Frank Appleton
Frank Appleton is an interesting man. Hard working, stern, family-focused (as long as he doesn’t have to include his sister Wendy), and an all-around good person. He is well-known in his town, and is part of the Appleton family which apparently carries some weight in his parts. Like his sister, he is unafraid of speaking his mind throughout your interactions with him in Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture.
He is alone. It was his wife whose passing Father Jeremy assisted with, and he misses her dearly. He is a tough man, but one who is fair and caring (again, as long as it has nothing to do with his sister). It was never really clear why he and his sister don’t get along, but throughout the game you’ll hear it said to him, Wendy, and even brought up to Father Jeremy. A falling out left them distant, but the end of the world seems to change things for some.
If you’ve noticed a pattern here, every character had something to overcome. For Frank it was anger, and the anger wasn’t toward his sister. He was angry at himself. The man who people saw as strong and respectable became a coward when Mary was dying because he couldn’t face it, he couldn’t face her. He took that out on others so he didn’t have to look inward.
In the end he understands, after there is nobody else to blame he finally sees himself and the light. And as the bombs fall from the sky, he finds peace, and Mary.
