<P> In September 2013 , an outbreak of a mutant Cordyceps fungus ravages the United States , transforming its human hosts into cannibalistic monsters known as infected . In the suburbs of Austin , Texas , Joel ( Troy Baker ) flees the chaos with his brother Tommy ( Jeffrey Pierce ) and daughter Sarah ( Hana Hayes ) . As they flee , Sarah is shot by a soldier and dies in Joel 's arms . In the twenty years that follow , most of civilization is destroyed by the infection . Survivors live in heavily policed quarantine zones , independent settlements , and nomadic groups . Joel works as a smuggler with his partner Tess ( Annie Wersching ) in the quarantine zone in the North End of Boston , Massachusetts . They hunt down Robert ( Robin Atkin Downes ) , a black - market dealer , to recover a stolen weapons cache . Before Tess kills him , Robert reveals that he traded the cache with the Fireflies , a rebel militia opposing the quarantine zone authorities . </P>
<P> In September 2013 , an outbreak of a mutant Cordyceps fungus ravages the United States , transforming its human hosts into cannibalistic monsters known as infected . In the suburbs of Austin , Texas , Joel ( Troy Baker ) flees the chaos with his brother Tommy ( Jeffrey Pierce ) and daughter Sarah ( Hana Hayes ) . As they flee , Sarah is shot by a soldier and dies in Joel 's arms . In the twenty years that follow , most of civilization is destroyed by the infection . Survivors live in heavily policed quarantine zones , independent settlements , and nomadic groups . Joel works as a smuggler with his partner Tess ( Annie Wersching ) in the quarantine zone in the North End of Boston , Massachusetts . They hunt down Robert ( Robin Atkin Downes ) , a black - market dealer , to recover a stolen weapons cache . Before Tess kills him , Robert reveals that he traded the cache with the Fireflies , a rebel militia opposing the quarantine zone authorities . </P>
what are the zombies called in the last of us
what are the zombies called in the last of us
infected
infected