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Sage is an antagonist and a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's Fear the Walking Dead. He was a member of a doomsday cult. After being chosen by Teddy to be one of his survivors to inherit the Earth, Sage survives the coming nuclear fallout in a bunker under the leadership of Alicia Clark. When the bunker was abandoned, he decided to follow Alicia's former second-in-command, Arnold, and became a member of the Stalkers. He served as the secondary antagonist of the episode "Breathe With Me".
Overview[]
Sage is a rather timid and incompetent individual. In his first appearance, he is immediately taken captive by Josiah and Sarah. He is shown to be somewhat ignorant, as he tells Sarah of Wendell's supposed death in a rather blunt manner which causes her to almost kill him. Later, he is taken captive again after he is easily tricked by Daniel, Wes, and Luciana. Despite this, Sage did play an important role by finding a nuclear dud warhead and bringing it to Arnold.
Pre-Apocalypse[]
Location Unknown[]
Nothing is known about Sage's life prior to or as the outbreak began.
Post-Apocalypse[]
Season 7[]
"Breathe With Me"[]
Sage is encountered by Josiah and Sarah out on the road as he leads a wagon full of zombies. In an attempt to find Wendell, Sarah and Josiah take Sage captive and demand him to take them to his outpost. Sage leads the pair to a barn full of zombies as well as discarded personal possessions. Upon seeing a bloodied wheelchair, Sage is asked about the person found in the chair, to which Sage comments that they were zombified and mangled up in the chair. Suddenly, Sage is able to escape his captors and unleashes zombies from their holding pens, creating a distraction.
Later that day, Sage encounters a group of Stalkers and reveals to a fellow Stalker what he had found: a dud warhead.
"Follow Me"[]
Sage drives a wagon carrying the injured Arno before stopping next to one of the blast craters against Arno's objections. Sage draws Arno's attention to the massive herd occupying the crater which Arno guesses must've fallen in and been stewing there for months. Sage wonders how many walkers there are, but Arno tells him that there are too many and that if even just one gets out, "none of us are going anywhere." The discovery renews Arno's determination to take Strand's Tower for the Stalkers.
"Ofelia"[]
Sage is presumably amongst the Stalkers that capture Daniel, Luciana and Wes in an abandoned playground.
The Stalkers bring Daniel, Luciana and Wes to their base at an old salvage yard where Daniel accuses Luciana of causing their predicament by stopping his search for Ofelia, but Wes sarcastically points out that they wouldn't be here if Daniel had just stayed in the sub. In Spanish, Daniel suggests that they can take the Stalkers, but Luciana points out that there's three times more Stalkers than them. Stating that he's a soldier trained by the CIA who's done things before and after, Daniel is not afraid of Arno's people, "what's scary is what I'm gonna have to do to them." Daniel simply laughs at his companions' looks of shock and Wes concludes that they're screwed. Arno orders the group to remove and hang up their gear, allowing them to test for themselves that it's safe. Arno explains that the Stalkers are lucky as the wind hasn't brought anything nasty their way and they want to keep it that way. Daniel insists that they can take them, but Luciana recognizes Sabrina amongst the Stalkers and asks if Wes recognizes these people too. Wes explains that they're Teddy's people from the Holding and Luciana knows that that won't help them make friends.
Outside, Arno, who now has an amputated left hand due to being shot by Paul, Sabrina, Sage and several other Stalkers show Daniel, Luciana and Wes around the Stalkers' base on the interconnected vessels of the salvage yard while a herd growls up at them from the ground. Arno blames Alicia for the Stalkers being forced to abandon their previous two homes and live here and Wes recalls that he and Luciana were there the first time, but Arno already knows who they are. Daniel asks why the Stalkers don't use the walls to keep the dead out, but Arno explains that although they tried, the walls didn't hold. Letting the walkers roam the ground keeps the living away at least with Arno noting that Strand at least got one thing right at the Tower.
Arno decides to question them each one on one, but Daniel is only interested in finding Ofelia against Luciana's objections. Luciana suggests that Arno let them go and that they can help the Stalkers with whatever they need, but Arno finds it to be unlikely. Noticing Arno's gun, Daniel grabs it and turns it on Arno, while Sage and Sabrina hold back Luciana at gunpoint. Daniel demands to be allowed to go look for his daughter while Sage aggressively orders Luciana to back away from Daniel, but Arno orders him to stand down. Arno challenges Daniel to kill him, but when Daniel pulls the trigger, the gun is revealed to be empty. Another Stalker restrains a laughing Daniel while Wes realizes that the Stalkers are actually out of bullets and had only been bluffing them with the guns. Daniel tells Luciana that he was right that they could've taken the Stalkers while Arno explains that bullets are hard to come by these days and that while empty clips work on people, the dead aren't scared that easily and it won't help the Stalkers get the Tower.
Arno reveals that they heard radio chatter from the sub, and he suggests that they stop broadcasting their plans. As a result, the Stalkers know that they've found a weapons cache, but they don't know the coordinates. Luciana refuses to tell them where to find it, but Arno warns her that they'll end up with the dead below if they don't. Staring at a nearby boat, Daniel mistakes it for Strand's destroyed yacht, The Abigail, despite the very obvious differences between the two boats, and he believes that Ofelia is on board. Arno orders his men to save Daniel for last and that Wes will go first and the Stalkers shove Daniel and Luciana into a cell on one of the boats.
Sage is left to stand guard over the prisoners and Daniel calls him over, telling Sage that he has some information for the man in charge that he needs. Sage threatens to throw Daniel to the walkers if he's playing another trick while Luciana objects to Daniel's course of action. Daniel fiercely tells Sage that he doesn't play tricks with his daughter's life and Sage relents. Luciana convinces Sage to bring her along as well, claiming that Daniel's English isn't as good as it used to be and that she will be needed as a translator. Sage returns with another Stalker and leads the two out of their cell.
Sage, Sabrina and another Stalker take Daniel and Luciana to where Arno is about to lower Wes into a pit of walkers. Sage reveals that Daniel wants to make a deal and Arno raises Wes back out of the pit, although he refuses to release Wes from the cage as leverage. Daniel mockingly tells Arno that he knows how to make people talk and Arno's tactics aren't going to work. Arno states that it's worked so far and Daniel guesses that Arno probably kills everyone that gets in there, which he silently acknowledges, but if he kills Daniel and the others, he has nothing. Conceding the point, Arno asks if Daniel really knows where to find the weapons which he confirms over Luciana's objections in Spanish. In return, Daniel asks for his daughter Ofelia and points to the boat that Daniel thinks is The Abigail. Arno correctly tells Daniel that he has no idea what Daniel's talking about, but Daniel angrily grabs him and demands his daughter back as Sage and another Stalker try to restrain him.
Looking at the boat, Arno orders his men to let Daniel go. Arno lies that the Stalkers do have Ofelia, but Luciana tries to convince Arno not to go through with it, telling Arno that Daniel not only doesn't know where the weapons are, but he's having problems remembering what's real and what isn't. Luciana pleads with Daniel in Spanish to think of their people who are searching for the weapons and not to trust Arno who is only using him. In fluent Spanish, Arno tells them that it's not true and asks if they thought that they could fool him by speaking Spanish, but Luciana insists that they weren't trying to trick him, that speaking his native language grounds Daniel. Daniel reassures Luciana that he knows what he's doing, and Arno lies that Daniel is right and the Stalkers have his daughter on that boat. Daniel is ecstatic to have been proven right and he warns Arno that he'd better not have harmed Ofelia and asks to see her. Arno asks for the weapons first and Luciana chides him for using Daniel in such a way. However, Arno is unrepentant, as he's unwilling to be consigned to a life like this. Wes states that he's seen a hell of a lot worse places than this.
"You do know what's coming, don't you? Alicia and Morgan -- they're gonna get you all killed," Arno warns ominously. Luciana asks what's coming, but Arno refuses to elaborate and instead asks Daniel where the weapons are again. Luciana asks if knows Arno what's going to happen when Daniel finds out that he's lying, but Arno reiterates that he's protecting his people, the same ones that Alicia couldn't. Arno promises that if Daniel gives him the coordinates and they're correct, Daniel will get his daughter. Luciana tries a final time to convince her friend that Arno can't give him back his daughter, but Daniel doesn't think that he has any other choice, and he writes the coordinates down on the back of the Boat card. Satisfied, Arno orders Sage to send a patrol to check it out and he warns Daniel that if Daniel is lying to him, all of Daniel's group will end up with the walkers and he finally releases Wes.
As Daniel lays on the floor, apparently unconscious, Wes and Luciana yell for help, drawing Sage's attention. The two tell Sage that Daniel collapsed and isn't breathing, reminding the young man that Luciana had warned the Stalkers that Daniel wasn't doing well. After Luciana tells Sage that it'll be on him if Daniel turns, he finally enters the cell to check on him. Daniel effortlessly overpowers Sage and orders the frightened young man at knifepoint to take them to the boat. Sage admits that Ofelia isn't there and he doesn't know where she is, but Daniel refuses to believe him. Wes wants to leave, but Daniel refuses to go anywhere without Ofelia. Luciana orders Sage to take them to the boat, explaining to Wes that Daniel won't leave unless he sees the truth, believing that it's the only way that Daniel will understand so that they can leave.
Heading to the other boat, Luciana questions Sage about Arno's warning and he reveals that the dead are gathering in one of the blast craters. There's bad stuff in the crater and the walkers are more dangerous now, but Sage doesn't know why Arno's so scared of them when they're stuck in the crater. Finding the boat empty, Daniel demands to know where Ofelia is, but Sage reiterates his earlier statement that Ofelia isn't here. Daniel holds Sage over the edge of the boat as the walkers below reach up towards him and Sage admits that Arno had lied about Ofelia being there because he wants to know where the weapons are. Daniel insists that everyone is wrong and are liars and that the card was a message from Ofelia who is on the boat. Sage and Luciana both insist that she's not while Wes warns them that they haven't been very quiet so their actions will be noticed soon.
Luciana pushes Daniel to accept the truth that Daniel had told her, that Ofelia had died in Mexico and that he'd buried her himself. Daniel sadly tells Luciana that he was looking for Ofelia to tell her who he is and apologize for his lies. Luciana knows that that's what Daniel wants so much that his mind is telling him that he can, but he can't. In a moment of clarity, Daniel realizes that this is why he's so confused. Sage swears that it wasn't his idea to lie to Daniel and that he didn't know what Arno was doing. However, Daniel is furious that Sage still went along with it, telling him that the mind is very fragile, easy to break and very hard to put back together. Sage pleads with Wes that he knew Wes' brother and Wes tries to ask him if Derek knew that he was at Tank Town when the cult destroyed it. Daniel slits Sage's throat before he can answer, killing Sage, and telling Wes that he's better off not knowing the answer as the truth about people is always disappointing.
After Daniel strands Wes and Luciana on the boat, Wes stabs Sage in the head to prevent him from reanimating. The two leave Sage's body behind as they go after Daniel. With the deaths of Sage and Arno, the rest of the Stalkers agree to join Morgan's group and help them take the Tower.
Death[]
- Killed By
- Daniel Salazar (Alive)
Daniel holds Sage at knife-point and begins to interrogate him about Ofelia's location. However, when Sage denies knowing where Ofelia is, Daniel slits his throat, killing Sage despite Wes' objections.
- Wes (Before Reanimation)
Sage is stabbed in the head by Wes to prevent reanimation.
Killed Victims[]
This list shows the victims Sage has killed:
- 3 unnamed Tower rangers (Possibly, Caused)
- Several unnamed Stalkers (Caused)
- Numerous counts of zombies and unnamed people
Relationships[]
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Appearances[]
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| 👁 | 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 Sage, please visit Sage (Fear)/Gallery.
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Trivia[]
- Sage is the first named member of the Stalkers to die.
International Dubbers[]
| Language | Dubber | Other Characters Voiced |
|---|---|---|
| Czech | Josef Pejchal | Heath |
| French | Yohann Lévy | Rodney |
| German | N/A | N/A |
| Hungarian | N/A | N/A |
| Italian | N/A | N/A |
| Japanese | N/A | N/A |
| Portuguese | N/A | N/A |
| Spanish (Latin America) | N/A | N/A |
| Spanish (Spain) | N/A | N/A |