Tess (Video Game)

"I miss you so much Tess. You're going to like Clementine a lot though."

- Stranger talking to his wife's severed head.

Tess is a original character in the Walking Dead Video Game. She is the wife of the Stranger.

Location Unknown
Not much is known about Tess prior to the apocalypse other than that she and her husband had two children: Adam and Elizabeth.

Episode 5: No Time Left
Not much is known about Tess' life after the apocalypse. Following the outbreak, Stranger and Adam went hunting in the forest outside of Macon. At one point, Adam came up missing, and upon returning to their camp, Tess was distraught, calling him a "monster". After driving their station wagon to a different point to search, they departed it and search the area. Upon arriving back without Adam, they discovered that their supplies had all been looted, by Lee Everett or if you play it a certain way it is taken by the group of the ending of Episode 2, although it was unknown to them at the time. This was the last straw for Tess, and she and Elizabeth abandoned Stranger, traveling on foot by themselves. The next day, Stranger found both of them reanimated as walkers in a nearby street. Stranger decapitated her, keeping her head in a bowling ball bag, and using it as emotional support by ranting to it.

Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Tess has killed:
 * Possibly numerous counts of zombies.
 * Elizabeth (Caused)

Killed By
After abandoning Stranger with Elizabeth, she was presumably bitten, and later died. After being discovered in the street by Stranger, she was decapitated, her reanimated head being kept in a bowling ball bag.
 * Infection (Alive)
 * Kenny (Indirectly Caused)
 * Katjaa (Indirectly Caused)
 * Duck (Indirectly Caused)
 * Carley/Doug (Indirectly Caused)
 * Ben Paul (Indirectly Caused)
 * Lee Everett (Determinant/Indirectly Caused)

Stranger
The Stranger and Tess were married and loved each other, however, the apocalypse took a toll on their relationship, causing their love for each other to become strained. When their son, Adam, went missing, and Lee Everett's group stumbled upon their station wagon and stole their supplies, Tess took their daughter, Elizabeth, and left her husband. He went looking for them later on and found them dead in the road.

The Stranger then decapitated Tess, and put her head in a bowling bag. He also took it upon himself to get revenge for his fallen family members, and, he succeeded, to an extent.

Trivia

 * Tess is one of the many amputees in The Walking Dead. For other victims, see Amputated Victims.
 * Tess managed to have her head decapitated by Stranger.
 * Tess is the fourth named person to be amputated in The Walking Dead Video Game Season 1. The other three were David Parker, Mark, and Lee himself (Determinant).