Grant Carver

Grant Carver is a minor character and a survivor of the outbreak in Route to Paradise. He is an impatient and uncaring man that joined up with Nathaniel Shepard and his community early on into the outbreak, becoming friends with Daniel Rockwell and Lolida Windfield. Overtime, he comes to despise Nathaniel for the way he runs things, and comes to believe that the luxurious island he talks about is nothing but a lie. He plans to leave the group with Daniel and Lolida, and the perfect time for that comes when Nathaniel tasks the three men with escorting the sadistic gang leader Damerae Badrick to meet his Rastas. They plan to kill Badrick on the way there, but Badrick catches wind of their plan when Grant becomes irritated and hints at wanting to kill him. Because of this, Badrick attacks the men, killing Grant, causing their car to crash, and escaping on foot.

## **Pre-Apocalypse**

Nothing is known about Grant prior to the apocalypse.

## **Post-Apocalypse**

At some point, Grant joined Nathaniel Shepard and his group at the stadium, and became good friends with Daniel Rockwell and Lolida Windfield.

### **Season 3**

#### "**What Comes After**"

Grant, alongside Daniel Rockwell, Lolida Windfield and Nick Parker step out of a truck in front of William Reynes and his group. Grant looks on, an M14 slung around his back, while Daniel talks to the group. Eventually Lolida grows concerned and tries telling Daniel, Lolida and Nick that they should talk about this - but Grant tells him to grow up. Later, when a drunken Jared Kellings starts talking nonsense, Lolida leans over to Grant, and whispers to him, asking if Jared was being serious or not. Grant, now annoyed at Lolida, tells him to stop whispering, and just ask Jared. When a horde of zombies is seen stumbling down the road, Grant helps to wipe them out, before he and everyone else gets into the truck to drive off.

### **Season 4**

#### "**The Promiseland**"

In the cafeteria at the stadium, Grant is fast sleep - before being suddenly awoken by Daniel, who sits near him, talking to Lolida. Yawning, Grant stretches and sits up, commenting on the fact that he just had night shift. Just then, Nathaniel Shepard comes walking in, and starts up a conversation with the three men, where he reminds them about the luxuries that awaits in Banoi. Grant and Lolida, however, both have their doubts, which shocks Nathaniel. Afterwards, Nathaniel says that he'd like for them to come with him to give a guest of the stadium a tour. He asks them to meet him in the infirmary in five minutes, before walking off. When he's gone, Grant looks over at Daniel, who says that the "guest" Nathaniel is talking it is really some weirdo with half his face burnt off that Nathaniel is planning on using to his advantage. Daniel then goes serious, and tells Grant that he needs to stop speaking out when Nathaniel is here, worried that Nathaniel might throw him into a cell. Grant frowns, and wonders why Nathaniel is in charge of the group in the first place, to which Daniel reminds him that there are a lot of people Nathaniel has wrapped around his finger. Grant shrugs and sighs, before he follows Daniel and Lolida out.

Grant, Daniel, Lolida and Nathaniel are seen later on giving Damerae Badrick a tour of the stadium. But when showing Badrick the prisoners they have kept in cells -- Badrick lays eyes on a particular group of them -- William's group, and demands that they be killed. When Nathaniel refuses, Badrick lashes out, trying to grab Daniel's pistol. In response, Lolida restrains Badrick, while Grant draws his pistol and points it at the man, telling him to back off. When Badrick seemingly backs down, Grant holsters his gun. When he does, Badrick spins around and charges Lolida into a wall, grabbing him by the throat. Grant and Daniel both draw their guns now, demanding that Badrick let him go. Badrick eventually does, but only after Lolida digs his finger into the burnt side of Badrick's face. Keeping his gun at the ready, Grant lifts Badrick up with the help of Lolida and they drag him off.

#### "**Gunpoint**"

Back in the cafeteria, Grant sees Daniel approaching him, looking stressed out and tired. Grant mentions this, to which Daniel says that he's starting to question what the point of all of **this** is. He says that people from the group are beginning to leave in secret, and Daniel doesn't blame them. Grant agrees, and says that the people who are leaving are doing the right thing. "He's delusional, Grant," Daniel says, referring to Nathaniel. Grant knows, and says that he's known from the start. And Grant thinks that they should leave while they can too. Daniel's about to speak, but just then they see Nathaniel walking over. Grant loudly expresses his annoyance in seeing Nathaniel, who simply tells Grant to have some optimism. Nathaniel then takes Daniel outside to have a chat, leaving Grant.

Later, Grant is talking with Lolida in the cafeteria. Grant remarks about how surprised he is to see that Lolida hasn't up and left like some of the others, but Lolida says that he would never abandon him or Daniel. And Lolida says that he still has *some* hope left in Nathaniel. "Nathaniel is a fool," Grant comments, pacing around the room. Just then, Grant sees Daniel entering the cafeteria nearby, and Nathaniel standing at the door. Grant growls, quietly insulting Nathaniel under his breath. He then turns to Daniel - who says that Nathaniel has just tasked the three of them with escorting Badrick to meet his Rastas at the Willamette Docks. Having a sudden thought, Grant says that this is the perfect opportunity to kill the despicable man that is Badrick, and leave Nathaniel's group with a car. Daniel nods and agrees, but Lolida thinks that his plan is insane. However, Lolida is outvoted, with Grant and Daniel both coming to the decision that they'll stop somewhere along the way to the docks, and kill Badrick.

Grant, Daniel and Lolida walk out to the front entrance, where a car with Badrick already in the back seat is waiting for them. Grant takes the front passenger seat. When Daniel and Lolida get in, they drive off.

On the road, Grant sits quietly, while Daniel drives, and Lolida sits beside Badrick in the back. Lolida, who grows uncomfortable with the silence, gets Badrick to tell a story about why he wants William and his people dead so bad. Grant grumbles, not wanting to hear anything he has to say. Badrick goes on to say that William and his people attacked him first, and killed many of his men for no reason whatsoever, which is why he wants them dead. Grant shakes his head, not buying his story for one second. "You're a sick puppy," he says, "And what happens to sick puppies?" Hearing this, Badrick simply smiles silently. Daniel glances over at Grant, and mouths to him to play it cool. After a few more moments, Daniel starts to slow down, and says that he needs to take a leak. Grant says the same. Badrick, however, sensing that something is off, suddenly slams Lolida's head into the window, knocking him out. He then grabs Lolida's knife, while Grant spins around in his seat, unholstering his pistol and aiming towards Badrick. He fires, but misses, the bullets smashing open the rear windshield. Badrick then grabs onto the seat in front of him, and jams Lolida's knife into Grant's throat. Grant sputters up blood, bleeding out, before the car crashes into a ditch.

## **Death**

Killed by
* Damerae Badrick

When Badrick realizes that Grant, Daniel Rockwell and Lolida Windfield are planning on killing him, he attacks the three men before they can do so. He knocks Lolida out and grabs his knife quickly, stabbing Grant in his neck and killing him.

## **Appearances**

Any episode with a checkmark over it signifies Grant Carver appearing in any way.