The Walking Dead: 10 Things That Happen After The War With Negan
8. Maggie Becomes The Leader Of Hilltop Colony
During the war with Negan and his Saviors, Maggie Rhee becomes the de facto leader of Hilltop Colony following a power struggle with the snivelling coward Gregory, who has no strategy for handling Negan beyond appeasement.
After the time jump, Hilltop is thriving under the leadership of Maggie, but Gregory is still around and attempts to resist her at every turn.
Their rivalry comes to a head when he makes an attempt on her life in a way befitting of his cowardice: poisoning. Jesus witnesses his assassination and attempt and he and Maggie have Gregory executed by hanging in front of their people.
It's a dark sequence that looks epic on the page, and would probably be even more so on the screen if the TV show chooses to go down this road.
Although a public execution is more Negan's style than Maggie's, seeing her husband murdered so brutally at the beginning of season 7 has changed her forever, so don't be surprised to see the AMC show go here.