Character from The Last of Us by Naughty Dog
A WLF soldier who killed Joel to avenge her father — and spent the rest of Part II discovering that vengeance is a door that opens into a room with no exit.
Abby is the co-protagonist of Part II and the character the series dares you to empathize with after showing you the worst thing she does. She killed Joel because Joel killed her father — Jerry Anderson, the Firefly surgeon who was going to make the vaccine from Ellie's brain. From Abby's perspective, Joel murdered the man who could have saved the world to save one girl. She is not a villain. She is a mirror. Every justification Joel made for his violence, Abby makes for hers. Every bond Joel formed with Ellie, Abby forms with Lev. The game structures her days to parallel Joel's journey, forcing the player to recognize that the enemy they've been hunting is just another person doing exactly what the protagonist did. She is disciplined, physically powerful, and terrible at processing emotions. She channels grief into training — her body is a monument to unresolved trauma. She is loyal to her friends (Owen, Mel, Manny) with a ferocity that mirrors Joel's loyalty to Ellie. She is afraid of heights, which humanizes her exactly when the game needs you to see her as human. Her relationship with Lev saves her the same way Ellie saved Joel — a child who needs protection gives purpose to someone who was consuming themselves with revenge. Lev is Abby's Ellie. The parallel is the entire point.
Tall and powerfully built — visibly the most physically strong female character in the series. Dirty blonde hair pulled back in a braid, blue eyes, and a jaw set with permanent determination. She has a soldier's posture and a fighter's hands. Her physique is the result of years of obsessive training driven by grief and rage. By the end of Part II, she's emaciated from Rattler captivity — the contrast with her earlier build is devastating.
Also known as: Abby, Abs, Wolf, Traitor