Disclaimer: I do not own Fear Street.
A retelling of the Fear Family History, sorry if it's a bit misconstrued.
At the beginning of A.D., a Celtic warrior named Fieran created an amulet of dark power, a silver disc with five blue jewels behind held by a silver claw. On it the words Dominito Per Malum, Power Through Evil, were inscribed. Fieran planned to use this dark power to get revenge on his enemy, Conan, for casting him out of their tribe. When Fieran finally brought Conan down, Fieran's lover, Brianna, struck him down. She flaunted the power he had brought into the world, and told him she was going to have a child. A child she would name Fier.
That amulet has been in the world as long as the Fear Family, and will only be destroyed when the family dies.
In Wickham Village in the year 1692, magistrate Benjamin Fier condemned an innocent girl, Susannah Goode, and her mother Martha, to burn at the stake for the crime of witchcraft. He then fled town with his brother, judge Matthew Fier, and his son, Edward, after they stole whatever they could.
As Susannah and her mother were innocent of their crimes, her father William was not. He swore a curse on the Fier Family, a never-ending rivalry with the Goodes which followed them down throughout the next centuries.
"My hatred will live for generations. The fire that burned today will not be quenched-until revenge is mine and the Fiers burn in the fire of my curse!"
William managed to catch up with Benjamin and Matthew years later, when the two now had a large and prosperous family, and systematically brought it down to Edward, his son Ezra, and Matthew's daughter Mary of frail mental health.
Years later, Ezra murdered his son Jonathan's would-be bride Delilah, and her father, at the altar, after they claimed they were Goodes to gain status. Ezra died in a confrontation with Jonathan, and he had to bury and his father's ashes, and the amulet, in a metal box far away from the town.
A hundred years passed, and Simon Fier learned about the curse too late, when a Goode led to the deaths of his parents and his sister. Simon thought that if he changed the spelling of his name from F-I-E-R to F-E-A-R, he could avoid that fate. But Simon turned out like so many other members of his family, evil and cruel, and married an equally wicked woman of New Orleans named Angelica Pierce, who had powers of their own. They had five children, three boys and two girls, and they moved from Louisiana to the town of Shadyside, where they became a prominent and well known family.
But vengeance reared it's ugly head, and Julia, one of Simon's daughters, attempted to murder her sister Hannah out of jealousy. Hannah was forced to murder her sister in self defense, burying her alive. Tragically, Simon learned too late that one of his servants, a woman named Lucy, was a Goode. Simon mistook his daughter for Lucy and killed her. This shattered both their minds, and the two became recluses. Stories began to circulate about the events that took place, misconceptions.
Not ever Fier has been evil, mind you. Margarete Fier, David Fier, Emma Fier Reade, Luke and Leah Fier, all innocents. Some of who, like Margarete and her lover Peter Sturdevant, went to live fully, happy lives.
Timothy Fier even went as far as to protect his nanny, Gretchen, from his insane brother Andrew and the ghost of their dead mother. Gretchen became his stepmother, but Andrew was not done, and years later he managed to murder Timothy.
There has been talk that Sarah Fear was the starting point of a curse that has been bothering the Shadyside Cheerleaders, an evil spirit which possesses and kills. Lies. Sarah Fear was actually Jane Fear, Sarah's friend, and the woman who was going to be Sarah Fear died and came back as an angry spirit. Sarah and Jane switched places so Sarah could escape an arranged marriage.
Finally, Daniel Fear, a grandson of Simon and Angelica by their son Joseph, fell in love with Nora Goode. A modern Romeo and Juliet in the year 1900, the two eloped, and Daniel announced his marriage during his grandfather's birthday. Angered, Simon rose from his wheelchair and knocked over his birthday cake, the candles starting a fire which spread to the entire house.
Some have been victimes of circumstance.
Jake Fier was swindled out of everything he owned by a temptress named Cassandra Ryan, but he became an angry spirit who took vengeance on those who cheated and lied and tricked others.
Jamie Fier sold his soul for power in order to get revenge on Lucien Goode and his family, his daughters Laura and Amanda, for the deaths of his mother and father.
Nicholas Fear became evil himself, biding his time to strike against his wife Ruth, who murdered the love of his life, Rosalyn. He waited until their son, Robin, was born. Robin used magic to keep himself young for seventy years to make sure that the amusement park built on his father's land, would never open without tragedy, and to vex the family that swindled the land from his father in the first place.
Some have always been evil.
Tyler Fier swore revenge on his lover, Savannah Gentry, when she chose the South over him during the Civil War. When the war ended, he whisked Savannah and her sister Victoria to his home in Massachusetts, a foreboding place called Blackrose Manor for the many black rose plants that grew around the estate. It was there that he tortured Savannah, revealing he died in the battle of Gettysburg, and killed her brother and her sister to feed and keep himself alive. When Tyler reverted to his state of death, Savannah realized she was trapped in Blackrose Manor, and died a lonely, bitter old woman.
Justin Fier discovered the secret to immortality through Egyptian texts. By draining the blood and life out of a beautiful young woman, he could keep himself alive forever. He murdered his best friend, Horatio, to get to his fiance, but she scarred herself to prevent him from using her. Justin married four times between the 18th and 19th Century, Felicity, Alexandra, Hermione, and Katerina. It wasn't until he tried it again on Madeline Simms that he picked the wrong target, and Madeline was his downfall.
And then there are the victims of the family. Like Carolyn Brown, Eleanor Rawlins, Amy Burke, and so on.
Amy Pierce stayed with her cousin Angelica in New Orleans for a time, when she learned Angelica planned to indoctrine her in the black magic their family was so fond of.
Elizabeth Nelson was scarred for life by menatlly-damaged Peter Gustavson, a Fier on his mother's side, and an artist who drained the life from his subjects to make his wax sculptors exquisite. Some of his victims included his best friend, Patrick Granger, Elizabeth's brother Thomas, and her best friend Margaret.
Mia Saxton narrowly survived an encounter with a coven of girls who discovered Emma Reade's spellbook and used it for their own selfish needs. Mia used the power they channeled to defeat them, and lived the rest of her life with the power inside her.
And so, for centuries the Fear Family has suffered through betrayal and heartbreak, and there are so few that have lived their lives without a malicious ending. But the Curse of the Fears can spread out to the thinnest branch of the family tree, and taint everything with it's touch.
