Here all of the new characters you'll meet on 'The Walking Dead' spin-off

"Fear the Walking Dead," the anticipated spin-off series set before the main events of AMC's "The Walking Dead," moves the action to the West coast and focuses on a cast of characters with a very different dynamic than the main series.

While "The Walking Dead" follows a motley crew of survivors and wanderers in search of safety, "Fear the Walking Dead" centers around the plight of two diverse, very different families as they come together to try to understand and ride out what they only know as a rapid and virulent infection.

That family dynamic is a big part of what sets the spin-off show apart from the original series, and will doubtless be a source of much of the show's drama and tension.

In anticipation of the series premiere on August 23, 2015, let's get acquainted with the group of people we'll be following through the end of the world as we know it.