History Characters / TheWalkingDeadNovels

* TheAlcoholic: About half of the time the story focuses on him he'll be drinking some kind of booze.

* NonActionGuy: He doesn't really do much fighting.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Tara is at least seen in the chapter where [[spoiler:she kicks the group out]] but the last time we see April is when she is[[spoiler:walking off to her room in traumatized silence. Given that she disappears from the story completely after that and the fact her sister is absolutely LIVID the next day could imply that she committed suicide, ran away or went into a completely catatonic state due to Phillip's actions.]]

April's older sister who isn't quite as friendly and welcoming as her younger sister.

!Tent City Survivors

!!!Lilly's Group

[[folder:Lilly Caul]]

The main protagonist of the Road To Woodbury novel who finds her self struggling with the recent loss of her father in the ZombieApocalypse while also dealing with the other survivors and possibly even forming a romance with one of her close friends. She is the same character who appears in issue 48 of [[TheWalkingDead the comic]] and [[spoiler:kills the governor for making her shoot Lori (Rick's wife) and Judith, who was only a baby.]]

* ActionGirl: Takes a while but she eventually becomes one of the best examples in the entire series and even manages to [[spoiler:kill the Governor.]]
* AscendedExtra: She was an extremely minor character in the comic, here she's the main protagonist.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted. She suffers several nasty injuries that leave her looking like a mess.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Blatantly invokes this trope when the Governor uses [[spoiler:Josh's death]] as an excuse to begin the gladiator games Woodbury becomes imfamous for.
* ShovelStrike: Uses a shovel as a weapon early in the book.

[[folder:Josh Lee Hamilton]]

A large African American man who quickly develops a friendship with Lilly at their camp. After [[spoiler:killing Chad Bingham to protect her]] he and Lilly hit the road with a few other survivors and eventually find themselves in a place called Woodbury.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: The man is extremely friendly and polite, but god help you if you threaten or insult Lilly within earshot of him.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:After knocking Sam down and refusing to give him the supplies he and Lilly found the butcher goes into a rage, whips out a gun and shoots him right in the back of the head.]]
* GentleGiant: Noted several times throughout the book.
* SupremeChef: He was a master cook before the ZombieApocalypse and even comes up with the idea of preparing a fancy dinner for Lilly with salvaged food supplies. [[spoiler:Sadly, he dies before he ever gets the chance to fulfill this dream.]]

[[folder:Bob Stookey]]

An alcoholic former army medic who accompanies Lilly and Josh when they leave camp and began travelling on the road.

* AscendedExtra: Played a minor role in the comics but is more of a main character here.
* TheAlcoholic: About half of the time the story focuses on him he'll be drinking some kind of booze.
* DirtyOldMan: He spies on Megan and Scott having sex through a hole in the wall and even admits to the Governor that he'd like to get with her for at least one night if he ever has the chance.
* NonActionGuy: He doesn't really do much fighting.

[[folder:Megan Lafferty]]

Lilly's friend from high school who joins her on the road. Her two loves are getting high and getting laid.

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:Reanimates in front of Lilly and is put down by Bob.]]
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Done to her zombie form by Bob.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Hangs herself.]]
* SexForServices: [[spoiler:Her eventual "job" is this once the group makes it to Woodbury. Lilly is so disgusted by this that she ends their friendship.]]
* TheStoner: Constantly smoking pot and having sex.

[[folder:Scott Moon]]

Megan's stoner boyfriend who follows her when she joins up with Lilly.

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:His reanimated head is kept in one of the Governor's fish tanks.]]
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:After disappearing about halfway through the book he is found by Megan at the Governor's apartment near the end, with his zombiefied head floating in one of the Governor's many fish tanks.]]
* TheStoner: Same deal as Megan.

!!!Bingham Family

[[folder:Chad Bingham]]

The unofficial leader of the tent community who spends most of the first three chapters of the book ordering everyone around. [[spoiler:He is killed by Josh when he attempts to murder Liily in revenge for his daughter.]]

* NeverMyFault: Despite taking all of the guns and heavily armed men with him out of camp he has the gall to blame Lilly when [[spoiler:zombies show up and eat his daughter along with several of the other defenseless survivors.]]
* PapaWolf: A dark example. He [[spoiler:tries to kill Lilly because he believes she let his daughter die.]]
* UngratefulBastard: Even though Lilly saved three of his daughters from walkers at great risk to her own life he [[spoiler:tries to kill her just because she couldn't save Sarah.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:He damn near beats Lilly to death, the only thing that saves her is the fact that Josh was close by.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: He sleeps with Megan behind his wife's back.

[[folder:Sarah Bingham]]

Chad Bingham's 15 year older daughter (not to be confused with the Sarah from the video games) who is left under Lilly's watch early in the story.

* EatenAlive: [[spoiler:She gets pinned and devoured by the small herd of zombies that pass through the tent city.]]
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Killed off early on just to give Lilly something to angst about and set the main plot into motion.]]

!Woodbury Survivors

!!!Woodbury Militia

[[folder:The Governor]]

See [[spoiler: Brian Blake]].

[[folder:Caeser Ramon Martinez]]

The leader of a group of Woodbury soldiers who find Lilly's group in an abandoned Walmart and offer them a place in their town. Shortly, after the events of The Road To Woodbury he meets up with Rick's group which leads to his role in the comics.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the comics he was AmbiguouslyEvil and a possible traitor to Rick's group. In Road To Woodbury he is a genuinely decent guy who saves Lilly's life several times and even plays a major role in her attempt to overthrow the Governor.
* BigDamnHeroes: He saves Lilly a few times during The Road To Woodbury. Unfortunately, the second time he arrives too late to prevent [[spoiler:Josh being killed.]]
* InVinoVeritas: After having a few drinks at Doctor Stevens Christmas party he reveals that [[spoiler:despite being one of the Governor's best soldiers he doesn't trust the man to rule over Woodbury for any long term amount of time.]]

!!!Racetrack Clinic

[[folder:Doctor Stevens]]

Woodbury's resident doctor who ends up forming a friendship with Bob Stookey. Appeared briefly in the comics.

* OnlySaneMan: Both him and Alice.

[[folder:Alice Warren]]

A fairly major character from the comics who serves as doctor Stevens assistant.

* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Alongside Doctor Stevens.

!!!Other Survivors

[[folder:Sam The Butcher]]

Woodbury's local butcher who runs most of its barter business with an iron fist. He is rude and quick to anger, ultimately going so far as to [[spoiler:murder Josh in cold blood over a bag of supplies.]]

* {{Greed}}: He works poor Josh like a dog to pay him back for food, adding on excessive debt when it looks like Josh might finally be in the clear. Then he [[spoiler:outright murders him for refusing to hand over a bag of supplies.]]
* IcyBlueEyes: The book describes him as having "diamond chip blue" eyes.
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Gets decapitated by Stinson in the arena.]]

* [[spoiler: BadassMoustache: He adopts the comicbook Governor's distinctive mustache as part of his "Philip Blake" identity.]]
* [[spoiler: BecomingTheMask: Takes on Philip's appearance and personality traits and comes to believe that he really ''is'' the original Philip.]]

* CoolUncle: For Penny. [[spoiler: At first...]]

* [[spoiler: DrivenToVillainy]]

* [[spoiler: FromNobodyToNightmare: He goes from being a sweet-natured, geeky, physically frail failed businessman who can't even bring himself to shoot a walker, to a terrifying mass murdering, raping, sadistic, power-tripping dictator.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: See {{And I Must Scream}}. The part of him that is still Brian is absolutely appalled and horrified at the Governor's actions, particularly his [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape of Michonne.]] ]]

* [[spoiler: SplitPersonalityTakeover: His POV in ''The Road To Woodbury'' and ''Fall Of The Governor'' shows that although he has taken on his brother's personality, his original personality is still in there deep inside, although mostly smothered by his "Philip" persona. Following his ColdBloodedTorture at Michonne's hands, his "Brian" persona is completely obliterated, and only "Philip" remains.]]

* [[spoiler: WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: As the Governor, he's a horrific monster, but ''good lord'', he was a geniunely sweet, harmless guy who obviously hadn't had a particularly happy or successful life even before the ZombieApocalypse happened, and he didn't so much JumpOffTheSlipperySlope as he was kicked off it with a lead weight attached.]]

* PapaWolf: He tries to be this for his niece. Unfortunately she gets killed and comes back as a zombie anyway. [[When he assumes his brother's identity, he also continues "caring" for his "daughter" and providing fresh human remains for her.]]

Characters page for ''Franchise/TheWalkingDead'' novels: ''Literature/TheWalkingDeadRiseOfTheGovernor'', ''Literature/TheWalkingDeadTheRoadToWoodbury'', and ''Literature/TheWalkingDeadFallOfTheWoodbury''.

Characters page for ''Franchise/TheWalkingDead'' novels: ''Literature/TheWalkingDeadRiseOfTheGovernor'', ''Literature/TheWalkingDeadTheRoadToWoodburry'', and ''Literature/TheWalkingDeadFallOfTheWoodburry''.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: See {{And I Must Scream}}. The part of him that is still Brian is absolutely appalled and horrified at the Governor's actions, particularly his [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape of Michonne.]]
* NiceGuy: [[spoiler: Well, he ''was''...

* {{Adorkable}}: [[spoiler: Ironically, given who and what he becomes, he starts out as a gentle, somewhat hapless music nerd.]]

* Despair Event Horizon: Seeing his civilization completely fall apart around him, spending months trying desperately to survive attacks from zombies and bandits, seeing his niece [[spoiler: and brother]] shot to death in front of him and being unable to stop either happening, witness [[spoiler: his brother go batshit insane and turn into a torturer and murderer before his friend shoots him like a rabid dog, causing him (Brian) to shoot said friend in a fit of rage and then go catatonic for the next 24 hours]], and finally being stuck in a [[WretchedHive town]] lorded over by a bunch of corrupt, dictatorial National Guardsmen who shoot anyone who so much as speaks out against them... yup, that did it.

* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler: Naturally, considering that he changes from a harmless guy to the monster from the comics that we know and love]].

* [[spoiler: WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: As the Governor, he's a horrific monster, but ''good lord'', he was a geniunely sweet, harmless guy before the ZombieApocalypse happened, and he didn't so much JumpOffTheSlipperySlope as he was kicked off it with a lead weight attached.]]

* {{Adorkable}}: [[spoiler: Ironically, given who and what he becomes, he starts out as a geeky, gentle, somewhat hapless guy.]]

* [[spoiler: SplitPersonalityTakeover: His POV in ''The Road To Woodbury'' and ''Fall Of The Governor'' shows that although he has taken on his brother's personality traits, his original personality is still in there deep inside, although mostly smothered by his "Philip" persona. Following his ColdBloodedTorture at Michonne's hands, his "Brian" persona is completely obliterated, and only "Philip" remains.]]
* PapaWolf: He tries to be this for his niece. However...

* TraumaCongaLine: ''Rise of the Governor'' is one big one for him [[and leads to him becoming the Governor; it keeps going even after he becomes the Governor.]]

* [[spoiler: WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: As the Governor, he's a horrific monster, but ''good lord'', he was a geniunely sweet, harmless guy before the ZombieApocalypse happened, and he didn't so much JumpOffTheSlipperySlope as he was kicked off it with a lead weight attached. Most people would have been driven to madness having gone through everything he did, although most of them probably wouldn't have to taken it to the same excesses.]]

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds/JerkassWoobie

* Adorkable: [[spoiler: Ironically, given who and what he becomes, he starts out as a geeky, gentle, somewhat hapless guy.]]

* [[spoiler: WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds/JerkassWoobie: As the Governor, he's a horrific monster, but ''good lord'', he was a geniunely sweet, harmless guy before the ZombieApocalypse happened, and he didn't so much JumpOffTheSlipperySlope as he was kicked off it with a lead weight attached. Most people would have been driven to madness having gone through everything he did, although most of them probably wouldn't have to taken it to the same excesses.]]

* [[spoiler: WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds]]

* [[spoiler: BadassMoustache: He adopts the comicbook Governor's distinctive mustache as part of his "Philip Blake" identity]]

* [[spoiler: FromNobodyToNightmare: He goes from being a sweet-natured, geeky, physically frail failed businessman who can't even bring himself to shoot a walker, to a terrifying mass murdering, raping, sadistic dictator.]]

* DotingParents: For all his flaws, Philip truly ''adores'' his little girl. [[spoiler: Her [[DespairEventHorizon death]] leads to his JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope for good.]]

* PapaWolf: His driving obsession is keeping Penny safe

[[folder: Brian Blake/[[spoiler: The Governor]]]]

* CoolUncle: For Penny.

* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler: Naturally, considering that he changes from a harmless guy to the CompleteMonster from the comics that we know and love]].

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the comics he was AmbiguouslyEvil and a possible traitor to Rick's group. Here he is a genuinely decent guy who saves Lilly's life several times and even plays a major role in her attempt to overthrow the Governor.