Antagonists

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**Antagonists** are any characters or groups that pose a threat to or impede upon the protagonists.

## Occurrences

* Zombies try to catch and kill any living survivors in order to eat.
* A group of bank robbers get into a shootout with Rick, Shane, Ana, and other police officers at the scene. While two of the criminals are eliminated, a third one remains hidden in the car and goes unnoticed by the officers. He eventually emerges and shoots Rick in the back, putting him in a coma. The criminal is shot and killed almost immediately afterwards by Ana.
* Merle Dixon, the older brother of Daryl Dixon, becomes hostile while on a supply run in Atlanta and endangers the entire group by wildly shooting at walkers and savagely beats T-Dog and threatens the group. He is then handcuffed by Rick to a piece of metal to prevent him from acting out again and he is eventually left behind by the group after T-Dog accidentally drops the key to his handcuffs, forcing him to amputate his own hand to escape.
* Ed Peletier physically, verbally and possibly sexually abuses his wife Carol and his daughters Sophia and Mini, causing the three of them to fear him. Ed starts an unprovoked argument with the women of the camp (who he often verbally abuses and harasses) and threatens to hit Ana before hitting his wife for refusing to leave with him. As a result of his actions (and accumulated rage), he is brutally beaten up by Shane. Ed is left injured in his tent (which he stubbornly chooses to remain in), and is later napping when he is awakened by rustling outside his tent. Once he opens up the tent to demand to be left alone, he is promptly attacked by a group of walkers and devoured.
* The Vatos Gang, a large gang of survivors led by Guillermo and including Miguel, Jorge and Felipe kidnap Glenn after they attempt to steal Rick's bag of guns and Guillermo later threatens to kill Glenn unless he gets Miguel back, whom Rick, Daryl and T-Dog take as a hostage. Before the three plan to engage the Vatos, it is revealed that the Vatos are actually based in a Nursing Home and protect the elderly residents, who were previously abandoned by the staff from walkers and have not harmed Glenn at all and only wanted the guns to as protect their people. Out of respect for their intentions, Rick gives Guillermo half of his guns and ammo and they part ways on good terms.
* Shane Walsh, the leader of the Atlanta camp, loses his leadership position and love with Ana when his former partner and Ana's adoptive uncle returns. He is seen aiming his shotgun at him after Rick insults him, possibly with the intent of killing him. He also attempts to force himself on to Ana while at the CDC. While on a supply run to retrieve medical supplies to save Carl's life after he is shot, Shane shoots his ally Otis in the leg and sacrifices him to the walkers in order to escape, showing no remorse and later lying to the group about it. He later threatens to kill Dale Horvath when he confronts Shane over Otis' death and his attempt to kill Rick. After leading the group in a massacre of the walkers in Hershel Greene's barn and discovering Minerva Peletier as a walker, he attempts to attack Hershel and accuses him of lying to the group. Shane later gets into a brutal fight over the life of Randall with Rick and almost causes both their deaths. In a final attempt to win Ana back for good and be leader of the group once again, he takes Randall into the woods and brutally murders him as bait to lure out Rick to kill him once and for all though Rick kills him first.
* Dave and Tony, two members of a large group of hostile bandits known only as "The Living" encounter Rick, Glenn Rhee, and Hershel in a bar and eventually obtain information on Hershel's farm and attempt to convince them to allow their group to enter it. When Rick refuses, Tony becomes hostile and threatens to kill the three of them and take over the farm. After being refused again, Dave attempts to shoot Rick, though he is killed before he does and Rick then kills Tony. Following this, three other members of their group, Nate, Sean, and Randall, unsuccessfully attempt to kill Rick, Glenn, and Hershel to avenge Dave and Tony's deaths.
* Tomas, the leader of the Prisoners, brutally murders Big Tiny and attempts to kill Rick twice in order to reclaim the prison for himself and his fellow prisoners, though Rick kills him for doing so.
* Andrew, Tomas' right hand man, intentionally leads walkers into the prison after being left to die by Rick in order to avenge Tomas and to reclaim the Prison for himself and Axel, and Oscar. He personally attempts to kill Rick, but is stopped and killed by Oscar, however his actions lead to the deaths of both T-Dog and Lori.
* The Governor, the leader of Woodbury, kills a group of National Guard Soldiers in order to steal supplies, has Lieutenant Welles decapitated, later sends his lieutenant Merle Dixon to hunt down and kill Michonne and Toni Hawthorne, brutally interrogates Maggie Greene, and later leads Woodbury in a war to annihilate everyone in the Survivors following their attack on Woodbury. He personally kills Axel, Merle, Milton Mamet, causes the death of Andrea, and slaughters almost all the Woodbury army members after they refuse to aid him in his quest to destroy the Survivors. The Governor then finds himself in company again of a large group, where he kills the leader and his former right-hand man, Martinez and later Pete Dolgen in order to be leader of the camp. He later forcefully captures Michonne and Hershel to use as hostages. The Governor then returns to the prison with a new army including Alisha, Tara Chambler, and Mitch Dolgen and threatens Rick that his group will be killed if they do not leave. When Rick refuses and offers for the groups to live in peace, the Governor violently kills Hershel by decapitating him. He then orders his group to slaughter every survivor in the Prison which leads to the deaths of many prison survivors, complete extermination of the Governor's own army except for Tara, and the overall ruin of the prison itself. The Governor also gets into a final physical confrontation with Rick and nearly strangles him to death before he himself is impaled by Michonne, to be later shot in the head by Lilly.
* The Claimers, a dangerous group of marauders led by Joe, and including Tony, Len, Harley, Billy, Dan, and Lou, intrudes the house where Rick, Michonne, and Carl are staying and search for necessities while Michonne and Carl are off on a supply run. They are heard beating a man to death and planning to ambush Michonne and Carl when they return from their run and possibly rape her. They later start hunting down Rick after he kills Lou in order to escape from the house. Len later personally attempts to frame Daryl for breaking the group's rules in order for him to be killed, although he himself is killed for lying. When the group finally catches Rick, Michonne and Carl, they attempt to beat Daryl to death for being a liar and Dan attempts to rape Carl and Joe promises Rick he will personally kill him once Daryl, Michonne, and Carl are all killed, though the entire group is stopped and killed by Rick, Daryl, and Michonne.
* Lizzie Samuels, a mentally unstable young girl who is unable to perceive the dangers of Walkers and views them as just being "different" and still alive. She later kills her own sister, Mika Samuels in an attempt to prove that the Walkers are still people and also planned to kill Hazel Greene, Judith Grimes, Alek and Lucy Walsh as well, however she is stopped by Carol, Tyreese, Nora, and Ana. After realizing that no one is safe around Lizzie due to her inability to perceive the difference between the living and the dead, Ana killed her, shooting in arrow to the head.
* The cannibalistic people of Terminus led by Gareth and including Martin, Mary, Theresa, Albert, Mike, Alex, and Greg and many others lure survivors to their compound by promising them sanctuary but hold them captive once they refuse to join them and accept cannibalism, take their supplies, brutally slaughter them and use them for food. The group holds almost every member of the Survivors hostage and almost slaughter Rick, Glenn, Bob and Daryl after killing four other innocent survivors, including Sam, however they are saved at the last minute by Carol and Ana. After the fall of Terminus, the surviving residents gather up and begin stalking and hunting the Survivors, wanting to get revenge on them and eat them. They kidnap Bob and amputate his leg for food, and they later threaten several members of the Survivors in a church, though the entire group is slaughtered by the Survivors.
* The police officers led by Dawn Lerner stationed at Grady Memorial Hospital kidnap people and force them to do work for them, stating that they "owe" the officers for "saving them" from the zombies and they need to keep things as they do for when "help" comes to restore and rebuild the world to how it was before. They kill the injured and sick people that don't recover or will require too many resources to help and keep others captive, forbidding them to leave and pursuing the ones that escape. Their actions lead to various officers and patients deaths, Carol Peletier's accident and Dawn personally but accidentally kills Beth Greene.
* Nicholas, a supply runner of the Alexandria-Safe Zone leaves Aiden Monroe behind to die when he is trapped following a grenade explosion and later causes the death of Noah shortly after to save his own life. He later stalks Glenn and tries to kill him in a fight in order to prevent the truth of his actions coming out to the public though Glenn spares him after beating him in the fight and Nicholas renounces his vendetta against Glenn.
* Pete Anderson abuses his wife Jessie and his son Sam, causing them physical and psychological damage, and tries to kill Rick after he convinces his wife to stand up to him. He later tries to kill him again but ends up drunkenly killing Reg Monroe, causing his own demise in the process.
* Carter conspires to overthrow Rick and contemplates killing Eugene when the latter overhears him doing so though Rick stops him and threatens him. Later, Carter makes peace with him but is mortally wounded by a walker and is put down by Rick.
* Ron Anderson, the son of Pete and Jessie Anderson develops a grudge against the Grimes family because of Pete's execution by Rick and Carl's growing relationship with Enid. He personally tries to assassinate Carl, but fails. Later, after witnessing his mother and brothers's deaths, he aims at Rick to kill him, blaming him for what happened to his family, which causes his death at the hands of Ana, but not before he fires a stray bullet that takes out Carl's right eye.
* A violent group of scavengers known as the Wolves, led by Owen, attacks and destroys Shirewilt Estates and slaughters every survivor, including Noah's family. Owen and his partner later attempt to kill Morgan Jones, and their traps almost cause the deaths of both Daryl Dixon and Aaron. Owen later slits a man's throat to throw him in a trailer of walkers which his group has done to numerous other survivors as well in the order to steal their supplies and use their corpses as traps for other survivors. The Wolves later attack the Alexandria Safe-Zone, slaughtering numerous survivors in order to steal their supplies. They also attempt to kill Rick while he is parked on the roadside in an RV. Owen, once taken captive by Morgan threatens that if his wound does not kill him, he will slaughter all the remaining survivors in the safe-zone, children included. Eventually Owen manages to escape from his cell after knocking Morgan unconscious and takes Denise Cloyd as a hostage. However, despite redeeming himself while with Denise, Owen is shot twice by Carol and devoured by walkers, reanimates, and is finally put down by Morgan.
* Ethan, a food exchanger of the Hilltop Colony, becomes hostile against the residents after his brother Craig was taken as hostage by the Saviors. He was forced to an attempted assassination of Gregory, the leader of the community. But before he could end his work, he was killed by Rick due to self-defense after he tried to kill him when the latter attempts to stop him.
* The Saviors, a vast, powerful organization while under Negan Smith's leadership acted as hostile extortionists who subjugated numerous communities to their will and threatened them with death if they did not provide supplies for them; communities including the Kingdom, the Hilltop, the Alexandria Safe-Zone and the Oceanside. They personally killed numerous innocent survivors as a show of force, to send a message and as punishment, including Rory, Tim, Marsha, Denise Cloyd, Abraham Ford, Glenn Rhee, Chris Grimes, Spencer Monroe, Olivia, Benjamin and also all male survivors, including young boys, from the Oceanside. Following a rebellion by the Alexandria Safe-Zone, the Hilltop and the Kingdom, the Saviors declared war on the three communities. Over the course of the war, the Saviors killed numerous members of the Militia including Andy, Freddie, Francine, Eric, Daniel, Alvaro, Neil, and exterminated nearly the entire Kingdom army and attempted to capture Rick, Ana, Ezekiel, and Maggie alive to be killed by Negan. After escaping the Sanctuary with the help of Eugene, the Saviors reclaimed their subjugated communities and destroyed Alexandria and Simon personally exterminated all of the Scavengers for their betrayal of the Saviors except for Jadis. After Negan was kidnapped by Jadis, Simon took over as the de-facto leader of the Saviors and lead them in an assault on the Hilltop using walker-coated weapons. They were able to infect numerous Hilltop residents and cause them to die and turn and kill many others. After killing Simon, Negan tricks Dwight into giving the Militia false information to lead them into a trap in order to exterminate them and nearly succeeds, however thanks to Eugene tampering with the weapons, the Saviors are defeated and Negan is injured by Rick and taken prisoner. The Saviors then renounce their antagonistic ways and become a new community under new a new leadership. But some Saviors such as Justin, Jed, Regina, DJ, Norris, and many other Saviors still display hostilities towards other members of the communities following after being assigned to assist in construction of a bridge and later the deaths of Justin and eight of their fellow Saviors at the hands of Oceanside. Six years after the apparent death of Rick Grimes, the Saviors have disbanded completely with the Sanctuary having gone "bust." Many former Saviors have joined the other communities, including DJ, Phoebe, Laura who live in Alexandria. The only remaining known active Saviors are Jed's group before they are killed by Carol Peletier in retaliation for ambushing her and her son. After protecting Lydia and accidentally killing Margo, Negan escapes and joins the Whisperers. However, it later turns out that Negan was working with Carol to infiltrate the Whisperers and kill their leader Alpha.
* Spencer Monroe develops a hatred for Rick, blaming him for all the tragedies that have occurred as a result of the Saviors. He reveals that he wants him dead so he can be the leader of Alexandria instead and personally tries to convince Negan to kill him though instead Negan kills him for not having any guts to do it himself.
* The Scavengers, a large group of survivors situated in a junkyard and led by Jadis initially make a deal with Rick to help fight against the Saviors in exchange for weapons, however, Jadis betrays Rick and Alexandria by informing Negan of their plans to fight him and the Saviors and she and her entire group become allies to the Saviors in exchange for a better deal than what Rick offered. They assist in overpowering Alexandria's survivors and later fight alongside the Saviors, killing several Alexandrians. They later refuse to rejoin Rick and the Militia and hold Rick hostage and almost feed him alive to an armored walker, however after a struggle Jadis agrees to join him in fighting again. However, very quickly after discovering the Saviors have escaped the Sanctuary, Jadis and her people abandon Rick when the Saviors open fire on them. The entire group, except for Jadis, is later exterminated by Simon due to them allying themselves with Rick again and Jadis showing no remorse for her actions. Jadis, now going by her real name of Anne, is invited to join Alexandria after the war and accepts. After she is suspected of being behind the murders of several Saviors, Anne retreats the Junkyard where its revealed that the Scavengers traded people to another group with a helicopter for supplies. Anne almost does this to Gabriel, but relents and disappears instead. After calling for pickup from a mysterious organization known as Civic Republic Military, Anne rescues a badly injured Rick and convinces her allies to take them to parts unknown to save Rick's life.
* Gregory, the former leader of the Hilltop Colony, allows his colony to suffer under Negan and the Saviors and refuses to aid the Survivors in fighting them to end the subjugation of his people, and appears to contemplate killing Maggie at one point. During the war between the Militia and the Saviors, Gregory proclaims that the Hilltop stands with the Saviors and threatens that those who do not obey will be exiled from the Hilltop. After the assault on the Sanctuary, he leaves Gabriel behind to die after he comes back to rescue him. After returning to the Hilltop, he is imprisoned with the captured Saviors. Months later, after losing in an election to Maggie, Gregory attempts to manipulate Earl (grieving over the death of his son) to kill Maggie in order to reclaim his leadership position and the latter attempts to do so but is stopped. Gregory himself attempts to stab Maggie after she confronts him, however he is also stopped and hanged on Maggie's orders as punishment for his actions.
* Eugene Porter betrays his former group and sides with Negan and the Saviors, becoming the chief engineer for the Sanctuary, as well as one of Negan's lieutenants in order to ensure his own safety and to never live with fear again. He repeatedly refuses to re-join his former allies and eventually helps the Saviors to escape the Sanctuary after they are trapped by the Militia which leads to the Saviors reclaiming their subjugated communities and the destruction of Alexandria. He eventually redeems himself by tampering with the Saviors bullets, allowing the Militia to defeat them and end the war. Following the war, he returns to being a trusted friend and member of the Survivors, renouncing his antagonistic ways entirely.
* Natania, the former leader of Oceanside resorts to extreme measures in order to protect her group from being discovered by the Saviors by killing any survivor who discovers their camp. She orders for Tara to be killed after she discovers their camp and later refuses to aid Rick and the Militia in fighting the Saviors. She later attempts to assassinate Aaron for trespassing near Oceanside, however she herself is killed by Enid.
* Jed leads a rebellion made up of disgruntled Saviors, including Regina, DJ, and Norris in response to the deaths of 8 Saviors at the hands of Oceanside. He holds Carol hostage and later returns to the campsite armed, with several other Saviors, all in an attempt to extort guns from the other communities, resulting in a shootout that leaves several Saviors and camp survivors dead. Six years later with the Sanctuary gone and the Saviors disbanded, Jed, Regina and at least 7 other former Saviors have become rough raiders to survive, though DJ has joined Alexandria rather than remain with Jed. Jed's group ambush Carol and Henry whilst the two are on their way to the Hilltop and they rob them and threaten them. Later, in retribution, Carol travels to their camp at night and despite Jed's pleads, burns the entire group alive after covering them with gasoline.
* Jocelyn, a former friend of Michonne and Toni's, leads a cult-like group of survivors consisting of young, orphaned children whom she trained to become hardened survivors and killers to ensure their survival. She and her group are able to infiltrate the Alexandria Safe-Zone, raiding their supplies, killing an Alexandria resident and kidnapping Alexandria's young children, including Judith, Alek, and Lucy to add to their cult. They later capture Daryl and Michonne (while heavily pregnant) and mutilate them by branding them with a "X" on their backs. The children attempt to kill Michonne and injure her, forcing her to kill Jocelyn and slaughter the majority of the group of children too.
* The Whisperers, a dangerous and mysterious cult of primitive survivors led by Alpha and her second-in-command, Beta, attempt to hunt down and kill Eugene and Rosita by chasing them with a herd under their direction and they later kill Paul "Jesus" Rovia in a cemetery and attempt to kill his allies, Eugene, Daryl, Michonne, Sebastian, Ana, Aaron, Yumiko and Magna. After Alpha's daughter Lydia is kidnapped by the group and returned to her in exchange for Alden and Luke, Henry and Alina Pierce soon follows to save Lydia from her abusive mother and Daryl and Connie rescue the two by launching an attack on the Whisperers' camp. After Henry, Alina, Connie and Daryl defeat a group of Whisperers led by Beta to retrieve Lydia, Alpha attacks a convoy from the Hilltop and assumes the identity of a slain resident and infiltrates the Kingdom while the Coalition celebrates a fair. There she secretly kidnaps Henry, Tara, Enid, Madison Rivera, Tammy Rose Sutton, Frankie, Adeline, and Rodney and brutally slaughters them along with DJ, Ozzy, and Alek and uses their decapitated heads to mark the Whisperers' territory boundary. She also threatens Daryl that she will unleash a horde of thousands of walkers upon all the communities if they cross into her lands again. Despite the territorial boundaries, it is revealed that Alpha's true intention is to destroy the communities entirely as she entrusted Dante, a newcomer of her group to pose as an innocent survivor in order to infiltrate Alexandria to gather her information and to sabotage the community from within, causing many deaths including Siddiq. Alpha also extends her territorial boundaries as punishment for the Coalition crossing her border three times and also sends a Whisperer to trap and kill Carol as revenge for her defiance and reckless attempt to shoot her. In order to destroy the communities, Alpha orders Gamma, her third-in-command to poison the water supply that the communities rely on and the Whisperers have also secretly been sicking herds of walkers on both Alexandria and the Hilltop to slowly wear them out. Alpha later personally lures Carol, Daryl, Connie, Kelly, Aaron, Jerry and Magna into an underground cave containing her massive horde in order for them all to be killed. In order to retrieve Mary and have her punished for her betrayal, Beta personally infiltrates Alexandria through a secret underground tunnel and is able to slaughter numerous Alexandria residents, including Laura. The Whisperers later launch a massive attack on the Hilltop, destroying it and killing many of the residents and Coalition members and Beta later personally slaughters Mary. However, Alpha is subsequently killed by Negan who had infiltrated the Whisperers while working with Carol. Beta nonetheless continues the Whisperers' war against the survivors, gathering a massive horde that lays siege to the Tower. During an effort to lead the horde away, the remaining Whisperers are killed by a group led by Daryl. During a fight with Negan, Beta is blinded by Daryl and devoured by his own horde. The horde is then led off of a cliff by Carol and Lydia, ending the threat of the Whisperers for good.
* The Highwaymen, a somewhat hostile group of extortionists kidnap Jerry and send a list of demands back to the Kingdom. However, unlike other groups such as the Saviors, the Highwaymen are not inherently malicious and are more amenable and willing to negotiate. Instead of a fight, Carol negotiates a deal with the Highwaymen to protect the area around the Kingdom in exchange for joining the trade fair and becoming part of the gathered communities. Carol even sweetens the deal by offering to have them watch a movie which causes the group to accept the deal and help escort a delegation from Hilltop to the Kingdom. The Highwaymen subsequently renounce their antagonistic ways and become allies of the communities and members of the Coalition.
* Margo, a member of the Highwaymen becomes embittered following Ozzy and Alek's slaughter at the hands of Alpha and develops a hatred for her daughter, Lydia and she, alongside Gage and Alfred taunt her. After Lydia mocks the three of them, Margo threatens Lydia and tries to force her to leave Alexandria though she refuses. The three then brutally beat her possibly with the intent of killing her, however Negan intervenes and kills Margo accidentally.
* Brandon, a member of the Alexandria Safe-Zone aids Negan after he is released from his cell and later brutally murders Amelia and Milo in order to prove himself to Negan as a true Savior, despite being dismissed earlier. He is then killed shortly after by his idol, who wanted to help the innocent survivors.
* Dante is secretly a Whisperer spy that attempts to help Alpha destroy Alexandria by various acts of sabotage, which include painting "Silence the Whispers" graffiti all over town, bending the handle on the water valve, and murdering Cheryl. He also poisons a captured Whisperer before the latter can give any information to the Alexandrians and strangles Siddiq to death after the latter realizes his true identity. He then attempts to murder Rosita when she discovers him, but she manages to overpower him. Ultimately, he is stabbed to death by Gabriel in revenge for Siddiq's death. It is later revealed that Dante secretly helped his group construct a secret underground tunnel leading into Alexandria and this allows Beta to enter undetected and slaughter numerous Alexandria residents while attempting to retrieve Mary.
* Virgil, a lone survivor is caught attempting to steal supplies from Oceanside and is apprehended. To make up for his actions, he promises to lead Michonne to weapons on Bloodsworth Island that could be used against the Whisperers and their horde. However, Virgil turns out to be lying and instead lures Michonne to the island to help deal with his zombified family, which she agrees to do along with all of the zombified residents of the island. After Michonne discovers that Virgil had locked everyone into the naval base and caused numerous deaths, he drugs her. However Michonne breaks free and frees the others captives, but she stops them from killing Virgil who claimed that he had intended to release the people himself but wanted Michonne's help to ensure they wouldn't kill him. Virgil helps the group repair a boat to leave the island, but refuses their offers to join them, instead staying on the island by alone due to a promise to his wife. He later finds Connie alive near Oceanside.
* The Reapers, a group of hostile raiders and bandits, attack Maggie's group in Tennessee for no apparent reason other than being "marked" by their leader, "Pope", and follow her and her surviving group members to Virginia to finish them off. A member of the group attacks and destroys her group's camp and, using a sniper rifle and stealth, is able to kill more members of Maggie's group. He nearly succeeds in killing Maggie herself, but is injured and surrounded by Maggie's friends. The Reaper commits suicide by blowing himself up with a grenade rather than revealing any information about his group.
* Mays imprisons his own brother, sister-in-law, and niece and forces them to play Russian Roulette as punishment for attempting to steal his food. This results in the death of his brother's family. He later forces Gabriel and Aaron to play Russian Roulette as well, but they manage to talk him down and convince him to release them. Despite Mays showing remorse for his actions, Gabriel still kills him, as he believes Mays to be too dangerous to take with them.
* Valak's Vipers, a motorcycle gang led by Craven, roam the roads at night and prey upon other survivors to steal their supplies.