Tyreese

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Tyreese is a Bystander Survivor and STR type Tank, who has the potential to be promoted to Mythical Grade. He is well known in the game for being a top tier tank.

## Background

Julie was very young. She would find Tyreese, hairband in hand, whenever the sky turned grey and threatened thunder. Tyreese knew the ritual: Bring her to his room, bind their wrists together with the hairband, and proceed to console her until she slept. Tyreese had asked her why, and she explained to him,
“Because otherwise, you’d leave after I fall asleep!”
Tyreese woke up first the morning after their latest thunderstorm ritual, and Julie’s eyes opened soon after. She busied herself with undoing the binding to go to the bathroom. Tyreese was happy when he raised his arm to see the mark left by the strap.
One day, Julie had returned home after a night with “the girls,” and Tyreese was ready to lay into her the second she walked through the door. Julie surprised him by suddenly crying. He switched gears and comforted her. She explained through the sobs that the hairband had gone missing and asked for Tyreese’s help in finding it. Unfortunately, the following day was a football game, and Tyreese needed to be in good condition for it. However, he gingerly told Julie,
“Julie, I will always be here for you when it’s storming.”
Julie snapped back,
“I don't believe you!”
She made her way upstairs, and a loud slam of her door served as the end of their conversation. Feelings of unease crept upon him, and he was unable to sleep. Julie hadn’t had eaten her dinner, and Tyreese couldn’t help but be concerned. He got of bed with a sigh, went to the kitchen, and warmed up some leftover potato stew. Standing outside Julie’s door, stew in hand, he cautiously knocked on the door. She didn't reply. Tyreese cleared his throat,
“Julie? Are you there? It's me.”
Julie was not there to answer. Tyreese wasted no time and left the house; the first thought in his head was that Julie had gone to find the hairband. The mother of Julie’s friend answered the door and was surprised to see his state. Tyreese explained the whole story and asked,
“Do you know where they went today?”
“My girl had mentioned something about the river—”
The blood drained from his face, and he began to run again, this time towards the river, even before the woman could finish speaking. A dam upstream had failed, and the water level had risen exponentially; he could only pray to God in his heart that the warning signs posted by the bank were enough to dissuade Julie. Julie could be seen at the river, arm outstretched, reaching across to a stone in the river her hairband rested on. He called out to her,
“Julie! Stop! Get back!”
Julie heard his voice and retreated onto the bank but overbalanced and instead fell into the water. Tyreese continued running alongside the riverbank until he outstripped Julie, carried downstream by the river’s flow, and jumped in to save her. He squeezed her tightly to his chest once back on the bank, and Julie confessed,
“Dad, I'm sorry. I think my hairband got washed away. I don’t want that to happen to you, too.”
The meaning of the hairband just then dawned on Tyreese. Tyreese blamed himself for not having understood earlier and told her as he stroked her hair,
“Julie, I’ll be here for you. I’m always looking out for you, and I’ve got you. We’re tied together even without that hairband.”
Julie ceased crying and said,
“I guess you’re telling the truth — I mean, you came to get me. I promise I’ll do my best to help you too. We’re tied together, right?”
Julie pecked Tyreese on the cheek, which elicited a huge smile from him. He held her tightly, and they went home.
Julie had become brave enough to sleep alone any time a storm came. She would wait for Tyreese at the door after his games and greeted him with a smile upon his arrival. She would ask with a pout,
“Dad, did you get hurt? Do you need me to kiss your booboo?”
Tyreese would always fib, the most recent being his “injured” finger. Julie proceeded with the theatrics. After an exaggerated breath, she planted her lips squarely on the “booboo” and proceeded to blow a raspberry. Tyreese could feel some of life’s stress melt away each time.
Tyreese’s mind stopped flashing, and he gripped his hammer with renewed vigor. He spotted the weakest point of the walkers that continued to creep up on him and broke through. The fatherdaughter walkers fell to the ground; skulls bashed in. Tyreese skirted around the side and took the walkers out one at a time. The area was eventually cleared of threats, and he returned to the fatherdaughter pair and stood over them. The cable that tied their wrists together came off easily, and he commented,
“You two will be together without this thing. Don’t worry.”
Exhausted, Tyreese slumped against the wall. His hand squeezed the cable tie, and he stared at it for a brief moment before he broke into a belly laugh and tossed the plastic as far away as he could.

## Skills

 61 | Immortal | When Tyreese receives a fatal hit, he blocks all damage for 4 sec with the power of immortality. This effect is available once per combat.

## Recommended Gear

Tyreese is a good Survivor for the Combat Stages, Camp Defense and Alignment Defense. It's recommended to get his Personal Gear to level 20 and give him the Asyl's Best Ammunition as Special Gear.