Carley (DoTWD)

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> Nicole Vigil
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> Female
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> Brown
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> Late 20s to Early 30s
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> **Pre-Apocalypse*** WABE Atlanta News Reporter
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> * Guard of the Motel Survivors
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> Asian-American
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> Alive
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> | “ | *Yeah, and thank Travis for me. I wanted to, but he kind of just vanished.*
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> **Carley** is a protagonist and a survivor of the outbreak in the original Telltale's *The Walking Dead* as well as JunoBox's *Dawn of The Walking Dead*. She is a deuteragonist of *Season One*. Carley is a quick-thinking regional news reporter from Atlanta. She's a skilled shooter and serves as one of the main defenders of the group.
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## Overview

Carley is first introduced as a no-nonsense reporter, who, along with Glenn, chooses to save Lee, Clementine, Rachel, Travis, Kenny, Katjaa, and Duck upon their arrival in Macon. Having spent her time in war-zones as a correspondent, she presumably acquired basic knowledge of firearms and survival tactics that allows her to hold out during the outbreak. Her excellent marksmanship is often remarked by Lee and Kenny as a "dead eye" precision.

Like the rest of the group, she cares about the members' welfare. Unlike Lilly or Larry, who she claims have no "humanity", Carley tends to save every survivor she could that her group comes across. In fact, she was one of the earlier members in the group to know about Lee's past and goes out to warn him about it, stating that his past better not be detrimental to the group.
She is, however, a respectful and thoughtful individual as well. When Lee chooses to admit his past to her, she reassures him that she'll keep it to herself.

## Pre-Apocalypse

Little is known about Carley's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that she was raised Lutheran. Before the outbreak, Carley was a regional news reporter for WABE in Atlanta, Georgia and worked with fellow co-worker, Steve. Having spent time as a correspondent in various war-zones, she is experienced in surviving under extreme circumstances and is also proficient in the use of firearms. It is unknown if Carley had been sympathetic to Lee's sentencing before the outbreak. Right before the outbreak, Carley and her production crew drove to Macon to cover the Cherry Blossom Festival.

## Post-Apocalypse

### Season One

While at the festival the crew was attacked by walkers and she was forced to watch as her producer was eaten alive just a few feet away from her. She was suddenly saved by Doug and joined him. They both later meet up with Glenn, Lilly, and her father, Larry.
Carley is first seen when she saved Duck from nearly being bitten by a walker. Carley and Glenn brought Lee and the rest of the group into the drugstore to hide as more walkers approached them. The pair were blamed for saving the group, to which Carley defended their actions by saying that they can't let people die off. However, Lilly felt that the pharmacy group needed to be protected by not taking any extra risks. Things get worse as Larry joins in the argument, which causes a commotion between Kenny, Lee, and himself. Unbeknownst to the group, a walker that was hidden inside the bathroom of the drugstore nearly killed Clementine and Lee if it weren't for the timely intervention of Carley's gun. Unfortunately, her gunshot alerted the rest of the walkers outside the drugstore. This forced the group to hide and remain silent until the walkers' attention subsided thanks to heavy gunfire outside.
Just as things were starting to calm down, Larry is struck by his heart disease and Lee is tasked with finding the keys to the drugstore in order to obtain his medications. Glenn eventually leaves the drugstore to search for gasoline.
When Lee picks up his family photo from the office, Carley reveals to Lee that she knows of his past, to which he chooses to trust her to keep it a secret.
Later on, she tags along with Lee and Travis when Glenn gets trapped in the motor inn and calls back for help. Carley and Lee find Glenn hiding in an icebox. Carley and Lee prepare to leave, but Glenn alerts them to the fact he heard a survivor barricaded on the balcony of the motel. Carley and Lee both reluctantly go along with Glenn's rescue mission as he's doing it either "with or without" them. Lee, using a pillow and Carley's gun, is able to kill a walker blocking his way to a car silently without attracting the attention of the others. After overcoming the obstacles at the inn, the group is introduced to Irene, a survivor who had been hiding out in the motel after being bitten by her boyfriend. However, the moment is short-lived when she requests to take her own life using Carley's gun. Irene gets hold of the gun by force, and shoots herself, causing the group to escape back to the drugstore before more walkers approached them.
Having found the keys to the drugstore, Lee and Lilly break in to get the medications that they need, unintentionally setting off the alarm and alerting the entire group of walkers within the area. While Kenny rounds up the rest for the survivors to escape; Lee, Doug, Travis, Clementine, Rachel and Carley were left to hold the walkers back. She takes on a broken window with her gun while Doug takes another, leaving Lee and Travis to hold the door on their own. At this point, Carley runs out of ammo and is pinned by walkers while Doug is grabbed by a pair of walkers and left defenseless, which Lee orders Travis to aid Carley while he helped Doug. Travis tosses her a magazine and she kills the walkers. At the motor inn, she asks Lee to thank Travis for saving her on her behalf.

"Starved For Help"
Three months later, she is one of the survivors from Macon that holds out in the motor inn. She rescues Lee and Katjaa from the reanimated David Parker by shooting him in the head.
Having eaten some of Brenda's pastries that the boys brought back, she, her now boyfriend Doug, Travis Ben stayed back to watch the inn while the rest of the group proceeded towards the dairy.

## Killed Victims

This list shows the victims Carley has killed:

* Numerous counts of walkers
* Irene *(Caused, Out of Mercy)*

## Relationships

Allies
* Motel Survivors
	+ Kenny
	+ Duck
	+ Lee Everett - Friend
	+ Clementine - Friend
	+ Rachel Paul - Friend
	+ Doug - Savior and Boyfriend
	+ Travis - Savior and Friend
	+ Lilly - Tense Relationship
	+ Larry - Reluctant Ally
	+ Glenn

The Gallery for this Character is a work in progress.

## Appearances

### Dawn of The Walking Dead

#### Season One

* "A New Day"
* "Starved For Help"