Athens, Georgia

Athens is a location mentioned in Telltale Games' The Walking Dead and The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor.

Georgia
Athens was a college town and home to the University of Georgia. Nothing much else is known other than that several influential characters have called Athens home. Brian Blake had several business ventures including a music store in Athens funded with his parents money, all ending up in failure right up to the outbreak, and Lee Everett probably took up residence in Athens due to his job as a history professor at the university.

"A New Day"
With the outbreak reaching chaotic proportions, the FRS issued a warning over the Emergency Broadcast System declaring that the city was no longer safe and to find another means of rescue. The city, along with Augusta and Columbus, was declared a level 8 catastrophe meaning that the city was most likely destroyed and completely overrun with walkers.

Notable Residents

 * Brian Blake
 * Harlan Steagal
 * Wilkins
 * Atlanta Police Officer's unnamed nephew (presumably)
 * Lee Everett
 * Lee Everett's unnamed wife (presumably)

Trivia

 * Although the video games are canon to the comics, Athens has only been mentioned in the video game and the novel series.
 * Wilkins and Brian Blake, both former residents, would eventually come to be in Woodbury as solider and leader respectively despite having never likely crossed paths until then. Of the two, only Wilkins is still alive, being the only remaining resident from Athens to be confirmed alive in the series.