<P> Following Woodbury's capture and the murder of stranded refugees from Atlanta, The Governor is met by Rick Grimes, when Grimes' band of survivors explores the town . After initially acting hospitable, The Governor turns on the group . Attempting to find the location of Rick's prison refuge in order to collect supplies for Woodbury, The Governor proceeds to cut off Rick's hand, torture Glenn, and rape and torture Michonne . To learn the location of the prison, the Governor allows the survivors to escape the premises with the help of one of his guards, Caesar Martinez . However, Michonne stays behind and finds her way to The Governor's apartment, where she brutally tortures him, severing his right arm, fingernails, penis, and left eye . When Michonne rejoins the group and they ask her if The Governor is still alive, Michonne is uncertain . </P> <P> The Governor survives with the help of Bob Stookey, a citizen who had medical experience, and is eventually able to find the prison . The Governor uses Rick's murder of Martinez to rally Woodbury's townspeople against the prison's inhabitants . Things do not go according to plan, however, as Rick's group puts up a tenacious defense that forces Woodbury's humiliating retreat . After a failed attempt to gain his way into the prison, by using Tyreese as a hostage and subsequently decapitating Tyreese with Michonne's katana, The Governor crushes the fences with a tank . A bloody massacre ensues, leading to a high death toll and ultimately making the prison less secure and less habitable . </P> <P> Tensions steadily rise within The Governor's group, as their remaining ammunition is limited, and a handful of Woodbury residents' moral consciences come into play, especially regarding the killing of defenseless or young members of the prison group . Both factors lead to the remnants of The Governor's army turning on him, and to Lilly's killing him, throwing his corpse to the zombies, and making a last - ditch attempt to fortify the prison . </P> <P> Before the outbreak, Philip and Brian Blake were raised by an abusive father . As an adult, Philip worked an office job with a boss he didn't get along with, was married, and had a daughter named Penny . Eighteen months before the outbreak, Philip lost his wife in a car accident . During the early days of the outbreak, Philip and Penny survived and found a community in Woodbury . Penny was bitten, however, and turned into a zombie . Unable to accept her death, Philip locked her up in a private room in his office . When the community was leaderless, they picked Philip to lead and began calling him "The Governor", a nickname which stuck . Determined not to lose the community, he executed any outsider groups he saw as a threat . He allowed some smaller groups to move into Woodbury if he deemed them to be an asset and not a threat to his leadership, but still took precautions and had them monitored by his lieutenants until he deemed them trustworthy . At some point during the first and second season The Governor encounters a dying Merle Dixon, whom The Governor enlisted, along with Caesar Martinez and Milton Mamet, as his lieutenant and advisers . He also tasks Milton, a scientist, with researching a means to reverse the virus in the hopes of saving Penny . The Governor was also known to have had affairs with many of the Woodbury women . </P>

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