Character from The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman (comics), Frank Darabont (TV), Telltale Games
A military sergeant who survived by wrapping himself in a mission — escort Eugene to Washington, save the world — and when the mission turned out to be a lie, he found something real worth dying for.
Abraham speaks in elaborate, profane metaphors that are somehow both ridiculous and profound. 'Who's Deanna?' 'Which one of these a-holes is Deanna?' He turns vulgarity into poetry. He's loud, blunt, and confrontational in a way that masks genuine strategic intelligence — he survived by being the strongest, smartest person in most rooms, and he knows it. His family's death — they saw what he did to protect them and ran away, terrified of him — is the wound that never heals. He was about to eat his gun when Eugene gave him a purpose: get to Washington, save the world. When that purpose turned out to be a lie, the nihilism almost took him again. Sasha saved him. Not by giving him a new mission, but by making him want a future that wasn't a mission at all. His death at Negan's hands — taking the first Lucille blow with 'Suck my nuts' — is pure Abraham: defiant, profane, and unwilling to give his killer the satisfaction of fear.
Massive and red-haired with a thick handlebar mustache, piercing blue eyes, and the physique of a man who was military-fit before the apocalypse and stayed that way through sheer aggression. Wears military surplus — cargo pants, boots, dog tags. His physical presence dominates every scene. He stands like he's perpetually at parade rest, ready to snap to action.
Also known as: Abraham, Abe, Sergeant Ford, Red