The Wire Codexery

An unofficial illustrated fan codex of The Wire — its characters, world, story, powers, and lore.

Characters

D'Angelo Barksdale · Avon Barksdale · Duquan Weems · Wallace · Poot Carr · Randy Wagstaff · Cedric Daniels · Norman Wilson · Cutty Wise · Omar Little · Stringer Bell · Major Colvin · Marlo Stanfield · Nick Sobotka · Michael Lee

World & Setting

Barksdale House · Major Case Unit Office · Maryland Correctional Institution · The Baltimore Sun · Omar Little's Hideout · Westside (Baltimore) · Baltimore Police Department Major Crimes Unit · Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Baltimore Field Office

Story & Timeline

The Barksdale Organization Saga · The Wire's Pilot Episode · The Propositions and the New Game · The Port of Baltimore Corruption Scandal · The Final Season's Institutional Decay · Hard Cases · Mission Accomplished · Sentencing · Boys of Summer · The Pager · Hunt or Gather · One Arrest

Factions & Groups

Barksdale Organization · City Hall · Stringer Bell's Crew · Baltimore City Schools · Stringer Bell's Operations · Avon Barksdale's Inner Circle · D'Angelo Barksdale's Crew · The Greek · Mayor Royce's Political Machine

Lore & History

Stanfield Organization · Hamsterdam Experiment · War on Drugs · Institutional Failure · Dehumanization of the Poor · Education System Failure · Decline of the Working Class · Prison Industrial Complex · Surveillance State · Loyalty vs. Survival · Post-Industrial Decay · American Dream Myth · Code of the Street

Production & Legacy

Baltimore · Idris Elba · Andre Royo · Wendell Pierce · Michael K. Williams · Lance Reddick · Sonja Sohn · The Wire Soundtrack