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| “ | It has to be all of them. | „ |
| ~ Isaac Dixon to Abby and Manny. |
| “ | You have three seconds to get away from that Scar. | „ |
| ~ Isaac to Abby, moments before his death. |
Isaac Dixon is the main antagonist of the 2020 action-adventure game The Last of Us Part II, and is set to appear in the second season of the 2023 HBO adaptation.
He is a former marine turned leader of the Washington Liberation Front, a group of survivors battling against the religious Seraphites. Obsessive and intimidating, Isaac would attempt to invade the Seraphites' settlement, and assigns Abby Anderson to form a squad to prepare for the invasion. When Abby protects a former Seraphite Lev, Isaac attempts to kill the two before being killed by Lev's sister Yara.
He was portrayed by Jeffrey Wright, who also played Peoples Hernandez in Shaft, and will reprise his role as Isaac in The Last of Us HBO TV adaptation.
Biography[]
Background[]
Not much is known about Isaac Dixon's past, but at some point in his life he served in the United States Marine Corps, which granted him skills in leadership, tactics, and torture methods. Living in Seattle, Isaac was one of the many survivors of the Cordyceps outbreak, and was one of the many citizens of the state to live in the Federal Disaster Response Agency's quarantine zone. While living under the FEDRA, Dixon was angered by the military's abusive treatments of the residents, and decided to join the Washington Liberation Front under the leadership of Emma and Jason Patterson. The Patterson's would be eliminated by the military, and Isaac was voted leader of the wolves, and would push against the FEDRA with controversial methods. Despite this, Isaac's leadership allowed the wolves to push against the military, and many survivors and defectors would join his ranks.
The Washington Liberation Front would succeeded in pushing the military out of the quarantine zone, but were left with dealing with the infected that were blocking supply lines. Sensing that the residents within the zone were growing restless as a result, Isaac moved every one to the Soundview stadium to maintain the distribution of supplies. Despite helping the residents, he displayed his ruthlessness when he ordered his subordinates to eliminate anyone who were associated with the military, and forced any citizen to reside at the stadium or be executed. When he started to propose these rules, citizens started to realize that the W.L.F. were no better than the FEDRA. Though many recognize his ruthless and rigid personality, many would agree to his terms due to Isaac's intimidating nature or fear of being executed.
Dixon's hostility for outsiders increased when the Seraphites started to emerge, a religious cult built on the belief on detaching themselves from pleasure and technology. When both sides started to fight each other, Isaac declared war against them, and though he initially wanted to capture those within the quarantine zone, he went back and ordered his men to kill them. However, a peace treaty was enacted when the Seraphite's leader, the Prophet, agreed to leave the wolves' supply routes alone if they didn't attack the Seraphite's island. It was eventually broken when a skirmish happened between both factions, and the Prophet was later captured and taken the forward operating base. When several wolves started to question the war after hearing of the Prophet's prayers, Isaac decided to have her killed to prevent soldiers from defecting.
Isaac's actions would immediately backfire, however, as the Propeht was made a martyr, which increased the Seraphite's aggression against the liberation front. Believing that no peace could be reached again, Isaac started to form a plan to invade and destroy the Seraphites' island settlement, which would eliminate the "Scars" for good. Around the mid-2030s, the wolves encountered former Fireflies Abby Anderson, Owen Moore, Manny Alvarez, Mel and Nora Harris, and accepted them into his faction. Isaac was impressed with Abby, whom become one of his best soldiers. When learning of Abby's desire to get revenge on the survivor Joel Miller, Dixon allowed her since he apparently had his own score to settle with him.
The Last of Us Part II[]
While at the forward operating base, Isaac learned from Danny that he was mortally wounded by Abby's friend Owen, and only told Nora of the incident. Once Abby and Manny returned to the base, Isaac appointed the two to lead two units in invading the Seraphites' island. When Abby asked Isaac could she find Owen, he denied her to, and refused to believe that Danny would lie since he was one his death bed. Despite ordering not to, Abby decided to leave to locate Owen, and when discovering this, Isaac interrogated her friends. When none of them revealed anything, Isaac appointed Manny to lead a platoon for the assault, but Alvarez and his men would be killed by Joel's brother Tommy.
Seeing this, Isaac was forced to kickstart the invasion lather that night without Manny or Abby leading his units. During the invasion, Isaac encountered Abby protecting a former scar named Lev, and was confused upon seeing the sight. He at first attempted to persuade Abby to rejoin his cause in exchange of not facing execution, but she refused to allow Lev be killed. Though hesitant, Isaac started to aim towards Abby, but he was mortally wounded by Lev's sister Yara. Isaac would soon die after from his wound, which resulted in the Washington Liberation front retreating from the island since they didn't leave a leader. As a result, the invasion was failure, and the wolves were presumably dispersed and left to fend against the cult and the infected.
Trivia[]
- Jeffrey Wright previously worked with Dina's voice actress, Shannon Woodward, on HBO's Westworld.
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