When walkers suddenly invade, Virgil tries to escape but is slashed in his leg by Judith and falls. Michonne Hawthorne draws her sword and demands he answers her questions. While Rachel threatens to kill him for messing with the security system, Luke tries to defend him for saving him earlier that day. Later that day, he is captured in Oceanside by the residents and begs he simply wants to get back to his family. When Luke is attacked by a couple of walkers, Virgil saves his life and then flees from the place in a rush. Virgil looks for supplies in a library and finds a book titled "The World Before", which he decides to take along for his daughter.
He tampers with the security system and spies on the residents while coming up with a plan to steal one of the boats. Virgil searches for a boat he can use to sail back home until he eventually finds a community on a nearby beach. At some point after the riot, Virgil left the island to look for supplies, but was left stranded and had been looking for a way to return back ever since. Accidentally causing the death of his family drove Virgil mad, leading to him locking his former colleagues in a room so they couldn't leave him. Panicking, Virgil locked all the doors of the building where the riot was taking place, not realizing his family was trapped inside as well. This eventually led to a fight where someone was stabbed to death.
Unfortunately, as more and more people began to show up, supplies started to run low. Being fairly isolated, the island began to thrive as a community for survivors. Post-Apocalypse Bloodsworth Island, MarylandĪt some point after the outbreak, Virgil and his family settled in a naval base on Bloodsworth Island in Tangier's Sound in Chesapeake Bay. He also worked as a researcher on Bloodsworth Island alongside Jeremiah and Celeste. Nothing is known about Virgil's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that except that he was married to Lisa and had two children, Jasmine and Bobby. To cope with his loss, Virgil began to consume large amounts of hallucinogenic tea, which allowed him to see his family again. Driven to insanity by grief and guilt, Virgil went as far as to imprison his former colleagues to prevent them from leaving him, although he later realized that his actions were wrong and wished to release them. Virgil is described as "a highly intelligent and resourceful man who is desperately trying to get home to his family." Despite initially coming off as well meaning, Virgil is actually in quite a fragile state of mind, consumed by the loss of his family.