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While at the lakeside tracking a problem bear Henry recovers a notepad left behind by Ned detailing the conversation he and Delilah had the night before, only for Ned to knock Henry unconscious after luring him with the sound of an old radio and stealing both items back. Ned then would cause more trouble by cutting the communication line north of the canyon and planting several beer cans and other evidence implicating the two teenage girls of the crime, leading Henry to their camp with a trail of litter, (After having destroyed the campsite leading the girls to flee believing Henry responsible) and planting Henry's sheets making him believe the Girls responsible for the break in as well.ĭuring all this Ned would be using equipment stolen from the Wapiti Meadow research station to monitor Henry and Delilah's radio conversation taking numerous notes and making numerous logs which he would later plant at the station.
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It is believed that while Henry was returning Ned broke into the Two Forks tower, stealing several items and throwing Henry's typewriter out the window. Ned is first seen as a shadowed figure shining a light down at Henry when he returns from the lake after exiting the cave in Thunder Canyon.
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Rather than return home and endure the questions and ordeal of a funeral, Ned fled into the wilderness, leaving no trace of where he'd gone.Īt some point afterward, he would set up a base camp of sorts in the old bunker, salvaging or stealing whatever he needed to get by.Īt some unknown point Ned stole the key to the access gate inside the Cave 452, locking it off from the public to prevent Brian's body from being discovered. It was during one of these lessons that Brian would fall to his death in Cave 452 after one of his climbing anchors came loose.
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He would attempt to teach Brian about rappelling and mountaineering despite his son having no interest in the activity. Three years prior to Henry joining the fire watch Ned took a job with the forest service and was stationed at the Two Forks Tower, bringing his son Brian along despite it being against regulation. Prior to joining the fire watch he had a son named Brian whom he seemed to have a strained relationship with. It was stated by Delilah that before Ned worked for the forest service he was a member of the United States Army where he received his training in electrical communications and was eventually discharged possibly due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It is believed he was the one who wrecked Henry's lookout tower because he blames his son's death on the crew. He had a good relationship with his son and described him as a "bright child". Henry later comes across Ned's bunker, abandoned due to the fire that Ned had previously set. Later in the story, it is discovered that the character is Ned, an old firewatch lookout just like Henry who has been living in the woods ever since the death of his son, Brian Goodwin. It is suggested that either this character or the Teenage Girls are responsible for breaking into and wrecking the station. At first known as "The Figure," he is initially an unknown character in Firewatch that was spotted on the way back to the Lookout Station on Day One.