Jared (The Walking Dead)

Jared is a character and an antagonist in the AMC television series The Walking Dead. He serves as a minor antagonist in Season 7 and possibly in Season 8.

Jared is a member of the Saviors who is seen during Kingdom's weekly tributes and one of Gavin's men. He is particularly sadistic and cowardly, even among other Saviors, whose reckless, violent nature stands in stark contrast to Gavin's more affable and level-headed nature.

He is portrayed by Joshua Mikel.

Season 7
Jared is first seen during one of Kingdom's weekly tributes, antagonizing Richard, one of King Ezekiel's top men. After a brief fight, Ezekiel orders Richard to back off since the members of Kingdom don't usually pick up a fight on nobody. Jared then starts throwing "free punches" to Richard and is eventually stopped by Gavin, who points out that Ezekiel has been good to them so far and has done nothing to deserve a bad treatment.

Later, during another one of Kingdom's weekly tributes, Jared once again starts antagonizing Richard and demands him to hand over his gun, calling him a "bad boy". Richard initially refuses, prompting Jared to draw his weapon. Ezekiel orders Richard to hand over his weapon, which he does albeit reluctantly. After a brief argument, Jared gets angered and tries to pistol-whip Richard but is stopped by Morgan who hits him with his stick. Jared takes Morgan's stick and hits both Richard and Morgan with it and is stopped by Benjamin who trips him over. Gavin then tells Ezekiel that if their problems doesn't stop, he might need to take out Richard for good as an example.

When the next tribute is deliberately ruined by Richard, who hides one of the cantaloupes, Gavin orders Jared to shoot Richard as a payment. However, Jared turns tables on Richard after noticing that he is willing to die for the sake of Kingdom and instead shoots Benjamin in the leg. Angered, Gavin orders Jared to return Morgan's stick and get back to the truck.

The next day, Gavin finds out that Benjamin died and furiously orders Jared to start walking back to the outpost. He is not present when Morgan subsequently strangles Richard to death in front of the Kingdom and the Saviors.

Episode appearances

 * 7x02: "The Well"
 * 7x10: "New Best Friends"
 * 7x13: "Bury Me Here"

Trivia

 * He is one of the worst Saviors met so far, earning the hostility of Ezekiel, Richard, Morgan and even his boss, Gavin.