the walking dead " Daryl Dixon"

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Daryl Dixon
Actor	Norman Reedus
Gender	Male
Hair	Brown
Age	Mid 30s to early 40s
Occupation	Unknown
Relations	Merle Dixon (Brother) Will Dixon (Father) Jess Collins (Half-Uncle)
First Appearance	"Tell It to the Frogs"
Status	Alive
Ethnicity	Caucasian-American
Daryl Dixon Gallery Norman Reedus Gallery

"I might be the one walkin' away, but you're the one that's leavin'...again."

—Daryl to Merle

Daryl Dixon is one of the main protagonists and survivors of the zombie apocalypse in The Walking Dead. He is the brother toMerle Dixon and makes his debut appearance in "Tell It to the Frogs." Daryl is an expert at hunting, tracking and navigating. Due to his survival skills, Rick Grimes values him as an important member of the group. Following the deaths of her husband and daughter, Daryl has developed a close bond with fellow survivor,Carol Peletier.

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Appearance and PersonalityEdit

Daryl is a slim built Caucasian man with brown hair and commonly keeps facial hair on his lip and chin. His eyes are blue.

Daryl is often volatile but is still significantly more level-headed and rational than his older brother, Merle Dixon. Despite usually acting distant, Daryl has shown on numerous occasions to be caring, and selfless. He went alone and risked his life in an attempt to find Sophia, and immediately took initiative to go back and find Andrea, when she got separated from the group.

An experienced tracker and hunter, he is deadly accurate with hisHorton Scout HD 125. He is also highly skilled with various firearms and knives. He has taken a prominent role in safeguarding the members of his group. Rick was trusting Daryl completely in the end of the second season and in the third season has replaced Shane as Rick's right-hand man. Although he is shown to be the lone wolf of the group early on in the series, he has started to integrate himself more with everyone, particularly in his friendship with Rick and his growing relationship with Carol.

Daryl is also shown to have multiple scars on his back after his brother ripped his shirt in a heated argument, hinting that their father beat them both rather severely. Both boys had a very hard life and really grew up facing hardship with no moral support. As time goes on everyone has to survive and become hard just as these two boys have already done. There will be no moral compass at times and this will bring all of them together in order to survive. Daryl has learned this from the others and Merle will see how they have changed. They have become hard to survive and they also have become a family that has to take care of their own.