Father Bernard

Father Bernard is a supporting character in Don't Escape 2. Once a priest, his trust in God was broken by the horrors of the apocalypse and he has since lost his will to live. Like Jeremy, he can be recruited by the player.

Don't Escape 2
Father Bernard is encountered in his church, sat inside a confessional stall. When spoken to, he will voice his newfound nihilistic worldview and ask the Survivor to leave him to die. The player can restore his faith by showing him a photograph of a child's hopeful drawing about a safe haven. If done, this convinces Bernard to continue searching for meaning and he will join the Survivor's party. Like Jeremy, he can reduce the amount of time it takes to set up defenses against the zombies, subtracting up to 45 minutes off the normal workload. If the zombies get into the Base and you don't have the gun or are out of bullets, Father Bernard will sacrifice himself and shield the Survivor from 10 zombies with his own body, who devour him instead.

Father Bernard can also be shot in the leg at the Base and placed inside the hole in the yard, distracting 15 zombies, now preoccupied with eating Bernard alive.