Andre (Remake)

## Andre

**Andre** is an antagonist and a survivor of the outbreak in *Strain Zero*. He is the owner of Andre's Poultry and Farm Shop and the leader of the Family. One of the few adults left that was not affected by the zombie plague, Andre coerced the survivors on his farm to turn to cannibalism in order to survive. He serves as the primary antagonist of "*Friend Or Foe*".

## Overview

Andre, like the others in his Family, has a friendly, generous and charismatic surface. However, this is only a mask that barely hides a true monster: cold, calculating, abusive, sadistic and nothing more than a true monster. Andre is smart, strong, a talented liar, seemingly fearless and capable of gaining people's trust and respect without much effort.

## Pre-Apocalypse

### Andre's Poultry & Farm Shop

Not much is known about Andre's life before the outbreak, other than he was an abusive man who inherited the farm from his equally abusive father. Originally a dairy farm, Andre converted it into a poultry farm and opened a farm shop staffed by teenagers from the nearby city of Renton.

## Post-Apocalypse

Soon after the outbreak began, Andre proved to be one of the 0.6% of adult humans to not succumb to the zombie infection. He maintained control over his land and invited three of his employees - brothers Matthew and Kyle and shop assistant Lisa - to stay on his farm. As food began to run low, Andre coerced his fellow survivors to turn to cannibalism, something that Matthew and Kyle embraced while Lisa became suicidal from shame and disgust. The Family, as they called themselves, formed a tense alliance with the Chester Woods Bandits.

### Season 1

#### "Friend Or Foe"

Andre introduces himself upon the group's arrival to the poultry farm and supplies Henry's group with food in exchange for some of their fuel. He tells them that they are low on poultry but have a few left and plenty of eggs and corn.

Later, Andre sits on the porch of his home. He tells Henry that he is thankful for their help around the farm, and that the only reason why they made the deal with the bandits was to keep their humanity, expressing regret that the bandits had to be wiped out. When Sarah and Henry discovers that the Family are cannibals, he explains that he was raised not to waste by his father and that they had no other choice than to starve.

After Henry, James, Alex, Jess and Aaron escape the meat locker, Henry finds Andre inside the house. Henry tries to shoot Andre but finds his clip empty. Henry is then forced into a melee fight with Andre, revealing that the old man has retained the strength of his youth. Despite being kicked through a fence and through a greenhouse, Henry is able to exhaust Andre by kicking him in his weakened knees.

When Henry is unable to bring himself to kill him, Andre mocks him, revealing that he turned to canniablism because he enjoyed causing suffering to others. With silent reassurance from his group, Henry finds the courage to deal the final blow. Andre gives a look of shock as Henry embeds his hatchet in Andre's skull, finally killing him.

## Death

### Killed by:

* Henry Edwards

During their climatic fight, Henry is able to exhaust Andre and kicks him in the knees. Weakened, Andre is unable to stop Henry from hacking him almost to death. When Henry refuses to deal the killing blow, Andre mocks him. With silent reassurance from his group, Henry finds the courage to axe Andre over the head, ending the threat he poses to other survivors.

## Killed Victims

* Numerous counts of zombies and unnamed people

## Trivia

* Unlike his original counterpart, Andre is not related to Matthew, Kyle or Lisa.
* Andre is the first character to be killed by Henry.