It’s the bastard that ruined us.
Mr. Finch is a wheat farmer whose property is infected by a stray god. He is questioned by Hayward, who describes him as looking old, and shorter than himself by a foot.
| ATTENTION: SPOILERS AHEAD! Beyond this point, major plot spoilers are expected. Continue at your own risk. |
Personality[]
Finch is nervous and taken off guard. He tries to be threatening, but cannot follow through on it. He is decisive, and follows through on his plan to run into the Hollow. He has questionable morals.[1]
Background[]
Mr. Finch was married, with a husband, who has left him. He worships Sweet Jolly Crunchtooth and his husband had a shrine to The Flush Divine in their bathroom.
The Finch's accidentally called forward a God of Hunger in the form of a dead patch of earth in their fields. They called it The Hollow.
Finch's husband came up with a way to keep The Hollow at bay by "feeding" it rabbits. He kept hundreds of them in the basement of a cabin on the edge of the Hollow's influence, where they died slowly and painfully from hunger, eventually resorting to cannibalism, before they were replaced.
When trespassers wandered into their field, ignoring the "Keep out" signs and into the Hollow's domain, all but one died from sudden, incapacitating starvation, After this event, the Finches noticed the Hollow's area of influence receded, as if it was satiated.
Unwilling to face the loss of his husband and overwhelmed by keeping the Hollow at bay on his own, Finch commits suicide by walking into the Hollow, despite Hayward's attempts to save him.[1]
Episode Appearances[]
| Chapters | Synopsis |
|---|---|
| Chapter 3: Then I'll Speak of Champions | Hayward is called out to a farm and meets Mr Finch. Finch lures him into his wheat field, confesses to the false-faith on the property and flees into the Hollow to escape from Hayward. |
Connections[]
- Harold was Finch's husband. He left him due to his plan to remove the 'Keep Out' signs from his property and allow trespassers to succumb to the Hollow.[1]
Trivia[]
- Hayward thinks about Finch's death and how he could have prevented it with regret, constantly.[2]