounty. The Saviors prove they are not so close to defeat, however, and Simon is sent to punish Jadis for her betrayal. When Jadis' poor attitude finally pushes his buttons, Simon massacres her people in front of her and nearly has her killed too. Jadis is left alone, but after Negan's defeat, Rick invites her to join his rebuilding community. Despite finding romance with Gabriel, she is never fully accepted by the community and decides to leave with the Civil Republic Military. However, when she finds the mortally wounded Rick after the destruction of the bridge, she convinces the CRM to save his life as well, and the pair are taken away by helicopter.

Several years pass, and Jadis, having gained entry to the Civic Republic thanks to giving them Rick, has risen in the ranks to become a high-ranking official in their military. She is called in to investigate reports of treason, starting with Huck and her ties to the Bennett family.

Abhorrent Admirer: She's attracted to Rick, who is understandably taken aback by this due to her eccentric persona (not to mention poor hygiene from living in a dump).
Adaptation Name Change: Going along with the Gender Flip, Jadis doesn't sound anything like Derek, the original leader of the group in the comics.
Adaptational Personality Change: She's pretty much nothing like the comic book Scavenger leader Derek.
Alas, Poor Villain: Her death is ultimately one that draws some sympathy given she, much like Rick, committed to the CRM out of a desperate desire to save the world and ensure she wouldn’t have to lose anyone again. She also proves that she ultimately doesn’t want Alexandria destroyed as she tries to help Rick and Michonne cover up its existence.
All Women Are Lustful: Her price for following Rick to the Sanctuary is to be able to sculpt him in his underwear. She also wastes no time getting down to business after Gabriel reveals that he is Episcopalian and thus not prohibited from engaging in a physical relationship.
And Starring: Gets this billing in the opening credits of World Beyond and The Ones Who Live.
Ascended Extra: Jadis starts as a minor recurring antagonist in Season 7 of The Walking Dead before being promoted to the main cast and receiving a slightly larger part in Seasons 8 and 9. She later returns as The Heavy in both World Beyond and The Ones Who Live.
Because You Were Nice to Me: As Rick was one of the few people who accepted her after the end of the war, she sees that he gets immediate medical attention aboard the helicopter at the end of "What Comes After".
Big Bad Wannabe: During the Savior War, Jadis thinks she's a powerful survivor on the level of the other community leaders. However, her untrustworthiness and demands to keep haggling only piss off everyone around her. Rick only gives her more chances out of the goodness of his heart, but Negan quickly glares her down to tell her she won't be successfully haggling with him. And Simon proves he's the wrong person to mess with by massacring her people for her insolence.
Boom, Headshot!: How she's finally killed by Rick after receiving an untreatable walker bite.
Broken Bird: Jadis is completely heartbroken by Simon murdering her family and then Rick coldly rebuffing her. She ends up furiously and stoically taking Negan captive at gunpoint, incorrectly (but understandably) assuming that he was the one who ordered the deaths of her people.
The Bus Came Back: After being absent since Season 9 of the main show, she reappears as a high-ranking CRM official in Season 2 of World Beyond.
But Now I Must Go: Weary that no one trusts her after the disappearances of several Saviors, she decides to trade Gabriel to the mysterious helicopter as a means of transport away from Washington. She doesn't go through with it, though she does end up taking a badly injured Rick to safety instead, and they still haven't returned six years later.
Character Death: In "Become" she is bitten by a walker and is put down by Rick.
Characterization Marches On: By the time of her return in World Beyond she is far colder, capricious, and violent than her previous appearances, since years have passed and she is now a loyal CRM leader.
Dark Is Evil: She generally wears dark clothing until she gets on the road to her Heel–Face Turn, when she starts wearing normal clothes with other colors. Her return in World Beyond as an antagonist sees her dressed in a black military official uniform.
A Day in the Limelight: Gets a lot of focus in "The Lost and the Plunderers", which deals with her grief over the deaths of all her people.
A Death in the Limelight: "Become" is her final episode of the franchise and it largely revolves around her.
Decomposite Character: She and Owen of the Wolves are technically both counterparts of Derek from the comics.
Dramatic Irony: It’s ironic that she ends up using Gabriel’s last name as her own, presumably due to still loving him years later despite the collapse of their relationship thanks to her - since by now, Gabriel has moved on and started a family with Rosita on the main show.
Eccentric Artist: She is a nudist hipster avant garde cult leader who enjoys abstract sculpture and painting. In "The Lost and the Plunderers," she reveals that the Scavengers as a group were also a large-scale art project and attempt to restart society away from the rest of the world.
Faking the Dead: She does this to avoid being massacred alongside the rest of her people.
Faux Affably Evil: Has fully evolved into this by the time of The Ones Who Live, greeting Rick like an old friend while casually threatening the lives of everyone he cares about within the same breath.
From Nobody to Nightmare: She was an art teacher before the Fall, and later became the leader of a group of about hundred people based in a junkyard. After joining the CRM, she climbs the ranks to become a Warrant Officer complicit with the deaths of thousands of people in the destruction of Omaha.
Gender Flip: The comic book Scavenger leader was originally a guy named Derek, but Jadis is the leader of the group here.
Genocide Survivor: She's the only Scavenger to escape death at the Saviors' hands and is left quite traumatized, especially since, as the leader, she feels responsible for getting all her people killed.
Given Name Reveal: In "Wrath", she reveals to Morgan that her name is not in fact Jadis, but Anne.
The Heavy: She is the main threat to the heroes going into the final arc of World Beyond as the highest ranking, most present CRM official calling the shots. She also fills the role in The Ones Who Live, as Beale remains the Greater-Scope Villain while she poises the biggest direct threat to Rick and Michonne.
Heel–Face Revolving Door: After the war with Negan ends, she takes up Rick's offer to leave the junkyard and move into Alexandria. By the time she returns for World Beyond she is a loyal high-ranking CRM official, and a murderous antagonist. In The Ones Who Live, she’s an antagonist up until her death where she gives Rick and Michonne the location of her dossier to save Alexandria from the CRM.
Hero Killer: She kills Huck, one of the main heroes of World Beyond who had done a Heel–Face Turn, in the Grand Finale of the series.
Humiliation Conga: A tragic and extreme example: she watches her entire group get killed, has Rick refuse to save her, and then is forced to lead her reanimated family into a disposal. She ends up a broken woman.
Hypocrite: When she’s about to give the order to massacre the Perimeter, she acknowledges familiarity with being a small community on the receiving end of such a genocide - but goes through with giving the order anyway.
I Have Many Names: She originally calls herself Jadis, but after her Heel–Face Turn starts going by Anne. Years later, she is using the name "Stokes", which is her former lover Gabriel's last name.
In Name Only: She has absolutely zero similarities to the original Scavengers leader Derek and is a different character entirely.
Karmic Death: While her death is portrayed as an Alas, Poor Villain moment, she did still rob Rick of eight years of his life with his friends and family, meaning her death at his hands is quite poetic (which she herself lampshades).
Moving the Goalposts: Jadis is a fan of intense haggling, and tends to push hard to get what she wants. It doesn't work with Rick, and it really doesn't work with Negan.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Punches Simon as retribution for the deaths of Brion and Tamiel, leading to all her people being massacred.
Pay Evil unto Evil: She orders Lyla to be locked in her own TS room with a walker to punish her for her part in the conspiracy. While Lyla had sympathetic motivations in wanting to keep Leo, herself and his family alive at all costs, she still sold them out to the CRM and broke her lover’s trust in the process, meaning she had her death coming.
Pet the Dog:
- When trading Rick to the CRM in exchange for passage into the city, she lies to them and says that he is a "B" and not an "A". This spares his life, since if he was an "A", they would have killed him for being a potential threat to their power. Jadis later elaborates on this decision to Huck, opining that she figured she owed Rick that much for welcoming her into Alexandria after the end of the Savior War.
- A very small one considering she is still willing to have them killed, but she does express displeasure at having to kill some people in Alexandria that she "likes very much". One of them is presumably Gabriel, with whom she shared a brief romance and was willing to take with her to the Civic Republic before he refused.
Put on a Bus: Along with an injured Rick, she boards the mysterious helicopter for parts unknown at the end of "What Comes After".
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: In Season 9, with the rising tensions between the Saviors and the rest of the communities, and after becoming a suspect in the disappearance of some Saviors for little reason other than her past deeds, she pulls a deal to get extracted with the helicopter folks of the CRM.
She Cleans Up Nicely: She looks pretty nice after she finally cleans up and ditches the "Jadis" persona. Gabriel definitely takes notice.
Ship Tease: With Gabriel in Season 9, and they even have sex while on watch in "The Bridge". Their budding relationship comes to a grinding halt in the very next episode when she takes him hostage and nearly feeds him to a walker. It’s shown in flashbacks of The Ones Who Live that they briefly entertained old lingering feelings on their third and final annual meeting, but she once again leaves, and this time dies before she can come back again.
Shout-Out: Her name is one to Jadis, the White Witch from The Chronicles of Narnia. Given what she reveals about the community's deliberately staged weirdness, and later the revelation that her real name is Anne, it might be this in-universe too.
Sole Survivor: The rest of the Scavengers are killed by Simon and his crew in "The Lost and the Plunderers", leaving her as the only survivor. She is understandably heartbroken by this. Many years later, she is bitten by a walker in The Ones Who Live and dies, putting an end to the Scavengers.
Spanner in the Works: She's the only person within the CRM to be aware of the history between Rick and Michonne.
Strange-Syntax Speaker: She doesn't use the word "I". When her group is killed, she drops it along with the Jadis persona, as there's no point in continuing it.
Took a Level in Badass: World Beyond shows that she's now fully combat-capable after joining the CRM.
Villainous Crush: The Ones Who Live implies she's still attracted to Rick even years later. When they meet up in the second episode she greets him by saying, "You look good." In the following episode, she tries to invite him back to her place.
Villain Respect: She's aware of how strong, loyal, and tenacious Michonne is, saying that if anyone could find Rick after almost a decade, it would be her. She doubles down on this by admitting she didn't have Alexandria wiped out because she knew Rick could never escape by himself anyway, but is now worried because she knows Rick and Michonne together could do anything.
Would Hurt a Child: She intends to kill Iris or Hope to break Leo. She’s also complicit in the CRM’s massacres that have included countless children.

Tamiel

Portrayed By: Sabrina Gennarino

Voiced By: María del Mar Jorcano (Spanish dub), Audrey Pouffer (French dub)

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 7-8)

A member of the Scavengers.

And Then John Was a Zombie: Reanimates after being shot by Simon. Jadis puts her down by luring her into a massive grinder.
Character Death: Shot in the chest by Simon in "The Lost and the Plunderers".
Co-Dragons: She and Brion both serve as lieutenants to Jadis.
Feet-First Introduction: She is first introduced in "Hearts Still Beating," though only her boots are seen.

Brion

Portrayed By: Thomas Francis Murphy

Voiced By: Gilbert Lévy (French dub)

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 7-8)

A member of the Scavengers.

And Then John Was a Zombie: Reanimates after being shot by Simon. Jadis puts him down by luring him into a massive grinder.
Character Death: Shot in the chest by Simon in "The Lost and the Plunderers".
Co-Dragons: He and Tamiel both serve as important lieutenants to Jadis.
Evil Old Folks: He's fairly old, and he's a member of the villainous Scavengers.

Farron

Portrayed By: Anja Akstin

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 7)

A member of The Scavengers.

Boss in Mook Clothing: She's just a random henchwoman, but she is an absolute monster when it comes to laying a smackdown. Farron gives Michonne the most savage beatdown she's ever experienced, and Michonne tends to fight in close combat.
Destination Defenestration: Michonne kills her by throwing her off of a balcony.
Gender Flip: According to her actress, Farron is the TV Show counterpart of Connor, a member of the Saviors who is killed by Andrea in the same manner as Farron in the equivalent storyline in the comics.

Winslow

Portrayed By: Gino Crognale

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 7)

A walker who used to be a member of the Scavengers. He died of unknown causes, but instead of putting him down, his comrades dressed him in armor and kept him locked away to be used to test the strength of other survivors.

Bullfight Boss: He can only fight Rick by impaling him on his Spikes of Villainy or charging him head-on.
Elite Zombie: One of the show's few reinforced zombies.
Scary Impractical Armor: The Scavengers dressed him up in armor meant to intimidate other survivors.
Spikes of Villainy: His armor is covered in these. One of them impales Rick through the hand.

Jocelyn's Group

In General

"I told you, children are capable of anything."

"I taught them, helped them become what we are. Because they can't be soft. Not now. Not like I was."

— Jocelyn

A woman and her children who arrive seeking shelter in Alexandria sometime after Rick Grimes' apparent death.

Asshole Victim: While it's easy to lament their situation (see Tragic Villain below), they were still hell-bent on killing Michonne and have likely done the same to countless others, making their fates very well-deserved.
Avenging the Villain: They attack Michonne after she kills Jocelyn.
Ax-Crazy: All of them are bloodthirsty savages with no qualms about killing the very pregnant Michonne.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: They pretend to be a kind woman and her innocent children, but it's all an act and they will kill anyone who stands in their way.
Canon Foreigner: The group is exclusive to the television series.
Children Are Innocent: Hell no. Though they actually invoke this to convince the Alexandrian children to follow them. Years later, Judith recounts to Michonne how they made the kidnapping seem like a game.
Child Soldiers: It's clear most of them don't particularly relish having to kill, torture, and steal from people. It's simply what they've been conditioned by Jocelyn to do.
Cold-Blooded Torture: They do this to Michonne and Daryl, using a poker to brand them with "X's" to test their strength.
Creepy Child: Even before their intentions are revealed, there's something... off about them. Only Lizzie from Season 4 rivals them in this regard.
Death of a Child: Michonne slaughters most of them to rescue Judith. Daryl also takes awhile to join her after they break free and is seen with a pair of bloody knives, implying he may have been forced to kill some kids as well.
Defusing the Tyke-Bomb: Michonne tries to do this, promising the kids a better life in Alexandria now that Jocelyn is dead. Unfortunately, they're so broken and conditioned to do Jocelyn's bidding that they reject the offer and continue to attack Michonne, forcing her to put almost all of them down.
Disaster Scavengers: They travel from place to place robbing and killing unsuspecting survivors.
Enfant Terrible: They're basically the zombie apocalypse version of Children of the Corn, being a bunch of fanatical murderers who don't hesitate to fight back against and kill adults.
Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: At first glance they appear to be a bunch of normal, cute-looking kids. They're also murderers and thieves who have no trouble flipping the switch when Jocelyn asks them to.
The Fake Cutie: They use their appearance as harmless children to let the Alexandrians' guard down.
The Farmer and the Viper: Michonne offers them asylum in Alexandria and pays the price for it.
Join or Die: How they recruit new members. When Michonne kills Jocelyn, their first instinct is to try and kill the kids abducted from Alexandria despite wanting them to join their ranks only moments before.
Kids Are Cruel: They have no problem burning Daryl and Michonne with a hot iron.
One-Shot Character: They only appear in "Scars".
Redemption Rejection: Michonne gives them a chance to put down their weapons and head back to Alexandria. Sadly, they're already too far gone.
Self-Made Orphan: Possibly. Considering their true nature, Jocelyn's statement that "none of the other adults [in the group] made it" can't help sounding a bit suspect.
Small Role, Big Impact: They only appear in one episode, but Michonne being forced to kill them leads to her severing ties with the other communities and refusing to let strangers into Alexandria. This in turn makes it easier for Alpha to infiltrate the Kingdom disguised as an Alexandrian resident and abduct several people, since the communities being apart for so long have made it harder for them to recognize one another. Michonne herself acknowledges this to Ezekiel in the Season 9 finale. Even years later, Michonne finds it difficult to talk about them when she reunites with Rick in The Ones Who Live.
Teens Are Monsters: The older kids serve as Jocelyn's lieutenants.
Tragic Villain: Except for Jocelyn they were nothing more than brainwashed children in the end, which makes their deaths just a tiny bit sad.
Walking Spoiler: Knowing about them reveals why Michonne Took a Level in Cynic during the six-year Time Skip in Season 9.
Would Hurt a Child: An interesting example, considering all of them except Jocelyn are children themselves. They attempt to kill the heavily pregnant Michonne without batting an eye, and almost kill the kidnapped children of Alexandria after Jocelyn's death.

Jocelyn

"Control it, Winnie. Don't let it control you."

Portrayed By: Rutina Wesley

Voiced By: Dana Friedrich (German dub)

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 9)

"I didn't know it was going to be you, Michonne. I'm truly sorry that it is. It was just... fate!"

Michonne's best friend from before the apocalypse, who arrives in Alexandria leading a group of children.

Asshole Victim: Considering she brainwashed a bunch of children into becoming murderers and attempted to kill a heavily pregnant Michonne, who was her best friend, she definitely had it coming.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Pretends to be happy to see Michonne after all this time, only to double-cross her the first chance she gets.
Bullying a Dragon: Kidnapping Michonne's daughter while the latter is still reeling from the supposed death of her boyfriend and is pregnant with said boyfriend's child? Yeah, not a good idea.
Dark and Troubled Past: We don't learn specifics, but she must have gone through some horrible shit that ultimately changed her for the worse.
Distaff Counterpart: To Shane Walsh. Like Shane, Jocelyn is a close friend of one of the protagonists who reunites with them during the apocalypse. Both Jocelyn and Shane underwent Sanity Slippage as a result of their experiences and later attempted to kill their former bestie in cold blood. Said friend is then forced to kill them and ends up adopting a more ruthless mentality as a result of their betrayal. Jocelyn even dies in a similar manner as Shane — stabbed in the heart while her heartbroken friend looms over her.
Evil Counterpart:
- It’s implied she's what Michonne could have become if she'd let her anti-social nature get the better of her and hadn't encountered Andrea. Also, while Michonne has been forced to do horrible things to protect her kids, Jocelyn uses her kids to do horrible things.
- She's also not too far off from Carol, who in Season 4 was teaching the children at the prison how to use weapons behind Rick's back and trying to get them to be more ruthless. Again, the difference is that Carol was doing it to prepare them for the horrors of the apocalypse while for Jocelyn it was primarily about control.
Evil Former Friend: To Michonne. Michonne later admits that she let her guard down because she wished to feel something again after the loss of Rick, and wanted Jocelyn to be the good friend to her she used to be.
Faux Affably Evil: Puts on a smiling facade while happily reminiscing with Michonne about their time in college.
Forgotten Friend, New Foe: She and Michonne were close way before the world went to hell and, against all odds, their paths finally cross again all these years later. Michonne is happy to see Jocelyn at first, especially since she's still in the process of mourning Rick. Unfortunately, their paths diverged a long time ago, and Jocelyn is steadily revealed to be a sadistic, unrepentant piece of work who doesn't hesitate to try and kill Michonne just as easily if she were any other stranger.
Hate Sink: In just one episode she establishes herself as one of the most despicable villains in the series — she betrays Michonne, kidnaps Judith, tries to kill Michonne when she is pregnant, and is revealed to have turned at least a dozen children into her mindless, unfettered servants.
Heterosexual Life-Partners: She and Michonne were very close friends before the world ended.
I Hate Past Me: Seems to be the case, since she derisively calls her past self "weak" and wants the children to change as she did.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Her fate, courtesy of Michonne. It's extremely well-deserved.
It's Personal: Jocelyn helped Michonne through the death of her mother. Naturally, Michonne is pissed when she finds out Jocelyn has abducted her adopted daughter Judith.
Karmic Death: It doesn't get any more poetic than being stabbed through the heart by the friend whose trust you betrayed.
Lack of Empathy: She feigns sympathy for Michonne and turns her back on their friendship like it meant nothing.
Manipulative Bitch: Uses Michonne's friendship and basic decency against her. She also admits that she likes using children to do her bidding because of how impressionable their minds are.
Mythology Gag: Her reunion with Michonne is a nod to the scene from the comics where Michonne finds her long-lost daughter at the Commonwealth.
Never My Fault: See the above quote. She blames everything she does to Michonne on "fate" and doesn't take any responsibility for destroying their friendship or kidnapping Michonne's daughter.
Nothing Personal: This is what she claims after abducting Judith and while savagely beating a pregnant Michonne. They would do this to anyone, and Michonne just happened to be a part of one of the many unsuspecting communities they came across. Of course, given her history with Michonne, it's very personal.
Remember the New Guy?: Never mentioned before "Scars". Justified, as it had been years since Michonne had last seen her.
Sadist: It's subtly implied that she enjoys manipulating the children in her care.
Scary Black Woman: When she reveals her true intentions.
Sensei for Scoundrels: Brainwashed all the kids in her care into becoming murderers. She even addresses them like a teacher speaking to a classroom of her students.
The Social Darwinist: She's come to believe in survival of the fittest and refuses to let her kids be weak as she once was.
That Woman Is Dead: Explains to Michonne that the goodhearted person she knew is long gone.
We Used to Be Friends: She and Michonne were the best of friends before the apocalypse. Fittingly, Michonne doesn't hesitate at all when killing her, proving just how much the betrayal really hurt her.

Mitchell

Portrayed By: Joey Simon

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 9)

'"Kill all of her children. The rest of you are with me."

The eldest of the kids and Jocelyn's second-in-command.

Character Death: Michonne slashes him across the stomach with her sword, killing him.
The Comically Serious: Has a brief moment where he's confused by Eugene's weird manner of speaking.
Eugene: Does your compadre plan on moseying her way 'round again?
Mitchell: Uh... yeah. She'll mosey.
The Dragon: Mitchell is the eldest of the kids and seems to be Jocelyn's lieutenant. When Michonne kills her he immediately takes over leadership and tries to attack Michonne directly.
Teens Are Monsters: He's the oldest of the kids.

Winnie

Portrayed By: Elle Graham

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 9)

One of the youngest kids in Jocelyn's care. She ends up as the only survivor after Michonne slaughters the rest of her group.

Know When to Fold 'Em: After Michonne slaughters the rest of her group, Winnie wisely abandons trying to kill Judith and makes a break for it.
Sole Survivor: The only one of her group to survive.
What Happened to the Mouse?: As the Sole Survivor of the group, she hasn't been seen since. With Michonne Put on a Bus in Season 10, it's unknown if she ever will be.

Valak's Vipers

Craven

"First, you wouldn't talk. Now, I'm begging you to shut up."

Portrayed By: Rod Rowland

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 10)

Debut: "Here's Negan"

"Somebody, they took care of this for a long time, and if they’ve got something as rare as this... they probably got a lot of other stuff, too. So now... you tell me where you got it, I am going to let you take this to your wife. Otherwise, I'm gonna pour it down the toilet and make you watch."

The leader of the Valak's Vipers, a biker gang that owns the Virginian roads seven months into the outbreak. They run afoul of Negan Smith and pay the price for it.

Asshole Victim: It's safe to say he had it coming.
Break the Haughty: His smug demeanor vanishes as his listens to the sounds of Negan picking off all his men.
Bullying a Dragon: Granted, Negan hadn't become the Negan he's known for just yet, but Craven still had no idea who he was messing with when he antagonized him.
Character Death: Negan bludgeons him to death with Lucille.
Composite Character: He shares some traits with the Gang Leader who is Negan's first victim in the comics.
Face Death with Dignity: Downplayed. He doesn't cry or beg, but is quite obviously terrified as Negan tells him he is going to kill him, and is completely silent and shaking as Negan raises his bat to cave in his skull.
Faux Affably Evil: He pretends to sympathize with Negan's situation, but is really just a cruel bully.
Kick the Dog: He threatens to pour Lucille's medication down the toilet if Negan doesn't give him the information he wants.
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Letting Negan go comes back to bite him in the ass, big time.
Pet the Dog: To his credit, he does let Negan go once his story checks out and the Vipers get the stuff they wanted.
Shout-Out: The name of his gang, "Valak's Vipers", is a reference to the name of the demon from The Conjuring 2.^note
Starter Villain: He was the first serious foe Negan encountered in the apocalypse.
We Hardly Knew Ye: He and his gang only exist to show Negan's Start of Darkness.

The Ferals

"Hungry."

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 11)

Debut: "On the Inside"

A family of cannibals residing in a house in the Washington region.

Ax-Crazy: The trials and tribulations of the post-outbreak world has turned them into cannibalistic, psychotic subhumans so far gone that they’ll even attempt to attack and cannibalise live walkers without regard to their own safety.
Cannibal Larder: Connie finds a room filled with the bones of their past victims.
Canon Foreigner: They're entirely unique to the show.
Devoured by the Horde: Most of them are devoured by walkers when Connie lets them inside their house.
Evil Is One Big, Happy Family: To their credit, they seem to be a tight-knit group who didn't resort to eating each other when food became scarce.
Expy:
- They are not too different from Gollum from Lord of the Rings as they are pale, wear no clothes except for a loin cloth wearing people who eat others and have lost their sanity.
- In the show's universe, they're pretty much Terminus and the Whisperers up to eleven. Like the cannibals of Terminus, they've resorted to eating other people to survive, but have completely lost their humanity in the process. Like the Whisperers, they've regressed to primal, animalistic behavior, but the Ferals to a far greater degree than Alpha and her people ever did.
Hidden Depths: Though they have become animalistic savages, they are still smart enough to have lured numerous survivors into their lair (mostly unarmed), using only primitive herding techniques. Also, apart from the usual dust and dirt brought about by the apocalypse, their house is almost immaculate. If they're not actively cleaning it (and they most likely aren't), they at least have the presence of mind to not make it any dirtier than it already is, in order give their prey the illusion of safety and respite.
Hulk Speak: They only let out one word: "Hungry."
I'm a Humanitarian: Connie discovers a room of human remains, revealing they turned to cannibalism to survive.
It Can Think: They completely lost their minds but they are still smart enough to herd Virgil and Connie to the house to eat them like prey, something Virgil pointed out.
Karmic Death: Most of them are Devoured by the Horde, a fitting end for a bunch of cannibals.
No Name Given: We don't find out any of their names.
Nothing Is Scarier: It's not known what exactly made them turn into Gollum-like cannibal creatures but we probably don't want to know.
Primal Stance: They run around on all fours like animals.
Sanity Has Advantages: Anyone who’s presented with the threat of a walker will do everything in their power to flee from or kill it outright, but the Ferals’ minds are so fried that when Connie lures several undead into their house, some of them unhesitatingly engage the walkers in unarmed combat instead of baiting them back out or running for their lives. It doesn’t end well for them.
Shout-Out: To World War Z, as they appear to be a combined version of the books "ferals" and "quislings". In World War Z, a "feral" is a term for children who were orphaned or abandoned during the apocalypse, and regressed into feral animals to survive on their own, while a "quisling" were uninfected humans who snapped from the horror and stress, and started to act like zombies themselves, including attacking and eating other survivors.
Too Dumb to Live: When Connie lets walkers in the house, one of the Ferals jumps on top of a staircase only to jump right back down to attack the walkers and get eaten alive. This could be because when they lost their sanity, they could have lost their self-preservation skills as well.
Wild Hair: Being feral and having completely lost it, it's to be expected that they would have this trope.
Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness: The one Connie sees up-close through a slot in the wall has yellow eyes.

Other

Mays

"I know who I am!"

Portrayed By: Robert Patrick

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 10, 11 ^noteDream (archive footage))

Debut: "One More"

"There's nothing left in this world but thieves and murderers."

A survivor encountered by Gabriel and Aaron during a two-week supply run.

Asshole Victim: While he may have been working towards a Heel–Face Turn, he still forced his brother to shoot his loved ones, tried to make Gabriel and Aaron kill each other, and is implied to have made other groups of people play the game as well. It's hard not to feel Gabriel was justified in killing him.
Cain and Abel: Played with. Mays claims his brother was an Ungrateful Bastard who stole his food and attacked him with a knife, but then saying he retaliated by murdering his brother and his family definitely paints him in a far nastier light. Then it turns out Mays' brother is still alive, but only because he selfishly chose to shoot his own wife and daughter rather than turn the gun on himself. It's ultimately left to interpretation which brother was the "Cain", and which was the "Abel".
Cynicism Catalyst: His brother's betrayal broke him into believing that everyone is wicked and will turn on each other when forced into a corner.
Dead Star Walking: Despite being played by a popular and well-known actor, Mays only has about ten minutes of screen time before getting his head clubbed in with a mace by Gabriel.
Disproportionate Retribution: Discussed and then played straight. He admits his beef with Gabriel and Aaron isn't about them killing the boar he had captured, since the animal would’ve been eaten eventually... but it IS about their friendship and loyalty to each other disgusting them, so he tries to force them to kill each other to prove his delusion right.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: He became disgusted by Aaron and Gabriel’s friendship as it flew in the face of the ideology he’d adopted since his brother’s betrayal. When Aaron ultimately chooses to kill himself as opposed to shoot Gabriel, he angrily stops him so he can rant and try to convince them to go through with killing each other to survive.
Evil Old Folks: Mays is a nasty and unstable piece of work played by Robert Patrick, who is in his sixties.
Heel–Face Door-Slam: He seems to have taken Gabriel's words to heart and looks set to accompany him and Aaron back to Alexandria. Gabriel then murders him because he considers him too dangerous to be around other people.
Irony: What are the odds a guy named Mays ends up killed by a mace?
Mildly Military: The dog tags around his neck suggest that he is ex-military.
Mirror Character: Weirdly, is this to Lizzie Samuels. Both were in a Cain and Abel situation with their sibling and are ultimately killed because the group considers them too dangerous to reintegrate into society. Unlike Mays, Lizzie was Obliviously Evil but actually killed her sister. Mays, while certainly unstable in his own right, didn't kill his brother and instead subjected him to a Fate Worse than Death.
One-Hit Kill: Courtesy of Gabriel. He's dead before he even knows what hit him.
Sadistic Choice: He forces Gabriel and Aaron to play Russian Roulette and gives them the option of either killing themselves or shooting the other.
Straw Nihilist: Not unlike Heath Ledger’s Joker, he believes in the evil of mankind and tries to encourage Gabriel and Aaron to kill the other to survive to prove his ideology right. When they don’t, he becomes enraged.
Surprisingly Sudden Death: His death comes out of nowhere, especially considering he had already lowered his gun and was in the process of letting Aaron and Gabriel go.
Villain of the Week: He only terrorizes Gabriel and Aaron once before being dealt with by the end of the episode.
Would Hurt a Child: Had no problem forcing his own brother to gun down his son (and Mays' nephew).

Characters / The Walking Dead (2010): Other Antagonists

Edit Locked

As Jadis has moved to the cast of The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, the aforementioned spoiler embargo applies to the two seasons of World Beyond as well as the eleven seasons of The Walking Dead.

Other Antagonists

The Living

Dave

Portrayed By: Michael Raymond-James

Voiced By: Salvador Aldeguer (Spanish dub), Martin Kautz (German dub), Mark Lesser (French dub)

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 2)

Tony

Portrayed By: Aaron Munoz

Voiced By: Txema Moscoso (Spanish dub), Karl Jürgen Sihler (German dub)

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 2)

Randall Culver

Portrayed By: Michael Zegen

Voiced By: Óscar Castellanos (Spanish dub), Sebastian Fitzner (German dub), Stéphane Marais (French dub), Gabriele Patriarca (Italian dub)

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 2)

Nate

Portrayed By: Phillip DeVona

Voiced By: Lucas Cisneros (Spanish dub)

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 2)

Sean

Portrayed By: Keedar Whittle

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 2)

The Claimers

Joe

Portrayed By: Jeff Kober

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 4) | The Walking Dead Webisodes: Red Machete

Len

Portrayed By: Marcus Hester

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 4)

Tony

Portrayed By: Davi Jay

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 4) | The Walking Dead Webisodes: Red Machete

Dan

Portrayed By: Keith Brooks

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 4)

Harley

Portrayed By: JD Evermore

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 4)

Billy

Portrayed By: Eric Mendenhall

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 4)

Lou

Portrayed By: Scott Dale

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 4)

The Wolves

Owen

Portrayed By: Benedict Samuel

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 5-6)

Edward

Portrayed By: Jesse Boyd

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 5-6, 11 note Dream)

"Red Jacket Wolf"

Portrayed By: Alec Rayme

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 6)

"Satchel Wolf"

Portrayed By: Elena Sanchez

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 6)

"Shaved Head Wolf"

Portrayed By: Labrandon Shead

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 6)

"Black Bearded Wolf"

Portrayed By: Lance Tafelski

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 6)

Aphid

Portrayed By: Duke Jackson

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 6)

Zombified Wolf

Portrayed By: Casey Hendershot

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 6)

The Scavengers

"Jadis" / Anne / "Stokes"

Portrayed By: Pollyanna McIntosh

Voiced By: Catherina Martínez (Spanish dub), Victoria Sturm (German dub), Émilie Duchênoy (French dub), Federica De Bortoli (Italian dub), Helena Dytrtová (Czech dub)

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 7-9) | The Walking Dead: World Beyond (Season 2) | The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

Tamiel

Portrayed By: Sabrina Gennarino

Voiced By: María del Mar Jorcano (Spanish dub), Audrey Pouffer (French dub)

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 7-8)

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 5-6, 11 ^noteDream)

Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 10, 11 ^noteDream (archive footage))