Mike Trapp

* Late 60s
* Early 20s
* Late teens

"*I don't deserve to **die easy**. Not after everything I've done. So I don't care what happens to me in the end...as long as it ain't **quick**,*"
—Mike expresses his desire for redemption for his past actions to Elizabeth[src]

**Mike Trapp**, also known as **The Survivalist** and **The Father in the Treehouse** by the New Banffians, is a former antagonist and a survivor of the outbreak in Season 2 of The Walking Dead by EDStudios; a main character in LoreTale's *End of Days*; the former deuteragonist and the crossover character of both '*Wild Rose Country*' and '*Scorpion*'; and the protagonist of *The Survivalist Special*. He is a lonesome, experienced and well-travelled survivor who has been involved in several noteworthy events across the series' universe.

He was a member of Carter's Bandits and was instructed, along with two others, to attack two survivors in a cabin in Bennington National Park. After failing and being captured by one of the people he attacked, he was allowed to live and set out in the park.

Four months later, Trapp found a young man named Kyle in the woods by a road and the two became friends. When Kyle found his friends, Trapp became a member of the Ones Left. When the group arrived in Riverpath, Mike realized he could not yet settle amongst people and left in the night, leaving his status unknown.

Several years after he left Riverpath, Mike passed through Tennessee, setting up several remote camps to find supplies before moving on. He came into conflict with a hostile group called the Brigade and hid in the woods to avoid them. He saved two young men, Kyle Granger and Sam, and became involved in the Castle's conflict with the Brigade. He later saved Kyle and several others from the North Carolina Sect and set out with them on a train to find a safe haven. Disgusted at his own murderous actions and believing Kyle was beyond help, Mike left his friend behind and set off on his own.

Surviving largely on his own for decades, Trapp began to teach his survival skills to many stragglers he found on the road. He eventually discovered a tribe called the New Banffians inhabiting Banff National Park in Alberta, doing what he could to protect the tribe from the hostile Mormon village to the north. He came across the famous Abigail Granger - the niece of the man he once saved - in a blizzard and abandoned by her group, and decided to take her to the refuge of New Banff. She eventually settled down with him, the pair of them spending their lives protecting the beauty of the Wild Rose Country and preserving the future of the tribals.

## Overview

### Personality

Mike is an extremely damaged survivor haunted by his past misdeeds. A recurring theme surrounding Mike is his internal conflict between his thirst for violence and his search for redemption and peace, especially in '*Scorpion*' and '*Wild Rose Country*'. In all of his appearances he appears to be suffering from severe PTSD, brought on by his actions pre-apocalypse and post-apocalypse.

Although in his original appearance Mike didn't seem like much of a survivor, spending four months alone in the wilderness greatly enhanced his survival skills. From the moment he first encounters Kyle, Mike is shown to be resourceful, cautious and a skilled scavenger. He is also equipped with a strong knowledge of the undead, e.g. discovering that rubbing his clothes with smoke and charcoal makes his scent almost invisible to the lurkers.

Following his decades-long unknown status, Mike Trapp returns in the wilderness of Banff National Park and is revealed to have taught his survival skills to many survivors over the years. His decency is highlighted when he rescues Abigail Granger from certain death, as well as in his commitment to protecting the local tribals.

## Pre-Apocalypse

Not much is known about Trapper's life before the apocalypse. He does not like to talk about his past and didn't give any details of his origins until *Season 2* of '*Scorpion*'. Mike's father was "an asshole" and his mother was a junkie who sold her body around the neighbourhood. Growing up in a tight-knit, religious community, Mike was reminded of his mother's actions constantly by all the other children, especially at school.

One day, Mike was attacked in broad daylight outside his home, where several kids stabbed him in the ribs, giving him scars that would last his entire life; when his father found him, he ridiculed him for not fighting back and kicked him, worsening the bleeding. Mike barely survived. A vengeful Mike eventually took several guns from his father's cabinet and took them to school. He committed a mass shooting at the school as an act of revenge, only for his victims to rise from the dead and massacre the other students: the apocalypse had begun. Mike would carry the guilt of his unnecessary violence for the rest of his life.

## Post-Apocalypse

Some point after the outbreak, Trapp joined Carter's Bandits and was sent out as a recruiter and raider.

### Season 2

#### 'What We Have Lost'

Trapp firsts appears stalking the cabin with two other bandits. He is attacked from behind by Edwards, who dislocates Mike's ankle. In the aftermath of the attack, Mike manages to crawl a few miles before stopping to rest his ankle. He is found by Edwards, now searching for Holly and AJ. Edwards promises Mike that he will let him live if he leads Edwards to the bandit camp, and Mike has no choice but to comply.

### Season 2 ('Scorpion')

#### 'The Strange Place'

Mike appears near the end of the episode, pulling Kyle into a secluded corridor. He reveals he took the place of an officer on the helicopter and has been evading the soldiers for several days in the bunker. He drags Kyle off to a safer area.

#### 'Do What You Must'

Cornered by the remaining members of the family, Mike calms himself and grips his machete. He proceeds to brutally murder all of the remaining cannibals, skillfully dispatching them all.

### Season 1 ('Wild Rose Country')

#### 'Give You No Pain'

Abigail is lost in a snowstorm heading towards the border with the Commonwealth. Wracked with exhaustion, she collapses in the snow. A figure appears from the blizzard aiming a bow and arrow at her. When she looks up, the figure lowers the bow and claims he is not going to hurt her and reveals that he knows who she is. Abigail's vision clears, revealing the face of Mike Trapp, before she falls unconscious. Trapp picks her up over his shoulders and carries her into the blizzard.

## Death

### Killed by:

* Eve *(indirectly caused)*
* Alex Junior

When New Banff is razed to the ground by the GLLF, Mike is captured by Eve while defending it. As Abigail is forced to watch, Eve forces AJ to execute Mike. His body is left behind as the village burns and Abigail screams in rage.

## Killed Victims

* Phil
* Gregg
* Felix *(caused)*
* Creed *(zombified)*
* Apollo *(alive)*
* Mr Dolan
* Jake Dolan
* Carrie Dolan
* Dolan Jr
* Mrs Dolan
* Emily Granger *(alive)*
* Several unnamed students *(Pre-apocalypse)*
* 4 unnamed members of the Church of Necro
* Numerous counts of zombies and unnamed people

## Relationships

### Abigail Granger

> *"I'm not gonna hurt you...Abigail Granger,"*
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Despite never encountering each other previously, Mike appears to know who Abigail Granger is, revealing this through both face and in name.

By the two-year time skip in the *Season 2* finale, the two have married.

### Kyle Ford

> *"Whoa, whoa! Calm down! This is Mike. He saved my life,"*
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> -- Kyle introduces the group to Mike
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Kyle and Mike have a good relationship. Kyle is quickly impressed by Mike's resourcefulness and cunning, and grateful for Mike helping him reconnecting with his group after they got separated in a storm.

### Kyle Granger

Mike and Kyle become good friends and fast allies, each respecting one another's fighting skills and personal qualities. As Kyle grows to become more of a leader, Mike falls into the position of his right-hand-man and closest ally.

## Trivia

* Mike is the first character in any series' to use smoke and charcoal as a camouflage technique rather than zombie guts or a medallion. His hoodie in *Wild Rose Country* has a charcoal inner lining.
* His weapons of choice are a machete and a sickle he took from Gerrard's corpse, as well as a longbow.
* Mike carries a ruined piece of wood in his pocket. He took this from a burned-down cabin he had attacked four months before his introduction in *End of Days*.
* Mike appears to be accepting of religions but does not appear to follow any religion himself.
* His relationship with Abigail has the greatest age difference than any other relationship in the series.
* Mike has appeared in more crossovers and series' instalments than any other character.
	+ He is nicknamed in production notes as "Mr Crossover". He is also sometimes noted as "The Wanderer".
	+ EDStudios commented on his vast number of crossover appearances by suggesting he may appear in another series eventually, saying that "a lot happened in Mike's life between *End of Days* and *Wild Rose Country*. He'll pop up again sooner or later".
		- This statement proved correct, as it was confirmed that Mike would appear in the second half of the first season of *Scorpion: The Kyle Granger Story*.
		- This makes Mike the first and only character to appear in two character spin-offs. It is noteworthy that he appears in spin-offs for members of the Granger Family. He is also the current deuteragonist in both.
		- Mike finally becomes the protagonist of his own series in the upcoming *Die Easy*.
* He is the third best character in the series according to an EDStudios staff poll.
* Mike is one of three characters to have committed murder before the outbreak, the others being Mark Watson and Arthur Redguard.
	+ Of all of them, Mike is the only one to have killed more than one person before the outbreak, although the exact number of people he killed is currently unknown.
* Mike purposes keeps his hair extremely short to prevent walkers from grabbing it.
* Mike is the only character in the series' universe to be solely responsible for the deaths of an entire group of antagonists, those being the Dolan Family.

## Behind the Scenes

* EDStudios has this to say about Mike's personality, specifically his morals:
	+ *"We always made it obvious that Mike was hiding something, something massive from his past that he can't let go, that he can't forgive himself for. We finally revealed what this was in 'Scorpion' - probably one of the worst things a human could do. [...] Mike hates himself for it. He knows he deserves to die. He's tried to redeem himself, but he knows there's nothing he can do. Not all of those people were good. Its arguable that they weren't. Some of those people could have survived in the New World, some longer than others. Some could probably still be alive. But they're not, because of him. Instead he's the one who has survived, and survived for a long time. He has found a woman to settle down with. He has travelled with many groups. Been called friend. But he knows he doesn't deserve it. He's constantly fighting with himself about it: he's a man who should be dead, and he knows it, but he can't. He won't let himself. He has to suffer with what he's done. That's his punishment, for himself. His punishment is to live,"*

* Original Series Characters
* 'End of Days' Characters
* 'Scorpion' Characters