Maria Miller

Maria Miller is a supporting character in The Last of Us Part I and The Last of Us Part II. She is Tommy Miller's wife. She leads a thriving community in Jackson, Wyoming.
== Biography ==
=== Events of The Last of Us Part I ===
Sometime after the initial outbreak of the , Maria and her father ran a settlement in Jackson, Wyoming, using a hydroelectric power plant to generate electricity for the settlement. They soon became the leaders of their settlement as more families settled down in their safe haven. Maria would later meet Tommy after he left the Fireflies and his brother Joel in Boston. The two grew close, eventually getting married. However, the dam suffered daily attacks from a group of bandits, making them rather hostile to strangers.
In the Fall of 2033, Maria noticed two strangers, a man and his teenage companion Ellie, as the pair attempted to enter the plant. Initially thinking they were hostile, she threatened them with her men, only calming down when Tommy explained the stranger was his brother, Joel. At the time, the group of workers were finishing their attempts to repair one of the turbines to generate electricity for the settlement.How you doing, baby brother?
While the brothers went off to talk, Maria ate with Ellie and told the girl about Joel's deceased daughter Sarah and showed her a photograph of the pair together; unbeknownst to Maria, Ellie stole the photo. Later, a group of bandits attacked the plant. The women were barricaded in the dining hall until Tommy and Joel arrived and finished off the bandits.
After the fight, Tommy pulled Maria aside to tell her about the settlement he and Joel worked out. At hearing this, Maria was fiercely opposed to Tommy delivering Ellie to the Fireflies, fearing that she would become a widow like the other women of their settlement. She confronted Joel, asserting that, should anything happen to Tommy, it was "on [him]".
Ellie, overhearing this conversation, flees on a horse to a ranch. After having a conversation about how she doesn't want to go with Tommy, they are attacked. After that, Joel, Ellie, and Tommy ride back to the settlement. Joel decides to take Ellie to the Fireflies on the verge of entering the place, telling Tommy that Maria "kind of scares him".Adios
Maria is briefly mentioned again when Ellie and Joel talk in Jackson. She and Tommy were trying to get Joel interested in a woman within the community while also having him and Ellie do maintenance work for them.The Last of Us: One Night Live Maria eventually found out about Ellie's immunity and kept it a secret."Seattle Day 1"
=== Events of The Last of Us Part II ===
Between 2034 and 2038, Maria desired for Jackson to remain a thriving and welcoming community. To ensure this, she established groups of patrolmen from Jackson's community to scout across different nearby areas to search various lodges, mansions, hotels, and outposts to clear out wandering infected so horde attacks on their barricaded walls were easier to deal with. She gave the patrols numerous objectives, such as taking stock of how many infected were in a certain area and noting it in log books at designated outposts. These records proved vital when infected migrated into the area in the form of hordes, especially in the winter months. 
To ensure patrols were effective, she had them regularly rotate the areas they traveled around and ensured they scouted in pairs, forbidding patrolmen to scout alone. She also ordered patrols to rescue any potential survivors they encountered and bring them back to Jackson and recruit them. Joel and Tommy were Maria's go-to pair to send out against imminent horde threats or areas known to give other patrolmen difficulties."Seattle Day 2"
During a community event in March 2038, Maria noticed Seth insult Ellie and Dina. Before she could intervene, Joel rushed over and shoved the man, ordering him to leave the party. Maria and Tommy split the pair up and took Seth outside to talk with him.
The next morning, Maria was at Seth's bar, having convinced him to apologize to Ellie. When Ellie arrived with Jesse for her briefing about that day's patrol, Maria had her come over and allow Seth to apologize. When Ellie didn't pick up the sandwiches Seth offered, Maria picked them up for her and thanked Ellie for letting Seth apologize.
Later, she reveals Joel and Tommy have been at the ski lodge since the early hours to assess sightings of infected, asking Jesse to take his patrol team to switch out with them. To replace Jesse's route, she partners Ellie with Dina instead. Before letting Ellie go, she asks if Ellie and Joel are on good terms, to which Ellie apathetically confirms.
That night, having heard the news of Joel's murder, Maria argued with Tommy. He wanted to take a group to chase down Joel's killers to avenge him but Maria refused, citing that would leave Jackson vulnerable to attacks from hunters. That night, Tommy left Maria a note revealing he was going to find the Washington Liberation Front in Seattle alone and asked Maria to stop Ellie from following him.
The next day, Maria found Dina and Ellie at Joel's house planning to run away also. Despite her reluctance, Maria allowed to pair to take Ellie's horse Shimmer and pursue Tommy, so long as Ellie promised to return with Tommy alive."Jackson"
When the trio did return, with an extremely bitter Tommy blind in one eye and struggling to walk, Maria and Tommy decided to take some time apart."The Farm"
== Relationships ==
=== Tommy ===
Maria loved Tommy dearly, marrying and running her community with him. She took his word that Joel wasn't a hostile survivor, putting great trust in him.
When Tommy rescued her from the bandits that tried to attack her, she embraced him in relief. However, she then irately scolded him for agreeing to take Ellie off of Joel's hands, ordering him to "find someone else". When Tommy stood firm on his decision, she gave in but was too overcome with grief to stay around him.
When Tommy didn't end up taking Ellie, Maria continued to love him, the pair still being married months later when Joel and Ellie returned.
After Joel's death and the events in Seattle,"Seattle Day 3" Maria and Tommy amicably agreed to take a break from their relationship.
=== Joel ===
Maria was initially hostile towards Joel, presuming he had malicious intent when trying to get into the dam. Once Tommy assured her the man didn't mean any harm, she buried the hatchet and allowed him into their settlement. She admitted her embarrassment for having almost shot him, due to the two being indirectly related.
She was grateful for Joel's assistance in defending the dam, only to become enraged when Joel revealed he had only come to the dam to have Tommy escort Ellie for him. She was so angry at him that she threatened to kill him if anything happened to Tommy, making Joel joke to Tommy that he was scared of Maria. She was likely aggressive due to the stories Tommy would have told her about Joel's life after the outbreak, leaving Maria with an incomplete view of Joel; she only knows the hunter side of him.
Months later, Maria appeared to have forgiven Joel, providing a place for him in the community when he and Ellie returned.
Years later, the pair got on well, with Joel serving as one of Maria's best patrolmen. When Joel died, she was shocked by his death but not to the extent Tommy was, deeming avenging Joel's death was not worth the lives of her people facing the WLF would cause.
=== Ellie ===
Maria and Ellie got along well in their short time around each other. She noticed her outside of the dam, initially being hostile towards her, though she calmed down when Tommy recognized Joel.
Maria, wanting to give the men some alone time, took care of the girl shortly before the bandit attack. She shared secrets about Joel's past with Ellie, understanding Ellie's desire to learn more about the reserved Joel.
When the dam was attacked, Maria protected Ellie, hiding out in an office. However, she began to dislike Ellie due to how she indirectly caused Tommy to express his need to leave Maria. She was clearly upset by this, but appeared to be angry at Joel more so than Ellie; the girl didn't want Tommy to go with her either.
By 2038, Maria and Ellie got along well with one another. Maria deemed Ellie a valuable member of Jackson, and worked hard both to assist Ellie in her role as a patrolman but also to console the animosity that rose between her and Joel. When Joel was murdered, Maria conceded to Ellie's desire to pursue his killers to avenge his death.
== Behind the scenes ==
* When conceiving ideas for the game, Tess was initially planned to pursue Joel with her group for causing the death of her brother. This idea is referenced when Joel sarcastically theorizes to Tommy that he is scared of Maria coming after him with her people if Tommy were to die. This story idea was eventually recycled for use in Part II, where Abby finds, tortures and kills Joel in much the same manner.
* In the model viewer in Part II, the developers included Tommy's letter to Maria within her model, allowing players to read it if the camera is positioned correctly. Further, Maria is the only adult female character who appeared from the first game to still be alive.
== Gallery ==
Maria_Part_II_model.png|Maria's model.
== References ==
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Category:The Last of Us Part I characters
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