The Last Of Us Part 2: Ranking Every Character From Worst To Best

13. Nora

Nora is barely given any time at all but is on this list because of the importance she has to Ellie's arc. The pain that Ellie inflicts on Nora in the hospital is the major sign that the girl we thought we knew has succumbed to intense cruelty. It's the first explicit parallel between her and Abby, and that deserves credit since the similarities and differences between the two lead to the game's finest moments.

In her couple of scenes, Nora is interesting enough and well performed by actress Chelsea Tavares. She has a natural repertoire with Abby as they walk through the hospital, it immediately comes across that these are two people with years of history together. However Nora functions as the script’s least valuable player, created explicitly to die in the most brutal way possible, coughing her lungs out from spores while getting tortured by Ellie.

While most of the critiques regarding The Last of Us 2’s apathy towards human existence are unfounded in the text, Nora’s purpose being to reverse the player’s perceptions of Ellie and Abby before dying painfully is the most valid argument for that line of thinking. Still, her death scene is undeniably effective and leaves a mark on players long after it's over.