Jadis (The Walking Dead)

Jadis is a central character and an antagonist in AMC's The Walking Dead. She is the leader of The Scavengers and serves as a major antagonist for the second half of Season 7 and Season 8.

Season 7
In the massive junkyard known as The Heaps, its residents (the Scavengers) surround Rick’s group. Rick speaks to a woman (Jadis) who is clearly the leader, and asks to see Gabriel, knowing they kidnapped him from Alexandria. Gabriel is brought out. Rick tells the woman that if the survivors are killed, the Saviors will be deprived of their tribute, and come looking for what’s theirs. He asks for her help in fighting the Saviors, but she refuses. A fight breaks out between the two groups. Gabriel holds a Heaps resident, Tamiel, at knife point. Gabriel explains that the Scavengers can take the Saviors’ food and weapons if they help defeat them. Jadis takes Rick for a walk.

Michonne asks a nearby Scavenger where Rick is being taken. The woman points to the top of a trash heap. Jadis tells Rick that he needs to prove his worth, then pushes him down the trash heap.

Rick lands in a pit and he’s attacked by a walker covered in spiked armor. He struggles against the walker, piercing his hand and leg on its armor. He dislodges a pile of trash onto the walker, then stabs it with a shard of glass, decapitating it. Jadis throws him some rope.

Rick climbs the rope to the top of the heap, rejoining Jadis. She agrees to help fight the Saviors in exchange for goods. After some bargaining, they agree on the terms. The Scavengers are to get guns, one-third of the Saviors’ supplies and a portion of the goods that they stole from the Alexandria pantry.

Rick rejoins his group, and the massive crowd of Scavengers that surrounded them retreats into the Heaps.

Rick’s group delivers 63 guns to Jadis. Rosita bristles when Jadis says she needs twice as many guns. Rick insists on keeping 20 guns to help them in their search for more. Jadis agrees.

The Scavengers arrive at Alexandria in a caravan of garbage trucks and bicycles. Rick greets Jadis inside the gate. She crudely propositions Rick, but is swiftly repelled. Before Rick can reach for his gun, Jadis leaps up and aims her gun at Rick. Simultaneously, the Scavengers all turn their guns on the Alexandrians. Rick attempts to make another deal with Jadis, but she shoots him in the side and pushes him off the platform. Jadis leads Rick to Negan and orders him to kneel beside Carl, She reminds Negan of their deal – twelve people in exchange for the Scavengers’ help in the attack. Negan swiftly bargains her down to ten. The fight is hectic, and numerous Saviors and Scavengers are gunned down. Jadis and the Scavengers release smoke bombs and escape in the haze, scaling the walls and running out the gate on foot, fleeing the battle.

Season 8
Jadis will appear in this season.

TriviaEdit

 * Jadis is the first female main character to be classified as an antagonist.