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The Saviors are a large group of survivors in the Washington D.C. area who live at the Sanctuary, a massive factory surrounded by a fence and hundreds of zombies chained and impaled upon poles. They are led by Negan, who demands that surrounding communities give the Saviors half of their supplies in exchange for protection against the zombies, although they often dole out violent beatings and sometimes kill members of the other communities. This brutality led to a war between the Saviors against the united forces of Alexandria, the Hilltop, and the Kingdom.

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     Negan 

Negan

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Debut: Issue 100

"Hi. Rick, isn't it? I'm Negan, and I do not appreciate you killing my men. Also, when I sent my men to kill your men for killing my men you killed more of my men. Not cool. Not fucking cool. You got no fucking idea how not fucking cool that shit is. But I imagine you'll be up to speed shortly. Yeah. You're going to so regret crossing me in a few minutes. Fuck yes, you will."

Negan is the leader of The Saviors, and believes that his rule is the only way to keep the communities of the Washington D.C. area alive and bring civilization back to the world. His goal is undermined by his love of violence and the brutal survivors under his command often abusing the other survivor groups.


  • Affably Evil/Faux Affably Evil: It's hard to tell, as Negan fluctuates between seeming genuinely affable and reasonable or obviously lying while going into raging rants.
  • Anti-Villain: There are times when he displays shades of this; he develops a respect for Carl, seems to genuinely believe that he's rebuilding civilization, is fair and reasonable if you follow his rules, and seemingly realizes the error of his ways when Rick points out how they can peacefully unite the communities, though it doesn't last when Rick attacks him moments later.
  • The Atoner: Sincerely regrets his actions during his time as the leader of the Saviors, so much that when Maggie confronts him, he asked her to kill him out of remorse for his murder of Glenn.
  • Back for the Finale: After making what was claimed to be his final appearance in #174, he makes a brief, shadowy cameo in the closing montage of the final issue.
  • Bad Guys Play Pool: He becomes extremely excited after learning that Spencer's house has a pool table, and sets up shop there after gutting Spencer and waiting for Rick to return to Alexandria.
  • Bad Liar: After "All Out War", he attempts to get Magna's group to believe he was tortured horribly by Rick's group. The fact that he has zero evidence of this, on his person or in his mannerisms, makes Magna call him out immediately.
  • Batter Up!: His main weapon, which he has named Lucille.
  • Beard of Evil: Grows a huge one during the Time Skip, as he is imprisoned. It is shaved in Issue 140.
  • Berserk Button: Do not damage Lucille. Carl learns this in Issue 113, and it is one of the factors that leads to the following arc, an all-out war.
  • Beware the Silly Ones: While he never looked harmless he seemed too much of a lunatic which made Rick underestimating him.
    Rick: Ever heard about the guy who brought a baseball bat to a gunfight, fucker?
    *snipers shoot Rick's gun out of his hand and does the same for his friends.*
    Negan: You ever hear the one about the stupid fuck named Rick who fucking thought he knew shit but didn't know shit and got himself fucking killed?
  • Big Bad: From Issue 96 to Issue 126. After breaking out of his cell and killing Alpha, it looked as though he would reclaim the position, but instead he has remained firmly on Rick's side, helping them against the Whisperers and in talking the Saviors out of breaking their alliance.
  • Big "NO!": When he breaks Lucille.
  • Blue-and-Orange Morality: He does not operate on the same morality scale as the other characters. He has his set of rules, and even Jesus admits that if you follow them, Negan is a downright reasonable and cheerful guy.
    • While he is against rape, his harem pretty much works the same way Monroe described Davidson: He is the one giving the tasks and he is the one assuring protection, some of them can't say no.
  • Breakout Villain: Has become one of the most popular and iconic characters in the franchise. He even got his own prequel series, Here's Negan.
  • Call-Back: His words upon arriving at Alexandria for his first supply pickup are the same as Derek's.
  • Cargo Ship: With Lucille, in-universe. He even admits he's rubbed himself against it. And this is from a man with a Paid Harem.
  • Character Tics: He pinches the bridge of his nose when he's frustrated.
  • Cult: Leads the Saviors this way, hence their name. See Dark Messiah below.
  • Cluster F-Bomb: Constantly using the "F" word.
  • Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: Artist Charlie Adlard based Negan's appearance on Henry Rollins. The TV series later actually had Rollins audition for the part before Jeffrey Dean Morgan was chosen.
  • Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: He's a far cry from The Governor, being exceptionally friendly and honest and genuinely believing he's saving society.
  • Cruel Mercy: After being defeated in "All Out War", Rick elects to spare Negan's life with the intention of imprisoning Negan for the rest of his life so he can watch his people thrive without his despotic rule, proving Negan's entire point of view wrong.
  • Dark Messiah: He even believes he's rebuilding civilization.
  • Death Seeker: After the end of the Whisperer War, when Maggie confronts him, he doesn't mind her killing him, even putting her gun to his forehead, asking him to shoot.
  • Dissonant Serenity: Has a disturbingly cheerful expression while bludgeoning Glenn to death and when he guts Spencer.
  • The Dreaded: For the Hilltop, and then the Alexandria Safe-Zone after his murder of Glenn. It's shown that his own people are also absolutely terrified of him.
  • Early Installment Character-Design Difference: When he first appeared, he was drawn with gray hair at his temples. His hair is completely black in all subsequent appearances.
  • Even Evil Has Loved Ones: His late wife Lucille, who he still misses.
  • Even Evil Has Standards:
    • Despite his threat to have some of his men rape Carl when first meeting Rick, Negan later admits that was just a bluff and that he dislikes that sexual violence. He also has a no rape policy for the Saviors, and even executes David when he tries to rape a captive Holly. In Issue 156, he is genuinely horrified and disgusted when he learns that Alpha condones rape within her group especially when she allows her own daughter Lydia to be raped in order to strengthen her and cement Alphas leadership in the Whispers, and puts a stop to it by decapitating Alpha after regarding the Whispers and Alpha as monsters and animals.
      Negan: Maybe you fucking nutcases need me. Because if that's how you do things, you're so fucked in the head you might as well be dead bodies pretending you're still fucking alive. That shit is vile, Alpha. You should be ashamed of yourself. (...) Protecting the weak is the whole fucking basis for civilization. If you're not protecting the weak, you're not civilized. You're fucking animals.
    • He is also absolutely disgusted by cowards and traitors. Gregory and Spencer get nothing but disdain from him (and Spencer is brutally murdered) when they either chicken out about facing him down or offer to betray their side for Negan's benefit.
  • Evil Counterpart: Like other villainous survivor group leaders, he seems to be one to Rick. More specifically he's what Rick could have become in the Prison Arc, a sadistic leader who justifies his harsh actions by saying that they are for the greater good.
  • Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: "What? Was the joke that bad?"
  • Evil Overlord: He rules over his own community, the Hilltop, and the Kingdom, and briefly the Alexandria Safe-Zone as well. Until Rick defeats him at the end of All-Out War.
  • The Exile: After the end of the Whisperer War, he's asked to leave.
  • Fallen Hero: Here's Negan shows that he actually used to be a much more reasonable guy and that The Saviors started out as a group of people he genuinely wanted to keep safe. Naturally, his experiences in the Crapsack World of TWD end up making him more cynical, jaded, and selfish.
  • Formerly Fat: A mild example pre-outbreak. He's always been a huge guy (standing a head taller than Rick), but was a bit pudgy with a double chin before the outbreak. His wife's diagnosis of cancer drives him to hit the gym to work off stress. Ironically, he was a gym teacher during this time.
  • From Nobody to Nightmare: He was a middle school gym teacher before the outbreak. His wife dying of cancer and then turning in front of him causes him to hit the Despair Event Horizon, and that in turn let him undertake all the ruthless actions that made him such a terror in the main series.
  • The Ghost: For a very brief period of time. He was frequently mentioned but never seen in issues 96-99, before making a grand entrance in issue 100.
  • A God Am I: Regards himself as a messiah who is single-handedly rebuilding civilization.
  • Heel–Face Turn: In Issue 157 he delivers Alpha's head to Rick and says that he is now on their side, seemingly content with Rick agreeing to it as long as he is watched at all times.
  • Heel Realization: Seemingly in Issue 125, until Rick wounds him by slashing his throat and then locks him up in a cell for two years. However, in subsequent issues he claims to have turned over a new leaf, outright confirmed in his interactions with Rick and Maggie. Also when he breaks things off with his mistress pre-apocalypse.
  • Hell-Bent for Leather: Most of his outfits seem to be made of leather. Many of Saviors follow suit, dressing in similar styles. It seems to serve a practical purpose as well, as real leather is tough enough to serve as lightweight armor against Walker bites. At one point in "The Whisperer War" Negan mocks the zombies because they keep trying to bite through his leather, to no avail.
  • Hero Killer: After tracking down Rick and several members of his group on their way to Hilltop and surrounding them with fifty of his men, he personally murders Glenn with Lucille, and makes it clear to Rick that everyone is his group will suffer the same fate at his hands if they do not fall in line like Hilltop has done. This terrifies the entire group and leaves Rick desperately trying to find a way to fight back.
  • Hidden Depths: When talking to a 13-year-old boy about losing virginity, he shows that he's not just an evil, lecherous hump. "Take your time. Make it special... make it count. Honestly... push it off for as long as you can. It's kind of like that whale who ate that guy's leg and just wouldn't leave him alone after that. Is that how that story went? Once you get a taste of human leg, you'll go to the ends of the earth to get more... and by human leg... I mean sex."
  • Hijacked by Ganon: Played with. After Alpha appears ready to replace him as the Big Bad, he goes to join her group, apparently to help them defeat Rick's alliance. Then instead he kills and beheads her just before the start of the Whisperer War, seemingly ready to take her place. However, he killed her specifically to prove he's not going to act or plot against Rick, and show that he truly is on Rick's side.
  • Honest Advisor: With the communities descending into chaos, Rick surprisingly enough visits Negan in his cell to ask for advice on how to handle the situation. Negan was able to manage both his own group and the Hilltop with little effort, after all.
  • I Call It "Vera": Lucille, his baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire. It's named after his deceased wife.
  • I Control My Minions Through...: Power mostly. Negan's Saviors don't respect him as much as he thinks, they follow him because he can give them a somewhat cozy life thanks to his planning and killing ability or burn their faces if they disobey. This leads to some of his men rebelling when an opportunity of being as safe and organized but without a psycho holding the whole thing together happens.
  • I Will Punish Your Friend for Your Failure: If one of his wives cheats on him, it's the man she cheated with who gets punished.
  • Jerk Jock: Was a former P.E teacher who got a bunch of complaints from parents because he cussed at their children when he beats them at ping pong.
  • Joker Immunity: So far seems to have it, though given the nature of this series it's unlikely to last. He even manages to survive All Out War, the arc that seemed destined to kill him.
  • Karma Houdini: Seemingly in Issue 126. Subverted, in that Rick instead has a Cool and Unusual Punishment for him. See Cruel Mercy above.
    • He was supposed to be killed off later, murdered by Maggie, but Charlie Adlar wrote a letter to Kirman while drawing the issue and asked if he could be spared.
  • Kick The Son Of A Bitch: His murders of David, Spencer Monroe, and Brandon Rose all fit this trope, considering that the former is a would-be rapist, and the latter two were treacherous assholes who betrayed Rick's group for their own selfish reasons.
    • Recently he also murdered Alpha too, who definitely had it coming after all the terrible things she did.
  • Knight of Cerebus: While the comic was always dark, he showed up to crush the Hope Spot that Hilltop provided.
  • Large and in Charge: He's a rather physically imposing man, standing nearly a head taller than Rick and with a stockier build to boot.
  • Misanthrope Supreme: Zig-zagged. He lost all respect he had of the human race after seeing member of his group dying left and right, he realized that the only way to keep people alive is by making them slaves and killing those that are too cowardly or vile to live in society. At the same time, he holds those who believe in Social Darwinism in utter contempt (believing the Strong are meant to protect the Weak) and loathes rapists, either maiming or killing those in his own group who attempt rape and killing Alpha because she allows it within the Whisperer camp as a means of maintaining control.
  • Morality Chain: Surprisingly enough, he seems to have become this to to Rick following the Time Skip. He points out that by keeping him alive, Rick is proving to everyone, and himself, that he's the better man. To make matters worse, Rick seems to realise it.
  • Moral Myopia: Ultimately defied at the end of his character arc. He realizes that as much as he grieved the loss of Lucille, he did something far worse to Maggie by killing her husband in front of her, damning her to pain and torment for the rest of her life from the trauma, and sincerely apologizes.
  • Moral Sociopathy: Negan doesn't care how many skulls he has to bash or children he has to kill as long as he survives, however he does have some morals. He has no love for Social Darwinism since strong people looking after the weak is how civilization works, he enforces a no rape policy because to him sexual violence is unseemly and too low for the Saviors and he does provide protection for the communities against the walkers. He is too insane to understand why Rick won't let Glenn's death be bygone and in his mind not killing Carl or gutting Spencer when he comes out as a traitor is him being magnanimous to Rick but he does understand that he can't just sink to inhuman level of barbarism to get what he wants and try to be reasonable.
  • Nice Job Fixing It, Villain/Villain Ball: In Issue 108, he brags to Dwight about how he's going to have sex with Sherry, having already given him his scar for "cheating" with her before, for basically no reason. This is the last straw for Dwight, who opts to join Rick's group in Storming the Castle to save his wife and kill Negan. Negan later lampshades this, saying he knew that he needed Dwight but also feared Dwight would be able to overthrow him under the right circumstances, so he went out of his way to try to keep Dwight feeling powerless and psychologically beaten down in an attempt to prevent it from happening. Eventually, Dwight bit back.
  • Paid Harem: Sort of. He has a harem of wives, and in return for being faithful to him, they do not have to earn "points", the currency in his community.
  • Please Kill Me if It Satisfies You: After his exile at the end of the Whisperer War, Maggie confronts him alone with the intent to kill him. He calmly accepts and even suggests her to use Lucille. However, she refuses and leave him to atone for his sins.
  • Pragmatic Villainy: Unlike the Governor, he doesn't like killing people, due to needing the communities under his thumb to have enough people to defend themselves and scavenge supplies to give the Saviors.
  • Psycho Knife Nut: His favorite weapon is Lucille, but if he isn't wielding that he'll be using a knife. One of the covers even showed him sporting a Slasher Smile while covered in blood and holding up a very large knife.
  • Psychopathic Manchild: Shades of this, variety E, strewn among the rampant swearing.
    "It's going to be Pee Pee Pants City here real soon."
    "I've got an idea. Heh. Eeny, meeny, miny, moe..."
    "Holy shit— He's taking it like a champ!"
  • Put on a Bus: Issue #174 is his final major appearance in the series as he has completed his Heel–Face Turn, moved on from the loss of his wife at last, and has made peace with Maggie, the last survivor who had lingering issues with him.
  • Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: He'll kill his own men if they attempt to rape someone.
  • "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gives one to Rick in Issue 141.
    Negan: Don't kid yourself into thinking you keep me locked up here as some kind of symbol of your mercy. We both know that's not true. You know the real reason I'm here! I'm here because after everything you did... Everything you lived through... I'm the only thing you can use to convince yourself you're a good person. After everything I did... You fucking let me live! Me! Only the greatest person on earth would do that! Rick Grimes is the greatest man who ever lived! He's the guy who's going to fix everything! He's the guy who's going to save the world! Because he's the most civilized of all of us! Remember that when you're screaming at that poor fat woman who left my cage unlocked... Remember that when you threaten to exile her... Throw her to the wolves... For making a fucking mistake. You fucking monster!
    • He gives another one earlier when he outsmarts Rick with his back up. Criticizing how Rick thinks he is the only one with a military mind and overconfidence.
      Negan: You're still using guns on Walkers! What the fuck is wrong with you!
  • Slashed Throat: He gets one in Issue 125, courtesy of Rick with a knife. However, it's nonfatal, because the knife was not infected and the cut was shallow. He later kills Alpha in this way.
  • Sir Swears-a-Lot: Almost every other sentence. Taken to parodic levels when he talks to Carl inside the Alexandria Safe-Zone. Subverted two years after the All-Out War in issue 127. He doesn't swear at all, and is very nice to Carl.
    Negan: Pardon me, young man, and fucking excuse the shit out of my goddamn French... but did you just threaten me?
  • Start of Darkness: Here's Negan reveals how he became the man he is by the time Rick meets him; his wife, the original Lucille, died from a long battle with cancer, basically on the day the Zombie Apocalypse began, forcing him to put her down when she reanimated. Afterwards, he saw people die like animals to the zombies, any survivors he joined up with constantly screwed up, getting themselves killed or turned, and finally, he ran into one group using women as sex slaves. Finally fed up with the stupidity, cowardice and depravity of seemingly everyone else who survived, Negan killed the leader, claimed his bat, and reformed the group into The Saviors.
  • Surrounded by Idiots: He saw too many people die like idiots that he treated every Savior like idiots he has to trick into staying alive. He is even more shocked when Mark wants to go back the way they were, as Negan was a monster toward him.
  • Teeny Weenie: Olivia implies that he's less than well endowed while guarding him as he takes a bath after the Time Skip. He later insists that his wiener is normal sized during an unrelated rant to Rick.
  • Token Evil Teammate: Rick reluctantly allows him to fight in the militia during the Whisperer War. The "evil" part is dropped during the Whisperer War.
  • The Unfettered: Everything he does, he does without remorse. Until the Whisperer War.
  • Visionary Villain: Unlike nigh-Omnicidal Maniac the Governor, Negan seeks to build a community of different groups, albeit one under his rule running the zombie apocalypse version of a protection racket.
  • Well-Intentioned Extremist: Honestly believes that his way is the only way for humanity to survive the Zombie Apocalypse. When he realizes he may have been wrong about everything, he undergoes a Heel Realization.
  • Wham Line: "Did you really think we didn't have guns just because you never saw us with them?"
  • Wild Card: He turned into this after the Time Skip. He seems genuinely concerned with gaining Rick's trust while in his cell, but then gladly breaks out when given the opportunity by Brandon. He then kills Brandon and heads into Whisperer territory himself, seemingly with the intention of making an alliance...but then he brutally murders Alpha as well and delivers her head to Rick as proof that he has made a Heel–Face Turn. Rick still doesn't trust him, however, and puts Dwight in charge of making sure he doesn't step out of line. In Issue 163, he saves Rick's life.
  • Worthy Opponent: He seems to see Carl this way, and eventually Rick, too.
  • Would Hit a Girl: Would kill a girl, actually, as Word of God confirms that he killed Holly personally off-screen. He would have also been perfectly willing to have beat a woman to death in his debut had his random selection fallen on one.
  • Would Hurt a Child: Threatens to have his men gang-rape Carl if Rick doesn't settle down, then later threatens to cut out Carl's remaining eye and feed it to Sophia. Though apparently he'll only do that to keep others in line. He professes to hating killing people and sexual violence, allegedly. He does kill Brandon Rose after the latter helps him escape from his prison cell, but he definitely had it coming and Negan seems to think this will get him on Rick's good side.

Lieutenants

     Dwight 

Dwight

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Debut: Issue 98

Dwight is one of Negan's chief lieutentants and the leader of the first group of Saviors to confront Rick's group. His wife Sherry is one of Negan's "wives".


  • Amicable Exes: In issue 141 he reveals that he and Sherry have gone their separate ways and that she is with another man now. Despite this, he still cares about her and is glad that she can be happy with someone else.
  • Beard of Evil: Has a small one.
  • Berserk Button: Sherry seems to be his. She is what ultimately motivates Dwight to turn against Negan during the All Out War and her death almost causes him to turn against Rick even though it was clear she was at least partially to blame for it. He also doesn't like it when people disrespect her or call her crazy even though she was clearly not the nicest or sanest person to be around.
  • Boom, Headshot!: Rick blows his brains out when he pulls a gun on Pamela and threatens to assassinate her.
  • Cluster F-Bomb: When Eugene bites his dick.
  • Co-Dragons: He is one of several of Negan's top lieutenants.
  • Groin Attack: He gets bitten by Eugene right on the dick while holding him hostage.
  • Heel–Face Turn: Turns against Negan in Volume 18.
  • Jerkass: Dwight is aggressive and profane. However...
    • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's shown to love his wife, and eventually turns against Negan and joins the side of the good guys.
  • Karmic Death: He is killed by being shot in the back of the head completely out of nowhere, which mirrors his murder of Abraham almost a hundred issue prior.
  • The Lancer: Surprisingly enough, he ends up becoming this to Rick after the Time Skip. Since Rick's injuries prevent him from fighting in the army, he tasks Dwight with leading the militia against the Whisperers.
  • The Leader: Becomes leader of the Saviors after Negan is defeated and incarcerated. However, after the Time Skip he admits to Rick that he does not feel comfortable in the position of leader and plans on stepping down.
  • The Mole: He gives Rick, Jesus, and Ezekiel information on where all the Saviors' outposts are, along with detailed information about their main base, so they can end the Saviors reign of terror. He then returns to the Saviors to wait for the right time to assassinate Negan.
  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: His discomfort with leading the Saviors drives him to step down, but against Rick's advice he doesn't organize an election or any other kind of succession plan and instead just walks away, which leads to the remaining Saviors being taken over by Sherry, which leads to a whole host of other problems down the line.
  • Once Done, Never Forgotten: Many of the characters refuse to trust him even after he turns good, because of the fact that he killed Abraham. After the Time Skip, however, most characters seem happy enough to bury the past.
  • Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated: He tells Negan this after the Saviors were surprised to see him following his capture during the second attack on Alexandria.
  • The Starscream: Takes over the Saviors after helping overthrow Negan. Although he doesn't do it for power as much as revenge and a recognition that things couldn't continue as they had under Negan's leadership.
  • The Straight and Arrow Path: Uses a crossbow as his main weapon, and is pretty effective with it.
  • Trapped in Villainy: He claims to Rick, Jesus, and Ezekiel that he hates what he has had to do for Negan, but was forced to do it to protect his wife. He plots with them to kill Negan, destroy the Saviors, and free his wife.
  • Two-Faced: The left side of his face is burned all the way around to the back of his head. A more realistic than usual variation as he is seen applying eyedrops to compensate for not having any eyelids. This came from having his face burned with a hot iron for sleeping with Sherry after she became one of Negan's "wives".
  • Unreliable Narrator: He's got kind of a blind spot regarding his history with his ex-wife.
  • Wild Card: He was this during the conflict with the Saviors. The question about whether Dwight was really betraying the Saviors, still working for Negan, or simply waiting to see which side comes out on top before siding with them was unresolved, with various teases one way or another, for a long time. He did a lot to hurt both sides, but has also passed up on a few opportunities to act against them as well. Dwight ends up having been on Rick's side for real the whole time, and takes over the Saviors to end the war peacefully.

     Connor 

Connor

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Debut: Issue 99

Another of Negan's lieutenants.


  • Asshole Victim: He certainly had it coming after brutally beating Andrea.
  • Co-Dragons: One of several Dragons to Negan. He leads one attack on Alexandria and later leads several Saviors in intimidating members of the Hilltop.
  • Destination Defenestration: Andrea barely manages to slit his throat and throw him out of a bell tower while he is trying to do the same to her.
  • Disney Villain Death: Andrea throws him out of a bell tower.
  • Evil Brit: Possibly: he uses British slang a couple of times and wears a shirt with the Union Jack on it.
  • Hidden Depths: While attempting to strangle Andrea, Connor admits to her that he feels bad about killing them, since they are clearly a Worthy Opponent who has survived a long time and much hardship in the Zombie Apocalypse.
  • Hoist by His Own Petard: Had he not thrown his knife down, he would have killed Andrea. She manages to grab it and cut him several times, allowing her to nearly slit his throat. Instead she up and throws him out the belltower.
  • Jerkass: He's a total asshole in addition to being evil.
  • The Quincy Punk: Has a mohawk, leather jacket, and numerous piercings, and his general attitude fits the bill as well.
  • Would Hit a Girl: Brutally beats Andrea and almost kills her before she throws him out of a bell tower.

     Carson 

Carson

Debut: Issue 105

Another of Negan's followers, running things inside the Sanctuary. His brother is Dr. Harlan Carson of the Hilltop.


  • All There in the Manual: Word of God confirmed that he was the brother of Dr. Harlan Carson before it was shown onscreen.
  • Co-Dragons: Although he appears to be a more logistical Dragon than a group leader like Negan's other Dragons.
  • Defector from Decadence: While he acknowledges that the Saviors at the Sanctuary live a pretty good and safe life, he betrays Negan because he can no longer support the brutal methods he uses and because he is tired of living in fear of having his face melted by an iron.
  • Heel–Face Turn: After overhearing Dwight claiming to a captive Eugene that he is working with Rick, Carson joins him in rebelling against Negan. He recruits several other Saviors and frees Eugene and the other captives Negan had taken. After the Time Skip, it's shown that he's reunited with his brother and joined the Hilltop.
  • Last-Name Basis: Presumably, since his brother's last name is Carson.
  • Non-Action Guy: Never seen fighting, wielding a gun or killing anybody.
  • Number Two: He appears to run the day-to-day operations inside the Sanctuary and report any major issues to Negan.
  • Off with His Head!: He is among the severed heads Rick finds in issue 144.

Negan's Harem

     Sherry 

Sherry

Debut: Issue 105

A member of Negan's Paid Harem, Sherry is also Dwight's wife, and the reason why the latter works with Negan.


  • Amicable Exes: She is no longer with Dwight, but they still seem to maintain a good relationship with each other.
  • Asshole Victim: A Jerkass and a gold digger who isn't missed both inside and out.
  • Cavalry Betrayal: When the Saviors are called on to assist in dealing with a foreign threat, she spearheads the Saviors refusal.
  • Control Freak: Implied during her Motive Rant to Rick just before she attempts to kill him. She's been through so much at the hands of others or because of their decisions, (well, and also her own decisions, not that she'll admit that) that now she's not content unless she has complete control of what goes on around her, presumably so she can Never Be Hurt Again.
  • Didn't See That Coming: She gets caught utterly flatfooted when she sees that Negan is fighting on Rick's side.
  • Did They or Didn't They?: "Here's Negan" heavily implies that she slept with Negan prior to the Harem.
  • Death by Falling Over: She dies anticlimactically by being shoved into a table.
  • Evil Power Vacuum: She starts making motions to defect after Dwight steps down as the Savior's leader and doesn't put in any plans for a successor in his absence.
  • Face–Heel Turn: She unexpectedly turns against the communities in Dwight's absence, and decides to strike after the Whisperer War has concluded.
  • Gold Digger: As it turns out she was a lot more eager to join Negan's harem than Dwight believed.
  • Opportunistic Bastard: She doesn't make her own opportunities of ambition, but prefers to to wait until a situation is already at her advantage to make her move. However her ambition gets the better of her and she gets the Saviors to defect from the alliance too early, resulting in her negotiation.
  • I Have Your Wife: Is the wife in this situation to Dwight.
  • Paid Harem: A member of Negan's.
  • Sanity Slippage: Like many others, events of the comic have taken a toll on her. Her final confrontation shows that she has become crazy in a bad way. Her experiences and what she has endured makes her conflate everyone who opposes her as being the same as people like Negan, who degraded and used her. During her rant she starts talking as if Rick did those things to her himself and then launches an attack on him.
  • Toxic Friend Influence: It's implied that she stoked the resentments of the Saviors during the Time Skip and the prelude to the "Whisperer War" until they're convinced to break their alliance with the other communities.
  • Ungrateful Bastard: She refuses to be grateful for Rick agreeing to all her demands for autonomy, seemingly ramping up her anger for the sake of appearing powerful.

     Amber 

Amber

Debut: Issue 105

A Savior who is part of Negan's Paid Harem.


  • Because You Were Nice to Me: Here's Negan shows that this was likely the reason she chooses to remain a part of the harem instead of going back to Mark when the two are found to be cheating. Negan was the one who saved her from being a sex slave in her original group by killing the man who was behind it.
  • Heel–Face Turn: She and Mark decide to join Dwight's rebellion against Negan.
  • Off with His Head!: She ends up being killed by Alpha and has her head impaled on a post to prove to Rick what the Whisperer's are capable of.
  • Paid Harem: Is part of Negan's.
  • Sex Slave: Here's Negan heavily implies she was this for her original group. Negan puts a stop to it when he kills their leader. This also explains why she would be so devoted to him that she would choose him over Mark despite knowing what the punishment would be if she stayed.
  • Unwitting Instigator of Doom: She was the one that convinced Sherry to be a part of Negan's harem, resulting in all sorts of terrible consequences.

Soldiers

     Laura 

Laura

Debut: Issue 148

A close friend of Dwight, she left the Saviors with him and moved to Alexandria after he stepped down from his position as leader. Laura becomes a high-ranking member of the militia established to protect the network of communities from external threats.


  • Action Girl: She fights alongside Dwight as part of the militia during the war with the Whisperers.
  • Country Matters: See Sir Swears-a-Lot below.
  • Dare to Be Badass: When Dwight announces that he's leaving, she tries to pull this off with him. It fails, so she ends up leaving with him.
  • Number Two: To Dwight in the militia, helping him oversee their training and commanding them.
  • Ship Tease: With Dwight. She even kisses him in an attempt to stop him from leaving, though it doesn't work. Since she ends up leaving with him, there's a chance it could still work out. However, when Dwight is still unable to get over Sherry despite her betrayal and death, Laura leaves him, stating that she might still be interested in him if he ever figures out how to move past her. Luckily, the two seem to have reconciled as of issue 180.
  • Sir Swears-a-Lot: She might just be even more profane than Negan. In only her second appearance in the comic she drops no less than 3 c-bombs when talking to Dwight... ALL ON ONE PAGE.
  • What the Hell, Hero?: Calls out Dwight in Issue 173 for his newfound negative attitude towards Rick over Sherry's death, pointing out that he blames everyone but Sherry for her actions and that he refuses to acknowledge that she used him.

     David 

David

Debut: Issue 97

A Savior first seen operating under the command of Dwight.


     Seth 

Seth

Debut: Issue 111

A Savior who guards Negan during his stay at the Alexandria Safe-Zone.


  • Boom, Headshot!: Courtesy of Andrea.
  • Jerkass: Acts incredibly antagonistic to Spencer, and Negan admits he's "wound a bit tight".
  • The Quiet One: Has one line ("What?") in his short tenure in the comic.

     Mark 

Mark

Debut: Issue 105

A Savior who has his face burned with an iron by Negan as punishment for him sleeping with Amber, a member of his Paid Harem.


  • Butt-Monkey: The man suffers a lot of crap despite his limited appearances. First, Negan steals his girlfriend Amber, then burns his face with a hot iron when he sleeps with her, then she gets killed off by a nutcase during the fair, then he tries to rejoin Negan, which earns him a brief "The Reason You Suck" Speech and a punch to the face which leaves him in tears. It gets to the point where Negan thinks he'll end up committing suicide and warns John to keep an eye on him.
  • Extreme Doormat: After the Time Skip he willingly tries to join Negan and restore the Savior to the former regime which shocks and enrage Negan as of all people he shouldn't want to go back to the guy who burned his face and calls him a special kind of sheep.
  • Heel–Face Turn: He and Amber decide to join Dwight's rebellion against Negan.
  • Insecure Love Interest: He constantly fears Amber leaving him for another man, and as a result is a bit clingy to Amber.
  • Two-Faced: As a result of having his face burned by Negan.

     Donnie 

Donnie

Debut: Issue 124

A Savior who guards the roof of the Sanctuary.


     Mike 

Mike

Debut: Issue 100

A Savior who appears to be one of Negan's high-ranking soldiers.


     John 

John

Debut: Issue 104

An intimidating Savior who first appeared alongside Tara during an encounter with Jesus. After the time skip he joins Sherry in her move against the allied communities and likely becomes the new leader of the Saviors after her death.


  • Bald of Authority: He is implied to have become the new leader of the Saviors following Sherry's death.
  • Eye Scream: He is blind in one eye and has scars around it that suggest he suffered some sort of trauma to it in the past.
  • Face of a Thug: When first encountered, his appearance was scarier than his actual actions. Played with later, as he's a major part of planning to break the alliance between the Savior and the other communities, although in the end he gets talked down from actual starting a war by Negan.
  • Reasonable Authority Figure: He proves to be a much more competent leader than either Negan or Sherry and advises a young Savior that working with the other communities will ultimately work out better than trying to control them or steal from them.
  • Scary Black Man: He's a very large and intimidating black man, complete with scars, a blinded Milky White Eye, and a shaved head.
  • Smarter Than You Look: Negan may have been attempting to flatter him, but he does claim that John is more than just a tough guy follower, he can think for himself, and is smart enough to know, deep down, that Sherry's plan for the Saviors to break away was not going to work in the long run.
  • Took a Level in Jerkass: During his first appearance he comes off as one of the nicer Saviors, especially in comparison to Tara. After the time skip, however, he begins plotting against the allied communities alongside Sherry.
    • Took a Level in Kindness: He seems to be more like his old self in issue 182 where he welcomes Rick and Pamela to the Sanctuary and offers them rooms for the night. He's also shown serving as a mentor figure for Christopher.

     Tara 

Tara

Debut: Issue 104

An aggressive woman who first appeared alongside John. She is notable for being the only female Savior to appear as a part of Negan's army.


  • Dark Action Girl: She is a member of Negan's army and in her first appearance she nearly kills Jesus but is stopped by Dwight.
  • Jerkass: She is very aggressive and can't seem to go five minutes without threatening to cut someones balls off.

Other Residents

    Christopher 

Christopher

Debut: Issue 182

A young Savior who works as a gardener at the Sanctuary, though he'd rather be a soldier or guard instead.


  • Does Not Like Spam: He hates tomatoes, which earns him a lecture from John about how he should forget about likes and dislikes and just be thankful to have any food at all.
  • Remember the New Guy?: Possibly justified since he isn't a soldier like most of the other Saviors and thus wouldn't have appeared in any of their previous battles.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: He asks John if he can have a baked potato for supper after their talk.

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