Falloutis a series that has existed since the 1990s, created by the now-defunct Interplay Entertainment. The premise of Fallout has always been about surviving the wasteland 200 years after nuclear bombs fall in a futuristic, 1950s-cultured America. Many Americans were able to survive the atomic fallout through the use of Vaults, huge communities housed in underground bunkers created bythe company Vault-Tec.
While some Americans lived in these Vaults for over 200 years, the mainland went to hell as the land and water became radiated while humans and animals became mutated. Once radiation levels had stabilized, people from the vaults began to emerge to reclaim and repopulate America. These Vault Dwellers stick out as they have to learn the rules in the post-apocalyptic world, usually becoming the protagonist of each entry in Fallout. We will take a look at the strongest heroes' fallout has to offer.
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Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel
The Brotherhood of Steel is one of the many factions in the wastelands that work as militia groups. It was founded by Captain Roger Maxon, a former United States Army Officer, to aid survivors from the fallout and safeguard technology. In Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel, we follow Cyrus, a Brotherhood of Steel initiate.
Cyrus grew up in a farming community, which gave him thick skin as he dealt with radiated animals and raiders. He has a large and muscular build and can handle a variety of weapons, but his most skilled use is melee weapons.
Fallout (TV Series)
In Amazon’s Fallout, Lucy MacLean starts as a citizen in Vault 33, where she is ignorant of the surface. Her only knowledge of the outside world resides in stories and books. After her vault is infiltrated and her father is kidnapped by Raiders, it’s up to her to step out of her vault in search of him.
Throughout her journey, Lucy is faced with the harsh reality that the surface harbors many horrors she could not have imagined. She eventually takes arms, ignoring the many residents of the wasteland who discourage her. Eventually, she carves a reputation for herself, fighting alongside the Brotherhood of Steel, turning against her corrupt father, and traveling with a notorious mercenary named The Ghoul.
Fallout: Tactics
Another initiative for the Brotherhood of Steel, The Warrior proves to be one of the Brotherhood of Steel’s valued recruits. They carry out missions as they protect the settlements around the Chicago area from Raiders and Supermutants who terrorize its inhabitants.
In Fallout: Tactics, The Warrior quickly rises in the ranks of the Brotherhood, where they impress General Simon Barnaky, eventually becoming the new general. They cleared out most of the factions and organizations that caused chaos, such as the Beastlords, Supermutants, and Robots.
Fallout (TV series)
Maximus is another protagonist found in Amazon’s Fallout. Maximus begins his journey training in a Brotherhood of Steel camp, where the initiates must prove themselves to be worthy of becoming a Squire for a Knight. Found by the Brotherhood as a child after his hometown, Shady Sands, was nuked, he now devotes his life to the cause.
A surface dweller through and through, Maximus is used to seeing the horrors of the wasteland. This prepared him better for facing its challenges, either through humans or monsters. As a member of the Brotherhood, he is able to use a variety of weapons and combat skills.
Fallout 3
Fallout 3’s Lone Wanderer is the first protagonist we meet as a baby and grow up with. Once they turn 19 years old, they are off to figure out why their father, a doctor, abandoned Vault 101 as they escape their native vault due to their banishment.
Throughout their journey, they save the town of Megaton from a suspended nuke and save their native vault from a civil war. Their legend is told through the wasteland as survival guides written by Moira Brown, which have continued years later into Fallout 4.
Fallout 76
They are a member of Vault 76 from one of the first groups to be let out of the vault for Reclamation Day, a day when the levels of radiation have stabilized to repopulate the surface. While being among the first to explore the wasteland 25 years after the war. This makes them ignorant and ill-prepared to handle the post-apocalyptic world.
Despite their lack of knowledge of the new world, the 76ers' strength is in their numbers. As a group, they manage to create settlements and destroy a plague caused by a devilish creature called the Scorchbeast Queen.
Fallout: New Vegas
The Courier is another resident of the waste who is an active traveler and messenger throughout New California. One day, while delivering a parcel containing the Platinum Chip, a powerful storage device that is able to control super computers, Courier Six is captured and shot in the head by a New Vegas crime boss, Benny.
Miraculously surviving and becoming stronger, the Courier continues his journey through the Mojave to find Benny and the Platinum Chip. Their sheer will grants them the ability to push forward, escaping death.
Fallout
In Fallout, an unlucky fellow who drew the short straw, The Vault Dweller, was pushed out of Vault 13 by The Overseer to find a water purification ship as the Vault’s had malfunctioned. With only the location of Vault 15 and the possibility of finding a new chip, he sets off and faces the harsh elements of California’s wasteland.
With all odds stacked against him, the Vault Dweller manages to adapt to the wastes as he destroys raider groups, kills off the Super Mutants, and finally finds the water chip. Happily returning to his Vault, he is congratulated by the Overseer but immediately exiled. After some time, he accepts his fate, and a few Vault 13 residents follow him. They travel to the mountains of Oregon and begin a new settlement in Arroyo.
Fallout 4
Nate, the Sole Survivor of Fallout 4, starts off his journey right before the bombs fall in the year 2077. Nate is skilled at fighting in wars as he is a retired U.S. Army veteran who settled with his wife and newborn son, Shaun. After entering a newly enrolled Vault 111, the three are immediately thrust inside as the bombs begin to fall on America and put into a cryogenic sleep.
Years pass as they sleep until Nate is awakened prematurely as his wife is murdered and Shaun is abducted before being put back asleep. In 2287, Nate is the sole survivor of Vault 111 and promises his deceased wife to venture out to find his son.
Fallout 2
Continuing off Fallout, Fallout 2’s Chosen One was conditioned and trained from birth to be the savior of the wasteland. He is the grandson of The Vault Dweller, who settled in Arroyo. This tribe is filled with villagers able to farm and defend themselves.
As their Champion, the Chosen One is sent into the wasteland to find a Garden of Eden Creation kit that is able to revive crops and continue to thrive despite being radiated. On his journey, he kills more raiders, expands the New California Republic’s reach, and takes down most of a shadow government that existed before the war, The Enclave.
