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From the Inquisitor to the Baptist: The Evolution of John Seed
From the early stages of the development of a video game to the day it gets released, its gameplay, story, and characters usually go through many modifications. Far Cry 5 is no exception to this rule, and thanks to promotional images, trailers, interviews, official side material, and even deleted content still available in the game’s files, we can get a glimpse of what Hope County and its residents used to be like. John Seed, in particular, seems to have undergone quite a few alterations, both physical and moral.
In these posts, I will be listing and discussing all the changes I noticed in John and explaining why the man who used to be known as “The Inquisitor” isn’t identical to “The Baptist” we met in Far Cry 5.
All the sources and references indicated by the superscript numbers will be given in the last post.
Part 1: Physical appearance, clothes, and tattoos (concept art, promotional content, and side material)
What seems to be the earliest portrait of the Seed family is a piece of concept art that Lead Graphic Production Artist Nick Arnett shared on Instagram¹:
As you can see, many things look different from what we are used to, from the Eden’s Gate cross (behind Joseph’s head) and logo (on the pulpit, with an eagle) to the Seed siblings’ outfits. The man on the right seems to be John, and he’s sporting a two-tone blue shirt that resembles the one he will end up wearing in the game, but he doesn’t have a vest. Instead of a belt, he has suspenders, and his pants and shoes look darker and more formal than his usual jeans and boots. He already has a beard and, while his hair is slicked back, as it is in the game, it’s a little longer. He doesn’t have any visible tattoos, but if you look closely, you’ll notice that he does have something on his hand: blood, running from his knuckles.
In May 2017, nine months before Far Cry 5 came out, the game was officially announced and a few promotional pictures were released, notably these two²:
But before that, we can see what John looked like at an even earlier stage of the game’s development, during the making of those two aforementioned pictures, thanks to early sketches and visuals shared by AmCo Studio³ and Fire Without Smoke⁴:
John’s iconic vest and sunglasses have appeared, and while his shirt became white, it’s now partially unbuttoned and the sleeves are rolled up, which is how he wears it in the game. As for his hair, it’s shorter than it was in the first family portrait and looks more similar to his final design. We still don’t see any tattoos on his arms, but he has a watch.
In the final version of what I would call the “Last-Supper-like” images, John looks even more like himself, but there are still a few differences:
Although they are not strictly identical to the ones he has in the game, he’s wearing sunglasses with blue lenses on his head. His shirt became blue again, his vest is striped, and he now has his “EG” (Eden’s Gate) earring and belt buckle, grey jeans, and bunker key around his neck. He’s also wearing a coat, but while, at first glance, it looks like the one we all know, the pattern isn’t the same; instead of planes, there are “EG” symbols on it. The buttons, however, are already golden and decorated with scales.
In the pictures, especially the first one, the siblings are associated with symbols: a crown for Joseph (on his jacket and napkin), a sword for Jacob (on his music box), a pair of scales for John (on his coat’s buttons and in the bread/cake), and intoxicating Bliss flowers for Faith, a reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Conquest, War, Famine, and Death, respectively, who. In John’s case, the scales could also be a nod to the fact he’s a lawyer. Indeed, scales are commonly used to symbolize justice.
This time, he finally has tattoos, and while some of them are the ones he will have in Far Cry 5, others are different. He already has small symbols on his fingers: an eye, a tongue, a hand with a drop of blood on it, a heart, a foot, a keyhole, and waves. The meaning of these symbols used to be a mystery to me, but it turns out they were inspired by Bible verses, specifically Proverbs 6:16-19⁵:
There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
The flames on his right wrist will be in the game as well, but here, they are smaller. This tattoo seems to have been taken directly from this illustration:
It’s from a French (Breton, to be precise) collection of “Taolennoù Ar Mission” (literally “mission paintings” in Breton) by François-Marie Balanant, who was a priest, and it depicts a human soul being afflicted by the seven deadly sins⁶. “Taolennoù” were created in Brittany in the sixteenth century by the Catholic clergy in an effort to make religion more accessible to the faithful, some of whom were illiterate, with the help of drawings.
This particular image can be found on the Wikipedia page dedicated to the seven deadly sins⁷, which seems to have been the primary source of information and inspiration for several of John’s tattoos.
Clearly, the angelic figure with the dove, on his right hand, also directly comes from the drawing (upper left corner). This tattoo will later be redesigned and decorate the inner face of his left forearm.
As explained on Wikipedia, there used to be eight mortal sins, and their Latin names were:
Gula (Gluttony)
Luxuria (Lust)
Avaritia (Greed)
Tristitia (Sorrow)
Ira (Wrath)
Acedia (Sloth)
Vanagloria (Vainglory)
Superbia (Pride)
Tristitia and Acedia would later be combined, as well as Vanagloria and Superbia.
In the two promotional pictures, John has seven of these sins (except Acedia) tattooed on his left hand, as he does in Far Cry 5.
John also has letters on his fingers, but while, in the game, they spell “E-D-E-N” and “G-A-T-E”, here, we see G, G, S, E, W, P, and L, most likely the first letter of each deadly sin in English.
On his chest, instead of a scar and the mutilated word “SLOTH”, he has a tattoo. We see two crossed rifles, the number seven in tally marks (probably yet another reference to the deadly sins), what seems to be the words “Bros & Sis” above the design, and what probably is “Til Death” under it. It looks like an infantry tattoo, very similar to the example included below (center) by tattoo artist Garrett Tankersley, known as tat2garrett on Instagram⁸:
Finally, in one of the images, John is holding a tattoo machine. In the other, he’s holding a revolver. In the game, however, this weapon is nowhere to be seen.
Even though he will never use it in Far Cry 5, John was represented by this gun again on one of the game’s old official websites⁹:
At the time, as you can see, his title was also “The Inquisitor” instead of “The Baptist”.
On the PlayAsia blog, on a page dedicated to Far Cry 5, short information sheets about a few of the game’s characters were posted¹⁰. They look official, but since I have only ever seen them on this website, which was not created by Ubisoft, their origin and therefore the accuracy of the information they give are uncertain.
While most of what the picture says is either true (blue eyes, brown hair) or plausible (his height), John mathematically can’t be only 32 years old because he was already working as a lawyer about ten years before the events of the game, which is set in 2018. According to my research, it takes 7 years after graduating high school to become a licensed lawyer in the United States. In 2008, John couldn’t be younger than 18+7=25 years old, so it’s impossible for him to have been born after 1983. He could have skipped grades, but since this is never mentioned anywhere, I assume he didn’t and that he’s in fact older than 32 in Far Cry 5.
It’s possible, however, that he really was supposed to be 32 years old when the picture was made but that his backstory (and consequently his age) was then modified.
In the novel Far Cry Absolution, a few details are given about John’s appearance. For example, on page 6:
He was ten years older than [Mary May] and near six foot with brown hair and a beard that covered the lower half of his face.
Mary May is 29 (almost 30) in the novel, which makes John approximately 39 or 40 years old in the book. This age is more plausible, I think.
Then, on page 31:
John Seed, the younger brother of The Father, slighter in build, but cut from the same cloth. Both bearded and tattooed, and both with those all-seeing eyes that seemed to search through the dark with a kind of nocturnal prowess.
This isn’t the only time in the novel that John’s gaze is described as intense. The word “predatory” is even used on page 145.
Interestingly, and despite the fact it’s absent from Far Cry 5, the gun seen in his hand in one of the promotional pictures is mentioned in Absolution as well. It’s described as “a large revolver” on page 31 and as a “big magnum revolver” on page 57. He also uses a rifle “with a wood stock and bolt-action lever” (page 48) at one point, but this weapon isn’t in the game either.
Overall, aside from this detail, his physical description in the book is rather consistent with what we see in the game. And in this official picture posted in January 2018 to promote the book¹¹, he apparently looks the same as he does in Far Cry 5.
In the live-action short film Inside Eden’s Gate¹², Joseph is the only member of the Seed family who is played by the actor who also plays him in Far Cry 5, Greg Bryk. In the game, while John is played by Seamus Dever, in the movie, it’s another actor named Rob Evors who was cast in the role. His voice and face obviously don’t sound and look exactly like John’s, so these differences are not significant.
His outfit, however, has gone through several changes. I don’t know if the design was deliberately altered or if the clothes Rob Evors has in the film simply are the closest real-life equivalent to the ones John is wearing in the promotional pictures that the movie’s costume designers could get their hands on. Like in the development sketches for the “Last-Supper-like” images, his shirt is light-colored (but still blue, apparently) and he’s wearing his sunglasses normally, not on his head. They don’t seem to have blue lenses, but again, maybe the team could only find “regular” sunglasses. He has his Eden’s Gage belt buckle and earring, but instead of being grey, his coat, vest, pants, and shoes are brown/beige. The coat is decorated with “EG” logos, exactly like the one John is wearing in the promotional pictures, but lighter in color.
As for his tattoos, they are identical to the “old” ones we’ve seen so far, but two more are visible: the pair of scales on the side of his thumb and the snake (from the Taolennoù Ar Mission again, but uncoiled), which represents Envy, around his left wrist. These two new tattoos will be part of John’s final design in the game.
There’s another one between the snake and his watch, but it’s simply one of Rob Evors’¹³.
In the film, John’s tattoos were actually hand-painted¹⁴. Here’s a better look a them, from Makeup Artist Casey Lynn Stuckey’s Instagram account:
His sleeves are never rolled up in Inside Eden’s Gate, but it’s most likely because that would have meant covering up the actor’s actual tattoos and possibly painting more, so I suppose they thought it was more convenient to just hide them.
The last notable change regarding John’s appearance in the short film is that, for the first and seemingly only time, he’s wearing a shoulder holster, but his gun is not the revolver we’ve seen for far. Instead, it looks like a semi-automatic pistol, maybe a 1911. Since, in Inside Eden’s Gate, Joseph also has this type of gun and not the revolver he carries in Far Cry 5 (albeit rarely, and he never uses it), it’s possible that, once again, the team couldn’t find the right weapons for the movie and used the available props.
In the live-action TV spot “Anything Can Happen, Everything Will”¹⁵, John is this time played by model and actor Jon Oswald, who jokingly described the character as “the asshole in the Gucci trench coat” when he shared the video on his Instagram account¹⁶.
John’s outfit looks identical to Rob Evors’ in Inside Eden’s Gate (except the shoes and the holster, it seems), so it’s likely that they just reused the same clothes. Like in the film, John’s sunglasses (which are not blue) aren’t on his head; he’s wearing them. His hair is a bit different, but it’s probably simply because Jon Oswald’s hairstyle looked close enough to John’s and they thought it didn’t need to be modified, so I don’t think this “change” is significant.
Thanks to the pictures that Mackenzie Lawrén Johnson (better known as Kenz Lawrén), who plays Faith Seed in the short film and the TV spot, posted on Instagram¹⁷, we can have a better look at him and his tattoos.
They haven’t changed much compared to the previous ones, but we can now see a goat (a symbol for Lust, also directly from the Taolennoù Ar Mission) next to the snake on his left arm. In the game, the goat will disappear from his hand, be redesigned, and end up on his right forearm. We see two other tattoos in the picture, but they simply are Jon Oswald’s¹⁸.
In the image below, drawn by Anthony Winn, who made storyboards for the TV spot¹⁹, the character on the far right (who is not Joseph), wearing a vest and sunglasses, and standing next to a woman who is probably Faith, appears to be an early version of John. This time, he’s holding a rifle, different from the one described in Absolution, and not a handgun. For once, his sister is armed as well.
In The Book of Joseph²⁰, John, as a child, is described as “the best looking, the least odd” of the Seed brothers, which is why the narrator, Joseph himself, believes he was adopted first after they were sent to an orphanage. When they meet again as adults, Joseph says his younger brother is “strikingly handsome, elegant”, wears “tailored suits” and very expensive shoes, has gleaming hair, shiny teeth, and manicured hands. He also writes that, as John Duncan (the name of his adoptive parents), “physically, he was society’s very model of success”. Psychologically, however, it was another story… but this will be discussed later. Although the John Seed we meet in the game isn’t exactly the same person as John Duncan was anymore, he’s still “elegant” and seems to take care of his appearance. Joseph doesn’t mention tattoos, but it’s likely that John got them later, after the Project was created.
An official guide for Far Cry 5, by Prima Games, was released alongside it. In the book, which was written in 2017, we get to see what John looked like when the game was still in development.
This design is very close to the final one, but for some reason, his sunglasses, bunker key, earring, and tattoos are all (temporarily) gone. However, the “SLOTH” scar has now appeared on his chest instead of the tattoo he previously had, even though it’s a bit closer to his collarbone than it will be in the game. His outfit and facial features look slightly different, but this is also true for many other characters in the guide.
On IGN’s YouTube channel, a video titled “Far Cry 5: Why John Seed Is Your Charmingly Deadly Enemy��� was uploaded in February 2018²¹. In it, we get a glimpse of an early version of the “You have been Marked” TV broadcast²², and although the setting looks different, John’s appearance is very close to his final one.
By the way, if you look at the noticeboard behind the TV, you’ll see that the Testicle Festival was supposed to take place in 2017 instead of 2018. When this early in-game footage was recorded, Far Cry 5 was probably still scheduled to come out in September 2017 (which is what the first rumors said and could also explain why all the calendars in the game suggest we are in September).
In the thumbnail of the YouTube video, John looks exactly like himself:
He does too in the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” artwork²³, this promotional screenshot²⁴, and this poster²⁵:
And in a trailer posted by Ubisoft three weeks before the release of Far Cry 5, a “character spotlight”²⁶, John has his final design as well. The only difference is that, although the game was about to come out, they still called him “The Inquisitor” instead of “The Baptist”.
Then, on March 27, 2018, Far Cry 5 was released.
To be continued…
#far cry 5#john seed#joseph seed#jacob seed#faith seed#far cry absolution#mary may fairgrave#the book of joseph#inside eden’s gate#rob evors#jon oswald
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So I'm finally going to watch the live action short film, Inside Eden's Gate. The only think I know about this film is that John Seed looks like Billy Mays.
And I'm right.
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#T H I S I S T R U E#meme#glasses#john seed#john#seed#seed family#hope county#far cry#far cry 5#fc5#eden's gate#accurate#inside eden's gate#rob evors#video game#the baptist#the lawyer
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AND THAT’S THE FUCKING TEA
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Far Cry 5: Inside Eden's Gate
Is anyone else a bit pissed off at the choice of casting for John in Inside Eden's Gate? Don't get me wrong Rob Evors did an amazing job portraying John; however i think they could have gotten someone who looked a lot more like John than Rob does.
Our John Seed:
Rob Evors portraying John Seed:
John is the youngest out of the Seed brothers (I read somewhere that when Jacob went off to the army when he was 19 John was only 4 and Joseph was 16) However in this picture John looks like he could easily be the same age as Jacob who is 15 years older than him.
Also John is quite a muscular man, with broad shoulders and a small stomach/waist. However Rob isn't very muscular and doesn't have the same body shape as John. I know it just sounds like i'm being extremely picky but everyone else was cast so amazingly well that i feel like they should have gotten John (one of the main freaking characters) just as perfect.
Again don't get me wrong, Rob Evors did a brilliant job with the role. I just think the casting could have been slightly better...
(Please don't hate me)
#far cry 5#jacob seed#john seed#joseph seed#the father#greg bryk#rob evors#far cry#ubisoft#ps4#solopadawan
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Far Cry 5: Inside Eden's Gate Short Film Trailer
Fans of #FarCry5 will be in for a treat with the new short film #InsideEdensGate
A new short film based on Far Cry 5 is set to premiere on Amazon Prime Video this month.
In Inside Eden’s Gate, rumors of a fanatical cult called The Project at Eden’s Gate lure three vloggers to the remote Hope County, Montana. As the vloggers follow the leads of missing locals and other strange events, they come face-to-face with Joseph Seed, played by the same actor as the in-game version of…
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#Adam Dorsey#Alexis Santiago#Erin Manker#Far Cry 5: Inside Eden&039;s Gate#Greg Bryk#Jarrett Worley#Kyle Gallner#Rob Evors
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I'm crying
I realized that Avi Kaplan from Pentatonix looks so much like John Seed it's scary, and would've done a great job in Inside Eden's Gate. Don't get me wrong, Rob Evors did a good job of portraying our favorite angery smol boi, but Avi Kaplan looks so much like him like???? What even is my life now????
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Lance Bass Apologizes After Claiming Tom Schwartz and Katie Maloney Are Not Legally Married
Lance Bass Apologizes After Claiming Tom Schwartz and Katie Maloney Are Not Legally Married
Lance Bass is trying to clean up the tea he accidentally spilled.
During a recent interview on the Reality Bytes podcast with Rob Evors, the N*Sync member decided to share a few details about Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright‘s summer wedding.
While praising the special event, Lance casually dropped a bombshell about another Vanderpump Rules couple.
“The big talk around the wedding was that…
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La BAU si dirige a Lewiston, nel Maine, per indagare su una serie di omicidi che hanno luogo in case apparentemente infestate, in CRIMINAL MINDS, mercoledì 30 gennaio.
La BAU investiga su una serie di omicidi che hanno luogo in case apparentemente infestate di Lewiston, nel Maine.
Fonte: SpoilerTV
“Sick and Evil” – La BAU dirige le indagini su una serie di omicidi che hanno luogo in case apparentemente infestate di Lewiston, nel Maine, in CRIMINAL MINDS, mercoledì 30 gennaio (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) sulla CBS Television Network.
REGULAR CAST:
Joe Mantegna (David Rossi)
Paget Brewster (Emily Prentiss)
A.J. Cook (Jennifer Jareau)
Aisha Tyler (Dr. Tara Lewis)
Kirsten Vangsness (Penelope Garcia)
Adam Rodriguez (Luke Alvez)
Daniel Henney (Matt Simmons)
GUEST CAST:
Jamie Anne Allman (Stephanie Carter)
Megan Easton (Kim Reynolds)
Pamela Mitchell (Carly Davis)
Bernardo Cubria (Brad Davis)
Hannah Barefoot (Detective Sarah Miley)
Austin Iredale (Jeff Reynolds)
Janzy Paraiso (Courtney Mably)
Natasha McCrea (Natasha Thompson)
Skyelar Wesley (Michelle Thompson)
Michelle Haro (Cop)
Rob Evors (Patrick Carter)
SCRITTO DA: Erik Stiller
DIRETTO DA: Rob Bailey
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Congrats to multiple @M4PR clients: #Actor #GlennMorshower, #Actress #JaimeGallagher, & #Producer #AmyWilliams!! —— @deadline EXCLUSIVE: #SelmaBlair and #GrahamGreene are attached to star in the #horror #thriller, #TheGreatIllusion, along with Glenn Morshower (Transformers, Bloodline), #TokalaBlackElk (Wind River), #JonLindstrom (True Detective), #KenzieDalton (FX’s Feud), and newcomer Oscar Cardenas. Cardenas co-wrote the film with daughter Maria Gabriela Cardenas, who will direct the pic as her feature debut. The plot follows a tortured FBI agent suffering from an irrational fear of darkness, as he investigates a mysterious former prostitute in order to catch a vicious serial killer. Amy Williams (Mothers and Daughters) is producing the project, which also co-stars Trisha Rae Stahl (Fox’s Glee), Rebekah Kennedy (Netflix’s To the Bone), Jaime Gallagher (Know Your Enemy), Bella Shaw, Rob Evors (Project X), as well as Monte Markham (We Are Still Here) and Beverly Todd (The Bucket List). Filming is slated to begin next month in Los Angeles. Blair can currently be seen in Netflix’s #LostinSpace and will recur in Paramount Network’s #Heathers series, based on the 1988 cult classic film, which will debut this summer. Greene, an Oscar nominee for his role in Dances with Wolves, was recently seen in Wind River and Molly’s Game. Blair is repped by Gersh and Wishlab while Greene is repped by Greene & Associates Talent Agency. || LINK: http://deadline.com/2018/05/selma-blair-graham-greene-the-great-illusion-movie-1202396585/
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From the Inquisitor to the Baptist: The Evolution of John Seed - Masterpost
Part 1: Physical appearance, clothes, and tattoos (concept art, promotional content, and side material)
Part 2: Physical appearance, clothes, and tattoos (Far Cry 5)
Part 3: Personality and morals (concept art, promotional content, and side material)
Part 4: Personality and morals (Far Cry 5)
Part 5: Conclusion
Part 6: Sources, references, and further reading
#phew#it’s finally done#three years later…#I hope you enjoyed it :)#far cry 5#john seed#joseph seed#jacob seed#faith seed#the deputy#far cry absolution#mary may fairgrave#inside eden’s gate#rob evors#jon oswald#the book of joseph#joey hudson#sharky boshaw#nick rye#hurk drubman jr#kim rye#far cry new dawn#far cry 5 spoilers
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Behind-the-scenes photos for Inside Eden’s Gate (and more)
During my research for my post about the evolution of John Seed, I stumbled upon behind-the-scenes pictures for Inside Eden’s Gate, the Far Cry 5 “Anything Can Happen, Everything Will” live-action TV spot, and a few press events on Instagram.
I’ve already shared some of them, but if you’re interested, here’s everything I found :)
(This is just an overview - all the links are given below)
The photos were posted by:
Adam Dorsey (Jacob Seed): 1 (reposted from Greg Bryk; the original was deleted) - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
Alexis B. Santiago (Hannah): 1 - 2 - 3
Casey Lynn Stuckey (Makeup Artist): 1 (3 pictures) - 2 (2 pictures) - 3
Dan Hay (Executive Producer, Creative Director, and Writer on Far Cry 5): 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
Greg Bryk (Joseph Seed): 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 (10 pictures) - 5 (deleted picture; reposted on IMDb)
Jarrett Worley (Mark): 1 - 2 (reposted from Ezra Olson, Still Photographer; the original was deleted)
Mackenzie “Kenz” Lawrén Johnson (Faith Seed): 1 (8 pictures)
Nina Shyne Alviar (Makeup Department Head): 1
If you have other pictures, I (and many other people, I’m sure) would love to see them, so feel free to share your findings!
#far cry 5#inside eden’s gate#joseph seed#john seed#jacob seed#faith seed#adam dorsey#alexis b. santiago#alexis santiago#casey lynn stuckey#dan hay#greg bryk#jarrett worley#kenz lawrén#kenz lawren#nina shyne alviar#rob evors#kyle gallner#erin manker#ezra olson#I wanted to give all the links because I don’t like to just repost stuff#always cite your sources and give proper credit if you can#that’s why I have a problem with some people on pinterest...#I briefly went there during my research too and saw a few of my screenshots#as well as my 'shirtless john' edit and many drawings I recognized from tumblr#all reposted with zero credit#hey please stop doing that maybe?#it’s like when people simply write 'source: google images' or 'source: youtube' :’)#(and yeah I know greg unfortunately reposted uncredited art too in the 4th post I linked)
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From the Inquisitor to the Baptist: The Evolution of John Seed
Part 6: Sources, references, and further reading
(There are links under all the pictures in this post)
1: Concept art posted by Nick Arnett on Instagram
"Here is some more concept art I got to be in, that never made it."
https://www.instagram.com/p/BvwpicenXHg/
And many thanks to @minilev for originally sharing the picture on Tumblr here!
2: “Last-Supper-like” images
The first picture was used to promote the game, for example during E3 2017 where it was on display outside the Los Angeles Convention Center (it briefly appears in this video).
I couldn’t find who exactly made it, but you can see/download it in very high definition (12,500 x 2,000 pixels) here:
The second is the “Key Art”, made by an entire team (and some of the people below most likely also worked on the previous one):
Creative Director: Michael Hammond
Art Director: Brian Tippie
Lead Artist: Wil Wells
Assisting Artist: Camille Fache
Assisting Artist: One Pixel Brush - Shaddy Safadi, Matteo Marjoram
Character Art: Petur Arnorsson
Brand Management: Dilip Priyanath, Ann Hamilton, Bailey McAndrews, Thomas Seris
Project Management: Alicia Ruiz, Sam Nielsen
Authenticity Coordinator: Travis Getz
Reference photography: Ryan Flynn with Brick & Chrome
Additional work by Blur Studio (they usually make the CGI trailers), Helix, and Studio Mtl.
See/download it in HD (7,000 x 4,054 pixels) here:
3: AmCo Studio
See development sketches for the “Last-Supper-like” images here.
4: Fire Without Smoke
Find development sketches and details about the creation of the “Last-Supper-like” images here.
5: The symbols on John’s fingers
This mystery was finally solved in February 2022 by @commonant (deactivated account; if you see this, thank you) here!
6: “Taolennoù Ar Mission” by François-Marie Balanant
See the scans here on the website of the Bibliothèques de l’Université Rennes 2 (Libraries of the University of Rennes 2, France).
7: Seven deadly sins (Wikipedia)
The page that most likely inspired the developers a lot.
8: Infantry tattoo
An example by Garrett Tankersley (@tat2garrett) on Instagram:
"Infantry tattoo"
https://www.instagram.com/p/66MheiDlc8/
9: Old Far Cry 5 official website
Still visible thanks to the Wayback Machine here.
10: PlayAsia blog
They posted information about Far Cry 5 and its characters here. I still have no idea if the pictures are official or not...
11: Promotional picture for Far Cry Absolution
Posted on X (Twitter) by the Official Far Cry account here.
12: Inside Eden’s Gate
The short film is available for free on Ubisoft North America’s official YouTube channel here.
13: Rob Evors’ actual tattoo
Visible in this picture (the three letters on his left wrist):
14: John’s tattoos in Inside Eden’s Gate
Casey Lynn Stuckey’s Instagram post (3 pictures):
"Check out these sweet detail shots of the tattoos I hand painted on @foreversevors for Far Cry 5: Inside Eden’s Gate."
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf1q09eFJ1K/
And another Instagram post by Nina Shyne Alviar showing Casey Lynn and Sandra Stuckey painting tattoos on Rob Evors:
"My amazing MUFX/HMU team members Casey and Sandra, hand painting tats on Rob Sevors’ hands for his role as John Seed in Far Cry 5: Inside Edens Gate! Casey did it the first time all on her own, carefully matching the designs to the gameplay. Have you seen it yet? On Amazon Prime Video right now. And the game is out on 3/27."
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgeuadJnNHj/
15: “Anything Can Happen, Everything Will” live-action TV spot
Watch it on Ubisoft North America’s official YouTube channel here.
16: Jon Oswald’s Instagram post about the Far Cry 5 TV spot
"New Far Cry commercial out today! Keep your eye out for me at the end. I'm the asshole in the GUCCI TRENCH COAT."
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgRoavQhgcP/
17: Kenz Lawrén’s Instagram post about Inside Eden’s Gate and the TV spot (8 pictures)
"✨✨ I am so excited to announce the release of The FarCry5 short film: EDEN’S GATE on amazon prime!! ✨✨I had such an awesome time shooting in Montana and just wanted to take a moment to thank the production, the cast and the fans of Far Cry for all their love and support."
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgpYTCojq7x/
18: Jon Oswald’s tattoos
In this picture (right wrist):
And this one (dog on his left forearm):
19: Storyboards for the TV spot
Drawn by Anthony Winn and shared on ArtStation.
20: The Book of Joseph
Rare promotional item given as a pre-order bonus for Far Cry 5. It’s never been available for sale (officially) but you can find several options to read it in this post.
21: “Far Cry 5: Why John Seed Is Your Charmingly Deadly Enemy”
Watch the video on IGN’s YouTube channel here.
22: John’s “You have been Marked” video
The source file (which doesn’t have sound) of the final in-game version was extracted by @hopecountyradio here.
As for the audio, you can go here to listen to John only, here for the background noise and voices, and here for the original, full version of the music.
23: “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” concept art
The artwork was based on a painting by Viktor Vasnetsov (1887). It’s official but I don’t know the name of the artist(s).
Find it in HD (5,000 x 2,672 pixels) here:
24: Official screenshot(s)
Created by Screenshot Artist Jayden Bell and posted on ArtStation.
There are more here, here, and here.
25: Poster
Official picture you can find here (3,276 x 3,276 pixels), for example. I don’t know the artist(s) who created it.
26: “John Seed - The Inquisitor | Character Spotlight”
Watch this trailer on Ubisoft’s official YouTube channel here.
27: John’s vest
Its secret was exposed by @inafieldofdaisies here. Again, great find!
28: John’s 3D model and textures
They were extracted by HeliosAl and are available for download on DeviantArt here and here.
29: John and Sloth
Just in case anyone is interested, I posted my opinion and analysis here back in September 2020.
30: Pictures in the Holmes Residence
Extracted by @vls-gamingscrapbook here.
31: Seed family portrait
Extracted by @vls-gamingscrapbook here.
32: Picture in Dutch’s bunker
Extracted by @vls-gamingscrapbook here, as well as the source files for the poster and billboard (even though the images included in my post were my screenshots).
33: Journal image (The Confession)
Found on the Far Cry Wiki, but made by Graphic Designer David Bouchard-Gagnon.
34: Early version of the “You have been Marked” TV broadcast
The video I posted was recorded in my game, but the source file was also uploaded by @vls-gamingscrapbook here.
35: Pictures from the deleted in-game encyclopedia
Extracted and posted by @xbaebsae here.
36: Render
The picture I posted was my screenshot, but you can find the full, original render here (3,840 x 4,937 pixels):
37: Early icons
Extracted by @vls-gamingscrapbook here.
38: “Seeking Absolution - Interview with Urban Waite”
Watch the video on Ubisoft North America’s official YouTube channel here.
39: Holly in Far Cry 5
NPC line about Holly Pepper:
I remember a girl named Holly used to live here with her girlfriend Charlie. They were the first people I knew to join Eden's Gate.
You can hear it in the game.
40: Drew Holmes interview
It was deleted so the link doesn’t work, but you could read it here:
https://www.gamecrate.com/far-cry-5-lead-writer-villains-cults-and-crafting-story/18396
I posted a screenshot of it here in September 2018.
41: “Far Cry 5 - Inside the intro sequence”
Watch the video on Ubisoft UK’s official YouTube channel here.
An article about it was also published on the now-deleted UbiBlog here (retrieved thanks to the Wayback Machine again).
42: oasisstrings
Available either here (website by Steve Botter a.k.a. Steve64b) or on the Far Cry Wiki here and here (subtitles).
43: John’s deleted lines
Listen to them here on @voices-of-hope-county.
44: Hudson’s comment about John
Posted here by @oh-the-bliss.
45: Seed Ranch concept art
I sadly don’t know who the artist is, but you can find it here (1,398 x 845 pixels):
46: Tennis courts?
Listen to Sharky and Nick talk about John’s tennis courts (which don’t exist in the game) here on @voices-of-hope-county.
I tried to trigger Nick’s comment in the game but couldn’t, so it may have been cut, but Sharky’s line still exists.
47: Seed Ranch
Picture by Environment Artist Brian Harries found on ArtStation.
48: John’s “sex room”
I tried to find more information about this mysterious room here.
49: Survivor’s comment in New Dawn
Find it in oasisstrings here. I know it’s in the game because someone recorded it once, but I couldn’t find the post...
50: Cultists’ lines at Seed Ranch
I recorded two videos and posted them here and here. The comment about John being so busy he barely goes to the ranch is in the second one.
51: “Your Question”
John’s letter for a cultist named Terry. See the screenshot of the complete answer on the Far Cry Wiki:
52: John and Mary May’s secrets
This was originally discovered by @xbaebsae in this great post I recommend reading if you like early/deleted content!
53: Abandoned storylines
Listen to three outdated lines here on @voices-of-hope-county.
54: Kim’s deleted line about John
Listen to it here on @voices-of-hope-county.
55: Joseph’s eulogy for John
Listen to the audio here on @voices-of-hope-county.
56: Joseph’s message for John at Seed Ranch
Listen to it here on @voices-of-hope-county.
#far cry 5#john seed#joseph seed#jacob seed#faith seed#far cry absolution#inside eden’s gate#rob evors#jon oswald#the book of joseph#joey hudson#sharky boshaw#nick rye#far cry new dawn#mary may fairgrave#kim rye#far cry 5 spoilers
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fc5 fandom really does rob evors dirty and i hate to see the slander when actually he did really well and looked the part
the only thing was he just didn’t have a lot of lines so
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I don't know if anyone's already asked, but who would you have as a face claim for John Seed?
well rob evors was actually spot on imo but the fandom is mean about it but i thought he was perfect
then there’s adam cole who’s basically irl john
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@thotsgate replied to your post “rob evors as john seed makes me wanna [redacted]”
*googles how to delete someone elses post*
HOT
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