Hershel Greene

"You saved my son, how can i ever repay you Jack"                              Hershel Greene is an original character who appears in The Walking Dead Family Matters as the father of Shawn, Maggie and Beth.

Pre-Apocalypse
Little is known about Hershel prior to the outbreak aside that he was a former veterinarian, and he was a family man who owned a farm that has been in his family for generations. His oldest son, Shawn, also appeared in the video game. In the weeks before the outbreak, Hershel repeatedly asked Shawn to take the gathered wood pile to the dump, but Shawn never got around to it.

Post-Apocalypse
Hershel is first seen with his daughter Beth and her boyfriend Jimmy when his only son Shawn returns to the farm with three other people. Hershel is relived to see his son is okay however is shocked at the death of Shawn's friend Chet was killed by walkers and he agrees to Shawn's plan to make defense's for the farm. Hershel takes a look at the older man Shawn brought to the farm with a younger man and little girl behind him and he learns that their names are Lee, Jack and Clementine.

Hershel is then seen the next morning in the barn where Lee, Jack, Clementine and a man named Kenny and his family slept the night before. Hershel talks to Lee about trust however they hear Shawn's scream's and Hershel runs into his house to grab a shotgun. Hershel then arrives and kills the last walker that was attacking Shawn and he learns that Jack saved both his son and Kenny's son Duck. later when Lee, Jack and Clementine are about to leave Hershel gives Jack a rifle which has been in the Greene family for generations and he gives it to Jack as a gift for saving his only son. Hershel and his family along with Jimmy wave goodbye.

Death
Phillip Blake

Hershel was killed some time before Jack and his group come across Maggie again and she tells them that Beth, Shawn and Jimmy got separated from her group and Hershel was killed when they were staying at a prison they were staying at.

Killed Victims
one zombie

Trivia
the author wanted to make the The Walking Dead in the TV universe so he decided to kill off Hershel so people would guess what happened to him.