Daryl Dixon

**Daryl Dixon** is a main character, as well as a survivor of the outbreak in The Walking Dead. He is the younger brother of Merle Dixon.

## Pre-Apocalypse

### Atlanta, Georgia

Nothing is known about Daryl's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that he is the younger brother of Merle.

## Post-Apocalypse

### Season 1

#### Our Horrific Adventures

After Merle Dixon was abandoned on a rooftop in Atlanta during a supply run, Daryl is mentioned by Morales, who notes that he may be the only one who'll be upset at Merle being left behind. He is mentioned again as being away hunting by Dale, who also mentions that he will become volatile.

Daryl is first seen exiting the woods after the other survivors from camp attack and beat down a roamer. He is seen holding a crossbow, and several dead squirrels. He appears upset that the roamer ate the deer he was tracking, before mocking the group for neglecting to actually kill the roamer right. He then heads towards camp, calling for his brother Merle. Rick Grimes and Shane Walsh proceed to explain to him about how Merle was left behind, and Daryl tries to fight Rick, who takes responsibility. After Shane places him in a choke hold, he calms down, and formulates a plan to go back for him with Rick.

As he and Rick arrive to Atlanta along with Glenn and T-Dog, he threatens T-Dog if Merle is not okay. The four make their way up to the rooftop, only to find Merle's amputated hand. Daryl yells in rage, as the others look on at him.

#### Inner City Blues

On the rooftop in Atlanta, an enraged Daryl Dixon discovers his brother Merle's severed hand on the ground. He angrily points his crossbow at T-Dog, who doesn't show any fear. Daryl eventually relents when Rick pulls his revolver out and aims it at him, telling him that he doesn't care if every roamer in the city hears him shoot it. Daryl puts his crossbow down and asks T-Dog for a do-rag in which he proceeds to fold up Merle's hand and place it in Glenn's backpack. Daryl then follows the trail of Merle's blood along the rooftop. Daryl shoots another roamer with his crossbow and notes that his brother managed to kill two of them in the room one-handed. The trail of blood leads Daryl, Rick, Glenn, and T-Dog to a kitchen, where a blowtorch is burning next to an iron steak weight crusted with skin — the result, they speculate, of Merle cauterizing his stump. They believe Merle has left the building. Rick agrees to help Daryl search the streets for his brother.

After Glenn game plans a way to Rick's bag of guns, Glenn and Daryl climb down the ladder to the alley, and Glenn drops his backpack while Daryl stays behind to cover him. Daryl makes a racist remark towards Glenn, who ignores this. On the street, Glenn runs towards the tank. Roamers are waking up all around him, but he grabs the bag — and Rick's hat — without much trouble and heads back toward Daryl. A roamer surprises him, and tackles him. Daryl saves him, as Rick and T-Dog notice the amount of dead, and rush back, the four escaping inside. They decide to head back, having gotten the bag of guns, but as they begin to head back to the van, but find it missing. Daryl speculates it was Merle, and that he’s probably long gone. Glenn worries he’s going back to camp, but Daryl denies this, and says he might eventually, but he knows his brother, and that he wouldn’t go back while this badly hurt to cause harm.

While Rick hacks apart a Roamer, and smears its guts on him and Glenn, Daryl walks up to Rick, and places Merle’s severed hand in his pocket, and says its a finishing touch. T-Dog wipes his mouth, and tells them to meet at a point on a map close to the gun store, telling Rick he’ll look for a car with Daryl. Daryl takes the bag of guns, and the four depart.

#### A Matter of Time

Daryl smokes while watching the group practicing shooting, his attention focused on T-Dog flirting with Jacqui, something he scoffs at. He walks back with the group. He is later seen in the gathering crowd that watches Jim as he digs a hole and argues with Shane. As several remembers of the group discuss what to do with Jim, Daryl tells them he's going hunting, saying he doubts they have enough food, and that it'll save him the trouble tomorrow. Rick asks to tag along, who is indifferent to him joining.

While out hunting in silence, Daryl asks why did he want to come out with him? Rick says to hunt, and Daryl tells him he knows that's bullshit, and asks if there is trouble in paradise. Rick sighs, and asks if he thinks they should move the camp. Daryl tells him he doesn’t want to leave without Merle coming back, but assumes he’s dead anyway. Rick admits Shane has been touchy about it for weeks, and says it’s only a matter of time until something bad happens. Daryl agrees, and notes how it’s weird they haven’t seen one animal, saying its as if they’ve all been scared off. They leave and head back to camp to join the others around the fire.

As the group shares their backstories, Daryl tells them he was just living with Merle, and “not doing much in life”, but keeps it at that. Daryl later helps during the attack on the camp, proving to be one of the more capable members behind only Rick and Shane. He saves T-Dog's life at one point, and is seen reloading his crossbow, and takes out another roamer, before whacking another close by with the stock of his crossbow.

## Relationships

### Merle Dixon

Daryl and Merle are brothers, and Daryl is shown to care about him a lot, getting violent when told he was left behind, and threatening survivors if he wasn't okay. He also immediately called for him on his way back to camp.

## Appearances

### The Walking Dead

#### Season 1

* Our Horrific Adventures
* Inner City Blues
* A Matter of Time

## Trivia

* Daryl is the last survivor of the Atlanta camp to be introduced.