Paul Monroe, more commonly known as
"Jesus", is a main character first encountered in
Issue 91 of
Image Comics'
The Walking Dead and is a survivor and resident who lived in a community called the
Hilltop Colony which held almost two hundred other survivors. Paul did reside in the
Alexandria Safe-Zone, but was eventually forced back to the Hilltop Colony. While initially mistrusted by
Rick Grimes and his group, he eventually gains their respect as a valued comrade. He currently serves as one of Maggie Greene's advisor and right-hand man at Hilltop, alongside
Dante.
Paul is a highly rational, logical, and thoughtful man with a knack for advising. He values justice and fairness greatly, believing that one should not criticize others for doing things they would not have done themselves.
In his first appearance, he appears to be a casual guy with a puckish sense of humor, but as the story progresses he reveals himself to be much different. He is generally quite serious, and is always the first to speak up for what is right and what needs to be done.
Paul is a natural survivalist in the zombie apocalypse, capable of extreme feats of human ability. His most notable feature is his long hair and beard similar to more recent western images of the Biblical figure, Jesus, and his friends started calling him this because they view him as 'a savior'.
Paul is also a very good hand to hand combatant. He uses his skills to dispatch zombies with ease and deal with hostile threats easily. He demonstrates this when he manages to subdue both Abraham Ford and Michonne with relative ease. Paul, however, is not just a good hand to hand combatant, he is also a good escape artist, managing to escape from the most hopeless situations, such as his capture by The Saviors. It was these survivalist traits that gained him the position of the Hilltop's ambassador and scouter, a position he uses to try and recruit help against
The Saviors.