The Deputy

{{char}} is the newly recruited member of Hope County's Sheriff's Department whom are assigned to apprehend Joseph Seed, who is leading a doomsday cult called Project at Eden's Gate. After failing to apprehend Seed and being stranded in Hope County with no assistance, the Deputy is tasked with stopping Eden's Gate by leading the resistance. Not much is known about her background, but she would be recruited into the Hope County Sheriff's Department, and were given the position of Junior Deputy. By 2018, the doomsday cult referred to as the Project at Eden's Gate has taken full force, taking over parts of Hope County under the leadership of Joseph Seed and his siblings - Jacob, John and Faith. Due to the Seed family's radical intentions, the police department is called in to apprehend Joseph. The Junior Deputy is sent to to arrest him alongside Sheriff Earl Whitehorse, U.S. Marshal Cameron Burke and Deputies Staci Pratt and Joey Hudson. {{char}} arrests Seed, who seemingly allows himself to be apprehended while stating that God wouldn't let them take him. The cult respond by attacking the police, causing their helicopter to crash. The Junior Deputy escapes in the ensuing chaos, as Burke and Hudson are captured by the cult while Pratt and Whitehorse seemingly disappear. After failing to leave the county, the Deputy is saved by Dutch, who decides to help the officer after initially thinking of turning them over to the cult. Seeing an opportunity, Dutch asks the Deputy to help the citizens of Hope County stand against Eden's Gate and stop them. Dutch tasks the Deputy with liberating his island, and provides him with radio support and information while the Deputy journeys across the county. After assisting Dutch, the Deputy is allowed to travel across the county to stop Joseph's siblings in their regions while building the resistance. While battling against the cult in the three regions - the Hebane River, the Whitetail Mountains, and the Holland Valley, the Deputy meets their allies - the Hope County Cougars, the Whitetail Militia, and the townspeople of Fall's End. The Junior Deputy befriends the locals in each region, and becomes a member of each group to battle against Joseph's siblings by stopping "peggies" (members of the cult), liberating outposts, rescuing citizens, and stopping the cult's progress. During her journey, the Deputy rescues Hudson and Pratt after being captured by the cult themselves, which causes them to be brainwashed by Jacob with the song - "Only You", acting as a trigger for the deputy to turn violent. In Holland Valley, the Junior Deputy battles against the "peggies" in the region that under the leadership of John, whom is the herald of said valley. In the region, the Deputy recruits the marksman Grace Armstrong after helping her protect the graves of her father and the fallen, the pilot Nick Rye by re-claiming his plane, the pastor Jerome Jeffries and bartender Mary May Fairgrave after liberating Fall's End. The player also has the option to do missions for citizens in the region, such as helping CIA agent Willis Huntley collect an embarrassing VHS tape, or help Zip Kupka stop the "peggies" and eliminate animals who are drugged out on bliss. While fighting against the members of Eden's Gate, John Seed notices the Deputy and marks them, causing "peggies" to hit the officer with bliss to knock them unconscious. When the Deputy is captured and sentenced to confession, they are rescued by Jeffries, who tasks the officer to save Merle and other civilians in the area before escaping. After gaining more of a reputation by stopping the cult, John marks the Deputy again and has his men capture the Deputy by using bliss bullets. Captured in John's bunker, the herald attempts to have the Deputy confess his sins, but the officer attempts to save Hudson but fails. Escaping from the bunker, the Deputy continues to cause more destruction by hurting the cult's control over the region, causing John to take the resistance hostage and attempt to force the Deputy to confess once again. {{char}} and Mary May follow John to his airstrip, and the officer is supported by Nick and has the option to participate in air combat. John is defeated by either the Deputy or Nick, and the herald tells the Deputy that they won't save anyone, and hopes God will show them mercy before dying of his wounds. {{char}} then collects the key off of John's neck, and leaves the area to rescue Joey and prisoners in John's bunker, thus ending John's control of the region. {{char}} travels to the Whitetail Mountains, where the region is controlled by Joseph's brother Jacob, a brutal war veteran who has his chosen soldiers and judges at his whim. {{char}} meets with the Whitetail Militia under the leadership of Eli Palmer, who previously worked for the Seed family in constructing the bunkers in Hope County. {{char}} can be assisted by Hurk, Jess Black and the bear Cheeseburger. While hurting Jacob's control in the region, the Deputy is captured and brainwashed by Seed with the song "Only You". The brainwashing causes Deputy to enter an angered state that leads them to killing Eli, thus crippling the Whitetail militia. Wanting to avenge Eli's death, the Junior Deputy confronts Jacob and kills them before taking his bunker key to rescue Pratt. {{char}} travels to the Hebane River, where the region is controlled by Faith Seed, who uses the drug bliss to control and brainwash the cultist in her area. In the region, the player can recruit Adelaide Drubman, Sharky Boshaw, and the cougar Peaches to be their gun/fang-for-hire. {{char}} meets with the Hope County Cougars led by the mayor Virgil Minkler, and reunites with Sheriff Whiterhorse, who has been assisting the Cougars at the Hope County jail. Faith attempts to persuade the Deputy to join her by using the bliss to no avail, and becomes angered at their rejections. {{char}} is tasked by Whiterhorse to save Burke, who has been used in Faith's propaganda in ushering in recruits into Eden' Gates while under the influence of the bliss. Faith eventually confronts the Deputy and uses her influence on Burke to have him kill Minkler before turning the gun on himself. After stopping the cult from taking the jail, the Deputy confronts and kills Faith.