Hershel Greene
Character from The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman (comics), Frank Darabont (TV), Telltale Games
A veterinarian and farmer who kept walkers in his barn because he couldn't accept that the world had changed — then became the group's moral compass precisely because he eventually could.
Also known as: Hershel, Hershel Greene, Old Man
What They Know
- Veterinary medicine adapted for human patients — the apocalypse's closest thing to a doctor
- Agricultural science: crop rotation, animal husbandry, sustainable farming in hostile conditions
- How to counsel people through despair without platitudes — genuine pastoral care forged by his own battles with alcoholism
- The prison's medical capabilities and limitations — he ran the infirmary with scavenged supplies
- That walkers were once people, and losing sight of that is the first step toward becoming a monster
- Bible verses for every occasion, offered as comfort rather than judgment
Connections
- father_of — maggie
- father_of — beth
- advisor_to — rick
- killed_by — governor
- owner_of — hershels_farm
- father_in_law_of — glenn
- based_at — the_prison
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