Da'Jonte Woodard

Da'Jonte Woodard is a minor character and a survivor of the outbreak in Route to Paradise. He's a laid back criminal that was working with Wilbur Wright and his crew prior to the outbreak, and for weeks following the outbreak. But when a fellow man from Wilbur's crew, Jackson Foxx, approaches Da'Jonte and asks him to come with him to join The Rastas, Da'Jonte hesitantly agrees. When the war between The Rastas and Benjamin Taylor's army begins, Da'Jonte quickly decides he wants nothing to do with The Rastas, and abandons them. He would later join up with The Willamette Survivors at Willamette High School, but Da'Jonte is killed when Damerae Badrick attacks the school with a horde of zombies.

## **Pre-Apocalypse**

Da'Jonte was a member of Wilbur Wright's criminal gang pre-apocalypse.

## **Post-Apocalypse**

### **Season 1**

#### **"The Last Laugh"**

In Willamette Parkview Mall, Da'Jonte stands within an office in Yucatan Casino with his boss Wilbur Wright. The two of them are waiting for their associate Jon Matthews to return. Da'Jonte is beginning to think that Jon might not come back, given that he's been gone an awful long time. He goes over to a window and peeks out, seeing hordes of zombies in the casino, but no sign of Jon, which he reports to Wilbur. Da'Jonte wonders if they should go try and rescue him, if he's even alive, to which Wilbur isn't sure. But one thing Wilbur does know is that they will need to fight their way out. Da'Jonte strolls over to a pile of weapons and picks up a pistol. Just then, Wilbur and Da'Jonte notice three men across the casino, who start fighting through the horde. Wilbur thinks that this will be there best chance to escape, and so he and Da'Jonte step out of the office, starting to help clear the zombies. When most of the zombies are cleared, Da'Jonte and Wilbur confront the three men. They invite them back into the office, where they learn about some of the other enemies around the mall - including a killer clown, which Da'Jonte is surprised by. Eventually Wilbur gets the three men to agree to go down to the basement and check on Jon. Da'Jonte accompanies them, and they start heading down to the basement.

Da'Jonte follows along with the men, shooting and killing zombies along the way. They eventually arrive in the basement, where they immediately find Jon fighting against a few bandits. Da'Jonte and the others jump into cover while Jon shoots and kills the bandits. When they're dealt with, Da'Jonte informs Jon about the men helping them.

Da'Jonte then follows Jon with the others as they continue deeper into the basement, and find the briefcase that Jon was looking for. When they have it, they are attacked by zombies, and forced to hurry through the darkness until they find the exit.

With the mission complete, Da'Jonte goes with the others back to the Yucatan Casino where Wilbur is waiting.

### **Season 2**

#### **"A Common Enemy"**

At Wilbur's warehouse, Da'Jonte is seen having a nap - but is awoken by Wilbur, who says that he needs to be ready for when their guests arrive. Da'Jonte, still half-asleep, is confused, but Quincy Atherton reminds him that the guests are the "business assholes from last week". Da'Jonte remembers again, and he prepares for their arrival.

When they eventually arrive, Da'Jonte stands to the side quietly while Wilbur speaks with Benjamin Taylor and his men. He listens to Benjamin's story about his sick daughter, which makes him sad. Eventually Benjamin and his people leave, along with Quincy, Monica Reynolds and Curtis Van Horn, who are going out to attack a Rasta outpost.

#### **"Promise"**

At the warehouse, Da'Jonte stands up, seeing Jackson Foxx enter the building -- it's one of the gang's old crew members, and someone Da'Jonte was friends with. Jackson immediately goes over to Da'Jonte, the two of them making small talk and catching up with each other. After Jackson speaks with Wilbur and the others, he takes Da'Jonte outside to have a word with him. There, Jackson reveals that he's working with The Rastas now, and goes on about how much better the gang is than it is here. He wants Da'Jonte to come with him back to the Rastas main outpost - but Da'Jonte isn't sure, and says he'll think about it. Jackson, however, makes it clear that Da'Jonte needs to decide **now**, as he's leaving now with or without him. Feeling pressured, Da'Jonte agrees to go with him. The two of them get into Jackson's car and speed away.

They arrive at the town hall, where Da'Jonte follows Jackson inside and meets the gang's leader, Damerae Badrick. He greets Da'Jonte, and welcomes him, assuring him that it was the right decision. Badrick goes on to inform Da'Jonte that they are expecting a visit from some enemies of theirs pretty soon. After Badrick steps aside to chat with Edward Remar briefly, he turns back to Da'Jonte to tell him that he'll have his own room as Jackson's guest until he settles into The Rastas.

#### **"Warzone"**

While walking the halls, Da'Jonte is approached by Michael Hall, who says that he needs to prepare -- a war is coming now that Sarah Taylor has escaped. When Michael walks off, Da'Jonte looks down, worried about what might happen.

When Badrick arrives back at the town hall, he yells at all of his men to prepare for battle. He orders men to get into positions at the windows, including Da'Jonte. Badrick hands Da'Jonte a machine gun, and asks if he's with them. "Yes," Da'Jonte simply replies, which Badrick is happy to hear. Soon, Benjamin Taylor and his men arrive outside of the town hall, and a battle begins. Men are being shot all around Da'Jonte, as he sits in cover, trying not to get hit. He tries to shoot back at the attackers, but stops once the town hall starts to get bombarded with explosives. Da'Jonte starts running around, and is grabbed by Michael, who points at a door and tells him to get out while he can. Da'Jonte starts heading to the door with Michael, but they are fired at by Benjamin himself, and Michael shoves Da'Jonte out of a window to save his life. He yells for Da'Jonte to run, and he does, not looking back in fear.

Da'Jonte flees onto the streets, dodging bullets left and right. Eventually, while running, he is found by his old crew -- Wilbur's crew. They yell at Da'Jonte, and force him to stop, holding him at gunpoint while demanding to know where he went, and that they might spare him if he answers truthfully. At first Da'Jonte lies, saying that he doesn't work for The Rastas, but Wilbur and the others know he's lying, and know that Jackson must have brought him into the Rastas. When Da'Jonte continues to not cooperate, they start dragging him along with them down the street, while under fire from Rastas. Da'Jonte yells in a panic, asking them to let him go, but they don't. Eventually the Rastas that were shooting at them are killed thanks to backup from Benjamin and his men. When Benjamin sees Da'Jonte, he recognizes him from the town hall, and he about to shoot him - before Jon stops him. Da'Jonte finally admits that he did join The Rastas because Jackson convinced him too. But he swears that he doesn't know anything else about where the surviving Rastas might've fled to. Believing him, but not wanting to work with him anymore, Wilbur and his crew drop Da'Jonte by the side of the road, kick him a couple of times, and then leave him to survive on his own.

#### **"Family Business"**

Still on the run because of the war, Da'Jonte sprints into a bar to try and find some shelter. Finally out of the chaos that's on the streets, Da'Jonte catches his breath and sits down -- but not for long, as he suddenly hears the front door burst open. William Reynes charges in, aiming his SMG around. Da'Jonte yells in fear, and falls to the floor. But luckily for Da'Jonte, William is one of the men that helped he and Wilbur back in the mall. He lowers his SMG, and asks why Da'Jonte is here and not with Wilbur's crew. Da'Jonte partly tells him the truth that he was no longer working with them, but leaves out the part where he was working with The Rastas. "It's a long story," Da'Jonte says, standing back up. William nods, and says that Da'Jonte is welcome to come with him back to the mall. Da'Jonte, however, doesn't want to rush anything, and tells William that he'll think about it. He knows where the mall is, and will go there if he decides that he wants to join them. William understands, and leaves the bar.

### **Season 3**

#### **"Tracked"**

After a few more days of surviving on his own, Da'Jonte ventures to the mall, where he finds that it's been destroyed; nobody is left there except for a few roaming zombies. One zombie in particular that Da'Jonte sees is one that is missing its legs and one of its arms. As Da'Jonte is frowning at it, he turns, hearing the sounds of multiple rapid footsteps. It's Jon, Curtis and Angela Jaegar. When Jon spots him, Da'Jonte first instinct is to run away - but Curtis grabs him, and tells him to stop. "We're not holding a grudge," Curtis says, which calms Da'Jonte down. Jon asks Da'Jonte if he's done with the Rastas, and Da'Jonte swears that he is. He then asks Jon about what happened to the mall, but Curtis answers for him, explaining that there was a huge battle between the mall survivors, Benjamin's army, and the Rastas here. Da'Jonte looks towards Jon, seeing him kneeling down over Monica's corpse, and he frowns. Curtis tells Da'Jonte that he's welcome to join up with them now, and that they're now rolling with the survivors of the mall. Da'Jonte says he'd like that.

#### **"State of Mind"**

In this episode, it's revealed that Da'Jonte had left to go search a cabin where Jon and Curtis' group were staying, but he found nobody there, and so he returned to the mall - just to discover that Curtis had died. "It's just me and you left," Jon says sadly. Just then, a car is heard pulling up outside - and it turns out to be some of the mall survivors, who pick up Da'Jonte, Jon and Angela, and bring them back to a coffee shop where the group is staying.

#### **"Reunion"**

At the coffee shop, the group prepares to head out towards Willamette High School, their new home for the time being. Jon, however, won't be going with them immediately, and he'll instead be going out with Angela to look for her missing friends. Jon, before leaving, takes Da'Jonte aside and tells him that he'll be at the school later on, and encourages Da'Jonte to mingle with the new group and make some friends. Da'Jonte nods, and wishes Jon good luck.

### **Season 4**

#### **"Gunpoint"**

While Da'Jonte is not seen again, he ended up going to the school with the others, and resided there for a few days before it was attacked by Badrick and a horde of zombies. During the attack, Da'Jonte is killed off-screen by zombies. His corpse is discovered this episode by Wilbur and Solomon Reed.

## **Death**

Killed By
* Zombies

When Badrick attacks the school with a horde of zombies, Da'Jonte is killed off-screen in the school's gym, killed by zombies.

## **Appearances**

Any episode with a checkmark over it signifies Da'Jonte Woodard appearing in any way.