Who are the cannibals on The Last of Us?

life in Last of Us Very, very difficult to put it mildly. Traveling anywhere is hard and he has to siphon 20-year-old gasoline from an abandoned car. Zombies are everywhere and they are becoming more and more terrifying. No one will laugh at your puns. Perhaps worst of all is the feeling that your surroundings are in danger, even from those around you.

The world of The Last of Us is filled with factions, all of which aspire to some form of control. Almost everywhere Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) find themselves harassing groups threatening to join them, intimidate them, or worse. find. In a world with so many contingents, you might be left wondering: What’s the difference between these factions? What do they all want? Anyway, what do you have to fight in a post-apocalyptic wasteland?

Simply put, it’s power. They all want it and most are willing to kill to get it. The difference is who has it or how well it can be exercised. Last of UsThe factions further the show’s (and game’s) objectives, each with their own exploration of how their connection to others in this world is a threat to them. However, the actual goals of each group within the story are slightly different, so every division is different.

[Ed. note: This post contains spoilers through episode 8 of The Last of Us.]

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What they want: Ostensibly a government agency, it can also rule people (possibly through brutal means, see below).

The Federal Disaster Response Agency Last of Us‘ America. Overseeing quarantine zones is a militarized government that presides over cities across the United States with punitive force. FEDRA clearly has some sort of uniform structure, but as in Kansas City, individual chapters seem to have a lot of leeway (more on that later).

At least in Boston, they’re working with lofty goals (even if they seem unattainable). As one captain tells Ellie: If we go down, people in the zone will starve or kill each other.

While they ostensibly have the highest authority on the show (or at least they are the ones with the most organized power, including manufacturing the goods they need), Last of Us No notable features.For the most part, they’re a force in the story, with soldiers lining the streets of Boston in early episodes sometimes attacking and bartering with Joel as part of their smuggling. Doesn’t seem to appreciate the activism too much, and when Frank (Murray Bartlett) laments that Bill (Nick Offerman) thinks the government is all Nazis, Bill yells: “Government.” that is All Nazis! ”

Frank’s objection — “Yes. now! after that! — FEDRA Last of Us‘ 2023. But in episode seven, “Left Behind,” we at least get a little bit of the other side’s story. Not entirely optimistic. Ellie’s time at FEDRA school is basically a military academy, where she gets “pitted” for her misbehavior and, if not washed out, is poised to become a FEDRA officer.

That life has its perks, as you’d expect from an authoritarian regime. Being an officer gives her privileges that seem unique in the world. Last of Us: Eat well, sleep well, keep a comfortable temperature, don’t go out on patrol.

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What they want: Overthrow FEDRA and restore what is close to pre-outbreak government authority.

At this point in the season, the Fireflies are mostly understood as a small faction rebelling against FEDRA rules, but the Guerrilla Network has groups across the country that seem to cooperate, at least to some extent (probably But more than FEDRA, which is also confusing). Fireflies, which have been marked as terrorists by the federal government, have had little success, although there have been a few cities that have seen victory. If you get lost in, look for the light” – perhaps the world’s most powerful trump card: someone who can’t be bitten by a zombie.

Exactly why Firefly wants to keep it a secret and doesn’t want to immediately use it to bolster its profile against FEDRA is unclear. But that becomes a reason to bring Joel and Ellie to Colorado together. Plus, Boston at least she has better connections than FEDRA, as Ellie flaunts when she eats a chicken given to her by Firefly leader Marlene (Merle Dandridge). We know that sometimes

They watch rebellious teens like Riley (Storm Reid) sneak up on them, just like post-apocalyptic guerrilla organizations do, and wonder what they think of FEDRA (“fascist dickbags”). ask if And they act as expected of such an organization. Riley do Still bombing places like bunkers (even though she insists they don’t bomb “when there are civilians”).

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What they want: Overthrow the Kansas City FEDRA (specifically, at least for starters).

Episode 4 introduces the Hunters (as they are known in the game), the group that banished the FEDRA from the city. Kansas City is now undergoing a new coup, but Hunter is already in command of many terrifying machines, such as the “RUN” Plow, and is quick to use violence to exercise control. They are Kathleen (yellow jacketMelanie Lynskey) trying to corner Henry (Lamar Johnson).

According to Joel and Henry’s conversation in Episode 5, Kansas City’s FEDRA was also bad for the Governing Body, which is considered authoritarian. “Monsters? Barbarians? Henry completes Joel’s thoughts on the KC’s FEDRA chapter. “For twenty years we raped, tortured, and murdered people. The minute they get their chance, they’ll give it back to you.”

And indeed, it seems brutal that Kathleen is running things. Episode 5 begins with Hunter overthrowing his FEDRA, dragging corpses through the streets and beating people up. Kathleen questions a FEDRA informant about Henry’s whereabouts before ordering Perry (Jeffrey Pierce) to shoot everyone and burn her body. By the end of the episode, Kathleen said she doesn’t mind killing Ellie and Sam (Keebon Montreal Woodard) just because she’s related to Joel and Henry. .

It’s a particularly toxic villain turn, but when a little clicker girl comes out of nowhere to kill Kathleen — while the rest of her men are torn apart by the horde behind her — Hunter’s inner circle is taken out. Whatever fills the power void left — well, Joel and Ellie won’t stick around to find it.

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Joel and Ellie travel miles and miles to arrive in Jackson, Wyoming, where they find Tommy (Gabriel Luna). Jackson his community in which he is a part The Last of Us Part 2, also run at least partially by Maria (whom Rutina Wesley played on the show). “I am a member of the council — democratically elected and serving her 300 people, including children. All participate and take turns patrolling, preparing food, repairing, hunting and harvesting. ”

Everything in Jackson, including greenhouses, livestock, is shared through what Tommy calls “co-ownership.” He tries to reject the “communist” label that Joel applies, but Maria isn’t afraid. teeth It’s literally. This is a commune. We are communists! Between actual power supplied by a nearby dam and a peaceful, relatively normal existence, Jackson’s clique is head-to-head with most of the other groups on this list.Here’s an example of how the post-apocalypse won’t affect Joel and Ellie offal It means to demean (although Maria says staying in a secluded place and keeping a low profile helps keep the “wrong people out”).

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The most unfortunate type of faction to find itself in a post-apocalyptic situation: a group of religious cannibals! Additionally, in Episode 8 they are revealed to be the group Ellie and Joel ran into in college . So many of them want revenge against Joel (and possibly Ellie).

We don’t know much about the group’s daily life beyond what we see in the very limited, very dark times that overlap with Ellie. A fundamentalist, he camped at a lakeside resort for a while. A particularly frigid winter gave them no food, and at one point, the group resorted to eating people (although David and his right-hand man James hid that fact from the larger group). .

David appears paternal and caring at first, but is gradually revealed to be a monster. He attempts to attack Ellie, slapping members of the herd for turning against him, and of course eating people. Having fun, but his folks are getting by with just a few dollops of soup.