Merle Dixon (Survival Instinct)

"Lock your daughter's up y'all. Dixon boys just rolled into town."

- Merle in the game.

Merle Dixon is a main character from Survival Instinct. He is also the brother of Daryl.

Location Unknown
Hardly anything is known about Merle's life prior to the apocalypse, except that he had a brother and he was part of a motorcycle gang. In the TV series, Daryl speaks of Merle's in-and-out of prison life before the outbreak.

Survival Instinct
While he was in jail for drugs, the apocalypse started. Sometime during the apocalypse, Merle escaped his cell and took camp on the roof of the Police Station. When he found a group of people who he believed to be military --in reality it was Scavengers led by Anna Turner -- he shot at them, believing they wanted to take him back to jail. He killed many of them and injured some, specifically Noah and the survivors that hid in the buildings. He shot car alarms to lure the walkers toward the survivors. This, however, caused trouble for his brother Daryl, who came looking for him.

After figuring out the sniper is Merle, Daryl heads there. When Daryl finds Merle, he opens fire on Daryl (despite hearing his voice, thinking it is a ruse to let his guard down). When he lets Daryl in, he finds Merle is burnt red by the sun, and is drunk. It is discovered that he has fever and requires medicine.

During the travelling segments of the game, Daryl and Merle discuss their family, short term plans for survival and next location. They decide to travel to Merle's old clubhouse -- a bar named 'Jakes'. Merle mentions to Daryl that he has something special for him there. However, they find their way blocked by a horde. After miraculously finding fireworks, Merle guides Daryl to the church where Daryl blows it up with fireworks to distract the walkers. Such an occasion causes the two to successfully make it to the bar. When Daryl arrives, he finds Merle gathering drugs and killing his former gang members, blaming them for putting him in jail. When more walkers arrive, Merle escapes and Daryl is knocked out. Luckily Daryl managed to escape the walker infested town with his Crossbow (Merle's surprise), but was unable to find Merle.

While escaping a giant hord at a train yard, Daryl hears Merle talking to him. When Daryl talks to Anna about it, she tells him that it was all in his head, as his walkie-talkie was broken, much to Daryl's disbelief.

In the end of the game, Merle appears in a Humm-vee to help Daryl fight the undead herds in a survivor camp in a stadium. When all the walkers are dead, Merle stops Daryl from going in a chopper. When the chopper leaves them Daryl yells at Merle, but Merle announces that the pilot was bitten. The two get in the Humm-vee and drive off, with Daryl telling Merle that he is the only one he could count on.

Killed by
After Merle is captured by the Woodbury soldiers during the shootout, The Governor grabs him and takes him back inside the building that Merle was sniping from. The Governor beats him then bites off two of Merle's fingers on his left hand and breaks his right arm before fatally shooting him in the chest. Daryl comes across the undead Merle feasting on Ben, at the meeting place. Daryl pushes him back 3 times, before stabbing Merle in the shoulder, knocking him to the ground. He finishes the undead Merle by stabbing him multiple times in the face.
 * Philip Blake (Alive)
 * Daryl Dixon (Zombified)

Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Merle has killed:
 * Tim (Before Reanimation)
 * Gargulio
 * Wilson (alongside his fellow survivors).
 * Ben
 * Five U.S Military soldiers
 * SIx Unnamed Woodbury Soldiers
 * Numerous counts of zombies and a couple of unnamed scavengers.

Trivia

 * Merle was incarcerated at the onset of the outbreak
 * He was a former member of the "Savage Sons Motorcycle Club", a biker gang.
 * Merle, being a drug dealer/user, is shown to have a solid knowledge of prescription drugs, knowing exactly which ones he will need from the hospital.
 * Merle is shown to be a good tracker, because he saw the bite mark of the pilot while Daryl hasn't seen it.