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―Maggie Rhee to Negan Smith about Hilltop's new location
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The Bricks is a walled farming community in AMC's The Walking Dead: Dead City, located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Originally a brick factory, the area was settled in 2025 by a community led by Maggie Rhee, hailing from the Hilltop Colony in Culpeper, Virginia after it was destroyed beyond repair by the Whisperers. In 2027, the Croat and his extortionist group called the Burazi arrived at the Bricks. The Croat was an ex-Savior wanting to recruit his former leader, Negan Smith. Aware of Maggie's history with Negan and the murder of her husband, the Croat kidnapped Maggie's son, Hershel, in exchange for her to deliver Negan to his headquarters in Manhattan. Maggie tracked Negan down and brought him to Manhattan under the guise of rescuing her son. In return, Maggie allowed Negan's child companion, Ginny, to live with her people. Maggie successfully exchanged Negan for Hershel, but at the cost of the Croat and the Dama having Negan assist their movement in colonizing the Northeast.
Pre-Apocalypse[]
Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia[]
Nothing is known about this location's history before the outbreak except that it was a brick factory in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
Post-Apocalypse[]
Founding (2025-2027)[]
Fifteen years after the outbreak, the brick factory was settled by a group of people led by Maggie Rhee hailing from the Hilltop Colony. The farming community had been razed by the Whisperers in 2021 and further damaged by the Commonwealth in 2022. Maggie attempted to rebuild the community, but the colony was damaged beyond repair and was forced to relocate. Finding the brick factory in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Maggie successfully managed to relocate her people and named this new community "The Bricks".
The Burazi Conflict (2027)[]
One night, the Bricks is raided by a group led by a man called the Croat. Outnumbered and outmatched, the Bricks has all of its grain stolen with the Croat promising to return in a month to collect more. When the Croat returns, he kidnaps Hershel as leverage. During the attack, the Croat uses the Saviors' whistle, causing Maggie to realize that he is a former member of the group and to seek out Negan's help to rescue her son and stop the Croat who she has tracked to Manhattan. As part of her deal with Negan for his help, Maggie agrees to take Ginny in at the Bricks, although Negan's possible future at the community will be determined after their rescue mission. However, Ginny leaves after discovering that Maggie had lied about all of the Bricks' grain being stolen, the Croat having really taken Hershel with a demand that Negan be traded for him.
Following the successful rescue of Hershel, Maggie returned to the Bricks with her son, and Ginny, but discovered a further threat to Hershel's safety.
New Babylon Federation (2027-Present)[]
The Bricks was later forced to join the New Babylon Federation who cut off all of their trading partners, presumably including the Coalition.
Government and Society[]
Not much is known about how the Bricks works, but it is described as having the same setup as Hilltop with Maggie Rhee as the leader. Adults work in the gardens while children attend school. Residents live in apartments fitted in the old factory buildings and multiple gates leading into the community are under watch by guards.
Inhabitants[]
- Maggie Rhee (Leader)
- Lane (Combat Instructor)
- Mr. Aizawa (Teacher)
- Hershel Rhee (Student)
- Wesley (Student)
- Ginny (Student)
- Xander (Student)
- Casey (Student)
- Nina
- Tim
- Victoria
- Gretchen
- Krista
- Many unnamed residents
Deaths[]
- Jason Ornell (Alive and Zombified)
Appearances[]
Dead City[]
Season 1[]
- "Who's There?"
- "Stories We Tell Ourselves" (Flashback)
- "Doma Smo"
Season 2[]
Trivia[]
- Despite Maggie mentioning that everyone who lived in Hilltop in Virginia moved to the new location, it is unknown if Lydia, Elijah, and Adam are among the residents, as they did not appear nor were they mentioned in The Walking Dead: Dead City.
- However, given Lydia and Elijah's jobs as couriers, they may simply be elsewhere at the moment given the distance between the communities or they relocated to one of the other communities. Given Lydia's friendship with Negan, it's likely that Maggie would've mentioned it if something had happened to her.
- As revealed in "Who's There?", despite having moved so far away, the Bricks is seemingly still a part of the Coalition and maintains ties with the other communities.
- These ties however, were presumably cut when the Bricks became part of the New Babylon Federation as Maggie mentions in "Power Equals Power" that New Babylon cut off all of their trading partners.