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| “ | My... my whole life, everything I ever got, I got with my own two hands... and my will. For my body... to turn on me... to take control... I'll tell you where to find Lilly! Just promise... you won't let me turn.
―Abel expressing fear when faced with his imminent death and reanimation.[src]
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Abel is a main character and an antagonist, as well as a survivor of the outbreak in The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series. He is a member of the Delta and served as the secondary antagonist of the first half of Season 4.
Overview[]
Abel is an extremely ruthless, manipulative, and hardened survivor, willing to do whatever it takes for him and his group to survive, including robbing other survivors, hurting, kidnapping, and even killing children. He is shown to be quite brutal and violent, mercilessly twisting A.J's arm when Clementine refuses to cooperate. He also shows unwavering determination and loyalty to Lilly and the Delta, stopping at nothing to accomplish his mission, even after sustaining several serious wounds. When faced with interrogation, Abel shows little fear. Despite his violent nature however, Abel does not seem to take any genuine pleasure in his actions. Upon realizing he's dying, Abel begins to break down, expressing fear at the prospect of becoming a walker. Abel's fear of turning is so great that he is willing to betray the Delta, begging Clementine to not let him reanimate in exchange for Lilly's location. In his final moments, he shows signs of regret for the previous day's events, and it is later confirmed by Minerva that Abel was planning to get the kids to come peacefully, as he didn't want to kill them.
Pre-Apocalypse[]
Location Unknown[]
Nothing is known about Abel's life prior to or as the outbreak began. It is possible he lived in or near West Virginia. He mentioned he had been tied up by an unnamed woman in a suggestive manner at one point.
Post-Apocalypse[]
Roughly a year before Clementine's appearance at the school, Abel and his group came into contact with Marlon, who was out on a supply run with a few other children. This confrontation ended with Marlon giving away two of his own people, the twin sisters Minerva and Sophie, to Abel and his group, ensuring they would leave the boarding school alone. Marlon and Brody would create a cover story that the two sisters were killed by walkers during the supply run, swearing the truth to secrecy.
The Final Season[]
"Done Running"[]
While Clementine helps either Violet and Brody or Louis and Aasim, Abel comes across the location that Clementine did not visit. Abel triggers and loots the respective area's traps, leaving behind one of his handmade cigarettes in the process. Clementine and the group come across the looted traps, and realize someone has robbed them, which notably causes Brody to suffer a panic attack. Later, Clementine has the option to ask Abel if he is the one that sabotaged their traps, which he readily admits to, but claims was "an honest mistake."
His first official appearance is when Alvin Jr. and Clementine are taking food from the train station. Abel quietly enters the train station and holds a gun to Clementine, ordering her to stand. Abel tells her to stay quiet, and that he won't hurt her if he doesn't have to. He tells Clementine that he just wants food, and goes to grab one of the nearby duffel bags. Abel begins questioning Clementine about whether she's alone, and if she has a nearby group, to which Clementine can either answer, lie, or avoid his questions. Regardless of her answers, Abel kneels down to collect the food, telling Clementine he's going to slowly fill the duffel bag. At this point, Abel finds the surprised AJ inside the crawlspace, who promptly points a gun at Abel, who points his gun at AJ in turn. Despite AJ's threats to shoot, Abel calmly tells AJ to lower the gun, and that he is only going to take some of the food and leave. During this confrontation, Clementine notices the open window behind the unaware Abel. At this point, Clementine can choose to attack Abel, or tell AJ to lower the gun, allowing Abel to leave peacefully. Clementine can additionally tell AJ to shoot Abel (or stay silent), but this will lead to a game over.
Attack Abel (Alive): If Clementine chooses attack to Abel, she takes him by surprise, pushing him towards the open window. Abel is promptly grabbed by the nearby walkers and pulled out of the window, angrily cursing out Clementine as he is pulled out. Abel will get bitten in the process on his left arm and then proceeds to fire three gunshots.
AJ Puts The Gun Down (Alive): If Clementine chooses not to attack Abel, AJ will reluctantly put the gun down as Abel finishes filling his duffel bag. Violet enters the train station, curious at what is taking Clementine and AJ so long, and stumbles across Abel. Abel calmly tells her not to panic, and leaves the train station without further incident.
When they make their escape from the train station, Louis asks what happened, and Clementine explains the situation on the way back to the boarding school. After returning, Brody questions where they got all the food from. Louis and Violet explain their encounter with Abel, which visibly upsets Brody. She asks if he followed her, and Clementine will explain how she either let him go or shoved him into the walkers. Brody angrily questions Clementine's decision, arguing that he will either return to the train station for more if he was allowed to leave, or that he will come looking for revenge if he was attacked. Marlon attempts to defuse the situation, but Brody angrily shoves him to the ground and tells Clementine she will hold her responsible if anything happens. Furthermore, if Abel was spared, AJ will express his disappointment in Clementine's choice, claiming that letting Abel steal from them was wrong, and that it makes them appear weak. Later that night, Clementine is awoken by a loud argument coming from somewhere in the school. She eventually follows the noise to the school's storm cellar, where she finds Marlon and Brody angrily arguing with each other. As Clementine listens in, it is revealed that Abel is part of a larger group of raiders that Marlon once came across a year earlier, and that Marlon ended up trading two of his own people, Sophie and Minerva, in exchange for the raiders leaving them alone, creating a cover story that the two girls were killed by walkers while they were out scavenging. Brody is concerned with Abel's reappearance, worrying that the raiders are back in the area, and may potentially find (and attack) the school.
"Suffer The Children"[]
After Clementine and AJ are exiled from Ericson's Boarding School, Abel ambushes them in the forest, armed with a shotgun. If Clementine shoved him into the walker horde, he is missing his left arm - having cut it off to keep himself from turning. Clem disarms and knocks him over, but is ambushed by Lilly. Abel knocks Clem to the ground, kicking her knife away while Lilly pins her under her boot. When AJ attempts to intervene, Abel cordially greets him before bashing him with the shotgun, threatening to shoot him in the head unless Clem helps them capture the school. When Lilly recognizes Clementine and lets her up, Abel is confused and annoyed; and when Clem and AJ flee he shoots the latter in the abdomen with a round of buckshot. A Walker herd stops his and Lilly's pursuit of the two, and they return to their group to prepare to attack the school.
Two weeks later, Abel is among the raiders who attacks the school, holding a grudge against AJ and Clem and intending to kill them while Lilly isn't around to stop him. He sets the admin building on fire with a Molotov cocktail and corners Clem and AJ in the headmaster's office, knocking AJ over by kicking the door open. He can be slashed across his right palm, but initially overwhelms Clem and pins her to the desk. As Abel monologues about how he likes seeing people like Clem suffer and mocks her over how many people have died because of her weakness, Clem stabs him in the eye with an ornamental lighthouse before AJ stabs his foot with a fire poker. Clem tackles him through the window and onto the balcony. Abel grabs her face, but Clem knees him in the groin before smashing him through the railing. Abel manages to grab her and pull her over with him, but sustains a badly-broken leg from the fall. When Abel tries to stop Clem from coming to Violet or Louis' defense, she can kick him in the face twice - breaking his nose (Determinant) - and Rosie mauls his arm.
Abel is left behind by the other raiders and is chained to the flagpole by the remaining teens, who intend to interrogate him regarding the whereabouts of his group's base, making him their prisoner.
"Broken Toys"[]
Abel is bound to a desk chair in the basement of the Boarding School by either Louis or Violet, depending on who was saved last episode. If Louis was saved previously, he will mention how he couldn't bring himself to hurt Abel, even in spite of his actions. Clementine heads into the basement to find AJ standing guard over the now unconscious Abel. After waking Abel up, the two begin to interrogate him. Clementine can choose to torture him, or treat him mercifully without resorting to violence. At first, Abel gives vague answers to Clementine's questions, but seemingly relents, pointing her to one of his hand-rolled cigarettes in his pocket. Abel asks for them to light the cigarette, claiming "a smoke will clear [his] mind." Clementine can oblige his request, stub out the cigarette, or burn him on his right cheek with it.
However, the interrogation takes a sudden turn when Abel begins vomiting a large amount of blood. Abel realizes he's dying as a result of the fall from the balcony, having suffered massive internal bleeding. Coming to terms with his impending death, Abel seemingly displays regret about the events of the previous night, claiming he didn't want anyone to be hurt or killed. When AJ asks if he's going to turn, Abel cries out and expresses visible fear. Not wanting to lose control of his body as a result of reanimation, Abel begs Clementine to put him down, in exchange for the location of the raiders. Clementine can either promise to mercy kill him in exchange for the information, or use his fear of turning in order to intimidate him into giving up the location. Either way, Abel concedes, and reveals the location of the Delta's current base of operations: a boat, a few miles west of the Boarding school. If Clementine intimidated Abel, he'll direct her to a set of notes hidden in his boot, which contains more in depth information about the Delta's current location, and a series of call signs they use to identify one another.
Having gotten what she wanted, Abel begs for Clementine to keep her end of the deal, and to put him out of his misery.
In-Game Decision[]
Mercy Kill Abel (Dead): Clementine honors Abel's wishes and keeps her side of the deal. Clementine goes to shoot him, but Abel objects, wanting a cleaner death so he can "keep [his] face." Clementine then pulls out her knife and stabs him in the side of the head as AJ watches, killing him. Clementine and AJ return to the others, leaving Abel's body in the basement.
Let Him Turn (Undead): Clementine coldly refuses to show Abel mercy, leaving him to die from his wounds. If the player previously promised to put him down, he angrily curses Clementine with his dying breaths but smugly remarks that he did not give her all the crucial details. Abel slowly grows weaker, muttering that no one deserves to turn, trailing off as he finally dies. A few moments later, Abel reanimates and lunges at AJ. AJ is unnerved at the sight of the undead Abel, who is left behind in the basement as Clementine and AJ return to the others.
"Take Us Back"[]
Abel will be seen outside the school as a warning, tied to the tree either as a walker or leaned on the tree as a corpse.
Death[]
- Killed By
- Clementine (Caused, Alive; Out of Mercy, Determinant)
- Himself (Caused)
In "Suffer The Children", Abel is pushed from a balcony, which causes fatal internal damage. During the interrogation in "Broken Toys", the effects from his fall begin to manifest, and he starts to vomit a large amount of blood. Knowing he is about to die, he pleads Clem to stab him in the head so he won't have to reanimate, fearing the prospect of losing control of his own body. Clem can carry out his wish and mercifully stab him in the head, or leave him to die from his injuries, reanimating not long afterwards.
Killed Victims[]
This list shows the victims Abel has killed:
- Himself (Caused)
- Numerous counts of zombies and possibly unnamed people
Relationships[]
For a more in-depth look at Abel's relationships, read here: Abel (Telltale)/Relationships
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Enemies[] |
Quotes[]
The following is a list of some of Abel's most memorable quotes.
The Final Season"Stand. Slowly. Don't yell. Don't try anything. I won't hurt you. If I don't have to." "The name's Abel. And I'm hungry as hell." "I'm not here to fuck with you. I'm here to get some food. Same as you." "You and your friends made a lot of noise out there. Wasn't hard to follow. You live close by? You knew about this place already. And organized some effort to get inside. So you probably also knew the stash was there. (…) You look a little young to be out on your own. You got a group? I count you, plus the two outside. I'm thinking, maybe more? You got a camp in these here woods? (…) Uh-huh. Right, right. And this big strong group sends the kids out to do the risky work? Interesting."  "It's just me and my ugly face out here." "I miss the days when we weren't all so goddamn cagey. It's just me and my ugly face out here. Lonely, ugly, and hungry." "Well, hey there, squirt. Playing hide and seek, are we? (AJ pulls gun on him) Now that's impolite. (…) I'm not stealing. This isn't yours."  "Well, hey there, squirt." "Come on, kid. I'm faster than you. Listen up, squirt, you're gonna quit pointing that gun at me, and let me go my merry, you understand? I'm just going to take a little bit, and then I'm leaving. Like it never happened. You wouldn't let a hungry man starve, now, would you? Kid...I don't want to do this." "FUCK! FUCK! You piece of shit!" "Now, come on out. I saw a couple of you on the road. How long you think you can hide? (…) Tough little bitch, aren't you?" "I wouldn't, boy. Any closer, your friend might get her head blown off. (…) Good to see you again, squirt. I seen these ones before. Fighters, both of them. You'll like them."  "Otherwise, I'm happy to crack his head open." "Sure, if you do like we ask. Otherwise, I'm happy to crack his head open. You ever seen old fruit explode after you throw it at something? That's just how it'll look." "Fuck, we don't have time for all this. (…) Great, you know her, I know her. Point is, we've got a job to do." "We don't need a couple. We need all of you." "Here's what I'll do. I'll take the little squirt here right now. (twists AJ's arm) That way, I'm sure you'll play nice." "Open up, kids. (…) This doesn't have to get any uglier." "Kill that one, the girl! (…) Fuckin' pointless. I told Lilly you wouldn't cooperate!" "Your friend Lilly ain't around this time. So we'll have a nice little chat, you and me. Alone."   "Bet a lot of folks died to get you here." "You know, whenever I see someone like you: weak, small, afraid, and still alive? Well. Bet a lot of folks died to get you here." "Well, that ain't no way to wake an old man up from his afternoon nap. I was having a nice dream, too, about a girl I used to know, from before. She also had me tied up, but I wasn't her prisoner, if you get my meaning. (…) No offense, but I'd rather go back to my dream, so if you don't mind--" "You've never done this before, have you? First thing you learn... I can't tell you shit if I pass out from the pain." "It doesn't matter. Soon as she gets there, she's gonna turn around and come right back for me. You better give me the five-star treatment. If I'm smiling when she gets here, you might be able to trade me for a little mercy. We underestimated you little shits, but Lilly won't make the same mistake twice. She'll be back. Trust me. She can't afford to leave anyone behind. (AJ slams his head into the table) Jesus! The fuck is wrong with you?! That ain't five-star. "You aren't gonna do that. You don't have it in you. (Clementine has Rosie bite Abel's leg) Call it off! Call it off, you fucking psycho!" "Lilly will never give 'em up. Only reason we came here was for more manpower. Losing Yonatan and me, for three sprouts who can barely hold a gun... Even a dummy like me can do the math on that one. (…) You don't know what it's like out there. It's a bloodbath, one community against another, from Richmond to the coast. Back at the Delta, we're at war, with some really sick fucks who make me look like the Virgin Mary. We need people to fight it. Soldiers who do what we say. Point the guns the way we tell them to. You little turds were supposed to be easy pickings." "You think we like doing raids like this? Our home is under threat. It's a good home, built to last. I'd do a lot to protect it. Maybe you can understand that." "No, it's fucking Leviticus. I was hoping it'd be some timely moralistic shit about turning the other cheek. Well, c'mon. That thing isn't gonna light itself. Wanna know where your friends are? A smoke'll clear my mind. (…) Help me remember stuff. Like where Lilly went. C'mon, kid. Don't make me wait all day. (…) Now, that. Is. Heavenly." "Oh, fuck. This is... not good. (…) You're gonna get your wish. When you pushed me off that balcony, something must've burst inside of me. Shit, I never wanted things to end like this. Everything... it all got out of hand. Now look at me. I'm a fucking mess." "My... my whole life, everything I ever got, I got with my own two hands... and my will. For my body... to turn on me... to take control... I'll tell you where to find Lilly! Just promise... you won't let me turn." "Okay, okay. In my boot. You'll find a paper with everything you need to know. (…) We have a boat. That paper shows the miles to the nearest stops. Those words, they're city names... Use 'em like a call and response... make sure we don't go shooting our own. Only one we use these days is Rockingham. I can't believe you actually got me to give that up. (…) You got what you wanted. Please, don't let me become one of those things. Please. I don't want to turn..." "You evil c***. You... you gave me your word. (…) And you were stupid to believe I told you everything..."   "Not that. I wanna... let me keep my face." "No... no one deserves..." "Not that. I wanna... let me keep my face." |
Appearances[]
The Telltale Series[]
The Final Season[]
- "Done Running"
- "Suffer The Children"
- "Broken Toys"
- "Take Us Back" (Zombified or Corpse)
| Episodes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season One | ||||||
| Season Two | ||||||
| Michonne | ||||||
| A New Frontier | ||||||
| The Final Season | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| ✔ | Appears | ✔ | Voice is heard |
| 👁 | Appears with no lines | ✔ | Appears in a flashback |
| ✔ | Appears as a walker | 🖼 | Appears in a photograph/video |
| ✔ | Appears as a corpse | ✔ | Appears in a hallucination/dream |
| Episodes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season One | ||||||
| Season Two | ||||||
| Michonne | ||||||
| A New Frontier | ||||||
| The Final Season | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| ✔ | Appears | ✔ | Voice is heard |
| 👁 | Appears with no lines | ✔ | Appears in a flashback |
| ✔ | Appears as a walker | 🖼 | Appears in a photograph/video |
| ✔ | Appears as a corpse | ✔ | Appears in a hallucination/dream |
Trivia[]
- Abel is the second major recurring secondary antagonist in the Telltale Series, the first being Max.
- Abel's left eye is brown, while his right eye is blue. This is known as complete heterochromia.
- Abel is the only character in the The Walking Dead franchise to have heterochromia.
- Gabriel Stokes also has different colored eyes, but that's due to an infection, not heterochromia.
- Abel makes his cigarettes out of torn bible pages.
- It was confirmed by Kent Mudle that this was used to help players recognize him as the person who tampered with the school's traps upon meeting him.
- Abel is one of six known smoker in the game, others being Pete, Walter, Tavia, Bonnie, and Berto.
- His name and habit of smoking bible pages is a clear reference to the biblical story of Cain and Abel.
- This may be foreshadowing the events of Minerva killing her sister.
- Despite this, the actual text from the pages are from A Scandal in Bohemia of the Sherlock Holmes series.[1]
- Abel is the first adult to be seen in The Final Season.
- He is also the first antagonist to be seen in Season 4.
- He is also the first Delta member Clementine encounters.
- He is also the only Delta member that appeared in all episodes of Season 4, albeit as a corpse or a zombie.
- Abel will have his left arm amputated if he was pushed out of the window in "Done Running".
- This makes him, Clementine and Reggie the only seen survivors in the Telltale Series to survive a walker bite after amputation.
- Abel shows a high tolerance for pain, as he sustains several injuries in "Suffer The Children":
- He is slashed in the hand with a knife by Clementine. (Determinant)
- He gets jabbed in the eye by Clementine.
- He has his right foot pierced with a fire poker by AJ.
- He is hit multiple times with a fire poker by AJ. (Determinant)
- He breaks his leg falling from a balcony.
- He suffers numerous internal injuries as a result of falling from the balcony, as well as Clementine landing on top of him.
- He has his nose broken by Clementine, and has an arm mauled by Rosie. (Determinant)
- He also endures several punches, his broken leg being kicked and mauled by Rosie, and being burned by a cigarette on his right cheek during his interrogation at the hands of Clementine and AJ. (Determinant)
- If Abel is left to reanimate, he can have the second quickest reanimation out of any Telltale Series character, just behind Greg Fairbanks.
- Abel is one of twelve characters with a dead or undead status, the others being Duck, Lee Everett, the Stranger, Danny, Clyde, Walt, Sarita, Michael, Armando, Rodney, and Lloyd.
- Abel is one of eleven characters to appear in all four episodes of The Final Season, the others being Clementine, Alvin Jr., Violet, Louis, Tennessee, Ruby, Willy, Omar, Aasim, and Rosie.
- Abel, however, does not appear alive in "Take Us Back".
- Abel joking about being tied up by a girl before the apocalypse to Clementine may suggest he is into BDSM.
- Abel is one of the three main characters of Season 4 who did not kill a living person on-screen directly/caused, regardless of the players' choices. The others being Violet and James.
International Dubbers[]
| Language | Dubber | Other Characters Voiced |
|---|---|---|
| French | Jérémie Bédrune | Luke Abrams |
| German | Frank Logemann | N/A |
| Portuguese | Marco Antônio Abreu | Rick Grimes |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Jorge Roig Jr. | N/A |