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Véronique is a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. She is the Mother Superior of the Abbey of Saint Bernadette.
Overview[]
Véronique is a deeply religious woman who is devoted in her beliefs. She is very against violence to the point she begs Daryl to show Stéphane mercy despite him and his men killing several of her people. She is initially distrusting of Daryl and goes against Isabelle's belief that he is the man to bring Laurent up north. However, after Daryl helps fight the Power of the Living, she starts to believe that he is the one after all.
Pre-Apocalypse[]
Abbey of Saint Bernadette, France[]
Little is known about Véronique's life before or as the outbreak began except that she led a pious lifestyle devoting herself to being a nun in a progressive religious order and working her way up to the title of Mother Superior.
Post-Apocalypse[]
At some point following the outbreak, Véronique joined the Union of Hope.
Season 1[]
"L'âme Perdue"[]
A disoriented Daryl wakes in an abbey where a couple of nuns tend to him, cauterizing Daryl's burn with a hot poker. Daryl's screams distract the other nuns before Véronique draws their attention back to their singing. While giving Daryl a tour, Isabelle explains that the abbey was already being modernized before she came with the hope of converting the land into an agricultural property that would support them and fund their mission which has been enough to keep the nuns going. Seeing Véronique signaling her over, Isabelle tells Daryl to take a seat while she talks to the Mother Superior. Sylvie brings Daryl a tray of food and he observes the goings on of the abbey with Laurent watching and mirroring Daryl's actions from across the way. Véronique berates Isabelle, telling her that Daryl doesn't belong here, but Isabelle defends asks what good are they if they can't offer shelter to a wounded pilgrim. Véronique realizes that Isabelle thinks that Daryl might be "the one" which she confirms, having seen Daryl fight the Guerriers and how strong he is. However, Véronique believes that Daryl belongs out there with the faithless and the violent and not with them, calling Daryl a person who lives without God. Isabelle simply retorts that so was she once.
Daryl later leaves and Véronique tells Isabelle that there's no shame in wanting it to be so, but Daryl left so he's not the one. A short way down the road, Daryl is forced to take cover as vehicles carrying Guerriers from the Power of the Living drive towards the abbey. Realizing that the nuns are in trouble, Daryl hesitates to go.
At the gate, Stéphane asks Véronique about an American at large, but she tells him that they're in afternoon prayers. Stéphane makes it clear they're coming in one way or another and Véronique reluctantly orders two nuns to open the gate, but she instructs Isabelle and Sylvie to hide Laurent and be ready. As the Guerriers are led into the abbey, Isabelle hides Laurent in Père Jean's office, ordering him to stay there and to not come out, telling the boy that they will protect themselves from the Guerriers. Giving him the keys to lock the door behind her and a reminder not to come out, Isabelle leaves and Sylvie and the other nuns begin gathering weapons from the armory.
Stéphane, the other men, Isabelle and Véronique join Philippe who has discovered the zombified Père Jean. Véronique explains that they are keeping him because they have certain beliefs about the redemption of souls, even the wicked and the hungry ones. Stéphane orders Philippe to aim his bayonet at Père Jean, but the young man is reluctant as he recognizes the priest. Knowing that Isabelle was there when his men were killed, Stéphane demands that she start talking or the Guerriers will start doing what they do. When Isabelle refuses to answer, Stéphane orders Philippe to finish it. Véronique recognizes the young man as Philippe Poulin whose family worshipped at the abbey, and who was taught the catechism by the Mother Superior and had his confession taken by Père Jean and she pleads with him not to do it. After some hesitation and asking the priest to forgive him, Philippe stabs Père Jean in the right eye with his bayonet, putting him down.
After the massacre at the Abbey, Daryl finds Isabelle tending to the dying Mother Superior. Taking Daryl's hand, Veronique tells him that "you never believed. Maybe you never saw a reason to. But one thing I know -- reasons are everywhere." Sylvie and Laurent join them and Véronique calls the boy the cure for a sick world, acknowledging that perhaps Daryl is the one after all before dying of her wounds, much to everyone's grief.
Véronique is later buried, along with all the other deceased nuns.
"Alouette"[]
In a flashback, during a thunderstorm, Isabelle drives up to the abbey, confident that the nuns have to take them in. Véronique greets them at the gate along with a young Sylvie, explaining that Sylvie is her student who believed that they were her parents coming to pick her up.
Later, Lily goes through labor, assisted by Isabelle, Père Jean, Véronique and another nun. Lily dies in the middle of it from her bite and Père Jean prepares to perform an emergency C-section on her in order to save the baby while Isabelle desperately calls out to her sister. Lily suddenly begins moving again as she reanimates and Véronique restrains Lily as the priest performs the C-section. The baby is successfully delivered, albeit not breathing at first, but Jean, Véronique and the other nun manage to revive him which the priest declares to be a miracle. As Père Jean begins to perform what appears to be an exorcism on the zombified Lily, Isabelle carries her newborn nephew past the awed nuns. Finding a statue of St. Laurent, Isabelle decides to name her nephew Laurent after the saint.
Death[]
- Killed By
- Stéphane Codron (Caused)
- Richard
Véronique is mortally wounded during the Power of the Living's siege of the Abbey by Richard.
- Daryl Dixon (Before Reanimation)
- Isabelle Carriere (Before Reanimation)
After the battle, Daryl and Isabelle prevent those who died from reanimating and bury the dead nuns.
Killed Victims[]
This list shows the victims Véronique has killed:
- Lily Carriere (Zombified, alongside Jean, Isabelle, and the nuns)
- Numerous counts of zombies
Relationships[]
For a more in depth look at Véronique's relationships, read here: Véronique (Daryl Series)/Relationships
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Enemies[]
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Appearances[]
Daryl Dixon[]
Season 1[]
- "L'âme Perdue"
- "Alouette" (Flashback)