The storm is here.
The Kingdom is barren as snow begins to fall on the once thriving settlement.
The fair is over, but the promised trade didnt bring what many hoped.
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Were left with both hope and a promise of much bigger things to come.
When the blizzard came, the power went out and the radio went silent.
When the weather clears, Ezekiel, at Hilltop, speaks with Judith at Alexandria over the comms.
Its garbled, nearly undecipherable, but the voice can be heard asking, Is anybody out there?
(The name was etched into one of the wooden signs at the bridge construction site.)
As a refresher, the Commonwealth is an advanced civilization comprised of approximately 50,000 survivors.
Per usual, the one thing we do know is that the world ofThe Walking Deadcontinues to expand.
She refuses to let that happen again, but its not without a transition period.
Lydia still feels like an outcast.
People project onto her after Alphas beheadings.
The same goes for the Alexandrians.
Judith, however, has lost track of Dog.
Michonne and Ezekiels group face their own complications.
What they find instead is walkers, some flash frozen by the subzero temperature.
What the group doesnt acknowledge, however, is their footprint.
When they reach the river, they leave a bloody scene as walkers rise out of the snow.
But things are different now.
Alpha, who remains absent for most of the hour, reemerges once the cold winds have died down.
Ill need to be stronger for what comes next, she says.
And shell do that the same way she tried for her daughter.
