It's never easy to survive a zombie apocalypse. Sometimes the only moral compass that works is kill or be killed. As a tough, rugged survivor with only a few ethical lines to cross, former outlaw biker Deacon St. John of Days Gone has made some split-second decision he's not proud of.
From the moment when he put a woman out of her misery to when he killed a fellow survivor, Deacon has done so many things he wishes he could forget.
9 Left Boozer In The Middle Of A Mountain Injured
At the very start of the game, Deacon was forced to leave his 'brother,' Boozer, at the Forest Service watchtower in the middle of the O'Leary Mountain after the latter was fighting off the infection caused by the Rippers' torture. At the very least, Deacon should've settled with a nearby camp until Boozer felt better. Leaving your brother alone while he hallucinates & shivers almost every night is never a good thing.
8 Pinned Down Carlos & Removes His Tattoos
During his days with the Mongrels Motorcycle Club, Deacon had a run-in with a fellow MC biker named Jessie Williamson for an unknown crime. Jack, the MC's president, forcefully removed Jessie's tattoos with a blow torch while Deek and Boozer pinned him down.
Even though Jessie might have done something terrible, pinning a man down and removing his tattoos with a blow torch is over the line. Deacon regretted such action; hence he's never told Sarah about it.
7 Went Nomad From His MC
Before the events of the game, Deacon went 'nomad' from the MC, cutting down his time with the club to be with Sarah. The two later married, with Boozer being the only one in attendance because of Deek's nomad situation and Sarah's parents not approving them. The Mongrels Motorcycle Club was everything Deacon ever knew ever since he left the military, so why did he drop it for someone he had just met? That's pure nonsense.
6 Killed A Survivor While Trying To Save Sarah
At the start of the outbreak, Deacon and Boozer tried to help Sarah get the treatment she needed. They tried to make their way to the nearest evacuation center by cutting through the city through a building.
In that building, Deacon met an armed, unhinged man who had just lost his wife. Freaking out, Deacon tried to knock some sense into the man before the latter ended up trying to shoot him, resulting in Deacon killing him.
5 Burned Down The Historic Church Where He Got Married
After that night, Deacon and Boozer parted ways with Sarah, only to find the refugee camp she was at being ambushed. The two concluded that Sarah might not make it through the night.
Two years later, Deacon went on a journey to find Sarah through his connection to a NEUROscientist, O'Brien. It eventually met with a disappointment, and on the verge of giving up on the quest, Deek went to the historical church he & Sarah got married and burned it to symbolize him completely letting her go.
4 Took Lisa To Ada Tucker's Camp
Deek met Lisa when he was running for Ada's Hot Spring camp and was tasked to bring more people. After sending Lisa to Hot Spring, Ada forced her to work for an insane amount of hours, especially for a little teen like her.
Knowing that Ada was such a megalomaniac & iron-handed leader who runs her camp by enslaving people, Deacon should have never sent Lisa there. Iron Mike's Camp would be a better environment for Lisa, even though she ended up running with the Rippers later.
3 Killed A Woman Who Had Just Been Tortured
When Deacon and Skizzo were on a mission to scout the Rippers, the two met a woman who had just been tortured by them. Despite Skizzo's discouragement, Deek insisted on helping the lady until he found out that her legs were already broken & she'd only slow them down. Knowing that there was nothing he could do, Deek cut her oxygen supply.
2 Drowned The Entire Rippers & Their Settlement
After a run-in with the Rippers that cost him the lives of Iron Mike Camp's habitants, Deacon and Boozer went on a suicide mission to blow the dam and drown them while still unaware. That's purely a frivolous and evil thing to do. Yes, the Rippers might have killed fellow Drifters and survivors, but drowning their settlement, where innocent and unharming Rippers live, just doesn't sit right.
1 Killed Wade By Overdosing Him
After finding Wade's hideout, Deacon wanted for justice the camp. Wade begged for his life, hoping that Deek would not take him. Deek looked Wade in his eyes & found nothing but pity, and he put him to sleep forever by intentionally overdosing him.