<P> Negan controls his subordinates by intimidation, reward and punishment . Brutal, foul - mouthed and possessing a twisted sense of humor, Negan carries a barbed wire - wrapped baseball bat named Lucille . While he can be psychopathically merciless, he is also (at least superficially) empathetic, and pragmatically spares those he sees as potentially useful, and is reasonable when people attempt to negotiate with him . Negan has a penchant for provocation and power games . The stronger the resistance to his will, the more he seems to enjoy the test of wills . He shows disdain for the act of rape . </P> <P> Prior to the outbreak, Negan was the coach of a local high school, frequently taking bullying tactics to keep the boys in line as to try to be the "cool teacher" in school . As his wife Lucille berates him for this behavior, she collapses, and he rushes her to the hospital where she is found to have a life - threatening cancer . As his wife is tended to, Negan tells the truth to his mistress, who immediately leaves him . When the zombie apocalypse starts, the hospital workers tell Negan they are being forced to abandon the hospital and he should leave with them, but he refuses to leave Lucille's side . With power lost, Lucille soon dies, and Negan is shocked to find her reanimating . He flees the hospital and finds a boy being trapped by walkers, and helps to dispatch them with a fire extinguisher . In return, Negan asks the boy to kill Lucille for him . </P> <P> At some point after the outbreak, Negan is found by a group led by a man named Dwight . He slowly took control over this group from Dwight, thus forming the Saviors and fiercely ruled over his group . Negan, along with his team (which includes at least 50 or more other men), had made a deal with the Hilltop Colony: the Saviors would use the weaponry the other group was lacking to pull all zombies wandering near the Hilltop's premises . In return, the Saviors would obtain half of Hilltop's supplies, such as livestock and crops . To get his point across, if a potential problem would arise, Negan and his men would resort to cruel measures . For example, if they sensed they were being tracked, or if they believed they weren't getting sufficient supplies, the Saviors beat or kill people from Hilltop . The Saviors also sent "messages" to the Hilltop community, which were usually very deadly, such as Ethan having to kill Gregory . </P> <P> Later, Negan, along with 50 other Saviors, snuck up on Rick's group and subdued Rick by surprise . They lined up all of the survivors from the van (Rick, Carl, Glenn, Maggie, Sophia, Michonne, and Heath), telling them that Negan wanted revenge for the Saviors who were killed . Without Rick's consent, Negan imposed a binding deal: everything that belonged to the Alexandria Safe - Zone now belonged to the Saviors . Negan also introduced his weapon of choice; Lucille, a baseball bat covered in barbed wire . After a long talk about the new world order and whom he should beat to death using Lucille, he finally chose his victim at random: Glenn . Maggie panicked, while Glenn tried talking Negan out of it . However, Negan ignored him and beat him to death . Glenn's last words were "Maggie, I'll find you! Maggie!". Negan told the mourning and crying group that the Saviors would be back in one week to collect half of everything that Alexandria Safe - Zone owned, or there would be more killings . Rick vowed to avenge Glenn's murder and kill Negan . Negan laughed at this, beat Rick with his bare hands, and then turned around, leaving the survivors with Glenn's mangled corpse . </P>

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