Greencole (Remake)

"***It's perfect**. [...] Now I admit, it doesn't look like much. But look around: water, space, woods filled with game. We can make our home here. But I'll warn you: **the easy part is done**. We've found it. **We're here**. Now we have to build it, to sustain it. From now on, our goal isn't just to survive...it's **to live**,*"
—Henry rallies the Pioneers to build their new home[src]

**Greencole** is a location in *Strain Zero*, first appearing in *Season 4: Remake*. Settled and built on the shores of Wolf Lake by the Pioneers, on the former site of Wolf Lake State Recreation Area, it was named after the codename of another community that they attempted to settle. By 2011, five years after it was established, the community had grown to around 200 people. In addition to the main town, the community extended to a logging camp, Wolf Dam and various camps and cabins in the surrounding forest. After the Pioneers were absorbed into Delta Force, most of Greecole's population relocated to the town of Graystone, leaving a small group to guard the area during the repairs to the dam. The area was ultimately abandoned when Wolf Dam was destroyed and flooded the surrounding area.

## Pre-Apocalypse

The site on which Greencole would be built was once called Wolf Lake State Recreation Area, a popular campground on the shores of Wolf Lake, downstream of Wolf Dam on the Missouri River. It was only 45 miles northeast of Helena, the capital of Montana. It has access to 75 sites, consisting of pre-built cabins and trailers alongside parking sites for RVs. The campground received electricity from both Wolf Dam and on-site generators, while the surrounding hills were teeming with animals. To the east lay the vast Helena National Forest.

## Post-Apocalypse

### Season 4: Remake

At some point following the outbreak the campground was abandoned, leaving behind several empty cabins, trailers and vehicles. Its secluded location meant that no other survivors stumbled across it, or at least considered it for settlement. It was known to the Ravagers at Adams Air Force Base and thus marked on a map as a potential point for expansion, but they never established a permanent presence there.

#### "Hellfire"

While moving through the halls of Adams Air Force Base, Henry's group stumbles across the Ravagers' command centre. There they find a map marking out potential areas of expansion, one of which is Wolf Lake State Recreation Area, a days drive southwest of the base. As the Pioneers finally flee the base and into the wilderness once more, Henry directs the convoy to the campground, desperately pleading for the group to have faith in him for just a while longer.

After another days drive, the group cross the Wolf Dam and find the campground half a mile downstream, on the banks of Wolf Lake. Henry, Drew, Mike and Katrina head down to investigate and find it to be completely abandoned. Henry orders the convoy to surround the campground, creating a temporary wall, before giving a speech about how they can build a home on the site, despite how worn down it appears. The convoy camps outside one last time before rising the next morning to begin the arduous task of building a community.

Each family is given a cabin to stay in; close-knit non-families are assigned trailers, while the others continue sleeping in their vehicles, parked in one of the many sites along the shore. An area a short distance down the lake it chosen as a suitable spot to grow crops, a task led by David and a Pioneer named Nicolas. In their cabin, Henry asks Holly if she still believes in him; she says she does before Henry asks Emma to meet him outside. He shows her a worn-down trailer next to their cabin; he promises to renovate it for her and convert it into her own private space once everything is settled.

#### "Divide"

The Pioneers decided to name their little settlement "Greencole" after the emergency ID of Adams Air Force Base, the supposed sanctuary that they had spent months trying to find. Over the next five years, Greencole grew significantly to around 200 people, all working in tandem to create a peaceful society. The valley holding the lake was relatively free of walkers, and its secluded location kept the Pioneers safe from hostile outsiders.

The community suffered a terrible winter in 2009 that led to the deaths of several residents from hunger and hypothermia. The guilt from these losses caused Henry to step down from leadership, with David taking over as leader, while Mike left the community entirely and set up a camp along the road between the town and Wolf Dam.

## Inhabitants

* Jane Rhodes - soldier, chief of dam security, *de facto* leader
* Drew Stanton - hunter
* Mike Trapp
* *Dante*
* *Carl McKenzie* - doctor
* *Justinas Garin* - soldier
* Around 50 unnamed survivors

### Former

* David - leader
* Henry Ward - soldier
* Holly Parker - nurse, *de facto* second-in-command
* Hope Ward
* Emma Goode - hunter
* Kyle Granger
* Boy
* Laika
* Lawrence Carter
* Ben Appleby - mechanic
* Jimmy
* Becky Grace - teacher
* Sarah Stanton
* Katrina - soldier
* Gideon - soldier
* Nicolas - blacksmith
* Abigail
* Shadowman
* Numerous unnamed residents

## Appearances

### The Walking Dead: Strain Zero

#### Season 4: Remake

* "Hellfire"
* "Divide"
* "Nightmares"

## Trivia

* The site on which Greencole is built, Wolf Lake State Recreation Area, is geographically similar to Holter Lake State Recreation Area, a campground in Montana. Wolf Lake and Wolf Dam are also based off their respectively named locations in the same area.
* Greencole is the fifth survivor community featured in *Strain Zero*, after Hopeville, Hometown, the Fort and Adams Air Force Base. It is also the first community to not be home to a hostile group.
* The name "Greencole" comes from the emergency ID of Adams Air Force Base, the original destination of Henry's group on their search for a safe-zone.