Warning: This article contains spoilers forThe Walking Deadseason 9 andFear the Walking Deadseason 5.
Based on what we know so far, let’s venture to make sense of it all.
What happened with Rick?

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When she once kidnapped Gabriel and Rick, Anne had plans to trade them off to the group.
Rick, at the time Anne found him by the river, was considered a B.
What is this group?

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To put it simply, these folks are “the future.”
It was dressed in black military attire and had a series of maps on its person.
We have the future."

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Their mission is “rebuilding what we all once had,” no matter the cost of human life.
Another team is referred to as the Reclamation Team.
“If you see someone wearing this jacket, you should be afraid,” she warns Al.

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Among the many things we learn from Isabelle is they aren’t supposed to be seen by anyone.
It would make what they’re striving to achieve “vulnerable.”
Their reach is also farther than initially expected.

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This implies their reach extends, at least, from Texas to Virginia.
Whos in the group?
“We are the last light of the world.

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We are the last hope,” she says inone of the show’s teaser trailers.
We also know for certain that Isabelle is a member and her partner Beckett used to be a member.
Beckett’s walker body was the one Al investigated when Isabelle surprised her.

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Beyond that, we don’t have solid confirmation on anyone else, though we do have our theories.
If Georgie is a member of this group, then Maggie would also be involved with them.
I’ll just say that we’re working on it."

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Any comic book comparisons?
(RIP, by the way.)
It maintains coffee shops, tailors, butchers, artillery, and a class hierarchy.
One such sign was labeled Toledo.
Whoever this group really is, we haven’t heard the last of them.