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  • Before the Great War, Dunwich Borers LLC, a mysterious company, made their fortune manufacturing rock drills for boring tunnels. Their rise in the industry was unparalleled, as the market was already well established and had very little room for a new company to come in and take their slice. Yet Dunwich Borers did just that. Little did the other companies know that Dunwich was able to procure government contracts among other private sales, giving them a foothold in the market and a competitive edge over rival companies. To achieve so much in so little time was incredibly suspicious, and some would say you would have to sell your soul to the Devil to be so lucky, I say, that isn’t that far from the truth.
    This video will discuss Dunwich Borers LLC, Constance Blackhall, Krivbeknih, Dunwich Offices, Obelisk, Ug-Qualtoth, Dunwich Borers, Kremvh's Tooth, Sleeping Giant, Jaime Palabras, Obadiah Blackhall, Marcella, Hugo and everything Eldritch surrounding the Dunwich Secret.
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Komentáře • 659

  • @Synonymous101
    @Synonymous101  Před 2 lety +614

    So, what are the Eldritch gods up to?

    • @Spaceesquid
      @Spaceesquid Před 2 lety +43

      Just about to go do some painting out side with my toddler .. 😅

    • @WarriorPNG
      @WarriorPNG Před 2 lety +40

      drinking over the fact fallout 2 is hard as fuck

    • @Kexetey
      @Kexetey Před 2 lety +8

      Another good one, Synonymous. Almost at 100k, let's go!

    • @operator8014
      @operator8014 Před 2 lety +34

      Shhh. They're sleeping.
      For now.

    • @cjtheevilghost5711
      @cjtheevilghost5711 Před 2 lety +7

      World domination.

  • @guerra5558
    @guerra5558 Před 2 lety +1313

    Crazy to think that a hidden unmarked storyline have so much lore throught two main games and a DLC

    • @66bloodmoon
      @66bloodmoon Před 2 lety +97

      He actually does better war videos than Oxhorn. Who could stare at a wall and say there's a lot of history here.

    • @SiriusCygnus
      @SiriusCygnus Před 2 lety +64

      @@66bloodmoon ikr. Like. I tried years ago to watch Oxhorn and my god does he miss Soo much lore.

    • @Virtual_C_
      @Virtual_C_ Před 2 lety +35

      Someone at bethesda cares lol. Todd doesn't.

    • @66bloodmoon
      @66bloodmoon Před 2 lety +13

      @@SiriusCygnus yeah, Mr Apple and shady cast also did a good more videos but Oxford made it about money. He got lesions of brain-dead monkeys that follow him around pretending his fatty folds are delicious

    • @SiriusCygnus
      @SiriusCygnus Před 2 lety +5

      @@66bloodmoon lmao. Ikr

  • @geofff.3343
    @geofff.3343 Před 2 lety +394

    I remember finding the Dunwich Building in Fallout 3. I entered it, and twenty minutes later I was actually thankful and relieved to have found my way out again.

    • @skythewolf35
      @skythewolf35 Před rokem +30

      I was in there for what felt like an eternity with my first Playthrough of F3 before I found the exit.
      I was a young teen and very sensitive to stuff like that still so I was tearing up and when I loaded outside I felt such a wave of relief.
      It was night time but it felt great none the less.
      I took a whole minute of deep breathes, turned to the Dunwitch building then left.

    • @neilcook4686
      @neilcook4686 Před rokem +15

      @@skythewolf35 Oh the drama :/

    • @ElgrandeChungiguey
      @ElgrandeChungiguey Před rokem +15

      The only fucking building where u get lost and your not even going anywhere

    • @d.l.mistrot6747
      @d.l.mistrot6747 Před rokem +16

      @@skythewolf35 Sounds like the trauma caused by those diabolical game developers has given you PTSD and will require years of intensive psychotherapy before you'll even start to be able to function normally.

    • @TacSon
      @TacSon Před 6 měsíci

      Bro I could hardly even navigate through the Metro systems and had to quit the game midway due to the motion sickness I got. I can't imagine the kind of mind fuckery is waiting for me in that building.

  • @jonmichael6746
    @jonmichael6746 Před 2 lety +642

    One thing that always bothered me about Fallout 4 was Kellogg being hinted to still exist inside Nick Valentine. They even tease it with Kellogg speaking through Nick, but its never brought up again.

    • @th3thatguy631
      @th3thatguy631 Před 2 lety +4

      @@coreyjones3788 mods or no?

    • @th3thatguy631
      @th3thatguy631 Před 2 lety +98

      My theory is that nick valentine will be the new Harold of the series, since in the Far Harbour DLC he's beginning to forget things and maybe we'll see him again without the memory of Nate/Nora, or even more interesting with Kelloggs personality taken over

    • @Virgil-Arcanum
      @Virgil-Arcanum Před rokem +48

      @@th3thatguy631 If that actually happens in F5 i would be incredibly happy. Steven Russell is fantastic as Nick.

    • @theofficialtaylorroachyout6269
      @theofficialtaylorroachyout6269 Před rokem +9

      @@Virgil-Arcanum hell if we don't get Stephen Russell in the next game I'll be pretty bummed. I don't see that happening though since BethSoft thankfully has continued to use him so far, but I'm not a big fan of Fallout 4 or Dishonored (they aren't bad, just not my thing) so all I really get to hear him in is Skyrim or the OG Thief trilogy

    • @Virgil-Arcanum
      @Virgil-Arcanum Před rokem +4

      @@theofficialtaylorroachyout6269 as a huge fan of both Thief and Dishonored, and he's great in both.

  • @Amberstar1993
    @Amberstar1993 Před 2 lety +542

    I believe that the Dunwich borers location with the giant in the hole is based on the short film AM 1200. It’s only about 40 minutes long but there’s some interesting parallels.

    • @patrickmschuman
      @patrickmschuman Před 2 lety +13

      Long story short what happened in the movie?

    • @patrickmschuman
      @patrickmschuman Před 2 lety +4

      @@Amberstar1993 aight tnx! Might check it out.

    • @dependent-ability8631
      @dependent-ability8631 Před 2 lety +33

      The name is also a reference to H.P Lovecraft's short story The Dunwich Horror

    • @timwilson3153
      @timwilson3153 Před 2 lety +6

      @@dependent-ability8631 And easily his best short story ever, in my opinion. Practically have it memorized!

    • @finklejinks
      @finklejinks Před 2 lety +8

      Maybe but the source material is based on HP Lovecrafts works. Quite a few take place in new england

  • @kingdedede608
    @kingdedede608 Před 2 lety +408

    Bethesda creates such awesome stories when they don't try to like retread or recreate older factions.
    The aliens, point lookout, the dunwich monster, the sewers of Boston, the children of atom, all of them are amazing original stories in the universe that if anything make the entire lore more interesting instead of retreading or even outright rewriting parts of the lore.

    • @tree_alone
      @tree_alone Před rokem +7

      im pretty sure the children of atom were from Tactics

    • @mrcinder1383
      @mrcinder1383 Před rokem +21

      @@tree_alone There might have been a similar faction in Tactics, but Children of Atom originated from Fallout 3 with confessor Cromwell from Megaton

    • @tree_alone
      @tree_alone Před rokem +6

      @@mrcinder1383 there was a mission where you retrieve a nuclear warhead from a church of people worshipping the warhead while fighting off waves and waves of super mutants (one of the hardest missions for me) it you were just keeping the mutants from getting it, I don't remember, it was probably 20 years ago now.

    • @ClassicaI
      @ClassicaI Před rokem +9

      @@tree_alone tactics never happened idk what you mean

    • @tree_alone
      @tree_alone Před rokem +3

      @@ClassicaI furry deathclaws and bawls guarana

  • @Silentguy_
    @Silentguy_ Před 2 lety +452

    For the most part, I’m normally not a fan of Bethesda’s story-lines, but their environmental storytelling seems to always stick out a good bit. And they’ve obviously got someone who is really interested in Lovecraftian horror which makes for some pretty interesting combinations

    • @OblivionKnight76
      @OblivionKnight76 Před 2 lety +51

      Bethesda's environmental storytelling is unrivaled imo. There's a reason people have been making Skyrim theory videos for 10 years

    • @lucaswest5078
      @lucaswest5078 Před 2 lety +12

      I agree for the most part, their main storylines play out pretty by the books and predictably imo but the environmental storytelling is usually really good. I find the dialogue for their mainQs and sometimes their sideQs to be quite amateur sounding, The lore of some of their IP universes is a lot of fun though, fallout is a great example

    • @colbyboucher6391
      @colbyboucher6391 Před rokem +1

      I wonder if it's the same person who came up with Hackdirt

    • @juknorris5899
      @juknorris5899 Před 11 měsíci

      The entire game series is just a conglomerate of references to other media, and I love it

    • @kman9884
      @kman9884 Před 12 dny

      @@OblivionKnight76* a la Burger King foot lettuce * “In room 214 of the Novak Inn, we can see a dilapidated room with a suitcase and a stash of Med-X syringes. In the bathroom there is a skeleton, lying in the tub with several used syringes surrounding it. Searching the briefcase reveals a note that states ‘Your time is up, old man. Nobody pulls one over on Jimmy the Hammer and gets away with it.’ Clearly, this man was some kind of gambler mixed up with the wrong crowd, and has chosen to take his own life rather than face a leg breaking from a loan shark. Little did he know, the world would be transformed in 2077, possibly saving him from this self-afflicted fate.”
      In all reality, the environmental storytelling angle from Bethesda is… meh. It’s uninteresting, to say the least for the overwhelming majority of game locations.

  • @CorvoFG
    @CorvoFG Před 2 lety +313

    You’re really hitting it with the vids of late. First, The Survivalist and now the Dunwich line. Two of my top parts of Fallout lore. 👏👏👏

    • @7mezrim
      @7mezrim Před 2 lety +4

      For real, instead of degrading in quality my man Synonymous is bringing out banger after banger. Just keeps getting better.

  • @MillieBlackRose
    @MillieBlackRose Před 2 lety +211

    That "Happy Hour" actually came out of employees checks whether or not they joined into the Happy Hour.
    I guess the Lone Wanderer was worthy whether or not they had good or bad karma. Lol.
    I hope this is expanded upon in the next Fallout.

    • @madmorgo6233
      @madmorgo6233 Před 2 lety +8

      Wow... now that IS evil... XD

    • @gratuitouslurking8610
      @gratuitouslurking8610 Před 2 lety +21

      76 also has a Dunwitch location but in many ways, it shares similar notes to Dunwitch Quarry, complete with unearthing another eldrich abomination. The twist is this one actually looks like something monstrous, a body made up of root structures.

    • @MillieBlackRose
      @MillieBlackRose Před 2 lety +8

      @@gratuitouslurking8610 oh yeah Oxhorn did a video about it. The interloper is what that creepy thing is called.

    • @MillieBlackRose
      @MillieBlackRose Před 2 lety +4

      @@madmorgo6233 the most evil thing they've done 😂

    • @DrMalsyn
      @DrMalsyn Před 2 lety +4

      The eldritch recognizes it's own. The Play is an unfathomable being beyond the scope of any within the fallout universe. After all, to us, it's all just a game.

  • @2da503
    @2da503 Před 2 lety +172

    Somewhat out of topic here but I have been thinking of the theory "what if Atom (the entity that the children of atom worship) is another Eldritch Entity".
    As it was mentioned in the video here, radiation seems to be part of the Cosmic Entities here.
    It pretty much reminds of Atom, as the Children of Atom are worshipping radiation they seem to be pretty much immune to radiation, which is unusual for humans.
    Even lore-wise they seem to do well living under radiation for years, as we can see it with the Children of Atom in Far Harbour.
    Perhaps they might be aswell protected by a Cosmic entity?
    In addition, we have in Broken Steel a splinter group of Atom's Church that believes ghoulification is the next step in human evolution and the feral ghouls in the basement, don't seem to attack Mother Curie III (female priest of the splinter group), even though she isn't a ghoul,
    which I find to be strange.
    Though it is out-topic, I had to think about it again when radiation was mentioned to be related to the Cosmic Entities and their artifacts, which made me think of Atom and the Children of Atom.

    • @MST3Killa
      @MST3Killa Před 2 lety +20

      You can expand this to The Hubologists as well... Theirs is a special kind of radiation.

    • @trinitite4617
      @trinitite4617 Před 2 lety +6

      Then again how do you explain Oswald from the nuka world dlc? Hes a glowing ghoul and gains several magic abilities without any direct worship, maybe the Eldrich being be it atom or the other being sees Oswald as worthy?

    • @MST3Killa
      @MST3Killa Před 2 lety +18

      ​@@trinitite4617 I don't think 'worship' is necessary, just the radiation. Remember, Oswald is in one of the most irradiated areas apart from the Glowing Sea and his rooftop in particular has a ton of radioactive barrels.
      Radiation is itself a catalyst for change, it mutates matter slowly over time. To be highly irradiated means faster and more turbulent change (typically death or ghoulification). While I think a deity or even a Pantheon of sorts does exist in Fallout from what we see in the Children of Atom and Cabot House (and others in other games), I view their interaction with the world as a result of radiation, not strictly worship. Really, the worship comes after the radiation.
      I don't know how this relationship works... I don't know if Bethesda has actually formulated a plan as much as they've just pieced it together. But I would look at something like the Witch in Far Harbor and the visions we get there as a kind of indication that there exists different realms of reality and that radiation (somehow) bridges those realms. It allows the influences of something like the Eldrich Gods to pass into our reality, for example.
      My question would be how far back does this understanding really go? For example, were there Eldrich cultists in the ranks of Vault Tec or Robco? Is this what attracted Zetan aliens to us and are they involved with it? ....Tons of neat stuff to consider.

    • @keythealien
      @keythealien Před 2 lety +2

      They could be the same entity? Gods in mythos don't generally share bastions of expertise, having two or three radiation gods would be strange, like having three fire gods in the same pantheon. I suppose it could be a resulting factor, the radiation, rather than a sentient force, like these deities just happen to cause it when they communicate with the world or it's what actually allows them to do so. But given the series is about the effects of radiation and nuclear fallout on society, it'd make more sense if there was just a radioactive god... or it'd fit better in the story, I guess. "Sense" doesn't really mean anything in fiction.
      For example, this theoretical gamma god exists in the FO universe, gently nudges human civilizations towards great nuclear feats and bringing them into the common home, unlike what happened in ours since we don't have an Ug-Qualtoth, and maybe once it's strong enough with radiation a thin lead wall between every man, woman and child in the world at any given moment it even triggers the 2-hour atomic happy hour to further spread it's influence. That could explain the seeming permanence of the radiation in Fallout, too.
      But I don't think Uggy and Atom would be separate gods. The CoA seemed to find this deity naturally once they got enough of their synapses melted by the radiation, whereas the ones in the Point Lookout/Dunwich story were explicitly chosen and forced by the god itself. The chosen ones also all ghoulified. While we don't know if Constance did, I'd assume she was since Jaime and his father were. Maybe all ghouls were chosen but without the artifacts, Uggy can't communicate with them, and without it guiding them they go feral and decay. The Children get off scott-free because they are worshipping it, which we know is all it wants, so they get immunity, but they aren't chosen and so aren't ghoulified. But who knows.
      It's not like Bethesda is going to remember their Lovecraft side story in 12 years when Fallout 5 comes out. I'm pretty sure they forgot it already anyway since it's nowhere to be seen in 76, I don't think.

    • @demonguy5082
      @demonguy5082 Před 2 lety +1

      They have rad child and rad resistance perk

  • @MrOblivionoverlord86
    @MrOblivionoverlord86 Před 2 lety +68

    I know there's a weird lack of ghouls in the children of atom but considering many of their members seem to have an immunity to radiation and there being references of them occasionally worshiping glowing ghouls I've always thought that "Atom" might be either another name for Ug-Qualtoth or maybe another similar being in lore.

    • @DovahFett
      @DovahFett Před rokem +7

      The Children of Atom cult you encounter in Broken Steel has a lot of ghouls among its ranks. They had a machine that projected concentrated radiation, so they turned very fast. But in general, unless you are exposed to an ungodly amount of radiation it takes a few years if not decades to become a ghoul, and the Children of Atom is a very new movement so many of its members simply haven't been exposed long enough to become ghouls.

  • @Brigand231
    @Brigand231 Před 2 lety +202

    Boring tunnels? I think they can be rather exciting.

  • @electroeel148
    @electroeel148 Před 2 lety +315

    I know the Dunwich lore is purely Bethesda, but I kind of wished that there would have been a Dunwich bit in New Vegas.
    I was horribly creeped out in the Dunwich building when I first came across it in 3, and I wanted to see what Obsidian would have done with particular part of Fallout lore.

    • @themedia1271
      @themedia1271 Před 2 lety +32

      I kind of understand why they wanted to keep the creepy ghost stuff on the east coast since ghost stories are prevelant throughout the local cultures of the east coast, from New England down to Southern Appalachia.

    • @trinitite4617
      @trinitite4617 Před 2 lety +18

      If you want a freight go to quarry junction with a service rifle and ap rounds

    • @redbeardsteelskin6723
      @redbeardsteelskin6723 Před 2 lety +9

      @@trinitite4617 lol Going to Quarry Junction at all. Only place I won't go to without GRA Anti-Material rifle and ap or explosive rounds. I know you CAN do it with base version and other weapons, but I'm not a masochist who likes to spend all that time there to Vegas paranoid af.

    • @ntrunnrracl
      @ntrunnrracl Před 2 lety +15

      Jack Cabot in fallout 4 mentions a lost alien city buried underneath Nevada, so maybe we'll get to see that at some point. Though some people speculate he's mistaking MT with an alien city lol

    • @Veridiano02
      @Veridiano02 Před rokem +7

      That's why I'm disappointed with New Vegas. Game was great, but you do a Fallout in Nevada and no Area 51? Nothing about aliens? Or Goverment conspirancy? You had an entire questline right there, about pre-war goverment doing shady stuff, aliens, men in black... And it all wasted for... The boomers. I mean, the name says it all.
      I mean... At least grab the elvis "Viva las vegas" song for the trailer, for christ sake.

  • @okotoko
    @okotoko Před 2 lety +71

    I feel like not enough people compliment the work and attention to detail you put into the cinematic shots in your videos. The narration wouldn't hold nearly the same weight than if it wasn't there.
    Great work as always dude.

    • @VincentGonzalezVeg
      @VincentGonzalezVeg Před 2 lety +2

      Thank you for being the voice of the people
      Sometimes we don't say what we were thinking enough and you freaking nailed it and he saw it 💝

  • @spacewhale5919
    @spacewhale5919 Před 2 lety +110

    I would love to see a video on the Children of Atom, as to me at least, they are one of the more...mysterious? Loony? Groups in the wasteland. The worship of Atom, the fact they treat Atom as both radiation but also a person(?) Much love mr. Syn, and if anyone wants to add some self made theories id love to read them! Good day everyone

    • @hahahakim
      @hahahakim Před 2 lety +6

      Everything is Atom. Radiation is Atom's holy act of creating new worlds through division
      (I believe)

    • @spacewhale5919
      @spacewhale5919 Před 2 lety +3

      I was extremely curious about the "visions" as well, and while exploring far harbor i discovered an area, possibly a church or something higher up with a view, very specific i know, but it had Children propaganda, stealth boys, and messages the "mother of the fog" states to the player. After staking the place out for three in game days however, no npc showed up, so...another mystery i guess?

    • @spacewhale5919
      @spacewhale5919 Před 2 lety

      @@smeggiamagarwine Ive been looking through different saves and such all morning here but have yet to find them, but this will not deter me, i will find you those messages. On a side note, have you found any weird or creepy mannequins in fallout, because those things scare me...

    • @spacewhale5919
      @spacewhale5919 Před 2 lety

      @@smeggiamagarwine i had also been checking the wiki, but mainly for notes relating to the Mother or any of her lines, but came up with nothing. And that little girl...i initially thought it was a cheeky gunner, set up a haunted house to be haunted, keep people out. And then i saw the girl, and assumed it was an npc until it ran through a wall. Given the context and fallout has been going with ghosts, aliens, and cthulhu like beings, it might actually be haunted.

    • @sopadumacacoumadelicia5
      @sopadumacacoumadelicia5 Před 2 lety

      @@smeggiamagarwine Maybe she got the same issue as the Nightkin due to the usage lf Stealth Boys?

  • @LaneTheSlain
    @LaneTheSlain Před 2 lety +14

    I remember the Dunwich building in Fallout 3. The obelisk scared the crap out me when I was a kid lmao

  • @stoolyman
    @stoolyman Před 2 lety +71

    This quest freaked me the fuck out on my first play through. Legit was totally engrossed in the game more so than ever. I know it’s kinda ‘Skyrimy’ and less Fallout but by god did I love it!

    • @evilbob840
      @evilbob840 Před 2 lety +2

      Or 'Obliviony'

    • @SilentSpringz
      @SilentSpringz Před 2 lety +10

      Not Skyrim at all. Those stories where always moderny ish. More real space gods then just magic realms gods. But i get what u mean tho

    • @Evarakeus
      @Evarakeus Před 2 lety +11

      @@SilentSpringz I believe he means the subject matter and narrative, ie Fallout quests are traditionally about interpersonal conflict with the player serving as deuteragonist, whereas Skyrim/Oblivion quests are usually styled as their own little adventures with the player as the protagonist

  • @unclefilthy848
    @unclefilthy848 Před 2 lety +10

    The names Abdul and Alhazred is a reference to HP Lovecraft, Abdul Alhazred is the name of the author of the Necronomicon

  • @colesherman9060
    @colesherman9060 Před 2 lety +26

    Thanks so much for doing this one! I've always been a huge fan of H.P. Lovecraft and always loved that fallout has this hidden storyline.

  • @ian7064
    @ian7064 Před 2 lety +10

    I can't believe I never noticed the gigantic head at the bottom of the tunnel in the Dunwhich borers mine

  • @SMENECl
    @SMENECl Před 2 lety +82

    I'm sure this has been tested before, but has anyone been able to bring an NPC to the Dunwich boarers and sacrificed them with the knife found there?

    • @prxjectrxven
      @prxjectrxven Před 2 lety +9

      That's a good idea

    • @ninjaface598
      @ninjaface598 Před 2 lety +18

      I did, and nothing happens.

    • @bradameerbeg2154
      @bradameerbeg2154 Před 2 lety +3

      Bummer. Kinda hoping it would unleash Ug-Qualtoth upon the Commonwealth… can you imagine…. It would be beautiful.

    • @MST3Killa
      @MST3Killa Před 2 lety +26

      @@bradameerbeg2154 I like that they've kept it in the background but It would be nice to do SOMETHING with it. Hell... bring Lorenzo Cabot down there and let him and the Eldrich God duke it out.

    • @anonomuse9094
      @anonomuse9094 Před 2 lety

      Can you place the book inside the obelisk? Most of my characters are always heroes.

  • @operator8014
    @operator8014 Před 2 lety +50

    Love your work man. Out of nowhere, the best fallout lore channel in the world.

    • @xdylf
      @xdylf Před 2 lety +5

      Facts. He’s way better than oxhorn imo

    • @efaypee
      @efaypee Před 2 lety

      since shoddycast stopped and Nate having a break... this is the only place i can relive fallout again

  • @frozenpants3274
    @frozenpants3274 Před 2 lety +56

    Has anyone ever tried taking companions back down to the ritual site and killing them with the Kremvh's tooth, dropping bodies into the water ect? I'd assume after all this time something like that would have been tried or dataminded but it's an interesting thought.

    • @plumbherhub1664
      @plumbherhub1664 Před 2 lety +4

      You cant with out mods you can bring Sydney there but she only talks about the about decoration of independence

    • @frozenpants3274
      @frozenpants3274 Před 2 lety +1

      @@plumbherhub1664 I meant fallout 4 but good to know.

    • @joaogomes9405
      @joaogomes9405 Před 2 lety +3

      @@frozenpants3274 It does nothing

  • @pabloestrada8384
    @pabloestrada8384 Před 2 lety +42

    These are the videos that make me love fallout more! ❤️

  • @geoxev9423
    @geoxev9423 Před 2 lety +55

    I feel like beings such as Mysterious Stranger, Miss Fortune and unknown helpful forces, are eldrich beings. Who try their best to stop the evil eldrich beings from escaping to our world. They help the players to randomly show up and kill an enemy.
    They don't directly interfere with stopping the supernatural evils. The player just so happened to show up and destroyed the evil artifacts.

  • @JoeMartinez18
    @JoeMartinez18 Před 2 lety +10

    Imagine the plottwist that the children of Atom are actually worshipping an eldritch being but under a different name hence some cultists are fully immune to radiation

  • @MST3Killa
    @MST3Killa Před 2 lety +26

    Honestly, I spent too much time trying to connect dots in FO4 with all this. I thought the statues, which can be found in various locations, may have indicated a pattern or told a story of sorts beyond just the borers.

  • @Spaceesquid
    @Spaceesquid Před 2 lety +14

    Hell yeah made my day so much better ... Thanks for your hard work!! Hope you having a great start of the week!

  • @edsonalvarez3568
    @edsonalvarez3568 Před 2 lety +7

    I have been wanting to replay the fallout games properly and have been really struggling to do so but then I found your channel and have been binging on lore videos, thank you for reigniting my love for the franchise. Keep fighting the good fight man!

  • @skip7049
    @skip7049 Před 2 lety +10

    Just did this mission last night, glad i didnt have to go looking hard for the lore! Thanks for the great timing!

  • @cjtheevilghost5711
    @cjtheevilghost5711 Před 2 lety +20

    It would've been cool if we heard the voice after picking up the book. Just imagine the possibilities.

  • @mcfireballs3491
    @mcfireballs3491 Před 2 lety +7

    This is by far my favourite sub-story in the fallout series

  • @samreagan6292
    @samreagan6292 Před 2 lety +6

    This is why I love fallout. I feel like I will never stop learning new things about these games

  • @BYERE
    @BYERE Před 2 lety +6

    The idea that an eldritch being protects certain people from instant death from radiation and even nuclear blasts brings out an interesting question when it comes to Moira Brown (the shop owner in Megaton from Fallout 3, who was writing the Wasteland Survival Guide).
    She would have been at ground zero if you set off the nuke while at Tenpenny Tower. How could she have possibly survived the blast while standing relatively right next to it?
    Maybe she was secretly a worshipper of Ug-Qualtoth and had helped plan the explosion (thus why she was still so chipper despite the Vault Dweller straight up telling her he set it off), or maybe she had come across and was looking after some kind of artefact that protected her, but was lost in the explosion…

  • @darkshadowwolf3615
    @darkshadowwolf3615 Před 2 lety +10

    ok, i get the whole chosen to be ghoulified by the elder god, but that can't be the only way ghouls become because of moria from fallout 3 she is defiantly pure of heart and i wouldnt see why the elder god would choose her then

    • @Synonymous101
      @Synonymous101  Před 2 lety +3

      I believe Moira could be tricked into worshipping, much like Jaime (he has very evil karma but was shocked when the raiders killed a family for food, Ug-Qualtoth made him evil and could do the same to Moira) likely she would be enticed through the opportunity to research the deity but ultimately would be consumed by it.

    • @darkshadowwolf3615
      @darkshadowwolf3615 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Synonymous101 smart idea

  • @dylantutrow5586
    @dylantutrow5586 Před 2 lety +12

    Dude this channel is awesome keep up the good work

  • @bardia8905
    @bardia8905 Před 2 lety +6

    One of the very few excellent Fallout lore creators still out there. Please keep putting out this good stuff. It seems that Fallout lore videos are dying off :(

  • @famousgigachadgeorgewashin9094

    I didn’t know this story about the Black hall family or the kid and his dad. Thank you for this information! You are the National Geographic of Fallout.

  • @yovitasrimulyani2663
    @yovitasrimulyani2663 Před 2 lety +4

    i like this quote from synonymous "doom to walk the earth until they find unrelenting force", because synonymous knows it's connected to elder scrolls lore :3

  • @lenacarey2333
    @lenacarey2333 Před 2 lety +2

    This is by far the best video I’ve ever seen on this specific topic within Fallout lore. I’ve never seen all of the information surrounding the Eldritch storylines in Besthesda Fallout games laid out in one place. This was a great watch, and I learned quite a bit. Thank you!

  • @RachCan
    @RachCan Před 2 lety +10

    Yes! 🎉 Always love ur lore videos

  • @BCMGameplays
    @BCMGameplays Před 2 lety +17

    Something interesting about the head you find at the bottom of the pit in dunwich quarry is that it's actually seen around many buildings as a big ornamental head statue. Don't know if bethesda was just reusing assets or its something more unusual going on.

    • @barkbuck5521
      @barkbuck5521 Před 2 lety +7

      Giant human staues actually appear in Fallout 1&2 as well! As full bodies or just the heads, so it's probably a prewar building style (Classic fallouts had a lot of Gothic architecture). Bethesda likely just took some elements out of that, though that doesn't exclude the possibility of them retconing the purpose.

    • @aidenrogers1468
      @aidenrogers1468 Před 2 lety +2

      @@barkbuck5521 Also the talking head easter egg in fallout 2 or fallout 1 i forget which

    • @NotCOPPAFTCA
      @NotCOPPAFTCA Před 2 lety +2

      That head has been seen since Morrowwind in Bethesda Games. The thing is, it always feels purposely placed. Dwemmer Ruins, The Bottom of a Well, on the sides of buildings in New Vegas, sides of the Boston Highschool. I think it's more than a coincidence.

    • @1313puredragon
      @1313puredragon Před 2 lety +1

      likely just reusing assets, but in lore I could see it as the Eldritch Entities affecting the mind of artists like Hasteur and the Yellow Sign.

    • @Ba11leFieldAce
      @Ba11leFieldAce Před rokem +2

      @@1313puredragon I doubt it's reusing assets. The face can be seen on the enclave oil rig. That was long before Bethesda owned the series. There's something significant about the stone faces.

  • @amberross4784
    @amberross4784 Před rokem +6

    Ug-Qualtoth is imo the best part of Fallout lore and one of the only things that doesn't feel like its been bastardized like many other things in the series. Thanks for the video it was great

  • @transgender_F-117
    @transgender_F-117 Před 2 lety +5

    I'm genuinely confused how people didn't connect Dunwich borers with Dunwich (the town from Horrible Phobias Lovecrafts worst nightmares)

  • @jackr2287
    @jackr2287 Před 2 lety +2

    I took one look at that evil knife and then threw it away, swimming out, and leaving the place as fast as I could.

  • @bradameerbeg2154
    @bradameerbeg2154 Před 2 lety +4

    I really enjoyed this, you went above and beyond putting all the pieces together from all the games.

  • @XerouEffect13
    @XerouEffect13 Před 2 lety +4

    that "sleeping giant". is actually the same bust statue that is on most the buildings in the cities of fallout 4. someone recorded doing a no clip and explored the eye in the dunwitch quarry. it is just a reused asset of the statues. but it is probably supposed to represent something els. even if it is just the exact same face that you see on most buildings in the cities...

    • @MST3Killa
      @MST3Killa Před 2 lety +2

      I actually tried to search out all the locations with those statues to see if there was any connection between them or if their locations on the map formed any kind of pattern, like if X marked the spot, as it were. Lol, waste of time so far as I can tell, but it was a bit of fun.

  • @ethantapson2470
    @ethantapson2470 Před 2 lety +5

    Always a good day when you post a video

  • @Kaiju-Driver
    @Kaiju-Driver Před 2 lety +6

    I've always been a fan of these guys Cthulhu Mythos issue type stuff is always the best

  • @artemisarrow179
    @artemisarrow179 Před 2 lety +1

    I just LOVE how atmospheric Blackhall Manor is and Point Lookout in general

  • @jeebus5833
    @jeebus5833 Před rokem +2

    Great stuff, I really hope we get more of this lore. Definitely one of the most intriguing side lore story's if not the best.

  • @kaidorade1317
    @kaidorade1317 Před 2 lety

    These last two videos have been bangers! Keep them coming mate! And thank you!

  • @MF-R
    @MF-R Před 2 lety +6

    Sooooo.... using that sacrificial blade; maybe not the best idea eh... well, that's not good. I definitly used it alot, even made it stronger by attaching it to a legendary (the blade appearance/effect is actually a mod).

  • @G34RH34D
    @G34RH34D Před 2 lety

    Another great in depth lore video. Glad to see your channel growing.

  • @hewlett-packardlovecraft2297

    Great stuff, as usual. A lot of the lore, this bit included, is more interesting that the core storyline. As I haven't yet played 4, I was unaware there was more than the Dunwich Building/Point Lookout connection. Keep up the great work, and have a good week.

    • @donnywilliams9494
      @donnywilliams9494 Před 2 lety +2

      Since you haven't played 4 I assume you haven't played 76. That game takes things to the next level. I won't spoil anything but if you like the dunwich stuff 76 is worth playing for that alone.

    • @hewlett-packardlovecraft2297
      @hewlett-packardlovecraft2297 Před 2 lety

      @@donnywilliams9494 Yeah, haven't touched it yet- was interested at first, then there was the whole "it's broken" shit-show; figured I'd wait for however long it took to make it playable, before I dove in. Thing is, I haven't heard anything out of that camp for a while, and aren't therefore any wiser to it's current status of playability. Know something I don't on that front? I'd be interested. Also, funnily enough, due to the online aspect of the game, I kinda figured the lore was going to take the biggest hit- so you've got me interested in that regard. Let me know what you think.

    • @emeraldblack842
      @emeraldblack842 Před měsícem

      ​@@hewlett-packardlovecraft2297 Been two years so no clue if you're still around, but word is it's more than playable nowadays

  • @king_fisherXX
    @king_fisherXX Před rokem +2

    I'm glad they are expanding on this in Fallout 76. It's a very unique and creepy story for Fallout.

  • @isaacmayer-splain8974
    @isaacmayer-splain8974 Před 2 lety +2

    there's a mod for Fallout 4 called children of ug-qualtoth that adds a decent amount of stuff, but mostly amazing lore and ambiance. you find the entire area under the abandoned church in the glowing sea, and it is a very fun location to play through.

  • @Hyperion-5744
    @Hyperion-5744 Před 2 lety +4

    I wonder what the enclave would think of the krivbeknih.

  • @hstrangemusic
    @hstrangemusic Před 2 lety +3

    “Her grieving was insufferable” sounds like you were annoyed at this widow feeling the loss of her husband and that made me lol

  • @Egghead1205
    @Egghead1205 Před 2 lety +1

    Awesome video as always brother! Great to see your channel at almost 100k subs, well deserved 👏

  • @docette2015
    @docette2015 Před 2 lety +3

    Creepy! And fascinating to think that Uq-Qualtoth might be a god of radiation in some fashion. Nice recap of the lore across the games!

  • @noodlezz7545
    @noodlezz7545 Před 2 lety +2

    Just subscribed yesterday so I'm really happy to have more content so soon :D What a nice moment!

  • @CommanderNixon
    @CommanderNixon Před rokem +1

    I think the best part of how well Bethesda played off this storyline is how the writers managed to capture the terror of the unknown and our own natural curiosity to poke our heads into that terror just to find out what it is

  • @plasticupboi1032
    @plasticupboi1032 Před 2 lety +12

    It is a known dictionary fact that synonymous is a goat🔥🔥

  • @theclownicon
    @theclownicon Před 2 lety

    The video I've been waiting for the most. Thank you, synonymous.

  • @LuziannaMann
    @LuziannaMann Před 2 lety +3

    Dude you have awesome Fallout Lore Videos, very enjoyable to watch some lore from someone wither than Oxhorn and ThenThapple. keep’em coming bro you’re doing a great job.

  • @twojstarypijany3182
    @twojstarypijany3182 Před rokem +1

    I visited that quarry a few days ago. I found the dagger, had the flashbacks and slayed the ghouls. I had no idea this is obe of the storylines streching across from fo3.

  • @jrsdt2ndaccount30
    @jrsdt2ndaccount30 Před 2 lety +6

    Can you do Sierra Madre's lore next?

  • @AgentZer085
    @AgentZer085 Před 2 lety

    I was always so curious about this lore. Thanks for this vid, it's a super interesting bit of content in the fallout universe

  • @2FRESH-4U
    @2FRESH-4U Před měsícem +2

    This is the story I want to see in a show or movie

  • @zeche8477
    @zeche8477 Před 2 lety +2

    Another interesting bit likely related to ug-qualtoth or maybe some other outer god is the ancient city the immortal archaeologist dude with the scarab crown found in the Arabian desert. It’s an obvious reference to The Nameless City so I assume they’re connected.

  • @ShadeMeadows
    @ShadeMeadows Před 2 lety +8

    My favorite part in Any media...
    *Lovecraft.*

  • @pumpkin7301
    @pumpkin7301 Před 2 lety +3

    Jason bright was being called to space by an eldritch being

    • @noobgun12
      @noobgun12 Před 2 lety

      Only thing is that they didn't go to space tho

    • @pumpkin7301
      @pumpkin7301 Před 2 lety +3

      @@noobgun12 they do though? Depending on your choice

  • @mprojekt72
    @mprojekt72 Před 2 lety +2

    The more on-the-nose Lovecraftian themes that were included in Fallout 3, and onward, are spoopy fun and I hope that Bethesda continues these side-plots in a future, single-player Fallout game.

  • @theangrymick9743
    @theangrymick9743 Před 2 lety +1

    A rock quarry, cut corners, and beer. What could go wrong?

  • @pastadarasta8131
    @pastadarasta8131 Před 2 lety

    Great, I just went through the Dunwich building in 3 today without knowing the story, and it was an experience I was hoping to forget. I didn't think this video would make sure I remember it forever

  • @elic1356
    @elic1356 Před 2 lety

    Relatively uncovered story, I'm glad you made a video on it!

  • @donnywilliams9494
    @donnywilliams9494 Před 2 lety +4

    Bethesda should have made it to where a bad or even neutral karma character gets a game over if they try to destroy the book.

  • @copperjack
    @copperjack Před 2 lety +1

    Love the video man!
    Love your narration, and storytelling!
    You'd be great to give the 76 cryptids a shot in my opinion!

  • @tavitafish
    @tavitafish Před 2 lety +1

    This is why me and the boys worship Hastur The Unamable/the King in Yellow cause my boy highly respects and protects his worshippers

  • @sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462

    Would love to know more about Fallout's Old Ones and Outer Gods.

  • @philistineswine
    @philistineswine Před 10 měsíci +1

    Its worth noting that the happy hour beers were all paid for out of the workers paychecks.

  • @fearlessretaliator4997
    @fearlessretaliator4997 Před rokem +1

    I love this video so much, ive seen it like a dozen times already.

  • @HSGAutomotive
    @HSGAutomotive Před rokem +1

    I find it curious that in many of the Commonwealth buildings of Fallout 4, the chrome godlike statues within them seem to mirror the style of craftsmanship on the sleeping giant…

  • @albertlebeouf315
    @albertlebeouf315 Před měsícem

    The game also refers to "The Thing on the Doorstep" (Constance's sudden change in attitude regarding the Occult) "At the Mountains of Madness" (the boring equipment) "Pickman's Model" (the Pickman Gallery) "Call of Cthulhu" and "The Nameless City" among stiil others.

  • @Joinim
    @Joinim Před 2 lety +1

    Not sure if it's been mentioned, but with all the talk of connections between Ug-Qualtoth and other deities, I feel that Fallout 76's Mothman Cultists, the Lucky Hole Mine creature, and the statue heads found buried underneath of Tanagra Town to all possibly be connected to this. There are giant statue heads found underground in both Lucky Hole Mine and Tanagra Town and its no coincidence that the Cult of the Mothman was founded out of Lucky Hole Mine, even before the war. Like Atom, it's possible that "Mothman" could be representative of another deity.

  • @IllemDaFunk
    @IllemDaFunk Před měsícem +1

    On my first Fallout 3 playthrough. I'll certainly make my way to this building!

  • @norsefirefighter
    @norsefirefighter Před 2 lety +1

    “But where do you find one who is clean of soul?”
    *ad plays dawn soap*
    Me: well that’s one way I guess.

  • @NicholasLaRosa0496
    @NicholasLaRosa0496 Před 2 lety +1

    I love the added Lovecraftian side stories in Fallout.

  • @GU5I6
    @GU5I6 Před 2 lety

    Been following you for a while now, great content as always.

  • @markokarko8043
    @markokarko8043 Před 2 lety +4

    Love You Synonymous! Good Work❤

  • @cody_duffy116
    @cody_duffy116 Před rokem +1

    So, I wonder...
    *Picks up the Book*
    Oh, this is mighty heavy, I wonder...
    "A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON"

  • @viniciusmelo8010
    @viniciusmelo8010 Před 22 dny

    My encounter with this thing in Fallout 3 looked like a movie
    I was exploring the limits of Tempenny Towers and got chased by a Albine Radscorpion and a Yao Guai ate the same time, and, since I was getting my ass kicked, I ran as quickly as I could to the nearest settlement in an attempt to flee from the animals, and I ended up in this hellhole of a place called Dunwich Buildings

  • @Matt-md5yt
    @Matt-md5yt Před 2 lety

    Glad you covered this topic my friend

  • @Virtual_C_
    @Virtual_C_ Před 2 lety +6

    Dude your videos are so accurate. Oxhorn missed so much lore.

  • @elic1356
    @elic1356 Před 2 lety +1

    Incredible video as always.

  • @rbkommando5456
    @rbkommando5456 Před 2 lety +3

    God I love lovecraftian stuff

  • @rysephoenix8643
    @rysephoenix8643 Před 2 lety +3

    Crazy ass theory. It's obvious that the Fallout games all have some Eldritch connection. So what if Vault-Tec started this war not just to give birth to/summon their Great Old One? Either from the souls lost, or the chaos to ensue after the bombs dropped. Idk, it's kinda rough but it was literally a light bulb. A dim one but a lightbulb nonetheless.

  • @corbingrieves4505
    @corbingrieves4505 Před 2 měsíci +1

    What if the Dunwich Mine was part of the reason why The Great War happened? Like all the bad stuff happening to the miners wasn't enough so the forces that burned everyone to bits to make sure those people never got what they were looking for.
    The Zetans must be mesmorized at these events tbh.

  • @mattttwalker18
    @mattttwalker18 Před 2 lety

    Keep the vids coming! Really enjoying your content