Abraham Ford

Abraham Ford is a main character and a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. He served as a supporting protagonist during the second half of Season 4 and one of the main protagonists from Season 5 to Season 6. He and his travelling companions Rosita Espinosa and Eugene Porter are en route to Washington, D.C. He soon became a productive, vital and loyal member to Rick and the rest of the group, until his tragic and brutal death at the hands of the villainous Negan.

Personality
Abraham is a reckless and proud individual with a short temper and an equally profound wittiness. He is brave, strong, persevering and also has a violent and rude side. He's also sorrowful for his entire family's death. He is the living juxtaposition between recklessness and wisdom. Despite his violent tendencies, Abraham is wise and thoughtful, providing insightful advise and council to his friends. His tragic post-apocalyptic experiences had rendered him a depressed, hopeless shell of his former self afflicted with PTSD, and he was only able to push forward if given a clear mission. He has made great strides on the road to recovery.

Despite his rough, brash nature, Abraham greatly enjoys having fun, which he can find in killing walkers or admittedly, fighting other people, as noted by Tara Chambler, he smiles while killing the undead. His fun-loving side can also be seen in his evident sense of humor and peculiar choices of profanity, his most prominent personality quirk. He also loves alcohol and does not like to socialize.

While he initially seems to adjust to being in the Alexandria Safe-Zone, Abraham's PTSD worsens during the quarry plan, as he begins to show suicidal tendencies, by taking on walkers that are splitting off from the herd. These tendencies also caused him to risk his life, either by falling or by being bitten, by trying to get an RPG that was stuck with a hanging walker, and his frustrations leads to him screaming at the walker. He is greatly intrigued by the prospect of starting a new family, both to carry on humanity and get through his funk.

Even in the face of death, even if it is going to be a slow and painful death, Abraham is shown to be absolutely fearless and defiant when Negan executed him by smashing his head multiple times with his baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire, "Lucille". In his final moments, Abraham died a noble and courageous man who made his final humorous words to his murderer, "Suck... my... nuts."

Houston, Texas
Abraham was born in the mid 1960's, where he grew up in Houston, Texas, however, not much is known regarding that of his early childhood. At a young age, he enrolled into the U.S Military where he most presumably served in the middle-east, and through his years of service, he eventually gained the rank of sergeant. At one point Abraham alongside several of his comrades found themselves stranded in the desert (approximately 30 kilometres apart from their base) which had been caused by a camel which had digested their transport keys, to their relief, the animal eventually defecated the keys and their squadron managed to return home.

Outside of his military career, Abraham grew to become a family man, where he met a woman named Ellen where the two fell in love and became married, together the pair had two children named A.J and Becca. The four lived together as a typical family, located in Houston, Texas where they attended several country fairs as well as a goat rodeo. It is hinted however that due Abraham’s war-time experience gradually moulded him into an incredibly brutal and malicious man and thus his aggressive demeanour heavily strained the relationship between him and his family a great deal, and thus they secretly became fearful of him.

Post-Apocalypse
After the onset of the outbreak, Abraham was present with his family alongside several of their neighbours in Houston where together they holed themselves up inside a local grocery store. However upon returning from a supply run, Abraham discovered that his once trusted comrades had raped his wife in his absence, causing Abraham to brutally retaliate, (killing four men in the process.) This event was witnessed by his family whom became traumatized by his actions to where eventually they decided to leave him out of fear.

After reading a note left behind, Abraham desperately searched for his family until he tragically discovered that his family had been devoured by walkers on the road; devastated by the loss of his entire family Abraham swiftly attempted to commit suicide only to be fatefully alerted by Eugene Porter whom he saved from three pursuing walkers whom Eugene then proposed to him an important mission. Upon being informed (under the unknowingly false pretence) of Eugene's ability to develop a cure - this led Abraham to a regained sense of purpose and thus he personally vowed to help deliver him to their intended destination - Washington D.C.

At some point during their travels, the two encountered a group of survivors consisting of Rosita Espinosa, Josiah, Stephanie, Warren, Rex, Pam, Roger, Dirk and Josephine whom were fending of against the infected, where Abraham assisted them. Impressed with their skill, Abraham recruited them into their group and agreed to fuffil their mission to deliver Eugene to Washington. Over time Abraham and Rosita developed a romantic relationship with each other, throughout their journey through Houston to Georgia they gradually lost group members one-by-one until Rosita was the sole member left from her original group.

Season 4

 * 4x10: "Inmates"
 * 4x11: "Claimed"
 * 4x15: "Us"
 * 4x16: "A"

Season 5

 * 5x01: "No Sanctuary"
 * 5x02: "Strangers"
 * 5x03: "Four Walls and a Roof"
 * 5x05: "Self Help"
 * 5x07: "Crossed"
 * 5x08: "Coda"
 * 5x09: "What Happened and What's Going On" (No Lines)
 * 5x10: "Them"
 * 5x11: "The Distance"
 * 5x12: "Remember"
 * 5x13: "Forget"
 * 5x14: "Spend"
 * 5x16: "Conquer"

Season 6

 * 6x01: "First Time Again"
 * 6x03: "Thank You"
 * 6x06: "Always Accountable"
 * 6x08: "Start to Finish"
 * 6x09: "No Way Out"
 * 6x11: "Knots Untie"
 * 6x12: "Not Tomorrow Yet"
 * 6x14: "Twice as Far"
 * 6x15: "East"
 * 6x16: "Last Day on Earth"

Season 7

 * 7x01: "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be" (Flashback, Corpse)

Trivia

 * The name used for Abraham's casting call was "John Tyler", until the casting was revealed at NYCC on October 12, 2013.
 * Michael Cudlitz has said the following about his character: "Abraham is someone who comes with a lot of emotional baggage. And he’s on a mission."
 * Michael Cudlitz was promoted as a series regular for Season 5.
 * Abraham is one of the few characters in the TV Series to be left-handed.
 * Abraham is one of the few characters in the TV Series to outlive their Comic counterpart, though unfortunately, he is killed by Negan only two episodes later, and in-universe, only a day or two later.
 * Abraham is the last member of his family to die.
 * In the Comic Series, Abraham is killed shortly after The Saviors are first introduced in Issue 97, and Abraham had absolutely no knowledge of The Saviors until he was killed by Dwight in an act of surprise in Issue 98. In the TV Series, however, Abraham, along with Daryl Dixon and Sasha Williams, met The Saviors during Season 6, Episode 6: "Always Accountable" (which was the debut of The Saviors), and he managed to survive their attack on him and his friends and fought alongside his allies against The Saviors since then, and Abraham managed to personally kill several Saviors and live long enough to meet their leader Negan, who brutally kills Abraham in the Season 6 finale.
 * Abraham is the second main character to die in a season finale, the first being Andrea.
 * Coincidentally, both of their deaths were off-screen, but while Andrea's death was confirmed in the Season 3 finale, Abraham's death in the Season 6 finale was unconfirmed until his death was shown in full during the Season 7 premiere.
 * Abraham is the first and only character to technically die in two different seasons. While not revealed, he is killed in the Season 6 finale. His death is shown in full during the Season 7 premiere.
 * Abraham's death in the TV Series is similar to Glenn's death in the Comic Series, even though Glenn dies shortly after Abraham dies, and Glenn dies in a nearly identical way to his Comic counterpart.

Comic Series
Abraham Ford is a main character first encountered in Issue 53 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead and is a Sergeant in the U.S. Army and a sports coach before the outbreak. Following the death of Tyreese, Abraham later takes on the role of Rick's right hand man. His main role in the group is to assist keeping the group members safe from any type of threat. Ultimately, however, he is killed by Dwight with a crossbow arrow through the back of his head and through his right eye.

Characteristics and Role
Though initially hostile to Rick's group, believing them too inexperienced with the apocalypse, and a hindrance in his mission of delivering Eugene to Washington, D.C., he grew to accept them, and become the group's main enforcer, replacing the hole left by Tyreese's death. He also formed a close bond with Rick, relating to his experiences of family loss in the apocalypse, even after the two clashed for leadership in their first meetings together.

After Eugene revealed himself as a liar, telling the group that he is not actually a scientist, and has no clue what caused the apocalypse, Abraham loses confidence in himself. This causes him to step-down from his joint leadership role with Rick, believing Rick to be a more capable leader, and he settles as Rick's second in command, helping Rick make any important decisions, but, not involving himself too much in group matters.

It is also revealed that Abraham never loved one of his travelling companions, Rosita, despite telling her so, and providing her comfort. He decides to cheat on her by sleeping with an Alexandria Safe-Zone resident, Holly, after saving her life. He tells Rosita that he only formed a romantic relationship with her because he did not want to be lonely, and that she felt like the last women on Earth to him, in a way doing it out of pity for her. However, in his dying moments, Abraham tells Eugene that he wants him to look after Rosita, saying he just wants her to be happy like he was with Holly, never wishing to hurt her despite seemingly wanting to before his final moments.

His death has shown to have had a significant impact on the survivors, emotionally and practically. Rick openly acknowledged Abraham's important role as muscle for the Community shortly after his death, explaining to the group that seeking aid from the Hilltop Colony is needed to fill the power void Abraham's death has created.