the walking dead "Philip Blake(The Governor)"

Philip Blake (The Governor)
Actor	David Morrissey
Gender	Male
Hair	Brown-Gray
Age	Late 30's to mid 40's
Occupation	Unknown
Relations	Rowan (Former Lover) Andrea (Former Lover) Penny (Daughter) Unnamed Wife
First Appearance	"Walk With Me"
Last Appearance	N/A
Status	Alive
Series lifespan	"Walk With Me" to Present
Ethnicity	Caucasian-American

"When The Governor returns he's going to kill me first. Michonne. My brother. Then your girls. Glenn and Carl and the baby, whoever else is left. He'll save Rick for last so he can watch his family and friends die ugly. That's who you're dealing with."

—Merle describing The Governor to Hershel.

Philip Blake, better known as "The Governor," is the main antagonist of Season 3 of The Walking Dead. He is a survivor of the undead apocalypse who is in command of the fortified town of Woodbury after the outbreak.

Appearance and PersonalityOverview

The Governor is a very tall, slim built Caucasian male with brownish-grey hair. He is often seen wearing a navy blue shirt with a vest, beige pants, a watch, and a sheath that holds his gun and signature weapon, the Bowie knife. After the severe damage dealt to his eye at the hands of Michonne, Philip is forced to wear an eye-patch.

The Governor plays off a façade of a stern, just leader, but in reality is a sinister and disturbed man. He is a smooth talker, commonly able to talk his way out of situations and uses this ability to manipulate others into doing his bidding. He is obsessed with keeping power, and prefers to be in control at all times. However, he also has dark secrets; such as keeping the reanimated corpse of his daughter and having a room filled with walker heads.

Pre-Apocalypse

Location Unknown

Philip was a family man, having had a wife and daughter named Penny. He was dissatisfied with his plain, mediocre life. He was an office drone, working for a younger boss who frequently hounded him. His wife died in a car accident eighteen months prior to the outbreak, leaving him and his daughter to rely on one another. Milton Mamet reveals that he knew Philip before the apocalypse.

the walking dead "MIchonne"

Michonne
Actor	Danai Gurira
Gender	Female
Hair	Black
Age	Early 30's
Occupation	Unknown
Relations	Unnamed Boyfriend
First Appearance	"Beside the Dying Fire"
Last Appearance	N/A
Status	Alive
Series lifespan	"Beside the Dying Fire" to Present
Ethnicity	African-American

"You chose a warm bed over a friend."

—Michonne to Andrea on her decision to stay in Woodbury.

Michonne (pronounced MI-SHOWN^[1]) is a female katana-wielding survivor who made her first appearance in the season finale episode, "Beside the Dying Fire", in Season 2 and appears in Season 3 of The Walking Dead.

Location UnknownPre-Apocalypse

Not much is known about Michonne prior to the apocalypse due in part to her keeping details of her life secret. It is suggested that even Andrea knows very little about Michonne's past, as detailed in the episode "Walk With Me" when she confronts Michonne about how little she knows about her to which Michonne retorts, "you know enough." She also at some point started dating her boyfriend whom died in the apocolypse.

the walking dead "Beth Greene"

Beth Greene
Actor	Emily Kinney
Gender	Female
Hair	Blonde
Age	17
Occupation	Assumed School Student/Farm Hand
Relations	Hershel Greene (Father) Annette Greene (Mother) Maggie Greene (Half-Sister) Shawn Greene (Half-Brother) Jimmy (Former Boyfriend)
First Appearance	Bloodletting
Last Appearance	N/A
Status	Alive
Series lifespan	"Bloodletting" to present
Ethnicity	Irish-American

"I always wanted a child."

—Beth to Carol about caring for Judith.

Beth Greene is the youngest daughter of Hershel and Annette and the half-sister of Maggie and Shawn Greene. She was in a relationship with Jimmy, another survivor of the apocalypse.

Beth is a shy, 17-year old girl who lived a normal life with her family. She lived on her father's farm and attended the local high school. She went to church regularly and strongly believes in her faith. Her first appearance was in Season 2 and as the season developed so did she. In Episode 10, "18 Miles Out", a different part of Beth is shown. She tells her sister, Maggie, that she wants to commit suicide. However, after a minor attempt she has a change of heart and decides to live. She goes on to become a more important and vocal member of the group in Season 3, becoming stronger and braver by the day.

Overview

Pre-Apocalypse

Greene Family Farm

After Hershel married Annette, and she moved into Hershel's Farm, she gave birth to Beth. Beth has lived her entire life on the farm.

She attended high school, along with Jimmy, and began a casual relationship with him at some point. As the apocalypse broke out, Hershel barricaded his family, Jimmy, Otis, and Patricia within the farm. She was devastated by her mother and brother's deaths. She often was protected by Jimmy. 

the walking dead "Hershel Greene"

Hershel Greene
Actor	Scott Wilson
Gender	Male
Hair	White
Age	Mid to late 60's
Occupation	Veterinarian/Farmer
Relations	Josephine Greene (First wife) Annette Greene (Second wife) Maggie and Beth Greene (Daughters) Shawn Greene (Step-son)
First Appearance	"Bloodletting"
Last Appearance	N/A
Status	Alive
Series lifespan	"Bloodletting" to Present
Ethnicity	Irish-American
Hershel Greene Gallery Scott Wilson Gallery Chuck Kourouklis Gallery

"You got to start giving people a chance."

—Hershel persuading Rick to allow Tyreese's group to stay.

Hershel Greene is a former farm owner who lived in Rural Georgia and had lived there for many years with his family. Hershel is the father to Maggie and Beth Greene. He has been married twice, his first wife was Josephine Greene and his second wife was Annette Greene, who brought along her son from a previous marriage.

Pre-Apocalypse

Greene Family Farm

Hershel's family originated from Ireland. As a young child, he was given a pocket watch by his father, whose own father had passed to him. He had kept the watch until he gave it to Glenn.

He had grown up on the farm which had been in his family for 160 years, but moved out when he was fifteen because of a bad relationship with his father (partly due to his father's alcoholism).

He never let go of the grudge he held against him and avoided any form of contact, resulting in him not being present at his father's deathbed. It is a matter which, to this day, he doesn't regret.

In his later years, he became a veterinarian because of his love for animals. Around this time however, he also had begun to descend into alcoholism much like his father. He was frequently forced by his wife Josephine to sleep on the downstairs couch when he returned drunk from the local bar.

He was fortunately able to give alcohol up once their daughter Maggie was born. When Maggie was 6 years old, Beth was born and Hershel had hired Otis as his ranch foreman. Otis and his wife Patricia become close friends to the family.

Hershel's wife died of unknown causes when Maggie was young. When Maggie was 6 years old, he married another woman named Annette, who had a newborn son, named Shawn from her previous marriage.

Initially, he had faced hostility from Maggie for marrying Annette, however much to his pleasure he found her gradually warming up to his new wife.

As the outbreak started, Annette and Shawn were bitten by their undead fellow townspeople, and soon died and turned. Hershel, not believing their deaths and thinking they were merely under a disease of some kind (as the television/radio broadcasts seemed to imply) had Otis put them in the barn for holding until what seemed like an epidemic to him would blow over. He barricaded his remaining family and friends within the farm and had Otis continue to wrangle the townspeople that came onto the premises and put them in the barn.

the walking dead "Merle Dixon"

Merle Dixon
Actor	Michael Rooker
Gender	Male
Hair	Grey/White
Age	Late 40's to early 50's
Occupation	Unknown
Relations	Daryl Dixon (Brother) Will Dixon (Father) Jess Collins (Half-Uncle)
First Appearance	"Guts"
Last Appearance	"This Sorrowful Life"
Cause of Death	Shot by The Governor (Alive) Stabbed by Daryl Dixon(Zombified)
Status	Dead
Series lifespan	"Guts" to "This Sorrowful Life"
Ethnicity	Caucasian-American
A zombified Merle being stabbed multiple times by Daryl.
Merle Dixon Gallery Michael Rooker Gallery

"Maybe these people need someone like me around, huh? Do their dirty work. The bad guy."

—Merle talking to Daryl.

Merle Dixon was a survivor of the zombie apocalypse and brother to Daryl Dixon in The Walking Dead. He makes his debut appearance in "Guts", in Atlanta. After being cuffed to the roof on top of the building in Atlanta by Rick due to Merle's racist and aggressive behavior, he is forced to amputate his hand later when Walkers are approaching the roof through a door, since T-Dog had accidentally dropped the key to the handcuffs. Eventually he is found by a man named Philip and is taken to Woodbury. However, after Rick's group attacked the town, Merle was considered a traitor and fled Woodbury with Daryl.

 Overview

Appearance and Personalit 

Merle is a tall, Caucasian male with a rugged build. He has short grey hair and commonly is seen with light facial stubble.

An unruly and quick-tempered Southern redneck, Merle is extremely ill-tempered, racist, violent, volatile and quick to express his beliefs. Much like his younger brother, Merle is an expert tracker and hunter. He is deadly with firearms, and in the third season, his hand-blade attachment proves to be one of his deadliest weapons. He is an experienced bruiser, showcased in the first season when he dominated T-Dog in a fist-fight, and at the same time was able to fend off Rick, Morales, and Glenn simultaneously. He also shows his fighting abilities when he took down Caesar in the brutal battle-royal event in Woodbury, and was able to fend off Michonne's sword attacks with his hand-blade. Merle was The Governor's right-hand man, all the while striving to find his brother and take vengeance on Rick and T-Dog, who left him for dead on the roof. However, he later comes across and takes Glenn and Maggie hostage, going as far as too brutally beat Glenn into revealing information about the prison.

After the prison group comes to the rescue of Glenn and Maggie, Merle was then branded as a traitor and a terrorist by The Governor, and became an enemy of Woodbury. After joining the prison group, his personality began to slightly change, appearing to lose some of his violent and racial tendencies. He is even shown to be searching for some forgiveness from those of the group who he had once wronged. He later attempts to fulfill the potential deal made by The Governor and Rick, which was an exchange of Michonne for peace between the two groups. However, he has a change of heart and releases her, instead opting to take on the group of Woodbury soldiers who had been planning an ambush. This would be his biggest and final act of redemption, as after taking down eight Woodbury soldiers, he is killed by The Governor, reanimates and is finally put down by his own brother.

While in a heated argument with his younger brother, Daryl, he knocks him down and, in the process, rips his shirt, revealing Daryl's scars. Hinting that their father beat them both to a somewhat high degree.

While he was staying in Woodbury, Merle has read many books including the Bible and even memorized verses of the Bible showing that he is intelligent and also possibly religious. He has also claimed that he liked Woodbury's Library and is one of the few things he missed about Woodbury.

the walking dead "Carol Peletier"

Carol Peletier
Actor	Melissa Suzanne McBride
Gender	Female
Hair	Grey
Age	Early to mid 40's
Occupation	Unknown
Relations	Ed Peletier (Husband) Sophia Peletier (Daughter)
First Appearance	"Tell It to the Frogs"
Last Appearance	N/A
Status	Alive
Series lifespan	"Tell It to the Frogs" to present
Ethnicity	Caucasian-American
Carol Peletier Gallery Melissa Suzanne McBride Gallery

"Men like Merle get into your head, make you feel like you deserve the abuse. I'm hardly the woman I was a year ago, but if Ed walked through that door right now, breathing, and told me to go with him, I’d like to think I’d tell him to go to hell."

—Carol to Beth.

Carol Peletier is a main protagonist and survivor of the zombie apocalypse in The Walking Dead. During the initial outbreak, Carol evacuated with her abusive husband, Ed Peletier, and her daughter,Sophia Peletier, to Atlanta. They eventually joined a camp of survivors. Following the deaths of her husband and daughter, Carol formed a close bond with fellow survivor Daryl Dixon.

Carol is a kind-hearted and soft-spoken woman, though often meek and defenseless (especially when it comes to facing her husbandEd Peletier). She has always remained extremely protective over her daughter Sophia, attempting to shield her from the various dangers of their surroundings. After Ed is beaten half to death, and becoming even stronger following his actual death, she begins to develop thicker skin and draws a new found boldness inside of her. Carol continues this development throughout the second season, standing up for herself much more and deepening her connections within the group.

Overview

She is shown to be a devout Christian, having constantly prayed for the well-being of herself and Sophia. She fervently holds onto her beliefs even after Sophia's death, insisting that her daughter is in heaven.

As opposed to her Comic Series counterpart, Carol in the TV series is stronger and more independent as the first season moves along. The inclusion of Ed as her husband, according to Robert Kirkman in The Walking Dead Chronicles, was to give her a solid foil to produce the strength needed to survive that the comic counter-part didn't have.

the walking dead "Maggie Greene"

This article is about the TV Series character. You may be looking for her Comic Series counterpart.

Maggie Greene
Actor	Lauren Cohan
Gender	Female
Hair	Brown
Age	23
Occupation	Farm Hand
Relations	Hershel Greene (Father) Josephine Greene (Mother) Annette Greene (Step-Mother) Beth Greene (Half-Sister) Shawn Greene (Step-Brother) Glenn Rhee (Fiancé)
First Appearance	"Bloodletting"
Last Appearance	N/A
Status	Alive
Series lifespan	"Bloodletting" to Present
Ethnicity	Irish-American
Maggie Greene Gallery Lauren Cohan Gallery

"Do what you're going to do, then go to hell..."

—Maggie to The Governor.^[src]

Maggie Greene is the eldest daughter of Hershel and Josephine Greene, step-daughter to Annette Greene and half-sister of Bethand step-sister to Shawn. A tomboy and farmer's daughter, Maggie wears jeans, boots, and rides a horse. She has a steely personality and is engaged to Glenn.