In Rick Grimes' final season, the survivors find that ruling is harder than conquering, as they try to build a new world. This season introduces the Whisperers, a group of human survivors that have created skins and masks out of walkers that allows them to move among and manipulate walker hordes. Eighteen months after the defeat of Negan under an alliance of communities spearheaded by Rick Grimes, the season focuses on the united communities as they face obstacles and dangers both outside and inside their alliance, with the threat of the mysterious Whisperers looming.