Merle Dixon is a main character and a former antagonist as well as a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. Having survived along with his younger brother, Daryl, he eventually joined a group of survivors outside of Atlanta, Georgia. After being abandoned on a rooftop in Atlanta, he was found by a man known as The Governor and was taken to Woodbury. He served as the secondary antagonist for the first half of Season 3 before joining Rick's group.