Ben Paul

**Ben Paul** is a main character and a survivor of Telltale Games' *The Walking Dead*. He is first seen in "Starved For Help" with a group consisting of his teacher, as well as a fellow student. Although kind and good-hearted, Ben often puts the group in danger by accidentally making poor or cowardly decisions, and is the one responsible for the chain reaction of events that occur in "Long Road Ahead", "Around Every Corner", and "No Time Left".

## History

### Season 1

#### "Starved For Help"

Ben is first seen in the woods with his friend Travis and his band teacher, David Parker. David's leg is caught in a bear-trap. Lee Everett, Kenny, and Mark free David, but Travis is distracted and is attacked by walkers who eat him alive. Ben is present later on when David dies from blood loss and becomes a walker. He tells the survivors that they do not need to be bitten to turn, revealing that everyone is infected. He is also seen accompanying Lee, Mark, and Carley after meeting the St. John brothers, Andrew and Danny. After discovering some bandits, they arrive at the St. John family dairy where they meet Brenda St. John. Ben, along with Carley, heads back to the Motor Inn to tell the others about the dairy and stay behind to watch the motor inn while they are gone. Ben appears later on with Carley, but only after Lee, Kenny, Lilly, and Clementine escape the meat locker. Lee informs them of the situation before they abandon the dairy when it becomes overrun by walkers. Ben partakes in looting an abandoned car they find before the end of the episode, stating that they now have plenty of food.

#### "Long Road Ahead"

At the start of the episode, Ben is shown to be on lookout duty while Kenny and Lee were scavenging supplies in Macon. When questioned, he denies breaking the flashlight and stealing supplies. Later, he is captured along with the others by the bandits but manages to escape with the rest in the RV.

Partway through the journey, Lilly questions Carley and Ben about being a traitor and manages to pull them outside while Kenny is clearing a walker from under the RV. Carley and Lilly get into a heated argument while Lilly berates Ben and threatens both him and Carley repeatedly. Ben witnesses Lilly shooting Carley in the head while the group is distracted. Afterwards, Ben heads back into the RV, as an enraged Lee decides to leave Lilly behind.

Ben is noticeably depressed for the rest of the episode. When the survivors reach the train wreck, Ben helps Lee search them and ends up starting the brakes by pushing a flashing button that gets Lee on track to starting up the train. Later he is seen sitting with Clementine, Chuck, Katjaa, and Duck, innocently eating candy given to him by Chuck. Later, Ben remains leaning over the railing in between the two carriages, noticeably depressed, and eventually reveals to Lee that he was the one who made the deal with the bandits for food in exchange for protection that eventually led to the deaths of Carley, Katjaa, and Duck and led to Lilly snapping and being kicked out. He is evidently remorseful. Lee is tempted to kill Ben for his actions but decides against it.

#### "Around Every Corner"

Ben is walking the streets towards the waterfront with the rest of the group. When walkers attack the group on the street, he is cornered with Clementine. Angered, Lee yells at Ben to help her, but he runs off cowardly in fear of being eaten. In Crawford, Ben tells Lee that he has gotten to know Kenny better and that he wants him to know that he is responsible for Katjaa and Duck's deaths. Lee tells Ben that this is a bad idea. Later, Ben removes the hatchet from the door Lee put in while helping Kenny, this causes zombies to break into the classroom at Crawford. Ben says that he cannot live with the blood on his hands, though Lee may be able to. Ben then admits that it was his fault that Katjaa and Duck are dead. Enraged, Kenny goes ballistic and rushes at Ben out of rage but is held back by Lee and Vernon. Lee defends Ben. Brie then asks if she will have a say. The door is then bashed opened by the group of walkers which leads to her being devoured. The group then runs up the stairs to the top of the bell tower. While the group is escaping through the window in the bell tower, the bell in the tower rings, temporarily disorienting the two of them. Ben is then grabbed by a zombified Oberson hanging from the bell.

Lee shoots Oberson in the head, but before he falls, Ben grabs onto a ledge. Ben begs Lee to let him go in order to get the others out safely, Kenny returning to watch for a moment before leaving. Lee pulls Ben up, much to the latter's confusion. They climb out of the window and escape Crawford with the group, Ben noticeably depressed at missing his opportunity to redeem himself through his death. He is later seen with Christa, Omid, and Kenny after Lee got bitten. Ben joins Lee in searching for Clementine, and promises that he will prove himself to Lee.

#### "No Time Left"

Ben is present at the hideout of Vernon's group along with everyone else and later escapes. When the group returns to the mansion, Kenny starts to get furious with Ben. After Kenny says that Lee should have left Ben in Crawford, Ben reaches his breaking point and tells Kenny off, exclaiming that he is sorry for what he has caused, but says that Kenny was lucky that he had time to say goodbye to his family before they died, and that he doesn't even know if his family is alive or dead, or worse.

After breaking through the wall in the attic of the mansion, the group proceeds to jump across a small balcony. It breaks as Ben tries to jump across, and he falls. When Kenny and Lee go down to the alleyway to rescue him, Ben says he's okay, but when removing objects on top of him, it is revealed the balcony arm impaled Ben in the stomach. When walkers see the three of them, Kenny pushes Lee away into a gate to protect him, telling Lee to find Clementine. As walkers start to attack, Kenny uses his last bullet and kills Ben out of mercy.

## Death

Killed by:

* Kenny (Out of mercy)

After falling into an alleyway and being impaled on a balcony while being surrounded by walkers, Ben is shot in the head and killed by Kenny out of mercy.

## Appearances

**Season 1:**

* "Starved For Help"
* "Long Road Ahead"
* "Around Every Corner"
* "No Time Left"