Abel

"*My... my whole life, everything I ever got, I got with my own two hands... and my will. For my body... to turn on me... to take control... **I'll tell you where to find Lilly**! Just promise... you won't let me turn.*"
—Abel expressing fear when faced with his imminent death and reanimation.

## Abel

### Occupation

Soldier and Supply Runner for the Delta (Post-Apocalypse)

### Cause of Death

Critically injured in a fall. (Caused)Succumbed to Wounds(Alive)

**Abel** is a main character and an antagonist who first appears in Everything Dies. He is a member of the Delta, and served as the secondary antagonist

## Overview

Abel is an extremely ruthless, manipulative, and hardened survivor, willing to do whatever it takes for him and his group to survive, including robbing other survivors, hurting, kidnapping, and even killing children. He is shown to be quite brutal and violent, mercilessly twisting Rocky Jr's arm when Sylvester refuses to cooperate. He also shows unwavering determination and loyalty to Lilly and the Delta, stopping at nothing to accomplish his mission, even after sustaining several serious wounds. When faced with interrogation, Abel shows little fear. Despite his violent nature however, Abel does not seem to take any genuine pleasure in his actions. Upon realizing he's dying, Abel begins to break down, expressing fear at the prospect of becoming a walker. Abel's fear of turning is so great that he is willing to betray the Delta, begging Sylvester to not let him reanimate in exchange for Lilly's location. In his final moments, he shows signs of regret for the previous day's events, and it is later confirmed by Minerva that Abel was planning to get the kids to come peacefully, as he didn't want to kill them.

## Pre-Apocalypse

### Location Unknown

Nothing is known about Abel's life prior to or as the outbreak began. It is possible he lived in or near West Virginia. He mentioned he had been tied up by an unnamed woman in a suggestive manner at one point.

## Post Apocalypse

Roughly a year before Sylvester's appearance at the school, Abel and his group came into contact with Marlon, who was out on a supply run with a few other children. This confrontation ended with Marlon giving away two of his own people, the twin sisters Minerva and Sophie, to Abel and his group, ensuring they would leave the boarding school alone. Marlon and Brody would create a cover story that the two sisters were killed by walkers during the supply run, swearing the truth to secrecy.

### Done Running

While Sylvester helps Brody, Abel comes across the location that Sylvester did not visit. Abel triggers and loots the respective area's traps, leaving behind one of his handmade cigarettes in the process. Sylvester and the group come across the looted traps, and realize someone has robbed them, which notably causes Brody to suffer a panic attack. Later, Sylvester asks Abel if he is the one that sabotaged their traps, which he readily admits to, but claims was "an honest mistake."

His first official appearance is when Rocky Jr. and Sylvester are taking food from the train station. Abel quietly enters the train station and holds a gun to Sylvester, ordering him to stand. Abel tells him to stay quiet, and that he won't hurt him if he doesn't have to. He tells Sylvester that he just wants food, and goes to grab one of the nearby duffel bags. Abel begins questioning Sylvester about whether he's alone, and if he has a nearby group, to which Sylvester confirms, Abel kneels down to collect the food, telling Sylvester he's going to slowly fill the duffel bag. At this point, Abel finds the surprised Rocky Jr inside the crawlspace, who promptly points a gun at Abel, who points his gun at Rocky Jr in turn. Rocky Jr threatens to shoot, Abel calmly tells Rocky Jr to lower the gun, and that he is only going to take some of the food and leave. During this confrontation, Sylvester notices the open window behind the unaware Abel. At this point, Sylvester tells Rocky Jr to lower the gun, allowing Abel to leave peacefully.

When they make their escape from the train station, Louis asks what happened, and Sylvester explains the situation on the way back to the boarding school. After returning, Brody questions where they got all the food from. Louis and Violet explain their encounter with Abel, which visibly upsets Brody. He asks if he followed him, and Sylvester will explain how he either let him go or shoved him into the walkers. Brody angrily questions Sylvester's decision, arguing that he will either return to the train station for more if he was allowed to leave, or that he will come looking for revenge if he was attacked. Marlon attempts to defuse the situation, but Brody angrily shoves him to the ground and tells Sylvester he will hold him responsible if anything happens. Furthermore, if Abel was spared, Rocky Jr will express his disappointment, claiming that letting Abel steal from them was wrong, and that it makes them appear weak. Later that night, Sylvester is awoken by a loud argument coming from somewhere in the school. He eventually follows the noise to the school's storm cellar, where he finds Marlon and Brody angrily arguing with each other. As Sylvester listens in, it is revealed that Abel is part of a larger group of raiders that Marlon once came across a year earlier, and that Marlon ended up trading two of his own people, Sophie and Minerva, in exchange for the raiders leaving them alone, creating a cover story that the two girls were killed by walkers while they were out scavenging. Brody is concerned with Abel's reappearance, worrying that the raiders are back in the area, and may potentially find (and attack) the school.

### Suffer the Children

After Sylvester and Rocky Jr are exiled from Ericson's Boarding School, Abel ambushes them in the forest, armed with a shotgun. Sylvester disarms and knocks him over, but is ambushed by Lilly. Abel knocks Sylvester to the ground, kicking his knife away while Lilly pins him under her boot. When Rocky Jr attempts to intervene, Abel cordially greets him before bashing him with the shotgun, threatening to shoot him in the head unless Sylvester helps them capture the school. When Lilly recognizes Sylvester and lets him up, Abel is confused and annoyed; and when Sylvester and Rocky Jr flee he shoots the latter in the abdomen with a round of buckshot. A Kamo'o'hali herd stops his and Lilly's pursuit of the two, and they return to their group to prepare to attack the school.

Two weeks later, Abel is among the raiders who attacks the school, holding a grudge against Rocky Jr' and Sylvester and intending to kill them while Lilly isn't around to stop him. He sets the admin building on fire with a molotov cocktail and corners Sylvester and Rocky Jr in the headmaster's office, knocking Rocky Jr over by kicking the door open. He is slashed across his right palm, but initially overwhelms Sylvester and pins him to the desk. As Abel monologues about how he likes seeing people like Sylvester suffer and mocks him over how many people have died because of his weakness, Sylvester stabs him in the eye with an ornamental lighthouse before Rocky Jr stabs his foot with a fire poker. Sylvester tackles him through the window and onto the balcony. Abel grabs his face, but Sylvester knees him in the groin before smashing him through the railing. Abel manages to grab him and pull him over with him, but sustains a badly-broken leg from the fall. When Abel tries to stop Sylvester from coming to Violet or Louis' defense, he kicks him in the face twice - breaking his nose.

Abel is left behind by the other raiders and is chained to the flagpole by the remaining teens, who intend to interrogate him regarding the whereabouts of his group's base, making him their prisoner.

### Broken Toys

Abel is bound to a desk chair in the basement of the Boarding School by Louis. Louis was saved previously, he will mention how he couldn't bring himself to hurt Abel, even in spite of his actions. Sylvester heads into the basement to find Rocky Jr standing guard over the now unconscious Abel. After waking Abel up, the two begin to interrogate him. Sylvester tortures him. At first, Abel gives vague answers to Sylvester's questions, but seemingly relents, pointing him to one of his hand-rolled cigarettes in his pocket. Abel asks for them to light the cigarette, claiming "a smoke will clear [his] mind." Sylvester obliges his request, but stubs out the cigarette,

However, the interrogation takes a sudden turn when Abel begins vomiting a large amount of blood. Abel realizes he's dying as a result of the fall from the balcony, having suffered massive internal bleeding. Coming to terms with his impending death, Abel seemingly displays regret about the events of the previous night, claiming he didn't want anyone to be hurt or killed. When Rocky Jr asks if he's going to turn, Abel cries out and expresses visible fear. Not wanting to lose control of his body as a result of reanimation, Abel begs Sylvester to put him down, in exchange for the location of the raiders. Sylvester uses his fear of turning in order to intimidate him into giving up the location. Abel concedes, and reveals the location of the Delta's current base of operations: a boat, a few miles west of the Boarding school. Sylvester intimidated Abel, he'll direct him to a set of notes hidden in his boot, which contains more in depth information about the Delta's current location, and a series of call signs they use to identify one another.

Having gotten what he wanted, Abel begs for Sylvester to keep his end of the deal, and to put him out of his misery. Sylvester coldly refuses to show Abel mercy, leaving him to die from his wounds. He angrily curses Sylvester with his dying breaths but smugly remarks that he did not give him all the crucial details. Abel slowly grows weaker, muttering that no one deserves to turn, trailing off as he finally dies. A few moments later, Abel reanimates and lunges at Rocky Jr. Rocky Jr is unnerved at the sight of the undead Abel, who is left behind in the basement as Sylvester and Rocky Jr return to the others.

### Take us Back

Abel will be seen outside the school as a warning, tied to a tree as a walker.

## Death

### Killed By

* Rocky Jr *(Indirectly; Caused)*
* Sylvester *(Caused, Alive)*

In "Suffer The Children", Abel is pushed from a balcony, which causes fatal internal damage. During the interrogation in "Broken Toys", the effects from his fall begin to manifest, and he starts to vomit a large amount of blood. Knowing he is about to die, he pleads Sylvester to stab him in the head so he won't have to reanimate, fearing the prospect of losing control of his own body. Sylvester leaves him to die from his injuries, reanimating not long afterwards.

## Killed Victims

This list shows the victims Abel has killed:

* Numerous counts of Kamo'o'hali and possibly unnamed people

## Relationships

### Lilly

"*Great. You know him, I know him. Point is, we got a job to do.*"
—Abel to Lilly about Sylvester
Abel and Lilly seem to have a good relationship, as Abel respects her leadership. However, he is annoyed by her leniency towards Sylvester, whom he sees as a threat to the group. When learning of his death, she seemed to be saddened and angry. Abel is left to turn into a Kamo'o'hali , then Lilly is especially angered, and call both Rocky Jr and Sylvester monsters.

### Sylvester

"*Your friend Lilly ain't around this time. So we'll have a nice little chat, you and me. Alone.*"
—Abel to Sylvester before attacking him.[src]
Abel and Sylvester have an antagonistic relationship, which begins when Abel steals some food from Sylvester at gunpoint.

In "Suffer The Children", Abel returns bearing a grudge against Sylvester, not hesitating to use Rocky Jr as a bargaining chip. Unlike Lilly, Abel realizes that Sylvester will never cooperate, and attempts to convince Lilly to take the rest of the kids by force. During the raid on Ericson, he relentlessly pursues him and Rocky Jr, attempting to kill him once separated from Lilly. After temporarily overwhelming Sylvester, he pins him to the headmaster's desk and mocks him about how many people have died to ensure his survival, but he wounds him in one eye and knocks him out the window before he can do anything more. He seems to express some remorse for leaving him to turn.

### Rocky Jr

"*Good to see you again, squirt.*"
—Abel to Rocky Jr.
Abel and Rocky Jr have an antagonistic relationship. Rocky Jr is immediately distrustful of Abel upon first meeting him, not hesitating to hold him at gunpoint and threatening to shoot him. Abel is both amused and mildly impressed by Rocky Jr's bravery, and admits that he doesn't want to kill him if it can be avoided.

In "Suffer The Children", Abel takes Rocky Jr hostage in order to force Sylvester's cooperation, threatening to smash his head open if he refuses. He cares little for the boy, twisting his arm to near breaking point in an attempt to coerce Sylvester into cooperation. When Sylvester and Rocky Jr flee, Abel manages to shoot Rocky Jr with a round of buckshot, badly wounding him and causing Rocky Jr to hold both a fear- and vengeful grudge- against him. Despite his treatment of him, Abel does not seem to want to outright kill Rocky Jr in particular, with most of his aggression being directed towards Sylvester instead. Even with his hatred of Abel, Rocky Jr still expresses some level of sympathy over his death and reanimation.

## Trivia

* He is voiced by Miami native actor Alex Fernandez