Althea Szewczyk-Przygocki

Althea Szewczyk-Przygocki, better known as Al, is a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's Television Universe. She is a main character in Fear the Walking Dead and the protagonist of The Althea Tapes. Before the outbreak, she became a journalist in order to interview several individuals and document their personal stories.

After the outbreak started, she decided to keep interviewing random survivors to honor her brother's death and for the future of civilization. She was part of Morgan's group of survivors, which she led until being succeeded by Morgan. Althea is described as "someone who is uniquely qualified to survive — to thrive, even — in this world because of who she was before the apocalypse". When we meet her, we'll find she has, in many ways, picked up right where she left off before the world collapsed. She has several impressive weapons in her arsenal, including a curiosity and understanding of people that often gives her a tactical advantage. It's never something for nothing with Althea. She has a greater purpose that she is constantly working toward.

Pre-Apocalypse Southern United States Althea was born in the early 1980s and grew up in the southern United States, although little is known about her early life. As a young adult, she became employed as a journalist, where she formed a long career interviewing several individuals and documenting their personal stories.

She was once stationed in a small village located on another side of the world, which was ruled over by a vicious warlord by the alias of "Twisted Round," who subjugated the poor citizens for control over their food, water, and supplies. The outsiders refused to intervene as the villagers were too scared to even talk about the situation. Althea slowly began interviewing the citizens, only to realize that Twisted Round was not a substantial threat. The villagers overcame their fear and rebelled against him, reclaiming their homeland.

Another time, while on a mission to Algeria, she encountered a village whose residents were infected with the bubonic plague.

Post-Apocalypse When the outbreak occurred, Al filmed a battle during the Second Civil War, in which the National Guard and the Army were shooting at each other. During her recording, Al apologized to Jesse (Her brother) and said she should have stayed with him. She named the tape "The Bog #7" and went around in an armored SWAT van to collect other people's stories.

Althea traveled to many locations and encountered dozens of survivors whom she interviewed in hopes of documenting their "stories"