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Where the hell's our backup? We need every available trooper at the East Gate, now! Christ, they're climbing the walls! We need backup right now at the East Gate. The rotters are climbing, I repeat the rotters are climbing the walls!
―Livits demanding for backup as walkers begin climbing the walls.[src]

Trooper Livits (first name unknown) is a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. He is a resident of the Commonwealth who serves as a soldier for the Commonwealth Army.

Pre-Apocalypse[]

Location Unknown[]

Nothing is known about Trooper Livits' life prior to or as the outbreak began.

Post-Apocalypse[]

Ohio[]

At some point during the outbreak, Livits joined a community in Ohio and joined the Commonwealth Army. He eventually began a secret intimate relationship with fellow trooper, Zell.

TV Series[]

Season 10[]

Content
"A Certain Doom"

Trooper Livits is among the soldiers to surround the Hilltop delegation at the Southern Train Yard as the group is ordered to drop their weapons.

"Splinter"

Livits and the rest of the soldiers arrest Princess, Eugene, Ezekiel, and Yumiko. He is later seen at the train cars.

Season 11[]

Content
"Acheron: Part I"

While on the way to the Commonwealth Processing Center, Princess overhears a conversation between Troopers Livits and Zell, and finds out they are secret lovers, and also finds out what they do during their breaks. She, Eugene, Ezekiel, and Yumiko use this to their advantage and steal their armor while they were not being used.

"Acheron: Part II"

Trooper Livits will appear in this episode.

"Out of the Ashes"

Trooper Livits will appear in this episode.

"Promises Broken"

Trooper Livits will appear in this episode.

"Rogue Element"

Trooper Livits accompanies Rosita Espinosa to Shira's apartment to conduct a welfare check, unaware that the woman had already moved out of the apartment. They inform Eugene that there is no one inside, and Rosita offers to take a report with Eugene down at the station.

"The Lucky Ones"

Trooper Livits is among the soldiers to accompany General Mercer as they escort Pamela Milton and Lance Hornsby to Alexandria for a diplomatic visit. He also accompanies the delegation to Oceanside and Hilltop and helps clear the woods of the undead when they get too close to Hilltop.

"The Rotten Core"

Trooper Livits is at the Commonwealth Police Department flipping through papers as Daryl and Rosita prepare to head out on their shift for patrol duty.

"Variant"

Trooper Livits is at his desk at the police station when Mercer arrives to speak with Juanita in his office. Later, he witnesses Eugene surrender himself for the death of Sebastian Milton.

"Family"

Livits is manning the guard tower at the Commonwealth's East Gate when a massive herd, drawn to the Commonwealth on Pamela Milton's orders, arrives at the gate. Livits demands to know where his and the other guards' backup is as they need every available trooper at the East Gate immediately. Livits is shocked to see a zombie climbing the walls and calls a warning into his radio before shooting it in the head only to see more climb. However, Livits fails to see a zombie climbing up behind him as he desperately calls for backup. Livits turns around as the climber grabs him, removes his helmet and bites into his cheek. In the struggle, Livits accidentally hits the gate controls, opening the East Gate and allowing the massive herd into the Commonwealth. As the other two guards flee, a second climber joins Livits' attacker in devouring him.

Death[]

Killed By

On Pamela's orders, a massive herd is drawn to the Commonwealth as an excuse to trigger a lockdown and clear the streets. However, the herd contains a number of the climber variant of zombies, one of which climbs up behind Livits and attacks him. After Livits accidentally opens the gates, a second climber joins the first in devouring him. He may have been put down later.

Killed Victims[]

This list shows the victims Trooper Livits has killed:

Relationships[]

Allies[]

Enemies[]

Appearances[]

TV Series[]

Season 10[]

Season 11[]

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Appears Voice is heard
👁 Appears with no lines Appears in a flashback
Appears as a walker 🖼 Appears in a photograph/video
Appears as a corpse Appears in a hallucination/dream

Gallery[]

For more images of Livits, please visit Background Survivors (TV Series)/Commonwealth.

Trivia[]

  • Livits is the first named resident of the Commonwealth to appear physically.
    • Coincidentally, he is also the last living Commonwealth resident both named and seen to die (Not counting Lance Hornsby, who was put down after reanimation).
    • Livits is the last named living resident of the Commonwealth to die on-screen.
  • Livits is named after Co-Producer Oleg Livits.
  • Livits is the twelfth LGBT character after Tara ChamblerAlisha, Aaron, Eric Raleigh, Denise Cloyd, Paul "Jesus" Rovia, Magna, Yumiko Okumura, Kelly, and Alpha, and followed by his lover Zell.
  • In the Memoriam on Talking Dead for "Family", he is credited as Caught Off Guard Trooper.
  • Jason Fernandes also portrays Murphy and an unnamed Viper.
  • Livits and Pamela are the last characters to cause the death of a main character, Rosita Espinosa, albeit both accidentally.
  • Livits is the first (and currently only) character in the TV Series confirmed to have been killed by a variant walker on-screen.
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