Life as a Ghoul... | Fallout Lore

Ghouls have been around since the very first Fallout game, but how much do you really know about them? In today's video, we'll be taking a closer look as to what Ghouls are, how they come to be, and some of the challenges they face living among humans.
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[@Synonymous101]

What lore topic should I cover next?

[@ryanhuskey8995]

Death Claws!

[@ryanhuskey8995]

The Children of Atom would be pretty cool too!

[@yovitasrimulyani2663]

the use of nuclear in cars and laser weapons development

[@Sheriffwoodie860]

Followers of The Apocalypse

[@pricedturnip5825]

you should do cut content

[@haxune]

"Sadly, the origin's arent entirely known" *all the nukes look at you with confusion*

[@guyeswanson7958]

Mass quantities of FEV in the atmosphere feel left out

[@MiosPanties]

Survivors of Vault 12 throw their hands up in disgust

[@patchpunk1121]

it wasnt entirely the nukes, eddie winter is one of the first ghouls and he wasnt transformed by the great war

[@tiredman99]

It's unknown cause one writer says it's both FEV or radiation and another says it's just radiation

[@Mister_BIack]

@@tiredman99 Well Moira can transform into a ghoul after blowing up the Megaton bomb and that was pure radiation so I'd say it's just radiation, FEV has nothing to do with the base process but might be able to alter it.

[@indecisivewolf5620]

Hey, Smoothskin.

[@snowmanMK1]

Eww what are you?

[@FrogTonic]

Hey, Rotten Foreskin.

[@meetwheatpodcast9078]

Hello

[@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts]

Just decide already, yeesh.

[@Big_Human]

I read this in my head with a raspy voice

[@TheTeletrap]

I feel like a faction of ghoul veterans would be extremely interesting. Could you imagine a group with literal centuries of experience in combat, survival, medicine, etc. They would be a small powerhouse in of themselves.

[@collincaperton6718]

A lot if ncr ranger ***veterans*** are actually ghouls the ncr values their experience and wisdom that comes from being over 200 years old

[@casualtaco2154]

Unfortunately the only place I’ve seen such a thing is a mod for Hearts of Iron 4, old world Blues. Faction of National Guard ghouls from Oklahoma. The Last Patrol if I recall correctly

[@jeffumbach]

New Vegas also has an NCR Outpost staffed entirely by ghouls due to the amount of radiation in that area.

[@NIgHTMaReFortyTwo]

*in and of The phrase is in and of themselves.

[@TheCommissarIsDead]

@@NIgHTMaReFortyTwo 8

[@averagechadlegionary5824]

*Raspy sounding voice* “Hey there Smooth Skin..” - Ghoul for president 2033 You can’t argue with a starting speech like that!

[@Chris-cm4wn]

2033...

[@Dr-Weird]

Its the perks. He gets my vote

[@roundbrick4890]

What the hell arcade

[@WarriorPNG]

*2233

[@leondavis1093]

In the bit about ghoul children, Billy's case is directly contradicted by Raul Tejada's story of growing up as a ghoul. Bethesda has refused to comment on the Kid in a Fridge quest entirely because it brings up a lot of inconsistency.

[@binge-ington6115]

BuT fUnNy FrIdGe KiD Note: read in the warbly content awareness scale tone.

[@MCNarret]

I'd rather just explain him as being a synth put there by the institute to see their parent's reaction.

[@ungabungus01]

Yeah there's a ghoul in fallout 2 that says the same thing. He's the son of set, Typhon

[@binge-ington6115]

@@MCNarret That would be awesome. Maybe a good opportunity for studying ghouls.

[@kainepeterson6638]

The thing is that ONE LINE would fix it. “Exposure to airborne FEV and radiation causes some ghouls to age as they would as humans until adulthood, and they simply persist beyond what should be natural death; other ghouls affected may stop aging entirely, perhaps remaining a child forever.”

[@SomePointlessShit]

One thing the player will never experience is the smell of a ghoul, from what I can remember NPCs say they smell TERRIBLE. Not just smell bad either, smell like genuine a corpse; like if you left a slab of meat outside for months. So I can imagine it being difficult being friendly with someone, even if they have no control over it, while struggling to over come your gag reflex. Even if you can, you definitely wouldn't be able to in their colonies, being around dozens of individuals like that inside an enclosed space would be impossible to bear!

[@binge-ington6115]

I can't imagine any smells because I don't have a sense of smell.

[@jane-the-mentalist]

@@binge-ington6115 I experienced this for a few months when I had a concussion when I was younger honestly it's so much better that's just my opinion and I'm not going to say anything in your case

[@binge-ington6115]

@@jane-the-mentalist I'm honestly glad I cant know what shit smells like.

[@spicybeantofu]

Fabreze?

[@FeedMeSalt]

@@binge-ington6115 you know what, the kids who claim this shit tend too be the exact type too tell everyone at any opprnity. and in my life not one has been telling the truth. i hope you can smell, for your own sake lol. Girls have the "horse girl" trope as kids, young boys do the "i cant smell or im color blind!" thing.

[@arespeverell9877]

I think having a ghoul as a main character in a fallout game would be amazing, but having born ghouls is just going to be a clusterfuck.

[@NoBaconForYou]

I think born ghouls would be okay. Say a couple ghouls have DNA that prevents them from becoming sterile, or voluntary ghouls might retain the ability to reproduce. It would be kinda cool if there were npcs or possibly the ability to play as a character that looks like a regular human but has whatever genetic changes ghouls have that allow them to be the way they are. Parents would be a human and a non sterile ghoul. This process is called hybridization, and it is how homo sapiens got white skin. We hybridized with neanderthals, who took hundreds of thousands of years to evolve white skin. Also someone like the institute could easily artificially inseminate a human female with a ghouls genetic material.

[@c4rt3rrl]

@@NoBaconForYou or maybe when you’re in the vault you’re exposed to extreme amounts of radiation causing your skin to look like a ghouls

[@miguelneno5627]

Imagine it... A story where the main protagonist is a ghoul and has been alive for a while, long enough that it had part on the great war... The possibilities are astonishing, we could get so many lore pieces that are missing and learn even more about the war, play a short scene on a pre war place not like fallout 4 tho, get a real insight on the war 😍

[@Nephritesword]

@@miguelneno5627 That'll never happen. People threw a shit fit over FO4's pc having two vague backgrounds to choose from, let alone a detailed one.

[@Chaud31423]

Oooh what about a Fallout game where you are human , but start to turn into a Ghoul as the game progresses.

[@ColemanJasmine55]

Ghouls weren't as surprising. The first time I saw a Super Mutant I fucking screamed lol

[@vanessaanneVA]

when i started playing new vegas the nightkin made me almost cry i was so scared lol

[@corbinsouthard5508]

@@vanessaanneVA on god I’m playing through NV for the first time and I was genuinely terrified clearing that basement out 😭

[@memedealermikey]

I was fine up until I saw a centaur…you can imagine

[@recruitlegionary6529]

The Radscorpion queen is fucking hellishly terrifying.

[@leorickt.9604]

Fallout 3 has many flaws but i think it was a great first fallout experience. Many memorable "firsts" in that game. What bethesda is good at is creating atmosphere and create a moment (and thats about it). When i first left the vault and the wasteland fades in from white i genuinely gasped. And when they first introduce supermutants (the mutant in the metro before getting to GNR) i stayed in vats unsure of what to do saying "what IS that"

[@DaBlobmb]

It seems like the Fallout fanbase is far more interested in consistency regarding what ghouls need for sustenance than bethesda is. At time the ghouls need food and water desperately and other times they can spend 2 centuries locked inside a refrigerator.

[@ZylethXenocian]

Also why do almost ALL GHOULS HAVE RATTLES IN FALLOUT 4? Ghouls are sterile, so the implication is a shitload of orphans just became feral ghouls or something.

[@mycazglinski2302]

It's more likely that billy survived the seige on Quincy rather than the great war. A specific time is never stated, and his parents don't act like he's been gone for 200 years when you bring him back.

[@DaBlobmb]

@@mycazglinski2302 Billy is surprised that they are are ghouls when you return him to his parents. Did the ghoulification happen during that timeframe? I'd like it to be true as it doesn't break the lore, just seems optimistic.

[@mycazglinski2302]

@@DaBlobmb it’s what most of my Fallout friends, and other lore channels I watch have come to agree on. It’s just more likely that 200 years in a fridge. I have done that quest in a bit, but if they know what ghouls are, that implies that they are a post war family. And one of the gunners has a fatman.

[@remcodenouden5019]

I always thought ghouls don't strictly need food but they still get hungry/thirsty, and after a long while without sustenance they can turn feral faster because they've literally become mad from hunger.

[@iamuglypug]

This seems like a nice channel, i can’t believe this channel is so underrated! Good luck youtube man. Nice video

[@thatannoyingguyinthecommen5970]

IKR?!! only recently found the channel myself today, some quality content and can't wait to see the channel grow!

[@cringe-ie9yw]

@Irish Jester facts, he’s gonna be iconic for sure

[@gamiezion]

not that i'm complaining, but from what i've seen thenthapple did it first (thus reminding me of that "simpsons allready did it" south park episode). granted that thenthapple mainly focussed on new vegas, only adding fallout 4 content later, so in a way this channel is nicer since it's more comprehensive on a per video basis.

[@BlankMind8]

Reminds me of Thenthapple, hope this chap can survive unlike the beloved Irish fallout expert

[@M3NAm1z]

His views are great for subscriber count tho, and the likes are helping since his channels being reccomned well so even if it’s a bit small now I’m excited to see his channel grow

[@Superschokokeks]

"even weirder some human develop a ghoul fetisch" Oh no, my friend.. that's normal. We're fascinating species.. We don't only try to eat everything at some point, no we try to bang everything as well at some point. It's just in our nature.. for some reason...

[@deussalt8108]

First 2 things in our instinctual minds when we encounter something new are often "can i eat it?" Or "can i fuck it?" Lmao

[@charlesmartel777xx]

All animals are the same, ever wonder why dogs try to hump peoples legs?

[@Superschokokeks]

@@charlesmartel777xx the differences human FIND ways to eat and fuck everything! "That fruit seems spoiled. let's drink it!" "well, if there's no hole, let's make one!"

[@charlesmartel777xx]

@@Superschokokeks lmao true

[@thatstockimageguy1067]

The *ZEUS* gene

[@kriskappakeepo3991]

I personally can't really blame the more casual wastelanders for treating the ghouls the way they do. It's still wrong and i don't excuse it, but living outside the jurisdiction of well organized factions like the NCR or big cities forces you to be alert 100% of the time. Non-feral ghouls are a rare sight in the wasteland and if you risk coming into contact it could be or become feral and kill you or even injure you. And with information and knowledge being a commodity it seems natural for the most survivors to stay away from ghouls. Also we don't have any indication on what the Legion's policy is on ghouls. Although they are physically inferior most of the time, and Caesar probably wouldn't use them as legionaries, ghouls would be excellent strategists or frumentarii with their years of experience.

[@glenpope4955]

Not to mention scouts through radioactive areas for the legion

[@kittycat5972]

This is one of the aspects that annoys me the most about ghouls in the fallout universe, especially those that have been around for 200 years. You’d think they’d either have created large organizations of ghouls or at the very least be very valuable in developing societies for their extended knowledge due to their long lifespan. What happened to all the ghoul doctors, engineers, tacticians or any other useful pre-war professionals? I’m guessing most ghouls that have been around since before the bombs either went feral or got killed in the wasteland making them rarer than the average post-war ghoul. Wish there were more canonical, damn near prodigy-like ghouls in whatever profession they’d exile at given the time they’re given. Closest ghoul I can think of like this is the ghoul doctor in the underworld who’s actively trying to create a cure for ghoulism.

[@kriskappakeepo3991]

@@kittycat5972 the problem with ghouls that don't go feral is their own mind. They've lived for 200 years or even more and have seen the entire world get annihilated and their loved ones perish before their eyes. So most of them either have fallen into a self catastrophic depression or just straight up don't care anymore. Combine that with the fact that they are so rare to come by, and it's pretty clear why there hasn't been an organized ghoul society.

[@kotzpenner]

@@kriskappakeepo3991 Yeah, there was some Ghoul lady in one of the games that said she changes her character every few decades, because it gets boring otherwise and because any humans they connect with die before them.

[@ana_ban_ana]

this is particularly egregious in fallout 3's tenpenny tower ghoul quest. roy was clearly showing signs of going feral, so... why would people willing expose themselves to that liability?

[@TheIncredibleEdibleWeeman]

Billy Peabody wasn't in the fridge since the war. He talks of bombs being dropped, but I believe this is referring to a local war with raiders a few weeks prior, not the great war. Holotapes and NPCs do explain there was a large attack near where Billy was hiding weeks ago, so I believe he was already a ghoul and was hiding from said local disturbance. This also explains why his parents weren't as excited to see him as you'd of thought.

[@Jegbmf]

And why they happen to be not to far yea that makes sense

[@lickmygooch1013]

That’s probably due to mediocre voice acting lmao

[@Aidan_McCcannn]

1. He was surprised to see the world in such destruction but if he had entered it earlier he’d know what it looks like so wouldn’t be surprised 2. Surely if he had already experienced the bombs dropping and lived for 2 centuries after that then he’d know if he had been in there for a few weeks as he’d seen all the other events and lived after them

[@Obduleo]

That's just a fan theory and thus can't be accepted as fact. Given how Pete Hines reacted to fan questions about it as well as other lore questions and the lead writer stating story doesn't matter cause players will ignore it, I wouldn't put much trust in that fan theory.

[@amadeushorror129]

Why would his parents have to explain the ghoulification? I'm pretty sure Billy was in the fridge since the Great War. I think the ghouls only need water, or if they also need food it could be that the regenerative abilities of ghouls makes it so that it takes years before a ghoul starts feeling a bit peckish.

[@Sage1990x]

Honestly, in all my playthoughs in any game, I'm friendly to ghouls. They're people (in a way) too, and should be treated as such.

[@Arlesmon]

What about the ferals? The ones Who many call zombies

[@Cyber_Smoke]

Ghouls are okay but if your on about ferals they should be put out of their misery, what I'd want.

[@imbetter599]

I'll be your friend m'lady Can I get your number sweet thang

[@moth8775]

I kill everyone

[@UndeadB0ulder]

That's what our players say about us...

[@some-replies]

Used to think Glowing One was like a sacred name. No it's like "That's a goul, and there's a glowing one, they glow idk"

[@Synonymous101]

They calls em as they sees em 😂

[@coreprecision7696]

Technically Mr House was also willingly turned into a type of Ghoul as radiation was mentioned to pre long his life.

[@supercalifragic1551]

Without any other benefits evidently, as it's heavily suggested if not stated that opening his containment is a death sentence itself due to contamination.

[@MrEmiosk]

@@supercalifragic1551 That is more for the extended isolation degrading it.

[@nickperryjackkson284]

Prolong

[@biostemm]

I still find it odd that ghouls' skin is all rotted, their noses fell off, but they retain their eyes and tongue...

[@Synonymous101]

That is weird, their eyes do age and cataracts can be seen but I don't think I've ever seen a ghoul missing an eye or a tongue for that matter...I wonder what it is that makes the nose more likely to drop off?

[@ncrtrooper5442]

@@Synonymous101 it could be due to how vital they are to survival, maybe the body reacts in such a way that it tries to preserve them 🤔

[@Synonymous101]

@@ncrtrooper5442 I like your thinking, trooper 👍

[@ncrtrooper5442]

@@Synonymous101 that's why you never side with the legion

[@skinnywhitedude8765]

@@Synonymous101 yeah I would assume eyes being more sensitive to damage will have more priority protection wise, while a nose is not as prioritized so they may have just rotted off after a while

[@DarkOmegaMK2]

*DON'T YOU DARE INSULT GOB, HE'S BEAUTIFUL AND I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS SLANDER!!!*

[@tentedkarma7465]

Agreed

[@Breached18]

Gob isn't a ghoul, he's the next step in human evolution

[@helmaschine1885]

Gob is just God spelled wrong. Gob for president

[@misspopcoin2204]

I love Gob. I would seriously romance him with my character if that was an option. him, or Charon from the ninth circle.

[@rainfyre2694]

We don’t talk about the Ghosts of the Madre…

[@Superschokokeks]

@@chilarius If you ignore all the lore sorrunding it then yes.

[@MemeMorto]

@@chilarius wait, weren't the Ghosts from Sierra Madre humans?

[@Superschokokeks]

@@chilarius I really must have miss that part with the ai. I'm gonna check on that later

[@Superschokokeks]

@@chilarius I found nothing on the wiki. Guess I've to look into Old World Blues.

[@Superschokokeks]

@@chilarius thank you. makes things much easier

[@ShadowSoul92]

Sometimes when I heard about the Ghouls especially the first few times, I felt sad for them ... Some Ghouls have been through all the colors and yet they are kind to everyone they meet ... Some stories make you cry, like that of the Ghouls who made toys before the war.

[@theyreoutthere.huntinggear]

😢fr. I was playing 76 a few years ago. My daughter was watching me take out ghouls near watoga, she then out of no where begins telling me if she was a ghoul she would probably still remember me and her mother, and would stare at rivers and water as a ghoul to be at peace 😢

[@ShadowSoul92]

@@theyreoutthere.huntinggear The man in Fallout 4 who creates toys who finds himself in a settlement run by Ghouls, (The Slog) has one of the saddest stories in Fallout 4. He never had time for his family, since he had to work so much... ha a quest in which you discover that his wife and daughter are dead and he is the only survivor of the family... after that quest he disappears from the game forever, and only leaves you with a toy in memory of him... I think it's one of the saddest encounters in the game, and the game is full of sad stuff... their voice is what kills me though... It's hoarse and expressive, you can almost feel the regret and pain of being, somehow, survived the nuclear explosions, transforming into Ghouls... 😭

[@grasshopperjohnson184]

"Billy Peabody, who I will admit is a little sus...". Accurate, friend. P.S. thank you for these amazingly well researched, documented, curated, and narrated lore videos. I'm very impressed ^_^

[@O_Alentejano]

''luckily, the game was cancelled'' some of us wanted it to happen, you know

[@glassramen]

Like I was personally attacked when he said that.

[@scottn322]

Damn, I just posted the exact same thing. Fuck that sentiment, I WANTED that game.

[@ChristmasCrustacean1]

it mostly became New Vegas but by half

[@marioenriquecontrerasgarci4670]

@@ChristmasCrustacean1 it's basically a prequel to new Vegas that never existed

[@johnychrist2559]

Dude... that thumbnail is fucking gorgeous, and apparently extremely understated, holy hell. No one is talking about how beautiful that thumbnail is

[@DerNomade1871]

"Luckily enough the game was cancelled" You speak only heresy with that tongue

[@Mansfiery]

I’ve always been fond of the lucid ghouls, especially in the context of fallout 4. The ghouls and Nick Valentine were the only people (outside of the Cabbots) who remembered things from before the war.

[@crackills1]

How freaking good was Walton Goggins?!

[@Gen_Warlock]

With born ghouls there's a lot of potential. It could create a new subtype of ghoul or even a completely new race if it messes with their DNA.

[@jankygrunt]

While they have lots of potential for making interesting characters to interact with, or even be, I just think the born ghoul concept is REALLY messed up, mostly cuz, for the most part, the ghouls you can run into in the games never wanted to be one, and being born that way has got to be even worse

[@frds_skce]

Eh, impossible. Due to the radiation, i'm pretty sure that all ghouls are sterile

[@Gen_Warlock]

@@frds_skce ghouls are canonically sterile in fallout you're completely correct. Radiation itself actually won't always make you sterile (even though it's likely), I believe that's just a tweak that fallout made to make radiation/ghouls more interesting.

[@Gen_Warlock]

@@jankygrunt yep, it's definitely messed up! And I think that's where the cool part is. Maybe the young ghouls actually don't hate being a ghoul because they were born into it and it's all they know. This can cause a conflict between ghouls who used to be humans and miss being human vs ghouls who only know life as a ghoul and only see the benefits compared to being human. Kinda like a generation conflict between boomers and millennials. The new ghouls also might despise humans because they see them as weaker creatures that discriminate against them (kinda like super mutants). Or you could go a different route, since new ghouls never experienced radiation (so they wouldn't have peeled skin) they could look almost normal minus the DNA defects or might experience pain from radiation, but heal from it and slowly look like actual ghouls if they stay in it.

[@jeffreynowak8866]

Anyone ever notice ferals carry alot of hairpins???

[@adolfgaming1761]

They carry a lot of shit with em

[@charlie-yp2oq]

They have no need for- Oh, wait. Lockpicking..

[@lord__pasta]

@@charlie-yp2oq maybe that's why I seem to find a lot of them in locked places

[@charlie-yp2oq]

@@lord__pasta lmao

[@barneymiller7894]

Being a ghoul always looked....itchy.

[@theyreoutthere.huntinggear]

Fr. Id be glad to have some skin lotion over anything else. 😂

[@misspopcoin2204]

8:07 Michael (I think that's his name) was the most unsettling ghoul to me. the other ones never really bothered me. & for ages I couldn't figure out why he specifically freaked me out so much. & then I realized it. Unlike all the other ghouls (except moira if you decide to blow up megaton) who have milky white eyes. He still has his "human" eyes. & it just really freaks me out.

[@inurokuwarz]

My pet theory is that Ghouls can either regenerate from radiation exposure or by eating/using chems. When they eat normally it helps them retain their facculties, but when they use radiation to regenerate it degregates their cells and leads to feralazation. Dean kept himself normal by eating, whereas Vault 34 ghouls got trapped in random parts of the irradiated vault and went mad before they could find a more stable source of food.

[@Synonymous101]

This is now how I see it, thanks! 😁👍

[@MediumRareOpinions]

I had a similar thought to your own. We often find ferals in irradiated places sealed off and we know that radiation heals them. I figured they're dying of starvation but the radiation is repairing that damage faster than it can kill them Despite this a human brain needs certain nutrients for neurotransmitter function. So a feral ghoul is essentially an undying dementia victim driven to violence through extreme starvation.

[@ColtNomad]

Wish they allowed us to play as a ghoul

[@smileplease_91]

"Strangely, some humans acquire a ghoul fetish." *Sweats in John Hancock*

[@michaelvatore6007]

Billy Peebodys case can be explained. The idea is that his parents house and the fridge he was in are in close proximity to a town that was overrun by the Gunners. His parents fled to the house during the attack and Billy hid in a fridge outside of town. That was the explosion he heard the town being destroyed. So in reality he was only in that fridge for a few days. However I know that's not what Bethesda ment. They ment to imply that he was in there for 200 years didn't need food or water. Didn't age at all didn't or go Insane from isolation. Which is fucking stupid. Bethesda can't write good stories.

[@catcrimes80]

Peabody would've gone insane. If his Ghoulish abilities prolonged his existence for 200 years.

[@MediumRareOpinions]

I think the little shit is lying to us. Kids do that all the time, I remember this one boy who would make up the most ridiculous lies and exaggerated stories to try and impress people.

[@plantainsame2049]

Or you know goals are fantasy creature because radiation will just kill you by melting your DNA

[@UnholyWrath3277]

Its their idea of a joke quest like the old fallouts had. The difference is the old fallouts didnt suck at it like bethesda did

[@owenieyarbasi1916]

Bro I so glad I got you as a recommendation its a genuinely good one from KZbin

[@northernnightmare7986]

If it exists, there's a fetish of it.

[@ChristmasCrustacean1]

example, Fisto.

[@chaegibson720]

Profile pic checks out

[@juniormcabee8700]

Thank you for producing great content!

[@Synonymous101]

You're very welcome!

[@tracef.2865]

I always make it a point to be nice to every ghoul I see. Being a ghoul has to bad enough without the constant discrimination.

[@FoxSenpie]

Same i am always nice to the ghouls and synths

[@jimparis5073]

“How did you end up like this??” Ghoul “ have you seen that scene when Indiana hid in that fridge? Yeah doesn’t work”

[@mariomaniac581]

I actually really like your voice, definitely staying tuned :3

[@Synonymous101]

Thanks! 😁👍

[@mariomaniac581]

Synonymous Sure, love the cinematic shots of all the locations too

[@Truemmerprinz]

I like that the way you talk about Fallout Lore feels like you're talking about real world events. Thanks for this channel!

[@TheValkyre0]

2 seconds in and Im sold. You got a sub. Do you know how freakin hard it is to find lore channels with good narration!?

[@highlandssprings5290]

Congratulations on 1k!

[@Synonymous101]

Thanks!

[@misterfluffy3903]

I would assume if a pregnant woman went thru ghoulification maybe the baby would be a ghoul?

[@margaretthatcherironlady1f400]

The baby would probably die.

[@benjaminbarraza8972]

Even if the woman survived to become a ghoul the baby would certainly die

[@Norwoodg00ner]

I’d say the radiation caused infertility

[@Bloodletter8]

Jeez, next you're all gonna start kink shaming me for my Centaur fetish...

[@falloutseriesvideos8688]

Patrolling the Mohave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

[@vhg8976]

I really can't believe your such a small channel. Your content is so interesting and top notch in my opinion. Keep up the good work.

[@Synonymous101]

Thanks, will do!

[@lamp6121]

i would love to have a fallout game (or at least a DLC) where we experience the journey of a Ghoul, from the day the bombs dropped, to the slow ghoulification, to the post war life. I never liked how Bethesda never gave ghouls their proper development, we always encounter them as a curiosity and barely learn anything from their pre-war life, they are usually used as this ''ugly beings that almost everyone dislikes and shoot on sight'', i would love to have a Ghoul protagonist that likes to help everyone, tries to improve life in the wasteland and is geniuenely a good person, but it's a ghoul, and because of that he always covers his entire body with some kind of special suit, maybe the plot could be about trying to find a cure for Ghoulification, there's a lot of good ideas they can implement when it comes to Ghouls, but they just use them as their ''poor creature'' token.

[@Colenelnelson]

One minor but important detail thats often overlooked when it comes to Ghoul discrimination is that they are still above Super Mutants both in how they are regarded by unmutated humans and the Ghouls themselves this exists even in the first game, but you see this in NV where the Nightkin at Repcon are a delibrate mirror of the The Bright brotherhood, just as Jasons telling you to get rid of the "Demons" is almost identical to Manny asking you to get rid of the ghouls.

[@benjholt3530]

I like you better than oxhorn

[@andyparker3381]

Blasphemy mortal!

[@Royinszki]

YEAH, Oxhorn to me, is always overacting and kinda cringe

[@mcfearsun]

I like ghouls being a result of radiation and not an experiment. There’s so many terrifying tests in fallout that them just being an unfortunate side effect of war feels appropriate

[@DarkSnP]

Happy to see this blow up! Needed a fresh fallout KZbinr fix!! Also enjoyed reliving badfurday lol!!!

[@jesseharlan2884]

I think it's true if given enough time non feral ghouls will eventually turn feral. That said, given the length of time that stable goals have been alive the ones that would have quickly gone feral already turned a long time ago. The vast majority of non feral ghouls are relatively stable, they are indeed ticking time bombs but it is a very vary slow clock. It does beg the question if given enough time are ghouls feral and non-feral a limited resource? Will they eventually become an endangered species? They cannot reproduce, radiation has a half-life and will eventually dissipate, goals may be immortal in body but are not immortal in mind. I couldn't begin to guess what the timescale would be for the disappearance of ghouls but it seems like an inevitability.

[@sawyer7623]

I agree with you, you’re probably right. There are probably millions of ghouls (both feral and non-feral) in the Fallout world, so it will be a while before they all die out.

[@jesseharlan2884]

Absolutely, assuming that pre-war world population in the Fallout universe would be similar to our current estimates of world population of 10 billion by 2077. Non feral ghouls in societies that accept them tend to be anywhere between 5% or 10% of the population on average. I'd figure that there'd be about 1 billion feral ghouls would wide. 2077 US population estimates are around 500 million, and if the same 10% ratio holds true that would put the ghoul population of the United States around 50 million. Going further down the rabbit hole let's say only 1% of ghouls become non feral, the estimated non feral ghouls population would be 500,000. That's not even taking into account the subtraction of how many goals have been killed in the 200 year since the end of the Great War, or how many that been added by new ghoulification like Hancock for example. Either way I imagine there are some colonies/packs of feral ghouls that have never seen a human and are chasing rad deer around in the woods.

[@laf1993]

Your videos are sooo relaxing to watch.

[@ThtSunbreaker]

I like how ghouls are almost a wild card within the fallout universe, they could be relatively human one day and wake up a feral beast the next, plus the near immortality of them has always made me curious the biggest question ive always had is can a ghoul die of old age given it can live long enough?

[@collincaperton6718]

Dieing of old age isn't a thing it's just as you age you become more susceptible to disease or body function failure so assuming something like that happened to a ghoul then yes they probably could. But it should be noted that since ghouls have rapid regeneration their cells might regenerate faster than they could fail so organ failure may not even be an issue for them.

[@ThtSunbreaker]

@@collincaperton6718 I dunno man, I'm pretty sure if you left someone in a sterile cage their entire life with food supplements with absolutely no bacteria in them I'm pretty sure they would die eventually

[@jacobniepoetter8180]

U forgot the minutemen. They recruit ghouls

[@alexrennison8070]

My first experience with a Ghoul was in Moriarty’s Saloon as well. This was the first ever FPS-RPG I played. I was fascinated with everyone in Megaton. I remember the first time I exited 101 & my vision adjusting to the sunlight, I was blown away. I was not acquainted with the Fallout universe in any way at the time & had absolutely no idea what to expect, it left me aghast. I now understand what leaves it inferior to New Vegas & it’s predecessors, but 3 will always have a special place in my heiart.

[@sl1ck557]

Even though I already know the lore I still enjoy watching these.

[@chuckesthedoughboy703]

So rude to my man Gob in the beginning though 🥲

[@darthcannabris5406]

“Luckily the game was canceled.” What??

[@tunnfisk]

I personally think that Super Mutants are the more iconic mutants of Fallout. But nothing makes me shit my pants more than some Ghoul sneaking up on me while I've spent the last 20 minutes sneaking around a dark sewer in the wasteland. Just of nowhere, it lunges at me as I try not to die from a heart attack. 😅

[@chaseofhavoc9967]

Just saw this video, this is definitely a channel I can get behind!

[@MadmanQueenKiller]

IDK why i'm watching this. Im fully aware of the lore. Tho i got a bag of BBQ chips so im not complaining

[@Synonymous101]

Sounds like you're all good 👌

[@MadmanQueenKiller]

@@Synonymous101 Oh yeah and i really enjoyed your Video. Was nice to have a lore recap. However it's a shame you didn't talk Ghoul lore in the Legion. not much is known but i think the Legion treats the ghouls in neutral way

[@Synonymous101]

@@MadmanQueenKiller My bad, I thought it was implied when I stated only the NCR and Followers allow them, the Legion does not allow ghouls and other mutants into their ranks, but have no qualms with letting them live on their land.

[@MadmanQueenKiller]

@@Synonymous101 Thanks pretty much how i remembered it.

[@LucyWest370]

Because he has a great narrating voice. Suck it oxhorn.

[@owaine-changaming]

ghouls don’t have to worry about getting woman pregnant so that’s a win win

[@kittycat5972]

But now all the ghoul-fuckers not only have to worry about wasteland std’s but IRRADIATED wasteland std’s.

[@bakedbeans7879]

Yeah, but their junk probably falls off too so...

[@joshuavidrine889]

@@bakedbeans7879 Just have the local doc sew it back on, it'll be about as good as new. Er, good as new for a ghoul.

[@quotenpunk279]

or getting pregnant.

[@paulmoitoso9658]

No one would want to fuck someone who's skin has rotted and is missing a nose due to radiation, at least I hope, morals could've become incredibly decayed after the bombs.

[@argontreper8524]

I like to think that only people who have had the blue flu and survived turn into a ghoul once exposed to extreme radiation.

[@m0gm00g13]

"Luckily [Van Buran] was canceled" Really? You really think it's lucky great story tellers like those that worked for and with Interplay no longer craft our fallout stories?

[@sRetailStoreMusic]

yeah

[@tikalthewhimsicott2736]

I saw Retcon Raider's videos on VB's design documents and it sounds like it would have been a better Fallout 3 then the one we got

[@sRetailStoreMusic]

@@tikalthewhimsicott2736 based off what, ideas that never got dev'd? It would have been another isometric title with no funding, I highly doubt it would even be as close to as successful as the actual fallout 3 is, or even as good

[@stuckeyfim352]

I can see this channel hitting 50K subs within the next few months.

[@mrsocke3246]

Very interesting video, I think that the scorched would make for a good vid as they draw a few parallels with ghouls

[@shinyheracross4091]

Imagine a Fallout game that primarily takes place on the open sea, with either islands with a boat for travel, or like a village on the water, would be very cool.

[@spaceman466]

I've come to learn about the royal family

[@barneymiller7894]

Design notes from the MK2 Advanced power armor program - "- increase lifting capacity . - improve mobility. - increase energy dissipation capacity. - Evil Batman X Dominatrix."

[@BonusDuckie]

8:35 thank you for showing such a creepy image when discussing children xD

[@random_me666]

"What's the matter smoothskin, never seen a ghoul before?"

[@jasdanvm3845]

9:25 What do you mean by "Luckily the game was canceled"?! Dud, there's no luck in that, non other than BAD!

[@Synonymous101]

Because I'm glad we got fallout 3 instead, that's all 😊👍

[@jasdanvm3845]

Uh, understandable, have a great day.

[@jasdanvm3845]

Still, I would like to have both.

[@D00M3R_MAVS]

He was my first Ghoul as well. Although my favourite is the fella with the tree on his head, that then becomes a tree. It was amazing to find out that the Garden of Eden was actually a character from the earlier games.

[@Canned_Peaches]

40 Smoothskins disliked this

[@ryanrushing3653]

I wish there was more "lore" about the "Ghoul Whale" mentioned

[@tehpwnr1504]

I’m pretty sure there is a ghoul dog in a game a fallout game can’t remember it though

[@TheVeryAngryShrimp]

I love the thumbnail. It's so simple, but explains what the video will be about. Fallout concept art is so beautiful.

[@josefptacek113]

I really didn't get why some factions are so strict about ghouls. I always looked at them as deseased people and not mutants.

[@hannahsssooo]

Born ghouls sounds like a sims 3 mod lol

[@alexmorris1688]

Have you ever thought of doing creepy pastas or mysteries. You have the voice for it man. Just a suggestion....great content already

[@Simply-Dazzling]

Are there any deciding factors in determining what makes one person turn into a goal and just kills someone else?

[@austinoakes3898]

Only Ghoul I'm ever unkind to is Grecks. I always punch that guy in the face.

[@vekza5859]

Dude.. I played Fallout 3 first when I was 9 and I went down into the metro where the raiders have their camp set up above it on the outskirts of the city. When I saw a ghoul, I was legit in tears with how freaked out I was XD To that point, lego starwars, battlefront 2 and such were my main games. That scared me to the point where I am now 22 and I can still remember it frame by frame XD

[@ihatecommunism9958]

You have some fantastic content, man. I don't even play 'Fallout' and I haven't played it since the 2nd Game, but I still enjoy your videos. Even if I don't play the games, I can appreciate the lore and creatures from the series.. Keep up the good work, man!

[@chrismercer5418]

Also third way whatever the hell Hancock took

[@RC-Sev7]

Super Underrated My Guy! Very relaxing and informative, and I can't wait to see your channel blow up.

[@supercalifragic1551]

It actually makes a ton of sense for a team of scientists to experiment with ghoulification and understanding its biology, and trying to replicate the benefits of ghoulification with less, reduced, replaced, or erased weaknesses. It'd also make fantastic sense for a protagonist, to excuse crazy player game mechanics and introduce unique skill trees. And of course, the experiment stemming from a vault. I believe I vaguely remember reading that ghoulification was known pre-war? Even if not, a vault's purpose could be adjusted to studying ghouls later on, being a general science vault, or a biolab. Would also be a great Fallout title theme to introduce Psionics again, ie; The kinetics of Fallout 1 or 2. Including actual perks and skills for psychic abilities, both game mechanics like the detective-vision trope, the find-the-quest trope (Clairvoyance, ect), an excuse for time stopping / pausing / tactical menu. (Vats might be real time by default, like in 76, but the time tree could effect a slow, until an outright pause at a certain tier. Both a traditional VATS, and a real time slow/pause via holding the button (switchable in menus if you'd prefer tap).

[@unoriginalperson72]

Fallout 4 ghouls have nine of that gore to them and Instead look like burn victims and mashed potatoes with legs.

[@Synonymous101]

Agreed, they look too smooth to be ghouls.

[@unoriginalperson72]

*none

[@bardofboars7226]

Maybe a varient?

[@snakesan520]

I personally believe that ferilization occurs in ghouls that lose their will to live which is why Oswald and Zau have remained sentient while their friends went feral

[@robertgunther851]

fertilization?

[@snakesan520]

@@robertgunther851 ferilization stupid auto correct

[@mr.jaymoon]

Ever since I got Charon as a companion in Fallout 3, I've hated anyone who hates ghouls. In an alternate save file I actually gunned down everyone in Tenpenny Tower. It was worth it Edit: a word

[@Tallorian]

I really wish that for people like you there were a special random event of how your ghoul companion suddenly turns feral and kills you in your sleep. Like ghouls did to the Tenpenny residents if you persuade them to allow "peaceful, harmless, totally just like humans" ghouls in.

[@CSLFiero]

Once i found out what roys gang does to tenpenny residents, i said fuck these savages and wrecked them.

[@Dimirov]

Well...in fallout tactics going to the toilet was said as "taking the ghoul to the pool". That's rough man...

[@deborahkobayashithelonewan8225]

Billy did not survive the great war, he just jumped in when some raiders were fighting, dude was in the fridge for only like a week.

[@thatstockimageguy1067]

still doesn’t make sense because he’s a kid

[@deborahkobayashithelonewan8225]

@@thatstockimageguy1067 How does it not make sense, he's a kid, it does not say anywhere in the game that he is a prewar ghoul, just that he hid in the fridge when there was explosions and fighting.

[@hyhy5083]

@@deborahkobayashithelonewan8225 Billy says he got into the fridge to get away from the bombs, "the bombs" being used pretty much exclusively to mean the great war, he even mentions sirens going off. Besides, when he gets out of the fridge he remarks how different everything looks. He also doesn't respond dismissively when you ask if he's been in there for 200 years. It's heavily insinuated that he's pre-war.

[@RocketGuy-mq8zf]

Can't get enough of these videos! great job

[@kidyomu89]

Yeah, Billy is interesting but it's absolutely ridiculous to believe he was stuck in that fridge for as long as he has without anyone letting him out, and don't even get me started on his,, not being very clearly and completely mentally destroyed from being completely isolated of basically any new sensation or interaction for more than 200 years.

[@charlesmartel777xx]

They only added him to make a reference to Indiana Jones.

[@unavela]

@@charlesmartel777xx as most things, New Vegas did it better than Bethesda

[@GrassySafe]

George, tell me about the rabbits.

[@pedergoff7980]

Ghouls seem to new like they have had the majority of their cells replaced with cancerous cells. This would explained the rapid regeneration. That also would make sense because radiation increases cancerous cell growth and mutations of healthy cells to the point where they could become compatible preventing the organ failure typically caused by cancer cells.

[@0BucketMask0]

Not to sound like *too* big of a dork, but. If I don't mention Deadpool in these comments someone even more obnoxious will.

[@D00M3R_MAVS]

3:42 I take it that's modded? I don't remember fallout ever having effects as pretty as that.