In The Walking Dead, Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is the leader of a group of survivors called the Saviors, who subjugate other communities for protection in return for protection from zombies. When Rick Grimes encounters Negan and his baseball bat wrapped with barbed wire called Lucille, he may have finally met his match.

In The Walking Dead video game, Lee Everett (voiced by Dave Fennoy) was a history professor before the outbreak, but now he’s just one of the world’s few survivors. He hasn’t lost his humanity though, acting as a parental figure for the young Clementine.

In The Walking Dead, Carl Grimes’ (Chandler Riggs) childhood all but ended when the walkers came to town. Sporting his father’s hat and toting a gun, the boy has proven himself to be braver than some adults.

In The Walking Dead, King Ezekiel (Khary Payton), with his pet tiger Shiva by his side, leads a community called the Kingdom. A close friend of Paul Monroe, he hopes to team up with Rick Grimes to take down Negan.

As The Walking Dead group settles into suburban life in picturesque Alexandria, Carol (Melissa McBride) pretends she’s Suzy Homemaker to trick the others into letting their guards down around her. When the Wolves attack Alexandria however, Carol’s survival instincts kick in as she activates ninja mode, ruthlessly killing the Wolves after disguising herself as one.

In The Walking Dead, Dr. Eugene Porter (Josh McDermitt) claims to be a scientist who has the cure for the zombie plague. We’ll see if he’s as smart as he says he is, but we know for sure he can’t be trusted with a firearm.