[Warning: The following article contains spoilers for multiple Fallout games.]
At least, in theory.
Still,there’s no denying the Mysterious Stranger’s precision and deadliness in combat.
But outside of this, he is a complete unknown.
He never moves his legs, seemingly teleporting in and out of combat.
He never speaks or indicates why he is lending his aid.
So,what links these characters to one another, and why would the same person offer them protection?
One of the more popular Fallout 4 theories is that the main character is actually a synth.
Here’s all the evidence both for and against the idea.
Most, but not all, of these characters are from vaults.
Here’s where Vault-Tec could come back into play.
Each Stranger in that game would be a real and different person.
But the wasteland is dangerous, and these Strangers could not survive forever.
Bethesda’s action RPG Fallout 4 puts players into the vault suit of the Lone Survivor, a pre-war soldier from an alternate future cryogenically frozen inside Vault 111. After their infant son is kidnapped, they venture out into the irradiated wasteland of the Commonwealth to scour the ruins of Boston for any sign of him. In doing so, they encounter various factions and companions and use an array of skills and abilities to navigate the apocalyptic remnants of society.
