Nicholas Parker

### Occupation

College Student *(Pre-Apocalypse)*Right-Hand man to Nathaniel Shepard *(Post-Apocalypse)*

## Biography

### Cause of Death

Stabbed in the neck with a scalpel by Jon Matthews.

"*Nathaniel was right about you. You think he's dumb? (...) They're traitors too. Nathaniel knows what he's doing. **Now drop the damn keys.***"
—Nick confronting Daniel Rockwell[src]

Nick Parker is a survivor of the outbreak and an antagonist in Route to Paradise. He is an inconsiderate guard that was devoted to Nathaniel Shepard and his cause at the Willamette Football Stadium.

After Nathaniel finds out that his right-hand man, Daniel Rockwell, is betraying him, he replaces him with Nick. Shortly after his promotion, Nick encounters Daniel breaking out the prisoners of the stadium. After a long confrontation, Nick is killed by Jon Matthews, who stabs him in the neck with a scalpel from behind.

## **Pre-Apocalypse**

Nothing is known about Nick's life prior to or as the outbreak began.

## **Post-Apocalypse**

At some point during the first couple months of the apocalypse, Nick joined a group run by Nathaniel Shepard at a football stadium in Willamette, Colorado, where he would go on to become one of Shepard's most trusted and loyal men.

### **Season 3**

#### **"What Comes After"**

Nick, alongside Daniel Rockwell, Lolida Windfield, and Grant Carver step out of their truck on he streets of Willamette, facing a group of haggard survivors. Daniel introduces himself as well as Nick, Lolida, and Grant, and explain that they're here to recruit them - to bring them back to their community at a football stadium. William Reynes introduces himself and his group. As the two sides negotiate, an incoming horde of zombies interrupts them. Nick joins everyone else in eliminating the horde quickly and effectively, using his rifle to kill the zombies. When the undead horde is dealt with, William's group agree to join Daniel's team and head back to the stadium. Nick gets back into the truck and they drive off.

When they arrive at the stadium, Nick is ordered by Daniel to go alert the boss that they've returned with a group. Nick does as he's told and swiftly returns with Nathaniel shortly after. Then, Nick and many other guards raise their guns towards William's group and force them into a large cell elsewhere.

### **Season 4**

#### **"The Greater Good"**

Nick is seen walking down the hallway, a pair of keys in hand. He stops when he reaches the cell containing William's group, informing them that it's yard time.

Outside, Nick points to a few axes and a bunch of logs, and orders them to split the logs.

#### **"The Promiseland"**

While standing out on guard duty, Nick and Isaac Moses are approached by Daniel with another group engaging in their yard time, and asks the two of them to monitor the group. Nick acknowledges him and walks over to a new position where he can oversee the entire group. While watching them, he turns to Isaac, asking if he has a lighter for his cigarette. To his disappointment, Isaac doesn't.

After the group's yard time is up, Nick leads them back to the cell, opening it and letting them in. He then close and locks it, walking off.

#### **"Gunpoint"**

In the infirmary, Nick has been tasked with keeping an eye on Damerae Badrick while he is treated by the doctor, Vivian Finkling. Badrick attempts to talk Nick into leaving, but Nick doesn't move. After Vivian leaves and Nathaniel enters, Nick is told that he may leave. Nick nods his head and exits the infirmary.

A little while later, Nick is once again monitoring a group during yard time. While the group is splitting logs, Jon Matthews slices off a small edge from his arm, causing it to bleed profusely. Nick hurries over, and when he sees the man's injury, calls over Isaac. Isaac inspects the injury and tells Nick that Jon needs to get to a doctor. Nick sighs and takes Jon inside to the infirmary.

Nick returns from the infirmary to immediately see Angela Jaegar punching the guards who were preventing her from seeing Ed Anderson. Nick rushes over and restrains Angela. Isaac sees this and tries to tell Nick that Angela knows Ed, but Nick doesn't listen to him, beginning to drag Angela off to a different area of the stadium disconnected from everything else.

#### **"All the King's Men"**

In the commentators booth, Nick stands visibly nervous after being called up there by Nathaniel. Expecting the worse, Nick is surprised when he's told that he's being assigned as the new right-hand man to Nathaniel, and that Daniel was fired. Nick is happy to be named the right-hand man, but is also curious about what Nathaniel means about Daniel. "A traitor" Nathaniel refers to Daniel as, and orders Nick to keep a close eye on him. Nick says he will. Nathaniel then goes on to explain that Badrick, now having escaped the stadium, is more than likely going to bring his Rastas' and attack the stadium, and they need to be prepared for it.

While Nick is wandering down towards the cell, he notices Daniel letting the prisoners out of their cell. Furious, he runs forward and grabs the first man he can get his hands on - Fraser Stiller. He puts his gun to Frasers head and demands that Daniel put the keys down and walk away. Daniel does his best to calm Nick down, explaining to him that Grant is dead and Lolida is injured, all because Nathaniel sent them out with Badrick. Nick doesn't buy into his words, pushing his gun harder against Frasers skull and saying that he'll kill him. The two men go back and forth, with Daniel saying that if he lets Fraser go, he'll drop the keys. Nick shakes his head, refusing to give in. Before things escalate further, Nick is suddenly stabbed through the back of his neck with a scalpel by Jon. Nick lets go of Fraser and tumbles forward into the ground, dead.

## **Death**

Killed by
* Jon Matthews

Believing that Daniel Rockwell is a traitor to Nathaniel, Nick holds Fraser Stiller at gunpoint and orders Daniel to drop the keys to cell. While he's distracted, Jon Matthews sneaks up behind Nick, jamming a knife into his neck and killing him.

## **Appearances**

Any episode with a checkmark over it signifies Nick Parker appearing in any way.