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The wasteland from the Great War to the TV series. Where games, endings or the show disagree, the articles say so. Cited to the games and the series.
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Fallout Timeline: From the Divergence to 2296
The Fallout story in date order, from the split with real history after the Second World War, through the Great War of 2077 and two centuries of wasteland, to Lucy MacLean and the Ghoul in 2296. Events are grouped into eras, oldest first, and every entry names the game or episode it comes from, including where the Prime Video series fits.
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The Fallout Story Explained: Every Game in Order
The whole Fallout story in timeline order, from Vault 76 opening in 2102 to the Sole Survivor's war over the Institute in 2287, then on to the TV series in 2296. What happens in each main game, how it ends and how the games connect.
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Arthur Maxson: the Boy Squire Who Became Elder
Arthur Maxson is the last descendant of the Brotherhood of Steel's founder. A nervous squire in Fallout 3, he is the hard-line Elder flying the Prydwen into Boston in Fallout 4. Here is how he rose, what he believes, and how the TV series mentions him.
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Brotherhood of Steel: Fallout's Techno-Knights Explained
The Brotherhood of Steel began as a mutiny at a US Army base and became the best armed faction in the wasteland. Here is its history in every game, how it splintered into rival chapters, and how the Fallout TV series shows it.
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Caesar: Edward Sallow, the Man Who Built the Legion
Caesar is Edward Sallow, a Followers of the Apocalypse scholar who turned a captured tribe into the Legion of Fallout: New Vegas. Here is how he rose, what he believes, what his brain tumour means for the Courier, and what the TV series shows of him after his death.
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Caesar's Legion: Fallout's Slave Army Explained
Caesar's Legion is a slave army modelled on ancient Rome, built from conquered tribes by a man who once studied them. Here is how Edward Sallow built it, what it wants in New Vegas, and how the TV series picks up its story after his death.
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Deathclaws: the Wasteland's Deadliest Predator, Explained
Deathclaws are huge, horned, clawed reptiles bred before the war as weapons and now the top predator of the wasteland. Here is where they come from, how they live and hunt, and how they finally show up in the Fallout TV series.
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The Ghoul: Cooper Howard, the Actor Who Became a Bounty Hunter
The Ghoul is Cooper Howard, a pre-war Western star and Vault-Tec pitchman who survived the bombs as a ghoul and spent two centuries looking for his wife and daughter. Here is his full story across the Fallout TV series and Fallout 76.
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Lucy MacLean: the Vault 33 Dweller at the Heart of the Fallout Series
Lucy MacLean is the Vault 33 resident who leaves home to rescue her father and finds out what he really did. Here is her story through both seasons of the Fallout TV series, from Filly to the Las Vegas Strip.
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Maximus: the Shady Sands Orphan Who Joined the Brotherhood of Steel
Maximus is the Brotherhood of Steel aspirant who survived the bombing of Shady Sands as a boy and fakes his way into a knight's power armour. Here is his story through both seasons of the Fallout TV series, and how he ends up fighting deathclaws on the Strip.
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Every Fallout 4 Companion and Their Story
Fallout 4 has 13 companions in the base game and three more named companions in its add-ons. This guide covers who each one is, where they come from, the faction they belong to, their personal quest and how their story can end.
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The Ghoul: Cooper Howard, the Actor Who Became a Bounty Hunter
The Ghoul is Cooper Howard, a pre-war Western star and Vault-Tec pitchman who survived the bombs as a ghoul and spent two centuries looking for his wife and daughter. Here is his full story across the Fallout TV series and Fallout 76.
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Lucy MacLean: the Vault 33 Dweller at the Heart of the Fallout Series
Lucy MacLean is the Vault 33 resident who leaves home to rescue her father and finds out what he really did. Here is her story through both seasons of the Fallout TV series, from Filly to the Las Vegas Strip.
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Maximus: the Shady Sands Orphan Who Joined the Brotherhood of Steel
Maximus is the Brotherhood of Steel aspirant who survived the bombing of Shady Sands as a boy and fakes his way into a knight's power armour. Here is his story through both seasons of the Fallout TV series, and how he ends up fighting deathclaws on the Strip.
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Fallout Season 3: Release Date, Cast and What We Know
Fallout season 3 is confirmed and filming, but Amazon hasn't given it a release date yet. Here is what is official: the renewal, when filming started, who is coming back and who is new, and where season 2 left the story.
Story Guides
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Fallout 3 Story Explained: Plot and Endings
The full story of Fallout 3, from growing up in Vault 101 to Project Purity, the Enclave and the choice in the irradiated control room, with every ending, Broken Steel's change to it and what Fallout 4 treats as canon.
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Fallout 4 Story Explained: Plot and Endings
The full story of Fallout 4, from Vault 111 and Shaun's kidnapping to the Institute and Father, with all four faction endings, Far Harbor and Nuka-World in brief, and what the TV series hints about canon.
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Fallout: New Vegas Story Explained: Plot and Endings
The full story of Fallout: New Vegas, from the Courier's bullet in the head to the Second Battle of Hoover Dam, with all four faction endings, the four story add-ons and why no ending has ever been made canon.
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Fallout 1 Story Explained: Plot and Endings
The full story of the original Fallout, from the broken water chip in Vault 13 to the Master's death under the Cathedral and the Vault Dweller's exile, with the ending and what later games treat as canon.
Games
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Fallout 3 Story Explained: Plot and Endings
The full story of Fallout 3, from growing up in Vault 101 to Project Purity, the Enclave and the choice in the irradiated control room, with every ending, Broken Steel's change to it and what Fallout 4 treats as canon.
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Fallout 4 Story Explained: Plot and Endings
The full story of Fallout 4, from Vault 111 and Shaun's kidnapping to the Institute and Father, with all four faction endings, Far Harbor and Nuka-World in brief, and what the TV series hints about canon.
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Fallout: New Vegas Story Explained: Plot and Endings
The full story of Fallout: New Vegas, from the Courier's bullet in the head to the Second Battle of Hoover Dam, with all four faction endings, the four story add-ons and why no ending has ever been made canon.
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Fallout 1 Story Explained: Plot and Endings
The full story of the original Fallout, from the broken water chip in Vault 13 to the Master's death under the Cathedral and the Vault Dweller's exile, with the ending and what later games treat as canon.
Quizzes
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Fallout TV Show Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Story
Twelve questions on the Fallout series on Prime Video, from Lucy leaving Vault 33 and the fall of Shady Sands to Cooper Howard's past and the season 2 finale in New Vegas. Every answer comes with a short explanation and a link to the page that covers it.
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Fallout 4 Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Story
Twelve questions on Fallout 4, from Vault 111 and Diamond City to Kellogg, the Institute and the factions fighting over the Commonwealth. Every answer comes with a short explanation and a link to the page that covers it.
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Fallout: New Vegas Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Story
Twelve questions on Fallout: New Vegas, from a shallow grave in Goodsprings to the Strip, Caesar's camp and the Second Battle of Hoover Dam. Every answer comes with a short explanation and a link to the page that covers it.
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Fallout Lore Quiz: 15 Questions for Wasteland Veterans
Fifteen questions on the Fallout story, from the Great War and the Master to New Vegas, the Institute and Lucy MacLean's trip out of Vault 33. Every answer comes with a short explanation and a link to the page that covers it.
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Long read · 9 Oct 2026
Arthur Maxson: the Boy Squire Who Became Elder
Arthur Maxson is the last descendant of the Brotherhood of Steel's founder. A nervous squire in Fallout 3, he is the hard-line Elder flying the Prydwen into Boston in Fallout 4. Here is how he rose, what he believes, and how the TV series mentions him.
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Barb Howard: the Vault-Tec Executive Married to the Ghoul
Barb Howard is Cooper Howard's wife, a senior Vault-Tec executive who pitched dropping the bombs to America's biggest companies. Here is what the Fallout TV series shows about her, why she did it, and whether she survived the war.
Long read · 9 Oct 2026
Brotherhood of Steel: Fallout's Techno-Knights Explained
The Brotherhood of Steel began as a mutiny at a US Army base and became the best armed faction in the wasteland. Here is its history in every game, how it splintered into rival chapters, and how the Fallout TV series shows it.
Long read · 9 Oct 2026
Caesar: Edward Sallow, the Man Who Built the Legion
Caesar is Edward Sallow, a Followers of the Apocalypse scholar who turned a captured tribe into the Legion of Fallout: New Vegas. Here is how he rose, what he believes, what his brain tumour means for the Courier, and what the TV series shows of him after his death.
Long read · 9 Oct 2026
Caesar's Legion: Fallout's Slave Army Explained
Caesar's Legion is a slave army modelled on ancient Rome, built from conquered tribes by a man who once studied them. Here is how Edward Sallow built it, what it wants in New Vegas, and how the TV series picks up its story after his death.
Long read · 9 Oct 2026
Deathclaws: the Wasteland's Deadliest Predator, Explained
Deathclaws are huge, horned, clawed reptiles bred before the war as weapons and now the top predator of the wasteland. Here is where they come from, how they live and hunt, and how they finally show up in the Fallout TV series.
Long read · 9 Oct 2026
Fallout 1 Story Explained: Plot and Endings
The full story of the original Fallout, from the broken water chip in Vault 13 to the Master's death under the Cathedral and the Vault Dweller's exile, with the ending and what later games treat as canon.
Long read · 9 Oct 2026
Fallout 2 Story Explained: Plot and Endings
The full story of Fallout 2, from Arroyo's drought and the search for the GECK to the Enclave's oil rig and its President's plan to wipe out every mutated living thing, with the ending and what later games keep as canon.
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Factions 9
- Brotherhood of Steel: Fallout's Techno-Knights Explained
- Vault-Tec: the Company That Built Fallout's Vaults
- New California Republic: the Rise and Fall of the NCR
- The Enclave: Fallout's Shadow Government Explained
- The Institute: Fallout 4's Synth Makers Explained
Technology 7
- The Vaults: Every Major Fallout Vault and Its Secret Experiment
- FEV: the Forced Evolutionary Virus in Fallout Explained
- Power Armor: Fallout's Walking Tanks, From T-45 to X-01
- Synths: the Institute's Artificial People in Fallout
- Pip-Boy: Fallout's Wrist Computer, Every Model Explained
Creatures 6
- Super Mutants: Where Fallout's Hulking Green Mutants Come From
- Ghouls: How Fallout's Radiation Survivors Work, and Why Some Go Feral
- Synths: the Institute's Artificial People in Fallout
- Deathclaws: the Wasteland's Deadliest Predator, Explained
- Yao Guai: the Mutated Bears of Fallout
Guides 6
- Fallout TV Series Explained: Seasons, Story and How It Fits the Games
- Fallout Timeline: From the Divergence to 2296
- The Fallout Story Explained: Every Game in Order
- Fallout Games in Order: Release and Story Order
- Every Major Fallout Faction Explained
Locations 6
- Shady Sands: the NCR Capital and Its Destruction Explained
- New Vegas: the City Mr. House Saved, From the Game to the TV Series
- The Commonwealth: Fallout 4's Boston Wasteland Explained
- Vault 33: Lucy's Home and the Secret of Vaults 31 and 32
- Mariposa Military Base: Where the Brotherhood and the Super Mutants Began
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16- Fallout 1 Story Explained: Plot and Endings
- Fallout 2 Story Explained: Plot and Endings
- Fallout 3 Story Explained: Plot and Endings
- Fallout 4 Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Story
- Fallout 4 Story Explained: Plot and Endings
- Fallout 76 Story Explained: Plot and Endings
- Fallout Characters: Every Major Character in the Games and the TV Series
- Fallout Games in Order: Release and Story Order
- Fallout Lore Quiz: 15 Questions for Wasteland Veterans
- Fallout Season 3: Release Date, Cast and What We Know
- Fallout Timeline: From the Divergence to 2296
- Fallout TV Series Explained: Seasons, Story and How It Fits the Games
- Fallout TV Show Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Story
- Fallout: New Vegas Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Story
- Fallout: New Vegas Story Explained: Plot and Endings
- FEV: the Forced Evolutionary Virus in Fallout Explained
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10- The Commonwealth: Fallout 4's Boston Wasteland Explained
- The Enclave: Fallout's Shadow Government Explained
- The Fallout Story Explained: Every Game in Order
- The Ghoul: Cooper Howard, the Actor Who Became a Bounty Hunter
- The Great War: the Day the Bombs Fell in Fallout
- The Institute: Fallout 4's Synth Makers Explained
- The Master: Richard Grey, Creator of the Super Mutants
- The Minutemen: Fallout 4's Settler Militia Explained
- The Railroad: Fallout 4's Synth Freedom Network Explained
- The Vaults: Every Major Fallout Vault and Its Secret Experiment
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10- What Happened to Lucy MacLean's Mother?
- What Happened to Mr. House in the Fallout Show?
- When Is the Fallout TV Show Set? The Timeline Explained
- Which Fallout 4 Companion Are You? Take the Quiz
- Which Fallout Faction Are You? Take the Quiz
- Who Is Lucy MacLean's Father?
- Why Did Lucy MacLean Shoot Her Mother?
- Why Did Mr. House Fill Vault 21 With Concrete?
- Why Did Mr. House Want the Platinum Chip?
- Why Is Lucy MacLean's Finger Black?
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