Rabbi Zivah Saunders was a character mentioned in The Last of Us Part II. She was a religious leader at a synagogue in downtown Seattle.[1]
Biography[]
Background and early life[]
Rabbi Saunders' grandfather escaped from Germany to Poland at the start of World War II, hiding out with the help of a Polish family. She later recounted this to a soldier who came to her for counsel.[1]
Post-outbreak[]
After the Cordyceps brain infection outbreak, she remained in the synagogue within the Seattle Quarantine Zone until the war between FEDRA and the Washington Liberation Front reached her part of the city. During this time, she counseled the commander of the zone, Lieutenant Carmelo Torres, when the latter had doubts about his mission. She was evacuated from the city along with her family by the military forces as FEDRA and the military began to pull out of Seattle.[2] In a final letter to Torres, she thanked the lieutenant for protecting them and reminded him to not lose hope for humanity.[1]
