Character from The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman (comics), Frank Darabont (TV), Telltale Games
A lone wolf survivor who learned that traveling alone is safer than caring about people — then proved her own thesis right in the worst possible way by manipulating Kenny into a fight to the death.
Jane is the Telltale series' most morally complicated figure because she's right about everything and wrong about how she proves it. Lone survivors live longer. Groups create obligations that get people killed. Caring about people makes you vulnerable. She's seen it, lived it, and lost a sister to it. Her manipulation of Kenny — hiding AJ to provoke him into violence so Clementine would see how dangerous he'd become — is strategically sound and morally monstrous. She risked a baby's life to win an argument. The fact that she was right about Kenny doesn't make the method acceptable. If Clementine sides with her, Jane tries to build a community and ultimately can't handle the weight of responsibility she chose. She's a better survivor than leader because survival is solitary and leadership requires exactly the attachments she's spent the apocalypse pruning away.
Lean and hard-looking with shoulder-length brown hair, sharp features, and guarded hazel eyes. She dresses in practical, dark clothing and carries a knife she's clearly used extensively. Her body language is closed — arms crossed, back to walls, always positioned near exits. She's attractive in a way she deliberately downplays because attention is dangerous.
Also known as: Jane