The Walking Dead Characters — Spoiler-Safe Guide
Every tracked character in The Walking Dead (2010–2022, AMC) with spoiler-safe bios and relationship maps. We track 16 characters across 3 groups: The Atlanta Group, Farm & Prison, The Living Threats.
Characters are grouped by the season they first appear in — scroll only as far as you've watched. Each page describes a character strictly as of their introduction.
Introduced in Season 1
- Rick Grimes — The sheriff who woke up too late · first appears S1 · E1
- Lori Grimes — The wife between two protectors · first appears S1 · E1
- Carl Grimes — The kid the apocalypse raised · first appears S1 · E1
- Shane Walsh — The partner who kept the family — briefly · first appears S1 · E1
- Glenn Rhee — The pizza guy who went back for people · first appears S1 · E2
- Dale Horvath — The RV and the moral minority · first appears S1 · E2
- Andrea Harrison — The civil rights lawyer learning to shoot · first appears S1 · E2
- Merle Dixon — The brother on the roof · first appears S1 · E2
- Daryl Dixon — The crossbow between worlds · first appears S1 · E3
- Carol Peletier — The mouse who became the wolf · first appears S1 · E3
Introduced in Season 2
- Maggie Greene — The farmer's daughter who outlasts everything · first appears S2 · E2
- Hershel Greene — The veterinarian who kept the barn · first appears S2 · E2
- Beth Greene — The songbird the world tested · first appears S2 · E2
- Michonne — The sword and the two pets · first appears S2 · E13
Introduced in Season 3
- The Governor — The mayor of the prettiest lie in Georgia · first appears S3 · E3
Introduced in Season 6
- Negan — The man with the barbed-wire bat · first appears S6 · E16
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