Before he first met Rick Grimes and his group in the series, Brian Blake ended up becoming a ruthless and tyrannical ruler of a residential town called "Woodbury" - up to the point where he ended up branding himself "The Governor" to assert his leadership over the townsfolk and the militant forces within the area.

In both series, the Governor is the ruthless, charismatic leader of the town of Woodbury, Georgia, who comes into conflict with protagonist Rick Grimes and is responsible for the deaths of several primary characters.

Brian/Philip Blake, also known as The Governor, is a major antagonist of The Walking Dead comic book series, as well as the main antagonist of the prequel novels, specifically as the main antagonist of Road To Woodbury, and the villainous protagonist/main antagonist of Fall of The Governor, and the posthumous ...

The Governor Was The Bigger Villain The first major villain on The Walking Dead that Rick Grimes and company met was The Governor. By this time, Rick faced an ultimate betrayal from his best friend Shane and had led his companions to a prison, where they lived relatively safely. That was before the Governor arrived.

Lilly Chambler During the climax of the episode, The Governor is about to kill Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) when The Governor is mortally wounded by Michonne (Danai Gurira) and later shot in the head by Lilly Chambler (Audrey Marie Anderson), who incidentally also kills him in the comics.

Separately the Governor interrogates Maggie, and when she refuses to talk, he makes her take off her shirt and bra, threatening to rape her.

As explored in a trio of tie-in novels, the man who would become the Governor was actually christened "Brian Blake," but after the death of his brother Phillip in the early days of the zombie apocalypse, he took the name as part of his shift to a villainous path.

Rick wants to know why the Governor wants to kill Michonne so damn badly. They strike a bargain – if Rick gives up Michonne, the Governor will stop trying to kill the Prison Gang.

The Governor suffered from a psychotic break before we met him in the TV show. It's an interesting form of it though since he developed a dissassociative disorder; he is a vicious man who deceives himself to believe he is a gentleman.

Separately the Governor interrogates Maggie, and when she refuses to talk, he makes her take off her shirt and bra, threatening to rape her.

Negan No villain will ever top the complexity of Negan, expertly played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan. He was the worshiped leader of the Saviors, as he saved people from the damnation of surviving the zombie apocalypse.

If you're talking about the comics, the Governor is more evil. He chopped off Rick's hand, raped Michonne twice, and killed every single person at the prison. If you're talking about the TV show, then Negan.