Sarah Terringham (Remake)

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## Biographical Information

### Age

17 *("It Begins")*
18 *("A Long Road Ahead")*

### Cause of Death

Bitten on the leg by a walker *(caused)*
Leg amputated and succumbed to blood loss, subsequently shot in the head by Henry to prevent reanimation

### Occupation

High school student *(Pre-apocalypse)*
 Supply runner for the Clarkson Survivors *(Post-apocalypse)*

## Appearances

### Death Episode

"A Long Road Ahead"

**Sarah Terringham** is a main character and a survivor of the outbreak in *Strain Zero*. Born in the U.S, she is a British exchange student at Clarkson High School in the United States, and bands together with her fellow students as they fight to secure the school and clear out the dead.

## Overview

### Personality & Traits

Before the outbreak, Sarah was well known for her shyness and introverted nature, but when the dead started walking her true nature was revealed: brave, determined, honourable and superbly skilled with her machete. She handles herself well against the dead and isn't afraid to speak her mind in order to protect her friends and herself.

## Pre-Apocalypse

Little is currently known about Sarah's life before the outbreak. She was born and initially raised in California but emigrated to the United Kingdom before her teens. She became friends with her fellow exchange students through Ben. It is possible that Sarah learned military tactics through someone in her family.

## Post-Apocalypse

### Season 1: Remake

#### "It Begins"

Searching a ruined supermarket for much-needed supplies, weathered survivors Henry, Sarah and Ben find themselves cornered by runners, zombies that have only recently reanimated. With their exit blocked by several clusters of slower "walkers", the trio are forced to climb through a wrecked helicopter up to the roof. As Henry lifts Sarah up to the roof, the helicopter blades he is stood on collapse, causing him to fall to the ground and become pinned under the blades just as a runner approaches him.

Months earlier, a sleep deprived Henry wakes up in a maths class and half-listens to the teacher, Mr Dawid, who begins coughing and secretly spits out blood. At lunch, Henry sits down with his fellow exchange students - best friend James, Holly, Alex, Jess, Sarah, Ben and Aaron - and falls asleep during their conversation due to severe insomnia. All around them, teachers and older students are coughing and growing pale. Later, while the group rest at their student house, they are joined by Russian student Justinas, who has been away with the Army Cadets.

The following morning, the exchange students are suddenly rushed out of their classroom as the military turns up at the school. One by one, the adults begin to vomit blood and transform into agile, ravenous creatures that begin to attack and devour the younger students. The exchange students are pushed into a supply closet by a teaching assistant, who is promptly killed by an adult.

Many hours later, the group emerge to find the halls abandoned and bloodied, and Henry is forced to kill a ravenous Mr Dawid with a metal pole. Looking over his body, the group realize that Mr Dawid is slowly decomposing and is, technically, dead. The group are able to fortify a few hallways and classrooms, where they find a military radio broadcasting an evacuation signal. Meanwhile, James discovers a young girl, Emma, comforting special needs student Daniel and takes them in.

A week passes and nobody comes to rescue them, and the emergency evacuation signal is now playing on a loop. Realizing that they will be in the school for a long time, the group makes a plan to recover weapons and building supplies to fortify the school and secure more living space. With the rest of the group terrified and panicking, Henry takes command and assigns everyone a task, with him and Justinas heading out to find weapons. Alex, Sarah and Ben climb some scaffolding to try and access the roof; however, they discover a runner roaming the roof. As it charges Alex, Sarah reveals a gun and shoots the zombie dead after several attempts. When the boys ask her where she got a gun, Sarah shrugs and says "I'm American". The trio laugh, but stop when they hears the snarls of zombies in the distance, attracted by the sound of the gunshot.

Returning to the school, Henry and Justinas find the secure zone under attack by zombies. Using a back entrance, the two are able to get to the others before the zombies break through. Handing out the weapons they found, Henry leads the group in a counterattack of the zombies, slowly clearing them out once they discover the zombies can be killed by shooting them in the head. Empowered by their victory, the group decide to call the creatures "walkers", finding "zombie" too ridiculous and terrifying to say.

## Death

### Killed by:

* Zombies *(caused)*
* Henry Ward *(indirectly caused, out of mercy)*

During their gunfight with the bandits while on their way out of Renton, Sarah is caught by surprise and bitten by a walker. In the RV, Henry makes the difficult decision to amputate her leg, believing it will buy her some time. The next evening, dying of exhaustion, blood loss and likely infection, Sarah asks to be killed so she doesn't reanimate. Blaming himself for her conditon, Henry volunteers, carries her into the woods, and finishes her.

## Appearances

### The Walking Dead: Strain Zero

#### Season 1

* "It Begins"
* "Friend Or Foe"

## Trivia

* Sarah is the second character shown to kill a walker in *Strain Zero*, as well as the first character to refer to them as such.
* Sarah is one of three American members of the Clarkson Survivors, the others being Emma and Daniel.

## References

1. ↑ *Strain Zero* begins in 2003
2. ↑ The Clarkson Survivors in *Strain Zero* are each seventeen instead of sixteen as in the original series