Virgil Minkler

Virgil Minkler is a character in Far Cry 5.
==Overview==
Virgil Minkler is the mayor of Hope County-turned-leader of the Hope County Cougars, a faction of the Resistance against the Project at Eden's Gate. While based out of the Hope County Jail, it becomes readily apparent that Virgil is the enthusiastic albeit mainly ceremonial lead of the group while the far more serious duties of coordinating the Cougars are shared between Sheriff Whitehorse and Tracey Lader.
Nevertheless, Minkler takes his relegated position with a degree of his own seriousness, proving to be quite the stickler when it comes to the distribution and adherence to the wearing of pinned uniform badges featuring the group's namesake amongst the members to encourage camaraderie and solidarity.
==History==
A meek and kind-hearted man, Winkler was the mayor of Hope County that first welcomed Joseph Seed and his flock, seeing them as benevolent, perhaps either out of naivete or a willingness to let their teachings and charity speak for itself. However, as the Project further radicalized over time into a insular sect devoted to violent religious extremism, it would come a personal cost to Winker; first, his son Ethan Winkler became interested in the Project from his peers and ran away to join. Shortly after, Virgil's wife left him to do the very same.
As several residents started to mysteriously vanish, the Project's nefarious intentions had started to make its way into public knowledge. When Virgil was notified that an arrest warrant had been put out for Joseph Seed, he reluctantly agreed that the so-called 'Father' was responsible for the missing people. 
=== Events of Far Cry 5 ===
The attempted arrest of Joseph Seed would fail disastrously, and in the subsequent aftermath of the attempt Seed announced to his followers that their awaited judgement day was imminent. This call to action was swiftly carried out by his followers as they effectively cut all of Hope County from contact with outside authorities.
Virgil would see firsthand the capabilities of the cult he'd once welcomed as Faith Seed set out her Angels to "save" anyone they find in the Henbane River - whether they wanted to be saved or not. As Hope County as a whole descended into chaos, with Faith establishing the Project's Bliss production in the region on a massive scale, Virgil and Tracey Lader gathered as many survivors as they could find, including Sheriff Whitehorse, to the fleeting save haven of the Hope County Jail.
===Hope County Jail===
After defending the jail from the Peggies who are assaulting the prison, the Sheriff introduces you to the residents of the prison.
===The Lesson===
After disrupting enough of the Project's operations in the Henbane River region, an enraged Faith Seed delivers a grave, personal threat to the Deputy. Using her lingering influence over her recently-freed captive Marshal Cameron Burke, she demonstrates to the Deputy her control over those afflicted with Bliss; conjuring a vision where she directs Burke, who while in the midst of a friendly card game with Virgil over one of the Cougars' pins, abruptly draws his firearm, delivers Faith's personal message, and murders Virgil with a shot to the chest before opening all of the prison's doors to allow the Project to storm the Resistance's safe haven before turning the gun on himself.
Awakening from the Bliss-induced vision, the Deputy rushes to the defense of the Hopy County Jail only to see that Faith's vision played out exactly as she'd demonstrated - after rescuing Tracey and the surviving Cougars from imprisonment, the Deputy and Tracey rush to Virgil's room. There, they find the bloodied bodies of both Virgil and Burke, dead. In futility, a hysterical Tracey tries to direct the Deputy to help her revive Virgil, but the Deputy instead sympathetically gestures to confirm Virgil's passing. Tracey tearfully mourns Virgil's death, but regains herself briefly to demand vengeance against Faith Seed before the Deputy departs to confront Faith and rescue Whitehorse.
==Related Missions==
*Hope County Jail
*War on Drugs
*Sins of the Father
*The Lesson
==Gallery==
61D9AE21-BDB1-4D5D-90F9-B981F253F089.jpeg|Virgil being shot to death by US Marshal Burke.
FD52686C-D83C-448B-BCAB-E6C37ACFAC21.jpeg|Virgil’s lifeless body.
Virgil grave.png|Virgil's grave
==Trivia==
*A photo of his son Ethan in his Hope County Cougars baseball uniform can be found near his desk, along with a note from his son requesting money.
**As Ethan is a follower of Joseph Seed, his letter reflects a strategy of petitioning friends and family for funds as a means to finance cult groups common in the real world.
*Virgil does not like violence or vulgar language.
**However, he does somewhat reluctantly admit the use of violence as a necessity against the Project's followers when he tasks the Deputy to eliminate local distributors of Bliss.
*After his death, his grave can be found alongside Burke's in the prison yard under a Cougar banner.
*His ultimate fate if the Deputy refuses to arrest Joseph Seed at the game's opening is unknown.
*His surname was originally known as Knudson, but was changed before release.Undated, IMDB: Far Cry 5. Retrieved 2018 October 6.
==References==
ru:Вёрджил Минклер
Category:Far Cry 5 characters
Category:Male characters
Category:Allies
Category:The Resistance
Category:Hope County Cougars