Austin Ballard (Novel Series)

Austin Ballard, or "Junior", is a character that appears in The Walking Dead: The Fall of The Governor. He is described as having long dark, brown curls and compares to a rock star or bad boy.

Georgia
Hardly anything is known about Austin Ballard's life before or as the outbreak began. The only thing we knew is that Austin had two bothers John and Tommy, both of them were killed in Atlanta by walkers.

Woodbury, Georgia
Austin came to Woodbury from the north in bad shape along with ten other survivors. He has easily shined to be the better at combat and is known as a flirt around town. He can also be seen being constantly mothered by Barbara Stern. He ends up having a relationship with Lilly Caul and can be seen helping her throughout the novel.

While he, Lilly, Martinez, and others are on a supply run, they run into a bit of trouble in a store that ends with Austin being mere milliseconds away from death, but he is saved by Lilly. He is grateful towards her afterwards and the two spend a lot of time together.

One night, at Lilly's apartment, the two share a drink and proceed to have sex, which, unbeknownst to them, gets Lilly pregnant. Austin expresses that he will take care of the baby with Lilly and will do his best as a father. He mentions that he is happy about the situation, and feels even safer knowing The Governor is keeping Woodbury safe.

After they decided to keep the baby, Austin and Lilly did a ritual to bid fareware to their past, they dig a hole on the ground, then Austin threw in his beloved Marijuana, said "Time to put away childish things, here's to a liflong love affair with weed, you got me through a lot of rough shit but it's time to go"

Then Lilly threw in Megan's photo, saying "Here's to my BFF, my gal pal, my old friend Megan, may she rest in peace".

Austin then threw in his brother's harmonica, saying "I'd like to drink to my brothers, John and Tommy Ballard, who got killed by walkers in Atlanta last year, great musicians, good dudes, I hope they're in a better place right now"

Finally Lilly bade farewell to Josh Lee Hamilton: "Here's to an old friend of mine, he saved my life more than once. Hope we met again someday"

After the ritual, Austin told Lilly he love her, both of them look in the future with hope, it is the first time since thy settle down into Woodbury, they believe they could make it work and both of them and their baby will have a future here. Thus they are marching toward the tragedy.

Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Austin has killed:
 * Numerous counts of zombies.