| “ | With uncountable severe emergencies in all counties, Georgia cities and their current level of disaster are as follows...Athens, stage eight disaster.
―A radio broadcaster detailing the state of Athens as the outbreak spreads.
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Athens is a location mentioned in The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series and Thomas Dunne Books' The Walking Dead.
Pre-Apocalypse
Athens was a college town, home to the University of Georgia. Brian Blake had several business ventures in the town, including a music store in funded with his parents' money, all of which ending up in failure right up to the outbreak. Lee Everett and his ex-wife took up residence in Athens due to his job as a history professor at the university.
Post-Apocalypse
"A New Day"
With the outbreak reaching catastrophic proportions, the Federal Rescue Services issued a warning over the Emergency Broadcast System, declaring that the city was no longer safe and to find another means of rescue. According to the radio broadcast, the city of Athens, alongside Augusta and Columbus, was declared a stage 8 catastrophe by government authorities, meaning that the city was most likely destroyed and completely overrun with walkers.
It remains unclear if any other faculty members from the university situated in Athens besides Lee Everett managed to survive into the post-apocalypse world.
Inhabitants
Formerly
Trivia
- Wilkins and Brian Blake, both former residents, would eventually come to be in Woodbury as soldier and leader respectively, despite having never likely crossing paths until then.
- In "Around Every Corner", Lee Everett can answer he was from Athens, during a confrontation with Vernon and the rest of the Cancer Support Group.
Novel Locations
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| Novel Locations | Wiltshire Estates • Atlanta, Georgia • Athens, Georgia • Atlanta Apartment Building • Woodbury, Georgia • Woodbury Arena • The Governor's Apartment • Tent City • Fort Noise • Wal-Mart • Jasper, Florida • Meriwether County Correctional Facility • Woodbury Army Camp • Carlinville, Georgia • Slidell, Louisiana • Augusta, Georgia • Calvary Baptist Church • Gordonburg, Georgia • Haralson, Georgia • Moreland, Georgia • Atlanta Medical Center • Sixteenth Street • Ile de la Lumiére |
| Typhoon Locations | Fongyuan Village • Beacon of Light • Horse Ranch • The Grove • The Smokers' Silo • Zhangjiajie National Park |
| Larger Regions | Georgia • Louisiana • Florida • United States of America • China |