Which characters will have the most intriguing story this season?

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The Walking Dead is back, and with an ambitious, yet extremely effective season premiere last week, the sixth instalment of the popular television series has started off with one hell of a bang. As always, fans are settled in for what should be a fantastic season.

The group is sitting comfortable in Alexandria, well, as comfortable as one can with a horde of 1000+ walkers making its way to your front garden, but it seems the setting won?t be changing any time soon. It also looks like the season may feature a nice medium between character development and zombie action, if ?First Time Again? was anything to go by.

As we await the eventual arrival of The Wolves, there are a number of characters whose individual stories are enough to keep fans tuned in every week. These include major characters, who should be taking up the bulk of the airtime every episode, and some of the minor characters who may not be quite as important in the long run, but still provide interesting insights into the story and could potentially evolve into something more.

9. Nicholas

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Nicholas is one of those characters that could be killed off very soon, without a second thought by any of the others, or could experience this redemption, undoing his previous actions, only to be killed off anyway. Either way, Nicholas is likely going to be a casualty this season. While his character will probably be parting ways with the rest of the gang soon, that doesn?t mean his story between now and then is less intriguing.

Fans of the series absolutely despise Nicholas, not only for the tremendous display of cowardice he showed that led to Noah?s demise, but because rather than owning up to his actions, he lured fan-favourite Glenn to the woods to kill him before news of Nicholas? behaviour was brought into question with the rest of Alexandria. He was ready to kill a noble man for the sake of self-preservation, and he?s lucky he wasn?t killed on the spot.

It will be very intriguing to see how Nicholas tries to make his way back into the group this season. He backed Glenn and Heath up in the season premiere, and showed that he?s not completely useless up against the undead, but he still has a long way to go before his ill intent in Season 5 can be forgiven. Fans may never be back on Nicholas? side, but that?s the beauty of The Walking Dead. Not everyone you encounter is going to be all peaches and cream. And if Nicholas shows even a hint of worth, the gang is going to keep him in the loop until the dead get a hold of him.