After Negan kills the Whisperers' leaders Alpha and later Beta, the other survivors reluctantly accept him as an official member of their community. After his defeat at the hands of the allied communities led by Rick, he is incarcerated for years until Carol recruits him as a reluctant ally against the Whisperers. area to prepare for war against the Saviors. Initially obedient, Rick and the others secretly conspire with other communities in the Washington, D.C. Īfter Rick Grimes and his fellow survivors agree to begin a trading relationship with the Hilltop Colony, they are ambushed by the Saviors and forced to obey Negan's orders to give the Saviors half of their supplies, as the other communities do. Jeffrey Dean Morgan portrays Negan in the television series, having first appeared in the sixth-season finale. In the comics, the character's appearance is based on Henry Rollins, as confirmed by Charlie Adlard. He was the leader of the Saviors, a group of survivors in the Sanctuary that oppresses other survivor communities and forces them to pay tribute to him. Negan (full name in the television series: Negan Smith) is a fictional character in the comic book series The Walking Dead and in the television series of the same name.
