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| “ | I believe everything happens for a reason. | „ |
| ~ David to Ellie. |
| “ | You think you know me? Huh? Well, let me tell you somethin'. You have no idea what I'm capable of. | „ |
| ~ David's last words to Ellie Williams before she strikes him in the head with a machete. |
David is the secondary antagonist of Naughty Dog's video game The Last of Us and Season 1 of its 2023 HBO adaptation, as well as the overarching antagonist of its 2014 prequel DLC expansion Left Behind.
He is a middle-aged survivalist and cannibal leader who resides in the snowy mountains of Colorado. A survivalist and psychopath, David will do anything to survive, even murdering and devouring children.
He was voiced and motion-captured by Nolan North, who also voiced Hades in God of War, the Penguin and Black Mask in the Arkhamverse, Martin Walker in Spec Ops: The Line and Modi in God of War (PS4).
In the HBO TV adaptation, he is portrayed by Scott Shepherd, who also played Casey in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie and Byron Burkhart in Killers of The Flower Moon.
Personality[]
At first, David appeared to be a calm, rational, and compassionate man who empathized with Ellie Williams, agreeing to trade her medicine in exchange for food from a deer. He noted on Ellie wanting to help whoever was injured and remained seemingly caring towards her, as well as her ability to survive. In addition, David appeared to be an efficient leader amongst his group having a charismatic and calm disposition, with them showing to comply with his orders with little to no hesitation.
However, this proved to be nothing more than a façade which hid a wicked, disturbed and sociopathic man who was willing to resort to cannibalism in order to survive. Regardless, he kept up his calm behavior in the presence of Ellie, wanting to do his best to get her to come around and join him. He seemed indifferent towards his acts of treating other survivors like cattle and in turn, exercised a belief that "everything happens for a reason" and that his meeting with Ellie was fate.
Despite remaining calm for the most part, it is later indicated that David was a sexual predator of sorts. Although he at first appeared sentimental towards Ellie, later acts imply that his intentions were of a much darker nature as he becomes more fixated on the girl. On top of this, one line of dialogue from a cannibal saying that Ellie was "David's newest pet" hints that he has captured, manipulated, and exploited other children and teenagers beforehand.
While pursuing Ellie during his final confrontation with her, David had foregone any of his previous sentiment or calmness, now being bent on finding and killing the girl once and for all. His frightening dialect and jerkish movements leaning towards the true monster that David really was underneath. With killing her put aside, it seems that David had other intentions while trying to choke Ellie but was frantically killed by her before he got the chance.
In the HBO TV series, David is even more twisted than his game counterpart. While he maintains a calm and reasonable persona at first, in reality, he is a cruel and wicked man who justifies his group's cannibalism as a means of survival, with it turning out that only a few people in his group are aware that they're eating human meat. He also admits to Ellie that he's always had a violent heart and even likens humanity to the cordyceps infection, with how it kills to survive while growing and protecting its own. He is also conceited and while he acts like a religious figure at first, this was nothing but a guise to assert control over his group, revealing that he saw himself as their leader, father, and savior instead of god.
This version of David is also a sexual predator, while in the game it was only implied, as seen by his attempt to rape Ellie and chuckling with sadism as she screams in fear of him. He also claims that he enjoys his victim fighting him back, implying that he has sexually assaulted others beforehand.
Regardless of version, David lacks any genuine empathy and his affable guise masks a layer of twisted malevolence. He lacked any concern for his partner James' death in the TV series. In the game, while he wishes that Ellie hadn't killed him, he was not at all troubled by the deaths of his men, claiming that it will only make them stronger with fewer mouths to feed.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Nothing is known about David's life prior to the cordyceps brain infection outbreak.
Left Behind[]
David doesn't physically appear in the Left Behind DLC, but he is indirectly responsible for the events of it. With Joel wounded from being impaled after a fight with one of his men, Ellie is forced to take refuge at a nearby mall in the hopes of saving Joel. David's men even follow them there to finish them off while also being attacked by infected. Ellie ultimately fights off both them and the infected just before the former breaks into the store where the wounded Joel is at. Ellie patches him up and leaves.
The Last Of Us[]
At first, David appears to be a soft-spoken and friendly man. However, it is revealed he is actually the leader of a cannibalistic group of hunters. He kidnaps Ellie and tries to convince her to join them and possibly be his lover. However, she refuses and instead insists that he kill her and eat her. Just as he and James are about to chop her up, she claims to be infected and uses their shock and confusion to kill David's right hand man, bite David in the process and escape their slaughterhouse. Ellie attempts to escape the town, but is cornered by David in a burning restaurant.
A fight ensues, and Ellie manages to sneak behind and stab David three times before the are both knocked unconscious. While Joel frantically looks for Ellie outside, she awaked to find David still breathing. She notices his dropped machete and begins to crawl for it. David awakens and kicks her several times in a fit of rage. He begins to strangle and possibly rape her until Ellie manages to grab his machete. She slices his arm in half before gaining the upper hand, kneeling on The Cannibal's chest and violently slashing his face to pieces with his own machete. Joel arrives and pulls a traumatized Ellie off David's mutilated body, and they both leave as the fire spreads out in the diner, leaving his corpse with the machete still in his skull.
Even after his death and moving closer to the Firefly's headquarters, Ellie's encounter with David and the cannibals still remained on her mind, with it seeming that this event cost Ellie whatever was left of her innocence. This, however, also strengthened her resolve to reach the Fireflies - saying that all they've gone through can't be for nothing.
Quotes[]
| “ | You're easy to track. | „ |
| ~ David to Ellie when he blocks her path to escape. |
| “ | How did you do it? | „ |
| ~ David asking Ellie how did she fool them into thinking she was infected at gunpoint. |
| “ | That's alright. | „ |
| ~ David to Ellie when she doesn't answer him and he locks the door. |
| “ | There's nowhere to go! | „ |
| ~ David to Ellie as he starts to look around for her. |
| “ | You want out? Gonna have to come and get these keys. | „ |
| ~ David toying with Ellie by withholding the keys to her escape as he looks for her. |
| “ | I know you're not infected. | „ |
| ~ David boast to Ellie, disbelieving that she's infected. |
| “ | No one that's infected fights this hard to stay alive! | „ |
| ~ David putting down Ellie's belief that's she's strong while infected. |
| “ | So, what is it, Ellie? | „ |
| ~ David's question to Ellie as he looks for her. |
| “ | I gotta admit. You had me back there. For a second, you shook my faith. | „ |
| ~ David admitting that for a moment Ellie actually tricked him into believing she infected him. |
| “ | But only for a second. | „ |
| ~ David's refusal to be fooled by Ellie's tricks of evasion. |
| “ | Oh, hey, Ellie? I'm sorry about your horse. I truly am. I hope you take comfort in knowing that we won't waste any part of him. | „ |
| ~ David's false apology to Ellie, revealing he and his group killed and possibly devoured her pet horse. |
| “ | You know, I...I really wish you hadn't killed James. He's a good kid - just doing his job. | „ |
| ~ David defending his sidekick James in spite of his attempt in killing Ellie. |
| “ | In fact, all those people you killed. It's just gonna make our group stronger. Fewer mouths to feed. | „ |
| ~ David telling Ellie about the ramifications of her killing his men. |
| “ | Ellie! Ellie, come on. I know you're dying to say something to me. | „ |
| ~ David anxiously taunting Ellie when she doesn't come out of hiding. |
| “ | That was good, kid. | „ |
| ~ David's taunt to Ellie upon being hit with the first knife strike. |
| “ | It's gonna be alright... | „ |
| ~ David's creepy answer to Ellie as he takes out his machete. |
| “ | Run, rabbit, run. Hide. | „ |
| ~ David's scariest quote, taunting Ellie during his boss fight. |
| “ | You have no idea what I'm capable of! | „ |
| ~ David's threat to Ellie as he attempts to kill and possibly rape her. |
Gallery[]
External Links[]
- David on the The Last of Us Wiki.
- David (Original) on the Pure Evil Wiki.
- David (HBO) on the Pure Evil Wiki.
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