Josiah is a minor character in the first season of HBO's The Last of Us. He was a member of a group of cannibalistic survivors led by David.[1]
Biography[]
Background[]
Josiah was a survivor of the Cordyceps brain infection outbreak. At some point he encountered David and joined his group of survivors. He believed in David's faith that he could lead them to safety by following a Christian-inspired form of religion. They settled in numerous places over the years, but were repeatedly attacked by raiders, leading them to eventually settle in the isolated resort town of Silver Lake in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado sometime before the summer of 2023.
By the winter of that year, with food growing scarce, Josiah, Timothy, Marco and Alec ventured to the University of Eastern Colorado on David's orders to find supplies. However, Alec was killed by a "crazy man", Joel, traveling with a "little girl", Ellie. Josiah and the others brought his body back to Silver Lake and desired vengeance on the two strangers for what they had done.[1]
Events of HBO's The Last of Us[]
Josiah was present in Todd's Steakhouse in Silver Lake, listening to David's sermon as the group mourned Alec's death. He looked on as David comforted Alec's wife, Joyce and daughter, Hannah. Later that day, Timothy ate in the restaurant with the group, listening as David announced that he and James had encountered Ellie, and would follow her tracks to find Joel.
The next day, Josiah joined James, Marco, and Timothy in a hunt with David to locate Ellie. However, during the search gunshots suddenly rang out. The group turned to see Ellie approaching from behind, firing and verbally taunting them before galloping away. Eventually, James shot the horse dead and the group surrounded Ellie, who was near unconscious after taking a bad fall from the horse. Josiah stood by as James contemplated killing her, only for David to approach and fire his rifle into the air, deterring James from acting on those thoughts. Seeing Josiah and the others' anger, David ordered them to search the remaining houses and "deliver" their vengeance upon Joel.
Josiah investigated several houses. He entered one, finding a hidden door to a basement behind a cupboard. Rifle in hand, he descended the staircase to find a blood-stained mattress. He moved deeper into the basement, only to be suddenly ambushed from behind by Joel, who stabbed him in the neck with a knife. Despite Josiah's efforts, he could not break free from Joel's grip, eventually collapsing to the ground and bleeding out from the wound.[1]
Appearance[]
Josiah was a man with a thick brown beard and long shaggy brown hair. He tended to wear a navy jumper and a wool hat when out on patrol.[1]
Personality[]
Josiah tended to remain silent most of the time, meekishly following David's ways of running the community. He did not speak out during his sermons, passively looking on even when David abused Hannah in front of the group. Though he wanted Joel dead, he was obedient to David, not verbally challenging his desire to spare Ellie.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 HBO's The Last of Us episode 8: "When We Are in Need"
