“ | I'm gonna be a name carved in stone before you know it, Javier. That'll be me. Letters on a rock nobody wants to visit. I know you think you're strong enough to handle that alone. And so does your brother. And you're both wrong. You have to take care of each other. You two are all I leave behind. Like Gabe and Mariana will be for David. Legacy, Javier, it's all anyone leaves behind. That and their... bones. Be brothers, before it's too late.
―Salvador to Javier.[src]
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Salvador García is a character in The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series. He is the husband of Mrs. García and the father of David and Javier.
Overview[]
Salvador is a wise and level-headed man. He is quite fun and humorous, playing games with his sons and engaging in their playful banter. However, he often has to act as the peacekeeper between the brothers when tensions get high.
It's revealed that Salvador has cancer and hid it from his family. When confronted about this, Salvador shows little fear for his life, seeing treatment as just prolonging the inevitable. Salvador's biggest hope is that Javier and David start to get along more and have each other's backs. His final wish to Javi is that he be a good brother to David, which he either can accept or reject. This promise is put to the test when David lashes out and attacks Javi.
Pre-Apocalypse[]
Baltimore, Maryland[]
Salvador lived in the García house with his wife and possibly Hector, David, and his grandchildren. He frequently played dominoes with his sons and implies that he gambled frequently. He seemed to take Javier's expulsion from professional sports in stride and would often cover the costs of his unemployed son's purchases. A few months before the outbreak began, he developed cancer and declined to take any treatment. He did not tell any of his family about his diagnosis, intending to keep his illness a secret from even his wife so that they would not pressure him into taking any expensive options such as chemotherapy.
Post-Apocalypse[]
A New Frontier[]
"Ties That Bind - Part 1"[]
Shortly after the outbreak began, he died from cancer in his room. All of his family except for his younger son, Javier, were present when he was on his deathbed. Before Salvador died, he scanned the room looking for Javier, not even noticing his other son, David, right beside him. By the time Javier makes it home, Salvador had already passed away. David laments his father's death and violently responds to Javier's tardiness. When Salvador reanimates, Mariana leaves his room to refill his cup and reveals to Salvador's wife and brother that Salvador was "awake". The García family follows her upstairs to find Salvador standing in the corner of his bedroom as if he had not been deathly ill in the days prior. After removing Mariana from the room, Hector approaches his seemingly alive brother, asking him in Spanish how this was possible.
Suddenly, his reanimated brother attacks him, shoving him into a closet and biting him on the wrist. Javier and David appear to restrain him, giving Hector time to escape and ensure that Kate and his son were safe, but is scratched on the arm. Mrs. García walks into the room, asking what was happening. David explains that Salvador had just attacked his brother. Heedless of Salvador's snapping jaws, she tries to comfort her husband, only to be bitten on the cheek in the process. Stunned, she backs away into a chair. Javier breaks a part of the bed frame and strikes Salvador to death, saving David's life.
"From The Gallows"[]
Salvador first appears in the episode playing a game of dominoes with Javier and David. He will Javier to just play already and that he will lose. Depending on which domino you place, Salvador will either exclaim to Javier that he is now his least favorite son or will swear in Spanish and say how close he was. Salvador says he will cover for Javier and tells the latter to get him his wallet. Javier finds a note in his wallet that David snatches off him. The note is revealed to be his cancer diagnosis letter. Javier will ask Salvador how bad his cancer is, and Salvador implies that he will die of the illness. He says that he turned down his chemotherapy and radiation because it was too expensive and that it was worthless. When David storms off or goes to get another beer, Salvador will tell Javier that once he passes, he and David will have to look out for themselves. Javier can choose to either promise to be a good brother or reject his father's final request.
Javier and David can mention their father several times during the fall of Richmond and its reclamation from the walkers. If Javier and Clementine followed David and Gabriel after they had left, David admits his shame to his brother for his inability to change himself from an insecure failure who could not protect anyone and asks what Salvador would say if he could see him now. Javier tells him that Salvador would probably joke with him over his insecurity and tell him to ignore his worries and play dominoes with him. (Determinant) Javier can echo his father's comments about a person's legacy to David in an effort to make him stay with his son instead of leave.
Death[]
- Killed By
- Cancer (Alive)
Salvador developed cancer prior to the outbreak, keeping his diagnosis a secret. Despite his eldest son's pleading to seek treatment, Salvador chose to die naturally from it so his family wouldn't suffer financially. At the beginning of the outbreak, Salvador was set up at home with his family but seemed to completely ignore David despite holding his hand, questioning where Javier was before his death.
- Javier García (Zombified)
With the García family's lack of knowledge regarding the outbreak, Salvador reanimated with no one present and became hostile towards his family. After a short struggle of trying to get Salvador to calm down failed and allowed him to bite both Salvador's wife and Hector, Salvador was struck in the head with a bed post by Javier to prevent him from biting David.
Killed Victims[]
This list shows the victims Salvador García has killed:
- Mrs. García (Alive; Caused or Direct, Infected)
- Hector García (Caused or Direct, Infected)
Relationships[]
For a more in-depth look at Salvador's relationships, read here: Salvador García (Telltale)/Relationships
Allies[]
- García Family Home
- Mrs. García † - Wife
- Hector García † - Brother
- Javier García - Son
- David García - Son
- Kate García - Daughter-in-Law
- Gabriel García - Grandson
- Mariana García † - Granddaughter
Quotes[]
The following is a list of some of Salvador's most memorable quotes. The New Frontier"Oh, I think I can hear them! They're saying, "You're gonna lose, come mierda, so play already."" "Calm down, David. No one is ever in a rush to lose. ("My beer's getting warm") Drink faster!" "If he plays his last bone... You're out of the will, Javier." "¡Carajo! I was so close! You're now my least favorite son, Javier. ("He's the one who beat you") Fine. It's a tie. I hate you both equally." "That's enough, both of you! It's not Javi's fault he's a disgrace to the game of dominoes." "Hey, hey, this is dominoes. Winning means you get to be a little bit of a...pendejo. Ha!" "I'm old. Old people get cancer. You didn't need to know. (…) It's my cancer. I get to do whatever I want. You know now! What difference does it make?" "You won't have to worry about paying me back that ten bucks." And neither will either of you. You hear me? Mouths shut. (…) I guess that means I'll be dying of homicide instead of cancer." "Chemo, radiation... All that expensive mierda. (…) I turned it down. (…) So much money and for what? Another month? Another game of dominoes to lose? It's not worth it! (…) It's not happening. Save your money. (…) You can afford it, David, but my pride can't! Let's play another game." "You know, I prayed for daughters, every night your mother was pregnant with both of you. "Please, God! A daughter! Anything but a son, anything but another me. Anything but another hot-headed idiot with his heart in the right place. Anything but another foolhardy, handsome gambler. Anything at all."" "You should've supported him." "I'm gonna be a name carved in stone before you know it, Javier. That'll be me: letters on a rock that nobody wants to visit. I know you think you're strong enough to handle that alone. And so does your brother. And you're both wrong. You have to take care of each other. You two are all I'll leave behind. Like Gabe and Mariana will be for David. Legacy, Javier. It's all anyone leaves behind. That and their... bones. Be brothers. Before it's too late. That's not too much to ask. One last favor for your old man." "As hard as you can?" "He will try, Javier. If you show him the way." "I have to keep fighting, but you get to give up? I don't think so, cabrón. You have to fight too." "Don't be like me, Javi! You have to keep fighting." "If you try, he'll come around. Show him the way." "I still need to pay David. (…)¡Oye! If you had just won the game, we wouldn't have had this problem! (…) I'm depending on you, mijo. We both are." |
Appearances[]
The Telltale Series[]
A New Frontier[]
- "Ties That Bind - Part 1" (Flashback, Zombified)
- "Ties That Bind - Part 2" (Flashback, Photograph)
- "Above The Law" (Flashback, Photograph)
- "From The Gallows" (Flashback)
Episodes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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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[]
- Salvador is the first character to die in A New Frontier.
- Salvador is also the first walker Javier killed.
- Despite him being referred to as Rafa, his name is confirmed as Salvador in the credits of "From The Gallows". This is most likely an oversight in development, as there is no an explanation for the name change, it could be also possible that his full name is Rafael Salvador García.
- Salvador is one of the few characters in The Walking Dead to die from cancer.
- Salvador is the 6th character in the Telltale series to suffer from cancer, after the 5 members of the Cancer Support Group in Season 1.