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“ | YOU COCK-SUCKING COWARD!! WE'RE ALL GONNA END UP LIKE THEM IF YOU DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!
―Barker to another guardsman.[src]
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Trey Barker is a survivor of the outbreak in Thomas Dunne Books' The Walking Dead. He was one of Gene Gavin's bodyguards, along with Manning. He is described as "being rail-thin and having long greasy hair."
Pre-Apocalypse[]
Camp Ellenwood, Georgia[]
Trey was born in 1978. He was friends with Gene Gavin and Manning and worked alongside them as a Master Sergeant in the Georgia Army National Guard. He was Gene's star pupil at Camp Ellenwood, bound for Special Ops duty with the 221st Military Intelligence Battalion.
Post-Apocalypse[]
Woodbury, Georgia[]
Trey arrived in Woodbury with Gavin and other National Guard members a couple of weeks before Philip, Brian and Nick did. He soon became Gavin's bodyguard and enforcer, along with Manning.
Rise of the Governor[]
"Chaos Theory"[]
Trey, Manning, walks up to Brian wearing ratty camo-fatigues, holding their assault rifles high against their shoulders. When Brian asks Gene, who gets the money to enter the race tracks, it gets his attention from Trey. Along with Gene and Manning, Barker took control of Woodbury. When Gene talked to the residents of Woodbury, Barker and Manning searched for survivors who weren't at the meeting.
The Road to Woodbury[]
"This Is How the World Ends"[]
Barker, along with Manning, Stinson, and Tommy Zorn, was being kept prisoner below the racetrack. He came up with a plan to escape. He planned that one of them feign being dead so when Brian Blake came in to retrieve the body, Barker, chained up near the entrance, could attack him. Manning thought the plan would fail, to which Barker disagreed. Stinson and Tommy agree with Manning and tell Barker that they don't want to end up like Gene Gavin, Johnson, or Greely. Barker talked them into it, and Stinson agreed to play dead.
Later, Brian Blake and Bob Stookey are going to visit the prisoners. On the way there, Brian informed Bob that these were the people he fed Penny Blake. When they arrived, they noticed Stinson on the ground bleeding and slowly shifting his position. Brian, believing he had reanimated, moved into shoots him. When he entered, Barker pounced on his back, breaking his chains off. He scratched Brian's ankles and bit into the area around his Achilles' heel. The Governor reached for his gun and unloaded the clip into Barker's face. After frightening the rest of the prisoners, Brian departed. He ordered Bob to bring Barker's body to the infirmary for "preparation."
Death[]
- Killed By
- Himself (Indirectly Caused)
- Brian Blake
After attacking Brian in an attempt to escape from his prison below the racetrack, Brian managed to grab his gun and unload the whole clip into Barker's skull. Bob later took his body to the infirmary so it could be prepared for feeding Penny.
Killed Victims[]
This list shows the victims Trey has killed:
- Himself (Indirectly Caused)
- Possibly numerous counts of zombies and unnamed people
Appearances[]
Novel Series[]
Rise of the Governor[]
- "Chaos Theory"
- "Chapter Twenty-One"
- "Chapter Twenty-Three"
The Road to Woodbury[]
- "This Is How the World Ends"
- "Chapter Ten"
Trivia[]
- Barker is referred to as a "Master Gunnery Sergeant" in the novel, which is erroneous, as that is a Marine Corps rank and Barker is a member of the Army National Guard.
- Barker is one of the few Novel Series characters to make an appearance in The Walking Dead: Road to Survival. Others being Gavin, Josh and Jeremiah.