Raiders are separate groups of hostile survivors in HBO's The Last of Us. They attack areas inhabited by other survivors to steal resources and supplies.[1]
History[]
Background[]
After the Cordyceps brain infection outbreak in 2003, several people who managed to avoid turning into infected became reclusive and paranoid about the Federal Disaster Response Agency's efforts to offer protection for them in quarantine zones in the formerly thriving cities. Many refused to join and instead established their own independent and nomadic survivalist groups outside these zones.[1]
Joel warns Bill about the raiders.
However, by 2010, their supplies began to run out, leading them to require supplies from elsewhere. They would seek out other groups of survivors who had settled into an area with many supplies and raid it to plunder their resources for themselves. David's group struggled to settle in a location because raiders constantly attacked them.[2]
One such raider group near Lincoln and the Boston QZ began to conduct raids on these areas to steal supplies. Smugglers Joel and Tess came into contact with these raiders in Boston and learned of their efforts. When visiting Bill and Frank in Lincoln, Joel revealed that these raiders were moving towards their area and were conducting raids on other nearby settlements, typically at night. Despite the warning, Bill insisted he and Frank would be fine.[1]
Events of HBO's The Last of Us[]
The raiders setting off one of Bill's traps.
Over the next few years though, these raiders attacked Bill and Frank's settlement. Bill fended them off through elaborate traps such as trip-wired explosives, an electrified fence and motion-activated jerry-rigged flamethrowers. By 2013, one such raid came within reach of Bill and Frank's house in the town on a rainy night.
Bill—protecting Frank—left the house and confronted the raiders directly, engaging them with his hunting rifle. While he managed to kill most of them, one raider managed to shoot him in the abdomen. Frank rushed outside to help and carried Bill back inside. While tending to Bill's wound, he assured Frank that the rest of the traps would keep the few raiders still alive from getting inside. Bill's declaration proved correct, with the raiders failing to breach the town.[1]
The raiders shooting back at Bill.
By 2023, Abe was still picking up transmissions around the Boston area mentioning the raiders and their activities.[3] In Lincoln, Bill and Frank successfully fended off further raids and lived in relative peace by the summer of that year. The raiders were still unable to penetrate the town's walls by the time Joel and Ellie reached it later that year after Bill and Frank's passing.[1] By the winter, raiders were also present around Jackson though Tommy remarked they were minimal in number. He also claimed travelers reported many raiders on the interstate heading towards Colorado, although Ellie and Joel did not encounter any.[4]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 HBO's The Last of Us episode 3: "Long, Long Time"
- ↑ HBO's The Last of Us episode 8: "When We Are in Need"
- ↑ HBO's The Last of Us episode 1: "When You're Lost in the Darkness"
- ↑ HBO's The Last of Us episode 6: "Kin"
