Father Garcia

"Don't be afraid, John."

**Father Garcia** is a former Catholic Priest and the deuteragonist of the series. He first appears in Chapter I as a gray figure, a secondary protagonist in Chapter II, and later as an ally to John Ward in Chapter III.

Background behind this priest is shrouded in mystery, despite appearing in every mainline chapter. Originally on a hunt to find a possessed teenager named Michael Davies to exorcise him, his goals changed when he found out that Michael accidentally got ran over & killed by a speeding semi-truck. After experiencing a vivid nightmare (Chapter II), he plans to take on the Eternal Order of the Second Death, a cult located in Sterling, Connecticut, and the UNSPEAKABLE, a deity worshipped by cult members.

## Appearance

Garcia is a Hispanic middle-aged man with dark gray hair and eyes. Although not stated in-game, Airdorf revealed that he's supposed to be in his 50s or 60s(or maybe 70 if we take Airdorf's last stream into consideration. The stream has been unlisted from his Youtube Channel) . He's incredibly fast for his age group. He's a little shorter compared to John Ward, who's canonically 6"2 based off of Note #43 from Chapter III.

Alike all other priests, Garcia wears clerical clothing and a priestly collar, but puts on a dark trench coat to conceal it. He wears jeans and a crucifix necklace, but never uses it. By the time Chapter III rolls around, he carries a shotgun with him wherever he goes.

## Personality

Although Father Garcia is a brave man, who is willing to face any demon that he comes across without fear or hesitation, the way he achieves his goals come across as unethical at points. His backstory up to Chapter III are vague and his intentions are a gray area; how he gains knowledge of who the Martin Twins, Amy, and the cult are is unknown. There is also no clear evidence on how he contacted John. Regardless, he's a kind man, willing to help John even in his darkest hour so that he can emotionally grow and engage war against the UNSPEAKABLE, despite being a complete stranger to him.

There is implication that his faith was wavering with how a three-month-long exorcism took. His apartment room is unmaintained and decrepit due to how straining it is. Judging by the results of that exorcism, it is unknown if he's an ordained minister by Chapter I. In Chapter III, he regains confidence and points his aggression towards the cult by using his shotgun. He doesn't take too kindly to cowardness, and has a short temper.

## Biography

*Some aspects of this biography are taken from "FAITH - TheStorySoFar".txt document found in the Goodies Folder due to the series narrative around Chapter I often using key details from outside sources that are not stated in-game.*

### 1920s or 1930s

Judging by Airdorf's statement that Father Garcia is in his 50s or 60s by Chapter I, he must've been born sometime between this time period.

### June 20th, 1987

All the way up to this date, Father Garcia became an official ordained minister a part of the Catholic Church Vatican, and lives somewhere in Connecticut in an unnamed apartment building. Otherwise, his backstory up to this point remains a mystery. There's a couple of details that suggest he's was a police officer and a clown at some point, but this isn't mentioned until later.

On this day, Garcia was assigned by Cardinal Gifford, his superior from the Catholic Church, to exorcise a teenaged boy named Michael Davies. Michael's parents believe that he's been afflicted with a violent demonic possession and were struggling to find somebody to relieve him. Garcia legally takes custody of Michael and keeps him restraint on a bed in the basement of his apartment room to ensure he and others are safe. He takes photographs of Michael with a polaroid camera and dates them so that he can show Gifford and the parents how Michael is doing and prove that he's unsafe to be released.

For a supposedly possessed boy, Michael looks like an ordinary teenager smiling at the camera. This, among many other factors, can cause confusion as to whether or not he was ever possessed in the first place. It's very well that his parents and the Catholic Church mistook normal behaviors (or even mental illnesses) as signs of possession. There's one minute detail during Chapter II Prelude (the tutorial section before Chapter II truly begins) that enforces Michael truly being possessed.

### July 4th, 1987

Father Garcia had been struggling to exorcise Michael, the demon possessing him was strong and wasn't backing down. By day, the possession put a serious strain on Michael's body, where his hair was thinning, started to look sluggish, teeth started to sharpen, and his eyes were turning blood red. He looked miserable and sickly overall. Garcia took another polaroid picture of Michael and intended on showing it to Gifford whenever he's questioned on how the boy is doing.

### August 29th, 1987

Cardinal Gifford had been pressured by Mr. & Mrs. Davies to see their son since they hadn't received any updates in a over a month. A representative of the Catholic Church was assigned to discuss compensation in return for their discretion. This was likely done so that the public wouldn't know that either, the organization was incompetent, or possessions are real. Gifford mails a letter to Garcia, demanding him to return Michael to his parents; slightly implying that he would be denounced as a priest after being required to meet the representative at the Davies household and returning all the way to Rome, where the Vatican is stationed. Garcia ignores the request by never responding at all and continues taking care of Michael, feeling as if he's too dangerous to be released or stern that he was capable of banishing the demon.

### Before September 20th, 1987 (Chapter II Prelude)

Sometime before September 20th, it had been roughly three months ever since Garcia had taken Michael under his care. Although he believes great progress has been made with Michael over the past couple of weeks, the demon possessing the boy was taking a heavy strain on the body. Being kept in a dark room with no light had caused him to contract The Rickets and suffer anemia, likely due to continuous bleeding from his mouth. Garcia felt mentally exhausted over seeing how much the demon afflicts Michael's body and had been neglecting to take care of his apartment room & himself. He keeps Cardinal Gifford's letter nearby his bed so that he could be reminded on the gravity of his situation. He took another photograph of Michael, showing how unrecognizable he now is.

One day, Father Garcia woke up from his decrepit bedroom and ventures downstairs to check on Michael. Now in the basement, Garcia tried to ask how Michael is doing, but the demon persisted and shouted how his parents & the Catholic Church will kill him when they eventually see how unrecognizable & ghoulish his body has become. Garcia shook off the threat and proceeded with an exorcism, causing Michael to spout blood and thrash uncontrollably on his bed.

Without warning, Michael garnered enough strength and broke off his chains; he gets into a crawled position as his body jitters uncontrollably. The lights cut off on their own before anything else happens. The lights turned back on their own as Garcia is about to walk upstairs, catching a glimpse of Michael crawling away like a four-legged spider. Apparently, Michael took his first chance of freedom to scurry away instead of killing Garcia, probably because he had been chained for so long and was likely malnourished, or he had become scared of him and his crucifix.

A pivotal detail to point out here is that Michael drew satanic symbols around the ascending staircase by himself (or they materialized from thin air, which apparently can happen based off of Note #35 from Chapter III). These symbols originate from a cult called the Eternal Order of the Second Death, who primarily conduct operations within Sterling, Connecticut. This signifies that Michael truly is possessed, his demon originates from the cult, and Father Garcia's unnamed apartment room is within or nearby Sterling. Michael must've learned how to draw the sybols from an outside source ( or possession influence).

Father Garcia rushes upstairs and notices the polaroid photo titled "3 Months" is nowhere in sight. Michael took it likely because it's the only photograph showcasing how unrecognizable he is and keep it for personal reasons. For some inexplicable reason, an easter egg in Chapter I enforces that Garcia intentionally took a clown nose from his bedroom closet and steps outside to survey his surroundings. He horrifically sees Michael partially eating a bystander. Michael senses somebody is staring at him, so he stops eating, slowly turns around, and gives Father Garcia a small grin as a singular eyeball rolls out of his mouth.

Father Garcia is bewildered and asks what he's done. Michael pauses briefly and promptly leaps out of a nearby window, proclaiming, "I HAVE THE BODY OF A PIG!" He scurries away into the dense woodland of Connecticut. Garcia regains composure and vows that Michael cannot run away from God and will face the Almighty. Notably taking off his priestly collar, Garcia sprints out of the apartment building to catch up to him and resume the exorcism, but he's long gone.

Although this is not shown during the flashback sequence of Chapter II (which is fan nicknamed Chapter II Prelude to differentiate the actual gameplay of Chapter II), Garcia returns back to his apartment room and writes a reply to Cardinal Gifford. He respectfully explains Michael needs his help more than ever and that he (Cardinal Gifford) cannot understand the kind of important work is being done. Garcia continues that great progress has been made with Michael over the past couple of weeks and they cannot let up the fight against the demon afflicting him at such a critical time. He provides another reason as to why he cannot let Michael's parents, or the Catholic Church/Vatican see him; the demon is straining Michael's body and looks far too unrecognizable to be released. To make sure there wouldn't be any confusion, Garcia attempts to enclose a picture of Michael taken during one of the many exorcism sessions.

This small letter is the "Father and Son" Ending Note of Chapter I. Unfortunate for us, the player, the photograph is missing, likely because Father Garcia wanted to enclose the "3 Months" polaroid photo but Michael stole it during the confusion. Garcia has no choice but to stall until he gets concrete evidence as to where Michael scurried off to.

### September 20th, 1987

(This date comes from an unused note that was supposed to be dropped by Michael in Chapter I ((Since we're assuming The Unholy Trinity is the final, official version of Chapter I, as Chapter I has plenty of minor versions dating back to 2017)). Akin to "FAITH - TheStorySoFar".txt file, the series narrative is still influenced by outside sources that are never stated in game. This note explains why Father Garcia/Gray Figure ever shows up in Chapter I, because it's inexplainable otherwise and causes unnecessary confusion. Read the Unused Content or Chapter I wiki page for further explanation.)

On a Sunday night, a Sterling local named Cherise Wan spotted what she describes, "a naked white man" crawling like a spider near the woodland of Snake Meadow Hill Road. She contacts the local police about what she's witnessed, believing that it was a human rather than an animal, but authorities weren't able to locate the alleged individual. Her story will then be published to the local news the next day.

Because September 21st (Chapter I) takes place on a Monday, this means that Michael was crawling around Snake Meadow Hill Road by September 20th the latest. The moment where he ripped off his chains during Father Garcia's exorcism session is undated, at the very least taking place before September 20th.

### September 21st, 1987 (Chapter I)

Wan's encounter was published to the local newspaper in the morning. It's never explained here, but a theory as to why Father Garcia is in Chapter I could be that he read the very same article and realized that Michael is somewhere nearby Snake Meadow Hill Road. Regardless, he plans to park nearby the woodland to look for Michael later that night.

Now nightfall, Father Garcia parks nearby the road and ventures into the forest to look for Michael. This time, he's not wearing his signature priest collar and has a clown nose with him. The series never directly brings this up. Since Michael is a teenager, we could theorize that Garcia wanted to appear as someone friendly like a clown in order to subdue him. Michael holds a large disdain towards him so taking off the priestly collar was necessary.

While Michael targets the wildlife and scurries around, an ex-priest named John Ward is within the same forest in order to find a secluded house, the Martin House. His primary goal is to complete his year-long botched exorcism of Amy Martin, a teenager who's been possessed for over a year and recently escaped from an unnamed mental institution. John delusionally believes he's obligated to finish what he started ever since he experienced a vivid nightmare where Amy urged him to return on the anniversary of the failed exorcism to finally relieve her possession.

As John meanders through the trees, Michael spots him and ambushes him, shouting obscenities of the Lord in the process. If John doesn't fend him off with his crucifix in time, Michael severs his torso.

Occasionally, whenever Michael gets repelled by the crucifix, he shouts, "FATHERRRR...!" Basing off an email from Airdorf, Michael is supposed to be mistakening John as Father Garcia, likely due to the priestly outfit, which would explain why Garcia took off his priestly collar so that Michael wouldn't be so hostile.

As John explores the area and walks along Snake Meadow Hill Road (nearly getting ran over by a speeding semitruck in the process), he sees a gray figure hiding behind a tree. The figure gets startled and runs away, accidentally dropping a clown nose. John picks it up, even though it doesn't have a real use, and continues walking.

This "gray figure" is Father Garcia, even though Chapter I specifically file names this individual as "clown". Garcia likely wasn't expecting anyone within the Forest besides Michael and its late into the night. All he could see was a "blue figure"/John walking towards him, causing him to get startled and dart in the opposite direction. This Easter Egg is subtly brought up again in the final act and "Road to Redemption" Ending of Chapter II, meaning that John seeing a brief glimpse of a gray outline is canonical.

After John finds the Martin House's key in a nearby dilapidated shed and getting ambushed by Michael within, he enters the house and investigates each room for Amy. Father Garcia finds the house as well and peers through a window, possibly believing that Michael may be somewhere inside. The two accidentally bump into each other, causing Garcia/Gray Figure to run away in a panic.

We flashforward a bit to a standoff between John and Amy within the attic. Amy stumbles after an exorcism session and shambles towards the attic window. Before John can do anything, she screams and flings herself out of the window, plummeting all the way to the ground from a two-story house. John rushes downstairs and wants to check on her condition outside. In the foyer, there's blood on the floor that spells, "KILL HER" backwards. There's a gun nearby the front door. John picks it up and remarks that it only has one bullet.

With this weapon in hand, he steps outside with a small intent of shooting Amy to end it all.

#### "Father and Son" Ending

Father Garcia rests nearby the dilapidated shed from earlier after getting startled by John's presence back around the Martin House. It's also the last location Michael was lurking at. For some reason, John approaches and shoots him in the stomach before he can run away, killing him instantly. John shambles back to his silver sedan and speeds away.

John attempts to recite a prayer to calm his nerves. Michael's head pops up from the backseat. Apparently, Michael snuck into his car when John shot Garcia. Michael mistakes him with Father Garcia again and shouts, "FATHERRRR...!" He slashes John's neck repeatedly with his clawed hands, causing him to bleed profusely and swerve off-road. The screen fades to black as we hear the car crashing into a nearby tree.

We, the player, are shown the response letter Father Garcia wrote to Cardinal Gifford regarding Michael and his condition. We're not shown anything else, but its rest assured that John died, either from his slashed throat or the fatal car crash. Michael likely died too but was far more willing to kill off who he thought was Father Garcia than his own safety.

#### "When Faith Endures" Ending

John finds Amy wounded and nearly bleeding to death in a clearing. She's standing motionlessly and doesn't react to his presence. Although tempted from the backward lettering inside the house to kill her, John shakes off the urge and simply heads back home. He feels that his work with her is enough, despite willingly ignoring the fact that she'll bleed out from her injuries all alone in the forest without his aid.

Just as John is about to enter his car, Michael accosts him from beyond the trees and tries to ambush him one more time. John still has the rifle on hand, so with no better choice, he shoots Michael in self-defense. Michael bleeds and cries in pain as he staggers onto Snake Meadow Hill Road. Suddenly, a truck driver barrels down the road and runs over Michael, killing him instantly. John is completely speechless and glares at his corpse.

John hops into his car and speeds away from the area. He recites a prayer to calm his nerves and briefly pauses, contemplating on what he had just encountered. He monologues that although he can't explain what happened inside the Martin House, he'll have to remain optimistic and hold faith that he did the right thing.

##### Aftermath

A newspaper article written by a Sterling Police Department representative was published the next day, September 22nd, detailing a motorist discovering the scattered remains of what many residents claim to be a "Chupacabra". This "Chupacabra" is Michael; it's unclear whether or not Father Garcia found Michael's corpse on that very night or put the pieces together by reading the article the next day, but regardless, he found out and doesn't continue his search anymore. We're not sure how he or Michael's parents or Cardinal Gifford mentally handled this because Michael is never directly mentioned again beyond Chapter I.

Due to John being within the Martin House and Father Garcia around the property, a derailing newspaper article in Chapter II (this won't be explained here, check Amy or UNSPEAKABLE's wiki page) suggests that an evil deity named the UNSPEAKABLE attached to them, causing the pair to experience vivid nightmares that are somewhat demonically influenced. This is credited due to Chapter II being a majority of John's nightmare, but this detail is only supported by the word choice written by Garcia himself in the "Road to Redemption" Ending.

### September 28th, 1987 (Chapter II)

A week after John's second failed exorcism of Amy, he falls asleep and experiences his worst nightmare yet. After exploring Gallup Cemetery, Snake Meadow Hill Church, and the Candy Tunnels, John follows a fleeing thrall (a low-ranking cult member), accidentally winding up in some kind of secret sanctum.

#### DOMUS MALPHAS (MALPHAS HOUSE)

This secret sanctum blocked off access towards the sewer system. Finding a key and unlocking a door, an elderly nun, Miriam, manifests right behind John out of nowhere and shouts, "HERE I AM!" She mutters, "My little one..." as she slowly raises her hands to grab his neck (or face). Just before she does so, she mordaciously recoils in pain and promptly disappears. The Gray Figure staggers towards John with his crucifix raised.

The figure interestingly doesn't introduce himself with his real name, Father Garcia, likely because John saw a glimpse of him back in The Forest, but Garcia got startled and ran away before John could say anything (hence why Garcia is depicted as a gray outline than his real appearance detailed in Chapter III). This time the figure is wearing a priest collar. Maybe, in some way, John doesn't think he's a malevolent person like all the others he's come across.

The Gray Figure tells John to not be afraid and that they can both banish the demon together by protecting him in order to recite the 91st Psalm. Pairing up, John stops and looks uncomfortable as he stares at a marking of the Second Death ritual in the next room, the same marking he saw back within the Martin House's basement. The figure, likely noticing how worked up John is getting, confides to him and reassures that it's true what happened to Amy but he's not a murderer. He says there's not much he could have done but hope that Amy's soul is at rest.

Since everything within this nightmare is influenced by John's thoughts and feelings from his environment, we could theorize that the Gray Figure is supposed to represent how John is trying to form closure about his second failed exorcism and tries to go easy on himself. They press onward and confront the nun in the next room.

John wards off incoming thralls while the figure recites his verse. Miriam becomes more erratic as the fight goes, but the two best her. Upon defeat, Miriam stumbles and screams as her body evaporates into the Red Demon, who promptly transforms into the UNSPEAKABLE. The deity emits dazzling red lights, causing John to wake up in a cold sweat.

##### "Road to Redemption" Ending

In this alternate ending, John either accidentally got the Gray Figure killed or performed one or two of the conditions to receive the UNSPEAKABLE's blessings.

John stumbles out of bed and reads a letter signed by Father Garcia at his front door. Garcia oddly knows about what he did in his dreams (either inadvertently killing him or doing any of the conditions for the UNSPEAKABLE's blessing) and tells him that his soul can still be saved. Garcia tells him to wait for any future updates and to be careful since, "they are watching you" Driving in his car to an unknown destination, John monologues if he did the right thing and doesn't know what's real anymore. He believes that finding Amy's twin brothers, Nate and Jason Martin, will somehow help him find his way. He speeds away, but a thrall in their Bronco follows in pursuit.

It's not clear how Garcia knows what he did in his dreams. Actually, this letter alone alludes that the pair shared the dream, specifically where they formed alliance to take on Miriam, but the word choice here implies that John deliberately made him die this time around. This ending is not canonical, even though John and Garcia are alive, because Note #25/"Go Forth With Faith" is nearby John's bed in Chapter III, not this one (also, best endings tend to be the canonical in the series, so there's that too).

Even though Father Garcia did not mention who the Martin Twins are in the letter, John repeatedly encountered glimpses of the twins within the Candy Tunnels and Malphas' House.

##### "Initiation" Ending

In this alternate ending, John completed all the conditions needed to receive the UNSPEAKABLE's blessings.

"Waking up", John doesn't find a letter at his front door. This is strange since Garcia's letter will be missing regardless of if he lives during the dream or not. This is likely because John is still within a nightmare since he comes face-to-face with the UNSPEAKABLE outside in a clearing. With how the entity works, it can only interact with others through dreams and hallucinations (this won't be explained here, check its wiki page). In the end, John inducted himself into the cult via indulging his evil urges and doesn't want to fight for good like Garcia does.

##### "Go Forth With Faith" Ending

In this canonical ending, John fended off thralls from shanking the Gray Figure and did not perform anything for the UNSPEAKABLE.

John stumbles out of bed and reads a departing letter from Molly, his now ex-wife, and another letter from Father Garcia. Garcia, who somehow knew John's street address to even send him the letter, explains that they don't have much time left since the Profane Sabbath is approaching, a singular day (October 31st) where demonic activity is at its peak. He continues that they must find Amy's twin brothers before the cult uses them to summon a great demon named Malphas. The letter ends that he's in the process of discovering their whereabouts and states that they cannot let the cult do what they did to Amy.

John hops into his car, still in the middle of the night, and drives off to an unknown destination (probably to clear his head). He monologues that his nightmares are progressively getting worse and tries to form closure with Amy, saying that his work with her is done. He attempts to gain confidence to press on by finding the Martin Twins and stopping the summoning of Malphas, but nervously notes that his upcoming journey will be his greatest test of faith yet. He asks for God's mercy, knowing that whatever he will come across next will be worse than a nightmare. John drives away.

So far, the series never elaborates as to how Father Garcia suddenly knows who Amy and the twins are. Our best guess is that he was within the Forest a week ago looking for Michael. Since the UNSPEAKABLE was within the Martin House, and Garcia was peering through a window looking for Michael, it's more than likely that he got attached by the entity and experienced the same demonic nightmare as John, hence why he was able to figure out who the Martins were and how he "magically" knew where John lives. All of this is vague and we're probably not going to get answers anytime soon. John has no choice but to stall until he hears an update from Garcia.

### October 28th, 1987 (Chapter III)

A whole month has passed and there hasn't been any updates from Garcia. Rereading Molly's letter, John shambles out of bed from a nightmare of his first exorcism and finds a new letter from Father Garcia at his front door. Garcia updates him that he could not find Nate and Jason in the foster care system, suspecting that they must live with other family members after the incident (where their parents were killed by a possessed Amy back in 86'). He instructs him to explore a clinic Amy used to work at to see whether or not Malphas would be summoned there. The letter ends with, "Vaya con Dios", which is Spanish for, "Go with God". The only strange detail to point out here is that Garcia has access to the foster care system. That database is not public information and only limited to an authority figure's viewing.

John drives to the location and investigates the building, but his search for the twins and Malphas were fruitless, so he returns home. However, he banished a demon underneath the clinic. Although he doesn't know this yet, this defeat was crucial to remove a seal guarding an entrance.

### October 29th, 1987

John wakes up from another nightmare and reads a new letter from Father Garcia. He informs him that there's an apartment complex in New Haven that might be a summoning site for Malphas. However, John will have to explore alone since he can't go for some reason. John also reads letters from a childhood friend named Lisa, who's struggling to escape her apartment room from her creepy neighbors. John parks at the complex and saves Lisa from a demon's clutches named Alu. Sensing a seal was broken somewhere beyond, he plays the Elevator Game and defeats Tiffany, a woman who was hiding in the darkness in the Unseen World version of the 10th Floor. Once again, he couldn't locate the twins or any credible signs of Malphas so he returns home. Tiffany's banishment was important to remove another seal guarding an entrance.

### October 30th, 1987 (Ending II "A New Journey")

Suffering through another nightmare, John gets up and reads another new letter from Father Garcia. This time, Garcia's stern that if they can find Malphas' summoning site then they can find the twins as well. He instructs him to investigate a daycare center on 4th Street since he's getting reports of children exhibiting odd behavior. "Getting reports" sounds like he's receiving information from the Sterling Police Department. It's late into the night so it would be unlikely anything related to the daycare center would be published on a newspaper or recorded for broadcasting.

Parking nearby, Father Garcia's ties with the police affirm to be true as police officers from the local Police Department are stationed around the front entrance of the daycare center. They're aiming their guns in preparation to whoever that opens them and don't even acknowledge John. He sneaks into the daycare from an unlocked door and unlocks a seal that leads into a tunnel of sorts.

#### this is where it lives

This tunnel, also known as Garyland in the files, is filled with cultists and demonic statues. Attempting to solve another puzzle, John gets ambushed by a cloaked man who pricks him in the neck with a syringe. John experiences a violent drug-induced rampage and decimated a wave of thralls. Coming to, John presses onward into the tunnel and lands himself in a forest dotted with white trees. Removing a seal covering a door, he walks inside and traverses through thralls staring coldly at him. A voice booms about a riddle on how to open a portal to Hell. When the voice ends with, "Sometimes, it comes walking right up to you.", John spots the Martin Twins holding hands at the end of the passage. When he gets closer, something feels off and becomes winded. Catching his breath, blood seeps out of his eyes and mouth. Sensing somebody is standing right behind him, John musters courage and turns around to see a cloaked man smiling back at him.

The screen fades to a flashback of John back in 86' where he unknowingly made a deal with who he thought was a holy figure.

### October 31st, 1987 (Ending II "A New Journey")

The flashback sequence ends and the screen cuts to the cloaked man introducing himself with his real name, Gary Miller. John puts the pieces together and realizes it's the same man who's been behind the majority of his torment. Rightfully pissed off, John demands to know what's going on. Gary chuckles and removes his hood. Believing that he deserves some answers, Gary grants John three questions he can ask on any subject.

Although John can only ask three questions, there's six in total, but only two of them are the most relevant to Father Garcia. Asking about the Martin Twins, Gary chuckles harder and explains that he always knew the twins were nothing more than an illusion but couldn't resist hunting after lost/hurt souls. Gary doesn't blame him and figures that he wishes they were real, just like Amy's mother, Cindy, but ultimately knew that these illusions is how John would come to him. Another question John could've asked instead of the twins is Malphas. Gary's body contorts and says that he's another spirit preparing the Antichrist's summoning, where the two of them will fulfill the Profane Sabbath. Gary tells John not to worry, since Malphas has already been summoned onto Earth. Gary ends by mocking John, who thought he could prevent Malphas' arrival.

Both questions, regardless of which he asked, was devastating to John since he realized that his entire journey up to this point was useless. What's important to take out on all of this is that Gary indirectly caused Father Garcia to believe that the Martin Twins were real and could still prevent Malphas' summoning. It wouldn't make sense for Garcia to waste John's time and put his life in danger if he always knew that the twins were an illusion. He wouldn't have bothered to navigate the foster care system for the boys either. The exact reasoning on how Gary could've achieved this is vague and we're not given a lot of details to take out from. Chapter II's events, despite being a simple nightmare, was pivotal enough to cause Father Garcia to have sudden knowledge of the Martin Family, the cult, who Malphas was, and how he "magically" knew where John was living. We're likely never going to get concrete evidence from this plothole, the majority of Chapter III up to now was Father Garcia and John going on a wild goose chase.

With all questions out of the way, Gary's body converts back to normal and gets annoyed with all the pestering, saying that John has been in his way long enough. The screen cuts to the two in a secluded area with wiggling flesh in the background. Gary tells John that it's time for him to kneel/decay against the power of the UNSPEAKABLE and he'll make a fine sacrifice. The two battle.

Despite all of Gary's attacks and trickery, John weakens him with the crucifix. Gary stumbles and tries to grab his neck (or face). Suddenly, he gets shot in the face and recoils in pain. Father Garcia pops into scene and tells John to not be afraid.

Father Garcia reloads his shotgun and shoots Gary in the face several times until he finally escapes. The fact that he owns this kind of weapon and doesn't use his crucifix implies that he's some kind of authority figure. Garcia properly introduces himself and remarks that it's good to finally meet each other. He tells him that they must act quickly to defeat the great evil and to not be afraid. In the next room, they see a gigantic slab floating on top of an entrance to somewhere below. Garcia explains that it's the Crucible of the Profane Sabbath (the "guarding an entrance" from earlier), the source of all demonic activity. He congratulates John that he was able to remove the seal covering the Crucible, the Unholy Trinity (the "real" entities who were possessing the Mother, Tiffany, and Unclean Spirit. Reread Note #31 from Chapter III) doesn't have power to block anyone. He instructs John to jump down to the Crucible while he fights off incoming thralls and cultists. John follows his orders.

#### the crucible

Navigating through a vivid layout of the Martin House, the screen fades to John looking at a monster kneeling in front of Miriam. When the monster speaks, it has Gary's voice. Apparently, he turned into his true form, Astaroth, after getting shot in the face. As John approaches, Gary presents his mother, saying that her body could not withstand becoming the Unholy Trinity. He ends that only one of them will leave alive.

A battle ensues and Malphas eventually joins the fray, but they could not overpower John. In a last-ditch effort, the two revert to ghostly spirits and possesses Miriam, who screams as her body contorts into an amalgamation of the demons.

Eventually, John briefly separates the two from her body. As Miriam lies immobile, John remembers the note he read back within Garyland and lights himself on fire from a nearby torch. He transfers the flame to Miriam. As she burns to death, Gary reverts back to his human form and kneels. Malphas shrieks as his ghostly form disintegrates into nothingness. As soon as Malphas disappears, Miriam explodes into a gory mess and her blood trickles down like rain. Covered in blood, John stares in stunned silence as he watches Amy slowly drift from the darkness.

Gary staggers towards her and mutters in Latin about how she's his and can finally complete his Profane Trinity (the other name for Unholy Trinity). As Gary opens his arms to embrace Amy's presence, a demonic arm emerges from her gaping face hole and grabs his face. Gary's eyes widen in shock and disbelief. Amy (probably the Antichrist) calls him a failure as tentacles emerge from her face and drags Gary back to Hell.

Now cleansed and Gary gone, Amy's face reverts back to normal. John apologizes for never being able to save her, but Amy thanks him for freeing her and tells him to finish what he started. John does so and finishes his year-long exorcism, causing Amy to crumple into bones.

The screen fades to John and Father Garcia trampling over the bodies of thralls and officers. Apparently, while they were inside Garyland, a wave of thralls attempted to fight back the officers stationed outside, but all that's left are causalities. The duo recollect what they've been through at John's car, where Garcia asks if he's done it. John replies that he did, remarking that what he encountered down there was unspeakable but destroyed it with the help of the Lord. Father Garcia corrects him, saying that the UNSPEAKABLE is still out there even though he vanquished a powerful demon and disrupted the Profane Sabbath.

Garcia congratulates him on how much he's grown. Before he requests that he needs spiritual warriors, Lisa suddenly interrupts and walks into frame. John asks why she's here, but Lisa ignores his question, begging him not to go and that he doesn't have to keep fighting. She suggests that they can leave the area and live the rest of their lives together. At this point, John is hesitant on his decision and tells her that he needs to figure out all of his unanswered questions or he'll be restless. Lisa replies that they can figure it out together, leaving John a difficult choice of either pairing up with Father Garcia or sticking with her.

##### Choosing Lisa

John and Lisa embrace each other, and he says that he trusts her. The two leave in his car and drive off to an unknown destination. Judging by another ending that we'll see soon, Father Garcia accepts John's choice and willingly lets him leave with Lisa.

Although this is heartwarming since John emotionally opened up to somebody, this choice might be a repeat of Molly's case. Molly left because she couldn't stand John's sharp mental decline where he started to believe that Amy is still possessed and that only he can exorcise her. Even though Lisa is more understanding since the two have known each other for a long time, the UNSPEAKABLE still lingers and is very capable of mentally breaking down John to further separate him and his loved ones. As of now, we don't know if this choice is canonical.

##### Choosing Father Garcia

John and Father Garcia grip hands in compliance. Gearing up, John says that he's prepared to fight more demons and ditches Lisa behind. The two drive in his car to an unknown destination.

This is the best possible outcome for John. Having an ally to hunt down unanswered questions is the best-case scenario. Despite defeating Gary and his Unholy Trinity, John is not mentally all-there and will likely relapse when the UNSPEAKABLE starts to formulate its next plan to get into John's head. At least when it does inevitably happen, he has somebody who's experienced in battling with evil. As of now, we don't know if this choice is canonical.

### October 31st, 1987 (Ending I "A New Purpose")

In this alternate timeline, John failed to defeat all three demons that act as triggers to neutralize the seal over the Crucible.

Venturing to the entrance of the Crucible with Father Garcia, a gigantic seal blocks the path. Garcia frustratingly wonders what they missed in their journey because there's no way they can go after Gary now. Regardless, he instructs John to find another way to block demons from coming through. While Garcia fights off an incoming wave of cult members, John has no choice but to purify the gigantic slab floating above. Doing so, it crashes down, and it blocks the entrance.

The screen fades to Father Garcia and John trampling over police officers and thralls outside the Daycare Center. The two rest at Garcia's car and John solemnly sit down.

Garcia lights a cigarrete to decompress and congratulates him for sealing up the demonic force. John asks if it's over, but Garcia replies that Gary and his Unholy Trinity were not truly defeated, so sooner or later they will return. He continues that until they come back, he swears to go to war against the UNSPEAKABLE. Garcia requests that he needs spiritual warriors like him to do the deed. John feels discombobulated that he let Gary get away and has a lot on his mind, so he decides to open up to Garcia.

He recounts that a year ago (back in September of 86'/First Failed Exorcism of Amy) he saw the Devil (the "holy figure" from earlier) and was tricked by him. John becomes overwhelmed and says that he doesn't know if he'll ever be freed of Amy nor if his faith will be as strong as before. Garcia tries to cheer him up and replies that he doesn't think that's true, continuing that since he knows the Devil is real then the Lord is real as well, ending that true faith looks forwards not backwards. Garcia gears up and says that his journey is just beginning and that he'll be his teacher. John stands up and the two shake hands in compliance. Garcia drives John to an unknown destination.

It's not the best possible outcome but at the very least John has an ally who tries to understand his fears. Oddly, Lisa doesn't show up at all in this ending, probably because she wouldn't recognize Garcia's car but would know John's. She's likely waiting around for John near his car but doesn't know that he's long gone.

#### Bad Variant

Within Ending I, you get an interesting outcome if John never explored New Haven Apartment Complex, accidentally killed Lisa, or never ventured downstairs to check on his superior, Father Allred, in a nightmare (more specifically, the nightmare right after slumping over from the injection's affects in Garyland, the significance is thoroughly explained in John's wiki page).

Everything is essentially the same up to when Father Garcia congratulates him for blocking the entrance towards the Crucible. John asks if it's over, but Garcia replies that Gary and his Unholy Trinity were not truly defeated, so sooner or later they will return. He continues that until they come back, he swears to go to war against the UNSPEAKABLE. Garcia requests that he needs spiritual warriors like him to do the deed, but John interrupts him from speaking. He stands up and says that he's probably not the one he's looking for.

John continues that he feels weak and that he's done some horrible things. He asks for time to figure everything out. Pissed off at his cowardice, Garcia spits his cigarette and says that it wasn't a request. He reloads his shotgun and aims directly at John's face.

Garcia sternly directs him to enter his car.

John is forced into his car; Father Garcia drives him to an unknown destination.

At the end of the day, Father Garcia is still a complete stranger. His intentions are unethical at best and criminal at worst. His handling with Michael was borderline child abuse despite the possession and his sudden knowledge of the Martin Twins, cult, and John's street address are strange; unfortunately, John himself never questions him. He seems to hold some type of authoritative power considering he has access to the foster care system, live reports from the Sterling Police Department, and his personal decision of using a shotgun instead of his crucifix. Garcia wants to fight for good, but the ways he does so are unethical. With this ending, it implies that in Ending II where John chooses Lisa, Garcia did not force John to go with him. He's fine with letting John do whatever he wants but highly disdains cowardice, especially considering how John has untapped potential.

### October 31st, 1987 (Ending III "A New Vessel")

In this alternate timeline, John wussies out from exploring the daycare center the day prior and just returns home to sleep.

While John suffers through another nightmare, he will eventually wake up and become hopelessly surrounded. With context clues, we can surmise that Gary was left scot-free to do whatever he wants. The thralls that were supposed to be killed by John's drug-induced rampage were left alive and overpowered the officers stationed outside the daycare. Since we see Father Garcia coming in to shoot Gary in the other endings, he was likely exploring Garyland but came across the large wave of thralls. Although he has a shotgun, he was more than likely overwhelmed by the large influx of thralls and was shanked in the throat to death. We never see Garcia's outcome but it's best to assume that he died. Additionally, Lisa was probably killed as well since she was around the area in Ending II.

## Quotes

### Chapter I

#### Encountering the Gray Figure

* (John gets closer to the Gray Figure)
* (The figure darts in the opposite direction and pants) (Fun Fact: This audio file titles it as "clown laugh")

### Chapter II

#### Michael's Exorcism

* "How are we doing today, Michael?"

* Michael: "I want to go home..."
* "You can't go home until you get better, Michael."

* Michael: "Can I see mommy and daddy?"
* "I need to make you better first."

* Michael: "When they what you did to me, THEY'LL KILL YOU."
* "Reveal thy name to me, demon!"

* Michael: "YOU KNOW NOTHING, PENDEJO."
* (After a brief exorcism, Michael gets free from his chains and the lights cut off)

#### Michael Escapes

* (A cinematic plays of Michael partially eating a bystander)
* (Michael stops eating, turns around, and smirks at Father Garcia)
* "Dios mio... what have you done?"

* (Michael pauses briefly)
* Michael: "I HAVE THE BODY OF A PIG!"
* (Michael jumps out of a window)
* "You can't hide from God, hijo."

* "You shall drink the wrath of the Almighty."

#### Gray Figure Introduction

* "Don't be afraid, John."
* "Where two or three are gathered in God's name," "there will He be also."
* "We can banish this demon together."
* "You must protect me while I recite the 91st Psalm."
* "Let us go."

#### Gray Figure's Pep Talk

* (John stands on top of a Second Death ritual and pauses)
* "Yes, it's true what happened to Amy."
* "You are no murderer, John."
* "There is not much you could have done," "but maybe now her soul is at rest."
* "Let us go."

#### 91st Psalm Recitement

* (Miriam tells Father Garcia and John to, "GET OUT!")
* "En nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti." (In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.)
* "I will say of the LORD:" "He is my refuge and my fortress." "My God, in Him I will trust."
* "I shall not be afraid of the terror in the night" "Nor the evil that walketh in darkness."
* "I shall behold the reward of the wicked" "Because I have made the LORD my refuge."
* (Miriam howls in pain and teleports, Father Garcia follows her and continues)
* "There shall no evil befall me" "For He shall give His angels charge over me."
* "They shall bear me up in their hands," "And I shall tread upon the serpent."
* "Because I have set my love upon Him," "Therefore will He deliver me."
* (Miriam howls again and teleports, Father Garcia follows and continues)
* "He will deliver me in trouble." "He will deliver me and honor me."
* "Vade post me, Satana. Exaudi Domine Patri." (Get behind me, Satan. Hear the Lord Father.)
* (Upon repeating this line for the third time, the candles get put out on their own and Miriam targets John specifically in the darkness)

#### "Michael Escapes" Cut Dialogue

(Please refer to the "Trivia" section about this cut dialogue)

* "Thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward the openly."
* "God's eyes will see your destruction. You shall drink the wrath of the Almighty."
* "There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves."
* "You can't hide from God, demon."
* "Dios mio... what have you done, Michael?"

### Chapter III

#### Shooting Gary

* (Gary recoils in pain when shot in the head)
* "Don't be afraid, John."
* (Garcia reloads and shoots Gary several times as he flees)
* "I'm Father Garcia. It's good to finally meet you, hijo."
* "We must act quickly to defeat this great evil once and for all."
* "Let us go. Be not afraid."

#### Finding the Crucible (Ending I "A New Purpose")

* "This is the Crucible of the Profane Sabbath, the source of the demonic activity."
* "The Seal of the Unholy Trinity prevents us from going any further. It appears we missed something in our search... Something that could have broken this seal."
* "There must be another way to stop the demons from coming through!"
* "I will defend this place the best I can."
* "Now hurry! The thralls of the Second Death are closing in!"

#### Ending I Dialogue (Good Variant)

* (John seals the Crucible and the pair walk to Garcia's car)
* "Well done, hijo. You sealed up the demonic force within the Crucible."

* John: "Is it finally over?"
* "For now. But we did not fully destroy Gary and his Unholy Trinity."

* "Some day the horror will return. Until then..."

* "I'm going to war with the UNSPEAKABLE."

* "I need people like you John."

* John: "Father, last year when I first met Amy... I saw the Devil. He tricked me. I don't think I'll ever be free of Amy. I don't think my faith will ever be as strong as it once was."
* "I don't think that's true, hijo."

* "You know the Devil is real, and so you know the Lord is real."

* "True faith looks forward, not back."

* "Your journey is just beginning! Let me be your teacher."

#### Ending I Dialogue (Bad Variant)

Everything is the same as the Good Variant until John stands up.

* John: "I don't think I'm the one you're looking for, Father. I'm weak... I've done some horrible things... I need time to figure this all out."
* (Garcia stamps out his cigarette, reloads, points his shotgun at John)
* "That wasn't a request."

* (The screen zooms in to Garcia's crazed look)
* "Get in the car, hijo."

#### Finding the Crucible (Ending II "A New Journey")

* "This is the Crucible of the Profane Sabbath, the source of the demonic activity."
* "Well done. The Unholy Trinity has no power to keep us away."
* "The path is clear. You alone must enter the Crucible."
* "I will defend this place as best as I can. Now hurry! The thralls of the Second Death are closing in!"

#### Ending II Dialogue

* (John returns after defeating Super Miriam and the pair walk to his car)
* "So. Is it done?"

* John: "Yes. What I encountered down there was truly unspeakable... but I destroyed it with the help of the Lord."
* "No, hijo."

* "You destroyed a mighty demon and disrupted the Profane Sabbath, but the UNSPEAKABLE is still out there."

* "It must hunted down and destroyed."

* "You've grown stronger, John. I can see it."

* "I need spiritual warriors like you..."

* (Lisa appears and converses with John as Garcia remains quiet until you are given the choice between the two of them)

## Trivia

* Basing off of released media featuring "FAITH 3D", a Silent Hills 1-esque 3D horror tech-demo that was supposed to be published by Puppet Combo, it seems like Father Garcia was originally going to be the protagonist. The plotline behind "FAITH 3D" is undetermined as it was ultimately scrapped sometime before Chapter III was released, all we got is a few snippets of Garcia walking around in some kind of bathroom, the Airdorf Truck, and stick dolls.
	+ The majority of this tech-demo is lost to time (unless somebody is willing to scourge through Airdorf's twitter account, if so, good luck there's a lot). The snippets of Father Garcia are in the Goodies Folder.
* In early stages of Chapter I's creation, Father Garcia was originally going to be named Father Gallardo. This can be seen in the StorySoFar text file in the Goodies Folder.
* Father Garcia is presumably of Hispanic descent, punctuating many of his English sentences with Spanish words throughout Chapters II and III.
	+ It also seems like a majority of residents in Sterling, Connecticut regularly or interchangeably use Spanish. We can tell by some last names, phrases in notes, Michael's usage in lines, and so on.
* We don't know Father Garcia's first or middle name like we do with John. The name, "Garcia", is just his last name in "Father Garcia", like how "Ward" is John's last name in "Father Ward" and so on.
* Out of all the main characters in the game, Father Garcia has the least backstory by all of them. His past before exorcising Michael, how he has knowledge of Nate and Jason, and how he came into contact with John aren't all explicitly stated within the series.
	+ Airdorf hinted through a recent (and by recent I mean February 2023-ish) Twitter Q&A that there'll be an expansion of John's fear of clowns, giving us straight answers to a sideplot of how the clown nose keeps appearing and the Skeletal Figure in Ch III.
* It's been completely confirmed that the Gray Figure/Clown and Father Garcia are the same person from Airdorf's Discord message in the fan community server.

* Garcia is the only character besides John that the player can play as throughout the entire series, and it's only for the brief introduction sequence in Chapter II.
* We can tell that Garcia's faith in God is at its lowest in Chapter II/Before September 20th because he uses a bronze crucifix. In Chapter III, John's faith is at its lowest as well and uses a bronze crucifix all the way up to the good ending.
* Developer Dialogue between Michael and Father Garcia showcases cut content where Garcia would've rambled on after Michael broke free of his chains and escaped.

* Garcia's design when Chapter II was released as a standalone title looked almost identical to rotoscope animations of John. In The Unholy Trinity, his new design was used as an outline in Chapter II, further linking that the Gray Figure and Garcia are in one of the same.

* In the preview trailer for Chapter III, he doesn't have a trench coat on and just wears his simple priest outfit.
* Garcia's car, seen in Ending I of Chapter III, is a Ford Pinto Wagon.
* The shotgun that Garcia uses is most likely a Mossberg 500.
* During the end credits song that plays after getting any ending of Chapter III, muffled dialogue can be heard playing. If you reverse this audio, it is revealed to be Garcia and Michael's conversation that occurs in the intro of Chapter II. (Credit goes to Youtuber Jellazticious for finding the easter egg)

## Gallery

### In Gameplay

Father Garcia as he appears in Chapter I, without his clerical collar.Shot by John.Garcia's base walking sprite.Father Garcia, now with his collar.Garcia holding up his bronze crucifix.Garcia running.Father Garcia after getting killed during the Miriam Bell fight.
### In Animation

Father Garcia warding off Miriam in The Unholy Trinity version of Chapter II.Although not shown, Gary got shot at by Garcia.Garcia holding his gun.Garcia racks.Garcia shaking hands with John in the good variation of Ending I.Garcia and John doing a "bro handshake" in Ending II.Garcia confronting an off-screen John in the bad variation of Ending I."Get in the car, hijo."
### Other

Concept art of Father Garcia when FAITH 3D was in development.Developer dialogue of Michael and Father Garcia in the intro of Chapter II.Father Garcia as he appears in the standalone version of Chapter II.Ditto, cinematic version.Father Garcia runnin' around with his crux out.Father Garcia in 3DA screenshot of Father Garcia walking around in some kind of bathroom.Father Garcia in Chapter III's Teaser Trailer. He lacks his trench coat and just wears a normal priest outfit. His face looks a bit scruffier too.
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ref. - Father Garcia's Age
2. ↑ Misc. - Note #43 Ch III
3. ↑ Ref. - "FAITH - TheStorySoFar".txt
4. ↑ Ref. - Note #1 Ch II
5. ↑ Ref. - Note #35 Ch III
6. ↑ Ref. - Gray Figure Forest Easter Egg
7. ↑ Ref. - "Father and Son" Ending Note
8. ↑ Ref. - "The Murderer" Note Ch I
9. ↑ Ref. - Note #18 Ch I
10. ↑ Ref. - Chapter I's Game Description
11. ↑ Ref. - "Inside the Confessional Booth" Dialogue
12. ↑ Ref. - Airdorf Email
13. ↑ Ref. - "MiriamCutscene1".gif
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Ref. - Note #25/"Road to Redemption" Ch II
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Ref. - Note #18 Ch II
16. ↑ Ref. - Note #24 Ch II
17. ↑ Ref. - Gray Figure Window Easter Egg
18. ↑ Ref. - Note #4 Ch III
19. ↑ Ref. - Note #3 Ch I
20. ↑ Ref. - Note #9 Ch III
21. ↑ Ref. - Note #31 Ch III
22. ↑ Ref. - Note #39 Ch III
23. ↑ Misc. - "Unknown Projects" PuppetCombo Wiki Page
24. ↑ Misc. - Angel "Nogales" and Troy "Ingles" are Spanish surnames.
25. ↑ Misc. - Note #38 Ch III
26. ↑ Misc. - Chapter III Preview Trailer
27. ↑ Misc. - End Credits Audio Reversed