The Goode Family

## Crest and history

The eldest male members of the Goode family, continued their ancestors work to sacrifice Shadysiders in order to keep the pact going. In doing so, the Goode as well as Sunnyvale continued to thrive with its rival town, Shadyside, being eventually nickname "Killer Capital USA". A family crest showed that a total of ten Goodes operated for about 32 years each before passing it to their eldest son with their other children and wife knowing nothing about what was happening.

## Solomon Goode

Solomon Goode was the eldest son between him and his brother, Elijah, prior to 1666, he had already lost his supposed wife and child and was considered an outsider to those in Union. In order to build up his image, he made a pact with the Devil and sold the soul of Pastor Cyrus Miller. The latter of which killed the Union's children by gouging their eyes out inside the church. In order to protect Sarah from the Pastor who was trying to kill her, Solomon got in the way and murdered him before anyone else could die. Once his secret was found out by Sarah, he decided to use her as a scapegoat and convinced the town that she was a witch, a sentiment that everyone agreed to. After Sarah was hanged and at an unknown time, Solomon got with another woman and had five children. He latter passed his knowledge of the ritual to his son, only known as A.Goode whom continued his father's work. Prior to passing the torch, Solomon gave up another Union member.

## A. Goode

The eldest son of Solomon and an unnamed wife born after 1666, It is unknown who he sacrificed but he later on married a woman and he became the father of a son only known as N.Goode. A.Goode's name appeared on the family tree. He was taught about the ritual by his father.

## N. Goode

He made no appearance but his name was on the family tree, he most likely sacrificed Shadysiders throughout the 1700 to 1800s, another piece of info we are able to know is his name starts with a N.

## Daniel Goode

Solomon's Great Great Grandson, he made no appearance but his name was on the family tree, he most likely sacrificed Shadysiders until the mid 1800s.

## Matthew Goode

Solomon's Great Great Grandson, he made no appearance but his name was on the family tree, he most likely sacrificed shadysiders in the late 1800s until his son began sacrificing Shadysiders in 1904. He may have been the one to sacrifice the "Farmer of Death" known as Velma Barber in 1890.

## Gabriel Goode

Although Deena's voiceover claimed that Gabriel was Solomon's son, it is impossible due to the fact that the Shadysider he sacrificed is Issac Milton. The latter of which was possessed in 1904, 238 years after Solomon initiated the ritual. Gabriel later became the father of John Goode, Grandfather of Michael and the Great Grandfather to Joseph.

## John Goode

Nicholas Goode's Great Great Grandfather. The Shadysider he sacrificed was William Barker. John aggressively spat out Barker's name possibly hinting he had a deeper hate for the young boy due to his deformity or the Barker's in general. He later became the father of Michael Goode, the Grandfather to Joseph and the Great Great Grandfather to Nick and Will.

## Michael Goode

Michael gave up Harry Rooker most likely on the 14th of May 1950. He shares a strong resemblance to his grandson, Nick. He later became the father of Joseph Goode and the Grandfather to Nick and Will.

## Joseph Goode

Joseph Goode was the father to Nick and Will. As per the ritual rules and prior to his death, Joseph passed on his knowledge of the pact to eldest son, Nick, In 1965 he gave up Ruby Lane. He also served as Sherriff of Shadyside, a position in which his son grew up to become. Between 1977-1978 however, he passed away due to an unknown cause but his death is still mentioned as recent when Officer Kapinski mentions his boss to Nick at Camp Nightwing. Ironically enough, the camp was also where the mother of Ruby worked, a woman by the name of Nurse Mary Lane.

## Nicholas Goode

Nick in 1994Nick in 1978Nicholas "Nick" Goode, was the oldest son between him and his brother Will born to Joseph Goode and and unnamed woman. At some point in his possible teenaged years, his father introduced him to their family's pact with the Devil prior to his death. In 1978, he alongside his younger brother attended Camp Nightwing where Nick found time to sneak down to the Witch's Mark and sacrifice Thomas Slater. During his time at camp, he grew closer to camper Ziggy Berman but both grew cold to each other after the events of the Massacre. Sometime after 1978 but prior to 1994, Nick gained position as Sherriff of Shadyside, a role that his father once had, that same year of 1994, Nick gave up a recent graduate by the name of Ryan Torres, in an effort to appear as the town's hero, he also killed the former after Ryan had murdered Heather at the Shadyside Mall. On the 3rd of October that year, he was killed by Deena whom he saw as Sarah Fier, Deena killed him using a knife that she stuck into his eye, an act which eventually ended the curse.

## William Goode

Will in 1994Will in 1978William "Will" Goode is the younger brother to Nick meaning he is unaware of the pact made in 1666, he serves as Mayor for Sunnyvale. He used to bully Christine Berman at camp Nightwing, much to the chagrin of his brother, he's also shown to date Sheila. He is the only youngest member of his family shown in both present time and in a flashback as shown when he attends Heather's vigil and during his time at Camp Nightwing. In the campaign video advocating for him to become Mayor again and at the vigil, he stands with a woman and a few children showing that he is most likely married. During the vigil, a young boy stands with Will's wife indicating they have a son but it is unknown if any of the other kids in the campaign video are Will and his wife's kids.

## **Elijah Goode**

He was Solomon Goode's brother and leader of the Union. He led most of the angry mobs that looked for Sarah Fier, alongside Caleb. After Solomon's rise to power, he was mostly forgotten by his family. He was not part of the ritual, just like his descendant, Will Goode.

## Trivia

* The firstborns are shown on the tree with a crown on their name.
* It appears that a Goode family naming tradition is for the first-born son to have a biblical name (likely to reference that they would be the one performing the sacrificial ritual with Satan).
* **The names of each first born son appear to be related to the bible, most notably:**
* **Michael (Anti-Christ/Fallen angel)**
* **Daniel (Follower of the God "El")**
* **Matthew (Apostle)**
* **Gabriel (Archangel)**
* **John (Disciple)**
* **Joseph (Important figure in "Genesis")**
* **Nicholas (Proselyte of Antioch)**
* **Given that this is true, it is possible Solomon named his eldest son (A.Goode) "Ahab" as a reference to the seventh king of Israel in the religion of Hebrew**
* Some massacres, as seen on a sheet behind Josh, possibly took place between 1775-1831. If that is true, these murders could have been done by those sacrificed by N.Goode and Daniel Goode.
* Due to the fact that Ashley Zukerman portrayed the older Goodes and Ted Sutherland played the younger ones during the flashback, it is highly likely the Goodes not shown bore striking resemblance to their ancestors and descendants.
* Interestingly enough, the ritual started and ended with a Goode sacrificing two Shadysiders. Solomon sacrificed Cyrus Miller and an unknown townsperson with Nick sacrificing Tommy in 1978 and Ryan in 1994.
* In other sites and sources, Elijah Goode is credited as Alderman but the name change can be attributed to script changes done during production with many characters (Most notably the killers) having a few surname changes such as Ruby. Other errors like different years of the massacre (Such as Harry killing in 1950 but Josh's monitor reading 1953) could also be attributed to the same thing.