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Children of Atom are an character type belonging to the Children of Atom faction in Fallout 4.
Background[]
The history of the Children of Atom is tied closely to the history of Megaton. The founders of the religion were part of the refugees that took shelter in the crater in the 23rd century, worshipping the bomb that lay at its center.[1] As the crater was settled, the zealots aided in building the walls and clearing the wreckage to make way for the future town. The fledgling religion's only condition was that the holy bomb remained undisturbed. As it seemed to be a pile of harmless scrap, the town acquiesced.[2] The Children of Atom became a permanent element of the town and by the mid-2250s, the Confessor of the Church had enough clout to vouch for newcomers in Megaton. A young wastelander named Cromwell benefited from this and became a fervent adherent of the faith, eventually succeeding the Confessor. By 2277, the 44 -year-old Confessor Cromwell became an eccentric distraction to most of the citizens,[3] with church attendance steadily dwindling.[4]
However, to adherents of the faith, Cromwell was the great prophet of Atom. It is under his auspices that a group of Children of Atom departed from Megaton to the North between late 2260s and early 2270s. Heading towards the Commonwealth and Mount Desert Island, the expedition eventually split up. One expedition, under Mother Isolde, settled in the Crater of Atom.[5] The second group, led by Confessor Martin and Grand Zealot Tektus, landed in Far Harbor. Initially tolerated by the denizens of the Island, they were driven out when the fog began to encroach on human settlements around the mid-2270s. Anna, the town's doctor, was wounded by the mob that pushed them out of the desolate land.[6] Wandering through the wilds, they happened upon an ancient submarine pen, occupied by DiMA. After a century of loneliness,[7] DiMA welcomed the company and struck bonds of friendship with Martin. Eventually, he handed the nuclear submarine base to the Children, deciding to establish Acadia around 2276.[8]
The Children grew in strength, thriving in their new habitat. As their numbers increased, they began to send out teams to seek out irradiated goods to return to The Nucleus. On one of these expeditions in 2277, Grand Zealot Tektus saved the life of Lt. Brian Richter, accidentally sealed within a containment bunker. After losing his unit to radiation poisoning, the immune Richter became a fervent adherent of the faith, a Zealot.[9] Unfortunately, the Children's increasing influence was matched by the increasing expansion of the fog. Since 2279, the situation became more and more dramatic for Far Harbormen, eventually resulting in all remaining non-Children humans on the Island herded onto the pier in Far Harbor.[10][11]
This has put the Children on a collision course with the rest of the population on the Island, as they sought to have the radioactive fog blanket every inch of Mount Desert Island. DiMA and Faraday, on the other hand, wanted to save the people of Far Harbor and provided them with fog condensers to keep the fog at bay. As a result, the situation escalated in 2287, when a child of Atom braved the fog to preach to the people of Far Harbor and have them accept their fate. He was gunned down by Allen Lee almost immediately, becoming the latest in a long line of casualties. However, as a peaceful missionary, his death infuriated the Children and undermined the already shaky authority of the peaceful High Confessor Martin.[12] Although he did his best to contain the rage, his own faith was crumbling.[13]
The final blow came from Sister Gwyneth. Paging through an old scientific text, she discovered what an atom actually was. The revelation, that it is a single speck of matter in a vast emptiness, ruined her faith. Martin did his best to console her, but the revelation shook him to the core.[14][15] One night in 2287, he simply disappeared from the Nucleus, never to be seen again. High Confessor Tektus took his position, with Grand Zealot Richter as his second.[16]
Characteristics[]
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Variants[]
Child of Atom[]
Name (Editor ID, Base ID) | Statistics | Behavior | Abilities | Items | |||
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Child of Atom EncChildrenOfAtom01Template 00000000 |
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Child of Atom EncChildrenOfAtomFaceF01 00000000 |
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Child of Atom EncChildrenOfAtomFaceF02 00000000 |
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Child of Atom EncChildrenOfAtomFaceF03 00000000 |
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Child of Atom EncChildrenOfAtomFaceM01 00000000 |
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Child of Atom EncChildrenOfAtomFaceM02 00000000 |
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Child of Atom EncChildrenOfAtomFaceM03 00000000 |
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Child of Atom EncChildrenOfAtomFaceM04 00000000 |
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Child of Atom EncChildrenOfAtomFaceM05 00000000 |
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Child of Atom EncChildrenOfAtomM01 00000000 |
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Child of Atom EncChildrenOfAtomM02 00000000 |
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Child of Atom EncChildrenOfAtomTemplate00 00000000 |
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Child of Atom Loot_CorpseChildrenOfAtomMale 00000000 |
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Child of Atom Loot_CorpseChildrenOfAtomMale02 00000000 |
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Child of Atom LvlChildrenofAtom 00000000 |
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Child of Atom LvlChildrenofAtomBoss 00000000 |
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Child of Atom '' 00000000 |
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Child of Atom '' 00000000 |
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Child of Atom Cultist[]
Name (Editor ID, Base ID) | Statistics | Behavior | Abilities | Items | |||
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Child of Atom Cultist EncChildrenOfAtom02 00000000 |
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Child of Atom Preacher[]
Name (Editor ID, Base ID) | Statistics | Behavior | Abilities | Items | |||
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Child of Atom Preacher EncChildrenOfAtom03 00000000 |
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Child of Atom Zealot[]
Name (Editor ID, Base ID) | Statistics | Behavior | Abilities | Items | |||
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Child of Atom Zealot EncChildrenOfAtom04 00000000 |
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Child of Atom Reborn[]
Name (Editor ID, Base ID) | Statistics | Behavior | Abilities | Items | |||
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Child of Atom Reborn EncChildrenOfAtom05 00000000 |
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Appearances[]
These Children of Atom appear in Fallout 4 and its add-on Far Harbor.
References[]
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