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| “ | I don't feel much. I mean, I don't feel enough. Shouldn't I be broken up over what happened to her? That's how I was when I lost my daughter, when I lost my friends in those first few weeks... but now... it's like I just take something like this in stride. Like, this is what our world is now, and we'd better just get used to it.
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Vernon is a survivor of the outbreak and later an antagonist in The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series. He is part of a cancer survivor group along with Brie, Clive, Boyd, and Joyce and acts as their leader. He served as the secondary antagonist of the episode "No Time Left" after stealing the boat.
Overview
Vernon initially seems to be a sensible, caring, and stern man. Vernon's view on Lee is heavily determined on how Lee acts when they first meet. If Lee is hostile with him and his group, he will treat Lee with disdain. However if Lee is non-threatening, Vernon will be friendly. Vernon is part of a cancer survivor group and is their only doctor. Because of this, he needs to always be around to give them constant care. When Lee says he needs to get back to Clementine, Vernon shows sympathy since it reminded him of his own daughter. Vernon is shown to be helpful and kind, as he is willing to help Omid with his injured leg. He is also shown to care for the safety of Clementine. After the successful mission to Crawford, Vernon offers to take Clementine with him as it would be safer for her.
However, Vernon's true colors are revealed when he steals the group's boat. Depending on how he was treated, he can either show remorse or none. Christa attempts to justify his actions saying that he was doing it for the good of his group, and anyone would have done the same. However in 400 Days, it's revealed that Vernon's motivations may have been rooted in selfishness. Boyd states that "Vernon was out for the boat the whole time," suggesting that taking the boat was his plan all along. Boyd then says that Vernon's actions were the actual cause of their group falling apart.
Pre-Apocalypse
Savannah, Georgia
Almost nothing is known about Vernon's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that he was a doctor in the city of Savannah, and knew Brie and the other morgue survivors for a few years prior to the outbreak, as he was the head of a cancer support group. He had a brother who lived in Macon, and he also had a daughter, but she died within the first week of the outbreak.
Post-Apocalypse
Season One
Following the zombie outbreak, Vernon's daughter was killed by the epidemic. He, along with the rest of his support group, moved into Crawford, seeking a safe haven from the walkers. Crawford's leader, however, began eliminating certain "liabilities" in his town, including the sick and elderly. Unfortunately, Vernon fell in both categories, and was targeted, along with the rest of his support group. After the deaths of half of his group due to Crawford, he fled along with Brie, Clive, Boyd, and Joyce. They discovered an abandoned fallout shelter, as well as a morgue, where they hid from Crawford and the zombies.
"Around Every Corner"
After Lee Everett arrived, Vernon held Lee at gunpoint. Despite Brie's incessant prodding, Vernon is unable to bring himself to shoot Lee. He will either have his gun taken away calmly or by force before Lee asks about their circumstance. Vernon tells him about Crawford and how he was a doctor. Lee can ask for Vernon's help in navigating the sewers or offer to find his own way back. However, Vernon will be pressured by Boyd to help him if Lee does not ask for assistance. Lee can either choose to threaten them all with death if Vernon does not help, or he can choose to lie about having medicine to help their sick, or he can choose to be honest and say how he needs to get back to Clementine, or simply be silent and answer Vernon's question about having a wounded man in his group. After a prolonged goodbye with his group, Vernon leads Lee out of the sewers and back to his hideout.
Upon arriving at the mansion, they encounter Molly, who is scavenging through the kitchen. Vernon asks who she is, to which Molly feigns offense at Lee for not explaining that she saved his life. (Determinant) Christa joins them in the kitchen and begs for Vernon's help with Omid. Christa leads him to a semi-conscious Omid, and Vernon agrees to assist him.
After Kenny reports on the boat missing fuel and a battery, the group deliberates on whether or not they can investigate Crawford for the missing items. Vernon staunchly rejects the idea, citing that none of them knew what Crawford was about. Vernon then, however, options sneaking in as a way to grab the fuel and battery as long as they helped him retrieve some medicine as well. He leaves the mansion and returns to the morgue to tell his group what they were planning. He returns after nightfall per the stipulation of their plan to sneak in, bringing along Brie to help break into Crawford's base. If Lee chose to bring Clementine to Crawford, Vernon objects, but Kenny resigns the argument and allows Lee to do as he felt best.
After exiting the sewers and moving to cover near the Crawford school, Vernon raises his suspicion of there being something wrong when he discovers that there are no guards patrolling. When Lee and Christa spot one, Lee and Kenny move to deal with him from behind. The guard, however, ignores Lee's threats (Determinant) and attacks Lee in a fit of growls. Vernon is shocked that there was a walker inside the walls, and when dozens of others move in, Vernon and Lee usher everyone into the building the school.
Vernon realizes that it is better that there were walkers in the community rather than armed guards. Brie leads them to the classroom on the third floor used as an administrative office for Crawford. Vernon and Brie check the layout map of Crawford in the classroom, directing Lee to the battery in a place called Herman's Auto Body. He and Brie also direct Kenny to find the fuel outside the playground. Vernon goes with Christa to find the necessary medicine in the school's nurse's office. While there, he assisted Christa in searching for medicine, while the others went looking for fuel and a battery. He and Christa were trapped in the nurse's office by walkers until Lee rescued them. He watched the two tapes about Anna Correa and found the combination to the medicine safe.
Right before the group left Crawford, he asked if Lee and his group had originally traveled by train to get to Savannah, even though he had no prior knowledge of the group. Vernon notes this observation as he and Lee's group descend the bell tower. Kenny demands to know why he asked, but Vernon brushes his question aside and descends the ladder.
After they managed to escape from Crawford, Vernon provides the antibiotics and ensures Omid is well. He asks Lee to step outside, where, depending on Lee's interactions with him in the past and whether or not he was lied to, he will either be openly hostile to Lee and question how his group could ever let him make any decisions or he will say Lee is a good man. Vernon, regardless of his view of Lee, states that he can clearly see how much he cares for Clementine, and suggests that he take Clementine with him back to the morgue for safety, as getting on a boat would not keep her safe. Lee can either ask for more time to deliberate, concede that Vernon may be correct or roughly reject the offer and subsequently force him against the wall, threatening to kill him if he tries to take Clementine away. Either way, Vernon will depart the house alone to take his medicine back to his group.
When Lee discovers Clementine to be gone the next day, he immediately assumes Vernon had taken her because of the offer he had made. He and whomever he brings with him to the morgue enters the sewers and find the fallout shelter empty. When they enter the morgue, they also find it empty. Lee calls for Vernon to show himself, but nobody arrives. Lee suddenly receives a call for help from Clementine on the walkie-talkie. He answers the call promptly, but when Clementine does not respond, he challenges Vernon. A voice answers the radio, but he announces that he is not Vernon.
"No Time Left"
Vernon does not appear in this episode, but his actions after disappearing are revealed. Following his return to the morgue, Vernon informed his group of Lee's group's boat and of his intention to steal it. After formulating a plan, the group departed from the morgue, taking all of their supplies, and moved to the manor house that contained the boat. Upon arriving, if any occupants of the manor were left behind by Lee in his search of Clementine, they were beaten at gunpoint by Vernon and Clive before being locked inside the backyard shed. Boyd and Joyce moved the boat outside and escaped the area before Lee returned. Alternatively, if no one stayed to guard the boat, then Vernon steals the boat uncontested, leaving a note inside the shed to detail their reasons. Vernon will either be apologetic in his note for abandoning Clementine in the city or be vengeful against Lee for threatening him the day before.
"400 Days"
The remaining survivors of the cancer group, excluding Vernon, find protection at Gil's Pitstop and join up with Shel, Becca, Stephanie, and Roman.
"Shel's Story"
On day 236, they catch a stranger red-handed attempting to steal their supplies. While the group debates on whether to kill or let the man go, Joyce warily speaks of their past run-ins with outsiders and insists that having dealt with such people is a direct cause of losing both Brie and Vernon. If Lee doesn't threaten them at the morgue, Boyd blames Vernon for the business of having forcibly taken the boat from Lee's group and feels guilty for it. He states from that moment on, their group began to fall apart.
Death
- Killed By
- Unknown causes
After Vernon and his group stole the boat from Lee's group and as they were leaving Savannah, he eventually died of unknown causes. His death was not shown but was confirmed by Joyce.
Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Vernon has killed:
- Possibly numerous counts of zombies
Relationships
For a more in-depth look at Vernon's relationships, read here: Vernon (Telltale)/Relationships
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Enemies
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Quotes
The following is a list of some of Vernon's most memorable quotes.
Season One "Who are you?" "Who are you? (…) You barged in on us. And I'm the one holding the gun. So I'll ask you again. Who are you? (…) Are you from Crawford? Don't lie to me, I'll know. (…) I think you'd better start talkin'." "I have a brother in Macon. You were there? How was it? As bad as here?" "Ain't no boats around here. Crawford took everything." "You say you're not from Crawford, but you sure as hell act like it." "We are from Crawford. Or were. We got out of there when they starting sealing up the place, starting weeding out the sick and the old so their perfect survivor society wouldn't be threatened. No room for weakness or vulnerability in their little master race." "WE'RE sick. We're all members of a cancer survivors group that used to meet here at the hospital. We're in remission. But that wasn't good enough for Crawford. They'd already rounded up five of us before the rest managed to hole up and hide from them down here. This old basement's been abandoned for years." "Yeah, irony's always top of my list when I'm looking for a place to survive. Now, I don't care if you have a gun or not, I want to know how you found your way down here." "You're not going to be able to get out of here on your own. But we've all got our own problems. Two of our group are sick and need constant care. And I'm the only doctor here." "Sorry, friend, but Brie's right. Maybe if you'd handled yourself different. But as things stand, I can't help you." "Sorry, friend, I'm not buying it. (…) I've seen my share of murderers since this all started. Seen too many. If he was the type to do violence he'd have done it already. I'm calling your bluff. Your move." "It's alright, Brie. I had a daughter too. Lost her in the first days. I'll be damned if I'll just sit back and let that happen to someone else"  "I'll see what I can do. Take me to him." "I'll need to see those medical supplies. (…) Well, you just get better and better, don't you?" "Alright, let's take a look at him... I work better without an audience. I'm sure you have more things of your own to attend to." "As well as can be expected under the circumstances. I did what I could for him, cleaned out the wound. But he's got a real infection, running a fever. Without antibiotics..." "Now, hold on a minute. (…) Trust me, you don't know these people. I do. You showing up with a wounded man? Might as well put a noose around his neck. They don't exactly welcome children with open arms, either. (…) Negotiate? With Crawford? Once again I have to remind you, you have no idea what these people are like! They'll take what they want, and then decide whether or not to let any of you live."  "This is Brie, she can help us." "There might actually be a way. (…) I know the sewer system that runs beneath Crawford like the back of my hand. Y'all wouldn't happen to have a map by any chance? (…) I think I could lead us through so we could pass under the perimeter and right into the center, where they keep their supplies. We come up right underneath 'em, take 'em by surprise, grab what we need and get out before they even knew what hit 'em. (…) I've thought about it before, just never had the people to do it. But I think if we all work together, we could pull it off." "This is Brie, she can help us. (…) With her help we're in and out faster. Anyone got a problem with that?" "Whoa, hold on a minute. You're not taking her with us. Did you not hear anything I said about the kind of place Crawford is? If you take her in there and they find her--"   "Where is everybody? There should be guards patrolling." "Where is everybody? There should be guards patrolling. (…) It's just strange, is all." "No, this is good. (…) Look at it this way... Before, everyone in Crawford was smart and they had guns. Now they're dumb and they don't. Hey, trying to look on the bright side here." "Slow. Too slow. I'm worried that by the time we manage to get this thing open, it may be too late." "That's great, one down. Where is she? (…) Took off...with the battery? (…) I hope so. That girl doesn't really strike me as a team player. More the mercenary kind." "You want my medical opinion? The sooner we get him some strong antibiotics to start fighting that infection, the better. Let's just leave it at that." "Don't mention it. It's times like these we've got to help each other the most, right? Or we're no better than those Crawford sons of bitches." "Don't thank me. I'm not doing this for you, I'm doing it for my people. They need this medicine as badly as your friend does." "We're in business. (takes supplies) Antibiotics, morphine... we'll take as much of this as we can carry. Okay, I think we're good. This is more than enough for your people and mine. Let's go!" "You didn't come into town from the railroad, did you? (…) Never mind. I can see the sewer where we came in from here. I think we can do this." "Okay, with a little luck you should start feeling better pretty soon. I'll stay here for a few more hours to check on him. Let me know if you need anything." "Please, save your sympathy for someone who's buying it. (…) You don't think by now I've got you figured? You don't strike me as someone who has a lot of consideration for others. Look at what you did to get me to come here with you in the first place, you expect me to believe you give a shit that it wound up costing Brie her life?" "Don't beat yourself up over it, it was nothing you could have done. You want to know the worst part? I don't feel much. I mean, I don't feel enough. Shouldn't I be broken up over what happened to her? That's how I was when I lost my daughter, when I lost my friends in those first few weeks. But now, it's like I just take something like this in stride. Like this is what our world is now, and we'd better just get used to it." "No, you listen. You've got some good people here, and they look to you as their leader. Well, I'm here to tell you, the kind of leader you are, they're not going to make it much longer. And you're kidding yourself if you think putting them all on a boat is gonna solve anything. Now, you may not care about all of those people, but I know you care about that little girl. Which is why I'm going to make you an offer." "I know you care about Clementine. Anyone can see that. And I know you want what's best for her. But this plan of yours, putting everyone on a boat, with no destination... do you really think that's her best chance of finding somewhere where she can be safe? Because I don't. So I wanna make you an offer."   "I'll take her off your hands. Take her back with me, to my people." "I'll take her off your hands. Take her back with me, to my people. We're well-supplied, well-hidden, and a lot of us have had kids of our own. And now Crawford's fallen, we got nothing left to fear from them. She'll be safe with us. Safer than she will be if she stays with you, I promise you. That's what you want for her, isn't it? To be safe? (…) I know you think you're doing what's best for her. And if you were her real father, we wouldn't be having this conversation." "You're a good man, Lee. You've been protecting these people as best you can so far and they look up to you. Rightly so. But it's different with a child. You might have brought her this far, but sooner or later she might ask you for more than you can give her. I'm sorry if that's hard to hear. But it's the truth." "You chose to let that boy die back in Crawford. I've got to wonder about the morality of the kind of man who would do something like that. I've got to wonder what kind of parent you'd be." "You set off on that mission with Molly, the both of you are supposed to be watching each other's back. And all I know is, you made it back and she didn't. If she wasn't safe with you, why should Clementine be?" "The way you've treated me doesn't exactly instill a lot of confidence in you as a guardian to that child. I don't like being threatened, I don't like being lied to. I don't think Clementine would much like that either. And it's a shorter trip from me to her than you might imagine." |
Appearances
The Telltale Series
Season One
Trivia
- Vernon stealing the boat in "No Time Left" is highly hypocritical, since in "Around Every Corner", he openly criticized the plan of Lee's group. This could have been an attempt to remove any suspicion for him, or maybe his decision to take the boat was spurred by the horde of walkers entering the city, as the sewers were overrun by the time Lee arrived.
- It's unclear on how Vernon died. A theory is that Vernon got killed by walkers while he and his group were hauling the boat down to the harbor, as the massive horde of walkers from outside Savannah were invading the city about the same time. While the others of the cancer survivors got away, Vernon didn't make it out.
- Vernon is one of the seven doctors in the Telltale Series. The others are Diana, Walter Ashe, Carlos, Jonas, Eleanor, and Paul Lingard.
- Of the seven, he is the first doctor to appear in person.
- Vernon is one of six characters confirmed to have outlived their children, the others being Kenny, the Stranger, Rufus (Determinant), Fern, and Conrad.
- Vernon is the only member of the cancer patients who doesn't appear in more than one episode in any way.
- Vernon shares the same character model as Save-Lots Bandit 3.