The Walking Dead - Terminus Come for Sanctuary - Stay as a Meal

Walking Dead comic book fans and Telltale game series players suspected that Terminus had human ribs on the menu. But seeing decaying carcass of human remains tossed aside, like a turkey the day after Thanksgiving was shocking. Note: These remains look like something a butcher would throw out, cut with proficiency.
I believe Terminus is a remix of the two groups found in both the game and comic book. A group known as The Hunters were a roving band of cannibals. They appeared in Fear the Hunters storyline in the comics. They stalked, trapped and slowly killed other survivors for meat. Keep in mind, in this world you can't just kill people for food without them turning into Walkers. The Hunters would cut limbs off, tourniquet the wound and use the meat immediately. They always had fresh meat.

The second cannibalistic group resided on a Dairy Farm, led by Brenda St John. Her character appeared in Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead: Season One episode, Starved For Help. Like
Mary, Brenda appears to be a kindly older woman who is very welcoming to strangers. Her family lured survivors to their farm, similar to all the signage leading survivors to the welcoming doors of Terminus. Where Mary stands grilling slabs of meat.

Do you remember this guy?

Tryesse tried to help him on the railroad tracks. His dying words to Carol and Tyresse was "There's a safe place to bring the children. Trust me please ...follow the tracks." He sounded like a commercial for the place. Why was the man so infatic for them to go there? Could it be those men were scouts to lead unsuspecting people to the grill? 

I think we'll find that Terminus is probably a little bit like both groups. But they all have one thing in common ... a belief that everything taste the same with ketchup. If you are interested - I wrote an article on a news story about cannibalism in South Africa entitled Human Meat Burger. Fiction is not as far away off reality as you may think.

The Walking Dead Terminus sanctuary for all ...Really?

Sunday night’s episode of the Walking Dead gave us the much anticipated reunion of Maggie and Glenn. This was one of the most heart warming moments that we have seen in this otherwise chaotic world. 

The warm feeling continued as our weary group of survivors Maggie, Glenn, Sasha, Bob, Tara, Eugene, Abraham and Rosita enter the so-called “sanctuary for all”. From the outside of this brick and mortar building, things looks very peaceful and welcoming but the strangely innocuous, unguarded, unlocked entrance to Terminus is perplexing.

Despite its serene entry with Sunflowers, various vegetable gardens, Palm trees and a friendly woman named Mary (the welcoming committee) no one in their right mind should trust any of this for a minute. But our beloved group seemingly does, they are tired and suffering from shell shocked after the prison escape. 

They just need a place to sit still, think and hopefully connect with others from the group. There's one interestingly strange coincidence that you may not have noticed, there is an odd resemblance with the destroyed painting of the woman with the long braid. 

Remember in episode 11 "Claimed" Michonne found the portrait inside an abandon house. The plain dressed woman in the painting looks strangely like a younger version of Mary.

We don’t know much about Terminus because the name isn’t used in The Walking Dead comic book series. The only information that we do know are those residing in Terminus want survivors to come to their facility. The obvious indicators are the blatant signs all along the railroad tracks with directions on how to find their location.

In episode 3 "Isolation”, Daryl, Michonne, Bob and Tyreese while driving in search of medical supplies, when a voice on the radio startles them. The voice says, “Sanctuary. Those who arrive survive.” While the name “Terminus” was not used in the broadcast, this is the same slogan that appears on the signs for Terminus.

In episode 10 “Inmates” Tyreese, Carol and the kids were told by a dying man, “There’s a place up the tracks. It’s safe. You can take the children there. Trust me. Leave. Follow the tracks.” Tyreese just tried to save the man from Walkers. How would he know it’s safe? Was he a resident of Terminus? If so, what was he doing roaming around the countryside?

The push to encourage survivors to go to Terminus makes the likelihood of something deeply insidious a real possibility. You have to ask, why would a protected group actively seek people to come to their sanctuary? Shouldn't they be leery of new comers? 

Trust is earned and building trust in this world does not come easily, food and supplies are limited, undesirable survivors roaming around ready to rob and kill is a real threat. Given all this, why would a group risk their resources and safety unless they are a bigger danger to fear? 

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