Aaron

Former Recruiter for the Alexandria Safe-Zone (Post-Apocalypse)

Member of the Militia (Post-Apocalypse)

Aaron is a main character and a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's *The Walking Dead*. Aaron was the recruiter for the community of the Alexandria Safe-Zone. His good-natured and charitable personality mixed with his survival skills and good judge of character made him a valuable asset to recruiting new members for the community. He went along with his boyfriend Eric Raleigh, who both met before the apocalypse and fell in love. Aaron was responsible for bringing Rick and his people into Alexandria and developed a close bond with the group, making Aaron one of Rick's most trusted allies.

## Pre-Apocalypse

### Washington, D.C.

Aaron was openly gay and, as a child, was abused by his mother for that and was forced to go through conversion therapy, such as eating foods he did not like to "make [him] more manly", but Aaron described her as a "very confused woman" who tried her hardest to make him tougher. These foods became abuse triggers for him and rendered him unable to eat them as an adult, where he is no longer able to eat applesauce, salmon patties, and onions.

In his adult life, he lived in Washington, D.C., as a politician. He started working in the political circuit but felt that he could do his best work abroad in a hands-on approach that would utilize his skill set. He then joined a charity non-government organization where he was tasked with giving supplies and food to people in need in the Niger River Delta and Liberia and often had to deal with dangerous people in the process. He constantly encountered and had to negotiate with African warlords and violent militias while in his field.

Through working in the NGO, he met Eric Raleigh. Aaron and Eric soon became best friends and worked well together in Africa, with Eric knowing how to handle the nature and terrain due to being raised in the Appalachian region. The two developed a deep-trust and eventually started dating. It wasn't until their fifth date that Aaron admitted his love for Eric, in which he responded "I had a hunch." They became partners and lived together in D.C., but became victims of homophobia by people who, according to Aaron, were well-meaning but otherwise offensive and bigoted.

## Killed Victims

This list shows the victims Aaron has killed:

* Buttons *(Out of Mercy)*
* Holly *(Indirectly Caused)*
* Shelly Neudermeyer *(Indirectly Caused)*
* Richards *(Indirectly Caused)*
* Erin *(Indirectly Caused)*
* Stacy *(Indirectly Caused)*
* Michael *(Indirectly Caused)*
* Natalie Miller *(Indirectly Caused)*
* Bobby *(Indirectly Caused)*
* Dinesh *(Indirectly Caused)*
* Dan *(Indirectly Caused)*
* Samantha *(Indirectly Caused)*
* O'Hara *(Indirectly Caused)*
* Charlyne *(Indirectly Caused)*
* Jeffery *(Indirectly Caused)*
* Park *(Indirectly Caused)*
* Adrian *(Indirectly Caused)*
* Dino *(Alongside his fellows militians)*
* Mara *(Caused)*
* Natania *(Indirectly Caused)*
* 2 unnamed people
* 2 unnamed Wolves *(1 Alive and 1 Before Reanimation)*
* 2 unnamed Alexandria Safe-Zone residents *(Zombified)*
* 18 unnamed Saviors *(6 Direct, 12 alongside Oceanside militia members)*
* 1 unnamed Scavenger
* Numerous counts of zombies