Character from The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman (comics), Frank Darabont (TV), Telltale Games
Negan's scarred lieutenant who endured the iron and the loss of his wife to servitude — then turned double agent because some indignities can only be answered by burning the system down from inside.
Dwight is a mirror of what Daryl could have become under Negan's rule — and the fact that Daryl refused to kneel while Dwight submitted is the wound between them. Dwight broke. He took the iron. He gave his wife Sherry to Negan. He became the Sanctuary's enforcer. Each act of compliance was survival, and each survival was a small death. His betrayal of Negan isn't heroic in a clean way — it's the desperate act of a man who can't live with what he's become. He feeds intelligence to Rick's group, sabotages Savior operations, and accepts that he'll never be forgiven by the people he hurt in the process. Daryl gives him a carved wooden soldier and tells him to leave and never come back. It's mercy and exile in the same gesture.
Lean and sharp-featured with dirty blond hair swept to one side and a severe burn scar covering half his face — punishment from Negan's iron for running away. Wears Daryl's stolen leather vest for much of the series, a constant visual reminder of the man he tormented. His expression is permanently guarded, the face of someone who's learned that showing emotion gets you hurt.
Also known as: Dwight, D, Scarface