Kyle Granger (Remake)

## Appearances

"*We fight for **family**...**whoever** that might be,*"
—Kyle shortly before the final battle at Adams Air Force Base[src]

**Kyle Granger** is a main character and a survivor of the outbreak in *Strain Zero,* the deuteragonist of the *Storytellers* miniseries and a main character in the *Embers* miniseries. After losing his family not long after the beginning of the outbreak, Kyle was discovered by Mark Watson, a young criminal who promised to care for him, and the pair joined the Storytellers and later Bart's group. Bart's subsequent violent overthrow of the Fort community in Fargo left Kyle as the sole surviving Storyteller, leaving him to live by himself in the ruins of the city.

Two years later, Kyle was rescued and adopted by Henry and Holly and joined their group on their westward search for a new home. Five years later he joined Emma in searching for a missing Henry, inadvertently triggering the territorial conflict between the Pioneers and the Frontiersmen. He later joined the Militia against Delta Force's harsh rule of the community network and joined his father in the rangers upon the formation of the Commonwealth and its army.

## Overview

### Personality & Traits

Having spent an unknown length of time completely alone in the ruins of Fargo, living out of a dilapidated trailer, Kyle has regressed into a quiet, paranoid and fearful person who speaks in broken English. His lack of contact with the outside world has left him isolated, lonely and untrusting, forcing him to write a comprehensive diary to express his thoughts. As discovered by Henry and Holly, even his writing style has regressed into simple English because of his prolonged isolation.

Another major result of his isolation is that he does not appear to have any qualms with killing Innocents and seemingly feels no remorse, hinting that members of the group wronged him in the past and perhaps were even involved in the deaths of his family.

Even after five years of living in Greencole's relatively peaceful society, the events of *Storytellers* and their aftermath continue to affect Kyle, although he has significantly improved thanks to both the environment and the support of his new family; for example, his speaking ability has massively improved, and he is now able to speak in full sentences with proper syntax. He often refuses to walk around with any protection on his feet, i.e. shoes or even socks, a habit he developed when his shoes were ruined during his time in Fargo; when told to wear shoes by Henry, he acts timid and reluctantly agrees, much like a child would. Additionally he has yet to acknowledge his birth family, or even any members of the Storytellers despite how long he spent with them (as well as him killing a fellow member, Joanne, in "*One Way Out*"). He refers to Emma and Hope as his sisters and Holly and Henry as "mom and dad" despite the relatively small age difference between them.

### Skills & Abilities

Despite his age and malnourishment, Kyle is an exceptional fighter that uses parkour and agility to overpower much larger and stronger enemies; thanks to his agility and resilience, he is perhaps one of the best fighters in the series, having took on Bart Rhodes - a man shown to almost kill fighters of equal skill, such as Henry - and lived to tell the tale. He finds no trouble in taking on entire Innocent patrols by picking them off one-by-one, and finds no challenge when dealing with walkers. With no knowledge of firearms, Kyle is forced to use blunt and sharp weapons such as knives and clubs, which he wields with deadly accuracy.

## Post-Apocalypse

### Season 3: Remake

#### "One Way Out"

Kyle watches from the undergrowth as three Innocents drag a brutally beaten man to an execution site in the forest. He watches as the Innocents hang and prepare to disembowell the man but decides to save him. Kyle throws a knife at two of the Innocents, killing one, before charging from the bushes to attack the third, Mikhail. Kyle slits Mikhail's cheek and cuts the man down. The noise of the fight attracts walkers and a darkdweller, and Kyle leads the man through the dark forest.

#### "Fools and Dead Men"

Discovering that the paper he uses to write his extensive diary has become sodden, Kyle heads out to a nearby paper factory to find more. While scavenging the building, he is caught, beaten and trapped by a pair of darkdwellers, only to be rescued by Henry, the man he saved, and his partner Holly. Henry invites Kyle into the group, which he silently accepts with a bear hug.

## Killed Victims

* Joanne *(caused)* - slashed across the throat
* 1 unnamed Innocent *(alive)* - knife thrown into throat
* Numerous counts of zombies and unnamed people

## Relationships

### Hector Granger

Nothing is yet known about the relationship between Kyle and his brother Hector.

### Mark Watson

Kyle and Mark's relationship forms the core of the *Storytellers* miniseries, but has yet to be explored.

### Henry Ward

"*Kyle. **Kyle**. It's okay. Everything's okay. You're safe now. It's okay,*"
—Henry comforts Kyle after rescuing him from a darkdweller lair[src]
Kyle and Henry have a strong father-son bond despite the small age difference between them, which becomes more noticeable in "*Divide*". Despite this, Kyle very much views Henry as his father and is considered as much a part of the family as Hope.

### Emma Goode

Emma and Kyle have had few interactions, but have already developed a close, sibling-like bond.

## Appearances

### The Walking Dead: Strain Zero

#### Season 3: Remake

* "One Way Out"
* "Fools and Dead Men"
* "Hopes and Fears"
* "Same Stitch"

#### Storytellers

* "Choices"
* "Voices"
* "Storms"
* "Ghosts"

#### Season 4: Remake

* "Miles"
* "Hellfire"
* "Divide"
* "Nightmares"

## Trivia

* Kyle has very little physical strength, as shown on several occasions. However, his agility, speed and combat prowess allows him to fell foes much larger and stronger than him, including Joanne, Mikhail and even Bart Rhodes.
* Kyle has no sense of smell, as shown by his inability to smell walkers.
* Kyle has met and been cared for by both Henry and Kieron, estranged half-brothers who have yet to physically meet.