Tess (Video Game)

"I hurt her so bad..."

- Stranger talking to Lee about his wife.

Tess is an original character in Telltale Games' The Walking Dead: Season One. She is the wife of the Stranger.

Location Unknown
Almost nothing is known about Tess prior to the outbreak other than that she and her husband had two children: Adam and Elizabeth.

"No Time Left"
Not much is known about Tess' life after the outbreak. Following the zombie apocalypse, Stranger and Adam went hunting in the forest outside of Macon. At one point, Adam came up missing, and upon her husband's return 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 "Starved For Help", 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 zombies 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 By
After blaming her husband for their son and the stuff from the car's disappearance, she took Elizabeth and left. She was attacked by a walker along with her daughter. After being discovered in a road by Stranger, since then, he kept her reanimated head in a bowling ball bag.
 * Infection

Stranger
"I hurt her... so bad..."

- The Stranger about Tess.

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'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.

Adam
Tess loved her son, and blamed Stranger when he went missing.

Elizabeth
Tess took her daughter away from Stranger after her son Adam went missing. They didn't get very far; they were devoured by the time Stranger found them.

Season 1

 * "No Time Left" (Zombified)