| “ | When I first got to the Nest, I had just lost my wife and son. All I wanted to do was die. Losang asked me to fix this watch, told me how important it was. I worked on it, day and night, for months. And when I finally got it running, he told me it didn't matter anymore. Because I had found a reason to live.
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Azlan is a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. He is a resident of the Nest.
Overview
Azlan is shown to be a devout follower of the Islamic faith who admits that he was depressed and suicidal after losing his family until Azlan was given something to live for. Azlan is friendly and quickly befriends Daryl, sharing his view on the world with Daryl. Although Muslim, Azlan also displays a knowledge of the Bible. He is also shown to be very calm.
When Azlan is mortally wounded, he accepts his fate, content that Laurent is in good hands. In his final moments, Azlan cracks jokes about the irony of his situation stating that, "God must have a sense of humor" and says a final prayer to God. Both Daryl and Laurent grieve his death as does Losang after finding out about it.
Pre-Apocalypse
France
Nothing is known about Azlan's life prior to or as the outbreak except that his father worked for the telephone company all of his life and Azlan had a wife and a son.
Post-Apocalypse
The Nest
Shortly before his arrival at the Nest, Azlan lost his wife and son which left him depressed and suicidal. In order to give Azlan something to live for, Losang had him fix an old pocket watch which Azlan worked on day and night. Once he was done, Losang gave Azlan the pocket watch. At some point, Azlan underwent training to fight walkers and he became a devoted member of the Union of Hope.
Season 1
"La Dame de Fer"
On the banks of the Seine river, Isabelle and Sylvie spot Azlan's boat waiting for them. Azlan and Sylvie greet each other with the Union motto of "truth is hope" and Azlan asks where the boy is.
Later, Fallou and Emile join Isabelle and Sylvie at the river and, as Sylvie tends to Emile, Fallou reveals that Genet is posting guards at the city limits and soon there will be no way out. Daryl arrives with Laurent who reunites with Isabelle and Sylvie. However, Isabelle tells Daryl that with the Guerrier overtaking and locking down the city, she needs someone with influence to make sure that Laurent will be allowed to escape. Quinn knows how to make things happen and he'll do it for her if she stays. Isabelle rejects Daryl's offer to go with her, telling him that no one will make it out of Paris if she stays and she must do it alone. While this isn't Daryl's fight and he should be on his way home right now, there is no one else to take Laurent to the Nest safely with both Isabelle and Sylvie remaining behind in Paris. Isabelle promises to find a way out once she knows that Laurent is safe, and Daryl agrees to complete the journey to the Nest with Laurent himself.
Isabelle hopes that this won't be the last time that they meet each other, but if it is, she hopes that Daryl makes it home. Laurent asks when he will see her again, and Isabelle promises her nephew to do everything in her power to get back to him, asking Laurent to trust her. Laurent begs Isabelle to come with them, and she tearfully hugs him, promising that the boy will be safe with Daryl. As Daryl leads Laurent to the boat, Sylvie hugs him goodbye, calling Laurent her little brother and promising that they will meet again.
Daryl and Laurent board Azlan's boat and depart from Paris, passing the Eiffle Tower one last time on their way out as well as other Paris landmarks such as the Paris Statue of Liberty.
"Deux Amours"
Azlan's boat sails along a river and Laurent sits in the bow, enjoying the fresh air and praying. Watching Laurent, Daryl asks Azlan what the Nest is like, and Azlan calls it a special place and a home for the soul. Daryl is worried about Laurent's safety, noting that the nuns had raised the boy a little soft, but Azlan reassures him that Laurent "will be well looked after. Nurtured and groomed... to be the leader he's destined to be." Watching Laurent try to catch flies with his bare hands, Daryl isn't reassured by this. Azlan asks if Daryl is a Christian, but Daryl quips that he was kicked out of Sunday school. Azlan compares Daryl to how, in the Bible, Abraham became a pilgrim, but Daryl guesses that Abraham didn't end up in France which Azlan acknowledges. Azlan is curious as to how Daryl ended up in France, so far from home and Daryl watches Laurent thoughtfully.
Azlan tells Daryl that he's sure however Daryl got to France, it was hard, but Azlan fears that Daryl's journey home may be even harder. Daryl asks how much further to the Nest, and Azlan reveals that it's about 200 kilometers or about 124 miles away, pleasing Daryl.
Laurent fishes off of the back of Azlan's boat as Daryl and Azlan tie it to a tree on shore. After retrieving some old cans from a nearby structure to act as a warning system against walkers, Azlan checks an old pocket watch and explains that it's almost time for prayer for him. Laurent brings Daryl a fish that he caught, and Daryl offers to show the boy how to gut the fish. Laurent refuses as he had made a promise to God not to eat animals, but Azlan backs Daryl up that it's alright. Daryl tells Laurent that he needs to learn how to take care of himself and Laurent admits that he misses Isabelle and asks about Daryl's friends that he misses. Daryl lists Judith, R.J., Connie, Ezekiel and Carol, but brushes off further conversation and kills the fish. Laurent tells Daryl to not worry as they will all be together again.
Daryl attempts to teach Laurent how to put a fish on a sharpened stick, but the boy is more interested in watching Azlan pray, noting that he has read the Quaran and finds it interesting that there are many different names, but only one God.
At night, Laurent prays, asking for God to look over Daryl's friends because Daryl doesn't know how to pray and asking for God to let him be strong like Daryl is strong. Azlan explains that his pocket watch saved his life and Daryl asks about Le Havre, but Azlan reveals that Genet controls the port in Le Havre. However, Azlan promises Daryl that the Union of Hope's leader Losang will help him to secure a boat home. Azlan is interested in Daryl, calling him a lone wolf who only wants to get back to his pack. Daryl explains that he had made a promise, but Azlan tells him that sometimes even a man's promise can get overwhelmed by a connection to other people or a larger cause. Daryl notes that when a man dies in someone else's war, it's his kids that suffer and it gets passed down to their kids and eventually, no one even remembers what the underlying cause that everyone was fighting for was. Daryl admits that causes were never really his thing. "When I first got to the Nest, I had just lost my wife and son. All I wanted to do was die. Losang asked me to fix this watch, told me how important it was. I worked on it, day and night, for months. And when I finally got it running, he told me it didn't matter anymore. Because I had found a reason to live," Azlan explains. Thinking on Azlan's words, Daryl watches Laurent as he finishes up his prayers.
Daryl hears clattering and walker growls before a walker approaches the shelter where Daryl and Laurent are sleeping. Daryl stabs the walker in the head, and he orders Laurent, who was awakened by the commotion, to stay there. Outside, Daryl finds the body of another walker and a burner as well as Azlan up against a telephone pole. Daryl reassures the other man that he took care of the walker who got away from him and Azlan explains that he had slipped fighting the walkers off. Examining Azlan, who is paralyzed, Daryl finds a spike impaling him in the upper back, mortally wounding the other man. Azlan ruefully notes that after years of training, he's done in by a telephone pole which Daryl sadly notes is a tough break. With a laugh, Azlan tells Daryl that at least they know that God has a sense of humor since Azlan's father had worked for the phone company his whole life. Azlan tells Daryl to get Laurent to the Nest and hands Daryl his pocket watch which has a picture of Mont-Saint-Michel on the inside cover. Azlan instructs Daryl to follow the river to Mont-Saint-Michel which is the Nest and to beware of telephone poles. Azlan reassures Daryl that he's at peace since he knows that the boy is in good hands with Daryl and he's facing east. Azlan gives Daryl his own knife to put Azlan down with before he can reanimate and, with a final prayer, Azlan dies.
The next morning, Daryl finishes burying his friend and Laurent lays some rosary beads on his grave.
Death
- Killed By
- Zombies (Caused)
- Himself (Caused, Accidental)
- Impalement
While fighting off two walkers and burner, Azlan slips and accidentally impales himself through the back on a spike sticking out of a telephone pole. He dies shortly thereafter of his wound.
- Daryl Dixon (Before Reanimation)
After Azlan dies, Daryl sadly stabs his friend in the head with Azlan's own knife in order to keep him from reanimating.
Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Azlan has killed:
- Himself (Caused, Accidental)
- Numerous counts of zombies and possibly unnamed people
Relationships
Allies
- Union of Hope
- The Nest
- Losang † - Friend and Leader
- Montmartre Rooftop Community
- Daryl's Group
- The Nest
Appearances
Daryl Dixon
Season 1
Trivia
- Azlan is mentioned in "Coming Home" by Daryl when Losang asks about his whereabouts, to which he is saddened to learn that he died.
- Azlan's watch appears in "Coming Home", "Moulin Rouge", and "L'Invisible", helping Genet to find the Nest's location in the latter.