| “ | Get the hell outta here... Go on, beat it, you lousy no-good brats... Come back when your fuckin' mother comes home from work... | ” |
— Mr. Sheppard to his sons | ||
Mr. Sheppard is the alcoholic father of Scott and John Sheppard, the husband of Ann Sheppard, and the overarching antagonist of Heavy Rain.
In "Twins," John and his brother are aggressively driven out of their trailer home. John and his brother play games so they won't be bored, such as exploring a construction site and then later playing hide-and-seek. Eventually, John's brother begins counting for hide-and-seek, during which he finds John stuck in an open water pipe that is rapidly filling with rainwater. John's brother goes to Mr. Sheppard and begs him to save John, but he refuses, drunkenly saying that John's death will mean "one less greedy mouth to feed." It is this trauma that causes John's brother to become the Origami Killer and inspires his MO: kidnapping a 9- to 13-year-old boy, then putting that boy's father through a series of trials to see if he is willing and able to save his son from drowning.
Madison Paige and the killer mention him in "Killer's Place," and Ethan Mars will be told about him in "The Old Warehouse."
It's unknown what happened to him after John Sheppard's death, but he is never seen again after the flashback.
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- Mr. Sheppard is never definitively proven to be dead or alive when the events of Heavy Rain take place (2009-2011). However, since he is shown to be a heavy drinker and would probably be in his 70s at that time, it is likely that he died of alcohol-related health problems prior to the beginning of the game.