The Brotherhood of Steel is broken, betrayed by an outcast from within their own ranks. All that remains of the Institute is a smoking crater where the CIT campus used to stand. Rumors the Railroad were involved circulate on the airwaves. Some hope the Commonwealth has finally returned to its natural state of chaos. Yet of late the Scavvers are nervous.

Unknown figures in blood red Power Armor have been sighted, arriving and departing the mainland in a lone Vertibird which disappears toward Spectacle Island. And when the night is dark and fog thick, blurred lights shine in the mists above the Atlantic. A specter of grandeur in the east, some say. Others fear another shadow is about to befall the Commonwealth.



Below you’ll find a rather extensive written and visual account of my first and only Fallout 4 roleplay. But first some context: after playing the basic character flavors (stealth, melee, ranged), gameplay had grown stagnant so I set myself a new goal: I’d roleplay a BoS recruit who is cast out and joins the Railroad to take down Maxton’s Brotherhood – a rather simple character arc, but one which intrigued me. I would fight only with heavy weapons, laser pistols, grenades, and melee bashes while always using Power Armor, a playstyle that would require – and allow – me to advance aggressively without becoming a slave to melee range. The playstyle, look, and feel of the character would also be reminiscent of the Outcasts from Fallout 3; my inspiration for the RP.

By Level 30 that story arc had been completed and my build had proven functional (though I did screw up initial stats). But something else happened: I saw a post on Reddit about turning off the HUD. So I did that and only traveled on foot or with the Railroad’s Vertibird. From one minute to the next I was completely immersed in FO4, something which hadn’t happened before. Before long the original roleplay evolved and two new powers were born in the Boston Wastelands: the Red Legion and the Razorgrain Communes. The story of their creation is related below, broken down by settlement in order of aquisition.

Communa Warwick

Originally a small mutfriut farm run by the Warwick Family, the settlement would be the first in the Boston Wastes to ally itself with the Legion when its soon-to-become founders arrived by Vertibird at Level 30 – a timely arrival as a Raider assault began at that perecise moment.