
After witnessing a horrific attack, Ellie embarks on a personal quest for vengeance. She sports a tattoo over the bite scar on her right arm to hide her immunity. Ellie lives in a large community in Jackson.

Ellie is a 19-year-old survivor of the Cordyceps brain infection outbreak and the only person known to be immune to the infection. Ellie ( Ashley Johnson) – The protagonist of the game.Characters Main article: Part II characters As she hunts down those responsible one by one, she is confronted with the traumatizing physical and emotional consequences of her actions.

When a tragic event disrupts the tranquility of her life, a hate filled Ellie embarks on a journey to Seattle in a search for vengeance to carry out justice. However, the survivors face constant threats from infected and other hostile survivors. While there, Ellie has even managed to form friendships with Dina and Jesse. Joel and Ellie, having settled down in Tommy's settlement, live in relative peace within the thriving community. Joel, in his mid-fifties, also returns as a briefly playable character, as does Abby Anderson, who functions as the game's dual protagonist. Ellie, who is now 19 years old, returns as the protagonist whom players assume control of. 29.The Last of Us Part II takes place five years after the events of the first game and nearly 25 years after the outbreak of the Cordyceps brain infection began. This bleak tale continues on HBO Max next Sunday, Jan. The horde also reinforces the danger of the Cordyceps fungus just as it was revealed that Ellie could be the source of a cure. Ellie and Joel witness the blast from outside, and a quietly devastated Joel walks away.Īddressing why the show uses infected for this moment instead of soldiers, Mazin told the Washington Post that it was unlikely soldiers would venture so deep into dangerous territory to chase down fugitives who'd probably get themselves killed anyway. Much to our relief, she manages light the fire and closes her eyes before the explosion kills her and a bunch of infected. Never have I wanted a flame to ignite more. "That is realized in this beautiful, yet horrific way with. "These things don't have to get violent unless you're fighting them from spreading further," Druckmann said.

Series co-creator Neil Druckmann explained this unnerving scene to Entertainment Weekly. A particularly horribly mutated infected notices her and extends its tendrils from its mouth into hers. HBOĪs the infected rush in, Tess struggles to ignite the lighter and blow them all up. Joel suddenly finds himself responsible for Ellie.
