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| “ | Don't know how she's related — seems like she just showed up one day... She'll spin you a sob story, but Faith is a LIAR and a MANIPULATOR. She'll poison your mind with BLISS if you give her the chance. Anyone who goes wandering into the Henbane River winds up either dead or "WALKING THE PATH" to become of one of those brain-dead ANGELS doing all the cult's hard labor. | „ |
| ~ Dutch's notes on Faith. |
| “ | I know you've heard stories about me. That I'm a liar. A manipulator. That I poison people's minds. Well, let tell you a different story. A true story. There once was a young woman who had been ostracized by her community. Bullied by friends, abused by her family. She took to a needle for help. She was all alone. She wanted to die. And then she met the Father. He gave her hope and confidence. The Father showed her how special she was, that she was full of love and life. He gave her a new family, one that accepted her just as she was. The young woman no longer wished to die. She had been given purpose. One day, the Father brought her here. He asked if she had faith in him. He asked if she would be willing to die for him. The young woman who very much wished to live was scared. The Father told her this was her test. He would have faith in her, if she had faith in him. So she closed her eyes, and leapt. The Father kept his word. | „ |
| ~ Faith explaining her backstory to the Junior Deputy. |
| “ | The path to Eden is clear to those who have Faith. | „ |
| ~ Faith's most famous quote. |
Rachel Jessop, better known as Faith Seed, is one of the three secondary antagonists of the 2018 video game Far Cry 5 (along with Jacob and John Seed), and a major antagonist of the Far Cry 6 DLC, Joseph: Collapse.
She is the adopted younger sister of Jacob, John, and Joseph Seed, the ruler of the Henbane river, and one of the three Heralds of the Project at Eden's Gate. Having been suicidal and drug-addicted due to being ostracized from the rest of society, the young Rachel was indoctrinated into the cult by Joseph, and put in charge of producing "the Bliss", a hallucinogenic drug which helps to alter people's perception of reality, and allow the cult to brainwash them. Desperate to please the Father, Faith uses not only the powers of the Bliss, but also manipulation to attempt to sway people to her cause, willing to lie about her past and brainwash people into doing whatever she wants.
She was voiced by Jenessa Grant, and was portrayed by Mackenzie Lawrén in Inside Eden's Gate.
Biography[]
Background[]
According to Faith, the young girl claims that she was ostracized by her community and abused by her family which led her to turn to drugs to help and was close to suicide. She claims meeting Joseph gave her purpose and was welcomed into the Project like a new family. Despite this, during the final battle with her, Faith claims that she was threatened into joining and bombarded with drugs, claiming that she didn't want any of this. This implies that Faith's indoctrination gradually turned sour over time.
Though the game doesn't fully confirm her name outside of the Far Cry 6 DLC Joseph: Collapse, it's implied through notes found around the Henbane River, that Faith's real name is Rachel Jessop, and that she was a botanist, hence why she was chosen to help grow the flowers that produce bliss. It's also revealed that "Faith" is actually a position in the organization, the name stemming from Joseph's deceased wife, who died in a car accident that kickstarted Joseph's descent into insanity.
Of course given her manipulative nature anything that Faith says can be doubted.
Far Cry 5[]
Faith was present when a group of US marshals entered Hope County with the intent to arrest Joseph Seed. With the interference of cultists, the arrest of the Father stopped and Marshal Burke was placed under the control of Faith thanks to a Bliss overdose.
A Leap of Faith[]
The Deputy begins to liberate Henbane River so Faith ambushes them in a Bliss-induced hallucination and transports them to a place called "The Bliss", a realm that all Bliss-users are linked together thanks to a state of euphoria. She explains to the Deputy her backstory to convey sympathy and displays her powers in The Bliss by flying the Deputy and herself to the statue of Joseph. Marshal Burke is also there under an overdose of Bliss and jumps from the statue; the Deputy follows but the hallucination ends upon impact and they wake up surrounded by corpses (implying that Faith manipulated other followers to commit suicide). Her voice is heard, promising they will meet again when they are ready.
Faith often appears as a hallucination to taunt the Deputy, usually creating visions of herself, hostages and even replacing docile animals for more dangerous ones whenever the Deputy approaches.
One time, the Deputy enters The Bliss yet again and meets Faith who leads them to a sermon with other cultists and Marshal Burke listening to Joseph. He attempts to reason with them by manipulating The Bliss into showing his vision of the collapse that's a massive explosion then a world on fire. The Deputy is only woken up by Tracey and Whitehorse who uses a syringe to let them violently exit The Bliss.
Ignorance is Bliss[]
When the Deputy re-enters The Bliss, Faith is more hostile this time yet she still attempts to make them see the reason of her actions. Using Marshal Burke as a puppet, the two go on a boat ride across The Bliss where he explains that despite what they believe he does not want to be saved (whether this is the marshal on a Bliss overdose or Faith speaking him through him is unknown. When the boat ride is over, the Deputy chases Burke and removes him from The Bliss, infuriating Faith.
Entering the Bliss yet again, Faith is outwardly aggressive towards the Deputy this time and pushes them around to a vision of Marshal Burke and Virgil, a helper of the Cougar Resistance. She derides the Deputy for trying to be "a hero" and described their hubris with a comparison to the Greek gods - as a punishment she forces Burke to shoot Virgil, opens the gates to the prison stronghold for the Resistance that lets in the cultists and then shoots himself. The Deputy awakens from The Bliss and saves the prison from being overrun by Peggies and discovers that Sheriff Whitehorse was kidnapped. They leave promising Tracey that they will kill Faith as she cradles a dead Virgil.
Lost Paradise[]
Prepared to confront Faith in The Bliss, the Deputy finds Faith and Whitehorse taking a walk whilst singing a hymn together - she warns the Deputy to not interfere with Whitehorse and transports the two of them to a large area. She is able to replicate herself, fly and produce Angels to attack the Deputy all whilst firing energy blasts and screaming in frustration over their continued defiance - claiming that she was forced into this life by Joseph's threats and supply of drugs. Ultimately, the Deputy defeats Faith where she claims that even though Joseph believes himself the saviour, they will be the end before entering the river and succumbing to her wounds. Her essence in The Bliss is transmogrified to that of a flower which the Deputy plucks from the ground.
Far Cry 6[]
Joseph: Collapse[]
| “ | Everything you touch gets poisoned! | „ |
| ~ Faith's apparition to Joseph. |
Faith appears as an antagonist in Joseph: Collapse, but as an apparition within Joseph's mind where she expresses her anger for using her for his cause. The Voice shows Joseph a vision where his siblings survived the nuclear apocalypse, but they show each sibling questioning Joseph and losing faith in him. In Faith's, she is shown suffering from withdrawal due to running out of supply of Bliss, as her previous trauma returns. When encountering Joseph, Faith expresses her anger, realizing that Joseph was using her to harm others, and that he was just using her as his replacement "Faith" before slapping him. Though she appears as an elite and boss on the map, a friendly NPC version of her can be encountered in her region.
Personality[]
| “ | You don't know her. How she digs her way inside your head. | „ |
| ~ Tracey about Faith. |
According to resistance members Virgil, Dutch, Tracey, Whitehorse and others, Faith is known to be a liar referred to as a siren leading others to their doom. Being a master manipulator, she easily conveys herself as a victim to garner sympathy and loyalty for Joseph yet this only hides her cruelty. Faith sees little to absolutely no wrong in any of her actions as in her mind she's providing happiness and peace to her followers who make their decisions to be part of The Bliss on their own, spinning her enemies as violent extremists attacking innocent people.
To help manipulate her victims, Faith likes to depicts herself as innocent and childlike as can be seen in The Bliss where she often giggles, runs and skips around to appear harmless. Her likeness such as dressing completely in white and attempting to appear pure is to make herself appear like a flower - both in attempt to help her manipulations and convince herself, despite this Faith holds doubt in her own purity due to her implied past of drug addiction and her true value to the Seed family. Although Joseph grieves as much over Faith's death as his two brothers, a letter implies that she felt some doubt in The Father's mission and was worried if he would punish her for it.
Unlike John Seed who uses the Project to indulge his worst tendencies, and Jacob who genuinely believes in the coming Collapse, Faith's servitude to Joseph is motivated by fear that he will punish her should she disappoint him. As the fourth Faith, she is constantly worried that one day she could be replaced like her predecessors - this is especially evident when the Deputy burns her personalized Words of Joseph and she sounds terrified over what he'll do to her. During her fight with the Deputy, Faith screams that was she bombarded with drugs and threatened by him to do his bidding at a young age.
Equipment and Abilities[]
- Master Manipulator: Faith is extremely perceptive at identifying a person's weaknesses and exploiting them, prior to using the Bliss.
- Bliss Chemical Compound: She utilizes a special chemical compound with powerful hallucinogenic effects and is often referred by cultists to be Divine Science and a Gift from God's Green Earth.
- Hallucinogenic Inducement: She can cause people to feel severe hallucinogenic effects and make them see things. People who have been exposed to the Bliss usually encounter her throughout their days even when she is not within the vicinity.
- Hallucinogenic Energy Blasts: Using the Bliss's hallucinogenic effects, she can create blasts of energy to throw at the Deputy. Given the fact that the Deputy doe get hurt by these suggest that it is either a weapon not seen due to the bliss, or a Conversion Disorder, as the Deputy's mind believes that it is being harmed and makes the body behave and respond to the attacks.
- Hallucinogenic Wings: She can conjure up hallucinogenic wings for her to fly.
- Brainwashing: She can use the Bliss to severely brainwash people and make them addicted to her suggestions. She can even use these to create the Angels, mindless human drones who live in a purgatory like zombified state.
Quotes[]
| “ | The collapse is upon us, and the reaping has begun... But there is nothing to fear. | „ |
| ~ Faith's quote in a loading screen. |
| “ | Join us and we will show you the path to a new Eden. | „ |
| ~ Faith's quote in a loading screen. |
| “ | You were born pure. Follow the path and find that purity again. | „ |
| ~ Faith's quote in a loading screen. |
| “ | You came searching for answers. Let the path reveal the truth | „ |
| ~ Faith's quote in a loading screen. |
| “ | The father tells us to have faith. But what does that even mean? Think about your life, where you are, what you've done. Does it give you purpose? Do you feel fulfilled? Or do you feel lost, adrift in a sea of uncertainty. It's natural to try and find meaning in our lives. Try to make sense, find order. But we can't. Because life doesn't come from order. Life comes from chaos. Life is pain, and loss, and tragedy. We are born into a world that feeds on our suffering, and after it has had its fill, we are discarded. No one cares about us. No one sees us. Except the Father. When no one else loves you, he does. When no one else believes in you, he does. When no one else can understand you or see the worst in you, he does. Because he has faith. Faith in our cause, faith in himself. And faith in you. Faith is what carries us through crisis, and uncertainty, and the relentless punishing chaos of life. Someday we will die, and our flesh will rot and turn to dust. But our faith, our faith will remain. It will live on in our brothers and our sisters. It will inspire those we've left behind. It will be our legacy, everlasting. And when the gates open, the garden will blossom, because of our faith. Trust in the father. Believe in him. Never lose faith. | „ |
| ~ One of Faith's speeches which can be heard in the Cult Outposts of Henbane River. |
| “ | Welcome to the bliss. | „ |
| ~ Faith's phrase anytime the Junior Deputy is ensnared in the bliss. |
| “ | I know you've heard stories about me. That I'm a liar. A manipulator. That I poison people's minds. Well, let me tell you a different story. A true story. | „ |
| ~ Faith to the Junior Deputy during the first bliss experience. |
| “ | Do you feel different? Do you feel alive? The first step is always the scariest. I'll see you soon. | „ |
| ~ Faith to the Junior Deputy after their first experience in the bliss. |
| “ | You can stop the water, but you can't stop the bliss. | „ |
| ~ Faith to the Junior Deputy in "Clean Water Act". |
| “ | What have you done? His words. Don't you understand what he'll do to me? | „ |
| ~ Faith to the Junior Deputy if they've burn Joseph's book and destroyed his statue. |
| “ | Are you sure you want to do this? These flowers bring hope. You bring destruction. | „ |
| ~ Faith to the Junior Deputy if they are burning bliss flowers in "Sins of the Father". |
| “ | You must be dizzy. So many roads to choose. What to believe? Who to help first? When to trust? When you find the path, you'll see clearly. Come with me and I'll show you the path. | „ |
| ~ Faith to the Junior Deputy in "Sins of the Father". |
| “ | Do you see it? The transformative power of faith? The poor souls who struggle with doubt are brought here to be enlightened...It's beautiful, isn't it? | „ |
| ~ Faith to the Junior Deputy in "Salvation". |
| “ | I know you have your doubts, but this is the only way the story ends. Nothing you can do change that. Your friends on the outside... they're controlled by fear. They don't understand. But he does. He'll show you. | „ |
| ~ Faith to the Junior Deputy during the third bliss sequence. |
| “ | Leave him alone. Leave him alone! | „ |
| ~ Faith to the Junior Deputy when they try to stop Burke. |
| “ | Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice... | „ |
| ~ Faith speaking to the Junior Deputy after taking Burke from the bliss. |
| “ | None of us are perfect. We all...make mistakes from time to time. Even myself. Foolishly, I thought we were coming to an understanding. Foolishly, I thought we were building trust. But that trust has been broken. Again and again. So there will be no more interference. No more distractions. No more pity. | „ |
| ~ Faith to the Junior Deputy, turning hostile towards them. |
| “ | If violence is the only language you choose to speak, then I'll speak your language. | „ |
| ~ Faith to the Junior Deputy, preparing to influence Burke to kill Virgil Minkler. |
| “ | Aww...still trying to be the hero...it's too late, you know. You should have listened when you had the chance. | „ |
| ~ Faith taunting the Junior Deputy. |
| “ | It's not my fault... None of this was my fault! You think I wanted this?! He plied me with drugs, he threatened me! I was seventeen! I was just a child! | „ |
| ~ Faith revealing her backstory during her boss fight. |
| “ | You still don't understand. You don't know what it is you're doing do you? Joseph believes he's our savior. But you'll be the one who decides what happens. You were the start. You'll be the end. It was always going to happen this way. You'll walk the path. You'll rescue your Sheriff. You'll be the hero. And then... you'll choose. | „ |
| ~ Faith to the Junior Deputy, her last words. |
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Trivia[]
- John Seed (probably the most sadistic of all the Seed siblings) considers Faith much worse than him due to her drugging up her followers and mistreating them.
- Just like the other heralds, Faith transformed her sin (drug addiction) into a virtue. While the hard drugs she had used were only for her own 'benefit', the Bliss, in her view, benefited others who were exposed to it as it pacified them, made them forget their fears, and prepared them (i.e. the Angels) for serving a higher purpose: the survival of mankind. The Book of Joseph describes this as helping "chosen ones find peace, as she found in her time of delirium and suffering."
- Faith has a tattoo of the chemical formula for cocaine and scopolamine on her left forearm (C17H21NO4), which indicates that she was telling the truth about her background as an addict. It is very likely that after her confession, her sin -- the drug -- was tattooed on her arm, probably by John Seed. (Cult Priestesses who are often seen escorting "pilgrims" along the Path wear similar tattoos, each depicting a sin that they left behind.) However, it should be noted that, in Faith's own words, "she took to a needle," which hints at a different, more potent drug (i.e. heroin) as cocaine is snorted and not injected. A dialog with Sheriff Whitehorse also confirms that "she fell on harder drugs."
- Faith is only ever seen twice in-game in the real world, during the prologue when the Junior Deputy is prompted to arrest Joseph, where she stands behind him. She also seen via television feeds in the Henbane River region, of Faith strong-arming Cameron Burke into reading a scripted "apology", lying that the Deputy merely captured the Father of their own accord, and that they "acted maliciously" in allegedly disobeying his superiors. All other encounters occur in Bliss hallucinations.
- Faith is the only herald to not appear in Arcade Editor while the 3 Seed Brothers do appear. The most likely explanation for this omission is that her in-game model does not have any combat animations (except the "Bliss ball" attack that she uses during her final confrontation with the Deputy.) Faith is the only cultist who is unarmed and does not use any physical weapons whereas the Seed Brothers act like normal enemy cultists and fight like a normal enemy.
- In the Joseph: Collapse DLC for Far Cry 6, Faith uses a handgun as a weapon during her bossfights. It is possible she also used a firearm during her boss fight in Far Cry 5 and the Junior Deputy hallucinated same as "Bliss Ball" attacks.
- Though Joseph Seed indicated repeatedly in notes and dialogue that Faith Seed is important to him, the person behind the name does not matter as much as having the best candidate for it. Rachel seems to be an exception to this treatment, but it was revealed that the only thing that keeps her special to Joseph is her devotion and talent at manipulation, which set her apart from prior Faiths.
- Based on Joseph's own words about his wife, "She had faith that things were going to work out. She always had faith…", Joseph may see Faith as a substitute for his deceased wife, despite her being their adoptive sister. This is supported by the fact that Joseph's tattoo of his deceased wife includes Bliss flowers as a part of the composition. Apparently, for Joseph his wife was the embodiment of faith, and adopting women as his sister and dubbing them 'Faith' might have been an unconscious attempt to recreate the only person who became part of his family. However, there is little other evidence for this, and The Book of Joseph sees Joseph describing Faith as a sister and one of his spiritual children.
- She is the herald of the Henbane River. It is named after the Henbane flower, which has hallucinogenic properties and is closely related to the real-life inspiration for the bliss plants.
- Despite Faith’s dialogue admitting that she was exploited by Joseph, Joseph seems to care for her during his eulogies. In The Book of Joseph that accompanied special editions of the game, Joseph looks at Faith's transformation from addict to acolyte as a shining example of the power of family and religion, though he intentionally never gives the real name of the particular Faith he's discussing.
- Both Faith and John Seed seem to be afraid of The Father. This is hinted when she says, "You don’t know what he’ll do to me" after destroying the Father Statue in The Hebane River Region further supporting her claims of abuse from Joseph while John was scolded by Joseph during "The Cleansing" of drowning The Deputy believing they are still worthy of reaching the "Gates of Atonement."
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