List of Strain Zero Characters

Below is a list of named characters that appear in *Strain Zero*, the rewrite of the early seasons of *The Walking Dead by EDStudios*.

## Clarkson Survivors

### Henry Edwards (Season 1 — Present)

Henry Edwards, the series main protagonist, is a British exchange student and the half-brother, through their father, of Kieron Worth, as well as the leader of his group and of the Pioneers; in *Season 1: Remake*, he is also the leader of the Clarkson Survivors. Following his best friend James' slip into madness, he becomes Emma's guardian and brother/father-figure. During *Season 1: Remake* and *Season 2: Remake*, he forms a bond and later a relationship with Holly Parker, later fathering a child by her. He is also the adoptive father of Kyle Granger, a young boy surviving in the ruins of Fargo, and the owner of a Belgian shepherd named Boy. As leader of the Pioneers, he led them on a long journey in search of Adams Air Force Base, a possible safe haven.

### Emma Goode (Season 1 — Present)

Emma Goode is a student at Clarkson High School and later a member of Henry's group and the Pioneers. Initially looked after by James, she later becomes Henry and Holly's ward and Kyle's adoptive sister. Despite her young age, Emma is remarkably intelligent and wise to the horrors of the world around her, and later becomes battle-hardened by life on the road. A skilled shot, she prefers to use a bow and arrow and is willing to kill in order to protect her loved ones. Originally the tritagonist, she later becomes the series' deuteragonist.

### Holly Parker (Season 1 — Present)

Holly Parker is Henry's close friend and later girlfriend, as well as the mother of his unborn child. She also serves as Emma's sister/mother-figure, as well as Kyle's adoptive mother. Originally serving as a nurse for the Clarkson Survivors, she later becomes a soldier of the group and the Pioneers while training until Carl to improve her medical knowledge.

### Justinas Garin (Season 1 — Present)

Justinas Garin is a Russian boy raised in the UK, where he became friends with Henry and several others who would become part of the Clarkson Survivors. He is one of Henry's most outspoken allies and closest friends, to the point that they later consider one another brothers. The only member of the group with military training, Justinas is a skilled tactician, sharpshooter and supply runner; despite his skills, he prefers not to take on a leadership role. In *Season 2: Remake* he adopts a lone Russian girl, Laika.

### Ben Appleby (Season 1 — Present)

Ben Appleby is a British exchange student and one of Henry's oldest friends. A talented engineer plagued with mental health issues, including bipolar disorder, Ben also possesses good leadership skills and a cunning streak. After succumbing to depression a year after the outbreak, he attempted suicide; by sheer luck, however, he managed to survive with relatively minor injuries. Reunited with the remaining Clarkson Survivors almost a year later, Ben has gained a new lease on life despite his continuing struggles. He later begins a relationship with former Innocent Jimmy during the trek to Adams Air Force Base.

### James Cottingham (Season 1 — Present)

James Cottingham is a British exchange student and Henry's childhood best friend. During the first year of the apocalypse, James serves as second-in-command of the Clarkson Survivors and as the guardian of Emma and Daniel. However, as the pressures of the apocalypse eat away at him, coupled with his hidden mental illness, James' sanity begins to slip, causing him to hear voices and act impulsively, as well as turn his back on his group except for Emma. Between *"A Long Road Ahead"* and *"All That Remains"*, James' delusions grow to the point that he abandons all morals and convinces himself that he is Emma's father. He leaves Henry to die in the boathouse fire and hoards essential supplies for himself, including bullets, which leads to Jess' reanimation and the death of her son A.J. After Emma turns against him, James abandons the group, leaving his status unknown. Seven years later, he reemerges as a member of the primitivist Frontiersmen, now known as Nathan.

## Port Collier

### Shadowman (Season 1)

Shadowman is a blind survivor in Port Collier who uses a form of echolocation to navigate his surroundings. A sworn enemy of Hopeville and its leader, Francis, Shadowman is the sole survivor of an orphanage raided by Hopeville not long after the community was created. Wielding a longsword, Shadowman is a remorseless killer and a resourceful survivor, able to build bombs from simple components.

## Drew's Group

### Drew Stanton (Season 2 — Present)

Drew Stanton is the boyfriend of Becky Grace, one of the two possible fathers to Sarah Stanton, and the leader of his group before it merged with Henry's group. A tough, surly, volatile and passionate survivor with a skill for hunting, Drew is a damaged man with a past he refuses to discuss even with those closest to him. After nearly ruining every relationship in his life, he was brought back from the brink by Henry and now serves as his right-hand man and second-in-command. Fatherhood and friendship may have softened Drew, but he remains one of the most fearless and relentless members of the group.

### David (Season 2 — Present)

David is a guard at Hometown and later one of Henry's best friends.

## Rhodes Family

### Bart Rhodes (Season 3 — Present)

Bart Rhodes is the stepbrother of Jane Rhodes and the sadistic leader of the Innocents. After seizing power in a coup, Bart has expanded the Innocents throughout Fargo, allowing them to capture other survivors and use them for forced labour. Bart appears to care little for his people and uses his age and power to create a cult of personality around him, ensuring the loyalty of the relatively young soldiers of the Innocents. He later develops a rivalry with Henry when their respective groups clash, and brutally tortures Henry when he refuses to submit to his rule. The two engage in a final fight during the Battle of Briarwood, during which Henry ultimately refuses to kill Bart directly and allows a darkdweller to kill him instead, preserving what little humanity Henry has left. Bart serves as the primary antagonist of *Season 3: Remake*.

## Domers

### Gideon (Season 3 — Present)

Gideon is the former second-in-command of the domers and later a member of the Pioneers.

## Granger Family

### Kyle Granger (Season 3 — Present) (Storytellers)

Kyle Granger is the older brother of Hector Granger, the former ward of Mark Watson, and the adoptive son of Henry and Holly. A young survivor encountered by Henry in the ruins of Fargo, Kyle is a traumatised boy whose speech and writing ability has regressed due to his prolonged isolation.

## St. Cloud

### Kieron Worth (Storytellers)

Kieron Worth is the American half-brother of Henry Edwards, sharing the same father, and a member of the Storytellers. He is an enlisted soldier in the U.S. army and thus possesses strong survival and leadership skills. After encountering Mark Watson and his wards, Kyle and Hector, he forms a friendship with them and goes on to form the Storytellers.

## Miscellaneous

### Mark Watson (Storytellers)

Mark Watson is a convicted criminal in his late teens, the guardian of Kyle and Hector Granger, and a member of the Storytellers.