Ethan Carlucci

Ethan Carlucci is a main character who first appears in Season 8: Fear The Stalkers of The Walking Dead. Ethan is an affable, good-natured, and adventurous guy. Despite feeling like a bit of an outsider for most of his life, he is passionate about people and the good they can do. He doesn't think twice about putting himself in danger if he believes something positive can come from it. Alongside his charitable personality, Ethan also has a sense of humor and optimism. He aims to keep people at ease with him.
==Pre-Apocalypse==
===Location Unknown===
Nothing is known about Ethan's life before or as the outbreak began.
==Post-Apocalypse==
===Season 8: Fear The Stalkers===
===="Chapter 102"====
One day has passed since the previous episode, and the group is still traveling to Richmond in the van. Mahiru holds a crying AJ to calm him down, with everyone sitting in the back with her, minus Kenny and Clementine who are in the front of the van. They've gone the entire day and a half without food or water, and the entire group is getting weaker. Sandy asks Paige how much longer she thinks they have. "Sixty miles" Paige says to her, referring to the distance to Richmond, Virginia. "I wasn't talking about that," Sandy says gloomily. Javier reassures Sandy that they're all here for each other and they'll get to Richmond. Omid questions if Richmond is still standing or will accept newcomers. Luke believes they have to, especially since they have children in their group. Mahiru wonders where they would start looking once they get there, reminding them that it's a large city. After driving a little further, the group's van runs out of fuel. Kenny desperately tries to get it to start, while cursing the van. Clementine tells him they'll have to walk, since the snow has stopped a bit. They decide to abandon it on the road and proceed on foot. They eventually attract a small pack of walkers, who follow them at a distance. Luke tells Kenny that he thinks they should try to find a position on higher ground before dealing with the walkers. Sandy, still angry about the loss of Ryder, wants to take on the walkers. Paige disagrees, warning Sandy that she shouldn't let her anger take over. Sandy angrily retorts that she can handle herself and has been through what she's feeling before. The group eventually reaches an overpass with a deep ravine on either side. Kenny, together with Sandy, Paige, Luke, Mahiru, Omid, and Javier, attempts to dispatch the group of walkers by luring them toward either side of the road, then pushing them into the ravine. This method requires less effort than using weapons and helps to conserve what little energy they have. However, Sandy begins stabbing the walkers with her knife, which forces the group to do the same. During the struggle, Sandy becomes so single-minded that she nearly stabs Paige, and accidentally cuts Javier on the upper arm. Luke is nearly bitten by a walker when Mahiru shoots it with her bow. After the walkers are dead, Kenny reprimands Sandy, who stares back at him with angry defiance. As they continue to walk down the road, AJ's cries become considerably fainter and weaker as Kenny holds him closer trying to keep him warm. Eventually, the group finds a stack of bottled water in the middle of the road. Everyone readies their weapons in case it may be a trap, while Luke approaches the bottles and finds a note that says, "From A Friend". The whole group is wary that it might be a trap. Javier disagrees and says that he believes it is indeed from a friend and volunteers to be an assurance. He snatches one of the bottles and is about to drink it before Omid slaps it away. Not long after that, the wind begins to pick up heavily, and Paige recognizes it as a snowstorm and they need to find shelter immediately. Omid walks off the road to look in the field and points out a barn, suggesting to use that as shelter. Once they enter the barn and search it, Sandy finds a walker, who was a girl who died. After Sandy stabs the walker, Javier joins her, and Sandy observes that the girl had a gun and says that she could've just shot herself. Javier tells Sandy that some people can't give up, like them. Night comes and the group is resting in the barn, while the snowstorm rages outside. Clementine is lying by the campfire, Sandy is sitting with Javier and Omid, while Kenny tells the group about a story of his childhood with his grandpa, who had served in World War II. Kenny used to ask him whether he had to kill any Germans during his time at war but he wouldn't answer. Then when he asked him whether the Germans tried to kill him, his grandpa got real quiet. Kenny's grandpa told him that "he was dead the minute he entered enemy territory," and that every day when he woke up, he always told himself, "Rest in peace, now get up and go to war." The barn begins to shake as the wind from the snowstorm starts getting stronger, and Luke urges everyone to get close to each other in case the barn doesn't hold. The roar of the storm gets louder and louder as everyone huddles around the fire, trying to protect each other. The next morning, all is peaceful, and Sandy wakes up to see Omid still awake. She sits by his side and talks with him, telling him he should get some sleep, and that it's okay to rest now. Omid tells Sandy that he understands what she's going through, but urges her not to go down the same road he did, filled with hatred and contempt. Omid says he had talked to Clementine and hoped that maybe she would forgive him after explaining what he felt after Christa's death. "She would be proud of how strong you've become," Sandy says to Omid. Omid briefly smiles. Sandy decides to get up and exit the barn to view the outside, noticing very little damage to the barn despite how extreme the snowstorm was. Paige soon follows her outside. Sandy and Paige then sit down on a downed tree and watch the sunrise together. Paige hands Sandy the lighter that belonged to Ryder. Sandy asks her when she got it, referring to when she left it on Ryder's grave. Paige believes that Ryder would have wanted her to have it, adding that he really cared about her. Sandy admits to Paige that Ryder was the first man she had been romantically involved with in any way in a very long time, and laments on her losses. Paige reassures her that she will survive. Their conversation is soon interrupted by a man. He introduces himself as Ethan Carlucci and asks if he can speak to the rest of their group, adding that he has good news to tell them.
===="Chapter 103"====
Sandy and Paige bring Ethan to the barn where the rest of the group is resting. Each of them appears to be wary of Ethan's arrival. Sandy gives Kenny Ethan's gun, which Kenny keeps as he asks Ethan what his intentions are. Ethan informs the group that he had been watching them and that he was the one who supplied them with the bottles of water the previous day. Kenny chooses not to believe him and tries to convince the group that Ethan has another agenda. Ethan, knowing that he would believe so, asks Paige to give Kenny his backpack, directing him to a small set of photographs of his community which a friend of his had taken as evidence of its existence. As Ethan explains what his community is about and emphasizes its security, Kenny punches him in the face, knocking him out. With Ethan unconscious, Kenny sends the group out to watch the area. Javier tries to convince Kenny that Aaron is not a threat, but Kenny insists that he is not to be trusted. Omid informs Kenny that there are a lot of places for the enemies to hide, causing more panic within the group. As Ethan regains consciousness, he maintains a positive attitude, jokingly complementing Kenny's strength. Kenny shoots back saying that they cannot trust someone who is still laughing after being beaten. Kenny asks Ethan about the number of people waiting for his group, bearing his flare gun as evidence of company. Ethan responds by saying how it does not matter whether he informed him of how many, as it would not affect whether or not he would trust him any more than he does. Sandy insists he confesses anyway, and Ethan informs her that there is only one. Ethan also reveals that he and his accomplice have vehicles that they had attempted to bring closer to the barn, but had been blocked by the surrounding trees and snow. Mahiru tells the group that she wants to know the truth by checking it out. Kenny turns down the task saying that it is a bad idea, but after Luke and Javier speak up in favor, Kenny decides to let everyone except him and AJ go scout ahead, asking Mahiru to go with Luke, Javier, and the rest of the group to search the surrounding area. As the groups leave, Ethan tells Kenny that he is used to being held at gunpoint and that he believes he and his people are good. Kenny instead warns Ethan that if his people do not return in one hour, he would put a knife in the base of his skull. Sandy, Clementine, Paige, Mahiru, Omid, Luke, and Javier are still walking towards their destination. Mahiru warns the others to shoot whoever comes out from the woods, should the time come. Javier, horrified by Mahiru's orders, voices his opinion. Sandy replies saying that people should not come to the people who have guns like them. Disagreeing, Javier says that Ethan's community can't be bad people and he has an undeniable good nature about him. They reach the specified location and find a car and an RV, and realize that Ethan was telling the truth. A pair of walkers come out from the woods, one almost biting Luke before Javier intervenes. Luke thanks him for the assistance and Javier jokingly says he needs to start keeping count of how many times Luke avoids certain death. Paige asks Mahiru and Javier to help her search the RV while Sandy, Clementine, and Luke search the car for any food. Inside the RV, Javier stumbles across some food and powdered milk. Mahiru tells him to grab the powdered milk so they can prepare it for AJ, and she grabs some of the food stashed. Paige notices keys in the ignition in the RV and says they could drive it back to the barn. Luke says the keys for the car are also in the ignition of the other vehicle. The groups assemble back in the barn with a pile of canned goods salvaged from the vehicles. Mahiru uses a few water bottles to prepare to mix the powdered milk for AJ, while Kenny tells Ethan that the food is now in their possession whether or not they come to his camp, eventually deciding that they would stay. The group, who are by this time now hopeful of a new sanctuary, refuses to follow Kenny's decision on not following Ethan to his community, causing Kenny to change his mind. Sandy asks Ethan where his community is located. After Ethan informs the group that he would usually be the one to take the survivors to the location, they deny him the privilege, still wary of his real intentions, and ask him again where his community is. Ethan reveals to them that it's part of a city and was partially sealed away from the worst parts in Richmond that they have decided to call "New Richmond." Everyone is shocked to hear that he is a part of the community they were setting out to find. Ethan tells them he would be happy to bring them back but tells them they would have to meet their leader before they could settle in to determine what they can do. He further adds that he and his accomplice set out to find people to bring back and spy on them to make sure each group is safe to bring into their community. He asks, however, that they return to the area they found the RV and car, saying he can't leave his friend behind without a vehicle. As night slowly approaches, the group leaves the barn in separate vehicles to return to the road. Kenny, Mahiru, Paige, and Luke take Ethan in the car, while Sandy, Clementine, Omid, AJ, and Javier drive behind them in the RV. Luke and Ethan converse along the way, during which Ethan mentions his home. Mahiru tries to dissuade Luke from talking to him, still not entirely trusting of Ethan, but Luke ignores her and continues his conversation with him by asking Ethan about his home. He tells Luke that most of the living spaces in the community are apartment buildings and makeshift offices, but they plan on eventually building houses and expanding the community more. The conversation is interrupted when Kenny finds the radio which Ethan used to eavesdrop on the conversations held amongst the group, right before the car runs in the dark through a herd of walkers, the blood of the walkers turning the car and the lights red. The other group is separated off the road due to the herd and drives off down the adjoining road.
===="Chapter 104"====
The car continues to ram through the herd before the group stops and exits to check if the others are still behind them. Mahiru reports that she saw them turn down the other road. Kenny rushes back in and Mahiru tries to restart the car, failing due to the overwhelming amount of gore caught in the engine. The group stops for a moment when a lit flare is seen from afar. Ethan starts to panic, concerned it might be one of his own. He frantically requests his freedom, but after the group continues to press him for answers, he becomes violent, kicking the door open and knocking Paige over. As he runs away, Kenny assures them they do not have to chase after him. Luke suggests that the rest of the group may have also seen the flare and thought it was them, and believes it will be an easier way to find them. Kenny, Luke, Paige, and Mahiru wander into the woods, finding themselves trapped with walkers surrounding them. Luke eventually becomes separated, causing panic amongst the remaining three members, who are forced to hold off the approaching walkers themselves. While Luke tries to find a way back to the others, he finds Ethan cornered by a walker and unable to defend himself due to his bounds. Initially deciding to leave him, Luke changes his mind, assisting him and cutting him loose. Meanwhile, the rest of the group notice the flare and Javier questions if it was Kenny or one of the others. Omid says he didn't remember seeing any flare guns in the car and they have Ethan's. Sandy suggests they go toward it regardless, not wanting to take the chance of ignoring their friends' possible signal for help. They continue to drive and find a storage lot and see a few walkers shambling around. Clementine alerts the group that she sees someone limping behind one of the buildings. Javier drives up to the building and everyone hops out to take out some of the walkers. Once Javier rounds the corner, a woman hits him on the head with a plank. Sandy quickly runs around the building to hold her a gunpoint, demanding she drop her weapons. The woman apologizes and says she thought Javier was a walker and doesn't want trouble. She explains that she sprained her ankle while trying to escape from the herd. Omid asks her if she was the one who shot off the flare, and she confirms it was her. She says she was trying to signal for her friend, Ethan. Luke and Ethan eventually reunite with Kenny, Paige, and Mahiru, downing the remaining walkers. Ethan, fully aware of the group's opinion of him, drops his gun and offers to be rebound, with Luke telling him that there is no need. The five then run towards where the flare is believed to have come from. As they reach the location, they find Omid standing guard outside the RV, who alerts the others upon their return. Sandy and Clementine come out of the RV, with AJ in Clementine's arms. Kenny excitedly takes AJ from Clementine, saying he was worried about everyone when they strayed off from their car. Sandy tells them they ran into a woman with an injured leg, but Javier is tending to her leg. Ethan immediately goes inside the RV and happily hugs the woman. She jokingly tells him to get off of her before she kicks him with her good leg. Paige questions if she was the one who shot the flare they had seen, and Sandy informs her that she was. The woman formally introduces herself to the rest of the group as Amanda Hayes and she had joined Ethan in search of possible newcomers to their community. Omid enters the RV and tells everyone that the area is secured and no walkers are left in the area, suggesting they should all try to get some rest and head out in the morning. Kenny tells Ethan and Amanda they should take one of the storage units to stay in, while the rest of them sleep in the RV. Luke disagrees with the idea and tries to convince Kenny that they're both trustworthy, noting that everything Ethan has told them so far has been true. Mahiru voices her support in trusting them, along with Javier. Sandy asks Clementine what she thinks, and Clementine says she thinks she trusts them. Sandy decides to agree they can stay with them in the RV, but also thinks they should keep their distance. With Ethan and Amanda in compliance, everyone turns in for the night.
===="Chapter 105"====
The next morning, the group continues on their journey to the community. Javier gives Ethan pills and a bottle of water for Amanda. Both make conversation with each other, with Ethan asking Javier if he had seen him somewhere before, noticing he looked familiar. Javier tells him he played professional baseball. Ethan instantly recognizes him and compliments his gameplay, asking why he stopped playing. Javier tells him he got into trouble for betting on himself and was fired from the team because of it. Ethan apologizes for bringing it up, but Javier tells him not to apologize and that he deserved it. Soon afterward, the RV breaks down, much to Kenny's frustration. Luke assists with fixing the problem by replacing the dead battery with a spare battery contained within the RV. Astonished, Kenny questions how he knew about it, to which Luke just shoots back a knowing smile. Clementine observes from afar, with Sandy sitting by her side. She asks her how she's been doing. Clementine confides in her that she feels broken over what she did, but knows she had to do it. Sandy tells her that eventually, that feeling won't be as strong as it is now. Sandy believes that Sarah knew she cared about her. Clementine thanks her and says she's going to go sit in the RV for a bit. Kenny walks over to Sandy, asking how Clementine seemed to her. She tells him that she's a little better but still needs time to process everything. Kenny compares her feelings with her own. Sandy reminds him she lost someone she cared about again, and asks why she wouldn't be. Kenny understands what she's going through, reminding her of Sarita. He tells her that her rampage by the bridge with the walkers earlier is something similar he did when escorting Rebecca to the observation deck. Sandy sits in silence. Kenny wants to know if she has something against him or Ethan or anyone else, but, she says she doesn't. Sandy talks about losing her family, how she fell in love, and how she feels alone and scared all over again. She states that Kenny and the rest are the only family she has left, and she'll follow them straight to hell. Kenny appreciates the sentiment and says he considers her family too along with the rest of the group, saying that Sarita was right about them all being family. Paige overhears the conversation and smiles. Mahiru asks her what the smile is for, adding that she hasn't seen her smile in a while now. Paige tells her that she just feels hopeful for once. Mahiru questions her if she trusts Ethan and Amanda, and Paige pauses for a moment then says she does. Mahiru tells her that Ethan told her that they will need to give up their weapons once they get inside the gate for security purposes and they will be led in for an interview with the leader of the community. Paige is uneasy about the idea of giving up their weapons. Mahiru agrees but says if this community is as good as it might seem, they'll have to follow the guidelines. Mahiru walks back to the RV as Ethan comes out and walks over to a walker laying on the ground. Paige approaches him and asks what he's doing. Ethan tells her that sometimes he likes to check walkers for identification, saying he would at least like to know who they were. The walker starts moving a bit and Ethan stabs it in the head with his knife. He pulls out a wallet from the jacket and identifies him as Jon Sandusky. He looks at the photos and remorsefully tells Paige he had a wife. Paige notices a few walkers in the distance and wonders if they should take care of them before they get too close. Ethan looks at one of the walkers and exclaims that the female walker resembles the man's wife. Ethan believes he should at least put her down out of respect and starts to walk over. Paige tells him not to and that she'll do it. Paige walks over to both of the walkers and kills both of them. She grabs the purse off of the female walker's shoulder and tosses it to Ethan, who confirms that it was his wife, Tamara Sandusky. Ethan realizes it's silly to care, but it makes him feel a bit more at ease sometimes. The RV suddenly starts up, and Omid calls for everyone to get back inside the RV. Once everyone makes it back inside, Paige snatches a blender sitting on the RV's sink and places her gun inside it without anyone noticing. The group reaches the city of Richmond, seeing a large portion of it sanctioned off from the rest. Ethan tells everyone they blocked part of the city off that was invested with the dead and have decided to call the community "New Richmond." Sandy asks how many people are inside there. Amanda limps over and says that around eighty people are currently living there. Amanda further explains that a lot of them have been there since the start of it all and not many have left the walls of New Richmond. Luke asks if they've had issues with raiders and Ethan says they've never encountered any thus far. Paige suspiciously asks how they managed to avoid them. Amanda believes it's just been luck, but isn't convinced they'll never experience them. Ethan smiles and says he hopes that they'll all be helpful if that ever came to be. Once they reach the gates of New Richmond, a woman, named Edith, greets Ethan and Amanda as they exit the RV. Ethan tells her they brought back some new people, ones that have been out there for a while and even have a baby. Edith tells them to wait a moment and she walks off. Everyone slowly exits the RV and walks up to the massive gate. Javier is relieved to hear the sound of children playing from behind the gates, assuring everyone that the area is safe. Turning to Clementine, Kenny asks her if she is ready, to which she replies that she is. Sandy notices Paige disappear around the RV into a slightly damaged building, and makes her way back to Sandy's prying eye. Paige shrugs and smiles, walking next to her near the gate. As Kenny holds A.J. close, the group awaits the opening of their new safe haven.
===Season 9: Life Among Them===
===="Chapter 106"====
The group walks through New Richmond's front gate and are taken by surprise by how well maintained the safe-zone is. They're met by a guard, Colton, who orders them to hand over their weapons. They instantly refuse and Luke attempts to reason with them by saying they're not even sure if they are going to stay, but Ethan intervenes and insists they can keep their guns until after they speak with the community's leader, Cordelia Fisher. Amanda orders Colton, calling him "brother", to relax and bring Cordelia over so they can introduce them to her. In a well-furnished living room, Cordelia Fisher enters and introduces herself to Kenny and begins to videotape him as she questions him about his group. She explains that New Richmond was previously a sustainable community complete with its own solar grid, cisterns and eco-based sewage filtration. Kenny asks Cordelia what she wants. "I want you to help us survive," she says with a smile. Outside, the rest of the group surrender their guns to Leland, an architect and husband to Cordelia, and Mirabelle, who manages the armory. Mirabelle says they can sign out their guns whenever they go outside the walls. Sandy questions the decision to keep their weapons locked away in an armory, further questioning what would be done if the community was attacked. Mirabelle coldly tells her that she doesn't have to like their rules and can leave if she wants to. Sandy glares at her and places her weapons on the table. Leland apologizes and says they have people on the walls to keep an eye out for trouble, so they have no need for people to carry around weapons. Paige approves of the decision with an almost insincere optimism in her tone. Mahiru notices this and reluctantly agrees with Paige. Ethan brings Kenny, Clementine, and AJ to the group's assigned homes — two picturesque colonial houses next door to each other. Inside, Kenny and Clementine find immaculate rooms with running water. After taking a shower, two of the residents, Randy and Mason, stop by with a bin of food and toiletries from the town pantry. Randy introduces himself as New Richmond's doctor with Mason acting as an assistant. Mason asks to see AJ, after overhearing they had brought two children with their group, for a checkup. Kenny agrees, but Clementine says she doesn't need a checkup. Randy looks over AJ and declares he's a healthy baby, while mentioning to Clementine that he has a son her age and suggests they meet. In her interview with Javier, Cordelia asks if he wants to be in New Richmond. He evades the question, but says that Clementine and AJ deserve a nice home. Cordelia respects his answer of wanting the children to be in a safe environment. Javier assures her that everyone he came with are good people. Paige and Mahiru explore the second house. Paige is suspicious that Cordelia would just give away such luxurious accommodations. Mahiru agrees and has doubts about them being separated from their weapons. The two meet with Sandy, Kenny, Omid, and Luke on the front lawn. Sandy immediately is worried about splitting the group between two houses. Omid agrees and suggest they all stay in one house for the night. Luke, however, says he has a good feeling about the people in New Richmond, but ultimately agrees they should all stick together and leaves to inform the others of the decision. Later on in the night, as the group prepares their beds on the living room floor and discuss some of the jobs they were assigned, Cordelia stops by to see them. "Staying together," she observes, "Smart." she says with a smile. Kenny notes that she hasn't assigned him a job yet. Cordelia says she has a job in mind for him, but is still trying to figure out Sandy, Omid, and Paige. Cordelia leaves and the group prepares for bed.
===="Chapter 107"====
The next day, Cordelia interviews Paige, who says that the group is ready to join the community. Cordelia asks how she met everyone, and Paige lies and says she was all by herself for a long time and was rescued by them, and that she's never been much of a fighter and was just happy to be around and asks if there are any jobs that allow her to work within the walls. Meanwhile, the group leaves their house to explore the vibrant neighborhood. Kenny urges Sandy to join them, but she decides to hang back and keep an eye on things. Clementine walks next to Kenny with AJ in her arms, as they walk around. As they're out walking, Kenny loses track of Clementine and AJ. In a panic, he finds a woman named Laurie, who takes him to a nearby house where Clementine and AJ are sitting on the porch with two elderly people who are fawning over AJ. Laurie identifies them as Walt and Jean, whose family comprised five children and twelve grandchildren before the apocalypse, and remarks that AJ will have to put up with a lot of attention since few in New Richmond have seen a baby for a long time. Laurie also suggests that they introduce Clementine to her son, Bobby, who is around Clementine's age. Kenny thanks her for her assistance and asks how she likes living in New Richmond. Laurie tells him that she not been there for super long, but arrived with her husband, Randy, Bobby, and her oldest son Mitch. She instantly waves over a two boys, and introduces Kenny to Mitch and Bobby. Kenny calls Clementine over to meet them. In his bedroom, Bobby introduces Clementine to his friend Julia and suggests they play video games. Clementine can only stare back in disbelief. Bobby apologizes and urges Clementine to take her time adjusting to this new reality. He says it took Julia – another recent addition from outside the walls -- three weeks to open up. Clementine looks curiously at Julia. That night, Kenny tells Luke that his guard is still up. Luke argues there's nothing to be concerned about. "Then why are we both awake?" he asks. Luke tells him that they just need a bit more time to get settled in. Still restless, Kenny takes a nighttime stroll and sees Randy quietly smoking outside his apartment complex. Randy calls out to Kenny, noting that his wife told him they had become acquainted earlier. The next morning, Paige leaves with an apron on and catches the eyes of both Omid and Javier, who ask what she's doing. Paige tells them she was assigned to work in the kitchens — which will allow her to get close to the community members. Sandy walks out and makes fun of her apron, calling her "Mother Hubbard". Paige rolls her eyes, and walks off. Paige makes her way to the gates and walks out to examine the perimeter of the walls. Lars and Ellie, two guards on the wall, watch Paige for a bit before turning their attention away from her. With that opportunity, Paige slips away to look for the gun she stashed away, but discovers that it's missing. During her interview, Mahiru tells Cordelia that they were out there for a long time, and were "almost out there for too long." Mahiru continues by saying she wants to make this place work for herself and her group. Sandy, Luke, and Javier meet with Colton and Kyle, Cordelia's son, to begin their job helping with supply runs. As they carry out a dry run, Kyle explains that they must follow his orders at all times if they want to avoid getting killed by walkers, like his previous team. Kyle and Colton lead the group to a site where they had chained up a walker that killed their former crew. They find that the walker has escaped, but are able to track it down. The walker attacks Luke, prompting Javier to stab it through the head. Kyle yells at Javier for killing his trophy. As they storm back inside the walls, Javier accuses Kyle of incompetence. Kyle takes a swing at Javier and they fight, drawing a crowd of people including the rest of the group, Ethan, Amanda, Leland, Laurie, and Mirabelle. Ethan tries to talk down the two fighting men, while Amanda calls for someone to get Cordelia. Cordelia intervenes and announces that the group are to be treated as equals. She then asks Kenny to be the town's constable and he accepts. At the house, Kenny walks downstairs in his constable uniform and tells Sandy, Luke, Paige, and Omid that it's safe enough to sleep in two houses now. Sandy raises her concern that New Richmond will make them weak if they follow their routines, referencing Kyle's supply running team. "We won't get weak," Kenny assures her. Paige chimes in and says that even if they can't keep up with them, then they'll have to show them how to survive.
===="Chapter 108"====
During the night, Kenny is woken up by the sound of AJ crying. He gets up to go calm him down, and rocks him back to sleep. Kenny looks out the window, still in awe over New Richmond. He puts AJ back in his crib and tells him that he's going to have a good life from here on out. In the second house next door, the girls are asleep, when Sandy is awoken by a nightmare. She goes downstairs to get a drink of water to find Paige sitting at the table. Sandy lets her presence known to Paige, so she is not to startle her, and Paige tells her that she couldn't really sleep, so she decided to stay up and just watch out the window. Paige questions her on why she's up, and Sandy tells her that she had just had a bad dream and came down to get some water. Paige questions her if it was about Ryder, and Sandy confirms it was. She goes on by saying she should have known better not to get attached to someone romantically in the world they live in now and believes herself to be an idiot for letting it happen. Paige disagrees with her statement and says life wouldn't be worth much if you couldn't find something to enjoy out of it, and that Ryder really cared a lot for her, so she shouldn't feel ashamed or blame herself for returning his feelings and choosing to be happy for once. Sandy stands there in silence and says she'll think about what she said, but still feels anguish over what happened. In the morning, the group head over to the administration building where Cordelia is waiting for them to gather their schedules for the day. Cordelia welcomes them and tells them she has a slight confession to make. The video recording she had made of them weren't just for the records of New Richmond, but also a way to make sure stories match up with everyone and to examine their body language, in order to make sure the people that are assessed are not dangerous to the community and she declares that all of them passed with flying colors. Leland also says the two colonial houses were built especially to house newcomers while they were processed so they could find permanent housing for them. Luke asks what that means for them, and Cordelia tells them that she's set up a few apartments for everyone in the nearby apartment complex, but they would have to decide amongst themselves who takes which unit. The ones available are a one three bedroom, one two bedroom, and four one bedroom apartments. Omid asks if they had room in the first place for them to be cleared out, and Leland says he and his two sons cleared out some of them, since they were being used for storage, but the development plans he has been working on will increase their storage limits, which will clear out some of the buildings. Cordelia also tells Omid and Mahiru that she has finally found jobs for them as well, asking for Mahiru to assist her with political duties in New Richmond. She goes on to say that her vision is to re-establish a government for the community, just like they had before the apocalypse. Mahiru is confused why she picked her for the job, and Cordelia references her interview, adding that her demeanor and overall confidence would make her a good prime public figure for New Richmond. She also tells Omid that she wants him to go and see Ethan and Amanda for more information about his new job. Cordelia smiles at Clementine and tells her that her job is a very important one; be a kid again. Clementine looks at her in confusion, asking her what she means, and Cordelia further explains that many children have been forced to grow up so fast with the apocalypse, and she wants New Richmond to become a place where children can be children once more. After everyone gets their assignments, most of the group leave the building, aside from Mahiru. Later, Omid eventually makes his way over to one of the gardens where Ethan is helping a woman with planting some vegetables. Ethan greets Omid, and introduces him to the woman, Melanie, who is New Richmond's therapist. Melanie sheepishly corrects him, saying that she didn't complete her tenure and is merely a grief counselor. Ethan tells her that she's as good as the real thing despite that. Omid asks Ethan about the job that Cordelia had assigned him. Ethan finishes planting and walks over to Omid, and asks him to follow him. Ethan takes Omid over to a diner where most of the cooks work to find Amanda, who is sitting at a table with her leg still in a splint. Amanda greets them and asks if they're here to eat breakfast, but Ethan informs her that Omid was asking about what his job was going to be. Amanda takes a sip of her water and gives a knowing look. Amanda tells Omid that with her leg needing some time to heal, she's going to be out of commission for a while with recruitment missions she takes with Ethan and talked with Cordelia that Omid could be her replacement. She says that Omid is like a mix between herself and Ethan, being aware of dangerous threats while being disarmingly charismatic. Omid appreciates the offer, but says that he's not sure if he could handle the job, since he's not exactly the same person he used to be, given the amount of trauma he's dealt with. Ethan tells him that he's lost a lot of friends and family and can sympathize, but believes Omid is the right person for the job. Amanda says that she isn't aware of what happened in Omid's past, but knows that he's the right choice. Amanda tells him that he doesn't have to take the job if he isn't sure and there are plenty of things he can do around New Richmond, but she asks him to at least consider it. Omid looks between Ethan and Amanda and says he'll give it a shot. Outside the walls, Sandy, Kenny, Paige, and Javier walk into the woods towards a small abandoned shed, and Paige tells them that she had stashed one of their guns inside one of the buildings outside the gate, but when she went back to look for it, she found that it was missing. Javier questions her why she hid it there in the first place, and she explains that she wanted there to be a backup plan in case New Richmond turned out to be another Howe's Hardware. Kenny agrees that it's a smart idea and begins to think that they should start scheming to steal back the weapons that were taken from them when they arrived. Javier confides that he isn't comfortable being separated from his weapons, but he doesn't want to start something and get the group into trouble. Sandy suggests a compromise between both ideas; creating an opening to allow them to easily access their weapons without anyone noticing, also adding they could take a few of them back without alerting anyone working in the armory of the noticeable absence of weapons. The three of them agree that her idea sounds a lot better. A walker slowly creeps up on them, and Paige shoots it repeatedly with a silenced pistol. She explains to the three that she had to empty the magazine in order to back up their claim that they were "going shooting". Javier jokingly comments that the façade she's putting on is hilariously unsettling. Sandy walks over to the walker and curiously examines it. Kenny asks her what she's doing and she calls them over to look at the walker's forehead. Upon further inspection, a letter "W" is seen carved into the walker's forehead.
==Killed Victims==
This list shows the victims Ethan has killed:
*Jon Sandusky (Zombified)
*Numerous counts of walkers
==Appearances==
==Relationships==
==Trivia==
*Ethan has a habit of collecting license plates, wanting to collect every state.
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