Yew

Yew, a character in the Wake the Dead book, is a hippie and an Elder of Sunflower Creek. He is first seen in Chapter 6.

Appearance
Yew has light skin, short gray hair, brown eyes, and a gray goatee. He wears a red jacket over a white and gray stripped shirt.

Personality
Yew can be described as peaceful and wise. He says that he doesn’t accept violence of any kind, and he believes that you must be grateful for what blessings you have, even if they are not the ones you hoped for. At the same time, he can be considered hypocritical, given that he’s preaching peace and considers every life precious, and yet he was willing to let May die twice.

Background
Yew and the rest of the members of the Sunflower Creek have lived on their land for more than 30 years, even before the apocalypse started.

Wake the Dead

 * Chapter 6: Aid and Abet
 * Chapter 7: Highway To Hell
 * Chapter 13: Under One Banner
 * Chapter 14: Hold the Fort (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 15: The Siren's Call
 * Chapter 16: Into The Deep (Mentioned; Determinant)
 * Chapter 17: Shadows of the Past (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 18: Brought Low
 * Chapter 19: The Solstice

Your Character
You meet Yew for the first time in Chapter 6, and you save him from Knuckles. He thanks you for intervening, despite not approving of your methods. After Yew talks to the rest of the Elders about you and after you convince them to forge an alliance with your group, he and the other Elders offer you a number of tree fruit saplings to plant to Olympus. If you have high stats, he is impressed by your food supply and your settlement, and defends you against Blackstock in Chapter 18.

The Raiders
When Knuckles and Boots come to collect what the Sunflower Creek members owe them, Yew says that if they give them their food, then they will starve because they don’t have enough. He then asks Knuckles to give them more time to replant, and once they do, he promises to pay them back. During the talks in Chapter 13, he raises his concerns about the Raiders and says that he doesn't trust them, but if you manage to be a fair mediator, he is convinced to accept working with them.

Trivia

 * His character model a version of Jebediah Covington from Baby Bump, Book 2.