The Hollowed-Out Rocks Are Stranger Than You Think | Fallout Lore

[@Synonymous101]

Having mentioned Morrowind, how would you feel about an Elder Scrolls Lore video? 🤔

[@pugzplayz1100]

Yes sirrrr!!!!!

[@kaidorade1317]

Heck yes! That way we can find who stole my sweetroll

[@ColdestInSpace]

I'd like one on the individual Daedric Princes. I understand they have a little more lore since Elder Scrolls Online II.

[@elieli2717]

Gonna watch em all. Love your narrations

[@ColdestInSpace]

@@kaidorade1317 XD

[@Rencol666]

"why is it taking them so long to make contact"? Well maybe because we keep stealing their correspondence

[@HunterAnsorge-ok9jk]

that and i find it funny Bethesda missed a chance to rewrite the lore by adding some of their notes to Appalachia

[@SuperiorPosterior]

​@@HunterAnsorge-ok9jkwhy would they? That's dumb. They're over a hundred years apart.

[@HunterAnsorge-ok9jk]

@@SuperiorPosterior what’s dumb is you not recognizing the fact that bethesda rewrites lore like the USA rewrites history

[@tsoliot5913]

​@@HunterAnsorge-ok9jkthe USA rewrites history now?

[@HunterAnsorge-ok9jk]

@@tsoliot5913 wouldn’t you like you know?

[@dashback2614]

E could be the Enclave. They hire, by a middleman, Sam to hunt sample to test their projects

[@HatterDrivenMad]

The Implied 10 year hiatus could even be due to the fall of Ravenrock something that is bound to happen no matter what the player does. Taking out such a large HQ is probably a big enough blow to the enclave to warrant the operative going under for a long time.

[@wolf-tomarkahan-horne5565]

And who else would identify themselves with just an "E"?

[@Darkwolfe73]

Except the letter in F4 says... "I." Not we. Anytime anyone in the Enclave refers to themselves, they always say, we.

[@HatterDrivenMad]

@@Darkwolfe73 Fair point. I'd argue that perhaps its just a single agent sending letters wanting to obfuscate the links to the greater organization. But you are right that might not be in line with a through line in story telling.

[@etzool]

Very minor note: "The most dangerous game" doesn't refer to a game that you play. "Game" here is used in the sense of "game animals," where man is the most dangerous one you can hunt.

[@RingworldTyrant]

It's the name of a 1980s movie premised on this concept, a manhunting competition.

[@Vandelberger]

@@RingworldTyrantWhich is based on an old book lol

[@RingworldTyrant]

@@Vandelberger I believe you are right in that it was a novel first

[@bobSeigar]

​@@RingworldTyrant(short story, not a novel, and it's from just after WWI)

[@marjohnbuncio2782]

No sh*t sherlock

[@Toni-J-l4c]

I noticed a distinct lack of New Vegas hollow rocks in this, but I guess it's because there is a plot-line going on here. They don't really have any personalized messages in there, like "Take care of yourself out there dearie, signed Momma.", mostly like .22 rounds and egg-timers. These kind of hiding spots for keys should be more frequent to cater to people, who don't get 100 lock pick out of the gate and wanna be more immersed in the gameworld.

[@Vityaz-of-Rus]

There’s one in hidden valley.

[@Toni-J-l4c]

Then they also had the tree-trunk stashes in Zion Valley, guess Mojave did not have as much trees to use for hiding stuff.

[@Subject_Keter]

Therr one in front of the coyote den outside of goodsprings. Doe it would be funny if prospecting was a thing, would make those rocks cool to mine.

[@tylerironside8109]

How do you get 100 lockpicking "out of the gate"?

[@Subject_Keter]

​@@tylerironside8109 I always get Lucky by level 3 or 4. Tag lockpicking, get high int and dump points into Lockpicking. But there nothing on the california side of the map worth having that much lockpicking.

[@stoneylonesome4062]

I always assumed that “S” was Sam Warrick.

[@stevenknauer6234]

Out of game theory: Maybe E and S are Elder and Scroll

[@N0RTH335]

Surely it couldn't be as simple as, S for Sniper and E for Employer

[@Synonymous101]

Maybe, but that doesn't really solve anything

[@ademturan7137]

There is a Holotope in Seagrave Holmes room in Rivet City where Eulogy talkes about their past business relationship and that Seagrave helped Eulogy capturing Wastelanders in the past. It could also be Seagrave instead of Sam.

[@desertpunkism253]

I thought I remembered an old forum theory about the letter being addressed to Seagrave Holmes, from Eulogy Jones, but I'm not sure how much ground that theory would have to stand on.

[@rustkitty]

The first note feels like E wants to stay under the radar and their agreement was secret. If S worked for E like you suggested, there would be no need for this a hollowed out rock, S could just pick up the gear at E's base. I noticed the supplies are all stuff Talon Company has access to, so maybe E works for them. Their friend S talked them into pilfering some Company supplies for a nice payout and E doesn't want their association known to avoid word getting back to the Company. After Fallout 3, the slaver S fled the Capital Wasteland. The Talon Company endured, but eventually E had enough and moved on, maybe became a wandering trader. Eventually both ended up in the Commonwealth and met up.

[@kaidorade1317]

I haven’t seen this video yet but something tells me that it’s gonna rock!

[@Synonymous101]

I see what you did there 😏

[@AndroidNoir-L06k]

Absolutely going to be a rock!

[@TheRealDickGrayson]

I don't get it.

[@Darkwolfe73]

Allow me to elaborate on a more likely scenario. - "E" being a town makes no sense. The F4 letter says, "Sorry _I_ missed you. Here is the gear _I_ scrounged up." That's singular, using a personal possessive word. A town would say, "we." - Second, you don't need a stealth boy _and_ a sniper rifle to hunt humans. The whole point of the sniper rifle is to shoot from far enough away to not be seen in the first place, which negates the stealth boy. It's more sensible that the stealth boy was to get in, or out, of somewhere (read more below) that had guards, where Sam would need to sneak in to get the kill, or out afterwards. - Lastly, the ammo in the sniper rifle, .308, is _not_ small arms fire. It is _very_ prone to killing humans, and would absolutely obliterate children. I would more likely conclude S was going to kill the jailed behemoth, at Euology's request, because the Behemoth would eat humans, Euology's commodity. That would definitely be a "high value target" that would require a powerful rifle, and a stealthy escape from all of the raiders around.

[@Sanguivore]

Interesting theory!

[@MooMoo69556]

It’s a fake video game bro

[@Sanguivore]

@@MooMoo69556 Thanks for reminding us no one is allowed to have fun!

[@colewyatt5298]

As per the US department of Defense, small arms fire means anything of .60 caliber/15mm or smaller bore. .308 absolutely qualifies as small arms fire

[@matthewrowlett1564]

Hmm. Stealth boy. Sniper. S. PERHAPS it's a Splinter Cell reference?

[@austonurban4016]

I love seeing a notification show up for my favorite fallout lore master dropping another banger.

[@Maxthekillbot]

I always got the vibe that it was something like two friends or relatives leaving gear for each other. While the Sam Warrick theory is nice, I don't think it actually lines up that well, the hollowed out rock is just one of over like 40 locations where you can encounter him (every type B location) and Sam Warrick appears to be on the older side, the whole thing about, "If anyone asks where you got it -- say it was a gift from your grandma." think doesn't really make sense for him. It seems like something someone who is very friendly with the other would say and would fit better if S was a younger character. Honestly, I'm pretty certain that this isn't supposed to be any characters we have actually seen.

[@Alirian2]

I swear I read that this was an inside joke between Emil Pagliarulo (writer) and Steve Meister (programmer).

[@Sanguivore]

Did they both occupy those same roles on Morrowind? If so, could certainly be!

[@Alirian2]

@@Sanguivore Yeah. They've been in their respective roles since then

[@Sanguivore]

@@Alirian2 In that case, good catch! You may be onto something.

[@J.Hermansson]

Regarding the bomb collars. Maybe there are no collars in the rock cause they have a range to them and that's why Sam don't use them.

[@mouseshadow-f5k]

"E" for Enclave. He's an assassin. Hence the rifle. Stim packs are to make sure he can get the job done. Targets could be spies, double agents, scouts, couriers etc.

[@bag-manbaron2547]

I have been on a SMT binge for a while that when I heard "Behind Megaton' at the beginning I heard "Behind MegaTen" I thought I had a psychotic break and was watching another SMT video when I intended to watch a fallout video lol

[@mikeryman76]

I only saw Sam once. He made the mistake of trying to shoot me up the hill from Smith Casey's garage. He didn't end up being much of a hunter, one shot and he was dead.

[@CactusCanon]

Was hoping to learn something about New Vegas, but alas the hollowed out rocks of the Mojave remain a junk-filled mystery

[@googlesucks1039]

One of the only other places the hearts on the hollowed rocks are found is in and around hidden Valley bunker, I think they're supply caches from before the battle of Helios which is why they mainly have junk in em... that's my theory atleast

[@aleksandarnikolov3182]

I always thought the hollowed-out rocks in New Vegas were Great Khan work. They have graffiti on them that are similar to the Great Khan graffiti.

[@googlesucks1039]

@aleksandarnikolov3182 yea maybe, I haven't noticed tho... all I know is the exact heart can be found on the hidden Valley bunker

[@Tk--cp9xw]

It's weird E sends assassins after me in Skyrim SE. Maybe it's the mods or something sometimes you'll find notes on em. The details in the notes would either suggest E has someone special held hostage, sends them to gather blood or lastly E just outright feels you the player are in the way.

[@RobertEdwinHouse.]

Slightly off topic tangent: I really like the FO3/FNV style of sniper rifle, thats back when bethesda actually had good original designs for their weapons. Christines COS silencer rifle from OWB was my favorite rendition of the sniper rifle, I hope they reintroduce the older sniper rifle design in a future fallout game, its still by far my favourite weapon in the franchise. (also thank you synonymous for the videos, youre my favourite fallout youtuber) ❤

[@disastrousduckling]

I'm always wondering why in the hell did bethesda had to reinvent all the weapons designs and why did them make look like a 4-year old drawing of how the weapon should look like.

[@Toni-J-l4c]

Yeah, the combat-rifle is a funny one in Fallout, it's so simplistic in it's designs, many things are there in their right place, but it's the most simplistic understanding of design, two tubes sticking out of a metal-block, fitted with a magazine, a stock and a front-grip. "This is my wifle, it uses .45, because I hear it's a reawwy reawwy big, powewful round!"

[@RobertEdwinHouse.]

@@Toni-J-l4c yeah combat rifle is cursed if you actually had to machine parts that looked like the receiver it would be exspensive abd heavy, the combat rifle would be a really impractical rifle in real life

[@Toni-J-l4c]

Should have gone with the BAR from Dead Money and make it a national guard rifle instead of a private police-force rifle.

[@RobertEdwinHouse.]

@@Toni-J-l4c yeah I think Daks BAR has a replacer for the vanilla one

[@cosmiccustard9726]

“S” has to be snuffles the mole rat. lol

[@WhimsicalLittledawg]

OMG HOLLOWED OUT ROCK!!!!!!

[@MonkoK14]

Hell yeah

[@WhimsicalLittledawg]

@@MonkoK14 Yes, man!

[@AndroidNoir-L06k]

Maybe the hollowed-out rock was the friends "S" made along the way.

[@MillieBlackRose]

I love all the Fallouts cause they add such good little details like this and great environmental story telling.

[@Santo_Buzo_89]

My only two cents on the hunting people theory is that it would be unwise to use a high powered rifle to bring down people. It would be better to use a .22 or smaller caliber rifle. Or else you are going to blow off someone’s limbs and bleed them out. It would be very dim witted, so I would lean more toward the bringing back a fight for the behemoth. Also, we’ve seen in various games now that raiders live watching stuff fight. It’s a recurring theme now

[@lordares7658]

I assume it's a few game developers leaving notes to eachother to find.

[@ogram6512]

The most dangerous game of all! Nice reference

[@ididabarrelroll]

Only issue I take with the theory he's only trying to injure folks to bring in as slaves is that if you're only trying to slightly injure someone, a high caliber sniper rifle probably isn't the best weapon for the job

[@Sanguivore]

Especially not a big ol' .308, lol.

[@Big_Boney]

I always thought the S was Silver, the girl staying in that house outside megaton. And E being someone that knows her or something.

[@cn9573]

Finally, hollow rock lore!

[@Mpediment]

Love a good FO lore mystery to take my mind off of worldly Drama. Thank you synonymous

[@SalusFuturistics]

I'd say S is Stockholm (The Sniper above Megatons Gate) because no Way there'd be a secret Exchange in front of the Front Gate Sniper

[@Synonymous101]

It's behind Megaton, though Stockholm could be S. Who's E in this theory?

[@SalusFuturistics]

@@Synonymous101 Why that would be Evan King of course. The Front Guard of Arefu. Front Guards gotta stick together!

[@Synonymous101]

@@SalusFuturistics that's genius!

[@C0nnie]

Great topic, things like this are super interesting. Thanks for the video

[@the_kvatch_guard725]

there are also hollowed-out rocks in oblivion as well

[@Sanguivore]

Dead Drops for the Brotherhood, right?

[@daemonwulfe]

[Remain silent]

[@ZaxUnderdark]

You do find the stash for S near Megaton, where several children live, and one very near the entrance. Also it IS still a video game subject to real life so of course he can't be shown hunting kids

[@waynezavotsky5289]

Looked through all the characters whose name started with E in Fallout 4 after watching this video, could Edward Deegan be a candidate for E? Great video as always!

[@Spalthersaar]

Synonymus and RadKing are making the best Fallout Content with great Quality. In my Opinion of Course.😊 Your calm Way of talking and the Depth of detail is really making your Videos always a Nice and relaxing Kind of creating Content I am not getting Tired to listen to. Thank you Syno 😊

[@CloneScavengerVulpin8389]

That's some great attention to detail.

[@TheGreatAlaskanBushman]

I always love to see a video from you pop up in my Sub page keep up the work man

[@zacharyperez2427]

I always imagine the silent pause after "And I'll see you..." getting longer and longer throughout the fallout videos 😂

[@zackshilakintheakakpack2426]

Your videos are the best dude. I love your outro line!

[@Ecuador413rox]

I don’t get where this whole slave thing came from? The notes have absolutely nothing to do with the slavers, I’m absolutely astonished about linking the two

[@Synonymous101]

S = Sam Warrick (seen hunting people) E = Evergreen Mills/Eulogy Jones (seen selling people) S and E are working together in the slave trade. Simple.

[@ademturan7137]

It's more plausible that S is Seagrave Holmes. In Seagraves Home in Rivet City is a Holotope from Eulogy. In that Holotape Eulogy talkes about their past business relationship and that Seagrave helped Eulogy capturing Wastelanders in the past.

[@gavinator0719]

I eat rocks

[@Synonymous101]

Don't do that

[@Toni-J-l4c]

Unless you are a parrot. Don't recommend for cats.

[@Vityaz-of-Rus]

@@Synonymous101He can handle it.

[@aaronmelnek8753]

Swell!

[@The_Joestar]

​@ToniJ-ol8bg Parrots don't eat rocks since they hull their seeds. Canaries and other songbirds do, however

[@Abravado]

05:10 sing it 'Eulogy Jones' lol

[@mitchryan85]

The video should have ended at "I know this is just a Bloodmoon reference".

[@themightyai-5302]

If seen in a more real-life light, then it could be that Sam Warrick already had a rifle and couldn't carry any more ammo and therefore used the rock as a safe storage. In other words, he got a refill but only needed the bomb collars and therefore only took those. Not all that likely, but still

[@Synonymous101]

I like the idea of sam using it as storage, but he has no bomb collars on his person or uses them in game

[@gabehicks3035]

There's a ton of these rocks in new Vegas all over the map, even in some dlcs if not all of em

[@ColdestInSpace]

Huh, always wondered who that guy is. Well, now that I have a better computer I can get back into that groove.

[@CrystalBrightz]

Reminds me of the GOAT from Fallout 3: Asking Grandma for a bigger gun. After all, you don't want to miss. 😉

[@Xavier_Destalis]

Long time no talk. Glad to see you're still doing well. As always, a very well done project. As for your question, I think I could stomach you branching out into TES. Take care, my friend.

[@GaybrohamStinkton]

Consider this, no one but the Lone Wanderer uses the Mesmeriser. I thought it was Herbert Daring Dashwood related?

[@armymancommander1]

you dont need bomb collars to get slaves theres a quest line whre you get the gun that confuses people and that could be enought to take someone if you were only going for 1 target

[@YouWinAFREEiPOD]

I would imagine that it would be a huge pain in the ass even pre-war to hollow a rock

[@landonletterman831]

THANK YOU! These always perplexed me.

[@daJNX]

You know, there's just as many messages from E to S in Elder Scrolls games... 🤔

[@ktgame2640]

This was the original video game mystery for me

[@FalloutTributeMusic]

If you ever want a Original Fallout Tune Intro just for this channel please let me know and Ill make it! :) The Synonymous song ^^

[@BlackWolf91-kz6mf]

IN THE NEXT.... ADVENTURE

[@Mr.Classic91]

I figured it was just a joke between 2 developers

[@the_cyberchill]

Skyrim, and ESO also include references to the hallowed out treestump/rock in a few spots

[@hastigo6530]

Nice theory and Good Video But Megaton is constantly watching by stockholm how explain was an raider? Always thinking is loot of pre war

[@ericbates5465]

Did you ever make a video on night stalkers? That's a crazy thing not to make a video about

[@buhbuhjaychampagne1706]

The hollowed out rock behind Megaton with the note to “S”, I always chalked that up for being for Sam Warrick. The “S” fits and he’d always spawn in that area after I cleared out that hollowed out rock, wanting revenge for stealing his stuff. He never spawned anywhere else on my play throughs.

[@jbgocrazy7]

is megaton exploding canon or not i just started wondering that

[@thereal0042]

They usually make the good karma play throughs canon like for example it’s confirmed that obviously the vault dweller killed the master instead of helping him , but yea as for the capital wasteland it’s confirmed by Deacon in FO4 the lone wanderer activates project purity no FEV and if megaton were nuked we wouldn’t find wasteland survival guides in future games like FNV and FO4

[@misteranderbro2328]

I like to imagine that it was just an in-joke between developers at Bethesda, hence the gap and the hollowed-out rocks in New Vegas being different.

[@tslodemi]

awesome video, love the ideas!

[@Spenchismo]

What a good Sunday morning surprise

[@soundsofthefort1189]

Sarah West and Evan King bro

[@Synonymous101]

Sarah west?

[@hydrasfang]

A possible Part 2 for the Fallout New Vegas rocks? I thought there was a rock somewhere around Goodsprings although it's been some time since I last played it.

[@Toni-J-l4c]

I'm thinking the Coyote Cave's entrance right south down the road from Goodsprings, then one on top of the BoS bunker, one in front of the Nightstalker cave near Mojave Outpost with the statues and then the one in front of the supply cave in the hills above the gorge with the railroad tracks running thru, Near Nipton. Not much of an ongoing story with those, they're just there, not even like a message-relay for the BoS, even if one is above the bunker and the Nipton one is near where the scout is keeping watch.

[@hydrasfang]

Apparently there are hollowed out rocks in Zion Canyon, I'm kind of curious if the Survivalist had made them or someone else did?

[@Toni-J-l4c]

The tribes there would just use the preexisting hollow tree-trunks like Follows Chalk teaches you, a rock would be made by someone trying to keep it super-secret.

[@huntercarr3273]

E for Enclave maybe? Collecting test subjects

[@United-Federation-of-Planets]

(2024), (PC) (steam) Half the time The rock is missing The trees are there but the rock isn't.

[@reivaxrelleum5227]

last time i was this early i was a baby

[@Matt-md5yt]

yeah they are interesting things. glad you covered it

[@megatronjenkins2473]

So, wait..... he used Stealth Boys to get up close, and then........ wound them with a sniper rifle????? Also, how is Joshua Graham immune to chems?

[@MWRuger]

In my mind, Slavery in Fallout doesn't make a lot of sense. There isn't a lot of food or water, so you end up spending more than you gain by their free labor. Sure, for specialty things like sex or expertise you could likely afford a few, but it just doesn't seem feasible.

[@rein.9910]

E is probably markiplier

[@mattb5858]

something i’ve never even thought twice about really

[@BlueLightningHawk]

It's probably something a Dev left as a secret stash for another Dev. Using their initials to keep it subtle.

[@ademturan7137]

Thats what I believe too. But it could also be Seagrave Holmes. There is a Holotope in his room from Eulogy talking about their past business relationship and that Seagrave helped Eulogy capturing Wastelanders as Slaves.

[@oscars4608]

Watch Nerbit’s video on trying to beat FNV with only hollowed rocks and get back to me

[@couchgamingtv9593]

'As requested' Not the Enclave, not really the bunch to leave notes fulfilling requests i think Not for a slaver either, a sniper for catching slaves? Seems like that will have a pretty high fail rate i think Perhaps the S stands for Lucas Simms idk xp

[@matthewrowlett1564]

Ummm. If Sam is hunting WITH a Sniper Rifle, why would he need a SECOND Sniper Rifle? Hole in your theory, right there. The S and E are most likely in jokes among the dev team. All three easter eggs featuring them are obviously referring to the same people. Who they are? Only the Devs know. And maybe not even them. Someone with connections, go ask Todd Howard, maybe he can shed some light on it. In all seriousness though, Ask the Devs. Its possibly a reference to another game or film franchise, or even a personal story from one of their pasts... (Probably a Splinter Cell Reference though.)

[@Synonymous101]

Replacement rifle, or spare to be scrapped for parts?

[@matthewrowlett1564]

@@Synonymous101 possible... But I still think it's an Easter Egg referencing the Splinter Cell novels(and games) by Tom Clancy... The Main Character is A Spy/assassin Named Sam who works for an organization called the third Echelon... S and E. The team at Bethesda LOVE gaming easter eggs... Hell, the S could stand for Snake, and maybe it's a Metal Gear Reference. Anything is possible.

[@ademturan7137]

​@@matthewrowlett1564could also be Seagrave Holmes. There is a Holotope in Seagrave Holmes room in Rivet City where Eulogy talkes about their past business relationship and that Seagrave helped Eulogy capturing Wastelanders in the past.

[@jonmichaelbarnett2051]

Came for the hollowed rock, stayed for the lore.

[@HUKIT.]

“Gets nice and close with a sniper rifle” doesn’t make a lot of sense.

[@Subject_Keter]

Hollowed out rock... so basically Fallout 3 in a nutshell.

[@Toni-J-l4c]

I'll have you know, I live in that hollowed out rock and I'm proud of it. Vault 101 is home and I will never leave it.

[@bradley698]

I always assumed it was for some one hired to kill Arkansas in mine field.

[@paladinezrah4874]

I LOVE YOUR FALLOUT VIDEOS!!!!!

[@JunkyardBashSteve]

I'll be honest I had no clue that hollow rock was there. I'm surprised and impressed that there's still some thing about FO3 I didn't yet know.

[@hastigo6530]

Conceptual art?

[@lazymansload520]

Someone told me this rock was a dark brotherhood reference. I’m not sure what that was based on

[@disastrousduckling]

Unfortunately I missed the whole story arc with Evergreen Mills and slavers. I recall the guy at the gate didn't want to let me in, plus he asked me to kidnap one of my favorite arms dealers. That was the final straw, I really enjoyed this fight.

[@FrancisFjordCupola]

I don't find the absence of collars very convincing. The collars are the way in which Eulogy keeps his power - I doubt he would give that away.

[@Synonymous101]

The player is given collars to use if they side with paradise falls. I assume the other slavers are also given collars to use, however sam doesn't have any.

[@Ninja1Ninja2]

i hope they keep this going for fallout 5

[@austinkimenski4995]

plot twist: it’s just Emogene Cabot who has boyfriends all over the commonwealth

[@flameguy3416]

Hollowed-Out Rock

[@ashura44444]

Yhe fusck is this synomymous? Love your video, keep it up.

[@120-S7D]

Sierra enclave lore from hoi4 owb?

[@zlostnypopolnik]

My addiction is temporarily satisfied, my withdrawal symptoms are gone... but for how long?

[@JustHereToLurkYT]

Still next upload