In the second season of the Fallout-series, we witness a character undergoing strange changes. What exactly happens to him is still unclear, but a well-known virus from Fallout may play a crucial role.
Attention Spoiler: This article discusses events from the first and second seasons of the Fallout series from Amazon. If you haven’t watched them yet and want to avoid spoilers, you should skip this article.
Which character is being discussed? Thaddeus is a minor character from the Fallout series and is primarily associated with Maximus. In season 1, he is a squire in the Steel Brotherhood and follows Maximus, who presents himself as Knight Titus.
When Thaddeus uncovers the masquerade, he stands against Maximus and sustains a severe injury in the ensuing conflict: his foot is crushed.
Fortunately, he soon encounters a traveling merchant who administers a serum to him. Not only does it heal the injuries, but soon it becomes clear: Thaddeus can even get an arrow shot through his neck, and it has no effect.
The conclusion: Thaddeus is on his way to becoming a ghoul. These mutated creatures can heal wounds at lightning speed. On MeinMMO, you can learn more about the iconic beings from the wasteland.
In Thaddeus’s case, things are not as clear as they first appeared. Because in the finale of season 2, he shows significant changes to his body. Changes that go beyond the mutations of a ghoul.
A familiar virus
What happens to Thaddeus? By the end of season 2, the character has grown a second mouth under his neck. Additionally, suddenly one of his arms falls off.
This even makes the experienced ghoul alias Cooper Howard uneasy. And although the series has yet to reveal what is truly going on with Thaddeus, some conclusions can be drawn.
The fact that he suddenly exhibits mutations like the second mouth suggests that he is not a ghoul. Unlike typical ghouls, he has also not lost his nose. Rather, he might become a super mutant, or another creature like a centaur. The latter is a hybrid creature of human and animal that can be found in irradiated places in the wasteland.
The misfortune could be attributed to a well-known virus from Fallout: While it has not yet been confirmed, it is not outside the realm of possibility that Thaddeus came into contact with the FEV. This stands for “Forced Evolutionary Virus” and is the name of a substance that alters DNA and causes mutations.
Among other things, in Fallout 1 a mysterious being known as “The Master” used FEV to breed his own army of super mutants. And factions like the Enclave also use this substance as a weapon to control the wasteland.
It is likely that FEV will play a role in the series. The character Norm, Lucy’s brother, finds clues about the virus in a terminal in the second season.
Back to Thaddeus: It is possible that FEV was contained in the serum he received to heal his wounds.
Whether it simply turns him into a “regular” super mutant, or into a bizarre hybrid creature, we will find out in the third season. Super mutants also played an important role in a nasty bunker: A devious vault in Fallout deceived the inhabitants with the illusion of safety, resulting in a city full of ghouls.
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