The Lone Wanderer

"The Lone Wanderer was a young man from Vault 101, growing up believing he was born there... Not knowing he was born out there in the Capital Wasteland, at the Jefferson Memorial building there. His parents were James Lincoln and Catherine Halsey Lincoln, from what I've heard I believe they were Followers who came to the Capital Wasteland after hearing the horrors of that Wasteland, if you believed the Mojave Wasteland or the West Coast was bad then you should have seen what it was like growing up in a place like there, at least here there's civilization, there was hardly any of that at DC, just survival through all the death and chaos. His parents wanted to do something about it, the water was horrible to the point clean water was treated like gold, so their plan was Project Purity, built on the hope to bring fresh clean water to the Capital Wasteland, to help it heal... But Catherine died when she gave birth to their child, James from I've gathered was heart broken, it left him hollow, so his goals instead turn to safety of his child and he took him to Vault 101. Not sure what he did to convince them let them in but they did and the Wanderer grew up believing he was born down there... That was until his father left the Vault, to try restart the Project again, I can only guess the lingering regrets ate away at him until he decided he was gonna do he feels must be done. But he didn't count on his son following him out of the Vault and into the Capital Wasteland. He never wanted to harm people, never wanted to kill, he wanted be a doctor like his father and mother but the Capital Wasteland always takes something of your's, always does and in this case his innocence. Still, it never stopped his desire to help, it seemed almost despite every horrible thing he ever saw in the Wasteland, it never stopped his desires in trying make the Capital Wasteland into safer place, much like you though he ended up gathering friends along the way." He takes a puff of smoke from his cigar before continuing.

"There was Jericho, an old Raider who decided to have one last adventure and excitement, he was a asshole but loyal despite what you would assume of him, I think the Wanderer changed something about him when he traveled with him. There was Dogmeat, yeah silly name and ironic considering the Vault Dweller had a dog name that but that dog followed him everywhere he went and never left his side, bet ya it's still with him even after all these years. Clover the freed slave was a mindbroken slave that Lone Wanderer freed, the slavers at Paradise Falls did horrible things to him, things that only proves slavers are the scum of the Earth, but I think her time with the Wanderer helped heal her mind and by time I met her, I saw a aggressive and kinda insane but loyal and has caring side of herself to those she cares, she was kinda what I imagine be like have a sister now I think about it. Charon was probably his most loyal friend, tallest Ghoul and probably most dangerous one I ever met in my life and I've still yet meet one who is, he was gruff, quiet, never talked all that much.. But he was one of closeness things I had to a father after my was killed by Talon Company, he taught a lot what is to survive Wasteland like my parents, I firmly suspect he was former military before the war, I think he liked that I never try prey into his past... I miss him. Sergeant RL-3 and I never got along, he was Mr Gutsy robot from what I guessed fought in the war, he was also one of the meanest and nastiest one I ever met, he was lot like drill sergeant who likes getting into your face and always calls ya what he see's at you, I still remember the arguments we got in, still he followed the Wanderer like a loyal soldier and proven himself very dependable when it was needed. And there was Sydney, you remind me lot of her actually and she was practically like a sister to me, very independent mercenary and treasure hunter, dug up relics of the past and sell them to who can buy them, no matter the risk or danger she always took it... She was very close to the Wanderer, they were together by the time I met up with them again. Paladin Star Cross herself was actual a friend of his father, she was probably one of the most noble of Brotherhood soldiers you can possibly imagine, she wasn't a zealot or anything you expect from the Brotherhood, Elder Lyons ran his Chapter very differently from the West Coast and she was what you could imagine a Medieval Knight being like, she was very outspoken about ideals of justice, honor, compassion, I remember how she acted around the Wanderer, I think she treated him like a son almost. And then there was Butch, if you were met him you probably think he was copying cat the Kings, he was punk, try act like a gangster sometimes but I think something in Capital Wasteland changed him, I think he started almost see what Wanderer saw, just not in the way he did though, he still wanted do his own thing but he didn't fully oppose helping people, last I heard from him he started his own gang, the Tunnel Snakes, their lot like East Coast version of the Kings. And finally there was Fawkes, a Super Mutant from Vault 87 and was an outsider of the others, Super Mutants at East Coast are far more aggressive, violent, and stupider then ones here in West Coast but Fawkes was nothing like them, he was highly intelligent, companionable, love reading books, learning the past, he was inspired by famous people of history, I guess you can say he play an influence in my own interest in history. They all followed him to everywhere he went, all but few places like that cursed hellhole, the Pit, a past of disease and death, the Mothership Zeta where he was kidnapped by aliens of all things, don't believe me? Well you don't have to but it happened. And... Point Lookout, that place was hell on Earth, a nightmarish place that I still have nightmares of, trust me when I say that." He paused for a moment, as if remembering something.


"Anyway. The Lone Wanderer and his companions found me in the ruins of DC, they saved my life from Talon Company were just about to kill me, they helped me found a home in a town call Megaton, I grew inspired everytime I heard of him on the radio of his adventures and he's deeds in the Wasteland. But it didn't mean there wasn't moments where it pushed him to the limits, he eventually did found his father and they both try restart his mother's dream of Project Purity but... That was when the Enclave arrived and made their return, people died that day, including James. From what I've heard from his companions, it looked as if a part of him died that day and when I met, he just wasn't quite the same as I saw him last. He still wanted help people, wanted make the Wasteland into a safer place but he was bit more colder, more ruthless even on those who prey on the innocent, one moment he can be kind and gentle and the next moment he could turn into a killing machine who'll kill anyone who stood in his way, saw it once and it reminded me lot of when I looked to my father, just without the enjoyment he often display when hunting. He... Helped me understand though, what revenge only brings, emptiness, he assisted me in finding the very man who lead the attack on my home settlement, killed my parents, my friends, neighbors, everyone I ever knew there, but all we found was a broken man who was drinking himself to death... He wanted me to kill him, wanted it all to end... I did his wish. After I killed him, the Wanderer grabbed me close, I didn't felt anything good that day, just... Emptiness, it was all over, they were all avenged yes but that was it though, nothing was felt. He asked me if I felt any good, I answered no, I didn't quite know what I was feeling that day. He only said "Good. Remember that feeling, seek justice John, not revenge, all vengeance does is just brings more harm then good." That day was last time I saw the Lone Wanderer, I had left for Point Lookout soon after. After I came back from that hellish place, I had learned the Lone Wanderer disappeared, he was just... Gone, no one knew where he went, he disappeared after the Battle of Adams Air Field base where the Enclave was finally defeated by the Brotherhood of Steel and by him. I asked everyone who knew him, his friends, his companions, the people he fought besides, even his two lovers, Sydney and Sarah Lyons... Yeah I know, don't ask me how he got himself lucky with those two, I still remember the yelling Sarah gave me when one of her squadmates caught me at the Battle of Project Purity. After some time, I guess I wanted to find him, wanted to know where he went. After I attained to Owyn Lyons funeral, say what you want about the BoS but he was a good man who try to help make the Capital Wasteland into a better place, he was the first step in helping turn their chapter into a different direction then the idiots here in the West Coast are doing. Anyway, I left the Capital Wasteland in trying to find the Lone Wanderer, I searched everywhere I could find where he could've have gone but I never found him, ended up going too far and ended up in the Midwest Wasteland, my travels and adventures ended up taking me to here, the Mojave Wasteland. I still don't know where he went, where Benjamin went but I believe his still out there somewhere, wandering the Wasteland as he has always done. I don't know when or how but I'll find him one day." John Walker explaining who the Lone Wanderer was to him.