The Walking Dead season 9 spoilers: The Whisperers’ leader Alpha REVEALED in first-look
THE WALKING DEAD season nine is in full swing and The Whisperers have officially arrived, as has the first look at their terrifying leader, Alpha.
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The Walking Dead season nine has already seen its fair share of drama, and with the arrival of The Whisperers, it looks like things are only going to get worse for the survivors.
Season nine has seen the departure of Rick Grimes (played by Andrew Lincoln), yet that moment was probably overshadowed by Paul "Jesus" Monroe’s (Tom Payne) brutal death at the hand of The Whisperers.
It was a particularly distressing moment because Jesus had just begun what could have been a beautiful relationship with Aaron (Ross Marquand).
However, The Whisperers’ leader, Alpha, has remained in the shadows up until now, and fans have finally got their first look at the villain.
In the comics, Alpha is a cunning, cruel and savage woman who leads The Whisperers with an iron fist.
It almost seems as though she no longer has any human emotions and she even rejected the embrace of her own daughter at one point.
She told her daughter, Lydia, to call her Alpha instead of mother.
She does some truly horrible things in the comics, including allowing her daughter to be raped in one scene.
Samanta Morton will play alpha in the series, and she’ll be a force to be reckoned with when The Walking Dead comes back from its midseason break.
As of now, it’s uncertain how much of the character from the comics they’ll use in the series’ version of Alpha.
Yet, this new poster shows she’ll still be as terrifying visually as she is in the source material.
The Whisperers are a large group of survivors who wear the skin of the undead they have ‘killed’.
They do this to blend in so that they don’t end up being targeted by the walking dead.
However, they’re disguise also allows them to sneak up on unsuspecting victims.
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Jesus fell victim to their little hiding trick.
He walked up to one of the walkers believing it to be a zombie, only to be shocked when it turned out to be a human being in a walker’s skin.
The supposed walker ducked Jesus’ machete and stabbed him in the back.
Aaron couldn’t believe what he had just seen and proceeded to kill as many walkers and Whisperers as he could.
The Walking Dead season nine continues tonight on AMC and tonight at 9pm Monday on FOX in the UK. Seasons 1-8 are available to stream on NOW TV.