Rick and his group meet and confront the Hilltop Colony's enemy, the Saviors, a group of brutal people led by a man named Negan. However, Rick severely underestimates the Saviors and does not take them seriously as something to be feared until some of his best friends begin dying in brutally savage ways. In the end, Alexandria is forced to begin paying regular tribute to the Saviors in the form of half their supplies, while Rick vows to kill Negan.