John Ward

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John Thomas Ward is a former priest from Palmyra, New York and the main protagonist of the FAITH series. On a journey to complete a botched exorcism, John relives traumatic memories and traverses through dangerous situations to defeat the unspeakable evil that plagues him. This article has mature content, such as: Depressive Themes, Excessive Violence, Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, and Suicide. View at your own risk.

Appearance

John is a young man with short hair and bangs, standing at six feet two inches tall. He is always seen wearing priestly clothing, including a white clerical collar. Some cutscenes shows that he wears jeans. In the game's art style, he is entirely a deep blue color except for his clerical collar. John's real color of his outfit and hair is unknown. Looking back at some artwork posted by New Blood, he's supposed to have black hair and a black priestly outfit. But take that with a grain of salt, it could just be a talented artist's description on how he's supposed to look.

Personality

John's personality gradually changes depending on which ending you, the player, get in each chapter. Overall, before Chapter I begins, John's mental state is a wreck and is filled with self-loathing and guilt over a failed exorcism, among other stressing matters. There's underlining implication throughout the series that he's somewhat suicidal, secretly wishing if some things would have changed all the way back to his first exorcism. As the series goes on, he tries to remain noble despite the demons, monsters, and various evil forces he comes across. In his journey, everything that he goes through is both a test of faith in God and himself. Witnessing chaos that he either brought to himself or not, he's unusually quiet. Sometimes, when he talks to others, he's reserved and lacks human emotion. There seems to be a lot going on in his mind and generally keeps to himself. By the end of his journey, he comes out of his shell and opens up to his new demon-fighting ally or love interest. There are hints that John has violent thoughts over people he considers to be satanists or cultists, where he imagines himself maniacally murdering them in hopes of dispelling evil. Although he keeps these intrusive thoughts to himself, the hidden, demonic entity that's in control of his nightmares brings it up to mentally torment him as if he truly did commit those crimes. Additionally, these thoughts turn into reality after forcefully getting injected with a substance. In general, whenever John gets influenced by anything demonic, it seems like his violent thoughts are manipulated and manifest into vigorous power. According to his psychiatric doctor, John suffers from mild anxiety and acute coulrophobia, which is a fear of clowns.