The main character of \"The Walking Dead\" is Sheriff Rick Grimes, who, along with his family and several other people, go on a long journey with the hope of finding a safe place to live. The reason for this was the \"zombie\" epidemic that swept the entire globe. But, being in constant fear for their own lives, people begin to act quite differently from the situation they are used to, showing the full depth of their cruelty. As Rick saves his family, he begins to realize that the fear of those who managed to escape from the zombies is much more dangerous than the wandering dead.