Ben
Actor	Trevor Hoffmann
Gender	Male
Hair	Brown
Age	18
Occupation	High School Student
Relations	Unknown
First Appearance	Episode 2: Bear Trap
Last Appearance	Episode 3: Long Road Ahead (trailer)
Status	Alive
Ethnicity	Caucasian-American
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For the Comic Series character of the same name, see Ben (Comic Series).

Ben Paul is an original character in The Walking Dead Video Game. He is first seen in Episode 2: Starved For Help with a group of people.

Pre-Apocalypse

Rural Georgia

Ben was a high school student who played in the varsity band in his native town of Stone Mountain. He was traveling with the band on the way to football playoffs when the outbreak occurred. They took shelter is the school gym for a while, but left after an undetermined period of time. It was there he learned that to become a walker you dont need to be bitten when one of the cheerleaders commited suicide through an overdose, reanimating soon afterwards. It is presumed he stayed with the group until bandits (possibly from the Save Lots) raided their camp. He soon fled with Travis and David Parker into the woods.

During a conversation, he reveals that he used to work on a goat farm during summers.

Post-Apocalypse

Episode 2: Starved For Help

Ben is first seen in the woods with his friend Travis and his band teacher David. David's leg is caught in a bear-trap. Based Lee's decision, either David will be left to be eaten by the walkers or David will be freed but Travis will get distracted and attacked by walkers who eat him alive.

Ben is present later on when David or Travis dies from blood loss and becomes a zombie. He then tells the survivors that they do not have to be bitten to turn, revealing that everyone is infected. He is also seen accompanying Lee, Mark, and Doug/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, with Carly/Doug, heads back to the Motor inn to tell the others about the dariy and stay behind to watch the motor inn while they are gone. Ben appears later on with Doug/Carly only after Lee, Kenny, Lilly, and Clementine escape the meat locker. Lee tells them what the situation is before they abandon the dairy when it is overrun by walkers. Ben partakes in looting an abandoned car they find before the end of the episode saying that now they have plenty of food.

Episode 3: Long Road Ahead

Ben is confirmed to appear in this episode. During the sneak peek on Episode 3, it is speculated that the passenger traveling with Kenny's family in the backseat of the RV is presumably Ben.

Killed Victims

This list shows the victims Ben has killed:

• Numerous counts of zombies.

Trivia

• Ben is the one to tell to Lee and others that reanimating as a zombie doesn't just require a bite; everyone is infected with the virus.
  • This is similar to the TV Series where Dr. Edwin Jenner tells Rick Grimes the same thing.
• Ben is the only known living survivor from Stone Mountain.
• If Lee chooses to give one of the pieces of food to Ben, it is said that it is an unpopular choice with the group.
• As of Episode 3's sneak peek, it is known that Ben will take off with Kenny and his family in the RV, leading to the speculation that one member will depart from the group and take off with Kenny.
  • This is further reinforced by the fact that Kenny mentions he intends on taking someone who's strong and capable of protecting his family and himself, which at this case, could be Ben due to his age.
  • However, it is possible that players get to determine the outcome of who gets to travel with him, which means that determinant survivors such Carley or Doug may travel with him if given the option.
  • Ironically, since Kenny's appearance in Episode 4 has been confirmed, it is assumed that he and his family will still remain the group. How this happens remains yet to be seen, but it could be speculated his plans to move to the coast didn't turn out well.