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The Hilltop Colony
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In General
"The place was running a long time before the modern world built up around it. I think people came here because they figured it'd keep running after the modern world broke down. Those windows up there let us see for miles in every direction."
— Paul "Jesus" Rovia
An agricultural community in rural West Virginia close to the Alexandria Safe-Zone. It comes under the leadership of Atlanta veteran Maggie Rhee who takes up residence there full-time, and becomes a major member of the Coalition. After the Commonwealth Revolution, Hilltop expands into a secondary location known as "The Bricks."
- Agri World: Among the communities, Hilltop stands out as being the most productive provider of food and crops. Hilltop has a lot of space to grow actual grain crops. They also raise livestock, so they have chicken and cow products (eggs, milk, butter, meat if they can spare an animal). This is in contrast to the specializations of the other communities - Alexandria doesn’t grow as much food, but has more weapons and technology such as solar panels, while the Kingdom has more raw manpower.
- Arcadia: Very rural and agrarian compared to Alexandria. The main surplus resource they have to trade is food - which Alexandria greatly needs.
- Big Fancy House: Barrington House, an opulent colonial mansion that was formerly a historic landmark and museum, is now Hilltop Colony's central headquarters.
- The Blacksmith: Hilltop has blacksmiths who forge their weapons, headed by Earl Sutton.
- A Day in the Limelight: Season 9 revolves heavily around the community’s revolving door of leadership and the struggles it creates. The conflict with the Whisperers officially begins at Hilltop, and it ends up absorbing the Kingdom once it falls into disrepair.
- Deep South: As a backwoods rural community where most of the residents live in a trailer park, it certainly gives off vibes of this (though the "trailers" are standard-issue FEMA prefab shelters).
- Dwindling Party: As of Season 10, Bertie is the only original (named) resident confirmed to still be alive.
- Good Old Ways: Parts of the community look just like a living history farm.
- Guns vs. Swords: When Rick’s group first meets them, the people of Hilltop don't have any guns, and have to make do with edged weapons such as spears. Compared to the heavily armed Saviors, they wouldn't stand a chance. They have a few guns to wave at newcomers, but Jesus explains that they completely ran out of ammunition long ago. They eventually attain firearms through their alliance with the other communities.
- How the Mighty Have Fallen: Hilltop enjoyed several years as the most prosperous member of the Coalition, producing enough surplus food to feed other communities, specializing in blacksmithing, and having the most defensible position in regard to location and encampment. However, the events of the Whisperer War - taking in the Kingdom’s considerable numbers, a tree falling on its walls, and ultimately the Battle of Hilltop - reduce it to a charred shell of what it once was. In mid-Season 11, it’s manned by a skeleton crew of people who live in constant fear of walkers, have barely enough food to go around, and are unable to repair the community without aid from the Commonwealth.
- Last Stand:
- In late Season 8, Hilltop becomes the sole community occupied by AHK, as Alexandria is sacked and burned, and the Kingdom is abandoned to the Saviors. After the war, Alexandria and the Kingdom are repopulated and rebuilt.
- The defenders of Hilltop make a stand when Alpha’s horde arrives to wipe out the community, despite no hope of reinforcements and the sheer numbers at Alpha’s command.
- Leitmotif: The setting is accompanied by a twangy banjo theme
that gives it a distinctly southern feel. - Puppet State: Hilltop has been subjugated by the Saviors, and the residents are forced to regularly make a tribute, consisting of half their supplies, under the threat of violence.
- Revolving Door Casting: The Leader position has switched three times in Season 9. Maggie leaves by the time of the second Time Skip leaving Jesus in-charge. Jesus was then killed during the debut of the Whisperers, handing the reins to Tara. Tara is then subsequently killed by the Whisperers as well. In Season 10, Yumiko finds herself stepping up as the de facto leader of the community, but she too leaves to join the Commonwealth mission. The Hilltop survivors join up under Gabriel and Daryl’s leadership, and later fall back under Maggie upon her return.
- Training the Peaceful Villagers: Rick's group agrees to save the Hilltop from the Saviors. They don't start properly training them until Maggie, Sasha, and Enid take up residence at Hilltop full-time. It pays off in the season 7 finale, as Maggie leads a sizable group of Hilltop denizens into battle with naught a seen casualty.
- Trauma Conga Line: Yumiko mentions in the Season 9 finale that Hilltop is deeply shaken from losing both Jesus and Tara in such quick succession, even months after the latter’s death.
- You Are in Command Now: Subverted after the deaths of Jesus and Tara. The combined Hilltop/Kingdom survivors have no one leader, with the council and other veterans like Alden and Earl more or less handling the situation. In Season 10, Yumiko begins stepping up to take over, but after the fall of Hilltop she joins Eugene’s mission to West Virginia. The displaced survivors join up with Alexandria under Gabriel and Daryl’s leadership. In Season 11, Maggie retakes command of the community after the Reaper conflict.
- You Can't Go Home Again: Hilltop is sacked and burned by the Whisperers in Season 10 during the Whisperer War, forcing its survivors to flee. However, prior to the battle, some characters are optimistic they’d be able to rebuild even if the community fell, so they may return someday. After the defeat of the Reapers in Season 11, Maggie begins trying to rebuild the colony, though it’s pointed out to her that rebuilding will likely not be possible without accepting aid and resources from the Commonwealth. Maggie finally admits that Hilltop is likely beyond saving by the time Lance makes his move on the Coalition’s communities, willingly detonating a bomb in Barrington House and abandoning it to the Commonwealth’s aggression. Thanks to the defeat of Lance and Pamela's removal from power, the community is eventually rebuilt and is shown flourishing once more with families living there in the series finale.
Leadership
Gregory
See Gregory
Jesus
Paul "Jesus" Rovia
"Your world is about to get a whole lot bigger."
Portrayed By: Tom Payne
Voiced By: Eduardo Bosch (Spanish dub), Yasushi Iwaki (Japanese dub), Jaron Löwenberg (German dub), Emmanuel Lemire (French dub), Emiliano Coltorti (Italian dub), Radek Hoppe (Czech dub), Illés Horváth, Álmos Előd (Hungarian dub)
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 6-9) | Fear the Walking Dead (Season 4)
Debut: "The Next World"
"This is the next world, hope it's good to you!"
A man who encounters Rick and Daryl while the two are on a supply run in season 6. He is a highly competent survivor and Gregory's second in command at the Hilltop, often sent to scavenge supplies for his community. Jesus helps the gang plot their attack on the Saviors, only for Maggie and Sasha to arrive at Hilltop after the group has been defeated and subjugated by Negan. When Gregory proves unable to defend Hilltop from a Savior attack and tribute, Jesus forgoes any loyalty to him and begins grooming Maggie to take over Hilltop, which comes to fruition by the season 7 finale.
During the Savior War, Jesus leads an assault in Simon’s outpost alongside Tara, and they clash as Jesus opts for sparing as many Saviors as possible, whereas Tara just wants to kill them all. Jesus ultimately wins out and convinces Maggie to spare and imprison their Savior POW’s. However, Jesus is upset when Rick decides to spare Negan, the one Savior he wanted dead, at the end of the war. Jesus is later put in charge of Hilltop by Maggie when she heads out west with Georgie, but hates being leader due to his lack of confidence in his abilities. Despite Aaron and Tara imploring him to take his responsibilities more seriously, Jesus never gets the chance as he is killed during a rescue mission by a walker revealed to be a Whisperer in disguise.
- Actually Pretty Funny: He has to smile when Carl tricks him into jumping out of the Saviors' truck in "Sing Me A Song".
- Adaptation Name Change: His surname was Monroe in the comics. It was likely changed for the show to avoid confusion with the Monroe family from Alexandria.
- Adaptation Personality Change: He's more willing to use trickery and violence to get what he wants than his comic counterpart. He's still a Nice Guy for the most part, though.
- Adaptational Badass: He's more openly defiant of Gregory from the get-go in this version.
- Apologetic Attacker: Apologizes to Rick and Daryl for stealing their supply truck.
- Authority in Name Only: In Season 9 following the second Time Skip, Jesus has been asked to lead Hilltop in Maggie's absence. However, he hates being leader and prefers staying outside the walls. He's more of a figurehead that the people know and trust, while Tara is the one doing the gritty work.
- Badass and Child Duo: Subverted; the ending of "Go Getters" implies that Jesus and Carl will be infiltrating the Sanctuary together, but at the very beginning of "Sing Me A Song" Carl leaves him behind so he can face Negan alone.
- Badass Longcoat: Gives him a long, lanky look.
- Badass Pacifist: He car jacks Rick and Daryl without even causing serious injury to them. Then in "Knots Untie," he manages to prevent a fight from breaking out in his colony with simple words of peace.
- Beauty Equals Goodness: A rare male example. Jesus is an attractive man who always does what's right and has the most moral standards compared to other survivors.
- Beware the Nice Ones: For a polite pacifist, he sure knows how to kick ass. He's always willing to kill members of the Saviors when he has to.
- Beware the Silly Ones: He seems very playful with Rick and Daryl at first, but he's also capable of beating them in hand to hand combat.
- Both Sides Have a Point: He comes into debate with Maggie and Tara over his taking the satellite outpost Saviors as POW's. On one hand, the war was all but stated to be a campaign to utterly wipe out the Saviors and free their prisoners. It's understandable why Maggie and Tara would want to slaughter the Saviors considering they've lost their significant others to the Saviors. On the other hand, no one ever planned for the Saviors to actually surrender to them, and Jesus decided to take matters into his own hands and spare the Saviors who were smart enough to know they were outmatched. He does this not only to ensure his friends don't lose their humanity to vengeance, but also because he believes that since most of the Saviors only work for Negan because they have been either brainwashed or blackmailed by him into doing so, they can be redeemed. In a lot of their cases, he is proven correct.
- Broken Pedestal: Gregory finally becomes this to him after he witnesses his leader nearly screw over Maggie and Sasha to save his own hide. This allows Jesus to finally get more involved in combating the Saviors and go against Gregory.
- The Cameo: He briefly appears in the fourth season premiere of Fear the Walking Dead, trying to convince Morgan to come to Hilltop with him.
- Celebrity Resemblance: He Looks Like Jesus.
- Character Death: Stabbed through the back by a Whisperer in "Evolution".
- Dark Is Not Evil: He's wearing all black in his debut appearance.
- Deadpan Snarker: When he wants to be.
- Death by Adaptation: He is killed by a Whisperer in "Evolution", while his comic counterpart survives the entirety of the series. Due to the six-year Time Skip on the show, however, he lived past the point that the Whisperers arc took place in the comics.
- A Death in the Limelight: Gets a bit more focus than usual in his last two episodes.
- Demoted to Extra: He's still a major character, but he receives less prominence in comparison to his comic counterpart who quickly became one of Rick's closest allies. He also suffers Death by Adaptation, further robbing him of importance and screen time.
- Determinator: After Rick and Daryl try relentlessly to shake him off their trail, he keeps coming back for them. It even gets to the point where he hops on a truck roof to find where they're driving to.
- Didn't See That Coming: He effortlessly dispatches several walkers that are closing in on the group and prepares to slash the last one down when, to his complete shock, it suddenly ducks and stabs him through the back, killing him.
- The Ditherer: In Season 9, he's not very interested in leading Hilltop since he doesn't think he has what it takes, so he delegates most of his responsibilities to Tara.
- Dragon-in-Chief: A rare heroic example. Jesus acts as Number Two to Gregory, but he's really the smart one running the colony.
- Escape Artist: Manages to escape being tied up by Rick and Daryl in a matter of seconds.
- Establishing Character Moment: In his first episode, he proves himself to be intelligent, crafty, agile, and very badass when he goes toe to toe with Rick and Daryl.
- Even the Loving Hero Has Hated Ones: Despite being an All-Loving Hero who hates killing people and believes that any Saviors who surrender during the war should be given a chance to redeem themselves, he firmly believes that Negan, the man responsible for brainwashing or blackmailing all of his lackeys into doing what they have done, deserves to die for all the atrocities he's committed. He disapproves of Rick’s sparing Negan, and agrees with Maggie and Daryl’s plot to one day kill him behind Rick's back.
- Faux Symbolism: Lampshaded In-Universe. Daryl doesn't understand why Paul nicknamed himself Jesus and what its significance is.
- Fire-Forged Friends: Alexandria’s friendship with Jesus is solidified when he comes to their defense after he defends them from Hilltop’s guards and fights alongside them during the raid on the satellite outpost.
- Foil: To Gregory. Both of them have leadership positions within Hilltop, but while Gregory is an incompetent, cowardly Jerkass who doesn't fight, Jesus is a loyal, battle-hardened Nice Guy who immediately integrates himself with Rick's group.
- Foster Kid: Mentions to Maggie that he was raised in a group home.
- Good All Along: Downplayed, since Rick and Daryl realize he’s not evil by any means, but they quickly grow tired of his antics and trying to steal their supplies they’ve found for Alexandria. It takes an episode’s worth of Jesus vouching for them during negotiations with Hilltop and fighting alongside them before the group accepts him as one of their most stalwart allies.
- Good Counterpart: To Dwight in Season 7. Both men are competent, second in command loyalists to a Jerkass leader who constantly abuses their trust and sends them out on dangerous missions scouting for them, while they just stand back and allow their leader's cruelty. However, Dwight initially appears to be completely okay with all of his leader's brutality and worships the ground he walks on (though deep down loathes Negan and later sees the error of his ways and redeems himself), while Jesus embraces his leader as the horrible person he really is and openly defies his decisions in favor of doing what's morally right.
- Good vs. Good: Ends up slugging it out with a mentally unstable, Ax-Crazy Morgan.
- Heel–Face Revolving Door: It's hard to get a fix on him as he goes from being civil to Rick and Daryl one moment to trying to steal their stuff the next. Even in the midst of a struggle, however, he still warns Daryl about a walker closing in and shoots it before it can bite him, further calling his allegiance into question. "Knots Untie" establishes him as a heroic character, however, and one who ultimately sides with Rick and decides to join his plot to assassinate Negan.
- Heroic Self-Deprecation: He thinks very little of himself and openly tells Maggie and Sasha that he's not worthy of being a leader.
- Honest Advisor: He frequently talks back to Gregory, who is too much of a pushover to do anything about it.
- Humble Pie: Jesus doesn't think he has what it takes to act as The Leader of Hilltop, so he allows Gregory to act as their leader instead.
- Hypercompetent Sidekick: He's the Only Sane Man to the Hilltop Colony while Gregory is a Leader Wannabe.
- Iconic Outfit: His signature longcoat and beanie.
- Iconic Sequel Character: Doesn't appear in the series until Season 6.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: He Looks Like Jesus with them.
- In the Back: He dies being stabbed in the back by a Whisperer.
- Irony:
- A man named Jesus steals from others and uses trickery to get what he wants. He also lacks the leadership abilities of Jesus Christ, and straight up kills a Savior at one point.
- In Season 9, he has become a heroic version of Gregory - he's the leader of Hilltop, but he doesn't really do too much of the work that a leader has to do, with Tara taking his place as the Hyper-Competent Sidekick actually doing most of the work.
- The Lancer: To Gregory. Jesus is far more competent than him, though. He retains the position of second-in-command of the community when Maggie takes over Hilltop. To both leaders, he offers contrasting viewpoints - for Gregory, because he's too incompetent and needs the advice to keep his head on straight; for Maggie, because he often disagrees with her ruthlessness.
- The Leader: Maggie is revealed to have left with Georgie at some point during the second Time Skip in Season 9, forcing Jesus to take over leadership of Hilltop. He's not exactly thrilled about it, though.
- Lightning Bruiser: He's extremely quick and can take both Rick and Daryl in a fight. The Whisperer that killed him only succeeded in doing so because Jesus was caught off-guard.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: A handsome, youthful-looking man with long brown hair.
- Looks Like Jesus: With the beard and long hair, he bears quite the resemblance. Hence the nickname (though Daryl is utterly befuddled by it at first, and Magna’s group wonders if Hilltop is a cult).
- Made of Iron: Doesn't come off too bad from being knocked off of a moving truck.
- Martial Pacifist: He doesn't want to kill people, but he will attack them in self-defense as Rick and Daryl quickly figure out.
- Moment Killer: When Rick and Michonne are tenderly cuddling in bed after entering their relationship with a passionate night together, Jesus wakes them up.
- Morality Chain: The only one who can (marginally) appeal to Gregory's good side is Jesus. That is, until "The Other Side".
- Nice Guy: Hands down one of the most decent people introduced so far. Although he does antagonize Rick and Daryl when they first meet, it's for the good of his community and he ultimately doesn't outright harm them.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: His fight with Rick and Daryl ends with the supply truck all three of them were after sinking to the bottom of a river.
- No Sense of Personal Space: Played for Laughs more than anything, but he did barge into Rick and Michonne’s bedroom after they had very clearly had a passionate night together.
- Number Two: Technically is this to Gregory, but Jesus is by far the most trustworthy and skilled person in his community.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Apparently, Jesus escaped his holding cell, got past Daryl and several Alexandrians, and successfully broke into Rick's house while he was off-guard.
- One-Man Army: He wipes the floor with Rick and Daryl in a brief hand-to-hand fight, only losing the upper hand when the two of them are able to grab their guns. Overall, Jesus's skills in combat and stealth make him virtually unstoppable to most people.
- Only Sane Man: When Rick's group arrives at the Hilltop, Jesus is forced to serve as the mediator between their ruthless pragmatism and Gregory's cowardly incompetence.
- Posthumous Character: He makes a brief appearance in a flashback a few episodes after his death.
- Pragmatic Hero: He tricks Rick and Daryl in order to take their supplies, but it's all for the good of his community.
- Rousseau Was Right: Jesus had no way of knowing it would end up being the case, but almost all of the 39 Saviors he took as POW’s turned out to be decent people willing to defect to AHK after being shown mercy.
- Sacrificial Lion: His death serves as a bloody introduction to the Whisperers.
- The Scrounger: One of his jobs seems to be gathering supplies for the community. This is particularly important because the Saviors will slaughter the Hilltop if they're not given the amount of supplies they want.
- Sixth Ranger: Jesus is the most frequently seen non-Alexandrian to fight alongside Rick and his group, such as during the raid on Oceanside.
- The Smart Guy: He's the wisest of his group.
- The Sneaky Guy: Manages to steal Rick's car keys, climb on top of their truck, and escape from Denise's house and into Rick's house completely undetected. Later on he's able to sneak into the Savior outpost and kill several of them without being seen.
- The Starscream: A heroic example. He spends all of Season 7 grooming Maggie to replace Gregory as the leader of Hilltop.
- Stealth Hi/Bye: Appears on top of a truck driven by the Saviors in one shot, then completely disappears the next time the camera shows the truck, without anyone except Daryl noticing where or when he left.
- Straight Gay: There's no indication of his sexuality until he nonchalantly brings up his past boyfriends to Maggie in "The Other Side".
- Thou Shalt Not Kill: During the war with the Saviors, he's unwilling to kill Saviors if they don't have to, as he recognizes that they are only following Negan's orders because they don't feel they have a choice, as Negan has brainwashed or blackmailed them all into serving him. This nearly costs him his life, as Dean tricks him into letting his guard down and then takes him as a hostage - and when Dean is subdued, Jesus still fights tooth and nail to save him. Jesus also orders that the survivors of the satellite outpost be taken as prisoners, and continues to urge Maggie to spare them. To his dismay, however, Maggie isn't willing to show the men who captured and killed her husband half of the mercy he shows them. Even during the final battle of the war, Jesus is ordering Morgan to not kill the Saviors attacking them.
- The Trickster: In spades. Within minutes of his introduction he fools Rick and Daryl into letting him steal their truck full of supplies.
- Undying Loyalty: Develops this to Maggie as she comes to take over Hilltop.
- What the Hell, Hero?:
- Frequently has this reaction toward Gregory's antics. He also begins having this reaction when Maggie is unwilling to show the same mercy to the Saviors that he has. At the end of the Savior War, he is outraged when Rick and Michonne decide, without consulting anyone else, that Negan should be spared.
- He's on the receiving end of this in midlate Season 9, as Tara and Aaron chastise him for shirking most of his new responsibilities as leader of Hilltop despite Maggie having personally asked him to take over.
- The Worf Effect: Despite being one of the biggest badasses on the show (and probably the most combat-proficient), he is taken out in a single fatal strike by one of the Whisperers, immediately establishing them as a serious threat.
Maggie
See Maggie Rhee
Tara
See Chambler Family
Medical Staff
Dr. Carson
Dr. Harlan Carson
Portrayed By: R. Keith Harris
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 6-8)
Debut: "Knots Untie"
A doctor and obstetrician in the Hilltop Colony. He advises Maggie to remain in Hilltop for the remainder of her pregnancy. When his brother Emmett is killed by Negan, Simon conscripts him to work for the Sanctuary. During the Savior War, rescuing Carson becomes a top priority for AHK. He escapes with Gabriel thanks to Eugene, but is tragically killed by a Savior after attempting to escape while on the road to Hilltop.
- Action Survivor: Though he's not much of a fighter, he isn't entirely helpless in killing walkers either, managing to headshot a few while his leg is caught in a beartrap.
- Agent Scully: In "Dead or Alive Or", he and Gabriel have a string of good luck as they try to make it to Hilltop before the Saviors catch them. Gabriel believes it to be the work of God at hand, but Carson is skeptical. He eventually comes around on the idea, but is unfortunately shot and killed when he chooses the wrong moment to go for a Savior's gun.
- And Then John Was a Zombie: As he wasn't shot in the head, he likely reanimated into a walker afterwards.
- Character Death: He is shot by a Savior after stealing another Savior's gun in an attempt to escape.
- Death by Adaptation: His comic counterpart survives the entire series.
- A Death in the Limelight: He is killed near the end of "Dead or Alive Or", his most prominent episode.
- Karmic Jackpot: For the group, anyway. When they help Jesus rescue him and other Hilltop residents out of the goodness of their hearts, they find out that one of the people they rescued is a trained obstetrician, whose services Glenn and Maggie will greatly need due to expecting a child.
- The Medic: He serves as the doctor for the Hilltop. In general he's the most medically qualified survivor seen since Jenner.
- Nice Guy: He quickly becomes friendly to the group, Glenn and Maggie in particular.
- Perma-Stubble: Quite noticeable considering his brother Emmett is clean-shaven, despite being the elder. This is likely to show their different lifestyle, considering they live in two vastly different communities.
- Put on a Bus: One to the Sanctuary, actually. He's conscripted by Simon to become the Sanctuary's chief medical officer after Negan rashly killed his brother. He reappears in Season 8 to care for the sick Gabriel and the two later escape with Eugene's assistance.
- Replacement Goldfish: He becomes this for the Sanctuary Saviors after Negan kills his brother, Emmett.
- Shoot the Medic First: He is shot by a Savior while making his way back to Hilltop with Gabriel, long before Maggie's baby is born. Fortunately, Siddiq is revealed to have medical expertise and presumably takes over from there.
- The Smart Guy: As a highly intelligent doctor, he's one of the community's most valuable assets.
- Spanner in the Works: Carson's abduction complicates a few things for the group going forward. As an obstetrician, Maggie critically needs him as she's expecting a child, thus he's a high-priority hostage in the Sanctuary. This prevents Sasha from her first attempt to snipe Negan, as Carson gets in the way. Furthermore, Carson's presence means the group can't simply bomb the Sanctuary to hell, since they need him. The eighth season premiere explicitly states that recovering Carson is a top priority.
Enid
Guards
Kal
Kal
Portrayed By: James Chen
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 6-9)
Debut: "Knots Untie"
A guard of the Hilltop Colony.
- Adaptational Heroism: In the comics, Karl tried to warn the Saviors of the upcoming rebellion of the communities due to his fear of them and wanting to avoid their wrath, only backing out when Jesus hunt him down and managed to talk him out of it. In the show, he left Gregory behind as soon as he realized he was doing the same thing and has remained loyal to Maggie and the whole alliance.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Never appears again after Season 9 with no explicit confirmation of his whereabouts or survival.
- Flipping the Bird: He does this to Gregory when he overhears him saying that he's delusional.
- Gate Guardian: Is responsible for guarding Hilltop's gate alongside Eduardo.
- Hot-Blooded: He has a short temper and seems almost eager to kill Rick and the others when they start causing trouble.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's quick to anger, but only wants to defend the Hilltop from threats.
- The Lancer: He begins getting courted by Gregory to serve as his personal right-hand man when Jesus begins openly defying Gregory's wishes. As shown in Season 8, though, he has as much respect for Gregory as anyone else at this point.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Eduardo's blue.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Survives the war with the Saviors, unlike his comic counterpart.
- Those Two Guys: With Eduardo.
- Token Minority: The only significant Asian character at Hilltop. After the first episode of Season 7, Glenn's death leaves him as the only significant Asian character in the whole cast until Yumiko is introduced in Season 9.
- What Happened to the Mouse?:
- Leaves with Gregory for parts unknown in "Something They Need" and doesn't return before the season ends. He is revealed to have abandoned Gregory and returned to Hilltop once he found out Gregory intended to rat Maggie out to the Saviors.
- It's unknown what's become of him since the end of Season 9, despite being a major defender of Hilltop and shown to still be living in the community as of "The Calm Before".
Eduardo
Eduardo
Portrayed By: Peter Zimmerman
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 6-8)
Debut: "Knots Untie"
A guard for the Hilltop.
- Gate Guardian: Guards the Hilltop alongside Kal.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue to Kal's red.
- Those Two Guys: With Kal.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Hasn't been seen since Season 8.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Hilariously, he chews out Gregory for not giving the pregnant Maggie an apple. It's a demonstration of how little respect Gregory gets that even a lowly guard isn't afraid to call him out on his bullshit.
Sutton Family
Earl
Earl Sutton
"Why did you hang Gregory and not me?"
Portrayed By: John Finn
Voiced By: Carlos Ysbert (Spanish dub), Patrick Pellegrin (French dub)
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 9-10)
Debut: "A New Beginning"
"We're going to have to fight, and if we die, we die fighting for a place that means something. Can you think of a better way to go?"
Hilltop's chief blacksmith. He is the father of Ken and husband of Tammy. A year and a half after the Savior War, he and Tammy lose their son on a supply run gone wrong. Gregory gets him drunk and coerces him to attack and kill Maggie. However, Maggie survives and jails Earl, who quickly realizes the error of his ways once his senses return. After a harsh jail sentence, Maggie forgives him and releases him. Several years later, Earl and Tammy take in a Whisperer baby abandoned by his mother, Frances, on Alpha’s orders. Though hesitant to have another child, Earl is forced to raise the baby, who he names Adam, after Tammy is killed by Alpha. During the ensuing months, he and Alden try to help fortify Hilltop for what they believe is an inevitable war. Earl ends up bitten during the Battle of Hilltop, his last acts being to escort the children of the community to safety. Judith ends up having to put his reanimated corpse down.
- Action Survivor: While not exactly combat-proficient due to his age, he is still able to kill walkers.
- Age Lift: He’s older than his comic counterpart, who only appeared to reach old age by the time of the comic’s Distant Finale.
- The Alcoholic: He was this in the past, and briefly relapses in the aftermath of his son's death.
- And Then John Was a Zombie: Briefly, after his suicide fails to destroy his brain. Judith quickly ends his suffering.
- The Atoner: He genuinely feels remorse for attacking Maggie after Gregory gets him drunk. Notably, he does not blame Gregory for what happened, insisting that he is ashamed that he was capable of doing something so vile at all. This sincere regret is what convinces Maggie to let him go.
- The Big Guy: He serves as one of these for the community by virtue of being the chief blacksmith of the most productive blacksmith shop in the communities. He may not be one of these on his own due to his age, but the weapons, armor, and reinforced defenses he provides for the communities make him a valuable asset. When Maggie imprisons him for a month, Michonne outright says she is depriving all of the communities by cutting off Earl's work.
- The Blacksmith: What he is for the community. He is responsible for creating their weapons and armor, as well as some of their defenses, such as the catapults seen in "Walk With Us".
- Bungled Suicide: Of a sort. He succeeds in killing himself by jamming his head into a metal spike, but it doesn't pierce all the way through into his brain and he still comes back as a zombie, forcing Judith to finish the job.
- Combat Pragmatist: At the fair, he explains how he prefers a certain type of ax since it can double both in hard labor and in combat against walkers or other enemies, showing he knows the value of being able to use anything at his disposal in a fight. In "Lines We Cross" he also uses the fire extinguisher can he wields against walkers.
- Composite Character: Of Earl Sutton and Morton Rose from the comics. Earl was Hilltop's blacksmith while Morton was the husband of Tammy Rose, and was persuaded by Gregory to assassinate one of the community leaders (Rick in the comics, Maggie in the show) after the death of a loved one.
- Cool Old Guy: Despite his drunken murder attempt, he's not a bad person at heart, and expresses sincere remorse for what he did. He also takes Henry under his wing and invites him to hang out with him and Tammy.
- Deadpan Snarker: Befitting his advanced age and grumpy demeanor, he can be pretty snarky when he wants to. When Tammy is suggesting names for the baby they adopt, he flatly rejects her choices with a bored "hate it".
- Death by Adaptation: His comic counterpart survived all the way to the series' Distant Finale.
- A Death in the Limelight: Downplayed, as he does get more screen time and dialogue in "Morning Star", only to die in the next episode.
- Driven to Suicide: Knowing that his time is up, he hammers a metal spike into a table to stab himself through the head and save Judith or anyone else the trouble of putting him down. It fails.
- Drowning My Sorrows: He is lulled into doing this by Gregory following the death of his son.
- Face Death with Dignity: He accepts his fate remarkably well all things considered, escorting the children of Hilltop to safety after Ezekiel is incapacitated and calming them, as well as giving some kind final words of encouragement to Judith and urging her not to worry about him, since he'll be reunited with his wife and son in the afterlife.
- Happily Married: Despite occasionally snarking at one another, it's clear that he and Tammy love each other very much.
- In the Hood: He wears a hoodie when he attacks Maggie.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Downplayed. His wife and son both mention that he can be irritable and stoic, but he’s a good man with a good heart through and through. We see more of his angrier side in Season 10, after Tammy has been killed by the Whisperers and he declares war against them, though he still remains civil to most people and never does anything outright antagonistic.
- Knight in Sour Armor: He’ll always do the right thing without hesitation, but expect him to grumble about it the whole way. In the Season 10 premiere he tells the others they have no choice but to cross into Whisperer territory to put out the fire, but complains that it’s going to be a long, hot night for everyone before they get started.
- Like an Old Married Couple: Well, he and Tammy are an old married couple, so naturally sometimes they playfully tease each other. Case in point, when Earl says that the Whisperer baby needs younger parents than a couple of "old farts", he notes that he especially means her.
- Mauve Shirt: He gets a good amount of characterization before dying in his second season.
- The Mentor: He begins training Henry as a blacksmith in midlate Season 9.
- Mirror Character: Maggie realizes that he is this to her late father Hershel. Both were rampant alcoholics earlier in their life, but were nevertheless loved by their long-suffering wives. It took the birth of their children to dry up, and when they both lose a child, they are driven back to drinking - and by the end of the season, Earl has also lost his wife. Earl himself feels this way about Henry when he learns that Henry got drunk partially to blow off some steam.
- My Beloved Smother: He’s Henry’s appointed mentor as opposed to parent, but he ends up earning Henry’s ire pretty early on. In “Evolution” he kindly offers Henry to spend time with him and Tammy after dinner, but is oblivious to the fact that the youth is more interested in courting Enid and is not very interested in spending an evening with an elderly couple.
- Old Soldier: A retired Army vet, he nevertheless retains some of this attitude from his days in the service. When Hilltop realizes they're going to have to pull a Last Stand against the Whisperers, Earl rallies everyone by reminding them they've been training for months for such an attack and are more than ready to take on their formidable enemy.
- Outliving One's Offspring: His son Ken is killed during a supply run.
- Papa Wolf: He flat-out refuses to let the reformed Whisperer Mary see her nephew Adam due to her association with the group that left him to die in the first place (and killed Tammy).
- Parental Substitute: He and Tammy get a second chance to be parents by adopting a Whisperer baby that Alpha almost leaves to the walkers. Unfortunately, Tammy is killed only days later, leaving Earl to raise the child alone. By Season 10 he’s also become one to Alden, who says he’s a better father than his own father ever was to him.
- Parting-Words Regret: Implied. The last conversation we see him having with Tammy before she is abducted and murdered is him snarking that he hates her proposed name of "Adam" for the baby they're adopting. Season 10 reveals that he went ahead and named him Adam per her suggestion, suggesting it's a way to honor his late wife.
- Red Herring: After the second Time Skip of Season 9, the show seems to hint that Earl is going to die soon, given the increasing mentions of his age catching up to him and Tammy wanting him to retire. It's a trick, however, as it's Tammy who is killed towards the end of the season by Alpha.
- Related in the Adaptation: As a result of being a Composite Character with Morton Rose, he becomes the husband of Tammy Rose in this version.
- Remember the New Guy?: Like his wife and son, he is never seen before Season 9, but is indicated to have been a part of Hilltop for a long time.
- Retired Badass: A deleted scene reveals that he's ex-military.
- Sole Survivor: With Tammy's death in "The Calm Before", he is the last surviving member of his family, not counting the Whisperer baby he and his wife had recently adopted. Earl himself eventually perishes in "Walk With Us" putting an end to the original Sutton family line.
- Spotting the Thread: In early Season 10 he realizes Alpha must be behind the recent walker sieges and acts of sabotage, knowing it's too much of a coincidence.
- Those Two Guys: With Alden in Season 10. The pair are blacksmiths who have lost loved ones to the Whisperers and are frequently seen together. “Morning Star” eventually clarifies that he’s become a sort of father figure to Alden.
- Together in Death: Shortly before killing himself, Earl tells Judith that he’s looking forward to being reunited with Tammy and Ken in the afterlife.
- Unwitting Pawn: Gregory manipulates him into killing Maggie for him solely so he can take over Hilltop.
- War Hawk: Due to being a retired vet, he's more than ready to prepare for the inevitable Whisperer War and basically begins preparing the moment he returns to Hilltop from the Fair. In "Morning Star" he proudly states he's happy to go down fighting against the Whisperers that night if need be and that they should all welcome the chance to die fighting. Aaron has to point out to him that they still need to at least try to evacuate for the children's sake, and Earl relents, realizing he's right.
- Zombie Infectee: He is bitten on the arm at some point during the siege on Hilltop in "Walk With Us".
Tammy Rose
Tammy Rose Sutton
"I voted for you, Maggie Rhee, but we're not friends."
Portrayed By: Brett Butler
Voiced By: Alejandra Torray (Spanish dub), Patricia Piazza (French dub)
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 9)
Debut: "A New Beginning"
"Earl, you made a mistake. You... You lost yourself. But... But you came back. You're here now, and I forgive you. You hear me? God forgives you."
Earl Sutton's wife. She is angry with Maggie when her son Ken dies during a supply run for goods that ultimately went to the Saviors, but is aghast when Gregory talks her drunken husband into attacking Maggie. However, Tammy once again has it out with Maggie when she’s not allowed to see Earl for the entire month of his incarceration. Six years later, Tammy helps Daryl, Earl, and Connie rescue the Whisperer baby, and she and her husband quickly grow attached to him. Unfortunately, Tammy doesn’t even get to name the baby before she is one of Alpha’s victims in the pike massacre. Earl ends up honoring her wish to name the baby Adam as he begins raising him alone.
- Action Survivor: While not exactly combat-proficient due to her age, she doesn't hesitate to pick up a crowbar to save Earl from walkers. After her death, we learn from Siddiq that she bravely joined the other hostages in fighting back against the Whisperers, and even defended Rodney with nothing except a shovel.
- Adaptational Badass: See Action Survivor. Here, she takes an active role helping defend the people in her community, which is more than her comic counterpart ever did.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: She's a heck of a lot nicer than her nagging shrew of a comic counterpart. Her beef with Maggie is also a lot more justified given that her son actually died on Maggie's watch; in the comics, she blames Maggie for defending Carl's actions after her own son Brandon nearly beat Sophia to death.
- Age Lift: She's older than her middle-aged comic counterpart.
- And Then John Was a Zombie: Her decapitated head reanimates and is put out of its misery by either Daryl, Michonne, Carol, Siddiq, or Yumiko.
- Cool Old Lady: Though she can be quite a handful when she's properly pissed off, Tammy is a kind, doting old woman who helps defend her community.
- Decapitation Presentation: Her head is put on a pike by the Whisperers both to mark their territory and to serve as warning for the community.
- Happily Married: Despite occasionally snarking at one another, it's clear that she and Earl love each other very much.
- Like an Old Married Couple: Well, she and Earl are an old married couple, so naturally sometimes they playfully tease each other. Case in point, when Earl says that the Whisperer baby needs younger parents than a couple of "old farts", he notes that he especially means her.
- Mama Bear: She risks her own life to help run outside Hilltop to save the Whisperer baby, and during her Last Stand she puts herself between the Whisperers and Rodney.
- Mauve Shirt: She gets characterized fairly well, but is only around for one season on the show.
- Never Mess with Granny: She effortlessly takes down three walkers to rescue her husband from being devoured.
- Off with Her Head!: Beheaded by the Whisperers along with nine others. She's notably the only pike victim to die in both the comic and the show.
- Outliving One's Offspring: Her son Ken is killed during a supply run.
- Parental Substitute: She and Earl get a second chance to be parents by adopting a Whisperer baby that Alpha almost leaves to the walkers. Though she quickly gets attached to the child, new motherhood is tragically short-lived for Tammy, as she is killed by the Whisperers themselves only a few days later.
- Related in the Adaptation: As a result of her husband being a Composite Character of her canonical husband Morton Rose and Earl Sutton.
- Remember the New Guy?: Never seen before Season 9, but the characters are familiar with her.
- Thicker Than Water: She admits Earl made a terrible mistake letting himself get drunk and going along with Gregory's scheme, but she still loves him nonetheless and forgives him.
- What the Hell, Hero?: She chews out Maggie when Ken is killed on a supply run, and later when she is prevented from visiting her husband when he's imprisoned.
Ken
Kenneth Sutton
Portrayed By: AJ Achinger
Voiced By: Jesús Barreda (Spanish dub)
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 9)
Debut: "A New Beginning"
The son of Earl and Tammy. He is mortally wounded by a horse he was trying to save from walkers and gets bit, and dies from shock and blood loss. Gregory uses his parent's grief to lure Earl into helping him make a play for leadership.
- Composite Character: Due to being Related in the Adaptation to Earl (himself a composite of Earl Sutton and Morton Rose), his role as the deceased son of two Hilltop residents is taken from Brandon Rose while his name and friendship with Marco are taken from the Ken of the comics.
- Death by Adaptation: His comic counterpart was beheaded by Alpha, while the Whisperers are only introduced to the show five episodes after his death in the Season 9 premiere.
- Decomposite Character: His character development from the comics is given to Eugene (as the injured party hiding from the Whisperers) and Alden/Luke (as one of the two Hilltop residents captured by the Whisperers and later returned).
- Friend to All Living Things: Gregory mentions that he looked after the animals, and Ken's efforts to save a horse from being devoured by walkers ends up costing him his life.
- In Name Only: The one thing he has in common with the Ken from the comics is his friendship with Marco.
- Life-or-Limb Decision: The group amputates his arm in an effort to save his life, though he still dies from the blood loss.
- Nice Guy: From what little we find out about him, he seems like a friendly, well-meaning young man whose death leaves all of Hilltop devastated.
- Red Shirt: He doesn't live past his first episode.
- Related in the Adaptation: He was not related to Earl or Tammy in the comics.
- Remember the New Guy?: Like his parents, he is never seen before Season 9, but is indicated to have been a longtime resident of Hilltop.
- Small Role, Big Impact: He only appears in one episode, but his death has ramifications for the rest of the season.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: At least to the audience, since he's introduced and killed in the same episode.
Adam
See The Whisperers
Other Residents
Ethan
Ethan
Portrayed By: Justin Kucsulain
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 6)
Debut: "Knots Untie"
"Stay back! Anybody who tries to stop me is killing my brother!"
A member of the Hilltop Colony. He is forced to attack Gregory on orders of the Savior outpost, but ends up killed by Rick.
- Apologetic Attacker: Apologizes to Gregory before stabbing him in the abdomen.
- Assassin Outclassin': Though he's a reluctant assassin to be sure, he merely wounds Gregory and is killed by Rick during the attempt.
- Character Death: Stabbed in the neck by Rick.
- I Did What I Had to Do: Tries to assassinate Gregory on Negan's behalf to keep his brother alive.
- I Have Your Wife: The Saviors are holding his brother Craig hostage.
- Small Role, Big Impact: He's killed in his single scene but his actions set up the deal between Alexandria and the Hilltop: Alexandria will kill Negan and the Saviors in exchange for half of the Hilltop's supplies.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: In his first appearance he's killed by Rick in self-defense.
Andy
Andy
Portrayed By: Jeremy Palko
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 6-8)
Debut: "Knots Untie"
"The Saviors, they're scary, but those pricks got nothing on you."
— Andy to Rick
A member of the Hilltop Colony who agrees to help Alexandria fight the Saviors. He is one of the first casualties of the war during the attack on Simon’s outpost.
- Adaptation Expansion: He is an unseen character in the comics but has a prominent role here.
- Adaptational Villainy: Is forced to go along with the assassination attempt against Gregory in this version.
- The Bus Came Back: After helping out Rick's group in "Not Tomorrow Yet", he doesn't reappear until "Rock in the Road".
- Character Death: He and Freddie are Hilltop's first casualties in the Savior War.
- Heel–Face Turn: Agrees to help out Alexandria after initially having tried to kill Gregory (granted, he was forced into doing that).
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite a very hostile initial encounter with Rick's group, he still agrees to help them out even though Daryl broke his arm. Throughout "Not Tomorrow Yet" he is fully on board with Rick's plan and shows concern for his friend Craig.
- Mauve Shirt: Receives some characterization and story prominence before being killed in "The Damned".
- Multiple Gunshot Death: He is shot several times by the Saviors and dies immediately.
- The Sixth Ranger: Goes back to Alexandria with Rick's group, as he knows where the Saviors are located and is willing to help stop them.
- Spared by the Adaptation: In the comic, Andy is killed by the Saviors and only Ethan is sent back to the Hilltop.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Has some story prominence but little characterization before he is killed off.
Freddie
Freddie
Portrayed By: Brett Gentile
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 6-8)
Debut: "Knots Untie"
A Hilltop resident who lost his wife prior to the apocalypse. He is one of the first casualties of the war during the attack on Simon’s outpost.
- The Bus Came Back: During "Rock in the Road".
- Character Death: He and Andy are Hilltop's first casualties in the Savior War.
- Canon Foreigner: Never appeared in the comics.
- Heroic BSoD: Breaks down while recounting his Near-Death Experience and how it caused him to hallucinate his deceased wife.
- Multiple Gunshot Death: He is shot several times, including through the throat, by the Saviors, and spends his last few moments bleeding out.
- Near-Death Experience: Almost getting stabbed in the face by Abraham before he realized he wasn't a walker.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Gets a few lines and some background, but is not a prominent character, and meets his end alongside Andy in "The Damned".
Bertie
Bertie
Portrayed By: Karen Ceesay
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 6-11)
Debut: "Knots Untie"
A member of the Hilltop Colony.
- Adaptational Name Change: Scott Gimple confirms that she is the show counterpart of Brianna.
- A Day in the Limelight: Downplayed, but she gets two focus shots in "A Certain Doom" in which she gives Carol side-eye for freeing Negan and later when she greets Nabila in the aftermath of the battle.
- Ascended Extra: She is a background extra in Season 6, but has a notable scene in the following season where she leads a group of Hilltop residents who want to follow Rick and later is one of the most prominent Hilltop fighters in the fight at Alexandria in the Season 7 finale. After this, however, she goes back to being an extra.
- The Bus Came Back: In "Rock in the Road".
- Demoted to Extra: Compared to her comic counterpart, who quickly became one of Maggie's closest friends.
- Took a Level in Badass: She is (presumably) not combat proficient at first, but thanks to Maggie's teachings becomes a capable fighter and active participant in the war.
Crystal
Crystal
Portrayed By: Kimberly Leemans
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 6)
Debut: "Knots Untie"
A resident of the Hilltop who returns with Ethan.
- Adaptation Expansion: She was only mentioned in the comics.
- Adaptational Villainy: She is forced to go along with the assassination attempt against Gregory in this version.
- Spared by the Adaptation: In the comics she was presumably Killed Offscreen by Negan, but here she returns to the Hilltop with Ethan.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Hasn't been seen since her debut episode.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Punches Rick after he kills Ethan.
Wesley
Wesley
Portrayed By: Ilan Srulovicz
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 6-8)
Debut: "Knots Untie"
A resident of the Hilltop. He dies of an infection caused by tainted Savior arrows incurred during Simon's raid on Hilltop.
- Adaptation Expansion: Only appears briefly in the comic, but gets a little more to do here.
- And Then John Was a Zombie: Reanimates as a walker and joins in the attack on the sleeping Hilltop residents. Daryl later puts him down.
- The Bus Came Back: During "Rock in the Road".
- Character Death: Succumbs to an infection caused by the Saviors' tainted arrows.
- Nice Guy: He tells Maggie that she's a good leader and thanks her for all she's done to help the community.
- Race Lift: He was African-American in the comics.
Craig
Craig
Portrayed By: Myke Holmes
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 6)
Debut: "Not Tomorrow Yet"
Ethan's brother who is taken hostage by the Saviors. The Alexandrians help rescue him during their raid on the satellite outpost.
- Canon Foreigner: Never appeared in the comics, but is given the role that comic book Crystal had.
- Distressed Dude: He is taken prisoner by the Saviors, who use him as leverage to force Ethan into killing Gregory (which he fails to do). Rick and company are able to break him out when they raid the Savior's compound.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Crystal (the hostage in the comics) was presumably Killed Offscreen by Negan, whereas Craig survives and is taken back to the Hilltop by Andy.
Neil
Neil
Portrayed By: Karl Funk
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 6-8)
Debut: "Knots Untie"
"Damn straight."
A woodworker and member of the Hilltop militia. He is killed by Simon as punishment for Hilltop joining AHK’s rebellion.
- Boom, Headshot!: How Simon kills him.
- Canon Foreigner: Never appeared in the comics.
- A Death in the Limelight: Despite appearing in ten episodes, it is only in the episode he dies that he finally gets lines.
- Large Ham: Downplayed, but his few lines are so corny and hammy you know his actor is playing it up to try to make him memorable before his death.
- Make an Example of Them: Simon shoots him to scare Maggie into submitting to his demands.
- Red Shirt: A car carrying Maggie, Jesus, Dianne, and background character Neil? Guess which one ends up being killed by Simon.
Oscar
Oscar
Portrayed By: Anthony Lopez
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 7-10)
Debut: "Something They Need"
A resident of Hilltop. He is killed by a Whisperer during the final battle of the Whisperer War.
- Age Lift: He is much younger than his comic counterpart.
- Bit Character: A recurring Hilltop resident who has a few lines here and there.
- Character Death: Killed when a Whisperer throws a knife into his chest in "A Certain Doom".
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Him and his friends chuckling at Gregory's incompetence with walkers is the final straw that makes Gregory decide to rat out Hilltop's alliance with Alexandria to Negan.
- One-Steve Limit: There's a prisoner in Season 3 also named Oscar.
- Race Lift: White in the comics, Hispanic in the show.
- Red Shirt: A minor character who is killed off in “A Certain Doom” with no fanfare.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Survives Alpha's mass decapitation in "The Calm Before", unlike his comic counterpart.
Marco
Marco
Portrayed By: Gustavo Gomez
Voiced By: Sergio Liébana (Spanish dub)
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 9-11)
Debut: "A New Beginning"
A resident of Hilltop and friend of Ken.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Never grabs the Jerkass Ball unlike his comic counterpart, who became more vindictive after Alpha's pike massacre, including openly regarding Rick as a "pussy".
- Back for the Dead: Returns in "Warlords" after an extended absence and dies in his next appearance after that, in the finale of Season 11's second part.
- Bit Character: After his introductory scene he becomes a recurring Hilltop resident who has a few lines here and there.
- Boom, Headshot!: Gets killed this way by Leah in "Acts of God".
- The Bus Came Back: Returns in "Warlords" after being MIA since "A Certain Doom".
- Death by Adaptation: His comic counterpart was still alive at last mention.
- A Death in the Limelight: Starts to get more screentime and characterization in Season 11's second part, signaling his death at Leah's hands in the finale.
- Decomposite Character: His comic role as the friend of an injured party fleeing from the Whisperers is given to Rosita.
- Nice Guy: From what we see of him he appears to be, especially towards Maggie and Elijah.
- Remember the New Guy?: First introduced in the Season 9 premiere, though the characters are familiar with him. Possibly justified given the 18-month Time Skip between seasons.
- Shipper on Deck: He's aware of Elijah's crush on Lydia and encourages him to make a move.
- Surprisingly Sudden Death: Gets sniped out of nowhere by Leah.
- Took a Level in Cheerfulness: By Season 11 he’s become a friendlier, more jovial guy, teasing Elijah about his crush on Lydia.
- Undying Loyalty: He's one of the few who sticks by Maggie's side and doesn't take up Lance's offer to join the Commonwealth.
Roy
Roy
"Tell my kids I didn't die a coward."
Portrayed By: C. Thomas Howell
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 9, 11)
Debut: "Stradivarius"
"We have one of yours. Rosita Espinosa. She's been injured."
A messenger of Hilltop.
- The Atoner: After abandoning the group in the tunnels, he admits it was a bad idea and gives Daryl his remaining weapons while encouraging him to go on without him.
- Back for the Dead: After being absent for almost two seasons, he returns in Season 11 and lasts two episodes before being killed by the Reapers.
- The Bus Came Back: After being MIA since Season 9, he finally returns in the Season 11 premiere.
- The Cameo: An extremely minor role for a somewhat well-known actor like C. Thomas Howell. Howell is friends with Michael Cudlitz (who directed the episode in which he first appears, "Stradivarius") and was offered the part due to his ability to deliver lines while riding a horse at high speed and without the use of a stuntman. Howell's only condition before accepting the role was that the door be left open for him to return for future appearances. Unfortunately, Roy is killed two episodes into Season 11.
- Dead Star Walking: He's played by a fairly well-known actor and is killed two episodes into Season 11.
- Eye Scream: Dies when a Reaper shoots an arrow into his eye.
- Face Death with Dignity: After being wounded fighting walkers in the subway tunnel, he hands Daryl his remaining ammo and implores him to go on without him, while also telling Daryl to let his family know he didn’t die a coward.
- Hope Spot: He survives his injuries and makes it out of the subway tunnel, only to be killed by a Reaper mere moments after the group is back on the road. At least it wasn’t a coward’s death.
- Mauve Shirt: He joins the potential Suicide Mission to Meridian but ends up becoming the journey’s second casualty, and the first at the hands of the Reapers.
- Moe Greene Special: A Reaper fires an arrow into his eye, killing him.
- No Name Given: He is credited only as "Hilltop Rider" in his first appearance. His third appearance gives him the name "Roy".
- One-Steve Limit: Averted. There's a Savior named Roy in Season 7.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: He and Gage flee with the group's weapons cache after being swayed by Negan's words about continuing to travel in the subway tunnels.
- Spear Carrier: His entire role in his first appearance is to deliver information, and he also carries a spear. He and another man arrive to inform Michonne's group that Rosita has been found injured and is currently receiving medical attention at Hilltop.
- Surprisingly Sudden Death: He gets shot in the eye by a Reaper out of nowhere.
- Tempting Fate: Roy admits he deserves to pay for deserting the group in the subway tunnels. He gets his wish when he's sniped by a Reaper at the end of the episode.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Other than almost ditching in the group in the subway tunnels, he doesn't get much of a character before dying in his fourth episode.
Miles and Hilde
Miles and Hilde
"Happy anniversary."
Portrayed By: Brian Sheppard (Miles) and Caroline Duncan (Hilde)
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 9)
Debut: "The Calm Before"
Miles: "'H' for 'Hilde' or...?"
Hilde: "No, no, not me. It's for 'Hilltop.' Or, um... 'home.'"
A couple who joined Hilltop two years prior to the arrival of the Whisperers. They are killed by the Whisperers on their way to the fair, and Alpha scalps Hilde, using her outfit and scavenged hair to disguise herself.
- Character Death: They are slain by Alpha on their way to Hilltop.
- Facial Horror: A Whisperer is seen wearing Miles' face as a mask.
- Happily Married: They wed sometime during the apocalypse judging by their comments, and were a loving and supportive couple the entirety of their marriage.
- Killed Offscreen: Their wagon is attacked by the Whisperers and they die offscreen.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Despite their brief tenure on the show, Hilde’s scalp is part of the disguise Alpha uses to infiltrate the fair and initiate the pike massacre that sparks the Whisperer War.
- Too Happy to Live: A loving, happy couple that celebrates their anniversary with gusto? They don’t survive their first appearance.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: They are introduced in and die in the cold open of “The Calm Before”.
Youth
Gage
Gage
Portrayed By: Jackson Page
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Seasons 9-11)
Debut: "Stradivarius"
A teenager living in Hilltop. He pressures Henry into drinking in the woods with him and his friends, and they leave Henry alone in a pit when he kills the walker they were playing with. Henry, Rodney, and Addy are all killed by Alpha, leaving Gage alone. He subsequently moves to Alexandria, where he once again begins bullying Lydia for her being Alpha's daughter. Though he's uncomfortable with how far his cohorts are willing to go, he doesn't do much to stop them, leading to Margo's death when Negan steps in.
- Alas, Poor Villain: He may have been a jerk but watching him break down as Maggie refuses to let him inside the train car and he's faced with killing himself or trying to take on all the walkers alone means it's pretty difficult to cheer his death all the same. Not to mention that, for all his faults, he was still another teenager who had his life cut short by the harsh realities of the zombie apocalypse.
- And Then John Was a Zombie: He reanimates after committing suicide, and is quickly put down by a shotgun blast to the face from Gabriel.
- Asshole Victim: He bullied Lydia for most of his screen time so it's hard to feel too bad when he dies.
- Action Survivor: He's capable enough against walkers, but still has to be saved by Addy during the attack on the Hilltop convoy.
- Back for the Dead: After being absent for almost a season, he returns in Season 11 and lasts two episodes before dying by his own hand on the mission to Meridian.
- Bad Liar: Gabriel doesn't buy his attempts to justify why him and his friends were caught attacking Lydia.
- Better to Die than Be Killed: He chooses to commit suicide instead of be torn to pieces by walkers while still alive.
- The Bully: He picks on Henry and Lydia for no reason. It becomes slightly more understandable (if still inexcusable) when the Whisperers kill his friends and he blames Lydia.
- The Bus Came Back: After being MIA for most of Season 10, he finally returns in the Season 11 premiere.
- Canon Foreigner: He never appeared in the comics.
- Devoured by the Horde: After he dies his body is partly eaten by walkers.
- Dies Wide Open: His eyes remain open as his corpse is devoured by walkers.
- Driven to Suicide: When faced with a lot of walkers he stabs himself in the heart.
- Everyone Has Standards: While he has no qualms about openly bullying Lydia he's later very reluctant to actually harm her. It doesn't stop him from joining in on Margo and Alfred's beatdown of her, however.
- Forced to Watch: He invokes this on the group by looking them right in the eyes as he stabs himself, and then giving them a front row seat to the walkers devouring his corpse.
- Hate Sink: His two biggest defining traits are being a jerk and a bully, so it's not hard to dislike him.
- Jerkass: He's a total douchebag to Lydia and Henry. Though he seems to get along fine with everyone else, especially Addy and Rodney.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Ditching the group in the subway tunnels without their weapons doesn't earn him any favors and leads to them refusing to help him to safety when he finds himself trapped by a horde of walkers.
- Mauve Shirt: He outlives his friends and joins the Suicide Mission to Meridian but ends up being the journey’s first casualty before the group even encounters the Reapers.
- My God, What Have I Done?: He briefly shows remorse for his actions when Negan breaks up the attack on Lydia, claiming, "We were just trying to scare her."
- Never My Fault: He tries to shift the blame for Margo's death onto Negan, ignoring that it wouldn't have happened if he and his friends hadn't attacked Lydia in the first place.
- Remember the New Guy?: Never seen before Season 9, but he's lived at Hilltop for most of his life, meaning he was present during the Savior War.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: He and Roy flee with the group's weapons cache after being swayed by Negan's words about continuing to travel in the subway tunnels.
- Sole Survivor: The only one of his friends not to end up with his head on a pike. He finally meets his end in "Acheron, Part II".
- True Companions: Say what you want about the guy, but he genuinely cared for his friends Addy and Rodney.
Adeline
Adeline "Addy"
Portrayed By: Kelley Mack
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 9)
Debut: "Stradivarius"
A teenager living in Hilltop who befriends Henry after he arrives from the Kingdom to train as a blacksmith. She quickly gets a crush on him and tries to woo him, but she doesn’t get much of a chance since he meets and falls for Lydia. She attends the fair and ends up as one of the victims of Alpha during the pike massacre.
- Action Survivor: Kal is seen training her with a spear in one episode, and she helps defend one of the convoys to the fair. Addy even saves Gage's life when he is almost bit by a walker at the convoy.
- All Love Is Unrequited: She ultimately never has a decent chance with Henry, especially since he quickly meets Lydia.
- And Then John Was a Zombie: Her decapitated head reanimates and is put out of its misery by either Daryl, Michonne, Carol, Siddiq, or Yumiko.
- Canon Foreigner: She never appeared in the comics.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: She's slightly hostile towards Lydia for getting in the way of her and Henry.
- Decapitation Presentation: Her head is put on a pike by the Whisperers both to mark their territory and to serve as warning for the community.
- Everyone Has Standards: She is willing to break Hilltop's rules a bit by sneaking out and drinking, but is disgusted that Gage and Rodney keep one trapped in a pit to taunt, throw necklaces at, and piss on. Addy walks away in disgust when her friends show it to Henry.
- Off with Her Head!: Beheaded by the Whisperers along with nine others.
- Only Sane Woman: Out of her friends, she is the only one who is not dumb around walkers.
- Remember the New Guy?: Introduced in Season 9, but has been a resident of the Hilltop the entire time. Justified due to being only a child prior to the timeskip.
- Ship Tease: She flirts with Henry, but nothing comes of it due to him being put in jail for being drunk and disorderly and then Lydia's arrival the next day. She makes one last attempt at a pass at him at the Fair, but he’s already with Lydia by then.
- Token Good Teammate: The only one of her friends who is not a jerk.
Rodney
Rodney
Portrayed By: Joe Ando Hirsh
Voiced By: Valentin Stilu (German dub)
Appearances: The Walking Dead (Season 9)
Debut: "Stradivarius"
A teenager living in Hilltop. He and his friends Gage and Addy befriend Henry and take him drinking with them, but they leave him to fend for himself when he ruins their game with a walker. Rodney and Gage later bully Lydia at the fair, and Rodney ends up becoming one of Alpha’s victims in the pike massacre.
- Action Survivor: He's capable enough against walkers, but in the end, he’s the only pike victim who's too afraid to fight back against the Whisperers, and is defended by Tammy until their deaths.
- All Men Are Perverts: He jokes about becoming a fisherman so he can move to Oceanside, which is an all-female community.
- And Then John Was a Zombie: His decapitated head reanimates and is put out of its misery by either Daryl, Michonne, Carol, Siddiq, or Yumiko.
- Asshole Victim: Downplayed, as he’s hardly a little monster like Ron Anderson, but he was generally a condescending jackass who bullied Henry and Lydia, and did little to help keep Hilltop and his friends safe. Not many are going to miss him.
- Canon Foreigner: He never appeared in the comics.
- Decapitation Presentation: His head is put on a pike by the Whisperers both to mark their territory and to serve as warning for the community.
- Off with His Head!: Beheaded by the Whisperers along with nine others.
- Remember the New Guy?: Never seen before Season 9, but he's lived at Hilltop for most of his life, meaning he was present during the Savior War.
