Lydia

{{Infobox character | name = Lydia | image = JointPics 20190822 092921.PNG | image_size = 250px | caption = Lydia, as she appears in the comic book series (left) and as portrayed by Cassady McClincy in the television series (right). | series = The Walking Dead | first = | last = | portrayer = Cassady McClincy (The Walking Dead)Havana Blum (younger in The Walking Dead)Scarlett Blum (younger in The Walking Dead and in Tales of the Walking Dead) | occupation = Student Comic: Messenger for the Commonwealth | creator = Robert Kirkman | adapted_by = Angela Kang (The Walking Dead) | family = Alpha (mother) Television: Frank (father) | significant_others = Comic: Carl Grimes Television: Henry Elijah | spouse = Comic: Conner }} Lydia is a fictional character from the comic book series The Walking Dead and the television series of the same name, where she is portrayed by Cassady McClincy. Appearances Comic book series Lydia is one of the Whisperers to follow Paul "Jesus" Monroe, Darius and two other guards. She is captured by Jesus. She is put in a cell next to Carl's. She tries to get information about the Hilltop community by talking to Carl, and later starts a sexual relationship with him. After the war against his group, Lydia goes to the ranks of Rick's group and survives to the end of the story. Carl's lingering feelings for Sophia finally ends their relationship, although they remain close friends. Television series Lydia is a survivor who, along with her parents, "Alpha" and Frank, survived the initial stages of the zombie apocalypse. After 23 days of the initial outbreak, Lydia and her parents remained in a moldy basement with a group of survivors. After Frank dies, Alpha raises Lydia with cruelty, treating her more like her servant than her child, to the point of making Lydia call her "Alpha" instead of "momma". After being captured by Daryl Dixon and Michonne, and kept as a prisoner in a cell at the Hilltop, Lydia begins to form a bond with Henry. Lydia and Henry fall in love and begin a relationship, with her ultimately rejecting the Whisperers in favor of the other communities who agree to grant Lydia asylum. Lydia rejects the Whisperers completely and is disowned by her mother. However, her relationship with Henry is cut short when Alpha brutally murders him and several other residents of Hilltop.