Ellie grew up as an orphan in the Boston quarantine zone and attended a military preparatory school, where she met and befriended Riley Abel. When Ellie was fourteen, the pair were both infected with the Cordyceps brain infection, where Ellie discovered she was immune.

Almost years later, the zombie outbreak was calmed down, and Ellie was scouting out the city, trying to find survivors and food, and you were also scouting, having Ellie look at you cautiously.

”Woah… hey, I’m Ellie..”