M'nyengo panyanjapo zapitako, opanga a "akuyenda" mndandanda wa akufa anali odziwika bwino kwambiri. Poyamba zidachitika kuti machitidwe a nyengo yachisanu ndi chinayi adayamba miyezi 18 pambuyo pazochitika zomwe zawonetsedwa m'nyengo yachisanu ndi chitatu. Kenako, pamene ma Grims akasowa mu gawo lachisanu la nyengo yomweyo, chiwembucho chinadumphira mosayembekezereka nthawi imodzi. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, miyambo yambiri imakhala yokhazikika, koma munthawi ya omvera imatha kudikirira kusintha kwina kwakutali - komwe tili ndi portal iyi yagawidwa ndi izi.
Malinga ndi gwero, nthawi yotsatira, kulumpha kwina kudzachitika mtsogolo. Ngakhale sizidziwika nthawi yayitali kwambiri nthawi yomwe ikusowa, ya mkati zimati likhala "zazikulu" zazikulu. Mwinanso, kutembenukira kotereku kumabwereranso ku mabwato "oyenda akufa". Chilimwe chatha, wolemba Robert Kirkman adadodometsedwa mafani, atamaliza nkhaniyo potulutsidwa: 193, pomwe chochitikacho chinasamutsidwa mpaka zaka 25:
Monga mukudziwa, mndandanda wake ndi woposa nthawi zonse wokhulupirika ku Gwero loyambirira, chifukwa chake kusintha kwa chiwembu nkotheka pakuyenda ". Komabe, kuti tifike pazochitika zomwe zafotokozedwazo zamasewera, ogwiritsa ntchito kanema wawayilesi amafunika kuphimbidwa ndi nkhani pafupifupi makumi awiri. Mphekesera zilizonse zomwe zili ndi chidwi pa maziko awa kuti nyengo ya zaka 12 yoyenda akufa adzayamba komaliza.