Character from The Last of Us by Naughty Dog
Tommy's wife and Jackson's practical leader — the woman who built a functioning community in the apocalypse through sheer organizational competence and zero tolerance for nonsense.
Maria runs Jackson. Tommy gets credit for the dam and the patrols, but Maria handles the governance: food distribution, housing assignments, dispute resolution, and the social infrastructure that keeps a post-apocalyptic community from descending into chaos. She is protective of Jackson's people with a fierceness that extends to newcomers only after they've proven useful. She and Tommy's relationship fractures after Joel's death — she can't follow him into vengeance, and he can't stay behind. Their separation mirrors the series' central question: what do you owe the dead?
Strong-featured with dark hair pulled back and the no-nonsense bearing of someone who manages three hundred people's survival as a full-time job. She wears practical clothing and always carries a weapon.
Also known as: Maria