The siblings were placed into foster care. Afterwards, when his father started beating John too, the teachers in the school took notice of his scars, alerted the authorities, and the Seed family was separated. He may actually have some sort of supernatural powers, as is shown with his prediction of the nuclear explosion (although he may have been at fault) and his quote "sometimes it's best to leave well enough alone" in the secret ending, which was a direct quote from Whitehorse while approaching in the helicopter.Īccording to The Book of Joseph, Joseph first heard from the Voice while he was being beaten by his father for reading a Spider-Man comic. He is calm in dire situations, and is very charismatic, leading to his rise to power, convincing numerous people to join him. In this sense, one could claim that Joseph Seed has plenty of empathy, albeit very misplaced empathy. He is also shown to have some measure of humanity, as he breaks down emotionally following the death of his entire family, and the actor Greg Bryk has himself stated that one of the primary aspects he channeled into the character was empathy. Despite this, he has shown mercy on the player numerous times, even after the player kills his entire family, even offering them the chance to walk away. Joseph is shown to be a psychopath, having no problem killing, torturing and looting to advance his project. His goal is to protect his followers, or "children" from the coming end and lead them to "Eden's gate." Seed truly believes that he was chosen by God and that he was told of the coming end of the world.