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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