Archie Duncan

Unnamed Father †

Unnamed Brother †

> Pain is-is what makes us human, you know? In a world where we have to kill to survive, it can be easy as fuck to lose our humanity, look at Malcolm, he killed a human being… The pain won’t go away, it will be stronger or weaker depending on the moment, but it won’t go away, you got to make room for it.
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> Archie Duncan

**Archie Duncan** was a survivor of the Outbreak in The Walking Dead. He was a student of Macon High School.

## Overview

Archie Duncan is a vulgar mouthed rich kid. The guy cannot just stop saying swear words, though he also has a good heart and is very sympathetic with people, especially if they lost family members.

Archie is also extremely gifted with a bow and arrow, the best of the High School Survivors.

By April, Archie is a more rugged individual, who is more cynical and has doubt that certain people can survive at all, after the months he's spent on the road.

## Post Apocalypse

Archie Duncan, before the Outbreak, bought drugs from Malcolm Lowe, a drug dealer. He spent time in the gym before Samuel Wellington and Sabina Jagirani saved him from the outbreak. Taking Talia Hall, they all survived in Saundra Sanders's classroom.

Later, while trying to clear the cafeteria, Archie was scratched by a walker, but was otherwise fine. He was disgusted with the walker gut plan, but found himself eating those words once the plan worked.

In the gymnasium back room, he found a bow and arrow, and proved that he was really good with the weapon. During the clearing of Gymnasium, Archie's hand was impaled by a nail, and while he didn't get bit, he did have to readjust.

He ended up escaping the High School and eventually went to Naporia, where he currently does not yet have a role or position in the community, though he's readjusted to using his damaged hand and is as good a archer as he used to.

After 3 Months, Archie became a lookout for Naporia, putting his archery skills to good use.

after Sabina Jagirani’s death, Archie comforted and consoled Samuel, making him see the best way to honor Sabina was to move forward. He and Samuel planned on doing a reindeer event for Christmas that Sabina wanted to do before she died.

During the Raid on Naporia, Archie survived by taking the old RV and saving people. He also drove it to the Palm Bay campground.

Later, he spoke with Magdalena Vidal who told him what she believed the Allards were doing, and Archie commented that if that was the case, they'd have to strike first. This exchange was overheard by Hope Allard.

Two days later, Hope forced Archie to leave, otherwise she would have to kill him. Preferring to live, Archie took his supplies, and drove off to Atlanta. Where he was almost killed by the walker hordes

He was rescued by a group of people residing in a van called the Bitchmobile. He stayed with them until New Year's when he left them to go on his own.

Several months later, in April, Archie arrived in Alexandria, in Virginia, where he reunited with Parker Reed, and joined the community as a lookout. Although, he expressed doubt in Alexandria and belived they had not seen what the world was truly like.

## Relationships

### Samuel Wellington

Samuel Wellington and Archie have a really good relationship. When the Outbreak started, Archie and Samuel barely knew each other, Archie calling Samuel a “furry ass bitch”.

Very quickly, though, Archie and Samuel would gain a respect for one another, with Samuel seeing that Archie does care about him, despite the swearing.

When Archie’s hand was impaled, Samuel showed a lot of concern for him, making sure he was not bit, which, luckily for them both, Archie was not.

After they got to Naporia, Archie showed outrage that Malcolm Lowe was still alive, something he and Samuel both showed shock towards

After Sabina Jagirani’s death, Archie, being Samuel’s friend, went to go console him. And he learned about Samuel’s hard backstory. And for the only time in the series, refrained from swearing to give Samuel good advice. Which actually worked. After this, Archie and Samuel went back to the house, actually joking for the first time since the news about Sabina’s death went around the town, with Archie pledging to help Samuel with the reindeer event he and Sabina were gonna do.

### Talia Hall

Talia Hall is another good friend of Archie Duncan. Talia and Archie did not know each other well before the Outbreak. Archie mentioning that there were only vaguely aware of each other’s existence.

Talia expressed deep concern over Archie after his hand was impaled, showing that even at this point, the two had at least a friendship for one another. Something that was strengthened when Archie asked if she was alright after Talia lost her family, though this was after Samuel had spoken to her.

### Saundra Sanders

Archie seems to have a good relationship with Saundra Sanders. He respects her leadership, especially since she isn’t afraid to make the hard calls.

### Parker Reed

Parker Todd and Archie didn’t interact too much during the 5 days they saw each other. However, the two seemed to have a solid relationship. Archie believing that Parker was still alive as late as three months into the apocalypse.

Archie and Parker met again in April 2011, when Archie joined Alexandria, and the two had some friendly insulting with each other.

### Magdalena Vidal

Magdalena Vidal and Archie hardly even interacted, however, Archie seemed to have a positive opinion of her, as he believed she was still alive three months later, seeing her as capable.

### Rhett Slicers Casket

Archie doesn’t have much of a relationship with Rhett. That said, he seemed to be alright with telling him that they were dealing with drugs, instead of just being rude to him.

### Delaney Chapman

Ardhie and Delaney have hardly been seen interacting, but it can be assumed they have a good relationship, as Delaney allowed him to be a lookout.

Malcolm Lowe

Malcolm Lowe and Archie started off with having a business relationship with each other. As the day of the outbreak, Archie bought drugs from Malcolm in the gymnasium.

However, considering that Malcolm inadvertently led to the death of hundreds of staff and students in the school, Archie began to hate Malcolm’s guts, being shocked and angered when he was revealed to still be alive. He accepted the verdict that Malcolm would live in prison, something Archie could accept.

## Trivia

* Archie being on the road for several months, and coming out of it a more rugged, dangerous man is reminiscent of Rick Grimes in Season 5 of the show

* Archie is one of two people to specialize in some type of bow, the other being Daryl Dixon.