FATHER GABRIEL STOKES

AMOUNT OF ISSUES = 30

Gabriel Stokes, also known as Father Gabriel, is a survivor of the outbreak in The Walking Dead. He is a preacher who came across Rick Grimes and his group after leaving his church, where he had been hiding from the undead. Gabriel traveled with the group to Alexandria, where he became the head priest of the church located there. After overcoming his aversion towards violence, Gabriel lost all hesitation towards killing walkers, and joined Rick Grimes' militia against the Whisperers.

Gabriel Stokes was the reverend of a regional community church. Not much of his personality or life before the outbreak has been revealed. The only detail given by the reverend was when he admitted to Rick and the rest of the group that during the initial zombie outbreak, he locked the doors to his church due to his own cowardice and allowed a whole group of survivors to be killed by roamers.

As a priest, Gabriel is extremely religious and initially somewhat delusional. He is a very incapable survivor, relying on his faith in God rather than actual combat. He is also shown to be a coward, as during the start of the outbreak, Gabriel locked the doors of his church and refused to let his congregation in, leading them to be devoured by walkers. Gabriel is very remorseful for this act, and when Rick's group arrive and threaten him, he believes they were sent by God to punish him. As a way to uphold his religious beliefs, Gabriel is against acts of violence and murder. After witnessing Rick's group brutally murder the Hunters, Gabriel is outraged and angrily yells at them, despite the fact the Hunters had tried to kill them. After making it to Alexandria, Gabriel attempts to betray the group by trying to convince Douglas to exile them due to witnessing their brutality.

Slowly, Gabriel tries to redeem himself for his past actions. When a large herd of walkers invade Alexandria, Gabriel lets in Eugene and Nicholas into his church, in contrast to when he locked his congregation out. Eventually he lets go of his disdain against violence and decides to join the Militia as a way to thank Rick for what he's done for him. Gabriel is trained and becomes skilled in dealing with walkers. He takes every opportunity to help whenever he can. Unfortunately Gabriel's would somewhat revert back to his cowardly ways when he attempts to retreat after witnessing a large herd, causing him to accidentally fall off a ladder, leading to his demise.

Male

Black

Late 30s

Pre-Apocalypse

• Priest

African-American