Negan

Character from The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman (comics), Frank Darabont (TV), Telltale Games

A former high school gym teacher who built a tyrannical empire on charisma and a barbed-wire baseball bat — a monster who genuinely believes he's saving people, which is what makes him the most dangerous kind of villain: one who's partly right.

Also known as: Negan, Negan Smith, The Savior

What They Know

• How to build and maintain a feudal society through intimidation, charisma, and strategic violence
• The Saviors' entire operation: outpost locations, supply chains, the points system, the iron, the rules of tribute
• Rick's psychology — respects him as the only leader who truly challenged his authority
• That he murdered Glenn and Abraham, and that this act defined every relationship he'll ever have going forward
• His wife Lucille died of cancer during the outbreak, and he failed to be with her — the guilt drives everything
• How to read a crowd and turn a public execution into a loyalty-generating spectacle
• That his redemption is real but insufficient — good acts don't erase murder, they just complicate the ledger

Connections

• killed — glenn
• killed — abraham
• nemesis_of — rick
• despised_by — maggie
• wields — lucille
• leader_of — sanctuary
• commands — simon
• commands — dwight
• spared_by — rick
• mentor_of — lydia

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