Joel

Joel is a rather insane and suprisingly strong old man who joins your team at the start of Elementals 4, on Level 1, just after the tutorial.

Early Life:
He grew up on a farm out in the woods outside of Marina. He had very little education and can barely read or write. He married his neighbor's daughter and they moved to a small house near his parents' farm where they gave birth to a daughter. His wife died soon after and though he tried to take care of his daughter she never had a proper upbringing. About when Joel was 35 the zombie apocalypse started. Soon Marina was overun with zombies and Joel joined The Marina Defense Force to fight of zombies. Soon the force was almost completly deystroyed as the surviving members ran low on The Cure. As Joel returned home one night he found that his daughter was gone. Though he searched long and hard he couldn't find her and he assumed the zombies got her. Enraged, he went on a zombie killing spree and briefly the MDF was back in control of Marnia.

Zombie Hunter and Partnership with Player:
He hunted down the last of the Marnian zombies with the MDF but soon zombies from surrounding towns engulfed them and the remmnants of the MDF resorted to gurriala warfare, hiding in the woods and making quick, hit-and-run attacks which usually did little to no damage to the zombie hordes. During this time he became close friends with fellow MDF member Herman Cartridge. During one of his raids, Joel encountered the player, whom he quickly befriends, then goes to round up the rest of the survivors. Joel is present in almost every level after that.

Fate:
He finds his daughter who reveals that she was forced to flee after the zombies swarmed outside of their house, and after spraying the last of the zombies with the cure, they settle in their original hut after saying farewell to the player. It is likely he died before the events of Elementals 5.