

The Saviors however tend to kill few people, as Negan views them as a resource. However, while Negan allows brutality, he despises sexual violence and will execute any member who tries to commit rape. Negan himself is notorious for this particular execution method, carrying with him at all times "Lucille", a baseball bat wrapped with barbed wire. One known victim is a 16-year-old boy who was beaten to death to force the servitude of the Hilltop community. The Saviors used extreme methods of violence to achieve their goals: on several occasions, they have clubbed people to death, and one group has taken polaroid-style photos of their victims.

Negan established a system that has yet to be fully explained and called them the Saviors due to his belief that he is saving people. Negan took the Sanctuary from him with the help of Simon and became the next leader. Negan described the Saviors as a being made up of gangs of animals under the new leader rule.

At one point the Saviors were led by an apparently incompetent leader. The Saviors have had multiple leaders, one taking the place after the other. They also had a reputation of being ruthless and uncompromising. through murder and brutality to coerce survivors (such as those at the Hilltop) to provide a steady stream of food and other goods. Under their charismatic authoritarian leader Negan, they enacted a brutal regime to subjugate any and all communities they came across in the area surrounding Washington, D.C. The Saviors were a group of survivors founded with the goal of restoring civilization to the world.
